UMW at Vi’s, 13 there. Week of Prayer and Self Denial program. Judy and I on refreshment committee. Angel food cake with whip cream and cherries. Very warm and rainy. No snow anywhere. We went for groceries in PM.
Monthly Archives: February 1983
Diary Entry for 2/4/1983
Snowing lightly off and on. The church has owned the CEC building for 10 years.
Diary Entry for 2/5/1983
Below zero during the night,. Only up to 10° all day but gr eat sunny day. Merrill went to dump. He ran cleaner. I washed clothes. Darcy here selling Girl Scout Cookies, $1.75 a box.
Diary Entry for 2/6/1983
We went to church, 67 out. Rev. Salisbury leaves at 2:30 PM for New Mexico for meetings. Will be home Saturday. Jim, Pat and kids here for PM and supper. Darcy and Joey here. Kids went skating. Jim is back on old job, nine to five.
Diary Entry for 2/7/1983
Snowing lightly all day, 25°. Sent for 12 rolls wall paper for living room from Robinson’s. Sent light bill, $104.00 and my Blue Cross. Very snowy in other places. Got letter from Melba and Elmer.
Diary Entry for 2/8/1983
A beautiful day. Got 2-3 inches of snow yesterday. Merrill went over town. I made strawberry jam.
Diary Entry for 2/9/1983
A great day but cold all day. We went to city all day. Got paint for living room. Got cleaner bags, $10.99. I got two blouses, white and 1 black and white. Got blue dress. Got note from June. I went to Rebekah’s in evening. Got new thermometer for outside.
Diary Entry for 2/10/1983
-20° over night. Only up to 10° all day. Sunny all day. Got letter from Beulah Macklin. Roy having troubles with stomach. The rest are well. Juanita has been to see Karen in Rochester and met Karen’s boy friend. He is a pianist and composer.
Diary Entry for 2/11/1983
Uncle Ray Haggerty died 14 years ago today. We went to Florida with Halls 5 years ago today. Sent Joel card and $5.00.-12° overnight. Cold all day but sunny. We went for groceries. Merrill thawed pipes at church. Washed clothes.
Diary Entry for 2/12/1983
Zero degrees last night. Terrible snowstorms in Virginia, Washington, New York City, and Philadelphia, PA. Everything at a standstill. Cold and sunny here. Washed clothes. Got letter from Uncle Berl. Merrill cleaned floors. Rev. Salisbury got home from week in New Mexico.
Diary Entry for 2/13/1983
Joel’s 7th birthday. Jim cutting wood today, Audrey called. We went to church, 84 out. Human Relations Service. Just great. Warm today, 35°
Diary Entry for 2/14/1983
Wrote Vern’s. Just a great day. In the 40’s. I got living room wall paper by UPS. Philadelphia and Evans Mills trustees, parsonage committee, and Rev. Owen DS, met at parsonage with Rev Salisbury. Decision made for Evans Mills to pay Philadelphia trustees monthly rent of $125. To be voted on. They have only paid part of utilities so far all these years.
Diary Entry for 2/15/1983
Got 2 cords of wood from Horton’s, $50. They brought it with tractor. I called Doris Haggerty in evening. She was in car accident Sunday on Creek Road. She had broken ribs. Her new car totaled. My arthritis bad today.
Diary Entry for 2/16/1983
Very warm, 45° cloudy. Merrill put rest of wood down cellar. Joey brought me pussy willows. Carl Scee called. Sounded so much better. He is in Madonna Home. First he called since his stroke months ago. Deanne Hall’s 1st birthday.
Diary Entry for 2/17/1983
We went for groceries in AM. Merrill went up to Randy’s to pay him for wood. Cloudy all day. I sent Jill birthday card, $5.00. Meeting in town about replacing overhead bridge in 1985.
Diary Entry for 2/18/1983
A sunny beautiful day. Like spring. Only traces of snow left. I fixed slacks and blouse on machine. Very warm on porch. Merrill made pop corn in evening.
Diary Entry for 2/19/1983
Jill’s 8th birthday. Like spring today. Washed clothes. Sackets Harbor Fishing Derby today and tomorrow. Rev. Salisbury called. She goes to Holy Land March 16-31. Bertha Gleason died at 7 PM this evening.
Diary Entry for 2/20/1983
We went to church, only 45 out. A nice sermon. She didn’t read it like usual. A beautiful day. In the 50’s. Jim, Patty, Jill, and Joel here for PM and supper. Mary Hall called.
Diary Entry for 2/21/1983
Holiday, no school all week. Washed colored clothes. Linda was over. Called about food for Gleason funeral. Mr. Landes took neighborhood kids on cookout back in woods.
Diary Entry for 2/22/1983
Great day. Sent Dan card, letter, and $5.00. We went to funeral home at Theresa in evening for Bertha Gleason. Aunt Maude went with us.
Diary Entry for 2/23/1983
Vivian T here to return cake dish. Got letter from Vern’s. Vern called in PM. Dan’s birthday. Bertha made fruit cocktail cake for Gleason’s. Trustees meet here at 7:30. Just Bob, Claude, and Mike came. Wrote a proposal for Mill. Snowing but melted. I didn’t go to lodge, Ginny didn’t go.
Diary Entry for 2/24/1983
We went for groceries in AM. My arms bad all day. June and Susan here in PM. A few snow flurries in air.
Diary Entry for 2/25/1983
Vern’s got here at 7 PM. June brought chili. I made chili. Called Audrey. Merrill cleaned house.
Diary Entry for 2/26/1983
We all spent the day with Steve at Potsdam. Our first time there. A little snow there but none here. Vern’s left after supper.
Diary Entry for 2/27/1983
We went to church. Only 44 there. I went to Youth meeting at Mannsville. Katherine, Marilyn, Garrett, and Katherine’s daughter Marilyn drove. It was mostly about Aldersgate.
Diary Entry for 2/28/1983
Merrill opened church for cleaning bee. Water pipe in cellar broken. He spent a lot of time fixing it. The women cleaned the church. I spent 2 1/2 hours watching MASH program. Their last show after 11 years on the air. Beautiful day.