Got out of work for vacation. Feel punk. Vernon is on the Dean’s list again at college.
Monthly Archives: July 1955
Diary Entry for 7/2/1955
Sick in bed about all day with cold. Merrill & Jim went to city & Greco’s after strawberries. $.39.
Diary Entry for 7/3/1955
Very hot today. Men cleaned back room & storeroom. I’m not very peppy yet.
Diary Entry for 7/4/1955
Did huge washing. Baked cake & cookies.
Diary Entry for 7/5/1955
Cleaned guest bedroom & our room. Painted ceiling & end of room. Rained hard in evening. Thunder storm.
Diary Entry for 7/6/1955
Ironed. Merrill & Jim took TV to city. Cooler today. Men didn’t work at hay today. Too wet.
Diary Entry for 7/7/1955
Cleaned boys room. Painted floor.
Diary Entry for 7/8/1955
Washed. Very hot. 95°. I went to Theresa & Philadelphia. Got new broom. $1.69. Got belt put in car at Cross’
Diary Entry for 7/9/1955
We went to Black River Drive In. Cleaned hall & bathroom. Shellacked stair steps. Hot. Started haying here. Jim went swimming. Howard left for Cape Cod in evening.
Diary Entry for 7/10/1955
Terrible hot. We all went to church. Men put TV antenna up higher. Heard first locust.
Diary Entry for 7/11/1955
Back to work after 1 week vacation. Quite cool today. Changed me back to repairs. Memory L. started riding. Fire at Eggleston’s.
Diary Entry for 7/12/1955
Got letter from Mom. Wrote her one. Still quite cool. Very very dry. Bad fires on Camp Drum. I got moved down stairs today.
Diary Entry for 7/13/1955
Did darts all day. Very hot most of day.
Diary Entry for 7/14/1955
Freeman Thibault joins Air Force today. Got TV at Shearn’s. $16.35. No riders home. Paid for sink. Stopped at Par for groceries.
Diary Entry for 7/15/1955
Raining today. First time in ages. 1883 bales of hay in barn. Very hot & muggy all day.
Diary Entry for 7/16/1955
I went to Gouverneur in AM for groceries. Too wet to hay it. Washed clothes. Cleaned. Jim went to 4-H at Mitchell’s.
Diary Entry for 7/17/1955
Bennett’s were here in AM. Orv, Angie, & girls here in PM. Hot.
Diary Entry for 7/18/1955
Cooler this morning. Merrill finished haying on small field by house. Just 17 acres yet to do.
Diary Entry for 7/19/1955
Rosie Hardy brought her horse “Dollie” to Jim. We took her home. Men went back to Hall’s to hay it.
Diary Entry for 7/20/1955
Ordered can of cherries at Par. $4.95. Get them on Friday.
Diary Entry for 7/21/1955
Very hot all day. Got letter from Eleanor.
Diary Entry for 7/22/1955
Very hot. Nellie has 2 weeks vacation. Joined Helen Horeth’s $1.00 club.
Diary Entry for 7/23/1955
Past Noble Grands went to Vi’s camp. Rained some in morning. I gave myself Toni wave. Got skirt at Theresa. $2.98. Men got hair cuts.
Diary Entry for 7/24/1955
Worked all day. Washed, ironed, & cleaned. Merrill mowed hay.
Diary Entry for 7/25/1955
Did 60 dozen darts today. Wrote Don’s & sent him card.
Diary Entry for 7/26/1955
Finished haying today. 2900 bales.
Diary Entry for 7/27/1955
Merrill started combining wheat at Mike Mitchell’s. 6 acres.
Diary Entry for 7/28/1955
Merrill finished Mitchell’s wheat. $36.00.
Diary Entry for 7/29/1955
Art, Doris, & girls were here in evening. Hot. No riders home tonight.
Diary Entry for 7/30/1955
Went down & had tooth pulled. $3.00. Merrill, Jim, Vernon, & I went to Gouverneur. Got white play shoes.
Diary Entry for 7/31/1955
Still hot. Grange picnic at Grasse Point. Jim, Vern, & I went to Crystal.