Drove to work today. Merrill helped Howard fill silo. Made 42 dozen facings today. Most yet.

Tag: 1954
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Diary Entry for 10/29/1954
Cold. Rainy. Merrill helped Howard. Got 2 cotton dresses from Wards. Nice. Jim had party at school. Floods moved.
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Diary Entry for 10/30/1954
Jim & I went to city after Vernon. Merrill started plowing. Baked & cleaned. Bill, Vi, & Martha were here in evening.
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Diary Entry for 11/1/1954
Cold. Snowed at Lorraine &Mannsville during night. Wrote Mom. Baked cakes & cookies. Lucy Hunter started riding with me.
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Diary Entry for 11/2/1954
Cold & rainy. Merrill & I went to Antwerp to vote but we weren’t registered. Snowy in evening. Howard went to doctor’s at Syracuse.
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Diary Entry for 11/3/1954
Snowed so hard we couldn’t get to Grange. Started but turned around & came home. Installation of officers.
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Diary Entry for 11/4/1954
Snow on ground this morning. Rained about all day. Got candy bars for Juvenile Grange.
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Diary Entry for 11/6/1954
I took grange kids & Margaret Waters to meeting at Watertown. Bennett’s were here in PM. Merrill helped Lynn Hall put on shingles.
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Diary Entry for 11/8/1954
Real cold. Got letter from Vernon. Is working some in cafeteria. Nellie Thibault started riding with me.
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Diary Entry for 11/9/1954
Very cold & frosty this morning. Clara Mount’s funeral today. She died Saturday night.
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Diary Entry for 11/10/1954
Made $1.70 today. 5 dozen facings. Merrill, Jim, & I went to open house meeting at Theresa school. Very nice. I didn’t go to lodge.
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Diary Entry for 11/12/1954
Grand day. Went to bank for Vernon during noon hour. Ate lunch with Aunt Myrtle. Jim didn’t have school today.
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Diary Entry for 11/13/1954
Cleaned kitchen floor & cleaned. Merrill & I went to city. Got battery for tractor. $6.98 & old battery.
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Diary Entry for 11/14/1954
Raining. We all went to church. Shellacked stair steps. Chuckie Wilson was here to see Jim in PM.
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Diary Entry for 11/17/1954
Lucy started riding home with me nights. I went to Grange. Wrote Mom tonight. Lynn Hall helped Merrill plow. Got letter from Mom.
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Diary Entry for 11/18/1954
Warm today. I started working on darts today. Home Bureau meeting was canceled. That was supposed to be here tonight. Lynn was here plowing.
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Diary Entry for 11/20/1954
Washed. Baked pies & cookies. Merrill & Jim went to Mills for plow points & Theresa for lumber. Got letter from Uncle Berle.
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Diary Entry for 11/21/1954
Finished ironing. Cleaned. Didn’t go to church. Snowed all day. Very slippery. Lots of accidents. 100 cars stalled on Hoodoo Hill. Snow plow by for first time this year.
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Diary Entry for 11/22/1954
Lucy didn’t ride today. Very slippery in morning. Got letter from Marg & Mom. Nellie paid up for what she has rode. $4.75.
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Diary Entry for 11/23/1954
Vernon came home for Thanksgiving vacation. Got in city at 5:30. Lucy didn’t ride home in evening. Very slippery in morning.
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Diary Entry for 11/24/1954
Cloudy. Vernon dressed turkey. Made cake & got turkey ready in evening. Flaherty brought coal.
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Diary Entry for 11/27/1954
Men went up to Philadelphia in AM. Did Vernon’s wash & ironing. Wrote Mom.
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Diary Entry for 11/28/1954
Raining in morning. Snow about gone. We all went to church. Took Vern to city Sunday evening at 9:00 PM.
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Diary Entry for 11/30/1954
Lucy rode today but is riding with Don rest of week. Josephine C. rode home. Went to Sears during noon hour.
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Diary Entry for 12/1/1954
Nice day but cold. Got Uncle Berle’s Xmas present. Howard & Evelyn Hall have baby boy. Terry. Nellie didn’t ride home tonight. Didn’t go to Grange.
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Diary Entry for 12/2/1954
Nellie didn’t ride home tonight. Snowing some. I went to Home Bureau at Helen K. Cookie lesson. Did Xmas shopping. Wrote Vernon.
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Diary Entry for 12/5/1954
Cold. Merrill & Jim went up to garage & got new winter tires on. $50.00. & old tires. didn’t go to church. Evelyn & Terry came home from hospital.
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Diary Entry for 12/7/1954
Nellie rode in morning. Virginia didn’t go at all. Lucy didn’t ride. Got letter from Vernon. Jean Gleason got hurt bad in skiing accident. Broke shoulder.
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Diary Entry for 12/8/1954
Very stormy. Jim got home at 1:30. Roads very icy. Lucy didn’t ride home in evening. I didn’t go to lodge. Got letter from Mom. Made bows today.
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Diary Entry for 12/10/1954
Lucy rode for last today. Paid me $1.25. Very slippery. got package ready to sent to Uncle Berle.
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Diary Entry for 12/11/1954
Our 19th anniversary. We went out home for tree. Got groceries in city. Roads about bare again.
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Diary Entry for 12/15/1954
Very stormy & cold. Everything covered with frost. Virginia didn’t ride today.
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Diary Entry for 12/16/1954
Mailed Christmas cards. Very cold & frosty. Earl Mosher very sick in hospital.
