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1969
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Wednesday, January 1, 1969
We spent the day with Alta & Floyd at Louise Weaver’s in St. J. We then called at the Swartz Funeral Home, where Mrs. Bureche was. It was a cold day & the roads were very icy.
Thursday, January 2, 1969
We did a large washing & I did part of the ironing. Herbert took the Christmas tree down.
Friday, January 3, 1969
Madeliene was here. Herbert & I put away all of the Christmas decorations – I cleaned the piano and back of it. Wayne helped Herbert move it out.
Saturday, January 4, 1969
I spent the afternoon writing letters. Keith Herbert called in the forenoon. Letter from Alma. Keith R. and Wayne did not feel well. A nice sunshiny day.
Sunday, January 5, 1969
We went to church. After church Keith & Janice, M. & Dean took Ann & another girl to Morrisville. Keith H. took Juanita Jones home to Edmeston. Roads very icy. Pastor Johnson went crossways on the road. From the Thruway two different groups of men came to phone & to borrow a jack.
Monday, January 6, 1969
I wrote Mabel Newman. Herbert went to the bank; he washed milking utensils & helped fix a bucket. My bunion didn’t hurt quite so much.
Tuesday, January 7, 1969
L. C. W. meeting at Marion Groffs. Herbert took me there and then to see Dr. Feldstein. My bunion was infected and I was in misery.
Wednesday, January 8, 1969
I couldn’t get a shoe on. I put on a woolen stocking to get around the house. No school! Roads were bad because of drfitng snow. I wrote letters & started some tatting.
Thursday, January 9, 1969
Herbert, Janice & Keith attended Pomona grange meeting at Johnstown. I wrote to Marion & Veba. I started some tatting.
Friday, January 10, 1969
Herbert went to Soc. Sec. Office in Gloversville. He called on Genie Christman and brought the walker home. Madeliene Taylor was here.
Saturday, January 11, 1969
Ann and Mary Farmer came in for a little while. Keith H. brought them & Juanita Jones home for the weekend. Hazel Trumbull phoned and told us Bertha Smith had fallen & broken her hip.
Sunday, January 12, 1969
I wrote a note to Bertha Smith at L. Falls Hospital. Keith & Juanita came in for a little while. Herbert went to church. Don & Lilah came in the evening on snowmobiles.
Monday, January 13, 1969
Herbert went to Dr. Feldsteins to get form filled out for S. Security. He called Robert Brown to ask about Hazel. She is some better.
Tuesday, January 14, 1969
A nice, sunshiny day. I wrote to Leland & Iva Bellinger. Herbert went to Fort Plain. Mildred Gillen phoned and said uncle Milo Smith was ill.
Wednesday, January 15, 1969
I called Ada Gray on the telephone. I wrote to Emma Timmerman, Gordon Fasani & uncle Milo. A nice sunshiny day. Had a letter from Alma.
Thursday, January 16, 1969
Herbert & I did the laundry. I did part of the ironing. I had a letter from Marion & Veba, with a letter enclosed, written by my sister-in-law, Edith to my sister Lucinda in 1914.
Friday, January 17, 1969
Madeliene was here. Keith went to Syracuse and brought Ann & Mary Farmer home from Morrisville for the weekend. A letter from Genie Christman.
Saturday, January 18, 1969
It rained almost all day long. I talked with Hazel T, Alta and Marion Groff. Marion hasn’t felt well for several days. She is dizzy. Keith H. came home for the intersession between semesters.
Sunday, January 19, 1969
We went to C. Creek to church. It was communion. Quite a mild day and ice melted some. Ann came in before Janice & Keith took her & Mary back to Morrisville.
Monday, January 20, 1969
Richard Nixon was inaugurated as president. We watched on the TV. I wrote to Ruth Burritt. It was a nice sunshiny day.
Tuesday, January 21, 1969
Beautiful sunny day. I wrote a letter to Ann. Edmund Creedon came in & visited. I went to the hair dresser. In the afternoon I called on Ethel Haig, while Herbert went to the auction.
Wednesday, January 22, 1969
Margaret & Charles were here in the afternoon. I started working on the income tax. Martha Hillegas, Florence Cronkhite & Ruth Failing called on the telephone. A nice sunny day.
Thursday, January 23, 1969 Nice sunny day.
I worked on income tax for a while. Herbert went after groceries. He called at Lester Moshers, and Herbert Davis. I sewed a little on the quilt, which I had started several yrs. ago.
Friday, January 24, 1969
Madeliene was here. We attended the annual church meeting & covered-dish supper at Lester Moshers. Hilda went with us.
Saturday, January 25, 1969
Herbert and I went to Utica in the afternoon to see Flo Chase. She was glad to see us and uses her walker. A beautiful day. We stopped at the Dandee Doughnut place for our supper in Little Falls.
Sunday, January 26, 1969
Special “Youth” Service at church. It was very inspirational. We took Hilda home & then we went to Dolgeville. Margaret, Charles, Herbert & I ate at the Valmer Restaurant. We talked with George Berberich.
Monday, January 27, 1969
I did some ironing for Janice. I wrote a letter to Joanne. Sunny day, but cold.
Tuesday, January 28, 1969
Hilda & Emmett invited us up for the afternoon and supper. We played 5 games of Pinochle & had a very good time. Wayne passed Elem. Alg. Regents.
Wednesday, January 29, 1969
Keith R. & Janice & Dean went after Ann. I worked on my quilt. We received letters from aunt Genevieve and Iva & Philip Wendell.
Thursday, January 30, 1969
I cleaned some of the kitchen cupboards and worked on my quilt. Ethel Haig and Irene Dillenback called on the phone.
Friday, January 31, 1969
Quite a nice day. Irene Klock called on the telephone. Grange meeting was here. Herbert went to F. Plain after groceries & to the bank to pay taxes. Janice took Ann & Karen to Utica Thruway Exchange to meet Paul to go to Deaf Camp Retreat.
Saturday, February 1, 1969
Herbert got up early to take the boys to C. Creek to milk. He waited & brought them back. We did the washing.
Sunday, February 2, 1969
We went to church. Bessie Gottung was here in the evening. Hilda went to church with us. Beth Bowers visited with me after church.
Monday, February 3, 1969
I finished the ironing. I wrote up the grange notices for the newspapers. It was a snowy day. Jean Nellis asked me to go to the S. class luncheon on the 8th.
Tuesday, February 4, 1969
We did not have L. C. W. meeting as it was a very stormy day, with blowing snow. Keith Herbert went back to college after intercession. Ruth Failing and Dottie Crouse phoned.
Wednesday, February 5, 1969
Janice came up and we worked a little while on income tax. We had letters from Mabel Newman and Iva & Leland Bellinger. Bad weather again.
Thursday, February 6, 1969
It was a nice day. Herbert went to the auction at East Creek. We had letters from R. Burritt, Gordon Fasani and Gertrude Lance.
Friday, February 7, 1969
Madeliene was here. I did some typing.
Saturday, February 8, 1969
Jean Nellis took me to the Study Class Luncheon meeting at Elm Tree Hall. It was the first I had been there in over 1½ years. We received a letter from aunt Genevieve saying her brother Roy’s funeral was Feb. 6. He was 88 yrs. old.
Sunday, February 9, 1969 Snowed.
We went to Crum Creek to church. Keith & Janice, Marta & Dean took Ann & Mary Farmer back to Morrisville. Keith H. went back to Cobleskill. Harland Smith came after the walker as his mother came home from hospital.
Monday, February 10, 1969
I worked on income tax all afternoon. No school. Roads blocked. Leo Crouse & another man got stuck in snowbank between Klemmes & Taylors.
Tuesday, February 11, 1969
I finished the federal income tax. Herbert & I went to Gloversville to the Int. Rev. Office and S. Security Office. Keith went to Ithaca to Grange Exec. Comm. Meeting.
Wednesday, February 12, 1969
We went to Fort Plain to buy Valentines and then we went to the grocery store.
Thursday, February 13, 1969
I made a batch of cookies. Then I made a Valentine for Keiths family.
Friday, February 14, 1969
Keith’s family sent us up a box of Valentine cookies. We had a letter from Gordon Fasani. Herbert went to the doctor’s for a shot of penecillin.
Saturday, February 15, 1969
A cold, sunshiny day. Herbert went to St. J. to have oil changed in the car. My eye bothered a lot and I didn’t feel very well. Keith H. spent weekend at Morrisville.
Sunday, February 16, 1969
Janice & Marta rode to church with us. Keith R. went up to see Gordon F. A nice day, but cold. Evelyn Casler called for the Heart Fund.
Monday, February 17, 1969
We did the washing. In the afternoon we went down to school to see Fenton Diefendorf about making out paper for Herbert’s major medical insurance. Then we called on Alma Miller.
Tuesday, February 18, 1969
I did the ironing. Herbert took me to DAR meeting and he went to visit with Carl Nellis.
Wednesday, February 19, 1969
Margaret & Charles came in the afternoon and stayed for supper. Keith Herbert came to talk business. We went to Ash Wed. service. Uncle Milo Smith died.
Thursday, February 20, 1969
My 70th birthday. I received many cards. Ruth, Bertha and Hazel called on the telephone. Alma called in the evening.
Friday, February 21, 1969
I went for a hair appointment. Then we went to Hazel Trumbulls for dinner. She had invited us, as she had not been up on my birthday. Then we called on Ursula Johnson.
Saturday, February 22, 1969
All of Keith’s family, Beth Safford, Miguel Rubiano, & Juanita Jones came up with cake & ice cream to celebrate my birthday. Mildred & Wm. Thresher also came.
Special Events
Keiths – set of dishes
Marta & Dean, powder
Hazel Trumbull – box of napkins
Sunday, February 23, 1969
We attended C. Creek church. Then we called on Albert & Bertha Smith. Bertha had been home from the hospital a little over a week. She used a walker.
Monday, February 24, 1969
I washed the new dishes & put them in the cupboard. I cleaned some of the kitchen drawers. I worked on my grange program.
Tuesday, February 25, 1969
I wrote to Joanne & Alice Carlson. Herbert called on Vernon Casler.
Wednesday, February 26, 1969
I made some cookies. I cut out & pieced blocks for my quilt. Karen ran a nail in her foot.
Thursday, February 27, 1969
A nice sunshiny day. Alma & Ethel were here for supper. Letter from Emma Timmerman.
Friday, February 28, 1969
We had grange meeting here. 15 present. I had a letter from Gertrude Lance, in which she said Gertrude Selter had died.
Saturday, March 1, 1969
Herbert & I went up in forenoon and cleaned the church. We stopped to see Zylphia Thomson. I walked from this side of Taylors. The road was bare. Ethel Haig & Margarel Handy called on the telephone.
Sunday, March 2, 1969
We attended C. Creek church. Then we called on Clarence & Ada Gray. We attended union service at St. J. Methodist church.
Monday, March 3, 1969
A nice day here, but it snowed in some parts of the state. We did the washing. Frederick Dean stopped in and visited in the P. M.
Tuesday, March 4, 1969
I finished the ironing. We went to the bank and then to Gray’s Funeral Home. Mrs. Lillian Fox had died. We went up to see Margaret & Charles & stayed for supper.
Wednesday, March 5, 1969
A cold sunny day. We went to see Louise Hayes to try to get some information for G. Lance. Keith & Don Short went to a meeting at Delmar. Karen & Miguel attended a 4-H meeting at Fonda.
Thursday, March 6, 1969
Ethel, Ruth, Florence Bailey & I were invited to Alma Miller’s for a delicious dinner to celebrate Ruth’s, Herbert’s and my birthday.
Friday, March 7, 1969
We attended the World Day of Prayer Service at the Methodist Church. Madeliene Taylor and Yvette went with us. The priest said the Catholics could attend.
Saturday, March 8, 1969
Jean Nellis took me to the Study class meeting at Lore Koppel’s. In the evening Keith & Janice invited us down for Herbert’s 65th birthday. Janice & Don Shuster were there also.
Sunday, March 9, 1969
We attended church at C. Creek. Rev. & Mrs. Butterer were there. We went to the Union Lenten Service at St. J. Lutheran Church. It was a hymn sing and a very inspiring service.
Monday, March 10, 1969
Herbert went to the bank at F. Plain and got some groceries. I worked quite a lot on my quilt. We had a nice long letter from Jane Schaetzel.
Tuesday, March 11, 1969
We did the washing. I worked some on out state income tax blanks. Herbert had to make many trips taking the men up to Crum Creek. Keith was gone to a meeting in Albany.
Wednesday, March 12, 1969
I finished making out income state tax and did the ironing. Janice took Miguel to Schenectady to see a dentist.
Thursday, March 13, 1969
Herbert went to Gloversville about his S. Security. Then he & Keith had to go again in the P. M.
Friday, March 14, 1969
I attended the Community Club meeting. I was on the committee. Mrs. Bibobroka read a term paper, written by her daughter, on the life story of the Beardsley family.
Saturday, March 15, 1969
Herbert went to auction at East Creek. Karen bought a heifer. Mrs. Tompson & granddaughter called in the P. M. I worked some on my quilt.
Sunday, March 16, 1969
We attended church at Crum Creek. Then we called on Emma Timmerman. We ate supper at Pete’s Restaurant. Then we attended Union Lenten Service at Reformed church in St. J.
Monday, March 17, 1969
Herbert went to Ft. Plain to the bank, bought groceries, etc. I made a cake for Harold Putnam’s birthday. Herbert took me to the library.
Tuesday, March 18, 1969
I attended D. A. R. meeting. Beulah Sanders went with us. I put on the lineage program. Mrs. J. Tompson meant to be there, but was not feeling well. She wrote the paper, which I read.
Wednesday, March 19, 1969
We were invited for supper and the evening at Lina & Fred Thodes. Freida was home. We had a nice time.
Thursday, March 20, 1969
I went to get a “permanent” in the forenoon. I talked with Alma on the telephone. Floyd Weaver was taken with a poor spell and they took him to the hospital.
Friday, March 21, 1969
Madeliene was here. I made cookies and Herbert took some up to Rev. Hotchkiss. He also called on Bill & Margaret Holl.
Saturday, March 22, 1969
We went up to C. Creek in the forenoon to clean the church.
Sunday, March 23, 1969
We attended church at C. Creek and the Union Lenten Service at the Congregational Church.
Monday, March 24, 1969
We did the washing. Herbert hung a lot of the clothes outdoors and they dried very well. Dean was hurt on his face and had to have eight stitches put in. Marta was here for a while.
Tuesday, March 25, 1969
I finished the ironing and worked on the grange program.
Wednesday, March 26, 1969
We took Janice & Dean to see Dr. Muller. The doctor took part of the stitches out of Dean’s face. We called on Floyd Weaver at the hospital. Margaret Mosher had gone home from the hospital that morning. Dad & I attended Lenten service at Starkville.
Thursday, March 27, 1969
I wrote some letters & cards. I rode up to C. Creek, when Herbert took Miguel up.
Friday, March 28, 1969
The grange meeting was held here. Keith H, Ann & Juanita came home for the weekend. Former Pres. D. D. Eisenhower passed away. (78 yrs old).
Saturday, March 29, 1969
We cleaned up the church. We went up to the drug store in the P. M. to buy gifts for M. Mosher and Floyd Weaver.
Sunday, March 30, 1969
We went to C. Creek to church. Then we called on Margaret Mosher. After that we stopped to see Vernon and Earl Casler. Ann & Juanita came in to say goodbye.
Monday, March 31, 1969
I wrote up the grange account for the papers. I washed & ironed the altar cloth from C. Creek church. Cold & windy. No mail on account of D. D. Eisenhower’s funeral service in Wash.
Tuesday, April 1, 1969
We attended L. C. W. meeting at Laura Clause’s. I led the meeting.
Wednesday, April 2, 1969
I went with Eva Williams & Lina Nellis to the DAR Round Table at the Towpath Inn in Ilion. Herbert called on Genie Christman and on Lloyd & Kate Smith.
Thursday, April 3, 1969
We did the washing and I did part of the ironing. Herbert went to the auction at East Creek.
Friday, April 4, 1969
Madeliene was here. Herbert & I attended the “Good Friday” service at the Methodist church in St. J.
Saturday, April 5, 1969
Herbert & I cleaned the church in the forenoon. He went after groceries in the afternoon. He took me up to shower for Bonnie Bowers. I came home with Janice. Herbert went up & visited with Harold & Dorothy Handy.
Sunday, April 6, 1969
Easter Sunday. We attended C. Creek church, over 60 present. Keith H. gave Juanita her engagement ring. Ann gave us an Easter lily. They came up in the evening and we had a nice visit.
Monday, April 7, 1969
We ate lunch & then went over to see Iva & Philip Wendell. They were not at home when we got there. They had been to the doctors & to see Philips sister. They came after an hr. and we had a good visit.
Tuesday, April 8, 1969
In the forenoon I got things ready for rummage sale. After lunch we went to see Mae & Judd Chase & their family. A nice day.
Wednesday, April 9, 1969
The men finishing picking the corn on the hill. I made cookies. Ira & Edith Timmerman called in the afternoon.
Thursday, April 10, 1969
I helped at rummage sale in A. M. Edith Claus went with Herbert and me to Pomona Grange at Sacandaga.
Friday, April 11, 1969
I went to Community Club meeting. Herbert went up to see Margaret & Charles.
Saturday, April 12, 1969
Madeliene was here. Herbert, Ann & Marta cleaned the church. Nice sunny day. Keith Herbert plowed. I sprained my leg when I tried to clean the bottom of the kitchen cabinet.
Sunday, April 13, 1969
We attended C. Creek church. Then we called on Lynne, Florence & Jeanie Cronkhite.
Monday, April 14, 1969
We did the washing in the forenoon. In the afternoon we went to help clean the grange hall. Ethel Reese, Laura Claus & Alberta Koch were there.
Tuesday, April 15, 1969
I did the ironing. In the evening Herbert took me to the DAR meeting. He called on Melvin Timmerman and also went to inquire about Dick Mueller.
Wednesday, April 16, 1969
I wrote to Joanne. Herbert put in some window lights in the barn. I cleaned the desk in my bedroom.
Thursday, April 17, 1969
Joanne went to the Bethpage Hospital. I made cookies. We went to F. Plain after groceries in the afternoon. We bought new shades for the dining room.
Friday, April 18, 1969
Keith R. & Karen came in a little while. Rev. & Mrs. Clifford Butterer came about 5 P. M. After supper we played croakanole for a while. Then we visited until late.
Saturday, April 19, 1969
Clifford & Zelia called on Viola B. and the Klemmes in the forenoon. Late in the afternoon we went to Dolgeville to the Lyons Violet store & then we went to the Valmar Hotel for supper. We played Pinonche & Yahtzee.
Sunday, April 20, 1969
Keith, Juanita & Wayne stopped in to see the Butterers. We visited in the forenoon. We ate dinner at 11:30 to get through in time for church. The Butterers left after service at the C. Creek church.
Monday, April 21, 1969
We took off the paper on the side walls in the front east bedroom. Herbert called up Beulah Sanders to inquire about Margaret, who was in the hospital for a foot operation.
Tuesday, April 22, 1969
I called Gordon Tues. night. It rained in the night and all day. Herbert took paper off of the ceiling. Alma Miller was here for supper. Cecil Haney came to see about taking part in a grange program.
Wednesday, April 23, 1969
Herbert finished taking off ceiling paper. I helped clean up the paper. It rained some. I wrote to Joanne & Dottie Crouse.
Thursday, April 24, 1969
Herbert & I painted in the bedroom. He painted much more than I did, but I got all the meals. Received card from Mildred & Will Thresher.
Friday, April 25, 1969
We attended neighbor night meeting at C. Creek grange hall. About 60 were present. Perthshire and Kolaneka put on a very good program. We had a good time.
Saturday, April 26, 1969
It was Janice’s birthday. In the evening she, Keith and Ann attended an anniversary grange meeting in Cortland Co. Hazel Trumbull, Herbert & I went to the frittersupper at St. J. Lutheran Sunday School rooms. Hazel stayed and visited with us for a while. It was a nice sunny day.
Special Events
On Fri. after school Yvette Taylor brought me a bouquet of “Adder Tongue” wild flowers. It was very sweet of her.
Sunday, April 27, 1969
We went to C. Creek to church. In the evening we went to St. J. Lutheran church to a combined meeting of L. C. W. and Luther League. Joanne called on the phone. She had come home from the hospital on Sat.
Monday, April 28, 1969
I did the ironing and wrote grange notices for the papers. Keith H. came home in the P. M. and plowed.
Tuesday, April 29, 1969
We finished painting the bedroom. Herbert mowed on the lawns and spaded around the peonies. We were so tired that we couldn’t get to sleep until 3 o’clock.
Wednesday, April 30, 1969
Charles & Margaret came down in the evening. She had been to see the doctor and is going to the hospital for a minor operation.
Thursday, May 1, 1969
We went to St. J. to do dry-cleaning of winter clothes. Herbert & I went to Fort Plain and bought wedding gift for Bonnie Bowers. We went to visit Mildred & Wm. Thresher in the evening & had a very good time.
Friday, May 2, 1969
I had appointment with the hairdresser. Herbert called on Richard Mueller. Madeliene cleaned the front porch.
Saturday, May 3, 1969
We attended the wedding of Bonnie Bowers and Wayne Stowell at the C. Creek church at 12 o’clock. Then we went to their reception at Klock’s Park. We had a letter from Gladys and Lynn Sickler.
Sunday, May 4, 1969
We attended C. Creek church. We then went to call on Flo Chase at Utica. We ate supper at Howard Johnsons. Jennie, Lynne & Florence Cronkhite came down in evening.
Monday, May 5, 1969
Herbert went to the bank & I went to see Janice. Marjorie Lee & Lottie Handy called in the afternoon. I made cookies. Yvette brought me some flowers.
Tuesday, May 6, 1969
We called oat Gray’s Funeral Home. Earl Cranker was dead. Then we went to LCW meeting at Alta Weavers.
Wednesday, May 7, 1969
We did the washing & I did the ironing. Herbert worked in the field for a while. Then he sized the bedroom when Wm. T. called & said he would be here the next day.
Thursday, May 8, 1969
Wm. Thresher papered the front east bedroom. Janice, Herbert, Keith & I attended the neighbor night grange meeting at Kolaneka, Johnstown.
Friday, May 9, 1969
Madeliene was here in the forenoon. I went to DAR prayer service for Edith Biermon Shults at Lull’s Funeral Parlor. We attended C. Creek grange meeting.
Saturday, May 10, 1969
I wrote to Marion & Veba. I washed some of the dishes from the dining room. Herbert plowed at C. Creek. I baked cake & muffins. Keith R. & G. Fasani cut down a tree in the cemetery (Fair View).
Special Events
Karen won 1st place in cow judging contest held in Rensallear Co. 8 counties participated.
Sunday, May 11, 1969
We went to C. Creek to church. We stopped on the way back & visited with Beulah & Margaret Sanders. Janice & Keith gave us double petunias & Dean gave us a begonia. Mary Failing & her sister Helen Mack Revelle call. Helen used to teach in F. Plain. She lives in Reno, Nevada.
Monday, May 12, 1969
We had a wonderful letter from Joanne & one from the Maloys. Herbert plowed at C. Creek. I wrote up notices for the papers. I washed more dishes from the dining room.
Tuesday, May 13, 1969
Keith went to Grange Exec. Comm. Meeting at Ithaca for 2 days. Herbert plowed at C. Creek all day.
Wednesday, May 14, 1969
Brooksby Gray came to look over the bedroom to see about the flooring. Herbert plowed at C. Creek in the P. M.
Thursday, May 15, 1969
Herbert & I went to F. Plain & picked out linoleum for the bedroom. Edward Hoffman is home on vacation & came & visited with me in the car. Herbert rotavated the lot across the road & Keith Herbert came home in the P. M. to start putting in the corn.
Friday, May 16, 1969
A beautiful warm day. Herbert & I did the washing. He planted his sweet onion sets. He 7 Madeliene washed the windows in my bedroom. We drove up & called on Harold & Dorothy in the evening.
Saturday, May 17, 1969
I did the ironing and baked cookies in the forenoon. Herbert set out his gladiola bulbs & rotavated for a while at C. Creek, until it rained. I walked down to Keith’s. I rode back with Linda Taylor. Yvette came with some flowers. She & I played Dominoes and had a good time.
Sunday, May 18, 1969
Keith & Juanita stopped in for a little while. Her brother had to return to duty in the Marines. Ann & Tom called in the forenoon. We went to C. Creek to church & then went to the grange hall for reception for Fred & Lina Thode. They are going to Liberia as missionaries. We called on Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Handy.
Monday, May 19, 1969
Mr. Ira Williams put down a pressed fiber sheet floor on the bedroom. Mr. Haney, Clyde Filzer & Lulu Robinson went with us to neighbor night grange at Sacandaga. Mr. Haney was the speaker.
Tuesday, May 20, 1969
Mr. Williams put down the Vinyl linoleum. I went to DAR meeting in the evening. I ironed some for Janice in the P. M.
Wednesday, May 21, 1969
The men moved the furniture back into the bedroom. Marianna Shults called in the afternoon. Herbert, Gordon & Miguel cleaned up the Groff cemetery.
Thursday, May 22, 1969
We attended the 28th Annual Banquet of the F. F. A. at the Masonic Temple in F. Plain. About 300 were there. It was a very nice affair.
Friday, May 23, 1969
Madeliene came in the afternoon. Ann & Tom stopped in for a little while. Ann was collecting for the Cancer Drive.
Saturday, May 24, 1969
Herbert took me down to Ethel Haig’s after lunch. I stayed for supper. Herbert dragged at C. Creek. We had a card from Helen D. Carlson.
Special Events
Early Sunday evening Mary Failing & her sister Helen Mack Revelle of Reno, Nevada, called. Helen taught in F. P. High when Keith R. was in high school there.
Sunday, May 25, 1969
We went to C. Creek church. At 4 o’clock we went down to have ice cream & Keith Herbert’s birthday cake. He was 20 yrs. old. We drove up to see Alta & Floyd but they weren’t home.
Monday, May 26, 1969
We did the washing. Herbert & Keith worked until late on Keiths C. Creek farm. Marion Groff came down for the afternoon & we had a real good visit.
Tuesday, May 27, 1969
The men worked more on the corn ground & planted 2 pieces. I went with Janice to L. Falls. I bought curtains for the upstairs bedroom. Yvette came down & Herbert & I played Dominoes with her for a little while.
Wednesday, May 28, 1969
I cleaned more of the books & shelves in the hall. We took Lina & Fred Thode to the Valmar Hotel at Dolgeville for dinner. Then they came down here & we played 4 games of Pinochle.
Thursday, May 29, 1969
In the forenoon we went to the St. Johnsville Cemetery & to the Groff Cemetery with bouquets of flowers. Herbert fixed them very nicely.
Friday, May 30, 1969
Memorial Day. Herbert plowed all day at C. Creek. I made sugar cookies for the grange contest. We had a nice grange meeting. I came out 2nd in cookie contest.
Saturday, May 31, 1969
It was a very nice day. The men planted a field of corn & a field of Sudex. Helmer Deeg & his wife called here in the afternoon.
Sunday, June 1, 1969
We went to C. Creek church at 10:30. We attended the 40th wedding anniversary reception for Sinclair & Agnes Ward at their daughter’s home in Oneonta. Then we went to Franklin to see Grace & Agnes Drake.
Monday, June 2, 1969
It was a nice warm day. Herbert planted the petunia plants & tomato plants. He worked up at C. Creek in the P. M. Madeliene worked here in the afternoon.
Tuesday, June 3, 1969
Keith & Janice went to Syracuse to “Eastern” meeting for 2 days. Herbert put out the plants on the porch. He took me to LCW meeting at Margaret Moshers.
Wednesday, June 4, 1969
I finished shortening the new curtains for the bedroom. Herbert plowed at the Snell farm but came home for dinner. We had a letter from aunt Genevieve.
Thursday, June 5, 1969
The men planted the piece of corn opposite the barn at C. Creek. Herbert plowed at the Snell farm. I laundered the bay window curtains & baked for the food sale.
Friday, June 6, 1969
Herbert took me to the hairdresser’s. Madeliene came in the afternoon. C. Creek grange had a food sale. Juanita & her father & mother & Keith called in the afternoon.
Saturday, June 7, 1969
A very nice sunny day. We did the washing & did part of the ironing. Janice, Keith, Karen & Linda went to Keith’s graduation. Wayne went along to see the campus. Herbert & I called on Nina Levensaler. Then we called on Margaret & Charles in Inghams Mills. The Haynors came. Then we called on Alta and Floyd.
Sunday, June 8, 1969
We attended C. Creek church. We called on Kate Smith. She was ill & Lloyd is in St. Mary’s Hospital. Marta, Dean & Yvette were here & played.
Monday, June 9, 1969
Mae Chase phoned & said Flo died Sunday night about 11 o’clock. I ironed, made up the bed in the bedroom, which had been papered.
Tuesday, June 10, 1969
Herbert worked all day Mon. & Tues. at the Snell farm, plowing & discing. I washed drapes for the upstairs hall & washed & pressed a couple of dresses.
Wednesday, June 11, 1969
The men drew hay into the barn here. Herbert disced at C. Creek. I wrote to Joanne & Judd Chase. We had a letter from aunt Genevieve. Ruth Failing called on the phone.
Thursday, June 12, 1969
Alma called in the P. M. She said R. Sheffield was in the hospital. In the evening we went to see Eleanor Schuyler. Her husband had gone to Florida to drive her parents home.
Friday, June 13, 1969
We went to grange meeting. Edith Claus & Lulu Robinson went with me.
Saturday, June 14, 1969
We went to Lassellsville in the evening to the 50th wedding anniversary celebration for Myron & Grace Johnson.
Sunday, June 15, 1969
We attended church at C. Creek. We came home for a while & then we went to Sarno’s Restaurant for dinner on account of Father’s Day. Wayne was 17 yrs. old today.
Monday, June 16, 1969
We did the washing & I did part of the ironing. Herbert went to F. Plain after stamps, etc. Mr. Empie fixed the TV. We received thank-you note from Juanita.
Tuesday, June 17, 1969
I finished the ironing. Herbert disced corn ground at C. Creek in afternoon. We received graduation invitations from Sylvia Taylor & Tom Kiecharski.
Wednesday, June 18, 1969
The men planted corn on the Snell Farm. Herbert mowed grass in Groff Cemetery in P. M. I visited at Catherine Hoffmans. In the evening we went to see Nina L. & Margaret Handy at L. Falls Hospital.
Thursday, June 19, 1969
Herbert dragged at C. Creek in the afternoon.
Friday, June 20, 1969
We washed & ironed dining room curtains. We heard they had taken Nina to Faxton Hospital. They operated because of a blood clot in her leg.
Saturday, June 21, 1969
We attended an “open house” celebration for Margaret & Charles Edwards 40th wedding anniversary at their home in the afternoon. A very nice sunny day, after the rain of the previous afternoon & evening.
Sunday, June 22, 1969
We attended C. Creek church. Fred & Lina Thode were commissioned as missionaries to Liberia. We attended Karen Koch’s and Tom Kirbarski’s graduation parties.
Monday, June 23, 1969
Herbert & I both went for checkups with our doctors in Cooperstown Hospital. It rained almost all day. We had a letter from Bob & Helen Farndon.
Tuesday, June 24, 1969
Herbert bought a fencer. We had letters from Grace Drake & Iva & Leland Bellinger. I wrote to Dr. Fethke for appointment. It was Marta’s birthday.
Wednesday, June 25, 1969
We did the washing and I did part of the ironing. I made cookies. Wayne went on a trip of the 4-H to Cornell. Herbert had the lawn mower fixed.
Thursday, June 26, 1969
A nice warm day. I finished the ironing. We went to St. J. and I drove on the way up. Letters from Aunt Genevieve, Alyson & Charles & Margaret Edwards.
Friday, June 27, 1969
We went to grange meeting. Mr. & Mrs. Rowland scored our grange. It was a very hot day. Cecil Haney showed a movie on “Safety” in regard to electricity.
Saturday, June 28, 1969
Ann went to McGraw to work at grange camp. Marta had a birthday party. Her folks gave her a bicycle.
Sunday, June 29, 1969
We went to church. Then we ate at Pete’s Restaurant. In the P. M. after resting a while we went up to Pete’s and Esther’s. Veba & Marion were up from Florida. We went to see Carl & Betty’s new place.
Monday, June 30, 1969
The men planted corn for the second time this yr. on piece north of our road. They drew in some hay. I ironed some for Janice.
Tuesday, July 1, 1969
The L. C. W. meeting was at grange hall and we sewed on bed pads. We had refreshments for Marion Groff as is was her birthday. Herbert mowed grange lawn.
Wednesday, July 2, 1969
Herbert cleaned up limb of tree in Groff cemetery. I typed some grange history and did some sewing.
Thursday, July 3, 1969
We washed in the forenoon. We went to Fort Plain in the P. M. and bought a pink dress for the wedding. We invited Alma up for supper. Herbert brought in one of his dark red roses, 5 inches in diameter.
Friday, July 4, 1969
Madeliene was here in the P. M. I did the ironing in the forenoon. Herbert & I went for a short ride after supper. Then we played a game.
Saturday, July 5, 1969
Herbert & I went to C. Creek grange card party. There were 12 tables full. Emmett Claus showed movies he had taken.
Special Events
Wm. Nagele died early (in the night). We did not know iuntil the newspaper came.
Sunday, July 6, 1969
We went to C. Creek church. In the afternoon we called at the Lull Funeral Home. Then we went to see Nina & from there to call on Margaret & Charles J.
Monday, July 7, 1969
We went to F. Plain bank in forenoon & looked different place to buy Juanita’s shower present. We went to Wm. Nagele’s funeral. Drove up to tell Edith T. that we couldn’t come to S. Z. T. Director’s meeting.
Tuesday, July 8, 1969
Hazel Snell called about 1 o’clock. We had a nice visit. I made 2 kinds of quick breads for the shower. Herbert mowed the church lawn. I washed some dishes from one of the cupboards.
Wednesday, July 9, 1969
Ann, Karen & Linda Taylor gave a shower for Juanita at the grange hall. It was very nice & we had a good time.
Thursday, July 10, 1969
I had an appointment with the hairdresser. We attended Pomona Grange meeting at Crum Creek.
Friday, July 11, 1969
We went down to Greenville to see Alice Hedges Moore. She took us for a ride & showed us several boarding houses & motels.
Saturday, July 12, 1969
We left Alice’s house about 11:15. We ate lunch near Central Bridge. Karen & Ann went to camp for 2 weeks together. Brakes gave out in Richfield Springs. Their father, Wayne & Leland Safford went over. Lee fixed the brakes. Ann had to get to camp to prepare supper.
Sunday, July 13, 1969
We attended service at the Palatine Church. Pastor Johnson preached. We called on Ethel Haig in the afternoon. Yvette & a friend of hers brought down some flowers.
Monday, July 14, 1969
It was a nice sunshiny day. I trimmed some of the pink spirea. Madeliene was here to work in place of last Fri., when we were gone.
Tuesday, July 15, 1969
We did the washing. Herbert mowed some of the lawn. The men tried to draw hay from the old place but the baler wouldn’t work right. Letter from Keith Burritt.
Wednesday, July 16, 1969
A very warm day. I finished the ironing. I called on Margaret Handy for a little while. The men got someone to fix the baler.
Thursday, July 17, 1969
Very warm & humid. I did some ironing for Janice in the forenoon. I didn’t feel as good as usual. Herbert went to Herkimer after truck license, but lacked some required paper.
Friday, July 18, 1969
A nice day. Letter from aunt Genevieve. Herbert worked on one of the trucks in afternoon. I wrote to Gertrude Lance.
Saturday, July 19, 1969
We called on the Nagele family in the evening. Ann & Karen came home from 1 camp and left the next morning for the Awana camp in Pa.
Sunday, July 20, 1969
Landing of 2 men on the moon at 4:17 P. M. today. We watched them quite late in the evening. We called at Russell Klock’s for a while.
Monday, July 21, 1969
The astronauts left the moon surface in the afternoon. We canned beans for Janice. I wrote to Joanne & family. I saw a hummingbird near the front porch.
Tuesday, July 22, 1969
A nice day. We canned more beans. Marta & Debbie Safford ate lunch with us. Card from Giffie Handy, saying Nina is in St. Luke’s Hospital at Utica. Over 1000 bales of hay in today.
Wednesday, July 23, 1969
We did the washing and canned more beans. We received Keith’s wedding invitation, a letter from Grace Drake and a thank-you note from Juanita for shower gift of teflon set.
Thursday, July 24, 1969
A nice day. Alma came home from her vacation & called on the telephone. Herbert mowed church lawn. I ironed. The men drew hay.
Friday, July 25, 1969
We attended the grange meeting. The man who works for B. Gray, came & put down tile linoleum in the little bedroom.
Saturday, July 26, 1969
I called on Helen Glennar, while Herbert went to mow the cemetery. Janice went after Karen, who had been at grange camp for 2 weeks.
Sunday, July 27, 1969
Juanita joined Crum Creek church today. About 3 o’clock we went up to Alta’s & Floyds. Hazel & Robert Brown were there. We stayed for supper. Hazel showed slides.
Monday, July 28, 1969
Leland & Iva Bellinger called in the P. M. We bought our new Ambassador car. It was cloudy & rainy all day. I went to DAR prayer service for Renna Rockerfeller at Smiths Funeral Parlor.
Tuesday, July 29, 1969
We went to Herkimer for license for the car. I sent birthday present to Gordon S.
Wednesday, July 30, 1969
We canned 7 ½ qts. of pickled beets. Herbert & Keith went after parts to fix one of the trucks. Rained in late afternoon. I washed some dresses. Joanne called on the telephone.
Thursday, July 31, 1969
Herbert helped Janice can 3 canners more of beans. We went up to the other house. Juanita & Marta were there. The new paper in upstairs bedroom is very nice.
Friday, August 1, 1969
We canned pickles, 2 qts of saccharine & 5 qts. of “Golden Glow.”
Saturday, August 2, 1969
Herbert made an appointment for me at Cooperstown Hospital.
We attended the grange card party at Crum Creek. Herbert took gladiolas up to have Ralph fix them in the vases for Sunday.
Sunday, August 3, 1969
We attended union service at C. Creek church. Then we called on Alta & Floyd for a while. From there we went to get Margaret & C. and went to Fosters for dinner.
Monday, August 4, 1969
We did the washing. In the afternoon we went to see Dr. Mulder. He said he thought I did not need any help. I went for some orders.
Tuesday, August 5, 1969
Margaret & Charles were here in the evening. I finished the ironing.
Wednesday, August 6, 1969
Alma & Billy Peoples brought up 2 pies & picked pickles. Joanne, Gordon, Alyson & Jeffrey came. The men cut alfalfa & put it in our silo. Herbert went after groceries.
Thursday, August 7, 1969
Gordon & Herbert mowed the church lawn & grange lawn. Gordon & Joanne helped Janice trim the hall for wedding reception. Joanne & Janice went to L. Falls.
Friday, August 8, 1969
I went for hair appointment. I saw Lillian Penney & talked with her. Herbert went to Speculator after Ann. Joanne & Gordon helped Janice. Dean & Marta were here for dinner & supper.
Saturday, August 9, 1969
Keith & Juanita were married at 12 noon at C. Creek Church. Reception & dinner at Benefit Club at Klock’s Park. A nice sunshiny day. Everything went off beautifully. 214 at reception.
Sunday, August 10, 1969
We all attended Union Service at St. J. Lutheran church. Joanne & family went to Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in the afternoon.
Monday, August 11, 1969
We attended Lloyd Smith’s funeral at Swartz’s Undertaking Parlor at F. Plain. Joanne went down to Janice’s to do some washing.
Tuesday, August 12, 1969
Joannes left to go to N. Hanpshire. Herbert & I did the washing. It was a nice sunshiny day. The men drew hay at C. Creek. I wrote to Ruth Daniel.
Wednesday, August 13, 1969
I finished doing the ironing. The men put some more hay in the barn.
Thursday, August 14, 1969
We went to Lulls Funeral parlor in P. M. where Fred Waltamath’s funeral was to be held the next day. In the evening Alta and Marion Black came down for a visit.
Friday, August 15, 1969
Madeliene came to clean. We had letters from Ethel Haig & Ruth Burritt and card from Joanne & Juanita & Keith.
Saturday, August 16, 1969
We went to Grange card party. Hilda Mosher went with us. Keith H. & Juanita were back from their honeymoon. They stayed at Keith’s for the night.
Sunday, August 17, 1969
We attended the union service at Reformed Church in St. J. Gerald & Raymond Gray sang 2 duets. Gertrude Lance called on the phone twice. Juanita had to go to see Dr. Muller. She had a staph infection in her foot.
Monday, August 18, 1969
We started about 10 o’clock & drove to Clayton to see Elbert & Calla Getman. In the evening we went for a ride. They have a nice new house.
Tuesday, August 19, 1969
Our 44th wedding anniversary. We stayed until after dinner with Getmans & then drove home. Juanita’s foot was some better.
Wednesday, August 20, 1969
A nice day. We did the washing and I ironed some. Alma & her nephew came up to watch the milking. We had a card from Marion Groff. We heard that Mrs. Ed. Mister had an accident.
Thursday, August 21, 1969
A very nice day. The men put in second cutting alfalfa. Herbert & I went up to see Keith’s and Juanita’s wedding gifts. Ethel Haig came home from the hospital. Adrian Gray, his wife & 2 boys called in the evening.
Friday, August 22, 1969
A nice day. I made out my report for the reunion. Madeliene was here. Bob Goldstein and another boy are up to Keith R. for the weekend. Mac Blencoe’s barn burned.
Saturday, August 23, 1969
Ann stopped in for a little while. She had completed working at Grange Jr. camps for 7 weeks. She went to stay with the Goldsteins. Barbara G. had gotten her G. job for 4 weeks until college starts.
Special Events
Rosalie Stonehouse visited with me, when she saw me in the car. They live in Albany and have 3 children. (Aug. 21)
Sunday, August 24, 1969
We attended the S-Z-T Reunion at Snells Bush Church. Over 200 present. I finished 15 years as treas. and asked not to be reelected. We called on Ethel Haig.
Monday, August 25, 1969
We had a nice letter from aunt Genevieve. She sounded more cheerful than sometimes. I wrote several letters. I washed & ironed 2 sweaters. Juanita started working at L. Falls Hospital.
Tuesday, August 26, 1969
We went up to call on Vernon Casler in the afternoon. Reuben & Ruth Failing were here in the evening & we had such a good time.
Wednesday, August 27, 1969
I wrote to Joanne & Marjorie Lee. It was a nice day. I made chocolate cookies and canned 2 qts of pickles. The men put in some hay from the saw mill lot. Keith worked on the truck.
Thursday, August 28, 1969
We called on Lillian Burkdorf. We went to call on Lena, but she was not home. A nice day.
Friday, August 29, 1969
Madeliene was here. We had a letter from Elbert & Calla Getman. Another nice day. We attended the Grange meeting.
Saturday, August 30, 1969
A hot day. We took sandwiches up to C. Creek for the card party. We drove over to the old place and then stopped to visit with Juanita for a little while.
Sunday, August 31, 1969
We attended Union Service at St. J. Methodist church. We took Ethel with us to Velmar Hotel, Dolgeville, for dinner. We called on Margaret & Charles.
Monday, September 1, 1969
We did the washing. It was a hot, sunshiny day. The men drew in some hay. Herbert picked the tomatoes.
Tuesday, September 2, 1969
Marjorie Lee came for the afternoon & stayed for supper. Herbert took me to the L. C. A. meeting at the church in the evening. Keith went to Ithaca.
Wednesday, September 3, 1969
Keith came back from Ithaca. I sent wedding anniversary card to the Threshers, wrote letter to Ira & Ellen Salomon and wrote a get well note to Mardis Bowers.
Thursday, September 4, 1969
Edith Claus, Herbert & I went to Pomona Grange at Perth. Keith didn’t feel well enough to go.
Friday, September 5, 1969
Herbert & I went to Amsterdam so that I could have my eyes tested at Dr. Fethe’s. I didn’t need to have my glasses changed. We stopped to see Kate Smith.
Saturday, September 6, 1969
I made cookies. I called Alma, Marguerite Hayes and Ada Gray. Ethel Haig and Hazel Trumbull called us. It rained a little.
Special Events
On Friday evening Evelyn Klock & Hannah King came over. We visited and then played 3 games of Pinochle. We had a very good time.
Sunday, September 7, 1969
We attended church at C. Creek at 1:30. After that we went to a special service at the Snells Bush church. Martha Hillegas called on the telephone.
Monday, September 8, 1969
We made tomato juice and also canned 2 qts. pickles.
Tuesday, September 9, 1969
I canned 12 cans of beets. Herbert drove truck to help fill silo. Margaret & Charles came down in the evening.
Wednesday, September 10, 1969
Charles & Margaret came down with a very nice plant stand that Charles had made for our large begonias. Letter from Grace Drake.
Thursday, September 11, 1969
I washed the hall curtains & ironed them. Herbert took the truck to Palatine Bridge for repairs. The chopper had broken the previous night & so they couldn’t fill silo.
Friday, September 12, 1969
We went to grange meeting & it was election of officers. Hazel Richards gave us some apples.
Saturday, September 13, 1969
We had a letter from Fred & Lina Thode. Herbert brought home our supper. The Methodist church had a chicken bar-b-que. We canned 7 cans of applesauce. Clarence Gray phoned & said Ada had come through her operation all right. Ethel Haig had to go back to the hospital.
Sunday, September 14, 1969
We attended C. Creek church service. Then we went to L. Falls Hospital to see Carmita Mixter and Mrs. F. Geesler.
Monday, September 15, 1969
We did the washing. Then we went to Schenectady to the Savings Bank. We stopped at St. Mary’s Hospital and brought Ethel Haig home. Edith & Carol Timmerman called.
Tuesday, September 16, 1969
I did the ironing. Herbert drove trucks for the men. He took Beulah Sanders & me up to the DAR meeting. Roger Schoffield talked.
Wednesday, September 17, 1969
It was rainy day. Herbert & I made tomato juice. H painted his plant stand. Mrs. Pryor called about study class meetings.
Thursday, September 18, 1969
I washed the living room curtains and ironed them. I stopped to see Hazel Trumble, while Herbert went to F. Plain. Edith Hodge died.
Friday, September 19, 1969
Madeliene was here in P. M. and cleaned the bay window & put up the curtains. Keith R. & Keith H. finished fixing the chopper. I wrote some letter.
Saturday, September 20, 1969
The men put 14 loads of corn in the silo. Alma took Ruth S., Florence Bailey & me to the Lenz Funeral Home where Edith Hodge’s body was. She had died on Thur. Morning.
Sunday, September 21, 1969
I did not feel well & didn’t get to church. Ann & Tom, Barbara & Bob called. Marion Groff was here for supper. Charles & Margaret came in the evening.
Monday, September 22, 1969
It was a beautiful day. The men put 15 loads in the silo. Janice’s back started bothering her again.
Tuesday, September 23, 1969
The men finished filling the big silo & started the other one. Marion Groff went to the hospital at Cooperstown. I washed some dresses. Grace Johnson telephoned us.
Wednesday, September 24, 1969
I ironed the dresses. I prepared the grange program for Fri. night. Another beautiful day! Marta, Yvette, Wendy & Carol came in for candy.
Thursday, September 25, 1969
We went to Cooperstown in the late afternoon to see Marion, who had been operated upon for a double hernia that forenoon. We also saw Ada Gray.
Friday, September 26, 1969
The men finished filling silo here. We went to Grange meeting. Madeliene was here. Janice had a birthday party for Dean.
Saturday, September 27, 1969
We washed in the morning. The men filled silo at C. Creek. Herbert helped them. Ann came up to take down the clothes. I wrote up the grange newspaper notices.
Sunday, September 28, 1969
We attended church at C. Creek. Pastor Johnson rode up & back with us. Then Herbert & I went for a ride up to Dolgeville and Lotville. Trees were turned quite a lot.
Monday, September 29, 1969
I did the ironing. Herbert helped with silo filling at Crum Creek. Yvette, Lynne, & Ricky stopped in for a while.
Tuesday, September 30, 1969
We went over to Cooperstown Hospital. They said they would let me know when they would operate on my foot. Marion Groff felt better. We went to see Esther & Pete and stayed until 7:30.
Wednesday, October 1, 1969
A beautiful sunshiny day. The men put 16 loads of corn in the silo. Ethel Christman Berry died yesterday.
Thursday, October 2, 1969
Herbert brought Marion G. back from the hospital. A very rainy day. Herbert & I canned applesauce. Edna Finch called on the telephone.
Friday, October 3, 1969
Mrs. Nagel called in the P. M. Then Herbert & I went to L. Falls Hospital to see Emmett and Carmita Mixter. In the evening we called on Reuben & Ruth Failing.
Saturday, October 4, 1969
We called on Marion Groff in the afternoon. We went down to see Hannah King in the evening.
Sunday, October 5, 1969
We attended C. Creek church. Pastor Johnson was ill and Keith R. conducted the service. We then went to call on Genie Christman. We ate supper in Fonda. Margaret & Charles & Harold & Bonnie Beekman and 2 children called in the evening.
Monday, October 6, 1969
Don & Lilah Klemme called in the evening. The men filled silo at C. Creek. It was a beautiful day & I walked up the road to the line fence.
Tuesday, October 7, 1969
The men drew hay in the P. M. Herbert took Hilda & me to the L. C. W. meeting at Alta Weavers in the evening. It rained.
Wednesday, October 8, 1969
It was a nice sunshiny day. We washed & I did part of the ironings. Keith H. & Herbert filled silo. I talked on the phone with Marion Marie Alter, Edith Claus, Alma & Irene Klock.
Thursday, October 9, 1969
A nice day. The men drew hay & put some corn in the silo. I ironed and canned some tomato juice. I had a letter from Alice Carlson.
Friday, October 10, 1969
We attended grange meeting. The men drew in hay. Emmett Mosher came home from the hospital.
Saturday, October 11, 1969
I made cookies. The folks put in 1000 bales of hay. Ann, Tom Jones & Tom Zedick were down at Keith’s for the week-end.
Sunday, October 12, 1969
We attended C. Creek church. We ate supper at Pete’s Restaurant & then went to call on Charles & Margaret. We visited with John Macon in the restaurant. This is his 5th year as a math teacher in the F. Plain High School.
Monday, October 13, 1969
It was a nice day. The men drew in 1170 bales of hay. Juanita had a cold & didn’t go to work.
Tuesday, October 14, 1969
It rained in the morning. We went over to Grace Drakes. We stopped & ate at Brooks Restaurant. Herbert went to talk with Sinclair Ward. We stopped at Grays funeral parlor. Luke Davin died Sunday.
Wednesday, October 15, 1969
Another nice day. Dean stayed with me for a couple of hours. We had a good time. I made an apple pie. The men drew hay. Keith R. came back from Grange Exex. Comm. Meeting.
Thursday, October 16, 1969
Alma Miller & Ethel Haig were here in the P. M. and stayed for supper.
Friday, October 17, 1969
Mildred & Wm. Thresher came in the evening. We had a good visit and played 2 games of Pinochle.
Saturday, October 18, 1969
The men drew 4 loads of hay. Janice & Keith took Karen in the evening to Morrisville so she could attend a dance with Tom Jones.
Monday, October 20, 1969
Dr. Stone called on the telephone to see if I was coming to the hospital on Thurs. We did the washing & canned 6½ qts of applesauce.
Tuesday, October 21, 1969
I attended DAR meeting in the evening. Beulah Sanders rode home with us. I finished the ironing. Herbert plowed at C. Creek.
Wednesday, October 22, 1969
It was quite cold. Snowed in Gloversville & Lassellsville. I did a lot of assorted jobs to get ready to go to Cooperstown the next day.
Thursday, October 23, 1969
It snowed some places. Snow all around us. I went to the Cooperstown hospital. Herbert stayed with me until I had eaten supper. Our refridgerator wouldn’t run at home.
Friday, October 24, 1969
Had bunion removed this morning. Herbert was over in the afternoon. Got the pump working. Refridgerator has gone bad.
Saturday, October 25, 1969
The doctor said I should sit in a chair & then about noon he had me walk. He told me I can go home tomorrow. Herbert was here to see me. Sunshiny day.
Sunday, October 26, 1969
Herbert brought me home from the hospital. He went to C. Creek church and I visited while he was gone. We both rested well at night.
Monday, October 27, 1969
Letter from R. Burritt, M. Taylor, Keith H. and Marion Groff called. Herbert went after stamps & groceries.
Tuesday, October 28, 1969
A nice day. The men put 4 loads of corn in the silo on the Snell farm. George Paris died. Herbert helped the men in the afternoon. M. Bradley called & brought cookies & bedroom slippers.
Wednesday, October 29, 1969
We went to see Dr. Stone at Cooperstown. He changed the dressing on my foot. He removed the large bandage & it made my foot hurt much more than before.
Thursday, October 30, 1969
Irene Klock called in the afternoon. She brought a loaf of brown bread.
Friday, October 31, 1969
Herbert went to grange meeting. Floyd &Alta called in the P. M. I watched a movie on TV while Herbert was at grange.
Saturday, November 1, 1969
Alma, Ethel & Ruth S. were here in the afternoon. The men worked on the corn. Marcia, Karen, Ann & Janice & Linda took electioneering material around F. Plain for Keith R. The boys helped Lulu Streed move to Canajoharie. Keith & Janice, Dean & Marta were here in the evening for “treats” for Halloween.
Sunday, November 2, 1969
Herbert went to church. Tom Zedick, Marcia Jenny and Ann called called in the evening before they went back to Morrisville. It rained all day!!
Monday, November 3, 1969
Herbert cleaned up the laundry & put the onions & glad. Bulbs down cellar. Herbert & I canned applesauce for Juanita & Keith & he took it up the evening.
Tuesday, November 4, 1969
Election Day. Keith R. lost as candidate for Councilman. Martha Hillegas was here for supper. We had a very good visit.
Wednesday, November 5, 1969
Dean was here for about 1½ hrs before he went to school. Janice went to a meeting in Fonda. Herbert took me to Cooperstown Hospital. Dr. Stone removed the stitches from my foot.
Thursday, November 6, 1969
Herbert went to Ft. Plain in A. M. He went to St. J. in P. M. and had snow tires put on the car. In the evening Charles & Margaret came down. Herbert, Janice & Keith went to Pomona Grange meeting at Mayfield.
Friday, November 7, 1969
Herbert took papers to St. J. for the DAR paper drive. Madeliene had returned from N. Y. City and came here about 4 o’clock. Keith H. plowed in the evening.
Saturday, November 8, 1969
Keith R. plowed up on the hill. It rained in the forenoon. I made a cake and fixed steamed apples. I talked with Beulah Sanders & Etta Allen on the telephone.
Sunday, November 9, 1969
We attended C. Creek church. There were 20 present. (The Richard cow had a heifer calf.) Herbert called Wm. Thresher to ask about Mildred. She still had pain in her head.
Monday, November 10, 1969
We did the washing and got most of the clothes dry in the house. It was not a drying day.
Tuesday, November 11, 1969
Herbert attended church council meeting at Lester Moshers in the evening. I did the ironing. The men picked corn.
Wednesday, November 12, 1969
Dean was here for an hour. We went to the funeral parlor where Harvey Glosser’s funeral was to be held the next day. We went to the card party at the Odd Fellows Temple and had a read good time.
Thursday, November 13, 1969
I went for a hair appointment. We heard in the evening that Margaret T. was in L. Falls Hospital because of a heart attack. The men picked 10 loads of corn.
Friday, November 14, 1969
I attended Community Club meeting. Herbert went to see Margaret. We attended Grange meeting at C. Creek. Juanita received 1st & 2nd degrees at grange.
Saturday, November 15, 1969
It was a nice sunshiny day. The men finished picking corn here & picked 4 loads at C. Creek. Madeliene was here in the P. M. Received letter from Ruth Burritt.
Sunday, November 16, 1969
We attended church at C. Creek. We took Etta Allen home & she had invited us for supper. We had a very nice time. It was cold!
Monday, November 17, 1969
I wrote grange notices for the papers. Herbert called on Clarence Gray. All of them at Keiths, one after the other came down with some kind of grippe. It was Thurs. before any of the children could go to school.
Tuesday, November 18, 1969
We had a letter from aunt Genevieve. She had moved back to her former apartment. I was on DAR supper committee. We got along all right and had a good meeting. Ada Gray had her operation.
Wednesday, November 19, 1969
We attended a Tupperware party at Juanita’s & Keith’s. We had a nice time. It rained on the way up & snowed on the way back. Perry Streed shot a deer in our woods on this place.
Thursday, November 20, 1969
I cleaned the china closet in the front room. I washed all the dishes. Herbert moved it out so we could clean behind it.
Friday, November 21, 1969
8 degrees above zero. Herbert had a bad cold & didn’t feel well. Madeliene came in P. M. I cleaned lamp shades and did quite a lot of house cleaning in A. M.
Saturday, November 22, 1969
It was a sunshiny day. In the afternoon I went after the mail & walked down the road for a ways; the first in several weeks. I made cookies & muffins. Herbert didn’t feel much better. Margaret went home from the hospital on Friday. Keith R. and Eleanor Jones came in for a little while in the evening.
Sunday, November 23, 1969
We attended C. Creek church. Then we were invited up to Alta’s & Floyds – Bob, Hazel and George, Gordon, Janie & Pete were there also. We had a very nice time. Linda Lyons husband was killed.
Monday, November 24, 1969
We did the washing. Herbert went to Fort Plain. Alma came in the afternoon & stayed for supper. Alta phoned and said Wilfred Black had been hurt a few weeks ago.
Tuesday, November 25, 1969
Emmett Mosher was here for a while in the forenoon. I did the ironing. Charles & Margaret came in the afternoon for a little while. I walked up the road.
Wednesday, November 26, 1969
Herbert drove one of the cars for the Devereese funeral. He called on Edith Claus at the hospital. Keith H. & Juanita had her folks & his folks there for dinner at night. 20 were there.
Thursday, November 27, 1969 Thanksgiving Day.
We were invited down to Keith’s & Janice’s for dinner. Ann planned the menu & took charge of the dinner, which was delicious. Bob & Barbara Goldstein were there for the weekend.
Friday, November 28, 1969
Herbert & I went to Fort Plain in the afternoon & bought a few Christmas presents. When we got home I wrapped them up & Herbert went to C. C. grange Hall to put window in the door in the kitchen.
Saturday, November 29, 1969
Herbert was ill with the 24 hr flu, or something like it. I went with Keith, Janice and Ann to an instructional grange meeting at Kolaneka grange.
Special Events
In the evening of Thanksgiving Day Herbert and several from Keiths went bowling.
Sunday, November 30, 1969
Bob & Barbara Goldstein went home. I went to church with Janice & Marta. Keith R. and Herbert were ill. Wilfred and Jane and Mrs. Samson called in PM.
Monday, December 1, 1969
I canned 14 qts of sweet apples. It snowed some in the night. Herbert & I went to Fort Plain to get a frame for a sampler I had made for Keith & Juanita’s Christmas present.
Tuesday, December 2, 1969
Herbert took Janice, Marion Groff, Hilda, Olga & me to the L. C. W. meeting at Mary Groffs.
Wednesday, December 3, 1969
The men hired a cattle truck & they moved 40 heifers into Ed Christman’s barn for the winter. We went to the Advent Service at the Reformed Church.
Thursday, December 4, 1969
Herbert went up to Widankas to get new stanchions for the barn.
Friday, December 5, 1969
Letter from Iva & Philip Wendell. Herbert, Janice, Dean & Mr. Jones went with Keith H. to the auction at West Edmeston where James Christman’s cows were sold.
Saturday, December 6, 1969
We invited Keith & Juanita down for supper & the evening. We had a nice time. Etta & Irene Klock phoned me.
Sunday, December 7, 1969
We attended C. Creek church. Marion Groff went with us. Then Herbert & I went to Dolgeville to call on Margaret & Charles.
Monday, December 8, 1969
It snowed in the night; thawed in the day time. I wrote lots of letters & cards. I made cookies, Herbert & I sealed letters & put stamps on them.
Tuesday, December 9, 1969
I spent most of my time writing cards & letters. Herbert started clipping cows. The men drew 2 loads of sawdust.
Wednesday, December 10, 1969
We went to L. Falls & Herkimer shopping in the forenoon. We attended the Advent Service at Congregational Church in St. J. Father Bice of Episcopal Church, L. Falls preached.
Thursday, December 11, 1969
I went for a hair appointment. I prepared the grange program in the forenoon and wrote some letters. It was 57 degrees part of the day.
Friday, December 12, 1969
We went to Grange meeting. Lulu Robinson went with us. Herbert didn’t feel well.
Saturday, December 13, 1969
Herbert took me to Study Class Christmas meeting and Mrs. Pryor & Mrs. McRoy brought me home. Herbert went to see Dr. Feldstein.
Sunday, December 14, 1969
Herbert didn’t feel much better. I went to church with Keith & Janice & family. It snowed some.
Monday, December 15, 1969
It was quite a little snow on the ground. I wrote up the grange news and some letters. Herbert was a little better.
Tuesday, December 16, 1969
Keith R. went to A. D. A. meeting in Syracuse & stayed until next day. Herbert & I put up our artificial Christmas tree & trimmed it.
Wednesday, December 17, 1969
A nice sunny day, but cold. Herbert went to F. Plain after groceries. I put up the Christmas cards, finished wrapping presents & did some trimming. Our colds were no better.
Thursday, December 18, 1969
Herbert went to the grange hall and cleaned it up and bought a Christmas tree & took it up there. I trimmed some more at home. I made cranberry relish. My cold was worse.
Friday, December 19, 1969
Madeliene was here in P. M. Herbert & I stopped for Marion G. and Edith Claus & took them to the church-grange community supper at the Grange Hall. About 70 were present.
Saturday, December 20, 1969
We were very tired after being up the night before. Ann had Jr. Grange meeting.
Sunday, December 21, 1969
We attended church services at Crum Creek. It was a nice sunshiny day and warm enough to melt some of the snow.
Monday, December 22, 1969
(6 degrees below zero during the night) 12 inches of snow. The men plowed out the yard in the evening.
Tuesday, December 23, 1969
Still cold. Herbert went to St. J. after the meat & other groceries. Christmas presents & letter from Joanne & Gordon & family came. Clark Burkdorf aged 92 died.
Wednesday, December 24, 1969
We got things ready for Christmas. We were invited up to Keith’s & Juanita’s for the evening. All of Keith Raymond’s went. We did not go as I had to go to bed on time to get up early in the morning.
Thursday, December 25, 1969 Christmas.
18 degrees below zero. There were 14 here for Christmas dinner. (See below). We had a very nice time.
Friday, December 26, 1969
It snowed all night & most of the day. 18 inches. We were not out of the house. Thruway was closed. Keith R. stayed up at Keith H. all night. Juanita stayed all night at the hospital.
Saturday, December 27, 1969
Snowed again all day & it drifted badly. Keith & Janice’s 22nd wedding anniversary.
Special Events
Margaret & Charles Ingersoll, Keith & Janice, Ann, Karen, Wayne, Dean & Marta, Marion Groff, Marcia Jenny, Perry Streed, Herbert & I. Keith H. & Juanita were not here as Juanita had to work.
Sunday, December 28, 1969
Roads drifted shut. Many churches closed. Plow didn’t open road past here until late afternoon. Thruway opened at about 3 P. M.
Monday, December 29, 1969
We had a letter from the Dunns. We took the Christmas tree & most of the decorations down & put them away. Madeliene was here to clean & brought us cookies. Keith R. came home at night.
Tuesday, December 30, 1969
Herbert went to St. J. after groceries. We did a large washing & I did part of the ironing. We had a letter from Alyson.
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
It snowed a lot more. We finished putting away Christmas decorations. I finished the ironing. I wrote to Grace Drake.