November 13th 1954

Sat. cleaned up house.

 

November 12th, 1954

worked. M.B. Hollingsworth died.

 

November 11th, 1954

worked. Annie Brown died.

 

November 10th, 1954

worked.

 

November 9th, 1954

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

 

November 8th, 1954

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

 

November 7th, 1954

Sun. To Sheridan funeral home.

 

November 6th, 1954

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

 

November 5th, 1954

Fri. worked. To mothers @ nite.

 

November 4th, 1954

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

 

November 3rd, 1954

Wed. warmer. worked.

 

November 2nd, 1954

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

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

 

October 31st, 1954

Sun. Cold - (snow).

 

October 30th, 1954

Sat. clean house up (snow).

 

October 29th, 1954

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

 

October 28th, 1954

Cold 32°F. Fred here. Worked.

 

October 27th, 1954

Wed. Cold 33°F. worked.

 

October 26th, 1954

Tues. Raining. Ironed.

 

October 25th, 1954

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

 

October 24th, 1954

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

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

 

October 22nd, 1954

Fri. To work.

 

October 21st, 1954

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

 

October 20th, 1954

Wed. worked. New tank turned on.

 

October 19th, 1954

Tues. Washed and ironed.

 

October 18th, 1954

Mon. To Lafayette @ nite to see the children.

 

October 17th, 1954

Sun. A beautiful day - to Marion.

 

October 16th, 1954

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

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

 

October 14th, 1954

Thurs. Worked.

 

October 13th, 1954

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

 

October 12th, 1954

Tues. I worked. Earls here @ nite.

 

October 11th, 1954

Mon. Washed. Rained all day.

 

October 10th, 1954

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

 

October 9th, 1954

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

 

October 8th, 1954

Fri. Cool - 40°F. worked.

 

October 7th, 1954

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

 

October 6th, 1954

Wed. Ironed - shortened uniforms (colder).

 

October 5th, 1954

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

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

 

October 3rd, 1954

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

 

October 2nd, 1954

Sat. Tom & Jane here.

 

October 1st, 1954

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

 

September 30th, 1954

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

 

September 29th, 1954

worked 8 - 4.

 

September 28th, 9154

Tues. ironed.

 

September 27th, 1954

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

 

September 26th, 1954

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

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

 

September 22nd, 1954

Wed. Nice fall day. To work.

 

September 21st, 1954

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

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

 

September 19th, 1954

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

 

September 18th, 1954

Sat. nice day. the children came a while.

 

September 17th, 1954

Fri. Worked.

 

September 16th, 1954

Thur. To work. Had ear ache - to Indianapolis saw Dr. Leo Sparks - fungus out of ears - $6.

 

September 15th, 1954

Wed. Nice day. To Dover - Dell Kelsey's & paid my dues. To fish fry @ Dover @ nite.

 

September 14th, 1954

Ironed.

 

September 13th, 1954

Washed.

 

September 12th, 1954

Sun. Moved the sheep from Leach's over here. Put a few cans of peaches in the freezer.

 

September 11th, 1954

Sat. The kids all here. Tom some better of asthma. Bought sheep off Leach, $100.

 

September 10th, 1954

Fri. I worked.

 

September 9th, 1954

Thurs. Tom started to school - some better.

 

September 8th, 1954

Tom still bad with asthma. Their first day of school in Lafayette - Tom not able to go.

 

September 7th, 1954

Tuesday. Tom had asthma and hay fever awful.

 

September 6th, 1954

Mon. Labor Day. We washed. Jean and Marvin and Tom came down to Lebanon and on here to get Jane. Tom having hay fever terrible.

 

September 5th, 1954

Sun. To Jean's today to see their new home on Elk Street. A pretty day. Jane came home with us.

 

September 3rd, 1954

Fri. Worked. Cool. The children moved to Lafayette today. Red Ball moved them.

 

September 2nd, 1954

Thurs. worked. cool.

 

September 1st, 1954

Wed. worked. To see Aunt Elsie.

 

August 31st, 1954

Tues. Cleaned up house.

 

August 30th, 1954

Cool. Ironed. Monday. Ruth Helens put permanent in hair @ nite. $3.00 to Ruth. I gave $160 for Lilt Regular.

 

August 29th, 1954

Sun. Mr. Collins & Mother here - Dave here. marvin & Jean came for Jane's bed.

 

August 28th, 1954

Sat. washed.

 

August 27th, 1954

Fri. worked. Jane came home with me.

 

August 26th, 1954

Thur. worked.

 

August 25th, 1954

Wed. Jane went home this am, I worked.

 

August 24th, 1954

Tues. Ironed. Took Tom to Dr. Shaw for dental appointment. Jame came home with me. Shower for Pat Canada at Ulen Country Club.

 

August 23rd, 1954

Mon. Washed.

 

August 22nd, 1954

Sun. Home all day.

 

August 21st, 1954

Sat. nice day. Dr. Foster here. To Mc a Doodles @ nite.

 

August 20th, 1954

Fri. Nice, cool day. worked. Tom started having hay fever.

 

August 19th, 1954

Thur. worked. Went to Dr. Foster's to see about having two little calves "clamped".

 

August 18th, 1954

Wed. I went to work, Jane went home with me. Stormed @ nite.

 

August 17th, 1954

Tues. Cold and rain. Fired up furnace. Tom here & Jane - Jean & Marvin to Lafayette. Jean came for Tom, he was going to Bill Hitch's.

 

August 16th, 1954

Mon. Washed. Hot.

 

August 15th, 1954

Sun. Harold to Sunday school & church. We all went to Uncle Verne's for birthday supper. Jane came home with us. Hot day.

 

August 14th, 1954

Sat. Another wreck @ Dover. Cecil Bush and a woman from Greenfield. To Earl's @ nite.

 

August 13th, 1954

Fri. worked.

 

August 12th, 1954

Thur. Worked.

 

August 11th, 1954

Wed. Cool. I worked. A shower for Wilma Davis.

 

August 10th, 1954

Nice day. I worked. Jane & Tome here spent nite with us.

 

August 9th, 1954

Mon. Foggy. Misty. Washed. A pretty afternoon. Had another bad wreck @ Dover. 2 cars, 6 in one car, 2 in the other, all hurt. (1 died).

 

August 8th, 1954

Sun. cool. To Bob & Carmen's. Sure have a nice home. Honk called to work.

 

August 4th - 7th, 1954

worked. Nice cool days.

 

August 3rd, 1954

Tues. Cooler to day. Honk called 4:30 am. Ironed, made downstairs drapes over.

 

August 2nd, 1954

Mon. Washed. rained in the morning - to Claude Frona's @ nite. Had quit a storm @ nite.

 

August 1st, 1954

Sun. To Sunday school & church. Honk to church meeting @ nite. Jean and Marvin bought property in Lafayette.