Took out tree & decorations. Mom called. Nice day. Jim went to show.

Year: 1962
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Diary Entry for 1/2/1962
I was sick in bed all day. Fran called in evening. Merrill went after feed & coal.
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Diary Entry for 1/3/1962
Stormy. Jim drove car lo school. Joan here for supper. Merrill & I took down Christmas decorations. Cleaned living room furniture.
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Diary Entry for 1/4/1962
Very cold during night. I went to city today. Very icy. Caroline & Jim S. got home today. Caroline called in evening. Got Jim phonograph needle, $4.95.
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Diary Entry for 1/5/1962
I went to see Dr. Roberts. Gave me new pills for headaches. Signed my sick leave papers. Very icy.
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Diary Entry for 1/6/1962
Raining & freezing. Jim took boys swimming to YMCA. Kenny Rudes here for dinner. Jim had game at Bay in evening.
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Diary Entry for 1/7/1962
Jim stayed at Joan’s all night because it was so icy. Snowy all day. Thawed in PM.
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Diary Entry for 1/8/1962
Did big wash. Took it to Theresa laundry to day. (first time). Baked cookies. snowy but warm.
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Diary Entry for 1/9/1962
Got first True Story. Very stormy all over. Roads blocked. Schools closed. Jim got home at 1 :30 PM. Baked & ironed. Vi called. She quit work last Saturday.
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Diary Entry for 1/10/1962
Mail didn’t go because of storm. No school because of storm. Nice day here but terrible stormy in city. Merrill fixed starter on Howard’s tractor. Rebekah meeting canceled.
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Diary Entry for 1/11/1962
Still quite stormy in PM. Got two days mail. finished ironing. Wrote Uncle Berle. Sent for films.
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Diary Entry for 1/12/1962
Nice day at last. I went to city for groceries. Joan was here for supper. Wrote Mom. They put new cord on phone.
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Diary Entry for 1/13/1962
Merrill & I went to city in AM for car & truck license. Called Fran. Jim & Joan went to basketball game. Had vet for cows with sores.
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Diary Entry for 1/14/1962
Truck license in mail today. Joan was here for supper. Wrote Mom. They put new cord on phone.
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Diary Entry for 1/15/1962
Rained all day. Snow going fast. Merrill went up to Philadelphia in PM. Washed.
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Diary Entry for 1/16/1962
Very icy & cold. lost a cow today. Sold her for $3.00. Ironed. Joan here for supper. Army plane missing in this section. Lots of planes around.
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Diary Entry for 1/19/1962
Got sick check. Merrill & I went to city. Went to Farm Congress at Armory. Jim went to Fireman’s dance at Theresa. Lots of planes around. No trace of lost one. Cold.
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Diary Entry for 1/20/1962
Jim & Kenny took boys swimming. Kenny stayed all night. 12 college students are pushing bed on wheels to city from Potsdam today. Started yesterday. Wrote Dot Talcott. Earl Mosher broke his leg in accident by our truck. Have headache.
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Diary Entry for 1/21/1962
They found jet plane at Lake Placid about noon. Merrill & I went out home. Gave Mom her watch. Stopped at Roger Miller’s to report accident.
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Diary Entry for 1/22/1962
Raining. Cold & icy in evening. Cleaned upstairs. Couldn’t get to crashed jet because of bad storms in mountains.
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Diary Entry for 1/23/1962
Windy. We had extension phone put in our bedroom. We are on four party line now. Joan was here for supper. They went to game at Philadelphia. Found body in jet crash.
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Diary Entry for 1/25/1962
Merrill & I went to Antwerp & Gouverneur. Paid taxes, $167.00. Had oil & grease & wash job on car. Had to put on a power steering hose.
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Diary Entry for 1/26/1962
I went to city in AM. Got Jim’s car license. Joan here for supper. Got my hair cut at Harriet’s. Merrill & I went bowling with Howard’s. Got letter from Uncle Berle.
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Diary Entry for 1/27/1962
I’ve had sick headache all day. Merrill got hair cut. Jim & Joan went to movies Got letter from Eleanor. Farm management course started on TV.
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Diary Entry for 1/28/1962
Feel better today. Cold wind. Joan here for dinner. They went sledding. Very cold last night. 10° below. Washed & did some of ironing.
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Diary Entry for 1/30/1962
Donnie Cooke & Carl Allen went into air force. Windy. Jim’s car quit on way to school. Merrill & I took it to Klocks. Jim Seeley came home from Rochester today.
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Diary Entry for 1/31/1962
Very cold. Snowy. Sent in income tax & State tax. Also Jim’s. Wrote MIC about car damage. Joan stayed all night. I went to lodge practice.
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Diary Entry for 2/1/1962
Was 38° below last night. Very cold all day. About zero. Jim stayed all night at Joan’s.
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Diary Entry for 2/2/1962
Jim went to Rochester today wtth Joan & her mother. She had her examination & shots for college. He stayed all night at Joan’s.
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Diary Entry for 2/3/1962
Jim took boys swimming. He & Joan went to wrestling match in evening. Baked pies & donuts.
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Diary Entry for 2/4/1962
We went to Snow Ridge. Debbie & Terry went with us, Also Joan. Stopped at Uncle Len’s. Vern & June called in evening,
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Diary Entry for 2/5/1962
Washed & ironed. Stormy, cloudy day, Jim’s senior ring came but is too large, $28.05.
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Diary Entry for 2/6/1962
W.S.C.S, at Leah’s. I have charge of program. Merrill & Claude went to Mercy. Has to see Earl Mosher, Jim & Joan went to game at Edwards. Joan’s mother here in evening. Joan stayed all night.
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Diary Entry for 2/10/1962
Below zero all day. Merrill went to milk plant stock holders meeting, Got 2 1/2 pounds of free cheese. Jim went to wresting playoffs at Adams Central.
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Diary Entry for 2/11/1962
20° below zero last night. Merrill & I went to Brownville & Dexter. No one home but Peggy & children at Scees. Jim went to Gary & Elaine Farrell’s 3rd anniversary.
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Diary Entry for 2/12/1962
Jet plane crashed at Mexico, No one killed. Washed clothes. Nice day. Made cookies, Merrill trimmed evergreen trees,
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Diary Entry for 2/13/1962
I have headache, Sent birthday card & letter to Mother Tryon. Also my secret pal, Evelyn. Did ironing, Made raspberry jam. Jim went to basketball game from school with Joan.
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Diary Entry for 2/14/1962
Elaine & Gary Farrell’s 3rd anniversary, Jim went down to Joan’s in evening. Jim gave us heart box of candy. Very stormy all day. I didn’t go to lodge. Couldn’t get the car out.
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Diary Entry for 2/15/1962
Beautiful day. Merrill & I shoveled driveway, Wrote Marguerne, I got $60.00 check from sick fund. Doris & Freddie Ayne’s 25th anniversary.
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Diary Entry for 2/16/1962
I went to Gouverneur for groceries in AM. Quite stormy in PM & evening, Jim & Joan went to game at Carthage, Joan stayed all night.
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Diary Entry for 2/19/1962
Very stormy all over. Jim didn’t go to school because of weather. They let schools out early, Washed, baked pies, & donuts. Nancy & Bill Gregg have baby girl, Roberta Ann, 4 pounds, 1 0 ounces,
