81° today. Great day. Got letter from Gloria saying Beulah Congdon was in hospital. We called Leslie in evening. She is home. Merrill got hair cut.
Monthly Archives: April 1986
Diary Entry for 4/2/1986
Clinic: Merrill 110/72, blood count 11. Mine 140/94, blood count 11.5. I had my hair done. NiMo put on a new meter for us. Got card from Eleanor and Juanita. UMW District meeting at Adams. Only 3 went.
Diary Entry for 4/3/1986
Gehm’s get to Oswego by plane. UMW at Chase Manor Parsonage. Nice meeting. 9 there. Rainy.
Diary Entry for 4/4/1986
We went for groceries. cold. I’m very sore and lame today. Got invitation to Helen and Allen’s 50th anniversary party on May 3rd.
Diary Entry for 4/5/1986
Kathy Paro and boys moved out today. I washed clothes. Merrill cleaned house. He and Harry fixed water pipe at CEC.
Diary Entry for 4/6/1986
Cloudy and windy and rainy. Merrill went to church. Aunt Maude and I didn’t go. Rev. Kathy had service, 66 out.
Diary Entry for 4/7/1986
We went to Mills and city. Renewed certificate. Got Silverstone cookware, black blouse and burner for stove. Merrill got work pants, 2 pair. Druggist at Fays gave me copy of instructions for Plaquenil. Kathy Paro and boys here. Sgt. Cha and family are buying her house.
Diary Entry for 4/8/1986
Cloudy, rainy day. My arthritis very bad. I over did at city. Vern called from city. Was at Dr. Scanlon’s. Gehm’s got moved in all okay.
Diary Entry for 4/9/1986
I feel terrible yet today. Rebekah’s, but I didn’t go.
Diary Entry for 4/10/1986
Merrill went for groceries. Ground covered with snow in AM. Snowed off and on all day but it melted as fast as it came.
Diary Entry for 4/11/1986
Ground white with snow in morning. Snow flurries during the day.
Diary Entry for 4/12/1986
Cloudy and rainy. Washed clothes. June here for farm papers for Susan’s school report. I made cake and cupcakes. First I’ve baked in ages.
Diary Entry for 4/13/1986
We went to church, 70 out. Eleanor Henderson gave us picture of us she took at Bill and Vi’s party. Nice day but cold and windy.
Diary Entry for 4/14/1986
Dr. Siegel, 2:15. I’m to continue Plaquenil, $34.58. Next appointment in 4 months. Nice day, warm. United States bombed Libya. 1 US Plane lost, and 2 men.
Diary Entry for 4/15/1986
Merrill put new burner on kitchen stove. He fixed water pipe at CEC. I washed clothes.
Diary Entry for 4/16/1986
We went for groceries. Got 2 hand towels with store coupons. Sent for Blue Cross refunds and light bill. Paid telephone bill.
Diary Entry for 4/17/1986
We started cleaning in living room. Good day to dry curtains. Finished living room.
Diary Entry for 4/18/1986
Put plants on porch. Cleaned dining room and our bedroom. I hurt today. Nice day, in the 60’s.
Diary Entry for 4/19/1986
A just beautiful day. Like summer. In the 70’s. Washed clothes and hung them outside in sun most of day.
Diary Entry for 4/20/1986
Cloudy and rainy in PM. We went to church, 44 out. Jim’s, and Shannon Doney here for supper.
Diary Entry for 4/21/1986
Cooler and windy. I’m feeling very sore today. So active yesterday.
Diary Entry for 4/22/1986
We cleaned kitchen and bathroom. Sunny all day but cold.
Diary Entry for 4/23/1986
Sunny but still cold. Was down to 25° last night. I went to Rebekah’s in evening, 6 out.
Diary Entry for 4/24/1986
Warmer today, 60°. Sunny all day. Dwayne Petrie here to use phone. We went for groceries in AM. Power off in PM.
Diary Entry for 4/25/1986
Merrill helped Gary build stairway on his garage. Got letter from June and Vern. They are fine. Laura Delles and Steve Woodruff married in evening at Vic and Barbara’s.
Diary Entry for 4/26/1986
Washed clothes. Merrill went to dump. Took off storm windows and put on screens. Beautiful day.
Diary Entry for 4/27/1986
Fast time begins. We went to church, 46 out. Fireman burned piles of rubbish on corner. George Belile went to hospital by ambulance. His back. Sim Austin, 70 died.
Diary Entry for 4/28/1986
Wrote Vern’s. Merrill went to Lanphere’s for lumber for front steps, $35.27. Started working on them. A beautiful day. In the 80’s today. Washed Merrill’s clothes. Carl Scee called.
Diary Entry for 4/29/1986
School vote today. We voted in PM. Didn’t pass again. We ate supper at the diner. Merrill finished front steps. Called for food for Austin funeral on Friday.
Diary Entry for 4/30/1986
Trustee’s meeting, 7:30. Merrill went. He took table and chairs over to CEC for UMW meeting on Thursday. Nuclear explosion in Russia.