Kept cows in today for first days. Dot didn’t ride in morning.
Yearly Archives: 1958
Diary Entry for 10/29/1958
Not raining today. Rose rode home with us. Merrill put young stock in. George Norton went to hospital by Philadelphia ambulance.
Diary Entry for 10/30/1958
Nice but cool. Mary Hall was here to pay Merrill & sell candy for church.
Diary Entry for 10/31/1958
Dad Tryon’s 79th birthday. I gave blood today. Got my gallon pin. Jim stayed up to last football game & for evening.
Diary Entry for 11/1/1958
Merrill painted barn door. Washed & cleaned. Jim gathered onions & bulbs.
Diary Entry for 11/2/1958
Jim helped Howard today in Harry Miller’s place. Baked pies, cakes, & donuts. Washed my hair.
Diary Entry for 11/3/1958
Jim is 5 feet 3 inches tall. weighs 127 pounds. Basketball practice started. Jim didn’t stay.
Diary Entry for 11/4/1958
Got Jim sneakers size 11. I went over & voted after work. Rose rode home with me. Merrill went to Gouverneur for lime. Ordered gravel.
Diary Entry for 11/5/1958
Jim got hair cut. I got tan coat & brown skirt at Pearl’s. Merrill painted on windows.
Diary Entry for 11/6/1958
Cooler. Merrill worked at Thompson’s.
Diary Entry for 11/7/1958
Rose didn’t ride home. Merrill painted windows.
Diary Entry for 11/8/1958
Merrill worked at Thompson’s. Jim helped Harry plow. I went to Gouverneur in PM for groceries & oil change. Got letter from Mom.
Diary Entry for 11/9/1958
Cleaned. Merrill painted on windows. Jim went skating.
Diary Entry for 11/10/1958
Rainy & colder. Snow flurries in city.
Diary Entry for 11/11/1958
No school. Merrill worked on Landon’s house. Storm doors & windows.
Diary Entry for 11/12/1958
Vi & I went to parents night at school. Met Jim’s teachers. Vernon called from Oswego. Leslie’s birthday. Jim & Esther Hardy’s 13th anniversary.
Diary Entry for 11/13/1958
Nice day. Merrill worked at Howard’s. Mr. Fred Flood died today.
Diary Entry for 11/14/1958
Jim was sick & didn’t go to school. 4-H at Hulburts. Jim didn’t go. Merrill finished at Thompson’s.
Diary Entry for 11/15/1958
Rained all day. We went to city & out home. Marty & Jim went to show. Mr. flood’s funeral. Got letter from Mother Tryon.
Diary Entry for 11/16/1958
Jim went roller skating. Baked & washed clothes. Didn’t go to school.
Diary Entry for 11/17/1958
I fell on steps at shop. Hurt my shoulder & knee. Warm.
Diary Entry for 11/18/1958
Beautiful warm day. 74°. Very windy in evening. Jim got report card. Washed towels.
Diary Entry for 11/19/1958
Colder & windy. Sam was at shop today.
Diary Entry for 11/20/1958
Jim brought home Post lantern lamp he made in shop. Nice. Merrill gave me had electric mixer & Jim gave me Evening In Paris set for my birthday.
Diary Entry for 11/21/1958
My birthday. Josephine gave me 2 dozen red roses. Jim went to first basketball game. Colder.
Diary Entry for 11/22/1958
Nice day. We went to city. Got radio for Dad’s for Christmas. Don & us. $30.25. Used mixer for first time.
Diary Entry for 11/23/1958
Jim went roller skating. Merrill & I washed & polished car. Swell day. Not too cold.
Diary Entry for 11/24/1958
Snowed today. Roads slippery tonight.
Diary Entry for 11/25/1958
Vernon got home about 8:00 PM. Snowed some last night.
Diary Entry for 11/26/1958
Got turkey ready to roast. Men got blower hooked up on furnace.
Diary Entry for 11/27/1958
Thanksgiving. We went out home. Just a little snow out there. Got cheese. Mom gave me 2 sheets for birthday. Don’s gave me salad set.
Diary Entry for 11/28/1958
Roads very slippery in morning. Terrible storm all day. Lots of accidents tonight. Cars stuck at shop.
Diary Entry for 11/29/1958
Terrible storms all over. Roads blocked lots of places. 19 in accident at Boonville. Snow plow by for first time this year.
Diary Entry for 11/30/1958
Jim went roller skating. Vernon left at 2:30 for Oswego. Cold but nice day. Vernon called to say he got there OK.
Diary Entry for 12/1/1958
Jim got basketball suit #12. Terry Hall’s 4th birthday. Very snowy coming home. Did some Christmas shopping at wholesale. Merrill put cold pipe in living room.
Diary Entry for 12/2/1958
Jim went to basketball game at Philadelphia. I went to W.S.C.S. Christmas party at Margaret Waters.
Diary Entry for 12/3/1958
Warmer. Jim didn’t go to school. Overslept. Got first Christmas card from Dot Talcott.
Diary Entry for 12/4/1958
Snow going fast. I went to Green Stamp store at noon. Jim got down Christmas decorations.
Diary Entry for 12/5/1958
Ann Pacific has baby girl born at 7:30. Valentina Marie. I got in ditch at Gardner’s. Stormy in evening. Jim played first basketball game at Carthage.
Diary Entry for 12/6/1958
Jim went to city with Rudes. Waxed kitchen floor. Sent package to Uncle Berle. Got his package today. Marty came home with Jim.
Diary Entry for 12/7/1958
Jim & Marty went roller skating. Washed & ironed. Baked apple pies.
Diary Entry for 12/8/1958
Terrible storm in Oswego. 5 feet of snow. Jim & I went to ball game. Hollywood All Stars played. Also 5th & 6th grades. Got letter from Vern.
Diary Entry for 12/9/1958
Slippery. Georgianna Schell had accident on Ore Bed Bridge with truck. Jim got hair cut at Theresa.
Diary Entry for 12/10/1958
Roy’s birthday. Rebekah Christmas party. I went. Very cold.
Diary Entry for 12/11/1958
Cold. Our 23rd anniversary. No celebration. Past Grands at Aunt Maude’s. 18 present. Nettie was my secret pal. Helen my new one.
Diary Entry for 12/12/1958
Jim stayed at game. Going home with Marty. Irene & I went to Shop Plaza.
Diary Entry for 12/13/1958
Cleaned house. Put up more decorations.
Diary Entry for 12/14/1958
Washed & ironed. Jim went roller skating. Cold.
Diary Entry for 12/15/1958
Vi Mowers birthday. Merrill went to lodge. Wrote some letters.
Diary Entry for 12/16/1958
Anna Jerio died last night at 10:00 PM. Very stormy during night. No roads plowed. Wards brought 7 storm windows.