Today would be Dad’s 80th birthday. Jim, Pat and Jolie here for lunch and supper. Jolie is getting so big and cute,. Merrill and Jim went to Philadelphia and Theresa.

4-H Demonstrations at IRCS, 6 PM. No one demonstrated this year. Sent Bowman’s anniversary card. Also sent card to Edith Seeley. We went to city. Stopped at Lanphere to see about ceiling for bedroom. I went to Bible Study with Ruth, Jane, and Vicky. Merrill went to Past Grands meeting at Theresa.

Dad’s been gone 12 years today. Jim and Olive Bowman’s 50th anniversary. Rebekah’s. Lois I. Marguerite and I on committee. Sandwiches, pickles and fruit cocktail cake,. Nancy Rose here most of day. She made cent skirt. Merrill went to Philadelphia. Larry will put fender on Monday, 24th.

Raining. Cloudy day all day. Cleaned house. Washed clothes.

Merrill got 59 bales of straw from Dean Webb @.35. Lynn H got it for him, $5. 4-H here after school, 2nd food lesson. 9 here. Sent State Income tax, $32. I went to bank and got groceries. Got letter from June.

Sent $4.79 to Readers Digest Club. Canceled membership. Centennial Sadie Hawkins Dance. Boys 4-H club preparing trash barrels at Wilmert’s. Girls club to help. We went to Centennial program. Mowers went with us. Huge crowd. Stopped at Mowers afterward. Very foggy in evening. Merrill got Hair cut.

Foggy. Apollo 16 moon shot with Young, Duke and Mattingly. All going well. We got home in time to see it. We went to Sunday School and church. Slept all PM. Mom called in evening. Ken’s went to Bowman’s last weekend for 50th anniversary of Bowman’s.

PNG’s at Leah’s. Nice time, 16 out. Washed bedroom woodwork. Merrill filled holes. Had porch opened for first this spring. Merrill went to Theresa to hardware store. Merrill washed car.

A beautiful day, 67°. I went to Bible Study. About 30 women and 20 kids out to it. I painted bedroom woodwork in PM. Merrill worked outdoors all day. Took stuff to dump. Put bird out on porch for first.

Wrote Vern’s. We papered at closet and bedroom. Didn’t get it quite finished. Nice in AM but cloudy and rainy in PM. I didn’t go to Bible Study at Payne’s in evening. Ruth called.

Merrill had to go to Antwerp for jury interview. Sent light bill, $75.53 two months. We went to North Country Supply and got ceiling for bedroom, $40. Got groceries. Astronauts landed on moon after much trouble in space. Young and Duke, and Mattingly.

Milk (Eastern) supper. I helped on it. 85 out to it at legion Hall. I washed clothes. Merrill started bedroom ceiling. I painted sticks for it.

Conference of WSCS at Gouverneur Methodist Church, 9:30-3. I went with Vi. Esther, Lula, Elsie, Leah, Marguerite, Willabelle, Ruth, and Margaret went. Very nice. Rained in PM and evening.

We went to Sunday School and church. Lots out to both. Lynn got Sharon and Lorraine 4-H calves yesterday, 7 month heifers. Lazy PM. Astronauts left moon at 9:25 Docked with ship, Cooper OK.

No school, spring vacation. Merrill worked at ceiling. Jim, Pat and Jolie here for supper. Jolie is getting so big. Howard H set dead elm in his pasture afire.

No school. No Bible Study. Several limbs fell off Hall’s burning tree. Merrill finished bedroom ceiling. Looks nice. I’ve had trouble breathing all day. Got letter from Dorothy Hogaboom. Smoke bothers me, also dust. Down to 20°

No school. We cleaned two of yards. Snow flurries in AM. Hall boys helped about half hour. Nice in PM. Judy Hill here on bike. Her horse and colt died. Merrill went to Trustee Meeting at church. I went to Rebekah’s.

No school. Lost tank of milk. The switch was off. Big mystery. We went to city. Got folding door, $16, for bedroom. Got rug border also, $6.50. Got groceries at Philadelphia. Wrote Vern. Astronauts got home OK in Pacific.

No school. We got linoleum down and closet door on in bedroom. Moved stuff back in in evening. Nice to sleep in clean room again. Cleaned floors. Nice day. Cool.

Another nice day. Merrill went to Mills in AM. Washed my hair. Put color rinse on it. Washed clothes. Put sheets outside. Got clothes back in closet. Cleaned upstairs. Merrill has sore throat and chills.

Fast time begins. We went to Sunday School and church. Went to Lorraine. Mom, Eleanor and Holly are in Canada at Pearl Pitt’s. A beautiful summer day, 65-70°. Lots of convertibles out. Merrill feeling good today. Took Mom my Barbara record.

Initiation at Antwerp. Philadelphia has 2 candidates, Pat Klock, and Elnora Lincoln. I didn’t go as Mary was too tired to go. Merrill took our car to Larry Floods for fender. We finished lawn by barn. I did Mom’s washing. A summer day, very warm.

Raining hard during night and all day. I went to Bible Study. We had supper with Catholics. They hosted at our church. Good turnout and nice time. No WSCS meeting this month. I got car at Floods with new fender.

WSCS District meeting at Mt. Pleasant Church. I went with Esther, Margaret, Leah, Willabelle, Carrie. Nice meeting. Rained all day. Merrill had flat tire on tractor. Valve blew and broke. Lynn took it to Gouverneur. Thunder storm part of night.

Merrill went to Theresa bank and Pearls. He got new rubber boots, almost $7. Raining again in PM and evening.

Cloudy. Washed bedroom curtains and draperies. Sun out in late PM. Patty called. She is having a Tupperware Party Sunday at 1 PM. Lorraine Hall got chosen for 4-H trip to Ottawa.

A beautiful morning. Raining in PM and evening. Merrill built fence by road until it started raining. I washed clothes. Washed dining room curtains and woodwork. Put couch on porch. Dawn called to say she had 4-H rose bushes.

Patty’s Tupperware Party. I went to it. Merrill took Mom’s wash home. We went to Sunday School and church. I went up to Keichel’s after 4-H rose bushes in evening. Saw the five new puppies. Ordered a little male one, $15. Percy Pratt’s dog, a chihuahua, father. Nice day but cool wind.

Aunt Maude called in morning. Merrill took car to garage to finish fender. Cost $129.59. Took all PM. I painted living room windows a tan color.

Sent Jim and Pat anniversary card, letter and $10. I went to Bible Study with Anne. Merrill took car to Gouverneur for new engine mounts. GMC recalled 1966 cars. Painted windows again and washed draperies. Merrill didn’t get car fixed. Has to take it back.

Jim and Pat’s 3rd anniversary. June called. Vern flies to Maryland tonight. Comes back Friday evening. Washed clothes and windows. Made cookies. Merrill built fence. I went to Lodge in evening. Pat B next door, came in evening.

Mother and Children’s Banquet, 6:30. Church full. Great program. Celebrations from Holy family played and sang. I worked in kitchen. Sat down to eat with Patty and Jean Baker. Esther and Margaret M didn’t get to sit down. Men helped. Pat B here. Bought small pump, $25.

June and Vern called. All OK for doctorate. Beautiful day. Pat B here in morning. We went to city. Got stair step carpet. Millie Flood went to hospital for tests. Merrill got case of tractor oil, $10. I got white blouse. Bea Gehm called. Got Patty 2 piece dress for birthday.

Rebekah’s sponsor Centennial program and dance. We went to program. The dance was at the hotel. Cleaned house. Jim, Pat and Jolie and Tammy here for supper. Had top down on car. Merrill went to Theresa with Pat B. Jim & Pat gave me bed pillows and pin for Mother’s Day. Gave Pat her birthday dress.

Mother’s Day. Raining. We went to church. Not as many out. Vern, June and boys came for dinner and supper. Jim called in evening.

Pat’s 25th birthday. Rebekah’s Assembly starts. Sent $10 to Holy Mission School, Jerusalem. Merrill built fence until it started raining.

I went to Bible Study. We went to Sears. Had set of new tires put on front, $86.50. I got dress material, $3.12 and 1 gallon white paint. Rainy off and on most of day. Rained all night. Merrill fixed washing machine. Pat B went back to New Jersey.

Washed my hair. Merrill put clapboards on parsonage, new window. Rainy in morning but cleared in PM. Washer not working again. Made $51.10 on Lodge Centennial doings last Saturday.

I went to Philadelphia to bank and grocery store. Merrill mowed all 3 lawns for first time this year. Look nice. Roberta and boy friend Steve, here in evening. She graduates Sunday.

Bought Kenmore washing machine, $239.88, and 2 year service contract, $21.95. Lorraine Hall goes on 4-H trip to Ottawa. Had car wheels alined at Sears. I went to Howlands new store for first time. Nice but expensive. We got glads at Webb’s. Brought our dog “Boots” home from Ben Keichel.

Armed Forces Day. Jim, Pat, and Jolie here for supper. Jim, Elgin, Carmy, Olive’s and Mom here for night. I cleaned house. I went to Philadelphia for groceries.

The Bowman’s left at 10 AM. Lazy day. Merrill took washer apart. Hall kids over to see “Boots”. A beautiful day. Taylor’s asked us to go to Ottawa but we couldn’t get around in time. Roberta graduated from Morrisville.

PNG’s at Esther’s. I didn’t go. Merrill went to Lafargeville for tie rod for tractor, $28.50. He turned the cows out both day and night for first this year. Dawn was over to play with Boots.

A beautiful day. I took Mom home. We visited Aunt Keitha. Evelyn and Carl and Jim’s on way. Got Mom groceries. Also stopped at Adams Journal about by-laws for Rebekah’s, $5 a page. Merrill worked on land. I didn’t go to Bible Study. Juanita got new gas range.

Another great day. I worked outside all day. Mowed 2 lawns. Set out zinnias kids brought me. Merrill fitted oat ground. Dawn was over. Sears brought my new washing machine. I went to Lodge.

Cooler and windy. I helped clean Lodge Hall. Merrill went with Pat B to city. Pat got bathroom stuff. Dawn here. Sears here to hook up washer. I did washing. Merrill got hair cut at Theresa.

A beautiful day. Wind cool. Merrill fitted ground. Ordered oats. I planted dahlias and glads. Weeded in iris bed. Dawn was over. Sent our life insurance.

Nice day. Washed my hair. Wrote Uncle Berl. Merrill fitted ground. I washed bedding and rugs. Mother T, Leslie and Grace came about 11:30. Here for lunch and then went to see Aunt Cora. Came back for supper and to spend night. Bob E and men put roof on Pat’s house.

Mother T, Leslie, and Grace left after breakfast. We went to church. Went to city, Fays and Tony’s in PM. Saw Jim at Fays. He had warts removed from neck. We put plants on Dad’s grave. Aunt K, Jean, etc. was at Uncle Carl’s grave. Wendell Fleming, sister and her husband killed last night in car accident.

No school. Another beautiful day. Ninth in a row. Had first picnic for year. Used new grill. Decoration Day. Merrill drilled oats, 8 acres. I washed clothes.