Washed my dresses & skirts. Did some of ironing.

Ironed in evening. Waxed downstairs bedroom floor. Company man was here to look at freezer.

Ironed in evening again. Cool tonight.

Finally finished ironing. Picked raspberries.

I took lawn mower to Sears to be repaired. Very warm. Put raspberries in Vi’s freezer.

Very warm. Fran, Virginia, Irene, & I, went after frozen custard at noon. Sent Don birthday card & letter.

Don’s birthday. Hot. I took car to Gouverneur for service job. Got Jim shirt. Merrill Bermuda’s. Merrill & I went to Gouverneur in PM with tractor generator. Marty was here for lunch.

Very hot. June, Vernon, Alice,[Hyrcza] & Dave [Smith] were here for picnic lunch. They went to Islands. Gave myself quick perm.

Rained awfully hard in PM. Everything soaked. Lee was here & fixed freezer. Isn’t right yet but is freezing. Fred LeClair’s have baby boy.

Got lawn mower from Sears. $15.65. Didn’t work when I got home. Jim went with Howard’s picking cherries. Got 20 pounds. Rained in evening.

Lee finally fixed freezer. Mike O’Brien, age 58, died of heart attack. Irene Foley, Mr. & Mrs. Fred Leakey, Vi, & I went huckleberrying. Merrill & Millard Thompson went to city with lawn mower.

Cooler today. Froze green beans & raspberries.

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.

Alex Duff’s funeral. Merrill & I went. Merrill was one of bearers. Raining again. We celebrated Jim’s birthday in evening. Bill Howard’s barn burned in PM on Elm Ridge Road.

Jim’s 15th birthday. He got cards from June, Mom’s, & Uncle Berle. Vernon went back to Oswego to start teaching. Got letter from Uncle Berle.

I was sick in bed all day. Merrill combined at Kettles. Got just about done.

I went to work today but feel punk. Rained so Merrill couldn’t combine. M. Brotherton’s barn burned in evening. We went. Route 26.

Jim starts in new Philadelphia High School for first. Bob Miller is bus driver. Merrill finished combining at Kettles. Merrill is sick with grippe. Jim only went to school 1 1/2 hours in AM.

I worked in AM. Took TV out. Had to put another picture tube in it. Other was faulty. Rained in evening.

Cleaned, washed, baked, etc. Jim went roller skating in PM. Merrill worked on hay rack.