Pay telephone bill this month. Elgin and Carmi here for dinner. We went to see Aunt Maude. A nice sunny day but some rain in morning. Called Vern’s. Dan and Robin home this weekend for wedding.

We went to church 34, communion. Sunny, cold wind. My hip really hurting today. Lazy day.

Cloudy, rainy, cold day. Froze beans in morning. Merrill went to Mills for shingles for side porch, $23.

Raining. Rained hard all day. My hip still hurting.

Sunny all day. Merrill mowed lawns. Wrote Beulah M. Sent her birthday card.

Ice Cream Social. Made $431.25. Good night for it. Very nice. Merrill helped set up for it. Hank Schell sang. We went for groceries in morning.

Beulah M, 69 birthday. A great summer day. Warm 75°. Washed clothes. Merrill got hair cut at Donna’s. Philadelphia barber has cancer. Vern and June go on 3 day boat trip from Oswego.

Washed white clothes, bedspread, and mattress cover. Merrill cleaned floors. Raining in PM. June Ridsdale called in evening.

We went to church, 34 out. Rev. Ferguson, wife and son there from Gouverneur. Cloudy, rainy, sunny day. Warm.

Washed some dress clothes. Cloudy day. Froze green beans. Had first cabbage from garden. Sue here for church money. Vacation Bible School starts 6-8 PM.

Dan and Robin’s 2nd anniversary. We cleaned our bedroom. Lyla was here. Gave me pictures of reunion. Merrill helped on church kitchen in evening. Wayne and Elmer worked also. Vacation Bible School there also.

Paid more bills. Sunny but cool, 60°. It has been a very cool, wet, summer. More like fall. Below average temperatures. Had supper with Sue Boscheck. Merrill helped at church in Evening. He and Wayne only ones to work.

We went for groceries. Merrill worked at church in evening. Several helped so got a lot done. Jim called in evening from work. Raining in PM.

Sunny but cool. In the 60’s. Merrill helped at church in evening. Merrill mowed lawns. I washed Merrill’s work clothes. Last day of Vacation Bible School.

Foggy in morning. Partly sunny and cloudy all day. Temperature 65°. Heard the first locust this summer at noon. Washed clothes.

We went to church 35 out. Jim here in PM on bike. Here for supper. He’s on vacation this week.

Gilenda here from 8 AM to 2 PM. Sue here to pick her up. Jennifer Clement here to play. Michael Haggerty, 26 died Sunday. He was at a party and chocked. He is young Winfred’s son. Whinny and Althea’s grandson.

Jennifer here with Gilenda off and on all day. Gilenda ate her lunch at Randell’s with J. Jim, Sue, Ashley, Jolie and Shawn here for supper. Kids are so cute. Roy Pitkin went to hospital. Hernia.

Gilenda here. Partly cloudy day. Rained during night.

Gilenda here. We went for groceries. Sunny but cold. Down to 44° over night. Lyla called to say Roy Pitkin is in hospital for strangulated hernia. Had operation.

Gilenda’s last day here. Sue had a work shop all week. Sunny very cold over night.

Steve and Kathy’s 5th anniversary. I called Beulah Macklin. Roy still in hospital. Washed clothes.

50th anniversary party for Mattingly’s, 1 PM at Johnny’s. We went. Very nice. We went to hospital to see Roy afterwards. He’s confused. Couldn’t talk to us. I called Joel from hospital. We went to church 34. Sharon Hall had twin girls last Tuesday. Hurricane “Andrea” hit southern Florida.

Dr. Kayani 10:15. Eye pressure is 16. Got new drip tray for kitchen stove. Ate lunch at burger King. A beautiful day. Hot in the 80’s.

Hot today. Great. Merrill mowed lawns. I washed dress shirts. Wrote June and Vern. Sent them anniversary card. Steve and girl he works with, Ellie, came over from Gouverneur. Talked with Jolie and Jim.

Hurricane hitting southern states, Louisiana worst. Jim brought Joel oUt to paint. He worked 2 hours. Jim and Joel here for lunch. Very hot and muggy, 88°. Merrill has cold.

Rained in night. Cloudy all day. Thunder storm in early evening. We had first tomatoes and sweet corn from garden. Late this year. Got note from June and Vern. They went to Washington DC last weekend. Today is their 32nd anniversary.

Windy, Cloudy and rainy in evening. Washed clothes. Got them dry out doors before showers.

Susie Gleason and Alan Hughes wedding. We went. All very nice. About 250-300 there. Protestant-Catholic wedding. Black and white wedding clothes. Horse and surrey to Legion. 50th anniversary party for Victor and Barbara Delles next door. We got there about 3 PM. Had cake. Nice party.

We went to church, 32 out. Cloudy, rainy day. My arthritis sore today. Jim here in evening on way home from Plattsburg on bike. Had been to a snowshoe meeting.

20,000 troops in Florida to help clean up after Andrew. Getting up tent cities for homeless. Cloudy, windy day. Doug Flood, 85 died tonight.