50th anniversary dinner for Gladys and Ted Lamon at Partridgeberry Inn. Their anniversary was April 15. Very nice time and delicious sit down beef dinner, 22 present. We went to church. Best sermon yet, 58 out. Rained in evening. Women’s Communion breakfast at city. 63°

More rain. windy. Cleared in PM. Got very hot, 80°. Thunder storm in evening. Tornadoes bad in places. Boonville had bad one. Strong earthquake in California. Darcy and Joey here. Brought me wild flowers.

Cloudy and rainy most of day. We cleaned breakfast room and bathroom. Washed curtains. Got letter from Uncle Berl. Dorothy Hogaboom was in Los Angeles when flood hit.

Rainy and windy. colder. We went for groceries In PM. My arthritis bad today. Also the diarrhea is back. Kim Collins here for Cancer drive in evening.

Mother and daughter banquet at Fire Hall, about 125 there. Very nice. Patty and Jill came for it. Darcy went with us. John Oberton died today, 69. Washed.

Nice day. Merrill washed kitchen woodwork. I washed bedding. Merrill cleaned church. He took our crib over to use for nursery on Sunday. It is 48 years old. I got nice card and letter from June and Vern. Joey brought me more wild flowers.

Dustin Douglas Drake’s first birthday. Merrill went to dump. He stopped at Hall’s and Ridsdale’s. Bobby Graham working for Hall’s since Terry left. We went to town for groceries. Warm and windy. Got card from Jim’s.

Mother’s Day. Raining. We went to church, 66 out. Jim, Patty and kids here for supper. Jim and Pat went to Syracuse shopping yesterday. Jim took Sergeant’s. test yesterday also. Colder in evening.

Raining and some snow flurries. Lazy day. My arms hurting all day. Sent Blue Cross and Sears payment for paint.

Jim and Pat’s 14th anniversary. We went to city in AM. Got fertilizer and oil etc. Raining. Got eye drops, 4%, $8.64

Merrill mowed lawns for first time this year. Washed clothes. Cloudy day. Rebekah’s. I made cheesecake. 10 out to lodge.

Sunny and warmer. Sent Patty birthday card and $5.00 check. Merrill ran cleaner. Vern came about 9:30 to spend night. He just returned from Albany in AM. UMW District meeting at Mannsville. I didn’t go.

Friday the 13th. Steve gets out of college for summer. Vern went after him in morning. They stopped here for lunch. I made cupcakes and bread. A great day, 75°. Merrill burned pile of brush and worked in garden for first. Carl Scee called.

A beautiful day, 74°. We were outside all day. Got storm windows out and put on screens. Went to store in evening. Got garden stuff, $14.00. Linda B got home from reserve training. Washed clothes.

Patty’s birthday, 36. Cloudy and raining. We went to church, only 47 there. Belile’s cut down rest of elm tree. Merrill helped them.

My arthritis bad today. Cloudy and rainy. Merrill helped fix pipe at Horton’s. Marie Gleason and Jeffrey Ambrose have baby girl, Danielle Nicole, born today.

Sunny. cold wind. We cleaned upstairs. Washed curtains and bedding. Mrs. Earl (Sina) Mosher, 92 died today.

Nice today. Washed more curtains. Merrill mowed the lawns. He worked in garden with tiller.

I made fruit cocktail cake to take to Mosher’s. Merrill went to Carthage with Howard. Rainy. We went for groceries. Wrote Vern’s.

Rainy and cold. Merrill planted dahlias.

Armed Forces day. Merrill planted peas. Merrill went to landfill and cleaned church on way back. Francis Mosher returned my cake pan. Washed. Belile kids in pool for first time this year. Marty brought baby chicks to show us. Mike Morosco here.

Don Gehm’s 72 birthday, also Rev. Cameron’s, 70. Children’s Sunday School Service at church. Very good. 95 present. Audrey called. Jim helping look for evidence in attack on Sacket’s woman. Bill and Louise Preston back from Florida.

Administrative Council at CEC, 18 present. Good meeting. Francis Bryant and Margaret Heedon present to talk about Evangelical meeting. Merrill planted sweet corn. I froze first package of asparagus.

We went to city for tomato and cabbage plants and plants for cemetery. Got stair carpet at Fays. Merrill got work pants. I got three summer girdles. Merrill planted rest of corn. Talked with Patty. Her broken toe still bad.

Merrill worked at Horton’s building fence for first this year. 5 hours. June Ridsdale here in PM. I went to Rebekah’s, 8 there. Church Conference starts in Utica.

Carrie Thompson age 85 entered Samaritan Keep to live. We went for groceries. Merrill worked at Horton’s in PM. I sent for coat and bra to Lane Bryant. Merrill mowed side lawn when he got home.

Cloudy and cold. Merrill mowed rest of lawns. I froze asparagus. There was a white frost last night. Merrill worked at Horton’s in PM. Church conference ends today.

Nice today. Sunny and warmer. Jim and scouts at Camp Portaferry this weekend. Frost again last night. Washed bedding. Merrill worked at Horton’s in PM. They finished fence building

Nice today. We went to church, 42 there. A very nice service. Patty, kids and Audrey here for supper. Jim and scouts camping until tomorrow. Cloudy in PM. Carl Scee called. He is back at Curtis Apartment from Madonna Home.

Raining in morning. Warm, 75°. We went to cemetery. Linda Pepper and daughter there for Angie’s grave. Merrill set out tomato and cabbage. Also onions.

Thunderstorms late last night. Cloudy all day. Merrill laid carpet on stair steps. Looks nice.