Washed & ironed. Jim played in basketball game. Merrill went to lodge. Windy. Vern took state scholarship test.
Monthly Archives: March 1954
Diary Entry for 3/2/1954
Stormy & windy & snowy by spells. I went to boudoir chair lesson in evening at the Fire Hall. Vern finished state scholarship test in AM.
Diary Entry for 3/3/1954
Jim was sick with sore throat. Merrill & I went to Grange but not enough Juveniles came for Grange meeting.
Diary Entry for 3/4/1954
Cold & windy. Very stormy out Adams way. Jim went to school. Merrill & I went to adult education. Last meeting in typing & shop.
Diary Entry for 3/5/1954
Windy. World day of Prayer but I didn’t go. Merrill & I went to Clayton lodge with Les & Beulah. Jim played basketball.
Diary Entry for 3/6/1954
Windy. We went to city after Vern’s pictures. Started out home but was so stormy turned around at Adams Center. Was nice here.
Diary Entry for 3/7/1954
Car wouldn’t start in time so boys didn’t get to Sunday School. We went out home for dinner. Windy.
Diary Entry for 3/8/1954
Washed & ironed. Merrill went to lodge.
Diary Entry for 3/9/1954
I went to chair lesson at Fire Hall. Snowed in PM. Merrill cut brush.
Diary Entry for 3/10/1954
Shellacked kitchen cupboards. I went to lodge. Merrill went to milk meeting at the high school.
Diary Entry for 3/11/1954
Grand day. Kind of cool. Washed windows inside & outside. Vernon’s picture was in Times today as class Valedictorian.
Diary Entry for 3/12/1954
Got letter from Mom wanting us to take farm. Nice day. I went to P.N.Grands at Elsie Bacon’s. Got home at 1:00 AM. Merrill finished cutting brush across road.
Diary Entry for 3/13/1954
Aunt Edna Cobb died today. Aunt Cora called. Party for George & Margaret Waters but we didn’t go.
Diary Entry for 3/14/1954
Boys went to Sunday School & church. Wet, snowy day.
Diary Entry for 3/15/1954
Washed & ironed. Grand day but cold wind.
Diary Entry for 3/16/1954
Merrill & I went to Aunt Edna’s funeral. Large funeral. Got letter from Mom, Mrs. Zimmer, & Mrs. Bennett. Merrill & I went up to Aunt Cora’s after funeral.
Diary Entry for 3/17/1954
I was sick all day with cold & sick stomach. Jim stayed all night with Billy Mattingly.
Diary Entry for 3/18/1954
Vernon sent $25.00 to Oswego College. I went to Bentley Corners Home Bureau at Belva Fikes for first time. Art Hall was here. Howard & Evelyn were over in evening.
Diary Entry for 3/19/1954
Merrill & I went to Ken’s in PM. Merrill & Ken went to auction at Pulaski.
Diary Entry for 3/20/1954
Baked pies & cookies. Cloudy, rainy day. Vern put up bird house. We all went to 4-H at Gordon Allen’s.
Diary Entry for 3/21/1954
Snowy. Boys went to Sunday School. We all went to church.
Diary Entry for 3/22/1954
Merrill’s 45th birthday. Bookkeeping adult education starts. I went. I made Merrill cake. We gave him shirt, candy, & cigars. Merrill went to lodge.
Diary Entry for 3/23/1954
Merrill & I went to Gouverneur. I have headache. Nice day. Merrill got card from Mother Tryon.
Diary Entry for 3/24/1954
Grand day. Did my ironing. I went to lodge. Past Noble Grands night. Merrill & boys went to minstrel show. Very good. Got letter from Juanita.
Diary Entry for 3/25/1954
Eleanor’s birthday. Raining. wrote Eleanor & Juanita. I went to P.T.A. Received charter. Vern showed film for Coteriea [?]
Diary Entry for 3/26/1954
Cancer meeting at Philadelphia High School but I didn’t go. Was too tired.
Diary Entry for 3/27/1954
Baked & cleaned. Merrill & I went to party at Leah’s for Blanche Fikes. Boys went to show. Flood kids were over.
Diary Entry for 3/28/1954
Boys & I went to Sunday School. Sleepy today.
Diary Entry for 3/29/1954
Snowy. Merrill & I went to city. Got new dining room light. Got paint. I went to adult education & Merrill went to lodge in evening.
Diary Entry for 3/30/1954
Home Bureau but I didn’t go. Mr. & Mrs. Pilbeam came to see film, Temple Hills in evening.
Diary Entry for 3/31/1954
Painted kitchen cupboards. Merrill put up new dining room light. Merrill, Jim, & I went to Grange but was too cold to have Grange.