Diary Entry for 1/14/1998

Cold all day. Sunny. Cold last night. Our coldest night in house but not that bad. I brought down Electric heater from upstairs. Rick and Linda here. Also Sue. Linda brought 7 days mail from Post Office. Rev. Elaine here. Good to hear about folks. She is staying at Huntress’s. Got letter from Clark and Vivian from Florida. All schools still closed. State of emergency still on. Closed until Tuesday. Two women from fireman’s aux here to check on us. Agway brought 184.4 gallon of fuel oil. 175.65 before cash discount. Linda brought our supper from Philadelphia Restaurant shelter. Gap stores in Midwest sending supplies. (Gap store in mall) Curfew still on tonight. HEAT!! Linda and Rick hooked up furnace tonight. Sure feels good. Can use only 110 and amps at once. Joe took heater down to Philadelphia Restaurant. I hope it helps them as much as it did us.