Birds are at bird house for first this year. Beautiful spring day. I went to church. Ruth Eggleston & I went to Pike Run at Rossie. Timmy Hull & Freddie Aynes went too.

Tag: 1965
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Diary Entry for 4/12/1965
Past Grands at Vivian’s. I went. I went to Canada with Ruth Eggleston. Millicient Hall went also. Rained hard in PM.
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Diary Entry for 4/13/1965
Rained about all day. Sent Jim Easter package. Leah mailed It for me. Mom & Eleanor went to Canada.
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Diary Entry for 4/14/1965
Vern, June, & Steven got here at noon. Steven’s first visit. Nice_ day. Martha & Johnny Meeks have baby boy, Jeffrey John, 5 pounds, 7 ounces.
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Diary Entry for 4/15/1965
I didn’t go to Home Demonstration at Carrie’s. We went to city for groceries. Mom & Eleanor spent night here on way home from Canada.
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Diary Entry for 4/16/1965
Rainy. Kids went over to Hall’s in evening. Vern & June went to communion service at church. Mom & Eleanor left at 10:30 AM.
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Diary Entry for 4/18/1965
Easter Sunday. We went out to Mom’s for dinner. 19 of us there. Just Jim missing. Snowing. Uncle Ray & Aunt Maude were down in evening.
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Diary Entry for 4/19/1965
The kids left at 8:45. Nice day. Washed clothes. Cleaned. Teresa Hall went to hospital. Merrill has cold. Mary C Hall & Philip were here in evening.
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Diary Entry for 4/20/1965
Sent in films of Easter & Steven. Mary L Hall was here. Millicient & I went for walk. Pearl Pitt called to say Geraldine Lavere died last night. She had cancer.
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Diary Entry for 4/21/1965
Betty & I went to Home Demonstration dinner at Bethany Church. Mom called in evening. Walked. Raining in evening.
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Diary Entry for 4/22/1965
Got part of Easter pictures. Got note from June. Nice day. Baked & washed. Walked. Debbie was over to sew. Jimmy Trombley 18, died of cancer.
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Diary Entry for 4/23/1965
Merrill went to city. Geraldine Lavere, 47 years old, funeral at Spencerville. Mom, Eleanor, Roberta, & I went. Eleanor drove. We went to Basils after funeral. Huge funeral. Got home at 6:30. Joe Hack was here.
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Diary Entry for 4/24/1965
Wrote Jim, & Vernon’s. Nice day but windy. 4-H at Payne’s. Merrill & I went to city for tractor battery. I got typewriter table with gold stamps.
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Diary Entry for 4/25/1965
Fast time begins. Stevie is 6 months old. We went to church. Went to Benton’s for dinner. Went to huge Scout-O-Rama at Camp Drum hanger. Was great show.
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Diary Entry for 4/26/1965
Jimmy Trombley’s funeral. I called Laurence Hall. Teresa very bad. Raining. Got letter from Jim, Debbie was over to sew.
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Diary Entry for 4/27/1965
Rainy & foggy. Wrote Jim. Millicient & I went walking. Debbie was over to sew.
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Diary Entry for 4/28/1965
Wrote Vi. Got letter from her. Beautiful day. Cleaned on yards. Went walking. I went to Rebekah’s. Merrill went to see about hay.
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Diary Entry for 4/29/1965
Washed clothes. Baked. I went to 4-H dinner at Bethany Church with Norma Payne. Nice dinner and meeting.
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Diary Entry for 4/30/1965
I went to city for groceries. I helped on Star dinner put on by guild. 93 stars present. Freddie Aynes went after hay for us to Niles Busler’s.
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Diary Entry for 5/1/1965
We finished cleaning yards. Sixberry brought Merrill’s corn, $12.90. Merrill got hair cut. Got 13th milk check, $82.19.
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Diary Entry for 5/2/1965
Kim’s first birthday. Kenny & Brenda brought her to church. We went to church. Went for ride to Natural Bridge. Very warm. Halls got home from Florida.
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Diary Entry for 5/3/1965
Sent in evaluation blanks. 80° today. Put screens in doors. I went collecting for Cancer Drive. Merrill built fence. Teresa Hall is worse. Debbie was here to sew. Wrote Jim & Vi.
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Diary Entry for 5/4/1965
W.S.C.S. & meeting at church with Rev Wilson, New Zealand. Election of officers. Myrtle Duff is new W.S.C.S. President. We went to city. I saw Teresa Hall at Mercy Hospital.
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Diary Entry for 5/5/1965
4-H meeting at city. I took all the girls. Collected on Cancer Drive. Got letter from kids.
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Diary Entry for 5/6/1965
Home Demonstration at Nancy’s. Her first meeting. Program planning. Jean Custer joined. 8 members, 5 kids present.
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Diary Entry for 5/7/1965
Rainy & cloudy. Grass getting very green. We went to Gouverneur for groceries. Got cloth & pattern for slacks. Wrote kids. Pat’s Rock & Roll dances opened tonight. I have headache.
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Diary Entry for 5/8/1965
Mill & I went walking. Very hot & muggy. Cloudy. Washed & cleaned. Merrill spread fertilizer on pasture. Sent in pictures.
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Diary Entry for 5/9/1965
Mother’s Day. We went to church. Went for ride to Rossie in PM. Merrill had headache. Nice day. We called Mom & Mother Tryon in evening.
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Diary Entry for 5/10/1965
Hot. Washed. Had vet for cow. She had twins with goiters. Got new motor for big pump, $30.00. Made slacks. Got letter from Dot. I went to spring musical at Theresa wtth Hall’s.
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Diary Entry for 5/11/1965
Cooler today. Finished slacks. Merrill started fitting ground. I went to officer training at Knickerbocker School with Betty G, Nancy R. & Carrie M.
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Diary Entry for 5/12/1965
Rebekahs. Wrote Jim. Sent him $20.00. Went to lodge. Went up to Uncle Ray’s. He got M in nose on job. Had 4 stitches. Mill & I went back in pasture for walk.
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Diary Entry for 5/13/1965
Turned cows out for first both day & night. Hay all gone. Tractor broke down. Finished ironing. Made tan double knit dress. Home demonstration lesson.
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Diary Entry for 5/14/1965
Merrill mowed lawns for first. Frost last night. Got letter from kids. Mill & I went walking & to city for groceries. Carbon Ahon took our tractor to Fry’s. Lanphere brought shingles but they were wrong color.
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Diary Entry for 5/15/1965
Beautfful day. We went to Armed Forces doings at Camp Drum. Very good. Fry’s called about tractor. Needs a lot of repair. We went out home in evening.
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Diary Entry for 5/16/1965
Hot. We went to church. Slept in PM. Ruth Eggleston & I went to Philadelphia movie in evening. The Castaways. Stormed in evening.
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Diary Entry for 5/17/1965
Cloudy & cooler. We went to city. Got straw bag & cloth. I went to hospital to see Teresa Hall. I went to Past Grands at Marguerite’s in evening.
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Diary Entry for 5/18/1965
I went to Geneseo College with Ruth & Ann Eggleston, Rosemary Morrow, & Millicient Hale. Got home at 9:30 PM. Grand trip. Got barn shingles. Merrill starting putting them on.
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Diary Entry for 5/19/1965
Achievement Day at Bethany Church. I didn’t go this year. Raining. Merrill worked at barn shingles. Canceled Home Demonstration meeting.
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Diary Entry for 5/20/1965
Mother & Daughter Banquet. Debbie, Evelyn, & Millicient went with me. Mrs. Wilson was guest speaker. I went down to Raymon’s in morning. Wrote Jim & Vern’s.
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Diary Entry for 5/21/1965
Mill & I went walking & to city in PM. Merrill & Carleton went after tractor to Talcott Falls. Got styrofoam picnic basket, $1.17 from Millicient.
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Diary Entry for 5/22/1965
Merrill sowed first oats this year. Getting 11 cans of milk. Cloudy. I haven’t taken Sansert pills for two months now. Only 2 slight headaches. I mowed lawns & planted flowers. Washed & cleaned.
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Diary Entry for 5/23/1965
Barbecue for Cook fund. I went to church. We ate our barbecues at home. Merrill cut tractor tire back in field. We drove up to Uncle Len’s in PM.
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Diary Entry for 5/24/1965
Evelyn was here in evening. She called troopers. Cars almost hit cows, drag racing. Got long letter from Jim. He is on rifle & pistol team. Cut out dress & skirt. Debbie finished 4-H dress. Merrill got new tractor tire at city, $20.00.
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Diary Entry for 5/25/1965
Heard on late news last night that Adams Center milk plant has gone bankrupt (United). Made green dress. Debbie was over. Merrill worked at Alton’s on land. Clarence Rudes died.
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Diary Entry for 5/26/1965
Wrote Jim. Got letter from kids. Have been on a trip. Norma & Debbie were here. I went to lodge in evening. Washed & ironed.
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Diary Entry for 5/27/1965
4-H dress review at Antwerp school. Our group went at 4:00 PM, & 8:00 PM. Rained about all day. Nancy & Charlotte were here in PM.
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Diary Entry for 5/28/1965
Betty Haggerty’s birthday. Clarence Rudes funeral. We went. Went to city after groceries. I got beige shoes, $7.99. Finished beige dress.
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Diary Entry for 5/29/1965
Martha Jean Haggerty & Thomas R. Roberts wedding at Mannsville Church. We stopped at Mom’s. We went to both wedding and the reception at Lorraine Fire Hall. Mother Tryon, Leslie, & Grace came. Stayed all night.
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Diary Entry for 5/30/1965
We went to church. Rev. Hutchinson’s first Sunday here. Wife & son were with him. Folks went to cemetery in morning. We went to Calcium cemetery after church.
