Sent more cards. Frosted cookies. Patty and girls called from Audrey’s.
Yearly Archives: 1982
Diary Entry for 12/19/1982
Sunday School program, very nice. Got $118.00 for Rev. Salisbury. We went to church. Kinley and Marcie Bowers renewed wedding vows, 25 years, cake and punch afterwards. Jim, Pat and kids here. Brought gifts and kid’s pictures. Snowed some in evening.
Diary Entry for 12/20/1982
Packed shut in baskets, 41 of them. We delivered four. Lots of help, Catholic and Methodist church. Snowing some off and on.
Diary Entry for 12/21/1982
We went to city Christmas shopping. Got everything done. Snowing but warm. Gives one the Christmas spirit. Got new dark tan sandals.
Diary Entry for 12/22/1982
Rebekah’s, 10 there. Christmas meeting. Had refreshments, soup, salad, rolls, cookies. I got 4 Libby glasses for gift. Played BINGO. Wrapped gifts. Vern and Gail Myers here on way to Potsdam to pick up Steven.
Diary Entry for 12/23/1982
Sent last of cards. Got more cards. Made white fudge. Merrill fixed door and window at parsonage. Cloudy but warm.
Diary Entry for 12/24/1982
Christmas Eve service at Philadelphia church. Every seat full. Over 200 there. Very nice. Mark Horton sang solo, Great. Washed clothes. We had our gifts in the evening. Black 3 piece suit and perfume. Merrill shirt, pants. Raining and warm.
Diary Entry for 12/25/1982
A green Christmas, 62°. Rained all day. Went to Jim’s. Audrey went with us. Steve and Tina there also. Patty got microwave oven. Merrill cleaned the church in morning.
Diary Entry for 12/26/1982
Vern’s. Jim’s went with us. A nice time together. Saw a bad accident on way home at Wescotts. Joel came home with us. Nice day but sort of windy. In 50’s.
Diary Entry for 12/27/1982
Merrill worked at Horton’s in PM. A nice sunny day. Joel played with Belile kids. Got card and note from Arlene Decker. Got $2.00 rebate on light stick from GE. Merrill and Joel went for milk.
Diary Entry for 12/28/1982
Merrill worked at Horton’s. Patty called from her mother’s. Another warm partly cloudy day. My arthritis bad. Ivan Cross, 77 died today. Had his leg amputated.
Diary Entry for 12/29/1982
Merrill worked at Horton’s in PM. Patty brought girls out. They both had their ears pierced on Tuesday. Joel went home with Patty. Have cupcakes for Cross family.
Diary Entry for 12/30/1982
Merrill, Ray and kids took down Manger at church. Merrill worked at Horton’s in PM. Rebekah’s went to Ivan Hale’s wake at 7:30. Girls stayed with Cheryl.
Diary Entry for 12/31/1982
We went for groceries. Jill made a salad for dinner tomorrow for New Year’s day. Merrill worked at Horton’s in PM. Washed girls clothes. We saw New Years in with pizza, chip and dip, and coke. Darcy here to play.