Had chicken dinner. Ate in dining room for first time.
Monthly Archives: January 1954
Diary Entry for 1/2/1954
Had some more cows freshen. Merrill’s knee cap got out of joint in night. Nobody got any sleep. Baked. Cleaned.
Diary Entry for 1/3/1954
Rainy & freezing. Boys went to Sunday school. Les & Beulah Hall were here in PM. Made bread & ice cream.
Diary Entry for 1/4/1954
School opens. Boys got out early because boiler broke. Washed & ironed. Merrill went to lodge. Vernon wrote Uncle Berle.
Diary Entry for 1/5/1954
W.S.C.S. at Leah’s. I went. 21 out. Home Bureau cake lesson at Josie Langto’s. Good turnout. 17 there. Snowed in evening. Merrill was sick with upset stomach
Diary Entry for 1/6/1954
Grange. Was so stormy we didn’t go. Merrill got hair cut. Got letter from Mom.
Diary Entry for 1/7/1954
Merrill & I went to adult education classes. Very cold. Wrote Mom.
Diary Entry for 1/8/1954
Very cold all day. 24 ° below zero during night. Merrill got new water pump put on car. Sent for paper for kitchen.
Diary Entry for 1/9/1954
Rebekah cafeteria supper in Legion Hall. Very cold. Sleeting. I made cake for supper.
Diary Entry for 1/10/1954
Very cold. Below zero all day. Boys went to Sunday School.
Diary Entry for 1/11/1954
IOOF installation. I made cake for it. Merrill & I went. Merrill was installed R.S.N.G. to Millard Thompson. Antwerp installed.Very cold. Below zero.
Diary Entry for 1/12/1954
2° above zero today for first time in 3 days & nights. Merrill & I went out home. Took eggs to Manor to ship.
Diary Entry for 1/13/1954
Rebekah’s. I was sick all day. Didn’t go to lodge. Still cold. 28° below zero last night.
Diary Entry for 1/14/1954
Got letter from Uncle Berle. Lettie goes to hospital January 16th. Warmer today. Merrill & I went to adult education & I went to P.T.A.
Diary Entry for 1/15/1954
Vern painted cellar way. Found old Times paper in cracks. Printed in January 1917.
Diary Entry for 1/16/1954
Holly & Sim Austin have baby girl. Merrill & Vern jacked up dining room floor. Made cookies. Nice day but snowy in evening. Jim went up to school to basketball practice in PM.
Diary Entry for 1/17/1954
Boys went to Sunday School. Wrote Uncle Berle. Lazy day.
Diary Entry for 1/18/1954
Washed & ironed. Car wouldn’t start so boys didn’t go to school. Our car got in ditch trying to start it. Jim & I were over to Evelyn’s in evening.
Diary Entry for 1/19/1954
Home Bureau sewing at Dot Allen’s. 10 there. Grand day. Roads a little slippery.
Diary Entry for 1/20/1954
Got paper for kitchen. Tore out cupboard in kitchen. Rained all day. Wrote Mom.
Diary Entry for 1/21/1954
Snow about gone. Colder. Merrill & I went to adult education. 6th one.
Diary Entry for 1/22/1954
Merrill & I went to city. Got car license. Very cold.
Diary Entry for 1/23/1954
Merrill & Vern worked on kitchen. Bennett’s & Gerow’s were here. Ken’s brought out pork.
Diary Entry for 1/24/1954
Boys went to Sunday School. Buddy Bacon came home with them. Nice day but cold. Merrill put new radiator on tractor.
Diary Entry for 1/25/1954
Washed & ironed. Raining. Merrill went to lodge. Wiring in IOOF Hall has been condemned.
Diary Entry for 1/26/1954
Boys start mid-year exams. Raining. I went to Home Bureau sewing lesson at Jean Parker’s. 6 there. Had time getting up Ore Bed Hill. Got letter from Mom. Dad had another heart attack.
Diary Entry for 1/27/1954
Vern’s car insurance runs out today. Very stormy. Rebekah’s entertained IOOF. Was so stormy we didn’t get there. I was supposed to be in kitchen. Got letter from Mother Tryon. Carl is home.
Diary Entry for 1/28/1954
Cold but not stormy. Boys have last of exams. Merrill & I went to adult education classes # 7. Wrote Mom & sent income tax.
Diary Entry for 1/29/1954
Boys only went to school to register. Merrill & Vern changed sink pipes & started cabinets.
Diary Entry for 1/30/1954
W.S.C.S. supper. I went up in PM & helped decorate tables. Very stormy. Men got a lot done on cupboards. Men folks got hair cuts.
Diary Entry for 1/31/1954
Nice day. Boys went to Sunday School. We all went to church. Merrill worked at cupboards.