Sunny. No Sunday School. We went to church, 34 out. Called Vern’s. They got home on Schedule. Everything fine. Very cold in Florida. They said Florence Hogaboom died last Tuesday. Talked with Jim from Audrey’s. Made pizza.
Monthly Archives: January 1984
Diary Entry for 1/2/1984
We watched parades on TV. Lazy day. Snowed some. Clear in PM. Ponzi’s called. Her mother in hospital with pneumonia. Gladys Lamon called. Rev. Bea Clark told them Sunday she was to be moved to Philadelphia.
Diary Entry for 1/3/1984
Warmer. Cloudy. Merrill called Agway for chimney cleaner. Social Security up 3.5%. Medicare $14.60 now. Got kids letter from Florida. Mailed on December 28th. Clark’s brought chimney cleaner from Agway, $10.65
Diary Entry for 1/4/1984
Merrill and Bill M. Took down Nativity at church. Merrill worked at June’s in PM. Hot water heater element and plugs and points on tractor. Sent Ken birthday card and letter. Got tax notice $477.76 up $23.37.
Diary Entry for 1/5/1984
Got letter from Vern’s. Sent clipping about Florence Hogaboom. We went for groceries. UMW at parsonage. Mrs. Zeller and mother, Mrs. Mitchell came for first, 14 there. Church apportionments are all paid but Folts Home. Fuel bills paid. June R. here.
Diary Entry for 1/6/1984
Wrote Vern’s. Raining about all day. Foggy in evening. June R called twice.
Diary Entry for 1/7/1984
Snowing some in morning but sunny in PM. Merrill cleaned church in PM. He cleaned floors here. I washed. Harvey Weeks 2 grandsons, age 2 and 6, sledded into river by old mill Thursday. Their mother and Pam jumped in after them. Lance Martin, 2, died on way to hospital in Syracuse.
Diary Entry for 1/8/1984
Communion. We went to Sunday School and church, 34 out. Cold. Snowing in PM and evening. Wrote letter to Uncle Berl and card and note to Ralph Hogaboom.
Diary Entry for 1/9/1984
Nice today but cold. Lazy day here. Aunt Maude called. June R. here in evening.
Diary Entry for 1/10/1984
Below zero over night. Steve called in evening. Went back on bus today. He’s coming to Philadelphia next weekend. Patty called in evening. Jim having back trouble. Audrey has to go into hospital for impacted tooth.
Diary Entry for 1/11/1984
Nice day but still cold, -10°. Washed clothes.
Diary Entry for 1/12/1984
-20° here last night. Cold all day. Sunny. Jim and Patty here for lunch. Merrill filed his saw. Jim took home his Air Force uniform. Fits him perfect. Washed. We went for groceries in PM. Florence Meeks, 90 died yesterday.
Diary Entry for 1/13/1984
Much warmer. Took food to Meeks from Methodist women. Washed. Merrill cleaned. Steve and Gail came from Potsdam on late bus. Got here for supper and stayed all night. Stuart and Lori Haggerty have baby girl, Blossom Ann.
Diary Entry for 1/14/1984
Snowed during night and most of day. 28°. Gladys Lamon’s 74th birthday. Merrill called her. Steve and Gail went to birthday party for Annie, 16 at Burnhams.
Diary Entry for 1/15/1984
Trustee’s voted to insulate rest of parsonage. Steve and Gail left for Potsdam at 9 AM. We went to Sunday School and church, 52 out. Cold. Jim’s didn’t get out. We slept in PM. Charge conference at Mills. Rev. Allison Wood presided. We went for meeting. Trustee’s meeting at 7:30. Regular meeting at 8. Merrill named chairman of Trustees. 25 out to meeting.
Diary Entry for 1/16/1984
Sunny day but still cold. Only up to 10° today. Got letter from Uncle Berl. He likes his new home, 160 people live there. My arthritis bad in PM and evening.
Diary Entry for 1/17/1984
Snowed during night and all day. Merrill cleaned driveway. I called Carl Scee. He sounded good. Temperature got up to 28° today.
Diary Entry for 1/18/1984
Merrill cleaned driveway again. Still snowing. He went up to Horton’s to check wiring. Up to 24° today. Claire P called. Ruth Eggleston to go home from hospital from foot operation.
Diary Entry for 1/19/1984
Sent cards to Ruth Eggleston and Mary Hall. Wrote Vern’s. Sun out in PM. First time since Monday. Went to city. Snowing there. Got 2 chair throws, lids for stove, and eye drops. Got groceries. Got Blue Cross check for $20. Got thank you note from Gail.
Diary Entry for 1/20/1984
Very stormy all day. Got letter from Vern’s. All are well. Jim called in evening.
Diary Entry for 1/21/1984
Cold but nice. -25° during night. Jim, Patty and kids here for lunch. They bought a TV at Sears just like the one we got there. They got us a TV stand. Looks nice. Took our snow blower home to use. Girls stayed
Diary Entry for 1/22/1984
We all went to church, 46 there, and Sunday School. Jim’s here for PM and supper. Also Pauline and Garmon. They had been to Art’s over night.
Diary Entry for 1/23/1984
Merrill went up to Horton’s. He took tractor part to Theresa. A beautiful sunny day. Up to 28°. Barb M here to collect for March of Dimes. Administrative Council at parsonage, 13 present.
Diary Entry for 1/24/1984
Merrill went to Theresa for Horton’s tractor part. Warmer and raining, 41°. Water leaking in bedroom and living room windows. Ice on roof causing water to back up.
Diary Entry for 1/25/1984
Windy and snowy. Randy Horton’s 24th birthday. Horton’s helped Merrill clean out our wood chimney. Put ladder in tractor bucket. Amanda here with them. Also Mike and Blaine Roland. I went to Rebekah’s in evening, 7 there. Lodge gave $25 for new dialysis machine at Mercy Hospital.
Diary Entry for 1/26/1984
June Ridsdale here on way to city. We went for groceries in PM. Merrill got multi tool set I sent for before Christmas. It was on TV, $7.98. Paid $1.49 a dozen for large eggs. Poultry disease in other states.
Diary Entry for 1/27/1984
Up to 40° in AM. Windy and some snow. I made chocolate chip cookies. Called Audrey to wish her happy birthday. Got letters from Debby and Uncle Berl.
Diary Entry for 1/28/1984
Nice day but cold, 18°. Washed clothes. Wrote Debby. Howard here to borrow pipe wrench. Got letter from Vern’s. He has gout. Eleanor called. Tammy is in Mercy Hospital.
Diary Entry for 1/29/1984
We went to Sunday School, 44 there and Church, 63. Light snow. I talked with Tammy. Eleanor called in evening. Tammy has an ovary infection.
Diary Entry for 1/30/1984
Snowing lightly all day. Merrill went to bank, store, and paid taxes at Cooks, $447.76. June R called.
Diary Entry for 1/31/1984
Snow flurries off and on all day. Colder. Eleanor called. Talked with Roberta. Tammy to have scope in morning. Last day for farmers to sign for $10 rebate not to produce surplus milk.