Watched parades on TV. Washed dark clothes. Starting my 50th year of keeping a diary.

Got tax notice, $360.70 Assessed at $33,200. Went for groceries in AM. Debby and friend Shirley stopped by. Got invitation to party at Landaus. Merrill brought in our door decorations.

Party at Landaus. We didn’t go. I’ve coughed all day. We took down Christmas decorations. Got tax blank for Senior Citizens.

Cloudy. Washed clothes. Sent Ken card and letter.

We went to Sunday School 41, and church 48. Cloudy day. Charlie Covell preached.

Ken’s 72nd birthday. School starts again. Gilenda here. We went to city. Merrill got new pants. I got night gown and 2 blouses and drugs. Tired tonight.

Esther called. She and Ken have been ill with flu since before Christmas. I’m tired today. Worked on church books. Benevolent report. Sent in report. UMW paid balance of $50 to pay benevolence in full. Alice and Margaret called. Vera Rosbrook very bad in hospital.

Rebekah’s. 10 out. Revealed Secret Pals. Gladys Adams had my name. Got basket towels and bath oil. Wrote Beulah. Nice day.

Sent in tax refund blank. Also one to Roy Petrie for tax 1/2 off. Wood stove smoking a lot. Chimney plugged again. Ed Bennett, 91 died today. We bought our farm from them.

We went for groceries. Talked with Lyla. Washed dark clothes.

Sunny and cold all day. Only up to 18°. Washed. Merrill went to dump.

We went to Sunday School 46, and church 69. Rev. Carol’s first Sunday back in New Year. Cold and cloudy.

Pat Brancatella stopped by. We had a good visit. Cloudy day. Gilenda fell in a water hole in driveway. Merrill took her to school. School delayed 1 hour because of ice. Both girls here.

Vera Rosbrook 75, died last night. Rainy and cloudy. Sue and girls here for supper. Bob here later. Girls here after school as Sue had allergy tests. Debby Hanson started at JCC. Stopped in on way home.

Sunny but very cold all day. Paid some bills by mail. Wrote Beulah. Made cake for Rosbrook’s.

We went to Vera Rosbrook’s 75 funeral. Large funeral. Took food to Bernard’s afterward. Very cold. -12° during night. We went for groceries in PM.

Cold and stormy all day. We made vegetable soup. Vivian T was over in PM. Jim called in evening. They are busy getting ready to move to new police station.

Beulah’s 80th birthday. A little warmer. Stormy south of city. Vern and June called. June had 3rd chemotherapy treatment today.

We went to Sunday School 43, and church 58. Communion. Very cold. Jim, Jolie, and baby came in PM. Jim cleaned out chimney with pipe and brush. Very stormy south of Watertown. We didn’t get the storm.

Martin Luther King day. No school or mail. Washed dark clothes. Sunny today. Little warmer. In the 20’s.

Administrative Council 7:00 PM. 9 out. Planned new year calendar. -10° overnight. Up to 27° during day.

Jim’s 24th anniversary on police force. He called. His last 3 days of police school. Cold again last night. Write Steve and Kathy. Went to Rebekah’s. 12 out.

We went for groceries. Merrill went to Robbins for 6 inch stove pipes, $24.00. Rained hard all day. Windy.

Merrill put smaller, 6 inch pipe on wood stove. Very windy and snowy all day. Lots of accidents.

Paid taxes, $360.70. Merrill took garbage. -15° this morning and cold all day. Sunny. June Ridsdale called.

We went to Sunday School 33, and church 45. Snowy and cold. We went to city in PM. Got drugs. Got chair plastic at woolworth’s @$2.98. Ate supper at Ponderosa.

We put new plastic on kitchen chairs. Got 4 done. Cold but sunny.

Finished other 2 chairs. They look nice. Sunny. Stuart and Lori Haggerty’s new trailer burned this morning.

Dr. Siegel, 10:15. He put me on antibiotic Cepro. Got 2 pair of tan shoes. Cloudy day. Blood pressure 120/80. Weight 153. Got letter from Beulah M.

Boscheck girls here early this morning. Kathy Tryon called in evening. They are coming Sunday.

We went for groceries in AM. Saw Lorraine and Tina. Cloudy day.