Honk & Helen

September 20th, 1973

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Thur. Billy Jean King - Bobby Riggs. New tank of SkelGas - $11.75. To Lebanon, paid REMC and telephone, ate dinner @ coffee shop. To Jean's 2pm, ate supper there. Home @ 7pm.

September 19th, 1973

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Wed. washed. Harold to Progress Grounds to help paint little red barn. He and Roy Roby got a card ready to send Todd Scott. Cloudy, cold. Jean called this morning.

September 18th, 1973

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Harold, Mac, Martha and I to Crawfordsville. Saw Maggie and Helen, also Ernie and Kathleen. Harold broke his lower plate.

September 17th, 1973

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Mon. rain, cloudy. Made door curtains for kitchen. Jim & us to Davis Orchard east on Belleville on 40 - a cloudy day.

September 16th, 1973

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Sun. To Sunday school & church. Home for dinner. To Russell & Hitch [funeral home] to pay respects to Pearl Pittman family. To Jim Reed's @ nite.

September 15th, 1973

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Sat. washed. can't hardly drag today. To Lebanon - took Aunt E. hose, body powder, body lotion, facial tissue. Mac McGuire here this evening. To supper for fried mushrooms, brown bread and pie.

September 14th, 1973

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Fri. To Evelyn's for my hair. A foggy morning. A car almost had a head-on with me 2 mi west of Shannondale.. Home @ nite.

September 13th, 1973

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Thur. To Crawfordsville for breakfast. To Lehamm, bought material for 2 slips. Dennis here, bought Home & Garden for school band.

September 12th, 1973

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Wed. Washed dining room curtains & hung them. Ebbinghaus & us to Hoffman farm. Dover church to get $5,000 for directing traffic for progress show.on 25 - 26 - 27 of Sept. McDonald restaurant for Hamburger & coffee.

September 11th, 1973

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Tues. Washed dining room curtains. Ironed. Harold and I to Rockville for supper. Back to Crawfordsville for groceries & powder, body lotion, facial tissue.

September 10th, 1973

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Mon. a beautiful day. Washed. Talked to Eula Jean. Baked a cake. Harold cut down trees across the road. Harold and I to Advance Conservation Club ice cream social.

September 9th, 1973

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Sun. To Sunday school & church. To Dover for dinner, to Dover for supper - to Jean Stafford's for the evening. Harold and I drove to Hoffman Farm where Progress Show will be.

September 8th, 1973

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Sat. finished up washing up dishes in china closet. Ironed. Hattie called today. Home @ nite.

September 7th, 1973

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Fri washed dishes in china closet. To Evelyn's for my hair. Harold and I took a drive to Pittsboro - Indianapolis - Lebanon & Thorntown. Also to see Aunt Elsie to day.To see Dell & Devon.

September 6th, 1973

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Thur. Harold washed back porch down. I did washing, also washed all dishes in window seat. Home @ nite.

September 5th, 1973

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Wed. To Fred Owens @ nite.

September 4th, 1973

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Tues. A hot day. School starts today. Sent National Home a check for Aunt E. - $163. To Crawfordsville @ nite - A & W.

September 3rd, 1973

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Mon. A beautiful day. Washed. Jean Stafford here with her new "Cutlass Supreme". To A&W for broasted chicken, a drive up 43 across to Darlington and home.

September 2nd, 1973

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Sun. another hot day. To Sunday school & church. "The Necessity of Baptism", John 3, Jesus talking to Nicodemus.
Lucille Keyes died.

September 1st, 1973

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Sat. Went around wood work. Harold visited Chas Aston. Harold & I to Lebanon for groceries.

August 31st, 1973

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Fri. Mae & Martha here this evening. To Dover for supper.

August 30th, 1973

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Thur. To Greencastle for dinner, Harold & I. Jean and marion here afternoon - a new car - Buick. A storm here this morning, Thrimes house struck and killed 2 cattle. Edith Flanagahan died this evening, would've been 87 the 1st day of Sept.

August 29th, 1973

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Wed. Cleaned cold air ducts.Cleaned bathroom. Harold put steel wool around cold air ducts. Harold to Frank Martin's.

August 28th, 1973

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Tues. Hot, hot, hot. To A & W for coney. Fred and Jane there.

August 27th, 1973

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Mon. Washed a hand wash.

August 26th, 1973

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Sun. To Sunday school. James Hanneschoen turned in resignation to take effect Sept. Us to Eula Jeans = Fred Owens here @ nite.

August 25th, 1973

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Sat. washed & ironed. Harold & I to Crawfordsville for fly spray. Harold washed car, mowed grass.

August 24th, 1973

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Fri. Watered the aquarium. Canned 4 qts tomatoes. To Crawfordsville to mall for supper.

Welcome to 1973

2010-08-24T21:18:00.002-04:00

Today starts the second part of Helen's journal - August 1973 to September 1974. An interesting time in history, and on the farm. Honk and Helen are both in their seventies at this point, but they haven't slowed down too much ...

Marginalia

2009-12-02T13:56:00.011-05:00

There was a table at the back of the diary for 1954, apparently showing egg sales. I say apparently because I can't puzzle out either the quantity produced or the price per dozen. Here's the table in any case - if anybody can figure this out, by all means let me know!

Jan 6  8.58
Jan 14  9.55
Jan 20  6.15
Jan 21  6.15
Jan 27  6.30
Feb 2  9.81
Feb 17  5.13
Feb 23  11.10
Mar 5  8.80
Mar 18  4.95
Mar 26  5.95

December 1st, 1954

2009-12-01T13:44:00.001-05:00

Wed. worked.

November 30th, 1954

2009-11-30T13:44:00.000-05:00

Tues. Ironed.

November 29th, 1954

2009-11-29T13:40:00.000-05:00

Mon. washed. To Advance to take chair. To Opal's - Fern & I & Opal on committee for refreshments (Star) on Dec. 8th.

November 28th, 1954

2009-11-28T13:39:00.000-05:00

Sun. To Sunday school and church. Marvin, Jean, Tom and Jane here in evening.

November 27th, 1954

2009-11-27T13:38:00.000-05:00

Sat. cleaned and fumigated wardrobe in north room. To Colfax.

November 26th, 1954

2009-11-26T13:37:00.000-05:00

Fri. worked.

November 25th, 1954

2009-11-25T13:36:00.000-05:00

Thanksgiving. Home - Aunt Elsie here, stayed all nite.

November 22nd - 24th, 1954

2009-11-24T13:36:00.000-05:00

worked.

November 21st, 1954

2009-11-21T13:35:00.000-05:00

Sun. To Donald Hutchens for birthday dinner. Dad Dohoney's 81st birthday.

November 20th, 1954

2009-11-20T13:34:00.000-05:00

Sat. cleaned house. Made salad, etc.

November 18th - 19th, 1954

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worked

November 17th, 1954

2009-11-17T13:30:00.000-05:00

Wed. worked. To Advance to masonic banquet.

November 16th, 1954

2009-11-16T13:29:00.000-05:00

Tues. Beautiful. Ironed. Raked leaves. Joan's shower.

November 15th, 1954

2009-11-15T13:28:00.000-05:00

Mon. To mother's. Beautiful.

November 14th, 1954

2009-11-14T13:28:00.000-05:00

Sun. Beautiful day. Marvin, Jean, Jane & Tom came.

November 13th 1954

2009-11-13T13:27:00.000-05:00

Sat. cleaned up house.

November 12th, 1954

2009-11-12T12:18:00.000-05:00

worked. M.B. Hollingsworth died.

November 11th, 1954

2009-11-11T12:17:00.000-05:00

worked. Annie Brown died.

November 10th, 1954

2009-11-10T12:17:00.000-05:00

worked.

November 9th, 1954

2009-11-09T12:15:00.001-05:00

Tues. 2°F. Ironed. cleaned out wardrobe.

November 8th, 1954

2009-11-08T12:14:00.001-05:00

Mon. 7°F. Washed. Beautiful day. To Mr. Collins funeral.

November 7th, 1954

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Sun. To Sheridan funeral home.

November 6th, 1954

2009-11-06T12:12:00.000-05:00

Sat. cleaned up house. baked. Don & Naomi came.

November 5th, 1954

2009-11-05T12:11:00.000-05:00

Fri. worked. To mothers @ nite.

November 4th, 1954

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Thur. worked. snowed. Dad [Bert] Collins died @ midnite.

November 3rd, 1954

2009-11-03T12:10:00.000-05:00

Wed. warmer. worked.

November 2nd, 1954

2009-11-02T12:07:00.000-05:00

Tues. Election Day. "Sheesh". Still dreary and cold. Cland and Frona left for Florida. Carl Galloway in for trustee. Earl and us went to Lebanon. Emmett Clay died.

November 1st, 1954

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Mon. A bad day. Dark, cold. Snow. Washed - wash hair. cold @ nite. got our big heavy comforter out. Ha.

October 31st, 1954

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Sun. Cold - (snow).

October 30th, 1954

2009-10-30T11:45:00.000-04:00

Sat. clean house up (snow).

October 29th, 1954

2009-10-29T11:44:00.000-04:00

Fri. First snow. worked. To Walter Mc @ nite.

October 28th, 1954

2009-10-28T11:43:00.000-04:00

Cold 32°F. Fred here. Worked.

October 27th, 1954

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Wed. Cold 33°F. worked.

October 26th, 1954

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Tues. Raining. Ironed.

October 25th, 1954

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Mon. Rained all day. Washed. To Jean Pointer's shower.

October 24th, 1954

2009-10-24T11:37:00.000-04:00

A beautiful Indian Summer day. The children came to get Jane. We went to Danville Indiana Christian Church to Shirley Jean Byrum's and Jack Fuller's wedding.

October 23rd, 1954

2009-10-23T11:35:00.001-04:00

Sat. To Advance got and gloves for Jane. To Mc's @ nite.

October 22nd, 1954

2009-10-22T11:34:00.000-04:00

Fri. To work.

October 21st, 1954

2009-10-21T11:33:00.001-04:00

Thurs. worked. Bert Collins entered hospital. To Lafayette to get Jane.

October 20th, 1954

2009-10-20T11:32:00.000-04:00

Wed. worked. New tank turned on.

October 19th, 1954

2009-10-19T11:30:00.000-04:00

Tues. Washed and ironed.

October 18th, 1954

2009-10-18T11:30:00.000-04:00

Mon. To Lafayette @ nite to see the children.

October 17th, 1954

2009-10-17T11:29:00.000-04:00

Sun. A beautiful day - to Marion.

October 16th, 1954

2009-10-16T11:24:00.002-04:00

Sat. Cold. I washed windows, made chili. Honk went to town. Had [oil] put in car. Had tires changed, all ready for winter.

October 15th, 1954

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Fri. Worked. To Mc's @ nite. Bought Honk a suede coat.

October 14th, 1954

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Thurs. Worked.

October 13th, 1954

2009-10-13T13:55:00.000-04:00

Wed. Beautiful day. To see Aunt Rose. To Star @ nite - Ann Wingate went in.

October 12th, 1954

2009-10-12T13:52:00.000-04:00

Tues. I worked. Earls here @ nite.

October 11th, 1954

2009-10-11T13:52:00.000-04:00

Mon. Washed. Rained all day.

October 10th, 1954

2009-10-10T13:49:00.000-04:00

Sun. to Honk's folks to put linoleum on kitchen floor. Cleo & Jim to Donald's.

October 9th, 1954

2009-10-09T13:47:00.001-04:00

Sat. nice day. children came awhile. To McDoodles in evening.

October 8th, 1954

2009-10-08T13:46:00.000-04:00

Fri. Cool - 40°F. worked.

October 7th, 1954

2009-10-07T13:44:00.000-04:00

Thur. worked. cool day, pretty. I went back to Lebanon in evening to Russell & Hitch to see Cora Ruth.

October 6th, 1954

2009-10-06T13:42:00.000-04:00

Wed. Ironed - shortened uniforms (colder).

October 5th, 1954

2009-10-05T09:11:00.003-04:00

Tues. To work. Cora Ruth Turner died [killed] @ 11:15. To Walter Mc's @ nite. Mr. Giles, Marvin & Jean made final settlement for west South Street property, $10,300.

October 4th, 1954

2009-10-04T09:11:00.000-04:00

Mon. washed. rained all day. To town, did some shopping.

October 3rd, 1954

2009-10-03T09:07:00.001-04:00

Sun. To Sunday school & church. Marvin& Jean here for Dinner. Honk to board meeting @ Dover church.

October 2nd, 1954

2009-10-02T09:06:00.000-04:00

Sat. Tom & Jane here.

October 1st, 1954

2009-10-01T09:02:00.000-04:00

Fri. Worked 8-4. Honk to Lafayette for Tom & Jane.

September 30th, 1954

2009-09-30T20:46:00.001-04:00

Rained today - first rain in a long time. New tank - Skelgas brought out but did not attach up. Worked 8 - 4.

September 29th, 1954

2009-09-29T20:45:00.000-04:00

worked 8 - 4.

September 28th, 9154

2009-09-28T20:44:00.000-04:00

Tues. ironed.

September 27th, 1954

2009-09-27T20:42:00.000-04:00

Mon. washed. They took granny to hospital. Honk's first day at Clarks Hill.

September 26th, 1954

2009-09-26T20:40:00.000-04:00

Sun. Aunt Elsie & I to mothers. Jean, Marvin, Tom, Jane here at nite. Told us they had sold their Lebanon property to Ernest Giles. McDoodle called said Granny had fell in kitchen. Honk & Marvin went.

September 25th, 1954

2009-09-25T20:39:00.000-04:00

Sat. Nice day. Bought Angus bull (10 mo old).

September 23rd - 24th, 1954

2009-09-23T10:25:00.001-04:00

Worked.

September 22nd, 1954

2009-09-22T10:25:00.000-04:00

Wed. Nice fall day. To work.

September 21st, 1954

2009-09-21T10:24:00.001-04:00

Tues. windy, cold. Equal noxial weather. Aunt Elsie, Aunt Laura, Uncle Vern - George Clark here. To Aunt Elsie's for supper. A nice time.

September 20th, 1954

2009-09-20T10:22:00.000-04:00

Mon. washed. a nice day. rained @ nite. cold 58°F.

September 19th, 1954

2009-09-19T10:21:00.000-04:00

Sun. Honk to church. Shirley & Jon's [Woody] wedding @ 3 this afternoon.