Four cent postage stamp goes into effect. Warm day. Lawn mower not fixed yet. Edna Knapp had baby boy today.

85°. I went to city in AM. Got Jim sport jacket. $13.00. Jim worked for Howard. Lee was here to check freezer. Washed.

Sunday, but we worked all day drawing hay. I drove tractor. Jim baled. Swell day.

Wrote Vernon & Mom. Got lawn mower from Sears but still wouldn’t work.

Rose LeClair, Marty Rudes, Jim, & I, went to Gouverneur fair. Rose stayed all night. Nice time at fair. Finished haying !!!

Merrill started combining wheat at Kettles. Farrell’s brought over new tractor for him to try out. Rose & I had pizza from Tuflo’s.

Rained hard. Merrill couldn’t combine. Jim washed car. Jim got home from Marty’s.

Vernon graduated from Oswego State Teacher’s College. Mom, Dad, Brenda, Jim, Merrill, & I, went to commencement. Very nice. Vern graduated cum laude.

Took car to Gouverneur to get signal lights fixed but they didn’t have part. Got Jim 2 pair black pants & shirt.

Raining again. I had headache all day. Lazy day.

Merrill combined wheat at Kettles. Sears brought 3 piece sectional. Very nice.

Merrill finished Kettle’s wheat. New road in Philadelphia opened. Mercer’s opened new gas station.

Jim went to Ken’s on 7:15 bus from city. Rained during night. Merrill started combining Hales oats. Merrill & I went to Theresa.

Vernon got home at noon. He mowed lawns. Merrill finished Hale’soats.

Merrill & Vernon worked at Millard Thompson’s. I took Jim’s record player up to Sears. Paid Sears account.

Merrill combined oats at Kettles. Cool today. They had covered dish supper at Jenny Hayes. I didn’t go. Made Sun dress & jacket, & fixed another sun dress. Vernon worked at Thompson’s.

Rained some. Vern started polishing car. We went for a ride over Gouverneur way to see road. Came to Philadelphia on new road.

Wrote Jim & Mom. Vernon got 3 doors & lumber at Mills. $36.20. Also lumber from Theresa. $7.91.

Merrill combined at Landon’s. Mother Tryon, Beulah, Roger, Danny, Timmy, & Pat were here when I got home. Truck insurance runs out.

Mother Tryon, Beulah, & boys, left about 9:00 AM. Thunder storm in evening. Merrill finished combining at Landon’s. Vernon finished putting on new doors.

Rained. Merrill & Vernon took TV to city.

Vernon went out home after Mom, Dad, Doreen, & David. Also to Ken’s after Jim. Got our TV on way home. Had picture tube put in. $61.60 in all.

Art Haggerty’s were here in evening. Grand day. Merrill combined oats at Hale’s. Vern worked on Howard’s garage. Washed & baked. Juanita came after Dave & Doreen with James Strader’s.

Merrill, Jim, & I, took Dad & Mom home. Went blackberrying but it rained. Got 20 pounds cheese at Smithville. Orv & Angie & kids were here. Richard is home.

Quite cool. Vernon worked on Howard’s garage. Jim stayed all night with Marty Rudes.

Got percolator with green stamps. Merrill started combining at Art Haggerty’s. Broke belt on combine.

Nice warm day. I got Jim’s phonograph from Sears. $3.50. Got legs for round table. $4.50. Merrill & Jim combined at Art Haggerty’s.

Tired all day. Vernon worked at Howard’s. Merrill & Jim were at Art Haggerty’s combining footnote to this date: Loren killed in France on August 28, 1944.

Alex Duff died today in Mercy Hospital. Frederick Brother’s called tonight to ask Merrill to be bearer. Merrill finished at Art’s. Moved to Kettles.

Rained in evening. Merrill worked at Kettles. Merrill & Jim got hair cuts. Vernon worked on Howard’s garage.

Lazy day. We went up to Duff’s in evening with lodges. Raining again.