Everyone sleepy. Got to bed at 4:30 AM.
Yearly Archives: 1959
Diary Entry for 1/2/1959
Was so icy on our road I didn’t get to work. Marty Rudes was here for dinner.
Diary Entry for 1/3/1959
Vern got notice today to go for physical January 14th. George Henderson killed beef. Vern & Jim took out tree & decorations.
Diary Entry for 1/4/1959
Very stormy. Vern & June left for Oswego about 4:45.
Diary Entry for 1/5/1959
Very cold. Terrible stormy other places. Merrill went to lodge installation. He is R.S.Vice Grand. 22° below zero this morning.
Diary Entry for 1/6/1959
Very cold still. Got oil change at Mercer’s. Got letter from Dot Talcott.
Diary Entry for 1/7/1959
Warmer tonight. I went downtown at noon. I got wool slacks. $3.00 at Bargain Center. Vernon’s name is in paper for draft call.
Diary Entry for 1/8/1959
Warmer. Girls got groceries after work. Got letter from June. She said it was very bad going back to Oswego on Sunday night.
Diary Entry for 1/9/1959
Cut up 1/4 beef in evening & wrapped it.
Diary Entry for 1/10/1959
Very cold & snowy. Wrote Vern. Merrill & Jim went to Theresa. Merrill got rubber boots.
Diary Entry for 1/11/1959
Still stormy. cut & wrapped meat. Made fried cakes.
Diary Entry for 1/12/1959
Warmer. Merrill took meat to Theresa to have ground
Diary Entry for 1/13/1959
Vernon got home in evening. Roads good again.
Diary Entry for 1/14/1959
Jim went to game at school. Vern’s physical. Went to Syracuse on 10:30 bus. Got home at 8:00. He didn’t pass because of his eyes. I went to lodge. Was on committee with Dot & Fern Burn.
Diary Entry for 1/15/1959
No school because of icy roads. Vernon went back to Oswego. Had class at 12:00.
Diary Entry for 1/16/1959
Very stormy. Snowing hard in evening. Jim went over to Howard’s
Diary Entry for 1/17/1959
Sent Doreen card. Very stormy all day.
Diary Entry for 1/18/1959
Snowing & blowing all day. Stopped in evening. Went over to Evelyn’s in evening to see Hal for first time.
Diary Entry for 1/19/1959
Merrill finished cutting up beef. Very stormy. No mail, or bread truck. Jim got out of school at 1:30. Roads closed most of day. Abby & Bob have baby boy Rocky LaRue.
Diary Entry for 1/20/1959
Finally stopped storming. Sent cow & 3 calves to sale. Got car & truck tabs today. Josephine C got them for me.
Diary Entry for 1/21/1959
Thawing. Water everywhere.
Diary Entry for 1/22/1959
Ivan Corso have baby girl. Cheryl Ann. Very stormy on way home from work. I got in ditch. Elmer Gleason helped me home. Jim didn’t get home from school.
Diary Entry for 1/23/1959
Merrill went over to Rudes for Jim. Got phone fixed in PM. We went to Theresa for meat. Finished freezing hamburg. Merrill paid up Mosher. I didn’t go to work.
Diary Entry for 1/24/1959
Washed & cleaned. Cold. Washed my hair.
Diary Entry for 1/25/1959
Snowed some in morning. Cold. Merrill got driveway shoveled out in PM. Merrill worked on income tax returns.
Diary Entry for 1/26/1959
Very cold. almost 20° below zero last night. Merrill paid taxes & got dog license at Antwerp.
Diary Entry for 1/27/1959
Virginia & I shoveled out place to park at shop. Wrote Vernon & Mom. Got letter from Mom.
Diary Entry for 1/28/1959
Lodge but I didn’t go. Windy.
Diary Entry for 1/29/1959
Swell day again. Quite warm. Rose D. rode home tonight. Joined Dot Chulton’s club. $20.66.
Diary Entry for 1/30/1959
Past Grands at Lula Rappole’s. Jim played basketball. Carthage at Philadelphia. Went to Past Grands. Got black slacks from Spiegels.
Diary Entry for 1/31/1959
We all went to basketball game. Town team & Brockville. Marty came home with us. Jim & I went to city.
Diary Entry for 2/1/1959
Marty went home. Very cold. I have sick headache. Made cake.
Diary Entry for 2/2/1959
Cold & stormy at night. Bad driving.
Diary Entry for 2/3/1959
Lawrence Hall rode to city with us. I took Rose D. home in evening. Stopped at Shurtlift’s funeral home to see Theresa Watson’s father. Washed my hair.
Diary Entry for 2/4/1959
Windy, raining, also some snow. Vernon got 4-F draft notice.
Diary Entry for 2/5/1959
Cold & windy.
Diary Entry for 2/6/1959
Another bad snow storm at Oswego. Roads blocked. Jim went to Lowville with basketball team. Jean Nevilles & Jimmy Hall Married.
Diary Entry for 2/7/1959
Snowy. Jim & I went to Theresa. I got coat & skirt. Jim went skating to Bobby Eggleston’s. Jim got flat top hair cut. Made out income tax.
Diary Entry for 2/8/1959
Very cold. Worked all day, washing & ironing. Made bread.
Diary Entry for 2/9/1959
15 ° below zero last night. Freezing rain on way home. Sent in income tax. Paid $38.00.
Diary Entry for 2/10/1959
Past Grands at Helen Dickson’s. Very stormy all day. I didn’t get into work until 9:00. Sleet, snow etc. Girls rode with Nellie.
Diary Entry for 2/11/1959
The plow went through at 7:00 AM. I got to work at 8:15. Very icy. Girls went with Nellie.
Diary Entry for 2/12/1959
Cold & slippery in morning. Nice later in day.
Diary Entry for 2/13/1959
Friday the 13th. Roads terrible slippery in morning. No school because bus driers refused to drive on ice. Jim played basketball in evening.
Diary Entry for 2/14/1959
I went to Gouverneur to have car oiled & greased & washed. Nice day. Jim baked cake in evening.
Diary Entry for 2/15/1959
Snowed last night. Nice day but more snow.
Diary Entry for 2/16/1959
Wrote Mom & Mother Tryon. Sent her card & $23.00 for her birthday.
Diary Entry for 2/17/1959
Snowy & cold.
Diary Entry for 2/18/1959
Jim was sick all day but nurse wouldn’t let him come home. Got letter from Mom.
Diary Entry for 2/19/1959
Jim didn’t go to school. Very cold. Jim feeling better tonight.