World day of prayer. I didn’t go. Stormy in evening. We went to city. Got 52 gallon hot water heater at Sears for milk house, $79.00. Niagara Mohawk will pay $50.00 toward it.

Year: 1966
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Diary Entry for 2/26/1966
Spaghetti dinner & supper. I bought some spaghetti sauce for my lunch. I joined Donna Hall’s $1.00 a week club. Merrill cut legs off on buffet & china closet & put new door knob on bathroom. Merrill got hair cut. Apollo [space] shot successful. First one.
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Diary Entry for 2/27/1966
Beautiful day. We went to church. All three choirs sang. Wrote Jim & Vern’s.
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Diary Entry for 2/28/1966
Jury duty 10:00-3:30. Got called on case. Got new brown rug at Sears, $77.00. Got letter from Jim & Dot T, & June. Steven bites!
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Diary Entry for 3/1/1966
Jury duty 10:30-12:00. Last day of this jury term (11 days). Sent Fran card. Got letter from June.
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Diary Entry for 3/2/1966
Put first coat of undercoat on bathroom. Sears brought new rug & barn water heater. Went to 4-H demonstration meeting at city. Lois Ward went with me.
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Diary Entry for 3/3/1966
Home Demonstration at Ruth Raymond’s. Good tum out for rose lesson. Beautiful day. Shellacked stair steps.
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Diary Entry for 3/4/1966
Cloudy & rainy. I have headache. Merrill worked at back room light. Got letter from June. Sent me stamps enough for medicine cabinet.
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Diary Entry for 3/6/1966
I have headache. Lazy day. We didn’t even go to church. Called Vern’s in evening. They have living room about ready to paper.
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Diary Entry for 3/7/1966
Evelyn went back to work. Sent Uncle Berle card & letter. Wrote Mom. Sent fire insurance, $244.88. Painted bathroom final coat. Baked, washed. Got letter from Melba.
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Diary Entry for 3/8/1966
Merrill started laying tile in bathroom. Washed my hair. Made doughnuts. Washed.
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Diary Entry for 3/9/1966
Made bread. Washed rugs & bed spread. I went to lodge. Took record player. 16 people square danced.
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Diary Entry for 3/10/1966
June, Steven, Edith, & Sheila Houtman were here for lunch. I went home with them to help kids paper living room, dining room, & hallway.
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Diary Entry for 3/11/1966
June & I started papering living room. Got it done except for border. Steven is so good. Merrill went to city.
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Diary Entry for 3/12/1966
We finished papering. Got mess cleaned up about 11:30 PM. Papered dining room & hallway.
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Diary Entry for 3/13/1966
Merrill came to Oswego for me. We got kids house settled in AM. Looks so nice. June had a nice dinner. Mom called down to Vern’s.
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Diary Entry for 3/14/1966
We worked at bathroom. Put on rest of counter top. Jim’s tax refund came today.
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Diary Entry for 3/15/1966
Cold wind. Made rolls. Merrill finished bath tile floor. Charles Hall died of pneumonia.
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Diary Entry for 3/16/1966
Wrote Ken’s. Sent Roberta card, letter, & money. Sent Kens $50.00 for beef. Wrote Melba & Elmer. Got letter from Jim. He has sold his car.
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Diary Entry for 3/17/1966
Home Demonstration here. Margaret Waters taught bread lesson. We went up to Charles Hall’s, 58, in evening. Merrill got water pipes for water at milk house.
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Diary Entry for 3/18/1966
70°. I went to Charles Hall’s funeral with Ruth Eggleston. Merrill & I went to city afterwards. Got medicine cabinet with gold stamps. Got 30 cup percolator from Donna’s club. Mary Hall went to hospital.
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Diary Entry for 3/19/1966
Donna & Sharon Hall were here to plan 4-H demonstrations. Lorraine came with them. Merrill got hot water heater hooked up in milk house. Made donuts. Vi called to say Anne & Bob Eggleston have baby girl born last night, 5 pounds, 5 ounces, Allison Ann.
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Diary Entry for 3/20/1966
We didn’t go to church as we went out to Mom’s. Ken’s came up also. Mom is doing her living room. I went to church in evening. Mr. Borst showed slides on Africa.
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Diary Entry for 3/22/1966
Merrill’s birthday. Got several cards. Made him birthday pie. Merrill got medicine cabinet light hooked up. I went up to church with Esther Buker in evening to plan open house. Kids called.
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Diary Entry for 3/23/1966
Rebekahs. I’m on refreshment committee. Made birthday cake. Martha Brown & Betty Rudes on committee. Merrill got more birthday cards.
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Diary Entry for 3/24/1966
I went to city for groceries. Got gift for Mower’s, a 2 section casserole. Got letter & picture from Jim. Wrote Dot & Jim. Merrill finished wiring in bathroom.
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Diary Entry for 3/25/1966
Wrote Juanita. Snowing & very stormy & slippery. Made bread. Merrill & I cleaned church parlous for open house.
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Diary Entry for 3/26/1966
Open house for Bill & Vi Mower’s 30th anniversary at church. Nice party. Snowing all day. Icy in evening. I took 4-H kids to Demonstration Day at Dexter. Donna & Sharon, Joan & Kathy went to demonstration.
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Diary Entry for 3/27/1966
We went to church. Lazy day. I went to church in the evening to see movie, The Will of Augusta Nash.
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Diary Entry for 3/28/1966
Bill & Vi’s 30th anniversary. Washed & baked cookies. We went to church board meeting in evening at parsonage.
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Diary Entry for 3/29/1966
Beautiful day. Finished ironing. June called. Membership & Evangelism meeting here canceled as Rev. Hutchinson not feeling good. Got letter from Mom. She could see to write on blue paper.
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Diary Entry for 3/30/1966
Vern, June, & Steven here all day. Stevie brought me salad mold dish & Grandpa a pound can of Prince Albert. Roads slippery in AM. Kids took cedar chest home with them.
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Diary Entry for 4/1/1966
Merrill & I went to hospital to see Mary Hall. Got groceries. Got letter from Dot. Sent David card & letter. Wrote Jim.
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Diary Entry for 4/2/1966
David’s 12th birthday. Merrill got haircut at Theresa. Frogs are hollering. Washed my hair. Mary Hall came home from the hospital today. We went over to Hall’s in the evening.
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Diary Entry for 4/5/1966
W.S.C.S. at Addie Klock’s & Edith Seeley. Cleaned on Jim’s room. Got letter from Jim. Made bread. Sent for wallpaper for bathroom.
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Diary Entry for 4/6/1966
Wrote Jim. I went to Vern’s in PM. Snowy day. Also rained. I took Stevie a big plastic bunny. Got it at Rosbrooks.
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Diary Entry for 4/7/1966
We papered bedroom. I went to new shopping plaza at Oswego with kids. Raining in evening.
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Diary Entry for 4/8/1966
Got home from Vern’s at 1:30. I went up to Mom’s on way home. We went to city in PM. Got knob for Jim’s room. I went to communion service.
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Diary Entry for 4/9/1966
Changed light in bathroom. Rainy. Cleaned. Changed kitchen furniture. I have a cold. Washed my hair.
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Diary Entry for 4/10/1966
Easter Sunday. Rainy. We went to church. Beautiful sermon & 3 choirs sang. Used Sunday School room. We took Easter lily in memory of our dads. We went to Everett Valentine’s for maple syrup.
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Diary Entry for 4/12/1966
Beautiful day. My cold better. Made donuts. Finished Jim’s room. Merrill built fence.
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Diary Entry for 4/14/1966
Sent Jeffrey card. Card party at Ruth Eggleston’s. I went to card party at Ruth’s in evening. Eleanor, Roberta, Holly, Brenda, & Doreen here for supper.
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Diary Entry for 4/15/1966
I went to city for groceries. Got new cotton dress at Sears. Real warm day. Judy & Frank Payne moved into their new house.
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Diary Entry for 4/16/1966
Warm again today. We went to farewell party at lodge for Evelyn & Leonard Delles who are moving to the other side of Syracuse. Not many out.
