Dorothy, Arlene & Margaret Wise were here. Vernon & I mowed & cleaned yards. Planted flowers. Sent for slip covers.

Category: Daily Diary Entry
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Diary Entry for 5/17/1944
Jimmy got new shoes size 2. Aunt Keitha, Dot, Audrey & Paul were here in PM. Evelyn was down. Vernon got report card.
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Diary Entry for 5/18/1944
They sowed oats for first time this year. Dot was down. Oren was here. Awful cold.
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Diary Entry for 5/19/1944
Had bad frost last night. Dot, Jimmy & I went to Adams. Jimmy was inoculated for diphtheria at Lorraine. Got new gold dress. Stopped at Barkers. Dot & Arlene were here.
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Diary Entry for 5/20/1944
Made Loren birthday cake. Arlene & Evelyn were here. Went to show at Adams. Is first show we’ve seen to in 2 years. Had a frost last night.
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Diary Entry for 5/21/1944
Grand day. Edith, Buster, Dot , Evelyn & Ethel Wells were here. Went down to Ellisburg for dinner. The kids were all home except Beulah. Stopped over home. Went to Lorraine.
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Diary Entry for 5/22/1944
Jimmy is quite sick. His teeth. Dot, Evelyn, & Arlene were here. Turned cows out for first time at night. Mowed yards.
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Diary Entry for 5/23/1944
Arlene was down. Wrote to Marg. She had vaccination & inoculation today. Merrill went to Lorraine in evening. George Moreton has been sent across. He entered Army same time Loren did.
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Diary Entry for 5/24/1944
Arlene, & Evelyn were down. A grand day. Jimmy is feeling lots better. Vernon sent letter to Louis. Shampooed my hair. Watkins man here. Went to Ellisburg in evening.
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Diary Entry for 5/25/1944
Loren goes back to Camp Meade, Maryland today. Dot, Evelyn & Arlene were down.
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Diary Entry for 5/26/1944
Arlene, & Evelyn were here. Got letter from Angie. Went to Lacona in evening. Got garden seeds. Real warm.
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Diary Entry for 5/27/1944
Edith, Dot, Evelyn & Arlene were here. Sowed corn for first. Merrill & Vernon went after Mother & Dad Tryon & Ronnie. Don Moore is home.
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Diary Entry for 5/28/1944
Went over home in PM. Took Mother & Dad Tryon & Ronnie home in evening. Stopped at Dad’s. Dot was down. Brought me a plant.
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Diary Entry for 5/29/1944
Washed clothes. Went up & helped Edith paper in afternoon. Dot & Arlene were here.
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Diary Entry for 5/30/1944
Planted garden & potatoes. Merrill didn’t have to work today. Went up to Edith’s in PM. Merrill went over to Gardner’s for seed potatoes.
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Diary Entry for 5/31/1944
Sent for canning sugar ration. Got letter from Loren. [He] Sent new address. Dot & Evelyn were here in PM. Rained in evening.
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Diary Entry for 6/1/1944
Wrote to Loren. Got card from Marg. She is feeling better. Merrill went to Lorraine in evening. Got new work shoes. $3.95. Started cleaning kitchen.
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Diary Entry for 6/2/1944
Sent $9.38 to Spiegel. Did Jimmy’s wash. Jimmy is 9 months old. Went to Lacona in evening. Had thunder storms in evening.
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Diary Entry for 6/3/1944
Got “V-letter” from Francis H. Evelyn & Arlene was here. Evelyn brought down pint of ice cream. Set out tomato plants.
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Diary Entry for 6/4/1944
Went over home for chicken dinner. Went to Smithville in afternoon to see Dee Smith. Rome, Italy was taken today. Is second anniversary of Midway.
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Diary Entry for 6/5/1944
Washed clothes. Dot & Evelyn were down. President Roosevelt made speech on the fall of Rome.
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Diary Entry for 6/6/1944
INVASION started during night. Nothing on radio except D-Day. Arlene & Alice W. were here. Went over home in evening.
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Diary Entry for 6/7/1944
Marg is ill again. Merrill & Vernon went to Lorraine in evening. Jimmy & I stopped at Marg’s. Washed kitchen woodwork.
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Diary Entry for 6/8/1944
Jimmy & I went down to Marg’s & stayed all day. Got letter from Loren. He has to go across soon. Merrill was over home.
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Diary Entry for 6/9/1944
Went to Smithville & Adams in PM. Wrote to Loren. Got car fixed. Evelyn was here for supper.
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Diary Entry for 6/10/1944
Raining. Did Jimmy’s wash & made doughnuts. Dot was down. Went to Lorraine in evening. Got Vernon new shoes. $2.65.
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Diary Entry for 6/11/1944
Went over home & down to Ellisburg in PM. The Dowker family was over home.
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Diary Entry for 6/12/1944
Evelyn & Dot were here. Sent letter to Loren & Dee P. Oren Sr. was down in evening. Got us 2 pound perch fish @ .40.
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Diary Entry for 6/13/1944
Arlene was here. Got graduation invitation from her today. Painted some of kitchen. Mother & Daughter banquet tonight.
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Diary Entry for 6/14/1944
Finished painting kitchen. Don & Evelyn were here. Brought us a fudgecicle from Lacona.
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Diary Entry for 6/15/1944
Dot helped me paper part of kitchen. Got True Story. Merrill went to Adams & had a tooth pulled, one filled & cleaned.
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Diary Entry for 6/16/1944
Finished papering kitchen & painted floor. Dot was down. Jimmy & I went up to Barkers in PM. Thunder storm & raining.
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Diary Entry for 6/17/1944
Did Jimmy’s wash. Vernon picked wild strawberries for cake. Baked birthday cake, doughnuts & pies. Evelyn & Arlene were here. Merrill & Vernon went to Lorraine in evening. Brought home a quart of ice cream. 60 ¢.
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Diary Entry for 6/18/1944
Mother, Dad & Don were up for dinner. Gave Mother writing paper & dish for birthday. Raining & cloudy.
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Diary Entry for 6/19/1944
Still raining to cloudy. Dot was down. Colored Arlene’s gloves. Can’t get slip covers. Mowed lawns.
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Diary Entry for 6/20/1944
Evelyn was down. Washed clothes. Still cloudy & rainy. Arlene was here in evening.
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Diary Entry for 6/22/1944
Arlene was down. Vernon got out of school at 11:00 today. Picked enough strawberries for cake from our own patch.
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Diary Entry for 6/23/1944
Evelyn, Arlene, Dot, & Oren Jr. were here. Canned pie plant & strawberries. Worked in garden. Vernon got out of school for vacation.
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Diary Entry for 6/24/1944
Went to Watertown & got my glasses fixed. Left Jimmy at Mom’s. Had terrible thunder storm last night. Rained all day too.
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Diary Entry for 6/25/1944
Canned 6 pint strawberries. Went over home in PM. & got 2 little pigs. ($10.00 for 2)
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Diary Entry for 6/26/1944
Made strawberry jelly. Washed clothes. Evelyn & Arlene were down. Arlene graduates tonight from high school. Vernon got new suit & raincoat.
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Diary Entry for 6/27/1944
Wrote “V [mail]” letter to Francis H. Evelyn, Dot & Arlene were here. Vernon, Jimmy & I went up to Barkers in evening. I drove the car up. First time. Canned 2 quarts strawberries.
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Diary Entry for 6/29/1944
Florence gave me small fern. Canned 5 1/2 quarts strawberries. Went up to Florence & Earle’s in evening for potatoes. Mowed yards. Wrote letter to Mother T.
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Diary Entry for 7/1/1944
Evelyn was here. Went to Lacona & Sandy Creek in evening. Got me new oxfords $2.85. Washed car.
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Diary Entry for 7/2/1944
Jimmy is 10 months old. Went over home in PM. I drove the car. Dot & Arlene were here. Vernon stayed over home.
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Diary Entry for 7/3/1944
Cut Jimmy’s hair. First time. Washed clothes & canned berries. Evelyn was down. Shampooed my hair. Got letters from Angie & Mother T.
