Jim’s here in PM and for supper. Brought Dad box of candy. We went to church, 93 out. A beautiful service and choir numbers. My arthritis bad today.

I ordered plastic glasses from John. Merrill got card and note from Gehm’s. Administrative Board at CEC, 16 there. Merrill, Esther and Leah worked at taking up carpet. Merrill fixed lights in CEC. I washed clothes. I’ve felt horrid all day. Glenda gave me shots.

B-12 shot. Eleanor’s birthday. Sent Donnie card, Juanita letter. Merrill worked at church and CEC. I’ve felt horrid all day. Merrill has cold. Ordered note paper from Darcy, $2.95.

Bill Mower’s 64th birthday. Juanita and Donnie’s birthdays. P&M Furniture, Evans Mills to start laying church carpet, $1800. Merrill helped. Janet, Dr. Roberts nurse called. My iron count is real high so I’m not to have iron shots anymore.

Beautiful day, 50°. Wrote Leslie. Sent Glenda $10. Merrill helped at church with carpet.

Got census blanks to return. Carl Scee’s birthday, 75. I had lab tests at hospital, $24.03. Saw Buster and Marie at hospital. Buster had blood test. He had light stroke. Beautiful spring day, 60°, They finished church carpet. Looks great.

Raining but warm. Merrill worked at church getting stuff back in place. Took old carpet to Horton’s. Got letter from Vern’s. I feel better today.

We went to church, Palm Sunday. 133 out. New carpet is beautiful. Vern called in morning inviting us down for Easter. Patty called in PM also inviting us for Easter. Kenny and Jim found Joe Svagusa [?] took his life today. Frogs are hollering.

Pastor Parish meeting with Rev. and Mrs. David Quick, the children, David and Karen, and District Superintendent Len Owen at CEC for first time. They drove up from NJ and went back after meeting. My hand so lame I can hardly use it.

A great day, 60°. Washed clothes. Merrill hung them outside. My hand so sore, I couldn’t use it much. Called HGS about over charging. Sent back Census.

I went to clinic, blood count, 12.5. Heavy rain in morning. Got Easter card from Vern’s. My hand a lot better today.

Roy and Carol Matteson have baby boy, Micha David. Dr. Roberts called. No iron. B-12 shot every other week. I’m responding to iron shots. Don’t have to go to Syracuse. Called Jim. He’s working on strike at Northland. Wrote Vern’s. Maundy Thursday Service at Mills. Lots from Philadelphia there.

Good Friday. Raining. Water in parsonage basement again. Merrill went to Agway and got a sump pump for parsonage. Nice service in evening. 60 out. Fireman pumped out parsonage cellar. I made donuts.

Nice Day, 50° Ground white with snow. Bob G called to say Rev. David Quick will be our new pastor, July 1. Made rolls. Gave Boots a bath and washed. Merrill cleaned church. Run cleaner here also.

Easter Sunday. We went to Sunrise service, and church, 147 there. Very beautiful. “He is Alive”. Clarence Chamberlain died yesterday, heart attack. We went to Vern’s after church. Stayed all night. Beautiful day. Bob and Jane K Mowott have baby girl, Jean Elizabeth, 6 pounds, 10 ounces.

Merrill and I went to Wolcott in PM. Mother very cozy at Elmer’s. Elmer and Melba in Niagara Falls. Charlene and Dennis caring for mother. Saw Kessel’s and Leslie. Grace is coming. Stayed all night at Vern’s. Jim and Pat at Curtis Apartments in evening.

Orv Haggerty got home from hospital. Went on Thursday. We left Vern’s at 10 AM. Stopped at Ken’s. Only he and Holly there. Eleanor and Elaine in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Had lunch at Don’s. Don had income tax done. Visited Marg and Roy. Her leg sore so can’t walk on it for awhile. Called Patty.

Rainy after a beautiful weekend. Boots and I tired out. Rebekah’s had service at Gouverneur funeral home for Louise Cragon before Lodge, 6:30. I didn’t go to either. Merrill went for groceries. Ruth Schell called and invited us to party Saturday night.

UMW at CEC. Nancy Davis program. I didn’t go as my arthritis hurt so. Washed clothes. I’m still very sore and lame. Martin Hagan died today, 88 years.

Dentist appointment 2:30 PM. One filled, x-rays, and checkup, $26. Got a few groceries. I called Mary H to tell her Giltz house is for sale. District meeting at Antwerp, I didn’t go. Sent Orv card.

Rainy and cloudy. Sunday School paper drive. Washed clothes. Merrill cleaned floors. Card party at C. Schell’s. 5 tables. Nice time.

We went to church, 98 out. We went to Jim’s in PM and for supper.

Mrs. Cameron goes to Toronto with Fred Watson. B-12 shot. PNG’s at Leah’s. I didn’t go. Terrible windy in evening. Rained.

Mrs. Cameron called to say Hauser Company fellow is arriving today. [church windows] Called several about it. Merrill went to Hall’s to build fence but didn’t stay. Hauser didn’t come.

Some snow during night. Boot’s 8th birthday. He had cupcakes with candles. Joel, Jill and Patty here for lunch. She brought out wash. Her new Sears washer won’t be delivered until Tuesday. Men from Hauser’s got to church about 3 PM. Merrill went over with contract.

Wrote Vern’s. Hauser’s men finished church windows. We got groceries. I got my hair cut at Laura’s. Got letter from Angie. Orv doing OK.

Saw Oren at hospital for 2nd time. I went to hospital for lab for tests, $25.99 now. Got eye drops and B-12. We went to see movie Coal Miner’s Daughter. Very good. We went to Sackets for Jolie and Jill. Jim and Pat went to Syracuse.

Washed clothes. Merrill built fence for Hall’s for first this spring. He cleaned church on way. Jim called in evening from city. He tore off porch on his house.

We went to church. We went to Brancatella’s in PM. Rainy. Burt Pitkin, 47, died today.

Merrill worked at Hall’s, 7 hours. I washed clothes and bedding. A great day. Warm. Burt Pitkin, 47, died Sunday.

I called Dr. Roberts. Blood count 11.3. I’m to have lab tests in a month. B-12 every other week. We raked on lawns. Becky helped. Went for groceries. Got the kids each a big ball.

Rebekah’s. I went. Burt Pitkin’s funeral. Got letter from June. Vern didn’t get Dean nomination. Merrill worked at Hall’s. Patty and Joel came for girls. Murphy here with fuel oil, $96.9. Cleaned breakfast room.

Merrill worked at Hall’s all day. Cloudy day. Quiet here without girls. Washed windows.

President Carter aborted plans to free hostages in Iran. 8 service men killed in plane crashes trying. On TV all day. Merrill worked at Hall’s. I cleaned living room. Dr. Roberts called. I’m to start iron shots again for 1 month.

I washed bedding, curtains, and clothes about all day. Beautiful day. Merrill worked at Hall’s. I finished cleaning living room. June R gave me necklace for a belated birthday present.

Fast time begins. Pulpit exchange. Rev. William Curtis, Black River here. 95 out. Had refreshments after church. We went to church. We went to Lowville in PM. Aunt Maude went with us. Went to Uncle Len’s and Pauline’s and Garmon’s store.

Vern goes to NJ. Merrill went to Hall’s in AM but didn’t build fence. It rained. Wrote Vern’s. Gave myself B-12 shot. Glenda Webb here to give me iron shot. Merrill changed winter tires. Pastor Parish meeting at Mills. I went with Margaret and Marilyn.

Vern’s interview at Montclair NJ. Raining. We went to city. Got paint for front porch. Got 4 free mugs at Sears. Got Boots’s a new collar at Woolworth’s, $4.70. Called Patty from Sears. Got 2 bags of fertilizer, $18.77.

Merrill worked at Hall’s until 4 PM. I washed kitchen ceiling and some of walls. Glenda here to give me iron shot in evening.

Merrill worked at Hall’s. Mike White and Hank Schell there for lunch. There is a profile article in Times about Jim. Very nice. UMW at Eberly’s. 15 present.

Beautiful day. Merrill went to work at 11 AM at Hall’s. We went for groceries in morning. Bill and Louise Preston are home from Florida. Glenda here to give me 3rd iron shot.

Merrill worked at Hall’s. A beautiful day. Merrill cleaned church in morning. I made cookies and pie. Merrill called Art Haggerty from Hall’s. He found their lost dog. It got shut in Trumbel’s truck. Got letter from Vern’s. Danny had bad eye injury, Hit with ball.

We went to church, 103 out. Cold wind today. We went to Sackets in PM and for supper. Jim has a lot of his patio done. Carl and Evelyn called in evening.

Iron shot. Patty, Joel and Jill came out for day. Patty cleaned all the time she was here. Merrill mowed lawns for first this year. Got down lawn furniture. Wrote Uncle Berl.

Wrote Vern’s. We scrubbed front porch and rest of kitchen. Merrill varnished porch ceiling. Rained most of day. It is in Times that Mike and Doreen got divorced. Business is reason

Wrote Mother T and all. Sent Mother’s Day card. Merrill painted porch. Boots and I went for groceries. Got note from Uncle Berl. Dorothy is in hospital. Had cancer operation.

Mother and Daughter Banquet, 6:30. Connie Wright speaker, Calcium. Merrill and Claude S only men. Glenda gave me iron shot. Merrill painted porch 2nd coat. Also floor. Patty called in morning. Wrote Dot M.

Merrill painted porch floor, 2nd coat of green. Cloudy day. Some rain. I scrubbed bathroom. Merrill fixed porch windows. Tilled garden. Esther brought over invitations to Cameron’s party for me to give out on Sunday. Belile kids brought me flowers.

Jim and Pat’s 11th anniversary. Mike White’s birthday. I called their anniversary into radio station WNC2. Patty and kids came out and kids gave me corsage for Mother’s Day. Got stuff back on porch. Merrill got hair cut. Gary B on 2 weeks Army training.

Mother’s Day. We went to church, 105 out. We went to Jim and Pat’s for dinner. Turkey. They gave me Silverstone fry pan and spatula. Vern and June called in evening.