Cold & rainy. Sent calf to sale. Got $17.47. Finished skirt. Checkered one. Evelyn Hall’s birthday.
Yearly Archives: 1955
Diary Entry for 6/1/1955
I didn’t go to grange. We went down town at noon. No crops in yet.
Diary Entry for 6/2/1955
Dot Allen & Vi called. Still cold today.
Diary Entry for 6/3/1955
Warmer today. I went to Chellis’ at noon & got Merrill’s glasses.
Diary Entry for 6/4/1955
Jim went to Crystal with Dot Allen’s and then went home with Carl to spend the night. Waxed living room & dining room floors. Jim mowed yards.
Diary Entry for 6/5/1955
Merrill & I went to church. Went over after Jim. Ate lunch out & drove down to Bill & Vi’s camp in PM. Swell day.
Diary Entry for 6/6/1955
Real warm today. Ben Kiechle’s was down on Paul’s motorcycle in evening.
Diary Entry for 6/7/1955
Vi & I went to Oswego after Vernon. Nice day. We drove to Theresa in evening but store was closed. Rained.
Diary Entry for 6/8/1955
Merrill planted first corn. Vern went to city on bus. Bought power saw. $65.00.
Diary Entry for 6/9/1955
Got letter from Eleanor wanting us to go to city park on Sunday for a picnic.
Diary Entry for 6/10/1955
Little water pump went up. Bennett came out & took it to Novak’s to be welded.
Diary Entry for 6/11/1955
We went to city. We bought new stainless steel sink. $67.00. Vern got Bible from Uncle Berle.
Diary Entry for 6/12/1955
Rained. Men finished putting in sink. Went over to Evelyn’s in evening. Worked in garden. Vern mowed lawn.
Diary Entry for 6/13/1955
Raining & cold. Went to Novak’s after water tank. They haven’t fixed it though. Merrill went to Philadelphia with Carleton.
Diary Entry for 6/14/1955
Flag day. Went up to Dick Ennis’ in evening to see hay balers. Nice day.
Diary Entry for 6/15/1955
Did huge washing. Got water at Evelyn’s. Didn’t go to grange. Merrill went over to Ashley’s to see baler.
Diary Entry for 6/16/1955
Lois, Carroll, & girls were here in evening. Washed my hair. Sent card to Mom.
Diary Entry for 6/17/1955
Edna & I had fish fry at lunch at S&B. Past Noble Grands went to Johnnies Inn. Grand diner. Jim went to 4-H at David Rude’s.
Diary Entry for 6/18/1955
Ironed about all day. Very hot. Washed kitchen curtains.
Diary Entry for 6/19/1955
Father’s day. Very hot. Ate lunch at Wayside Inn. Finished ironing.
Diary Entry for 6/20/1955
Merrill got bale loader at Ennis’. Lynn went after it for him. $175.00. Paid for kitchen rug at Wards. Merrill went to lodge.
Diary Entry for 6/21/1955
Leah, Claude, & Priscilla were here in evening.
Diary Entry for 6/22/1955
Edna, Ethel, & I went to Marion’s for lunch. Nice day. I went to lodge in evening. Last meeting for summer.
Diary Entry for 6/23/1955
Cool today. Sally LaBarge quit riding today. Off work for the summer.
Diary Entry for 6/24/1955
Warmer today. Jim went on school party at Crystal Lake. Last day of school. Vern got marks. Jim passed to 7th grade. Vern wrote Uncle Berle.
Diary Entry for 6/25/1955
Old home day at Philadelphia. We didn’t go up at all. Bennett’s were here in evening trying to get pump going.
Diary Entry for 6/26/1955
We went out home for dinner. Had picnic lunch in back yard. Dorland’s were there. Got strawberries at Grecco’s. $.39 per quart.
Diary Entry for 6/27/1955
Vernon & I went to graduation at Philadelphia.
Diary Entry for 6/28/1955
Got new kitchen rug. Men put it down in evening. Very nice.
Diary Entry for 6/29/1955
Wilma Thomas, Nellie’s sister, is in hospital with pneumonia. Finally got pump going.
Diary Entry for 6/30/1955
I have horrid cold. Sally & Betsy LaBarge rode to city.
Diary Entry for 7/1/1955
Got out of work for vacation. Feel punk. Vernon is on the Dean’s list again at college.
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.