Planning meeting at church, 6:30. Another nice meeting 11 present. Trish Lewis there. Raining.
Monthly Archives: November 1988
Diary Entry for 11/2/1988
Bible Study, 7:30. We didn’t go. Ground white with snow this morning. Plows out. Wrote Vern’s. Sent for slacks to Blair.
Diary Entry for 11/3/1988
UMW at Leah’s, 7:30. 11 there. Doug Mattingly spoke on his mission trip in March to Haiti. Very interesting.
Diary Entry for 11/4/1988
PPR at Mills, 7:30, 10 there. Raised Collin’s salary to $16,350. Merrill took me to Mills. Made cookies and pie. Shower at Legion for Laurie Slate. I didn’t go to shower. Gave her check. Wrote Ken.
Diary Entry for 11/5/1988
Warm and sunny and windy. Washed clothes. Wind blew large tree limb onto garage roof.
Diary Entry for 11/6/1988
We went to Sunday School, 48 and church 35. Had evening service with Rev. Dick Graves speaker. Church crowded. Baptist church came. Called Jim to help get limb off garage. Jolie came with Troy Sommer. All here for supper.
Diary Entry for 11/7/1988
Jury duty, 1:30 PM City. No one had to report today.
Diary Entry for 11/8/1988
Election Day. We voted after lunch. Wrote Vern’s. George Bush and Dan Quail won.
Diary Entry for 11/9/1988
Jim was on WTNY radio with homeless 17 year old boy. A good interview. Rev. Collin here on PPR business. We went to Bible Study in evening. I didn’t go to Rebekah’s.
Diary Entry for 11/10/1988
Jury duty, 10:00 AM. Case settled out of court. To report again next Monday from Code-a-phone. Went to Nichols for eye drops. Very windy all day. Lots of damage.
Diary Entry for 11/11/1988
We went for groceries in AM. Got 18 pound turkey. Put Frieda’s sign up outside church for Bazaar, December 3. Merrill went over to unlock church in evening. Put in some new light bulbs.
Diary Entry for 11/12/1988
Got card from Frieda and Harry from Hawaii. Sunny but cold. Made cookies for church. Leslie’s 75th birthday. Merrill called him in evening. I called Ken. He has had shingles ever since Eleanor’s memorial. Jim called in evening from work.
Diary Entry for 11/13/1988
We went to Sunday School 43, and church 49. Rev. Kathy in accident. Cobby Slate and Bob Boscheck in charge of Philadelphia service. Kathy okay. Canceled evening service.
Diary Entry for 11/14/1988
Jury duty, 10:00 AM. There all day. They picked jury for rape case. Joyce got picked. Tired tonight.
Diary Entry for 11/15/1988
Administrative Council, 9 there. Warmer today. Washed Merrill’s dress shirts. all jury excused for rest of term.
Diary Entry for 11/16/1988
Bible Study. Sina in charge, 5 there. They are starting 2nd house at Carpenter Meadows.
Diary Entry for 11/17/1988
Dr. Siegel, 9:15. Everything okay. Blood pressure 130/86. Jolie dating Randy’s son, Scott. They are starting 3rd house at Carpenter Meadows. Merrill had finance committee meeting. All there.
Diary Entry for 11/18/1988
Merrill and Bill M worked on lights at church. Debby stopped by. Took our pictures.
Diary Entry for 11/19/1988
Got birthday card and letter from Gehm’s. Cleaned laundry room. Vern called in evening. They are coming next Sunday. Washed clothes. Merrill ran cleaner.
Diary Entry for 11/20/1988
Sunday School 50, and church 51. Raining. Family night at church. Covered dish supper at 6. Gouverneur UM Church clown acts performed for evening service. About 40 to supper and 80 to candlelight service. Great.
Diary Entry for 11/21/1988
My 71st birthday. Snowed last night. Wrote Beulah Macklin.
Diary Entry for 11/22/1988
Pres. John Kennedy shot 25 years ago in Dallas Texas. Debby’s 29th birthday. Grandma Haggerty’s birthday would be today if she was here.
Diary Entry for 11/23/1988
Made rolls. Merrill went to Antwerp for church lights and bulbs. He put lights up in PM. Got Thanksgiving card from Patty. Robbins cleaned furnace.
Diary Entry for 11/24/1988
Sunny day. Thanksgiving. Patty called. Jim and kids here.
Diary Entry for 11/25/1988
Beautiful day. We went for groceries. Earthquake in evening at 6:46 PM. 6.4 on scale.
Diary Entry for 11/26/1988
Made apple pie, dressing etc. for tomorrow. My arthritis bad.
Diary Entry for 11/27/1988
Vern, June, Steve and Kathy here for dinner. Nice day together. We didn’t go to Sunday School or church. Called Shari and Gladys about refreshments for Charge Conference.
Diary Entry for 11/28/1988
Tired today. Merrill went over town. Washed clothes. Warm but cloudy. They have started putting up another house on Carpenter Meadows.
Diary Entry for 11/29/1988
Merrill put rest of wood down cellar. We started church prayer chain. Jerry Slate called about Peter Brady. Also Linda Weatherwax.
Diary Entry for 11/30/1988
We went to Bible Study, 8 there. Raining hard in evening. Prayer chain: Kenny Trumble Sr. Don Cooke, 73 died.