Got home at 2:00 AM. Washed clothes.
Yearly Archives: 1956
Diary Entry for 1/2/1956
Took Vernon to city at 6:00 PM. We all went. Jim & I did ironing.
Diary Entry for 1/3/1956
Back to work. Had all my riders today. Mrs. Hagan went to hospital with pneumonia
Diary Entry for 1/4/1956
Roads very slippery. Very tired tonight. Merrill went to meeting at Philadelphia on Income tax.
Diary Entry for 1/5/1956
I went to Home Bureau at Mary Beebe’s in evening. Meat lesson
Diary Entry for 1/6/1956
Got 2 new hats at $1.00 each. Roads bare. Jim & I went to basketball game in evening. Bennett’s were here in PM.
Diary Entry for 1/7/1956
Merrill & I went to Gouverneur. Got green Orlon sweater. Had work done on car. Gas pedal. Cold today.
Diary Entry for 1/8/1956
We went to church. went up to Aunt Cora’s in PM. Aunt Lyla & Uncle Sam Tift were there. Sleeting in evening.
Diary Entry for 1/9/1956
IOOF installation. We went. Jim stayed at Martha’s. About 50 present.
Diary Entry for 1/10/1956
Tired today.Very warm.
Diary Entry for 1/11/1956
Carl Brown came home with Jim to spend the night. Rainy. I was sick in evening. Got letter from Mom. They have TV now.
Diary Entry for 1/12/1956
Don’t feel too perky today. Raining & freezing in evening. Roads slippery.
Diary Entry for 1/13/1956
Friday the 13th. School nurse brought Jim home sick. He cut his finger on blade in PM at home. Wrote Mom & Vernon
Diary Entry for 1/14/1956
Merrill didn’t feel good today. Intestinal grippe. He & Jim got hair cuts at Theresa. Cleaned.
Diary Entry for 1/15/1956
Washed clothes. Grand day. Clothes all dried swell. Margaret & George were here in PM. Jim went to Schell’s.
Diary Entry for 1/16/1956
Merrill went to lodge. Kind of cold
Diary Entry for 1/17/1956
Swell day. Roads like summer again. Took Jim to Theresa to get to game at Antwerp.
Diary Entry for 1/18/1956
Swell day. Mrs. Eggleston called to invite us to card party for March of Dimes.
Diary Entry for 1/19/1956
We went to card party at Eggleston’s. Nice time. Kind of cold.
Diary Entry for 1/20/1956
Jim & I went to game. Theresa & Lyme Central. Grand day. & evening. Walter VanTassel came home with Jim. Got letter from Vernon.
Diary Entry for 1/21/1956
Walter went home about 5:00. Cleaned & baked. Made out income tax.
Diary Entry for 1/22/1956
Snowing some. Didn’t go to church. Finished ironing. Ethel Wagner died today. 71 years.
Diary Entry for 1/23/1956
Merrill went to lodge.
Diary Entry for 1/24/1956
Merrill went to lodge at LaFargeville with Martin R. Swell day. Aunt Keitha called me at shop to say Ethel Wagner was dead.
Diary Entry for 1/25/1956
Swell day. Initiation at lodge. About 80 present. Got two new dresses at Denny’s. Light blue & navy. Ethel’s funeral.
Diary Entry for 1/26/1956
Light snow. Merrill paid car insurance. Jim didn’t have to go to school. He spent the day at Donnie Brown’s.
Diary Entry for 1/27/1956
Joined Ida M. Robinson’s club. Swell day. Took Mary Newbery home to Antwerp. Got groceries & took my coat to cleaners.
Diary Entry for 1/28/1956
Grand day. Went to Theresa in PM. I went to Past Grands at Vi’s in evening. My first meeting as President.
Diary Entry for 1/29/1956
Washed clothes in morning. We went to church. Jim went up to Schell’s in PM.
Diary Entry for 1/30/1956
Very stormy. Started snowing about 10:00 AM. Jim got home early from school. Sybil Felt fell & broke her wrist.
Diary Entry for 1/31/1956
Jim has first polio shot. Got letter from Vernon. Fritz, his parakeet, died Sunday. Roads not too bad today.
Diary Entry for 2/1/1956
Swell day. Got my tan coat from Pine Cleaners. Roads all bare again.
Diary Entry for 2/2/1956
Snowing & raining. Roads slippery. Nellie didn’t ride home. Wrote Vernon. We went to church to hear Missionary from Malaya.
Diary Entry for 2/3/1956
Edna Knapp’s 40th birthday. Nice day but cold. Jim went to game at Black River.
Diary Entry for 2/4/1956
We went out home. We hit a little dog in Lorraine but didn’t hurt him. Stopped at Johnies on way out for fruit.
Diary Entry for 2/5/1956
Swell day. Quite warm. Cleaned & baked. Ironed.
Diary Entry for 2/6/1956
Roads slippery. Snowing in evening.
Diary Entry for 2/7/1956
Got letter from Vernon. Sent his marks. Very good.
Diary Entry for 2/8/1956
Roads kind of slippery in morning. Wrote Vernon. Got gas tax back.
Diary Entry for 2/9/1956
Spring like day. Warm
Diary Entry for 2/10/1956
Fred LeClair’s (next door) have baby boy born today. Jim went to game at Philadelphia. We went up to Uncle Rays in evening to see Grandpa Haggerty.
Diary Entry for 2/11/1956
Washed & ironed. Went to Theresa in PM. Nice day but snowed in evening.
Diary Entry for 2/12/1956
Snowing in AM. Finished ironing & cleaned.
Diary Entry for 2/13/1956
Roads very slippery in AM. Pauline, Garmon, & kids were here in evening. Betty H. went to hospital for tests.
Diary Entry for 2/14/1956
Raining about all day. Wrote Mother Tryon & Betty.
Diary Entry for 2/15/1956
Carl Brown came home with Jim. Boys & I went to Theresa to see town team play. Had chicken supper.
Diary Entry for 2/16/1956
Merrill went to Antwerp with Howard. Got me box of Valentine candy.
Diary Entry for 2/17/1956
I went to Mary Schultz’s for lunch. Called Evelyn. Mom was in city to see Betty. She went home with Uncle Len.
Diary Entry for 2/18/1956
Nellie & Josephine were in accident on way to work. Merrill & I went to Gouverneur. Very slippery. Snowy.
Diary Entry for 2/19/1956
Worked all day. Didn’t go to church.