Drove to work today. Merrill helped Howard fill silo. Made 42 dozen facings today. Most yet.
Yearly Archives: 1954
Diary Entry for 10/29/1954
Cold. Rainy. Merrill helped Howard. Got 2 cotton dresses from Wards. Nice. Jim had party at school. Floods moved.
Diary Entry for 10/30/1954
Jim & I went to city after Vernon. Merrill started plowing. Baked & cleaned. Bill, Vi, & Martha were here in evening.
Diary Entry for 10/31/1954
Dad Tryon’s 76th birthday. We took Vernon to city at 9:00 PM.
Diary Entry for 11/1/1954
Cold. Snowed at Lorraine &Mannsville during night. Wrote Mom. Baked cakes & cookies. Lucy Hunter started riding with me.
Diary Entry for 11/2/1954
Cold & rainy. Merrill & I went to Antwerp to vote but we weren’t registered. Snowy in evening. Howard went to doctor’s at Syracuse.
Diary Entry for 11/3/1954
Snowed so hard we couldn’t get to Grange. Started but turned around & came home. Installation of officers.
Diary Entry for 11/4/1954
Snow on ground this morning. Rained about all day. Got candy bars for Juvenile Grange.
Diary Entry for 11/5/1954
Merrill helped Lynn put on shingles. Washed clothes in evening.
Diary Entry for 11/6/1954
I took grange kids & Margaret Waters to meeting at Watertown. Bennett’s were here in PM. Merrill helped Lynn Hall put on shingles.
Diary Entry for 11/7/1954
Grand day. Did ironing. Didn’t go to church. Washed my hair.
Diary Entry for 11/8/1954
Real cold. Got letter from Vernon. Is working some in cafeteria. Nellie Thibault started riding with me.
Diary Entry for 11/9/1954
Very cold & frosty this morning. Clara Mount’s funeral today. She died Saturday night.
Diary Entry for 11/10/1954
Made $1.70 today. 5 dozen facings. Merrill, Jim, & I went to open house meeting at Theresa school. Very nice. I didn’t go to lodge.
Diary Entry for 11/11/1954
Grand day. No school. Tired tonight. Wrote Vernon.
Diary Entry for 11/12/1954
Grand day. Went to bank for Vernon during noon hour. Ate lunch with Aunt Myrtle. Jim didn’t have school today.
Diary Entry for 11/13/1954
Cleaned kitchen floor & cleaned. Merrill & I went to city. Got battery for tractor. $6.98 & old battery.
Diary Entry for 11/14/1954
Raining. We all went to church. Shellacked stair steps. Chuckie Wilson was here to see Jim in PM.
Diary Entry for 11/15/1954
Grand day. Merrill went to lodge.
Diary Entry for 11/16/1954
Lucy didn’t ride today. Nice day. Baked cakes in evening.
Diary Entry for 11/17/1954
Lucy started riding home with me nights. I went to Grange. Wrote Mom tonight. Lynn Hall helped Merrill plow. Got letter from Mom.
Diary Entry for 11/18/1954
Warm today. I started working on darts today. Home Bureau meeting was canceled. That was supposed to be here tonight. Lynn was here plowing.
Diary Entry for 11/19/1954
Very warm. Lucy didn’t ride home tonight.
Diary Entry for 11/20/1954
Washed. Baked pies & cookies. Merrill & Jim went to Mills for plow points & Theresa for lumber. Got letter from Uncle Berle.
Diary Entry for 11/21/1954
Finished ironing. Cleaned. Didn’t go to church. Snowed all day. Very slippery. Lots of accidents. 100 cars stalled on Hoodoo Hill. Snow plow by for first time this year.
Diary Entry for 11/22/1954
Lucy didn’t ride today. Very slippery in morning. Got letter from Marg & Mom. Nellie paid up for what she has rode. $4.75.
Diary Entry for 11/23/1954
Vernon came home for Thanksgiving vacation. Got in city at 5:30. Lucy didn’t ride home in evening. Very slippery in morning.
Diary Entry for 11/24/1954
Cloudy. Vernon dressed turkey. Made cake & got turkey ready in evening. Flaherty brought coal.
Diary Entry for 11/25/1954
Thanksgiving. We were home alone all day. Grand day. Had turkey dinner.
Diary Entry for 11/26/1954
I had to work today. Nice day. Lucy paid up for riding. $5.00.
Diary Entry for 11/27/1954
Men went up to Philadelphia in AM. Did Vernon’s wash & ironing. Wrote Mom.
Diary Entry for 11/28/1954
Raining in morning. Snow about gone. We all went to church. Took Vern to city Sunday evening at 9:00 PM.
Diary Entry for 11/29/1954
Lucy didn’t ride at all today. Rained all day.
Diary Entry for 11/30/1954
Lucy rode today but is riding with Don rest of week. Josephine C. rode home. Went to Sears during noon hour.
Diary Entry for 12/1/1954
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.
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.