Merrill combined Ivan Hale’s oats. Went to Bechard’s in PM.
Monthly Archives: August 1957
Diary Entry for 8/2/1957
Merrill combined at Bechard’s. Mr. & Mrs. Bennett were here in evening. Paid our interest.
Diary Entry for 8/3/1957
Jim & I finished papering dining room. Got some of furniture put back. Wrote Mom.
Diary Entry for 8/4/1957
I was sick all day. Clara & Glen Wallace were here but I was too sick to visit so they left.
Diary Entry for 8/5/1957
I didn’t work today. Have been in bed about all day. Merrill combined at Bechard’s.
Diary Entry for 8/6/1957
Feeling better today. Cleaned in evening. Washed clothes.
Diary Entry for 8/7/1957
Rose LeClair & Milly D. came home with me & spent the night. Merrill brought combine home from Bechard’s.
Diary Entry for 8/8/1957
Art, Doris, & girls, came from Vermont. Didn’t stay all night.
Diary Entry for 8/9/1957
Jim went to Gouverneur Fair with Howard & Evelyn. Merrill combined at Kettle’s.
Diary Entry for 8/10/1957
Rained last night. Merrill took combine to Art’s. Donna & Sharon Roggie came home with me. Went to Theresa. Took cakes over to Evelyn to bake.
Diary Entry for 8/11/1957
Merrill combined at Art’s until rain started. Took girls home.
Diary Entry for 8/12/1957
Angie Montondo started work at Olga today. Merrill worked at Art’s.
Diary Entry for 8/13/1957
Merrill finished at Art Haggerty’s. Combined at Kittles. Bridget Carter of Evans Mills started riding.
Diary Entry for 8/14/1957
Muggy day. Merrill combined at Kettles. Got card from Mom. Milk strike begins.
Diary Entry for 8/15/1957
I stayed all night with Rose LeClair. Rose, Milly, & I went to Sandy Creek Fair. Nellie drove my car home. Carl & Gloria & girls stopped on way home from Vermont.
Diary Entry for 8/16/1957
Vernon & Dexter went near Cortland for combine. Left at 4:00 AM. Got back at 6:00 PM. Men went after truck we bought from Claude Simon’s for $200. Went home with Rose. Cold.
Diary Entry for 8/17/1957
Merrill finished combining at Bechard’s. Jim went over to Marty’s. Froze beans. Had sweet corn for first. Plenty big already.
Diary Entry for 8/18/1957
Didn’t go to church. Froze corn.
Diary Entry for 8/19/1957
Got truck license. $13.75. Vern & I went to Philadelphia with truck. Mom called about reunion. Called Doris Haggerty.
Diary Entry for 8/20/1957
Sent reunion invitations to Canada. Merrill drove truck to work.
Diary Entry for 8/21/1957
Washed & ironed. Merrill finished combining at Kettle’s. Started our own.
Diary Entry for 8/22/1957
Merrill combined oats.
Diary Entry for 8/23/1957
Merrill combined our oats. Didn’t get done. 147 bags so far. Boys helped Howard bale straw in evening. Marty was over.
Diary Entry for 8/24/1957
Painted dining room. Washed spreads. Merrill finished combining our oats. 157 bags on 10 acres. Went to Theresa.
Diary Entry for 8/25/1957
Reunion at Thompson Park. I was sick so we didn’t go. Everett Strader called to say they couldn’t come. Hot. George, Nellie, & kids, stayed all night at Uncle Ray’s.
Diary Entry for 8/26/1957
I went to work but didn’t feel very peppy. Took Vernon to Rosbrook’s after plywood.
Diary Entry for 8/27/1957
Cooler. Jim stayed all night with Marty Rudes. Washed my hair.
Diary Entry for 8/28/1957
Carleton baled our straw. Cool.
Diary Entry for 8/29/1957
Wrote Mom last night but they forgot to mail it. Gave Edna Knapp my blue formal for wedding.
Diary Entry for 8/30/1957
Warm. Merrill worked on Bessie Hagan’s chairs. Marty was here.
Diary Entry for 8/31/1957
Merrill, Jim, & I, went to city & got Jim school clothes. Got Vern steel files at Mills. Went to Theresa in evening.