Went for groceries. Sent Jim card, letter, and $5.00. Warm and sunny.

Jim’s 45th birthday. He called in evening. He had just returned from taking Walt Prow to college to Paul Smith’s. He has a paid full scholarship. Joel has a paper route now, 52 customers.

Washed clothes. Made apple pie. Darcy and Brent were over for visit. Brent getting so big. Very tall.

We went to church 35. Back to 11:15 AM now. Jim, kids and Jolie’s friend, Pat, here for dinner. Good to see them all. Raining. Telethon started at 9 PM.

Labor Day. Raining. Watched Jerry Lewis Telethon all day. $525.000 raised locally. 41 million plus nationally. 34 million corporate. Gary Belile’s 51st birthday. Lisa is 39.

Sunny but colder. Merrill went to Antwerp for sump pump for parsonage. Brenda Draper called in evening. They are coming out on Monday.

School starts today. Clinic. We didn’t go. Went out to hospital and had blood tests. They had ground breaking for new building at House of the Good Samaritan Hospital. Rebekah’s president visit at Antwerp.

UMW at Vi Mowers, 13 there. Jan Liscomb of Antwerp spoke on American Indian Study. Very good. Rev. Collin there. We went for groceries. Tom Ellis brought 3 cord of wood. Nice day. Warm.

Merrill mowed lawns. Tom brought 3 more cord of wood. They started putting up beams on Mall today. Dillen here selling candy bars.

Washed clothes. Justin Drake here selling candy bars. John Shorkey and Jean Cramer married today in Philadelphia church. Tom Ellis brought last of wood, 10 cord, $300.

We went to Sunday School 43, and church 68. Gladys and Ted Lamon here in PM. Beautiful day. I have horrid cold again.

Brenda, Bill, and Juanita here for dinner. Vivian here collecting for Leukemia $5.00. Eleanor much weaker.

Cloudy and rainy. Noones putting new siding on their house. New house at CM about done outside. For sale for $70.350. First one on Carpenter Meadows. My cold horrid today.

Rebekah’s, 7 there. We voted on school cost increase at supper time. Passed. Rained hard in evening. Hurricane hit Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Lots of damage.

We went for groceries in AM. Lots on TV about hurricane “Gilbert”. Winds not as strong, 120 MPH, as it heads for land. Cold wind here but sunny.

Nice today. Olympic games start in Korea. Watched opening ceremonies. Just great.

Raining. Washed clothes. Jim called in evening. The kids are all playing soccer. Joel is giving up paper route.

Very warm. We went to Sunday School 41, and church 38. Warm today. Roger Rappole in church today. We took red squirrels up on cross road, 5 of them. Randy and girls came after corn. Went over town. Got sub for supper.

Wrote Vern’s. Sent card and $5.00. Another warm day, 80°. Washed Merrill’s work clothes. Sue and Bob here for church money.

Cloudy and windy and warm. Merrill helped work on Horton’s chopper box. Thunder storms with wind and heavy rain off and on in PM. Vern called in evening. Coming good on house. Dan has an apartment off Hall Road.

Vern’s birthday 52 years. Eric’s birthday, 11 years. Merrill worked at Horton’s on box.

First day of fall. Merrill went to bank before going to Horton’s to work on wagon box.

We went to city for blood pressure pills in morning. Merrill went to Horton’s when we got home. Raining and cloudy. Cleared in PM. Debby here. She is a painter at Fort Drum.

UMW District meeting at Gouverneur. I went with Margaret. 7 from Philadelphia there. Merrill worked on wagon at Horton’s all day. Uncle Len Haggerty went to nursing home at Boonville this week.

We went to Sunday School 41, and church 42. A beautiful day, 70°. Jim, Jill, and Sue here awhile in PM. Jim took test for lieutenant yesterday.

Wrote Vern’s. Merrill worked at Horton’s awhile finishing chopper box. They went to Clay for church chairs for their new church. Merrill hurt his knee.

Leah Simonds birthday, 74. Administrative Council, 8 there. Thunder storm in evening. Rained hard.

Yerdon’s 52nd anniversary. Made chocolate chip cookies. Rebekah’s had it at Leah’s Court in Municipal building. Merrill worked on Horton’s wagon in PM.

Discovery Space ship up okay. Terry and Pat Hall’s 9th anniversary. PPR meeting with District Superintendent at Black River, 10 present. I went with Collin. Merrill had trustee meeting at church. Merrill worked at Horton’s all day. My eyes bad in early evening.

Warm and sunny today. Washed work clothes. Merrill worked at Horton’s. We went for groceries at supper time.