We went to city to drug store and bank. Nice day but cold wind. Merrill got hair cut.
Monthly Archives: October 1993
Diary Entry for 10/2/1993
Rev. Carol back. Washed clothes. Merrill took garbage. Raining.
Diary Entry for 10/3/1993
Communion, 38 out. Sunny, windy, and cool. CROP walk in city.
Diary Entry for 10/4/1993
Dark rainy day. Sent Bea Gehm birthday card and note. Another Fort Drum soldier killed in Somalia, 2nd one.
Diary Entry for 10/5/1993
Froze beets from garden. Sunny day. Jolie called in PM. Robbins man cleaned church furnaces. He used Merrill’s keys.
Diary Entry for 10/6/1993
Merrill put on storm windows. A nice day. Warm.
Diary Entry for 10/7/1993
UMW, Doris Haggerty’s. I went with Joyce. Merrill stayed with Bill Mowers. Nice meeting. Merrill mowed side lawn.
Diary Entry for 10/8/1993
I made cinnamon rolls for church farmer’s market. We cleaned dining room. Shampooed living and dining room rugs. A just beautiful day, 72°. Merrill helped Clark on tool shed and Joey with wood.
Diary Entry for 10/9/1993
Blessing of the animals at church, 10 AM. Raining. We got dining room and living room settled. Brought in plants off porches. Washed clothes. Merrill took rolls to sale.
Diary Entry for 10/10/1993
We went to church, 51 out. A great sunny day, but cold. Down to 30° in morning. Ken and Esther here in PM. Brought potatoes and cabbage.
Diary Entry for 10/11/1993
Dr. Sherman, 3 PM. All okay. We ate supper at Longway’s. Lyla’s 66th birthday. I called her. I talked with Jolie, Shawn Michael, Jim, and Ashley.
Diary Entry for 10/12/1993
Rainy day. Pauline Roggie called in evening. She was at Thayers.
Diary Entry for 10/13/1993
Rebekah’s, I went with Ginny. Cleaned upstairs. Sent back HEAP questionnaire.
Diary Entry for 10/14/1993
Bible Study. June Ridsdale called. We went for groceries in AM. Jim, Sue, Ashley, Jolie, and Shawn Michael here for 2 PM dinner and PM. Jim and Sue on Vacation this week. Jim cleaned chimney from roof. Got note and county letter from Vern.
Diary Entry for 10/15/1993
Church supper. We didn’t go to it. I made cinnamon rolls for farmer’s market tomorrow. Watched Nashville Now’s last broadcast on TV with Ralph Emory.
Diary Entry for 10/16/1993
Sent Aunt Maude birthday card. Also Roy. Merrill went to dump. I washed clothes a beautiful day, 70°.
Diary Entry for 10/17/1993
Church envelope. We went to church, 52 out. Called Vern and June. Got flowers from new florist. We spent PM with Howard and Evelyn. Dawn and boy friend Jeff there also. Good to see them.
Diary Entry for 10/18/1993
Terrible wind during night. Blew a lot of our leaves away. Trustee meeting at 7:30.
Diary Entry for 10/19/1993
Aunt Maude’s 88th birthday. Merrill raked more leaves. Cloudy day. Nominating committee meeting at church.
Diary Entry for 10/20/1993
Dr. Stark 1 PM. Took blood for blood work. Blood pressure 140/80. Weight 152. Merrill got new iron leaf rake at Agway, $12.83.
Diary Entry for 10/21/1993
Very windy. Raining most of day. Jill’s name in Times again. JCC has won all six soccer games they have played. Bev Samson here electioneering for her brother, Vincent Lafave for Supervisor. World Series score, Philadelphia Phillies 2 games, Toronto Blue Jays 3 games.
Diary Entry for 10/22/1993
Mammogram 11 AM. Took 2 hours as we had to wait. Philadelphia Imaging. Nice there. We went for groceries in PM. Sent Steve birthday card, letter, and $10.00. Jim’s picture in Times. They arrested 31 abortion protesters at Dr. Croch (?) office. Jim is acting captain this week.
Diary Entry for 10/23/1993
Family night at church. We didn’t go. Washed clothes. Merrill helped Cha’s with leaves. Gladys and Ted here in PM. A great day.
Diary Entry for 10/24/1993
Very windy all day. We went to church, 55 there. Merrill’s watch stopped yesterday. Needs battery. Robert, Cheryl, and Breanne Yerdon (?) here in evening.
Diary Entry for 10/25/1993
Beautiful day. We went out to Don and Juanita’s. Had lunch there. Men couldn’t get chain saws going so didn’t cut wood. Merrill got new watch battery at Pharmhouse, 74¢. Don not very good. Seems very weak.
Diary Entry for 10/26/1993
Brenda called to say Debby went to Gouverneur hospital during the night. We went over to see her in PM. She passed kidney stone. Feeling pretty good today. I called Brenda. Juanita may go up and spend the night with kids. Rev. Carol called. No more farmer’s markets this year.
Diary Entry for 10/27/1993
Rebekah’s Installation, 2 PM. Redwood installed us. 29 there. Had ice cream, cookies, pumpkin cake, and candy.
Diary Entry for 10/28/1993
We went to Social Security office. We got flu shots at Dr. Starks. Rev. Carol called about having daytime Bible Study.
Diary Entry for 10/29/1993
We dug and froze carrots. Robert Congdon called in evening to say Beula was in Newark hospital. She fell. No bones broken but her heart bad. I called Social security office.
Diary Entry for 10/30/1993
Called Vern’s. Washed clothes. Evelyn called. Talked with Jolie and Jim. Got letter about Redwood Bank interested in branch at Philadelphia. Hope so.
Diary Entry for 10/31/1993
Back to standard time. We left for Vern’s at 9:30. Stopped at city for eye drops. Vern took us to Newark Hospital to see Beulah C. She was pretty good. June and Bea went to Steve’s for Kristin’s Halloween party. We spent night at Vern and June’s. Snowing in evening.