Phoebe (Bowles) Coats Diary
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Phoebe (Bowles) Coats (1873 – 1962) kept a diary on several calendars. This page covers 1946-7 and 1949. It is not known if she wrote others. At the time she and Bethel Coats were living on their ranch in southern Contra Costa County. The 1949 entries also include a trip to the mid-west.
The entries have been silently edited for readability. The photograph is of Phoebe and Bethel just prior to their 55th wedding anniversary. See the entry for 27 and 29 December 1946.
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People Mentioned in the Entries
| Will and Mabel Patton | William Patton is Phoebe Coats' cousin. Phoebe's mother was a Patton. Phoebe took care of them in their final days and inherited or purchased their home in San Jose where she was living when she just before her death. |
| Daddy | Bethel Coats |
| Eunice | Eunice Rowe was Phoebe's daughter |
| Will | William Rowe, husband of Eunice |
| Phyllis | Phyllis Eunice's daughter |
| Sharon | Phyllis' daughter. Also known as Sherry |
| Doris | Doris Morton was Phoebe's daughter. |
| Doris D. | Doris was Eunice's daughter |
| Victor | Doris' husband |
| Vivian | Vivian (Coats) Edmonston was Bethel's cousin |
| Chas | Charles Edmonston was Vivian's husband |
| Francis | Francis is Vivian and Charles' daughter |
| Bunny | Bernice Clyde was Phoebe's daughter |
| Archie | Archie was Bunny's husband |
| Lance | The son of Doris and Jack Denhart. Also one of the three kiddies |
| Blake | The son of Doris and Jack Denhart. Also probably one of the three kiddies |
| Marcia | Daughter of Doris and Victor Morton |
| Beck | William Bethel (Beck) is the son of William and Eunice Rowe |
| The three kiddies | Sharon Kalenborn and Lance and Blake Denhart |
| Jen | Jennie Ethel (Coats) White was Bethel's sister |
| Tom | Tom White was Jen's husband |
| Sister | Margaret (Bowles) Martinelli was Phoebe's only sister |
| Elfin | Clarence Elfin Martinelli was Margaret's husband. |
| Roberta | Roberta is the daughter of Eunice |
| Gordon | Gordon Lopez was Roberta's husband |
| Aunt May | May (Coats) Horton was Bethel's sister |
| Doug | Doug Moore was a fraternity friend of Beck's |
1945 |
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January |
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| Monday | 12/31/1945 | Joe Edeline and Grace Simon were married in Concord. I went to Dr. Sreiber's office. He took an X-ray of my side there were no ribs broken spread apart. | |
| Tuesday | 1/1/1946 | Will and Mabel Patton spent the day with us. | |
| Wednesday | 1/2/1946 | Brownie sheep has twin lambs, the only twins we have. We have six other lambs. | |
| Thursday | 1/3/1946 | It rained all day. I made out a bill for Sears Roebuck. | |
| Friday | 1/4/1946 | Still raining steady but not hard. Warm. I am mending Dad's overalls and jumper coats. | |
| Saturday | 1/5/1946 | I cleaned house and churned six pounds of butter. | |
| Sunday | 1/6/1946 | Will, Eunice & Sharon came for breakfast. Doris & Victor a little later. The boys went fishing, the girls visited with us. Will caught one fish. Chester and Evelyn came to dinner. Weather lovely. | |
| Monday | 1/7/1946 | Girls and Dad picked mushrooms. It clouded up in the evening, rained last night, showery and cold today. | |
| Tuesday | 1/8/1946 | I went to women's association meeting at our church. All four groups met. North wind. | |
| Wednesday | 1/9/1946 | Beautiful day, we washed, the north wind blew just enough to dry my clothes nicely. | |
| Thursday | 1/10/1946 | I ironed all my clothes and helped Dad remove a large limb that broke off the Acacia tree caused by the north wind just before Christmas. | |
| Friday | 1/11/1946 | North wind blowing very hard. I mended auto seat covers. They look much better. | |
| Saturday | 1/12/1946 | North wind blew hard all night. But it's quiet today. Joe and Grace E. paid us a short call. Grace stayed with us while we went up to Frank's. | |
| Sunday | 1/13/1946 | We stayed home alone. Nice sunshiny day, frosty in the morning. | |
| Monday | 1/14/1946 | Another sunshiny day. Daddy went to Livermore and Pleasanton. I churned four lbs. of butter. Daddy couldn't buy any shortening so I had my steak in butter. We rec'd a card from Bunny. | |
| Tuesday | 1/15/1946 | We killed a lamb and four chickens. Still frosty and sunny. | |
| Wednesday | 1/16/1946 | Hans and Elizabeth came. They bought eight chickens, 3 squabs and 15 dozen eggs. | |
| Thursday | 1/17/1946 | ||
| Friday | 1/18/1946 | ||
| Saturday | 1/19/1946 | ||
| Sunday | 1/20/1946 | Doris and Victor, Vivian Chas Jr., Francis Ann, Fred Sidley and his boy friend came. | |
| Monday | 1/21/1946 | ||
| Tuesday | 1/22/1946 | ||
| Wednesday | 1/23/1946 | We had our annual Fellowship dinner at the church. Grace Edeline went with us. We had a very nice dinner and enjoyable entertainment after. | |
| Thursday | 1/24/1946 | Cousin Tom, Sue, Mary Emma, Joe and little Billie came to pay us a four day visit. They hadn't been here for seven years. Dad met them in the bus station in Pleasanton. | |
| Friday | 1/25/1946 | Tom & Joe with the help of a passing stranger, fixed our telephone wires that had been broken since before Christmas. Joe went to S. F. Hard north wind. We went to Grange installation and initiation. | |
| Saturday | 1/26/1946 | Dad and Tom's family went to S. F. Called on Hen. Tom had operation (3rd). Went to Eunice's to pick up Joe. Joe stayed to come with Eunice tomorrow. Tom called on a friend at that hospital. Home at 7:20. Beautiful day, they enjoyed the ride. | |
| Sunday | 1/27/1946 | Eunice, Joe and Sharon arrived about noon. Bunny and Archie a little later. Will and Jack pruned grapes. Phyllis had german measles. Beck went to L. A. | |
| Monday | 1/28/1946 | Tom and family went back to Merced to visit Joe and family a few days more then on home. They spent Xmas in Mo. With their four sisters. Daddy took them to the bus in Livermore. | |
| Tuesday | 1/29/1946 | We did a big washing. Lot of extra things for the Victory clothes drive. I mended some of them too. | |
| Wednesday | 1/30/1946 | I ironed and packed the things for the Victory clothes drive. We helped Denise (our heifer) have a nice heifer calf. I had to miss our group meeting. | |
| Thursday | 1/31/1946 | I finished packing the Victory clothes and ironed our own. Dad took our clothes to town. | |
February |
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| Friday | 2/1/1946 | I cleaned my house all over, made all my beds with clean linens. My side still bothers me a lot. | |
| Saturday | 2/2/1946 | Ground hog day. It has been raining softly all day, except for a few minutes this morning. The sun tried to shine. The rain is very welcome as we needed the grass. It is getting short. | |
| Sunday | 2/3/1946 | Raining this morning, but we went to Church. Communion service. Excellent sermon, good attendance. Cleared up in the p.m. Mt Diablo white with snow. | |
| Monday | 2/4/1946 | Everything white with frost more than halfway up the hill, it looked almost like a snow scene. We rec'd letter from Marcia with news of expected visit from the Stork. Some snow still on Mt. Diablo. | |
| Tuesday | 2/5/1946 | ||
| Wednesday | 2/6/1946 | ||
| Thursday | 2/7/1946 | I did a little work in the yard, planted one peach tree over in the corner of the yard. The ground is very wet and sticky, bad for planting trees or anything. Doris and Jack Denhart fourth anniversary. | |
| Friday | 2/8/1946 | I sent off a bill to Sears Roebuck, returned 2 wool ? I moved one of my jasmine vines from the big arbor to the small one in front of the cabin. The north wind blew very hard all night. Broke another limb off the acacia tree. | |
| Saturday | 2/9/1946 | ||
| Sunday | 2/10/1946 | Dad and I went to Will's and had a most delicious dinner. We met Will's friend Grace and her daughter. We couldn't get Doris on the phone so we spent the night. | |
| Monday | 2/11/1946 | We went over to Doris' found their phone was out of order so we missed seeing Hal & Marcia, Jack and Doris. Doris went to work at one o'clock so we went to call on Jack & Alice A. had a nice visit with them. We arrived home at 5 p.m. | |
| Tuesday | 2/12/1946 | We went to see "State Fair" at the Roxey enjoyed it very much. I could have gone to the church group, but forgot until it was too late. The old ewe sheep with the twins died. We have to feed the lambs. | |
| Wednesday | 2/13/1946 | We went to the State Theater to see Madam Curie with Greer Garson and Walter Pigeon, was very good but very deep and quite sad. It was taken from life, the discovery of radium. | |
| Thursday | 2/14/1946 | ||
| Friday | 2/15/1946 | We went with Frank over to Livermore to Danish Hall to see Danish musical about the experiences the Danish people had in the war with explanatory lecture. | |
| Saturday | 2/16/1946 | This is Bunny's birthday. Bunny and Archie came in the evening. | |
| Sunday | 2/17/1946 | Eunice, Will, Phyllis Sharon and Lance, Victor & Doris came to celebrate Bunny & Phyllis birthdays. | |
| Monday | 2/18/1946 | Frank, Grace E., Bethel and I went to the Roy to see Margaret O'Brien in "Our Vines Have Tender Grapes" with Edgar G. Robinson. It was the best picture I've seen for years. Very heart appealing. | |
| Tuesday | 2/19/1946 | Daddy went to Pleasanton to see about his income tax. Frank put shakes on the horse barn. | |
| Wednesday | 2/20/1946 | Frank finished patching the horse barn roof. He ate dinner with us. | |
| Thursday | 2/21/1946 | Dad went to Livermore today. Took stacks of old papers and rags we gathered up for the junk man who paid him $1.76. | |
| Friday | 2/22/1946 | We washed and ironed and cleaned the corn stalks off the garden patch and went to the Grange in the evening. | |
| Saturday | 2/23/1946 | We cleaned six chickens and one ?? and cleaned my house. Will and Mabel came in the P.M. We all played cards. | |
| Sunday | 2/24/1946 | We took Will & Mabel for a nice ride down through Danville to Alamo back thru stone valley, Greenvalley, Diablo Park & home. Lovely day and nice ride. | |
| Monday | 2/25/1946 | We worked in our berry patch killing weeds and trained and trimmed our vines on the big arbor but didn't finish. | |
| Tuesday | 2/26/1946 | Worked some more on the arbor. Big job. | |
| Wednesday | 2/27/1946 | I went to our annual luncheon of our group of women's association at the church. Lottie Wood went with me. Nice entertainment. | |
| Thursday | 2/28/1946 | Dad went to Pleasanton and I went with him to sign the income papers. I bought me the nicest "little" pair of shoes. | |
March |
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| Friday | 3/1/1946 | Grace E. went with us to see "God is my copilot" at the State. Grace stopped in and had ice cream with me. | |
| Saturday | 3/2/1946 | I pressed and freshened our clothes to wear to the reception. | |
| Sunday | 3/3/1946 | Dad and I went to the loveliest reception at the home of "Grandma" Johnson in honor of Steve and Pearl Johnson's 40th university at 10140th Street in Oakland. | |
| Monday | 3/4/1946 | ||
| Tuesday | 3/5/1946 | I painted my kitchen table [one Fred S. had in his room] it is new new table now. | |
| Wednesday | 3/6/1946 | ||
| Thursday | 3/7/1946 | I churned 4 pounds of better and painted my new kitchen table second coat. | |
| Friday | 3/8/1946 | I washed and ironed two weeks wash. | |
| Saturday | 3/9/1946 | We went to Jack and Alice's for lunch, dinner, spent the nigh had a nice visit with them. We played cards. Alice and I went shopping in p.m. | |
| Sunday | 3/10/1946 | We went to Doris's and went to a camellia show with Doris and Victor and then they took us to Watsonville to see sister she was better. Serena and J. C----. | |
| Monday | 3/11/1946 | Monday we went to call on Mrs. Irene Bonneth in Campbell, then we came home. Found everything O. K. Joe and Grace had taken good care of everything. Found a new little black lamb. | |
| Tuesday | 3/12/1946 | Planted wisteria and grape cutting we bought from sisters, finished pruning arbor. | |
| Wednesday | 3/13/1946 | There is a freezing cold with west wind blowing a gale. So I stayed in a tacked on Marcia's quilt. | |
| Thursday | 3/14/1946 | Dad and I cleaned the weeds off the old croquet ground and we planted 12 nice nectar blackberry vines a neighbor of Doris gave us. We have six more to plant. | |
| Friday | 3/15/1946 | ||
| Saturday | 3/16/1946 | I put last coat of paint on my kitchen table and planted six more berry vines. | |
| Sunday | 3/17/1946 | The sheep shearers sheered the sheep. Anderson and Dorothy and their three children, Barbara, Robert, and Charles came and had dinner with us. | |
| Monday | 3/18/1946 | We went to the Roxy to see Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood also John Loder, Nancy Kelley, Auto Kruger, in Woman Who Came Back both kind of batty. Grace E. went with us. | |
| Tuesday | 3/19/1946 | Painted the two toilet seats, the iron bedsteads and finished my kitchen table. Painted the edges red. | |
| Wednesday | 3/20/1946 | Daddy went to Pleasanton to take the eggs. I spaded the ground for peas and tacked some on Marcia's quilt. | |
| Thursday | 3/21/1946 | I tacked all day on Marcia's quilt and finished it at 20 minutes to 3:00 on Friday morning. | |
| Friday | 3/22/1946 | ||
| Saturday | 3/23/1946 | ||
| Sunday | 3/24/1946 | Eunice, Will, Victor, Doris, Beck, Doug and Lance came. We had a nice visit. | |
| Monday | 3/25/1946 | I measured and planned for asphalt siding for the house. We went to the State to see Ginger Rogers, Walter Pigeon, Lana Turner, and Van Johnson in Weekend at Waldorf. | |
| Tuesday | 3/26/1946 | Daddy and I took the screens off the front of the house and cleaned it ready to paint. | |
| Wednesday | 3/27/1946 | I went to our church group over near Clayton at Mrs. Claunch's new home, it was lovely, large attendance. Joe got our N. H. four weeks old chicks for us. $1.50 | |
| Thursday | 3/28/1946 | It rained all day. We went to the State to see Claudette Colbert and Warren Williams in "Imitation of Life" very good. And, Bing Crosby and Joan Blondell at "East Side of Heaven". We enjoyed both picture. Rained hard on the way home. | |
| Friday | 3/29/1946 | Bright sunshiny morning, cold west wind blowing. Clouded up in p.m. Rained all night. Henry Rhinestone "stewed" ran his Ford Pickup over ---by the bridge. Frank pulled it out with tractor. | |
| Saturday | 3/30/1946 | Ida Kamenerer, Edna, Mira and Walter Waltenspiel came, Ida to stay a while. The rest to bring her. Nice open day. [All were siblings to Albert Waltenspiel who married Phoebe's cousin Margaret.] | |
| Sunday | 3/31/1946 | Dark gloomy day. We stayed home. Rained in the evening. Daddy not feeling well. | |
April |
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| Monday | 4/1/1946 | ||
| Tuesday | 4/2/1946 | ||
| Wednesday | 4/3/1946 | Dad not so well. I have to do all his chores. | |
| Thursday | 4/4/1946 | Dr. Sreiber came to see Daddy. | |
| Friday | 4/5/1946 | Dr. Sreiber came again. Daddy not so good. Frank came and milked the cows and separated [the milk] for me. | |
| Saturday | 4/6/1946 | Daddy stayed in bed all day. Some better in the evening he has a bad spell of asthma and flu together. I washed an ironed besides chores. | |
| Sunday | 4/7/1946 | I set a hen on duck eggs in the hen house yesterday. | |
| Monday | 4/8/1946 | ||
| Tuesday | 4/9/1946 | ||
| Wednesday | 4/10/1946 | ||
| Thursday | 4/11/1946 | ||
| Friday | 4/12/1946 | ||
| Saturday | 4/13/1946 | Vivian E. called in the p.m. Dad is still laid up. | |
| Sunday | 4/14/1946 | Bunny, Archie, Doris & Victor, Will and Mabel Patton. Mr. & Mrs. Lester Martin called. Nice day, Daddy remained in the house all day. | |
| Monday | 4/15/1946 | ||
| Tuesday | 4/16/1946 | ||
| Wednesday | 4/17/1946 | ||
| Thursday | 4/18/1946 | ||
| Friday | 4/19/1946 | I am still doing Dad's chores but he can help a little now so he is much better. | |
| Saturday | 4/20/1946 | Vivian paid us a call alone. Dad still better. | |
| Sunday | 4/21/1946 | We went to church. A very enjoyable service they had 2, one at 10:00 AM & one at 11:15 AM then beautiful Easter music, large choir. | |
| Monday | 4/22/1946 | I killed weeds. | |
| Tuesday | 4/23/1946 | " | |
| Wednesday | 4/24/1946 | " | |
| Thursday | 4/25/1946 | " | |
| Friday | 4/26/1946 | We went to Grange big initiation arrived home 1 AM | |
| Saturday | 4/27/1946 | I set 56 turkey eggs. | |
| Sunday | 4/28/1946 | We stayed home. Vivian came in PM. A sunny day but quite cold. I decided to stay in all day. | |
| Monday | 4/29/1946 | I hoed weeds | |
| Tuesday | 4/30/1946 | " | |
| Wednesday | 5/1/1946 | " | |
| Thursday | 5/2/1946 | I did a big washing. | |
| Friday | 5/3/1946 | Dad went to see the Dr. about his leg otherwise he is fine. I hoed weeds | |
| Saturday | 5/4/1946 | Eunice's birthday and she is in South America with Will; business trip. Been gone three weeks. | |
| Sunday | 5/5/1946 | Mr. & Mrs. Chris Koch, Mr. & Mrs. Francis Koch and son came in the PM | |
| Monday | 5/6/1946 | We went to Livermore. I had my eyes tested didn't need new glasses. | |
| Tuesday | 5/7/1946 | We went to Montgomery Wards, I got drapery material and rods. Killed weeds. | |
| Wednesday | 5/8/1946 | I made my drapes. I killed weeds. | |
| Thursday | 5/9/1946 | We went to Hayward and bought two pictures for living room. I cut out my drapes in the evening. | |
| Friday | 5/10/1946 | I made and pressed my drapes ready to hang, a big job. | |
| Saturday | 5/11/1946 | I put up my curtain rods and found they'd made a mistake cut too short. I cleaned my house and hung the curtains anyway. Bunny & Archie came in the evening. | |
| Sunday | 5/12/1946 | Bunny and Archie were the only ones of our family here. Doris D. telephoned. Doris M. was in S. M. with Marcia and her little new daughter. | |
| Monday | 5/13/1946 | Eunice in South America. Dad and I killed weeds in the berry patch. | |
| Tuesday | 5/14/1946 | Rec'd a lovely letter from Eunice from Guatemala | |
| Wednesday | 5/15/1946 | We went to Montgomery Wards. I got my two curtain rods made right. They cut them too short by mistake. Anna Martin came as we were eating lunch. Had lunch with us. | |
| Thursday | 5/16/1946 | ||
| Friday | 5/17/1946 | I put a piece (another width) in the center of the valance of each of my drapes and they look much better. We went to the school house to vote for the trustee. Hans Nielsen won. | |
| Saturday | 5/18/1946 | I hung my drapes and cleaned my house. Will and Mabel Patton came and we killed two lambs one for them and one for us. | |
| Sunday | 5/19/1946 | Eunice, Phyllis, Doris, Jack, Beck & all three kiddies [at right with there great grandfather] came. Will was at convention. Vivian, Francis Ann, and Hansen her two kids came.
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| Monday | 5/20/1946 | Gloomy weather since April 14th. I have seven more little ducks. I now have 19. I gave Anna Martin 2. Susie duck hatched 7 little ducks and I gave her 7 that hatched before. | |
| Tuesday | 5/21/1946 | ||
| Wednesday | 5/22/1946 | I went to the Church group meeting at Charlotte VanGordon's. Gloomy day sprinkled some. We had a lovely meeting. | |
| Thursday | 5/23/1946 | Four little turkeys hatched. | |
| Friday | 5/24/1946 | 26 turkeys hatched making 30 in all. | |
| Saturday | 5/25/1946 | We stayed home. No one came. Gloomy weather. | |
| Sunday | 5/26/1946 | ||
| Monday | 5/27/1946 | I spaded up the croquet ground. Dad planted it to corn. I planted some banana squash. | |
| Tuesday | 5/28/1946 | Mavas Wood stopped and invited me to a party Lottie is giving. We went to Livermore and Pleasanton in PM. We signed our wills and we got our store clock. | |
| Wednesday | 5/29/1946 | Will Stewart called and had lunch with us. The weather is beautiful the first warm day this month. | |
| Thursday | 5/30/1946 | Fred S. and another boy Reg Coffman came in the evening and had soup with us. I washed my hair. | |
| Friday | 5/31/1946 | Sally Duck hatched 11 eggs. We now have 37 little ducks. I went to a nice party at Woods a surprise for Mrs. Bachelder's birthday. I won a prize. | |
| Saturday | 6/1/1946 | Vivian and Chas came to see us. Grace E. got home from L. A. Chester and Evelyn A. came to spend weekend. | |
| Sunday | 6/2/1946 | I lost the 4th little turkey leaving 26. Bad weather for turkeys too cold and foggy. Chester went church I got ice made ice cream. | |
| Monday | 6/3/1946 | ||
| Tuesday | 6/4/1946 | Grace E. went with us to vote Earl Warren was elected for Governor. | |
| Wednesday | 6/5/1946 | I trimmed my prize shrubs. | |
| Thursday | 6/6/1946 | Killed weeds to plant corn. | |
| Friday | 6/7/1946 | Bethel took a case of eggs to Pleasanton. Chas ------- called about the wool. | |
| Saturday | 6/8/1946 | We cleaned chicken house. | |
| Sunday | 6/9/1946 | We stayed home no one came. | |
| Monday | 6/10/1946 | I did big washing. | |
| Tuesday | 6/11/1946 | Our church held its annual garden party at the church. We didn't go as Dad had to go to Martinez to the jury but he didn't have to serve. I sent some potato salad & cottage cheese. | |
| Wednesday | 6/12/1946 | ||
| Thursday | 6/13/1946 | ||
| Friday | 6/14/1946 | ||
| Saturday | 6/15/1946 | We were busy all day getting ready for tomorrow. Dad went to Dublin for the calf. | |
| Sunday | 6/16/1946 | Fathers Day all our family came except Doris D., Marcia and their families. Herman Susong, Margaret S. & sister alone. Will & Mabel Patton and Grace Edeline came. First warm day. | |
| Monday | 6/17/1946 | Warmer today. Bunny & Archie stayed all night went home about 11 AM. Dad & I went to Herman Gansberger to Bea York's in Kilcare Wood and stopped to see a man in Pleasanton. | |
| Tuesday | 6/18/1946 | Not quite so warm (about like Sunday). Bob dog was sick so we took him to the Vet in Pleasanton and went to see a show (Roughly Speaking) and then brought Bob home. Bob is still not so good but is better. | |
| Wednesday | 6/19/1946 | ||
| Thursday | 6/20/1946 | ||
| Friday | 6/21/1946 | ||
| Saturday | 6/22/1946 | Big wind around Danville blew a lot of their walnuts of the trees. | |
| Sunday | 6/23/1946 | We went to church and went to see Alice S. afterwards. Fay Watson passed away yesterday minister announced. | |
| Monday | 6/24/1946 | I washed a big washing. | |
| Tuesday | 6/25/1946 | Bethel got a crib from Joe E. one that Bethel and all his family and our three girls used when they were babies. Fred Seidler came and helped Daddy. | |
| Wednesday | 6/26/1946 | I intended going to a group meeting at Mrs. Cox at Diablo but Doris, Marcia, Hal and the baby came. I stayed and visited with them. The baby is adorable. Hal went to the Livermore airport and flew for 2 or 3 hours. | |
| Thursday | 6/27/1946 | ||
| Friday | 6/28/1946 | We went to Grange and we invited all the grangers to come to our house for the next meeting. | |
| Saturday | 6/29/1946 | I packed all of Ida's things for her. | |
| Sunday | 6/30/1946 | Ida left us Edna, Myra and Walter came for her. She hated to go and we were sorry. | |
| Monday | 7/1/1946 | ||
| Tuesday | 7/2/1946 | ||
| Wednesday | 7/3/1946 | ||
| Thursday | 7/4/1946 | ||
| Friday | 7/5/1946 | I went to a party at Woodside for Tom and and Eva Russell and Marcia Eddy. Marcia is moving to Jamestown soon. David Wood came by [for] us as our car is in the garage being overhauled. | |
| Saturday | 7/6/1946 | Bunny and Archie came to take us to the cherry picnic tomorrow. | |
| Sunday | 7/7/1946 | Eunice, Will, Bunny, Archie, Doris & Victor also Lance, Sharon, Dad & I went our annual cherry picnic at Harman G's had a lovely day. | |
| Monday | 7/8/1946 | Bunny and Archie went home this morning. | |
| Tuesday | 7/9/1946 | ||
| Wednesday | 7/10/1946 | Cecil (our horse) is very sick. We had Dr. Walker to treat him. I am painting. | |
| Thursday | 7/11/1946 | Cecil isn't any better. We are busy painting and cleaning up for our party tomorrow. | |
| Friday | 7/12/1946 | Cecil died last night. They hauled him away this morning. We had a very successful party over 50 grangers came. We are tired but happy it turned out well. | |
| Saturday | 7/13/1946 | We rested after cleaning up what was left after the ladies went thru for they cleaned the most of it last night. It was a large crowd. | |
| Sunday | 7/14/1946 | We stayed home/John and Mary Baldwin came in the P.M. We were so glad to have John back safely. | |
| Monday | 7/15/1946 | I thinned and suckered corn, we hoed weeds and watered the corn. Josephine and Carl Dauth came for a few minutes. | |
| Tuesday | 7/16/1946 | Dad and I went over in the San Joaquin Valley to Middle River to see about getting Hawalaya blackberries yesterday, but only got about one gallon? Nice day lovely ride. | |
| Wednesday | 7/17/1946 | ||
| Thursday | 7/18/1946 | We did a big washing. Frank brought us barley. I used my lovely red water hose from Sears. It is guaranteed for 10 years. | |
| Friday | 7/19/1946 | ||
| Saturday | 7/20/1946 | Will and Mabel came in the PM and spent the night. We had a nice time playing cards, we killed a sheep (lamb). | |
| Sunday | 7/21/1946 | Eunice, Will, Phyllis Sharon and Lance, Doris Marcia and Gail. John and Mary Baldwin, Will and Mabel Patton were here. We had a swell duck dinner. | |
| Monday | 7/22/1946 | I was so tired from the big day yesterday, I rested the rest of the day. | |
| Tuesday | 7/23/1946 | ||
| Wednesday | 7/24/1946 | We went to Doris's and stayed all night. After a hard day of preparation at home. | |
| Thursday | 7/25/1946 | We went with Doris and stayed all night with Bunny after calling on Tom and Jen for a couple of hours. Eunice wasn't home so we had lunch at the stone cellar. | |
| Friday | 7/26/1946 | We came from Bunny's to Eunice for lunch, there on to Doris for dinner and then on to Danville for Grange for initiation. Fourteen new members, arrived home 12:00 midnight. | |
| Saturday | 7/27/1946 | ||
| Sunday | 7/28/1946 | Stayed home and rested. | |
| Monday | 7/29/1946 | ||
| Tuesday | 7/30/1946 | ||
| Wednesday | 7/31/1946 | I went to Mrs. Osborne's for the women's assn. We had a splendid attendance and interesting meeting. | |
| Thursday | 8/1/1946 | We went to Mrs., Chaboya's funeral at the church in Danville. Very warm. | |
| Friday | 8/2/1946 | ||
| Saturday | 8/3/1946 | ||
| Sunday | 8/4/1946 | Eunice, Will, Doris, Victor, and Sharon came. Will and Victor went fishing, no luck. | |
| Monday | 8/5/1946 | I washed a big washing and then went to Pleasanton for food cartons. We came home filled six cartons Eunice string beans and eight cartons of corn. | |
| Tuesday | 8/6/1946 | We took the corn and beans to the locker and then went to see Mr. Kile over in Hayward. | |
| Wednesday | 8/7/1946 | We went to San Jose, stayed all night with Doris, but we went to lunch with Eunice, then on to call on Jen & Tom, then back to Doris's, got Victor and went steak dinner. | |
| Thursday | 8/8/1946 | We stopped in to see Jack and Alice and had lunch with them, we went with Alice to call on Albert and Hazel. We stopped in to see Will & Mabel. We saw Will, but Mabel and Ruth had gone to the show. When they came home they found Roberta and Gordon Lopez. | |
| Friday | 8/9/1946 | Dad went to town. Roberta and Gordon went for a ride to Diablo. I stayed home and ironed. They took a swim in the lake at "D". | |
| Saturday | 8/10/1946 | Marcia and Hal, Westy and girlfriend came, girls stayed, boys went to airport. Mrs. Prager, Mrs. Metzger, Lottie and her boyfriend came. We picked 8 ducks and six hens for them. Will and Mabel P., Ruth and her boy came. Lewis and Walter with wife came with news of Elfin's death [Sister Margaret Bowles' husband]. All went home. | |
| Sunday | 8/11/1946 | We went to Margaret's in the PM, we stopped to see Doris on the way. Elfin was cremated after services at White's Mortuary. Mr. Rich, the man who married Elfin and sister 47 years ago presided. We came home in the PM, Doris drove. | |
| Monday | 8/12/1946 | ||
| Tuesday | 8/13/1946 | Ellwynne Orvis & Rovida Willhide came to spend one week with us. | |
| Wednesday | 8/14/1946 | ||
| Thursday | 8/15/1946 | This is Elurynne's 14th birthday. Grandpa went to Livermore and Pleasanton and took the girls with him. Dad. | |
| Friday | 8/16/1946 | ||
| Saturday | 8/17/1946 | Dad and I went up to Phoebe's. We had a nice visit and got 4 boxes of peaches, grapes, tomatoes, corn, bell peppers, zu. Squash, bought 2 melon, 10 cantaloupes. | |
| Sunday | 8/18/1946 | Eunice, Will, Phyllis, Roberta & Sharon came in the morning. Bunny & Archie came from L. A. in the evening. Phyllis & Roberta stayed with us. | |
| Monday | 8/19/1946 | Phyllis, Roberta, Dad and I canned 12 qts. of Mure peaches. Lovely weather. | |
| Tuesday | 8/20/1946 | Ellwynne & Rovida went home. Rovida's father came for them. Fred and Bill --- came at 11:30 PM | |
| Wednesday | 8/21/1946 | Cool and foggy (high fog). Fred and Bill got up at 11 AM. And started for the Yosemite about noon. | |
| Thursday | 8/22/1946 | The girls washed and ironed. Two of the girls friends came in the evening. Paul and? | |
| Friday | 8/23/1946 | Roberta's birthday, Phyllis went to Livermore with Frank and Alice. Made Roberta a cake when she got home. I cooked her a nice chicken dinner. She is 21. | |
| Saturday | 8/24/1946 | Roberta mopped and waxed my floors. Phyllis cleaned the front part of the house. | |
| Sunday | 8/25/1946 | Eunice, Will, Beck, Doug, Doris D. and Doris and Victor Morton, Lance and Blake came. We had a nice chicken dinner, vanilla ice cream. Phyllis went to a F. B. picnic with Frank. | |
| Monday | 8/26/1946 | Mrs. Metzger, Mr. & Mrs. Reisweck came and bought 8 ducks, 2 chickens, and 6 squabs, 5 dozen eggs. Beautiful weather all last week. | |
| Tuesday | 8/27/1946 | We cleaned one of the hen houses and yard and cleaned the turkey yard. Cooler today. | |
| Wednesday | 8/28/1946 | I watered my corn and pulled weeds around it in the am. Went to the group meeting at Mrs. Close's in the pm. Still Bill and Fred back from Yosemite. | |
| Thursday | 8/29/1946 | We did a tremendous washing. Went to San Jose for the chickens in the p.m. | |
| Friday | 8/30/1946 | Eunice and Will started for Chicago, via Portland, Lake Louise, etc. to the coffee convention. | |
| Saturday | 8/31/1946 | Will and Mabel Patton came in the P.M. Will and Dad killed lamb for Will. | |
| Sunday | 9/1/1946 | We stayed home alone. Will and Mabel Patton came in the pm. Will and Dad killed a lamb for Will. We played cards. Tom White passed away at 3:00 AM. Vivian and Emily Gates came in the PM | |
| Monday | 9/2/1946 | Bunny and Doris came about noon for us. We went to visit Jenny and then went to Bunny's and spent the night. Archie and Victor had fun fishing. Caught one large bass, smelt and ? | |
| Tuesday | 9/3/1946 | We went to see Jenny, then went to Tom's funeral, then drove to crematorium, visited Aunt May's urn at the Columbarium. (It) the buildings both are beautiful. Then we came home and Bunny and Doris stayed all night. | |
| Wednesday | 9/4/1946 | The girls went to S. F. to do some shopping. We cleaned the sunroom in the border house and half the yard. | |
| Thursday | 9/5/1946 | Daddy picked two buckets of almonds and I helped him take the hulls off. | |
| Friday | 9/6/1946 | ||
| Saturday | 9/7/1946 | ||
| Sunday | 9/8/1946 | We stayed home. Vivian, her two kids and three Hansen girls came in the p.m. Alice Nixon got married to John Oliver Cotant. | |
| Monday | 9/9/1946 | Dad picked the box of almonds. We hulled them in the evening. We churned 3 lbs and 2 pats of butter. 4 churnings. | |
| Tuesday | 9/10/1946 | I went to church, took Lottie W. after the meeting we went to Rodger Podvia's and picket a box of pears and prunes. | |
| Wednesday | 9/11/1946 | ||
| Thursday | 9/12/1946 | We went to Pleasanton, took 4 cartons of corn, and then went to Hayward to the Friedlan Rest Home to see about getting a place for Jenny. | |
| Friday | 9/13/1946 | We went to a social evening at the Grange, pot luck dinner at the Grange Hall, nice programme. | |
| Saturday | 9/14/1946 | We prepared two cartons of corn for freezing. Watered my corn. | |
| Sunday | 9/15/1946 | We stayed home and rested. Mrs. Metzger and Mr. & Mrs. Reisweck came, bought 7 ducks, hens 27 eggs and 8 squabs. | |
| Monday | 9/16/1946 | ||
| Tuesday | 9/17/1946 | We canned 14 quarts of pears. Aunt Jennie White moved to Hayward to the Friedlan Rest Home. | |
| Wednesday | 9/18/1946 | Dad went to Martinez to serve on the jury, but was excused. He came back and took me to Mrs. Cooley's to the church groom. Nice meeting. | |
| Thursday | 9/19/1946 | We washed in am. and blanched and cut off corn. 3 cartons of corn for the freezer. | |
| Friday | 9/20/1946 | I ironed and then we went to Hayward to see Jenny. | |
| Saturday | 9/21/1946 | I cleaned my house and helped Dad clean the yard which was a mess of leaves after the North wind we had. | |
| Sunday | 9/22/1946 | Doris D's birthday. All the Rowe family except for Roberta, Beck's girl came in her place. Bunny and Archie, Chester and Elevy came in the evening. | |
| Monday | 9/23/1946 | Bunny and Archie stayed all night until 11 AM. We hated to see them go. | |
| Tuesday | 9/24/1946 | We received a letter from Will Patton saying that Mabel was ill in the hospital. The Dr. expected to operate today. | |
| Wednesday | 9/25/1946 | We went to a fellowship dinner at our church. They gave a lovely programme after a fine dinner, everyplace was filled. We arrive home about 11PM. | |
| Thursday | 9/26/1946 | The doctor operated on Mabel Patton, removed her womb and a large fibroid tumor, not ?[malignant?]. | |
| Friday | 9/27/1946 | ||
| Saturday | 9/28/1946 | Eunice phoned and wants us to go see them tomorrow. | |
| Sunday | 9/29/1946 | We went to Eunice's. Doris, Marcia & Hall and Gail came also Bunny and Archie. We had a nice chicken dinner. Will came home from L. A. on plane. We went with Eunice to meet him. We stayed all night there. Stopped for an hour or so at Doris's on our way home. We had a nice trip, swell visit with all. | |
| Monday | 9/30/1946 | ||
| Tuesday | 10/1/1946 | ||
| Wednesday | 10/2/1946 | ||
| Thursday | 10/3/1946 | We went to San Jose to see Mabel, found her feeling pretty good. We went to see Doris and then came home. Had a nice trip. Stopped a few minutes at Will Patton's. | |
| Friday | 10/4/1946 | Dad went to Livermore to see the Dr. to get a check-up. The Dr. found him O. K. We went to Hayward to see Jenny. Found her about the same. | |
| Saturday | 10/5/1946 | ||
| Sunday | 10/6/1946 | We went to church, communion service. World communion. Nice service. | |
| Monday | 10/7/1946 | We washed. Frank's Simas & Reinstein came home from a month trip to Oregon, etc. | |
| Tuesday | 10/8/1946 | I went to the Women's Assn meeting at the church. They had two speakers from the Presbyterial, a large attendance. We called on Mary and Myra More afterwards. | |
| Wednesday | 10/9/1946 | I ironed. The gasoline man filled our tank. The butane gas man filled our tank. We went to the State Theater and saw Sentential Summer in Technicolor. Jeanne Crain and Cornel Wilde. | |
| Thursday | 10/10/1946 | I canned tomatoes, made apple pear and fig sauce. Dad made a saltbox for the sheep and cows. | |
| Friday | 10/11/1946 | I worked on Bunny's quilt. We butchered a small lamb. | |
| Saturday | 10/12/1946 | Eunice, Will, Sharon and Lance, also Doris and Victor came Saturday evening. Doris and Victor had been fishing all day up on the San Joaquin. No Luck. | |
| Sunday | 10/13/1946 | Will and Victor got up about 4AM and went fishing over on Stanislaus River. The girls and babies stayed with us. Ida B. K. came with friend in PM. | |
| Monday | 10/14/1946 | Eunice and Will stayed last night and went home about 7:00. Dad went to Livermore in pm to get the clutch fixed and oil changed in the car. | |
| Tuesday | 10/15/1946 | Dad went to Martinez to the jewelry. I went to see Alice Short. Greenvalley women's group met at Mrs. Edwards in Green Valley. | |
| Wednesday | 10/16/1946 | Dad picked the crop of walnuts. | |
| Thursday | 10/17/1946 | Dad went to Martinez to the jewelry. I stayed home and sewed. | |
| Friday | 10/18/1946 | We churned, made 1 ½ lb roll froze it. Dad went to Hayward to see Jenny. | |
| Saturday | 10/19/1946 | I crotched pot holders for the bazaar and cleaned house. | |
| Sunday | 10/20/1946 | We stayed home. No one came. | |
| Monday | 10/21/1946 | Dad went to Livermore, I made an apron and frog beanbag. | |
| Tuesday | 10/22/1946 | I worked on aprons and pot holders for the bazaar. | |
| Wednesday | 10/23/1946 | I went to a group meeting a Viola Roots and took 2 aprons, 6 pot holders, 2 nightgowns, and 1 frog beanbag. Nice refreshments. About 20 women present. Lovely weather. | |
| Thursday | 10/24/1946 | North wind started last night. The worst one we have had this year, almost blew things to pieces. Quit toward morning, everything on the back porch covered with dust. | |
| Friday | 10/25/1946 | We churned 1 ¾ lbs. butter (2 short rolls). We killed 4 fryers and 1 hen. | |
| Saturday | 10/26/1946 | Paul Pepper and Lucile's cousin were killed in an airplane accident today. | |
| Sunday | 10/27/1946 | Will & Eunice and Sherry came, we all went to Hayward to see Jenny. They stayed all night, left next morning about 6:00 AM. | |
| Monday | 10/28/1946 | I sewed on my black dress with pink flowers. Made it over. Doris and Victor came in the evening and brought a large salmon they caught near Corning on Sacramento. | |
| Tuesday | 10/29/1946 | We washed and I ironed. Finished about 9:00. Daddy got about 3 boxes of tomatoes, 1 green, 2 ripe, also a bucket full. It frosted last night and hit the tomatoes pretty badly. | |
| Wednesday | 10/30/1946 | John Rasmussen came to ask us to vote at the school election to join the Tassajara school with the Danville District. Dad went to Pleasanton and Livermore. | |
| Thursday | 10/31/1946 | ||
| Friday | 11/1/1946 | We went to the schoolhouse and voted to join the Tassajara school with Danville and we won the election. | |
| Saturday | 11/2/1946 | I canned 1 dozen quarts of tomatoes, 4 quarts of figs, I made 3 gals of green tomato pickles. Put then in quarts and pints and 2 quart jars. | |
| Sunday | 11/3/1946 | We went to church. Mr. & Mrs. Jaynes and Jackie came in the p.m. | |
| Monday | 11/4/1946 | I canned 9 jars (pints) of tomatoes. Made 9 bottles catsup and cooked and strained enough for about 1 dozen bottles of juice. | |
| Tuesday | 11/5/1946 | Dad went to Dublin and Pleasanton, then we went to Tassajara schoolhouse and voted at the General Election for governor, etc. Sally Rasmussen called on us. | |
| Wednesday | 11/6/1946 | Daddy cleaned the turkey pan and one chicken pan. I sewed my black jacket, I altered it to fit me. It was Maude Patton's. | |
| Thursday | 11/7/1946 | A terrible North wind struck us about 10:00 last night and is still trying to tear everything to pieces. Dad just finished mending the dairy house roof from the last one, this one is worse. It blew the wagon shed door in, etc. | |
| Friday | 11/8/1946 | ||
| Saturday | 11/9/1946 | We killed eleven squabs for the girls. I cleaned up the mess of the North wind. Both outside and inside. The wind is still blowing some. | |
| Sunday | 11/10/1946 | Eunice, Will, & Beck, Doris & Victor came. Eunice and Will brought the set of springs Doris and Victor had given us. Now we have a swell bed. | |
| Monday | 11/11/1946 | I cut Dad's hair. Worked on clown dolls for the bazaar. | |
| Tuesday | 11/12/1946 | ||
| Wednesday | 11/13/1946 | I made a large potato salad, one pound butter and loaf of raisin nut bread, one quart of cream, 6 jars of fruit, 7 jars of tomato pickles-2 aprons, 12 dishtowel, 1 beanbags (one clown, one frog), 6 crocheted potholders, 2 gowns with crocheted yolks. | |
| Thursday | 11/14/1946 | We went to the church bazaar. Phyllis and Sharon came and met us there and Sharon came home with us. Phyllis went to San Jose to a school lecture. Butcher got our calf. | |
| Friday | 11/15/1946 | Phyllis, Lance, and Helen Vandearsan came this evening. The butcher killed our calf, it dressed 390 lbs with skin on. | |
| Saturday | 11/16/1946 | I went to a lovely luncheon at Mrs. Joe Balwin in honor of her 84th birthday given by her 2 daughters. We rec'd a letter from Lucille on our way home. | |
| Sunday | 11/17/1946 | Phyllis, Helen, Lance & Sharon went home this pm. Mr. & Mrs. J. Root and Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Lawrence called to order two turkeys. Phyllis took a 14 lb turkey home with her. | |
| Monday | 11/18/1946 | It looks like rain, has even sprinkled a little. I started to make over my gray dress. | |
| Tuesday | 11/19/1946 | It rained all night, (the first rain this winter) and is still raining. We killed and picket 14 fryer chickens to put in our locker. I made blackberry jelly and applesauce cake. | |
| Wednesday | 11/20/1946 | ||
| Thursday | 11/21/1946 | ||
| Friday | 11/22/1946 | Dad and I picked 14 turkeys. | |
| Saturday | 11/23/1946 | We picked 4 turkeys and Will and Mabel Patton came. Dad went to Moller's and got the meat of the calf. | |
| Sunday | 11/24/1946 | Will & Mabel went in the evening home and took 1/4 of our meat. | |
| Monday | 11/25/1946 | Mrs. Metzger, Mr. & Mrs. Prager came for 16 of our turkeys. 5 gs [goslings] and 11 turkeys also 6 fryers. Turkeys sold to date $133.00, fryers $7.70. Mrs. Ina Root and Mrs. Louise Lawrence came for their two turkeys. | |
| Tuesday | 11/26/1946 | I have been busy every minute getting ready for Thanksgiving. Made my turkey dressing. We killed and cleaned our own Tom. | |
| Wednesday | 11/27/1946 | Phyllis, Sherry, Lance, and Miss Carol Lewis came in the evening. I stuffed my turkey, made a cushion for the brown rocker. | |
| Thursday | 11/28/1946 | Every member of our family came. We had a beautiful day, a lovely dinner. Everyone was well and happy. Victor still has a hoarseness. | |
| Friday | 11/29/1946 | We did 4 weeks washing and I ironed every piece. | |
| Saturday | 11/30/1946 | I cleaned my house. Fred Seidler came. Dad went to town to the cleaners for my coat. | |
| Sunday | 12/1/1946 | We went to church. No one came. I sent $5 to Heaven of Rest, $5 to Lutheran Hour, sent order to Unity for $6.60. Gospel Broadcasting Assn. $3.00. | |
| Monday | 12/2/1946 | ||
| Tuesday | 12/3/1946 | ||
| Wednesday | 12/4/1946 | We went to Hayward. The stores were closed on account of a strike. We went to see Aunt Jen. Took Jen Wilford Harrison squabs. | |
| Thursday | 12/5/1946 | ||
| Friday | 12/6/1946 | Dad went to Pleasanton and Livermore. I sent bill to Sears Roebuck and Company. | |
| Saturday | 12/7/1946 | ||
| Sunday | 12/8/1946 | We stayed home. | |
| Monday | 12/9/1946 | I washed my red and ? dresses in solvent and also washed my chesterfield set covers. | |
| Tuesday | 12/10/1946 | I mended my chesterfield set covers. | |
| Wednesday | 12/11/1946 | ||
| Thursday | 12/12/1946 | I painted or started to paint my dining room. | |
| Friday | 12/13/1946 | I finished painting my dining room. | |
| Saturday | 12/14/1946 | I cleaned up, put things to rights in the dining room, also the rest of the house. | |
| Sunday | 12/15/1946 | Eunice, Will, Lance, Blake, & Sherry came. We, Eunice, the kiddies and I trimmed the Christmas tree. | |
| Monday | 12/16/1946 | ||
| Tuesday | 12/17/1946 | ||
| Wednesday | 12/18/1946 | ||
| Thursday | 12/19/1946 | ||
| Friday | 12/20/1946 | ||
| Saturday | 12/21/1946 | ||
| Sunday | 12/22/1946 | We stayed home from church and I painted on the front of the house all day to get it ready for Beck. | |
| Monday | 12/23/1946 | I painted all day today, slow work, on ruff boards. Looks fine where it got it down. | |
| Tuesday | 12/24/1946 | Cleaned house ready for Christmas. All of Eunice's family came in the evening. Beck acted as Santa Claus. | |
| Wednesday | 12/25/1946 | All the family except the Mortons, Will & Mabel Patton came. We had a lovely turkey dinner. Victor is not well so they couldn't come. | |
| Thursday | 12/26/1946 | Mabel and Bunny stayed and we all worked like beavers cleaning the house for the 55th anniversary. | |
| Friday | 12/27/1946 | I covered chairs, the girls washed curtains, etc. Dad and I had our pictures taken by a man from the Tribune. | |
| Saturday | 12/28/1946 | Still at the chair covering and house cleaning. I took a very bad cold, hoarse, wiped my nose all day. | |
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| Sunday | 29 Dec | We held our 55th wedding anniversary from 2 to 5 PM about 100 guests attended over 80 registered. A very nice party. I was quite hoarse (cold) |
| Monday | 30 Dec | I am still horace but a little better. Sister up with us, she gave me a fine treatment for my cold this evening. I haven't done one thing but rest. |
| Tuesday | 31 Dec | My cold is better today but my nose still keeps me busy. Daddy is showing signs of coming down with a cold. |
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January |
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| Wednesday | 1 Jan | We went to "Woodside" to Open House in honor of Charlotte Wood's 83rd birthday (Jan 10th). They had a lovely party about 100 attended. Dad's has a cold starting. [Charlotte was a pioneer school teacher at the Sycamore School. A Danville middle school is now named after her. Woodside most likely refers to an establishment in the area and not the town in San Mateo County.] |
| Thursday | 2 Jan | Dad's cold is worse but mine is better. Sister gave us each a good rub with Rawleigh's Mustard Compound. It sure burns us up. |
| Friday | 3 Jan | Sister went to Marian's at Stockton. We sure hated to see her go. Our auto's battery was on the blink so we couldn't take her so Mr. Brown came and and ????? a new battery and took sister to the bus. |
| Saturday | 4 Jan | I did a 3 weeks washing all by myself. Daddy wasn't able to help me but he is very much better. It is a beautiful day. My clothes ??? all got dry. I ironed every piece by 9 PM besides milking my ??? |
| Sunday | 5 Jan | We stayed home. Daddy wasn't able to go to church. No one came. I had to do the chores |
| Monday | 6 Jan | I wrote letters and regular work between chores. |
| Wednesday | 8 Jan | I churned five pounds of butter |
| Sunday | 12 Jan | We stayed home. Daddy still ill but getting better |
| Monday | 13 Jan | He went for the mail |
| Thursday | 16 Jan | We have seven little lambs, 2 pairs of twins. One twin died |
| Friday | 17 Jan | Daddy milked and did all the chores for the first time since he got sick. He went to Livermore & Pleasanton. I hop he didn't do too much. |
| Saturday | 18 Jan | Will and Mabel P. come in the P.M. and Will killed a lamb for us. We sat up and played cards until quite late. |
| Sunday | 19 Jan | Will, Eunice, Lance, Sherry came and spent the day with us. |
| Monday | 20 Jan | I spaded in my garden. Hope to get some carrots, parsnips and chard planted. |
| Tuesday | 21 Jan | I cut out five aprons for the girls and sewed them together ready for the binding. Have to wait to get thread for some and binding for some. |
| Thursday | 23 Jan | I made a pink apron for Eunice. |
| Friday | 24 Jan | We went to Danville. I bought thread and ??? tape for four aprons. |
| Saturday | 25 Jan | I trimmed shrubs and rose bushes most of the day. I have about a ton of trimmings |
| Sunday | 26 Jan | Bunny and Archie came and spent the day. They went to Doris in the evening. |
| Monday | 27 Jan | We washed and ironed all my clothes by 9:15 PM |
| Tuesday | 28 Jan | It rained most of the night last night and until nearly noon. I made Doris and Eunice a pretty chicken feed sack print ??? with red just alike. |
| Thursday | 30 Jan | I made Marcia [Doris's daughter] & Phyllis [Eunice's daughter] an apron (peasant type) dusty rose. |
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| Sunday | 2 Feb | We went to church. Stopped by for Lottie. Heard of Albert Clausen's suicide |
| Monday | 3 Feb | Albert Clausen was buried in Livermore this PM. We didn't go to the funeral. |
| Tuesday | 4 Feb | Bill and Marie [Marie?] Mathie came to stay with us and help us. They were sent from the Hayward Red Cross |
| Wednesday | 5 Feb | Dad took Bill & Marie to Hayward to get their grips |
| Thursday | 6 Feb | Dad and I went to Doris ??? PM and stayed all night. Had a nice visit. Enjoyed little Gail. |
| Friday | 7 Feb | Doris, Dad & I went uptown shopping. I bought me a lovely hand bag. Had my initials put on it. Dad & I went up to Eunice's in PM |
| Saturday | 8 Feb | We stayed at Eunice's until about four PM and then went to Doris' ??? and visited with Phyllis, Doris, Jack, and 3 kiddies then we came home and found Bill and Marie gone. They hiked to Hayward to a show. |
| Sunday | 9 Feb | We stayed home. Dad was too tired after our trip. Bill & Marie played cards (500) with us in the evening. It rained about ¼ of an inch. |
| Monday | 10 Feb | The rain is over |
| Wednesday | 12 Feb | I made 1 apron for Bunny and one for Phyllis for their birthdays. A man and wife from the East came with his friend, his wife and little girl. We didn't keep them |
| Thursday | 13 Feb | I made a peasant apron for Bunny. Cloudy but no rain. Ground fog every morning. |
| Friday | 14 Feb | We started to the Grange but the car had water in gasoline so wouldn't go so we had to come back. Christine pushed us with her machine inside of our entrance. |
| Saturday | 15 Feb | This morning Mr. Brown came out and emptied the water out and we put locks on garage and will keep it locked. |
| Sunday | 16 Feb | Eunice, Will, Doris, Jack, 3 kiddies, Bunny, Doris M., Victor, Marcia, Hal, and Gail came. We had a nice visit. |
| Monday | 17 Feb | We washed the clothes. Didn't get dry enough to iron |
| Tuesday | 18 Feb | Dad went to Livermore |
| Friday | 21 Feb | I ironed and mopped my floors. We expected Phyllis, but she didn't come. |
| Saturday | 22 Feb | We cleaned the yard and other Sat. work |
| Sunday | 23 Feb | Chester and Evelyn Alsfor, Vivian and Charles came. We went to church. Beautiful day. |
| Monday | 24 Feb | We worked in the berry patch cleaning out the weeds. |
| Tuesday | 25 Feb | More weeds, Dad bored the first post hole for black berry vines. I hoed the weeds and pulled the berry vines out of the weeds ready to train on wires. |
| Wednesday | 26 Feb | We both went to my church group annual luncheon this PM. Very enjoyable meeting, well attended (at the church) |
| Thursday | 27 Feb | We bored post holes, 8, for our blackberries in old croquet ground. Dad |
| Friday | 28 Feb | We finished tow rows of b. berries, string the wires and trained the berries rows. It got dark and I had to quit. |
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| Saturday | 1 Mar | It rained so I didn't finish the berries. |
1949 |
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May |
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| Monday | 16 May | We started out about 7:30. The sky was cloudy but no rain, lovely to ride in. We went thru Springfield and several other towns to Rolla to Louise and Taylor's then Margaret and Bert came over there. We arrived in Rolla about 1 P.M., ate lunch at the restaurant. |
| Tuesday | 17 May | Margaret, Bert and I was bed in the A.M. and I ironed in the P.M. and enjoyed the rest of the day visiting. Louise and Taylor came and spent the evening. |
| Wednesday | 18 May | We all went out to the girl's (Uncle Will's) old home. We took our lunch and spread it on the grass in the cemetery (a lovely spot) where Uncle Will, Aunt Ella, their little son Caleb, Aunt Mollie (Patton) Bowles and several others were buried. The cemetery was on Uncle Will's home place. Aunt Mollie was mother's sister married to my father's nephew. Bert and Margaret had a delicious chicken dinner to celebrate their 39th anniversary and Bert's birthday. |
| Thursday | 19 May | We had a great day at home then in the the evening the ladies prepared a delicious lunch and we all went to Meramec Spring. A lovely spring bubbling up under a limestone cliff and formed quite a river. It was a lovely blue and looked as if milk had been poured in to it. We barbecued weenies on a little grill in the park and had a lovely time. |
| Friday | 20 May | We came over to Louise's and she gave us a delicious dinner and invited her son David Taylor the 4th, his wife and son (David Taylor the 5th). In the evening we went to the movies. Taylor took all thru his fine plant where he makes ice cream, butter and ice for wholesale and retail trade. David Taylor the 5th was 13 months old and a darling. Margaret Anne came late in the evening for the week end. |
| Saturday | 21 May | Louise had a delicious dinner and had her son Bill and his wife Kay come so we could meet them. They were all so lovely and we enjoyed meeting them so much. Margaret Anne attends Columbia University. We all went to Meramec Spring instead of May 19th. |
| Sunday | 22 May | Taylor and Louise took Margaret Ann back to Columbia and took us along to meet their daughter Merrietta. Their two daughters are adorable young ladies. Margaret Ann, the youngest, is two or three inches taller than Marietta. Marietta is graduating next month. We came back to Margaret's that evening. The day was beautiful but after we went to bed we had a thunder storm and nice shower which they needed badly. |
| Monday | 23 May | We all got up bright and early with Bill's wife Kay & Margaret's friend Mrs. Miller (eight in all) and drove one hundred fifteen miles to Big Spring said to be the largest spring in America with a maximum flow of 840 million gallons of water per day. We visited the Round Spring quite a large volume of water pouring out of a large round sink on the side of a hill near the road. On our way down and we went five miles out of our way to see Allie's Spring [Allie Springs] on way home it was quite large and had been used to run an old flour mill. |
| Tuesday | 24 May | I washed, ironed & packed to go to Villa Ridge tomorrow. We hate to have to separate from these dear ones. |
| Wednesday | 25 May | Margaret, Bert, Louise, Dad and I started for Meramec Caverns about nine A.M. We arrived OK and met Will, Mable, Lucy and Lloyd and all had a lovely lunch both partys had brought. After lunch we all went thru the Mermamec Cavern which is five floors high and is considered next to Carlsbad in importance only Carlsbad is larger. We then separated and we went home with Lucy & Lloyd. The others went back to their homes. |
| Thursday | 26 May | Will and Lloyd took us to Frank Patton, Grace Ave. St. Louis where Frank & Bertha made us very welcome. |
| Friday | 27 May | We visited with Bertha until Frank got home in the evening from his work. Then he took us for a nice ride around his big city to see the sights. |
| Saturday | 28 May | Lucy Bennetsen came and took us out for a nice lunch and then drove us to her home in Kirkwood where we had a nice quiet visit with her. Her daughter had gone on a picnic so we didn't get to see her. Lucy brought us back to Frank's and he and Bertha took us to see Jimmy Stewart at one of the big Movie Theatres. |
| Sunday | 29 May | Frank and Bertha brought Bethel and I also one of their grandson's Maurins' boy Bud up to Lucy's again. She had a delicious chicken dinner and we all had a nice day. |
| Monday | 30 May | Memorial Day. We attended a reunion of Will Patton's High School graduating class of 1898. We met most of their neighbors, had a delicious pot luck lunch and enjoyable time. Franks family and some others came over to Lucy's for a while. Will and Mable went home with some relatives of his mother's who were at the picnic. |
| Tuesday | 31 May | I washed my hair. We visited all day. Will and Mable came back in the P.M. and we all went to spend the evening with an old friend of Will's, Mrs. Mary Cauldwell. A sweet little old lady. |
June |
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| Wednesday | 1 Jun | Were awakened at 4 A.M. by quite a thunder storm which lasted two or three hours then it stopped raining so I washed a few under ware pieces etc. Tho it looked like more rain they all got dry so I ironed what needed it and packed every thing ready to go tomorrow to K. C. |
| Thursday | 2 Jun | We arose bright and early to go to Kansas City to visit Cousin Harry Jennett. Lucy took us to Washington Mo. to catch the train. It was one of the new stream lined, the Missouri Pacific "Eagle". It only stopped at a few stations and would have been nice if it hadn't been full of smoke. Harry took us to a nice restaurant for dinner. Lucy made us a nice lunch to eat on the train. We enjoyed it. |
| Friday | 3 Jun | We visited with Harry. He took us to the restaurant for breakfast and lunch. He took us to the movie in the evening to see (Ma & Pa Kettle). Had a lunch at Harry's when we returned. I forgot to mention yesterday that Joe and Harry met us at the train in Joe's machine and Joe came back this evening and drove us to the theatre. We enjoyed seeing them so much. Joe has grown quite gray. |
| Saturday | 4 Jun | Harry phoned Edna that we were there and I talked with her and she said they would be right in for us so they came and we went home with them. Edna's home looked very natural, hadn't changed a particle since we were there in 1923. Ed still draws rain water from their cistern on their back porch. They are very dear folks and we enjoyed our visit with them very much. |
| Sunday | 5 Jun | We expected Harry & Joe's familys to come over, so we stayed home and visited all day and Harry & Joe didn't come as Harry didn't feel well. We were sorry we didn't go to church. |
| Saturday | 11 Jun | Ed & Edna took us |
| Sunday | 12 Jun | Edna made a nice lunch and we went to Swope Park, a large park of over fifteen hundred acres. A man by the name of Swope deeded twelve hundred acres to the city years ago and they bought a few hundred acres more. It has a large zoo so we took it all in and enjoyed it. We took Harry with us which made it more enjoyable too. As soon as we arrived home we had to go to a barbecue party at Harry Barries. They had a lovely dinner. |
| Tuesday | 14 Jun | I made Ed one of his favorite pies, a dried apricot pie. Then we took our lunch and went to Excelsior Springs, quite a noted health resort. We made our coffee on the barbecue pit and ate our lunch at one of the tables and started out to see the place and did it rain but as all the Mo. folks do we just let it rain and put news papers over our heads and went to see everything. Had a great time. |
| Wednesday | 15 Jun | Ed and Edna brought us back to Harry's. It was Edna's birthday so I made a birthday cake for here. We brought all the fixings for dinner and her birthday cake & apricot pie to eat dinner with Harry but he got hungry early so had eaten so we were disappointed but we ate it there and enjoyed it. I brought some of the nice fresh vegetables from Ed's nice garden so I cooked all of Harry's meals but one |
| Thursday | 16 Jun | Bethel bought a nice fryer chicken and I fried it and made Harry a nice chicken dinner at noon. Mr. & Mrs. Hertzell, dear friends of Harry's invited us three to dinner in the evening at the Blue Bird restaurant. We enjoyed it very much. We afterward met her very sweet daughter. |
| Friday | 17 Jun | Will and Mable came back from their trip, arrived 2 P.M. We were sure glad to see them as it means we will soon be on our way home. We got dinner at Harry's and Bethel, Will and Mable went to watch them bowl at the bowling alley a while. I stayed and visited with Harry. |
| Saturday | 18 Jun | Will, Mabel, Bethel & I went over to Kansas City, Kansas to have lunch with Nelson & Ruth Wood. Nelson is Lucy Wood's (Will's sister) son. We had a most delicious luncheon. We remained there until three o'clock and then went over to Edna's as Will wanted to see Ed & Edna. We stayed over night with them. |
| Sunday | 19 Jun | We left Edna's about nine o'clock and went back to K. C. and out to the Unity Temple to a Sunday morning service. Then we came back to Harry's and ate our lunch their. Joe & Helen invited us to their house for Sunday dinner so we went out there and had a delicious dinner. After dinner, Harvey and family came and spent the evening and we went back to Harry's for the night |