Lodge but I didn’t go. Took down blinds in evening & rolled up rugs. They had farewell party at lodge for Ethel Tousley.
Yearly Archives: 1953
Diary Entry for 10/29/1953
Called Ethel T. Packed stuff to move. Grand day. Home Bureau at Ina Mae McClears on gloves but I didn’t go.
Diary Entry for 10/30/1953
Packed & got things ready to move. Grand weather. Washed windows on inside.
Diary Entry for 10/31/1953
Moved to new home on Ore Bed Road. Freddie Aynes & Kiechles moved us. Bennetts were here in evening.
Diary Entry for 11/1/1953
Boys went to Sunday School. Got some settling done. Boys got I.A.H. rings in Sunday school.
Diary Entry for 11/2/1953
Took boys to school. They put in phone. Light man was here to read meter. Vernon went to play practice.
Diary Entry for 11/3/1953
Election. Merrill voted. I didn’t go. Got dishes in china cabinet. Vernon went to play practice.
Diary Entry for 11/4/1953
Merrill got manure spreader at Clayton. Merrill, Jim, & I went to Grange.
Diary Entry for 11/5/1953
Ethel & Karen Tousley sail for England. School play. The Campbell’s Are Coming. We all went to play. Grand.They made $120.00. Mom came on train for play. Very cold in evening. Paul K. brought our young stock.
Diary Entry for 11/6/1953
Nice day but cold. Mom cooked pumpkin to freeze. Did Mom’s hair. Gave her Prom permanent. Merrill worked on Vernon’s hen house. Mom ironed slip covers.
Diary Entry for 11/7/1953
Very cold. Windy, & sleet. Set up kitchen oil burner. Baked pies, cakes, & cookies.
Diary Entry for 11/8/1953
Boys went to Sunday School. Moved Vernon’s chickens. Merrill & I took Mom home in evening. Raining.
Diary Entry for 11/9/1953
Washed & did part of ironing. Merrill got rest of stuff from other place with tractor & wagon.
Diary Entry for 11/10/1953
Grand day. Merrill & I took calf to Gouverneur. Went to city. Got linoleum for hall. $20.80. Jim went home with Martin Rudes for night.
Diary Entry for 11/11/1953
Rebekah’s. I went. No school. Merrill & Vernon cleaned yards. Cut brush. Got last of stuff from other place.
Diary Entry for 11/12/1953
P.T.A. in evening. I went. Jim came home from Rudes. Put up our mailbox. Cleaned living room. Painted mailbox & front door.
Diary Entry for 11/13/1953
Friday the 13th. Jim came home from school with sore throat. Cleaned stair steps & shellacked them. Went with Vernon up to Webb’s after eggs.
Diary Entry for 11/14/1953
Bennett’s were here. Roy & Marg came for dinner & supper. Louie Rappole was here about farm bureau dues.
Diary Entry for 11/15/1953
Boys went to Sunday school. We all went to church. Grand day. Bill, Vi, & Martha, were here in evening. Vi helped me with my gloves.
Diary Entry for 11/16/1953
Helen Ramos 14th birthday. Washed & ironed. Vernon was sick & didn’t go to school. Merrill went to lodge.
Diary Entry for 11/17/1953
Worked at my gloves. Merrill did some more plowing.
Diary Entry for 11/18/1953
Marguerite Beach went to hospital. Finished ironing. Merrill & I went to Gouverneur Christmas shopping. Vernon had college physical from Dr. Penhallow. Jim, Merrill, & I, went to Grange.
Diary Entry for 11/19/1953
Uncle Earle’s birthday. Worked at my bedroom. Grand day.Went to Home Bureau at Thibault’s. Cake lesson. Enrolled in adult education classes.
Diary Entry for 11/20/1953
Ethel H. Shultz’s birthday. Real warm. 70° Just like summer. Merrill started cutting cellar door. Mrs. Kiechle called. Vern went to Times radio station with class.
Diary Entry for 11/21/1953
My birthday. 36 years. Cloudy. Merrill finished cutting cellar door. Got birthday card & letters from Mom, Marg, & Uncle Berle. We all went to 4-H at Neville’s.
Diary Entry for 11/22/1953
Grand day. Like summer. Boys went to Sunday School. We all went to Church. Washed car. Lula R. & Emma were here in PM.
Diary Entry for 11/23/1953
Washed & ironed. Rained hard all night. Merrill went to lodge. Wrote Mom, Angie, & Marguerite Beach. I got birthday card from Mom & Dad Tryon.
Diary Entry for 11/24/1953
I was sick all day with sick headache. Merrill put sheet rock on cellar way.
Diary Entry for 11/25/1953
Baked cakes & cookies & jelly roll. Went to lodge. Was on supper committee with Bertha G. & Arlene Reynolds. Had cake & tea.
Diary Entry for 11/26/1953
Thanksgiving. We went out home for dinner. Don’s, Dad’s, & us there. Went up to Barker’s awhile. Saw Dorothy, Buster, & Evelyn. Nice day.
Diary Entry for 11/27/1953
Ground covered with snow. Plow was by. We all went to Olympic [theater] to see first cinemascope movie, “The Robe”. Wonderful picture.
Diary Entry for 11/28/1953
Baked pies & cake. Flood children were here. Jim practiced basketball at school.
Diary Entry for 11/29/1953
Boys went to Sunday School. Merrill has sore eye. I was sick in PM & evening. with sore throat. Jim was kicked in head by cow.
Diary Entry for 11/30/1953
Washed & ironed. Vern got hair cut. (90¢ now) Merrill went to lodge. Mopped & waxed kitchen floor.
Diary Entry for 12/1/1953
Cleaned. W.S.C.S. but I didn’t go. Jim was home sick with head ache from cow kick.
Diary Entry for 12/2/1953
Merrill & I went to Gouverneur shopping. Merrill, Jim, & I went to Juvenile Grange in evening.
Diary Entry for 12/3/1953
Adult education classes start. I went to typing class & Merrill to shop class. I went up & stayed with Beulah Hall all day. She is coming along good.
Diary Entry for 12/4/1953
George Henderson killed our beef & Bennett’s pig. Raining. I baked cookies, cakes, & pie.
Diary Entry for 12/5/1953
Vernon took college entrance exam at city high school. Merrill, Jim, & I went out home after Xmas tree. Took pork out to them.
Diary Entry for 12/6/1953
Boys went to Sunday School. Helen & Marion F. were here in PM. Merrill finished clipping cows.
Diary Entry for 12/7/1953
Washed & ironed. Merrill started cutting up beef.
Diary Entry for 12/8/1953
Wrapped meat. Took 35 pounds of meat to Ashley’s to have ground. Nice day.
Diary Entry for 12/9/1953
Rebekah’s. I went to lodge. Grange conference at YMCA all day. I didn’t go as we did beef. Billy Matt came home with Jim for supper.
Diary Entry for 12/10/1953
Roy’s 51st birthday. Worked at beef. Merrill & I went to adult education in evening. I also went to P.T.A. Set up Christmas tree.
Diary Entry for 12/11/1953
Our 18th anniversary. Finished cutting beef today. Got first Christmas card from Borden’s. I have lame shoulders.
Diary Entry for 12/12/1953
4-H Christmas party at Richard Pikes. Merrill & Jim went. I was sick in bed all day. Jim got hair cut.
Diary Entry for 12/13/1953
I’m not too peppy today. Boys went to Sunday School. Did up some gifts.
Diary Entry for 12/14/1953
P.N.G. Christmas party at Eva Delles. I was elected Vice President. Nice time. Rainy. Merrill & I went out home & to city.
Diary Entry for 12/15/1953
Home Bureau Christmas party. Nice time. 14 there at Mary Beebe’s. Merrill & I went to city. Took Vernon’s roosters to Smiths @.30.
Diary Entry for 12/16/1953
Grange Christmas meeting. Merrill, Jim, & I went. Cold. Mr. Pilbeam called in AM. First time at our new home.