Past Grands at Marguerite’s. I went. Sure hot. I had a fight with Jennie. Got $10.00 raise.
Yearly Archives: 1959
Diary Entry for 9/9/1959
Jim starts school this term. Gerald Parker drives his bus. Sure hot. Worst day of summer. Took boys swimming.
Diary Entry for 9/10/1959
Got new winter coat. Sure hot. Turned cool in evening. Got my hair done after work. Got letter from Vern. First one from Maryland.
Diary Entry for 9/11/1959
Much cooler today. Seems good. Signed for Times for Vernon. $4.50 for 3 months.
Diary Entry for 9/12/1959
Jim & I went to city. Iva Norton was here for club. Have paid her $6.00.
Diary Entry for 9/13/1959
Cool but nice. Baked cookies & cake. Merrill mowed lawn. Jack Hughes & Freddie were here.
Diary Entry for 9/14/1959
I went to W.S.C.S. guild meeting at Margaret Kiechle’s. Got new dress. Cool. Had furnace fire. Harry Waters, another deputy, & woman killed at city.
Diary Entry for 9/15/1959
Marty’s 15th birthday. Got long letter from Vern. Mr. & Mrs. Bennett were here. Merrill took 4 calves to sale. We voted at Antwerp. Jim had first driver education lesson. Merrill paid school taxes. $186.75.
Diary Entry for 9/16/1959
Grand day. Mr. Gonyea helped Merrill fill silo. Got third letter from Vernon. Harry Waters funeral.
Diary Entry for 9/17/1959
Got table cloth for kitchen table. Mr. Gonyea was here all day helping with corn. Sent card & letter to Vern.
Diary Entry for 9/18/1959
Cool. Paid $3.00 more on coat. Jim wrote Vernon.
Diary Entry for 9/19/1959
Took car to Gouverneur. Didn’t have part. Got oil changed & brakes fixed. Rebekah’s had turkey supper.
Diary Entry for 9/20/1959
Beautiful day. Washed my hair. Jim went over to Marty’s. Waxed kitchen floor.
Diary Entry for 9/21/1959
Vern’s 23rd birthday. Warmer.
Diary Entry for 9/22/1959
Got dress from Spiegel. Warm. Men were here filling silo. Got letter from Vern.
Diary Entry for 9/23/1959
Rebekah’s election of officers. I went. 30 members present. Evelyn D is Noble Grand. Edna Cross is Vice Grand. Jim went to city & got driver permit.
Diary Entry for 9/24/1959
Very warm. Got my new coat today.
Diary Entry for 9/25/1959
Rosie, Alice, Virginia, Mary, Fran, & I, went to Dante’s for pizza at noon. Rosie’s last day of work.
Diary Entry for 9/26/1959
Swell day. Waxed bathroom floor. I went to Theresa for groceries. Jim & I went to 4-H at Kiechle’s.
Diary Entry for 9/27/1959
We went out home for dinner. Jim drove for first time both ways.
Diary Entry for 9/28/1959
Very warm. Washed clothes in evening.
Diary Entry for 9/29/1959
Hot & muggy. Rained in PM. Merrill started plowing. Washed my hair.
Diary Entry for 9/30/1959
Rained about all day. I got letter from Vernon. Judy Sivertson’s auction.
Diary Entry for 10/1/1959
World Series starts. Dodgers & White Socks.
Diary Entry for 10/2/1959
Carl, Gloria, Rosie, & Cindy, were here when I got home. Jim went to Record Hop at Philadelphia.
Diary Entry for 10/3/1959
Took car to Gouverneur to have carburetor fixed. Got shoes & purse. Les Hall’s auction.
Diary Entry for 10/4/1959
Carl, Gloria, & girls left at noon. Washed & cleaned. Jim went skating. We went up to Jim Hardy’s to see puppy.
Diary Entry for 10/5/1959
Raining. Jim brought home ping pong table he made in shop. Merrill got it for him with truck. Got maps, & letters from Vernon. Mrs. Caird died today.
Diary Entry for 10/6/1959
Raining. Got my hair done at Mills. Helen Dickson’s father died today. Rebekah’s went to Mrs. Caird’s.
Diary Entry for 10/7/1959
Jim & I went to Theresa for groceries. Nice day. Quite warm.
Diary Entry for 10/8/1959
Mom came home with me from work. Came on bus.
Diary Entry for 10/9/1959
June, Eleanor, Merrill, & I left for Maryland at 2:00 from Ken’s. Stopped at motel in Pennsylvania for night. $6.25.
Diary Entry for 10/10/1959
Got to Vern’s about 10:30. Rented motel for 2 days. Went to Washington, D.C. Hit little Negro girl crossing street. Not hurt bad.
Diary Entry for 10/11/1959
We went out to dinner. went to Annapolis & farm at Beltsville. Very hot today. 90°.
Diary Entry for 10/12/1959
We got home at 10:00 PM. Left College Park at 7:00 AM. Cost us $8.00 Thruway fees.
Diary Entry for 10/13/1959
Cold. Merrill took Mom home. Tired today. I went to bed at 9:35. June Rockwood McCartin has baby girl, Kimberly June, born today.
Diary Entry for 10/14/1959
Lodge but I didn’t go. Talked with Vi.
Diary Entry for 10/15/1959
Cold. I wrote Vernon. Got Teddy Bear for Helen Lawrence in Washington, D.C.
Diary Entry for 10/16/1959
Jim went to dance at Philadelphia. Music by Rosie Hardy. Wayne Carp, Claude Be., Freddie Pol., & Brenda Hewitt.
Diary Entry for 10/17/1959
4-H here. 9 present. Election of officers. Cleaned house.
Diary Entry for 10/18/1959
Washed & ironed. First snow flurries today. Jim went roller skating.
Diary Entry for 10/19/1959
Quite cold. Snow at Adams & Massena. Wrote Mom & Dad.
Diary Entry for 10/20/1959
Kept cows in tonight for first night this fall.
Diary Entry for 10/21/1959
Mom & Dad’s anniversary. Cold. Lawson Chapin hung himself this morning. Got letter from Vern.
Diary Entry for 10/22/1959
Boys came down to practice act for 4-H. Rebekah’s installation but I didn’t go. Blanche Eager married to Joe LaLonde.
Diary Entry for 10/23/1959
4-H achievement night at Evans Mills. Boys put on Rock & Roll number. Good. Lynn hit Teddy with truck. Not hurt bad.
Diary Entry for 10/24/1959
We went to city. Jim got coat. $11.90. Also pants & shirt. Carl Allen came home with us to spend night. Got winter tires put on at Mercer’s. Rainy.
Diary Entry for 10/25/1959
We went to church. Jim went roller skating. took Carl home. Made black corduroy skirt. Wrote Vernon.
Diary Entry for 10/26/1959
Farm Bureau fellow was here. Insurance fellow was here about accident.
Diary Entry for 10/27/1959
Rainy. Mary O’B, Alice C., Marg, Vi, Rose D., & I went to undertaking parlor to see Margaret Phillip’s husband. Kept cows in today for first.