Dr. Scanlon, 2 PM. No change. $15. Got Toni perm with curlers, $4.11. Wrote Pearl Pitt. Put Mom’s card of thanks in Times, $3. Got new flag, $4.50. Merrill drawed 2 load of hay alone while Iwas gone. We got part of load in evening.

Sent $300 to Master Charge. Nice day. Cool. We got letter from Edie Wallace, Battle Creek. I sent it on to Mom. Wrote her note. We finally cleaned 12 acres across road. 29 acres yet to do. I went to Philadelphia to bank. Got groceries.

Gave myself a Toni. We drawed first 2 load of hay from 17 acres. Hot today. Hay cures good. Waxed kitchen floor in evening. Washed white clothes.

Hot. We drawed 2 1/2 loads of hay. Jeff and Hal helped get 1/2 load. I cleaned floors. Waxed around rugs in dining and living rooms.

Thunder storm during night. I sent Don birthday card and note. Howard Hall gets done work at Deferiets. Sulphite Mill closed down. I made 2 pumpkin and 1 cherry pie. Merrill put screen in cellar window. Rained about all day. Merrill mowed lawn by house.

Mrs. Myrna Halstead, autoharp. She was very good. Only 28 out to church. I took Fair Blanks and cards to 4-H kids after church. I called Pat from Philadelphia pay phone. Jim working at Fays today. Phone man fixed our phone about 4 PM. We went to Mowers trailer at Clayton in evening.

Jefferson County Fair starts. Mary and I took 4-H kids. Got home at 12:45. Sharon, Debby H and Lori S didn’t send exhibits. We drawed 2 loads of hay. It rained in evening. Thunder storms.

Real cool day. Merrill raked hay and mowed last of 17 acres but it was too damp to draw. Washed my hair in evening. I got baby shower invitation for Vicky Thayer, August 6th.

Got letter from June. Wrote them. Sent card to Blankenship’s in Georgia. I went to Philadelphia for groceries. We drawed 2 load of hay in PM and 1 after chores. Was 10 PM when Merrill got in house. I called Mom in evening. Eleanor took her to doctor today. She is coming good.

4-H Day at the Fair. We went but it was raining hard out there. We went to Sackets. Jim wasn’t home. Jolie is growing. Took them some taffy. They gave us Jolie’s picture taken in hospital at one week old, the day she went home. Saw John, Helen, and Carl Keichel at Fair.

Foggy in morning. Cleaned in AM. We drawed last load of hay from back 17 acres field. Made cake, brownies, and cranberries. We went to Philadelphia for groceries in evening. Scott and Aldrin landed on moon safely, Apollo 15.

Vern’s came. Mom came with them. They took Steve to doctor at hospital with sore ears. Inner ear infection. Jim and Pat and Jolie came in PM. Jolie’s first visit here. She is so sweet. Evelyn and Dawn over in evening. Mary H took 4-H kids to Fair for exhibits and checks. Raining

Vern preaches at Philadelphia and Mills. A wonderful sermon. Merrill went with Vern to Mills. 41 out to church. We had turkey dinner. Aunt Maude and Cheryl here in evening. Cheryl goes back to work in the morning.

Merrill mowed first hay back of ledge. Rained in evening. Mom and I went up to Aunt Maude’s in PM. Took Vern’s Master’s thesis to Mrs. Riley to read.

Raining. Merrill and I mowed lawns. Mom and I went to Dexter and Sackets. Aunt Keitha, Marion, and Jean in NH at Dorts. Had lunch at Jim’s. Stopped at cemeteries. Got letter from Uncle Berl .

Wrote Uncle Berl. We drawed first load of hay back of ledge. Merrill mowed hay. Wrote Uncle Berl note. Sent Lodge check to DDP Neuwrath Pres. Gift. Bought 3 cukes from Hal, 30 cents. Washed my hair in evening.

Sent Cindy birthday card. Merrill mowed and raked hay. We drawed two loads. Mom and I went to Philadelphia for groceries. Aunt Maude called in evening.

Cindy’s 10th birthday. Shower for Vicky Thayer. I didn’t go to it. I took Mom home in morning. Got back at 10:30 AM. We drawed 3 load of hay. Merrill raked some. Diane called to say she and Leah were having party for Helen Dickson, Monday evening.

We drawed two loads of hay, 12 acres yet to do. Big hay mow full. Hot today. Washed clothes. Aunt Maude called. Astronauts made safe landing on 2 parachutes. One didn’t work. Apollo 15. Used new flag for first time. Washed my hair.

Mr. Burton Colling and daughter Cindy. Mr. Colling ill so Owen LaForce preached. 47 out. We went to park after church. Band Concert there. We shopped at Grants and Bargain Center. Mrs. Riley and Diane returned Vern’s Master thesis. She read it all this week.

Party for Helen D at Leah’s. Diane helping. Nice time and turn out. Drawed 1 load of hay. Merrill mowed and raked. I washed sheets and towels. Wrote Dot. Joanne and Stanley Preston have baby boy born today.

Aunt Maude called in morning to say Gary and Chris Ashley’s baby Michael James, 3 weeks, 3 days was found dead in his cradle this morning. We drawed 2 load of hay. Merrill mowed and raked. We went over to funeral home in evening. I called Mom in evening.

Sent Holly $1, card, and note. Gary and Chris Ashley’s baby funeral at 1 PM. Burial at Natural Bridge. We didn’t go. I have felt horrid all day. Headache. Merrill raked hay in PM. Thunder storms in morning.

Holly’s 11th birthday. Cool today. We drawed 3 load of hay. Merrill mowed hay. I went to Philadelphia for groceries in morning.

Friday the 13th. Drawed 3 load of hay. Terry mowed away 1 load. Merrill went to Philadelphia in evening for oil for lawn mower. I washed clothes. Washed my hair.

Sent car insurance, $99. Also light bill. We drawed part of load of hay we didn’t get yesterday. I mowed lawns by house. Merrill chopped grass across road for cows for first. Ronnie Sinclair here to use phone. He had flat tire by Halls. Beautiful hot day.

Cloudy and cooler. Furnace on most of day. Rained during night. Rev. Blankenship preaches today. They are back from vacation. Good to have them home. Rev B sang solo. How Great Thou Art. We went for ride in PM, Theresa, Oxbow. Pres. Nixon on TV on economy budget.

Wrote Uncle Berl. Merrill broke mower bar and had flat tire on rake. Jim, Pat, and Jolie here in PM and evening. We played cards. I made cookies. Doris Haggerty called in morning. Nice today but on cool side.

Nice day. Finished haying. Last one done on road as usual. Got thank you cards from Gary and Chris. Also Vicki baby shower gift. Art, Doris, Stewart and Stephen here in evening. I ordered toys from her.

Party for Beulah Hall at Leah’s. Merrill and I went. Nice time. I called Vern’s in evening. They are coming tomorrow. Merrill chopped grass back on 17 acres for cows. Washed clothes. Called Aunt Maude. Gary and Chris were painting on her house. Hot today.

Merrill, Aunt Maude, and I went to city. She got porch railing. Called Pat. Very hot. Vern, June and boys got here about 7:30 PM. Had been up to Frank Smith’s camp at Lowville. Merrill chopped 2nd load of grass.

Vern’s left about 3 PM. Steve stayed up for five days. Men put up silo pipe. Evelyn Hall and Dawn came over in evening. Hal and Steve played ball. Steve and Merrill went back in pasture twice for cow.

Steve and I went to Philadelphia for groceries. Also went to Theresa for sneakers for Steve. Got Jolie outfit. Merrill and Steve went to Philadelphia for oil change. I washed clothes in evening. Washed my hair. Merrill chopped grass. Put some in silo. Sent Karen card.

Vern preaches at Pulaski. We went to church. Church was full. Lots of visitors. We went up to park for picnic. Steve enjoyed it all. We stopped at Fays. Jim had migraine and went home. Rained in evening.

Karen’s 7th birthday. We went to Vern’s for dinner. Took Steve home. Jim’s there also. Cold and windy. Terribly windy and rain storm down that way yesterday. Donna H here to borrow snack trays.

Quite cool. Merrill stated work on Aunt Maude’s step. I washed clothes. Made molasses cookies. Aunt Maude sent beets and carrots and beans. Rev Blankenship’s 32nd birthday.

Cool. Merrill chopped grass in silo. Cooked vegetables that Aunt Maude sent. Roy Smith called to ask when church and Marva’s birthday were. Diane called. Old pictures about 1946 in Town and Country paper of church. Boys and I in front seats.

Gary Ashley’s 18th birthday. Sent Vern and June card, letter and $10 for anniversary. Went to Philadelphia for groceries and to bank. Took Leah Lodge checks. We went out to Bisnetts, Fays, and out to Mom’s. Aunt Keitha has taken Audrey’s oldest girl, 14 to Washington State.

Vern and June’s 11th anniversary. Rained off and on all day. Merrill tried to work at Aunt Maude’s step but quit because of rain. He went to Mills. I made cake and donuts.

I got tooth, left front top, filled, $7, in morning. Rained hard all night and day. Merrill took tire to Floods to get fixed for rake. Got letter and pictures from Dot Medina. Her house and lawns are nice. Cleaned. Washed my hair.

50th anniversary party for Les and Beulah at Legion. Nice party. We went to church. We were Greeters. I asked Cheals [?] for next Sunday. We ate lunch at Indian River Diner. Went for ride by Black Lake. Then to Hall’s “Open House”. Nice day, no rain.

Merrill fixed toilet upstairs. Put new works inside, $5.90. Got it at Theresa. I washed clothes, blankets and rugs. Cleaned upstairs. Rained in PM and evening. Got letter from June. She went to Syracuse Doctor. May have polyps in nose. Vern is putting on barn roof, steel. Ironed.

Les and Beulah Hall’s 50th anniversary. Nice day. Merrill worked at Aunt Maude’s steps. I went up with him in PM. She gave Merrill rubber rain suit of Uncle Ray’s. I made black and white cloth seats for chairs.

Beautiful day. Merrill started combining oats. 23 bags out in PM. I mowed all three lawns. Got dark before finished one by barn. Washed Merrill’s work clothes. Sent Jim birthday card, $10, and letter. Guy here on cycle from Conservation Department.

Jim’s 28th birthday. Nice day. I finished mowing lawn by barn. Merrill combined 19 bags of oats in PM. 5 acres yet to do. Mr. Clyde Clark called from Pro and Credit. Made donuts.

Merrill combined oats, 21. I made donuts. Jim and Pat and Jolie here for supper. We played cards until 1:45 AM. Jim out of work with his back. Al Jennings and wife visited Jim’s. I went to Philadelphia for groceries. Elaine in hospital.

Jolie 8 weeks today. Merrill worked at Aunt Maude’s steps in PM. Cloudy day all day. I went to Dorothy Alton’s, 73, wake with Rebekah’s. Mildred Boldish, Rebekah, is dead.

Church at 9:30. We went. Vicki Tousley 16 years, died this morning at 9 AM of a brain hemorrhage. Streakers at party last night. We went up to Aunt Maude’s in PM. Merrill finished putting iron rail on her steps. Hot today.

Labor Day. Hot and humid. Hottest day, 92° of the summer. I watched Jerry Lewis Telethon all day. Merrill combined awhile in PM. We went to Tousley’s in evening. Debby H went with us. Vicky so pretty.

WSCS Margaret M. 13 out. We went to city and got charcoal grill at Fays, $7.98. Called Patty. Jim planned to go back to work tonight. Vicki and Marshall have baby boy born at 5 PM. Scott Marshall, 7 lb, 2 oz.