Nice day but cold. Got Uncle Berle’s Xmas present. Howard & Evelyn Hall have baby boy. Terry. Nellie didn’t ride home tonight. Didn’t go to Grange.
Monthly Archives: December 1954
Diary Entry for 12/2/1954
Nellie didn’t ride home tonight. Snowing some. I went to Home Bureau at Helen K. Cookie lesson. Did Xmas shopping. Wrote Vernon.
Diary Entry for 12/3/1954
Very cold. Train wreck at Watertown by stone quarry. Got gifts today.
Diary Entry for 12/4/1954
Washed & ironed. Baked. Snowing hard in evening.
Diary Entry for 12/5/1954
Cold. Merrill & Jim went up to garage & got new winter tires on. $50.00. & old tires. didn’t go to church. Evelyn & Terry came home from hospital.
Diary Entry for 12/6/1954
Virginia Marro started riding both ways. Nellie paid me. $4.25.
Diary Entry for 12/7/1954
Nellie rode in morning. Virginia didn’t go at all. Lucy didn’t ride. Got letter from Vernon. Jean Gleason got hurt bad in skiing accident. Broke shoulder.
Diary Entry for 12/8/1954
Very stormy. Jim got home at 1:30. Roads very icy. Lucy didn’t ride home in evening. I didn’t go to lodge. Got letter from Mom. Made bows today.
Diary Entry for 12/9/1954
Roads slippery. I worked making bows all day.
Diary Entry for 12/10/1954
Lucy rode for last today. Paid me $1.25. Very slippery. got package ready to sent to Uncle Berle.
Diary Entry for 12/11/1954
Our 19th anniversary. We went out home for tree. Got groceries in city. Roads about bare again.
Diary Entry for 12/12/1954
Worked all day. Gave myself Prom. Didn’t go to church.
Diary Entry for 12/13/1954
Very slippery. Got several cards. Merrill went to lodge.
Diary Entry for 12/14/1954
Very slippery. Wrote Uncle Berle, Mom, & Juanita.
Diary Entry for 12/15/1954
Very stormy & cold. Everything covered with frost. Virginia didn’t ride today.
Diary Entry for 12/16/1954
Mailed Christmas cards. Very cold & frosty. Earl Mosher very sick in hospital.
Diary Entry for 12/17/1954
Jim was sick & didn’t go to school. I went to Past Grands Christmas party at Carrie’s on way home from work. Very windy in evening.
Diary Entry for 12/18/1954
Raining. We went to city after Vernon in PM. Did some shopping. Jim got package from Uncle Berle.
Diary Entry for 12/19/1954
Washed & ironed & baked. Didn’t get to church. Storming & cold.
Diary Entry for 12/20/1954
Cold. Got letter from Mom.
Diary Entry for 12/21/1954
Still cold. Work very slow at shop. Virginia didn’t ride at all today.
Diary Entry for 12/22/1954
Very cold. Didn’t go to lodge. We went to Theresa shopping in evening. Virginia didn’t ride in evening.
Diary Entry for 12/23/1954
Roads very slippery at night. Snowing. Made cake & candy.Washed my hair. TV broke. No picture.
Diary Entry for 12/24/1954
Got through work at 11:00. Got $5.00 bonus. No riders home. Very slippery & stormy. Had our tree in evening.
Diary Entry for 12/25/1954
Nice day but slippery roads. We went out home for Christmas. Grandpa Haggerty was there. Ken’s didn’t get up
Diary Entry for 12/26/1954
We all went to church.
Diary Entry for 12/27/1954
I didn’t have to work today. Washed clothes. Men took TV to city. Had to have new tube.
Diary Entry for 12/28/1954
Vern started work at Howard’s. TV very good tonight.
Diary Entry for 12/29/1954
Planned party for New Years. Roads slippery. Did ironing in evening.
Diary Entry for 12/30/1954
Roads very icy in morning. Vernon worked at Howard’s.
Diary Entry for 12/31/1954
Had New Years party here. Vi’s, Les & Beulah, & Uncle Ray’s, & girls here. Had nice time. Vern worked at Howard’s. Merrill waxed kitchen floor. Art Haggerty moved to new home today.