Got hanky & card for Grange. Mary O’Brien’s birthday. Very foggy in morning. We went to city. Marty Rudes went with us. Jim stayed overnight at Marty’s. Merrill & I went up to Uncle Ray’s in evening.
Monthly Archives: February 1958
Diary Entry for 2/2/1958
Jim got home from Marty’s. He went roller skating to Philadelphia. Washed & ironed. Sun shining part of day.
Diary Entry for 2/3/1958
Edna Knapp’s birthday. I went back to work. Edna & I had lunch at E&B Restaurant.
Diary Entry for 2/4/1958
Cold & kind of windy. Feel tired tonight.
Diary Entry for 2/5/1958
Swell day but kind of cold. Terrible snow storms at Syracuse & Buffalo. Merrill, Jim, & I, went to March of Dimes game at Theresa. Jim played.
Diary Entry for 2/6/1958
Swell day. Merrill ordered oil & grease from Mr. Kane. Vern’s picture was in Times. He starts teaching at Oswego College this week.
Diary Entry for 2/7/1958
Got letter from Vernon. I went to Dr. Roberts at noon with my stone. We went to Loblaws for groceries after work. Snowing some. Leah called.
Diary Entry for 2/8/1958
Still snowy. Merrill & I went to Grange card party at Leah & Claude’s. Nice time. Merrill & I won high in Pedro.
Diary Entry for 2/9/1958
Very stormy. Windy. Terrible storms Syracuse way. Merrill shoveled drive way in evening.
Diary Entry for 2/10/1958
Got stuck at shop. Roads good this morning. Aren’t open yet some places. Got letter from Vernon.
Diary Entry for 2/11/1958
Got stuck again today. No place to park at shop.
Diary Entry for 2/12/1958
Jim played basketball at Redwood. March of Dimes game. Snowy at city. I have stiff neck. Moved to another machine today.
Diary Entry for 2/13/1958
Quite cold all day. Tire went up on manure spreader. Merrill took it to Farrell’s. Got letter from Mom. They are still sick out there.
Diary Entry for 2/14/1958
I was sick with horrid headache. Had to lay down at shop. Got letter from Mom.
Diary Entry for 2/15/1958
Merrill & I went out home for first since Christmas. Jim & Marty went to show at Avon. Got Jim HiFi Record player at Sears. $69.95. Marty came home with us. Mrs. Leach died this morning.
Diary Entry for 2/16/1958
Mother Tryon’s 69th birthday. Grandpa Haggerty’s 91st birthday. Merrill & I took Marty home at 4:00. Very stormy all day.
Diary Entry for 2/17/1958
Very cold & stormy. We stopped on way home tonight to Mrs. Leach’s.
Diary Entry for 2/18/1958
Mrs. Leach’s funeral. Still stormy.
Diary Entry for 2/19/1958
Merrill & I went to card party at Hudson’s for heart fund. Nice time. Jim went down to Bobby E.
Diary Entry for 2/20/1958
Dot S. paid me. Merrill & I had third polio shot at Philadelphia. Merrill put in vents at Brown’s barn. Ed & Roy Bennett were here.
Diary Entry for 2/21/1958
Joined Mary O’Brien’s club. Uncle Ray called. Grandpa very bad. Very stormy in evening. Merrill took Jim to Theresa school dance. Six of us went to Howard’s for lunch. Rose Dindle rode home.
Diary Entry for 2/22/1958
Stormy all day. Called Aunt Esther. Grandpa not too good. Washed. Jim cleaned house.
Diary Entry for 2/23/1958
Still stormy. Jim helped Howard draw hay. Uncle Ray went out home. Grandpa Haggerty died tonight. Sunday. 7:15 PM.
Diary Entry for 2/24/1958
Merrill started working on Welser’s house at the Mills. Rainy & windy. Called Aunt Esther. Called Vernon. Grandpa’s funeral Wednesday.
Diary Entry for 2/25/1958
Very icy going to work.
Diary Entry for 2/26/1958
Grandpa Haggerty’s funeral at Adams. Beautiful day for it. Aunt Belle, Beatrice, George, Mae S., & Arnold, came from Canada. Uncle Ray & Aunt Maude went with us. I took car to Gouverneur for oil change & wash.
Diary Entry for 2/27/1958
Snowed very hard here. Not much at city. Harold Northrup was killed by his tractor tipping on him last night.
Diary Entry for 2/28/1958
Jim & I went to basketball game at Philadelphia. Played Theresa.