Doyle's Diary - 1948/ Frances' Diary - 1948
Thursday, January 1, 1948...We worked on the upstairs and Campbells come up and borrowed 2 sacks of coal.
Warmer. We worked on the upstairs. I sewed on Gladys' plaid dress. Lawrence
was here in the eve.
Jan. 2...We worked on the upstairs and I went to Nunn and got groceries and the mail.
Warmer. We worked on the upstairs. I finished Gladys' dress.
Jan. 3...We worked on the upstairs and Lawrence come and borrowed the bicycle.
I did the washing and helped Doyle on the upstairs. Lawrence was here.
Sunday.January 4, 1948...We went to Nunn and got the paper and we went to Harry Boyd's and stayed about 2 hours in the p.m. and Mary stayed all night with Faye, and Harold and Shirley come up.
I went to Nunn with Doyle to get the paper. We went to Harry Boyds. Mary stayed with Faye. Harold, Shirley & Lawrence were here . We made taffee.
Jan. 5...We ground feed and we hauled a load of straw and a load of manure and Goof stayed atCampbell's all day.
We ground feed till noon. Then hauled load of straw. Nice day.
Jan. 6...We threshed a load of oats and we hauled a load of straw.
I got up at 3:45 and ironed. We went to 14 got cane and threshed oats.
Jan. 7...We unloaded a load of oats and I went to Pierce and got a sack of bran and groceries and we went to the Lloyd place and got some wood.
Nice day. We scooped off the oats. Hauled a load of straw. Went to the Loyd
place
Jan. 8...Windy. Frances had a cold and I worked on some batteries and Faye come home with Mary.
Windy. I felt awful. Faye stayed with Mary. I patched.
Jan. 9...We went to Greeley & got 5 gal. of Kem Tone and groceries. Went to Harold & Shirley's. The axle broke and the wrecker had to drag us home.
We went to Greeley got paint & groceries. Went to see Harold & S broke an
axle. Got home late.
Jan. 10...I put another axle in the car. Went to Pierce and paid Tom Galleton $5.50 for the wrecker, on to Charley's and adjusted his valves on his truck.
Nice day. I washed dishes till noon. Doyle went to Pierce & Charleys. I cleaned
house some.
Sunday, January 11...Windy. I went to Ault to get Income Tax papers fixed up and I paid $281.00 on my income tax and $5.00 for making out the papers,
Windy. Doyle went to Ault to fix Income tax papers. I made pies for the sale.
Jan. 12...We went to a sale at Carleton Lodell's and I bought a binder, duckfoot, and a bed and it was cold all day,
Cold. We went to Ladell's sale. Sold 500 dinners.
Jan. 13...Cold and cloudy. We hauled a load of oat straw and I put a trailer hitch on the 29 truck.
Warmer. i washed out some things. We hauled in straw. I cleaned walls.
Jan. 14...I got the truck and trailer ready to go get my binder and I went to Greeley with Charley.
Warmer. I did the big washing. Doyle went to Greeley with Charley. Shirley & H.
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Jan. 15...The wind blew and it snowed. We stayed home and worked in the house.
Awful windy. We put on one piece of wallboard. I painted ceiling & part of the walls. It snowed.
Jan. 16...I went to Nunn and got the mail and groceries and I fixed the fanbelt. Frances painted in the living room and dining room.
Doyle went to Nunn. I painted walls and ceiling. Cold.
Jan. 17...Cold. We stayed home and I sold Raymond F. Larson 3 cows for $365.00 and I put down some linoleum and Frances painted,
Doyle sold 3 cows, Ett, Betty, Cookie. I finished painting walls. Cleaned 2 rooms.
ironed after supper. Lawrence was here in the eve.
Sunday, January 18...Cold and windy. We stayed home all day.
Awful cold and windy. We stayed home all day. Made fudge.
Jan. 19...We hauled a load of straw and Raymond Larson come and got the 3 cows I sold him and I went to the Lloyd place and got a load of barbwire and I went to Nunn and got the mail and groceries.
Warmer. I cleaned out the stove, mopped the kitchen, patched and they came
after Betty, Cookie & Ett.
Jan. 20...I had a headache and I straightened the front axle on my 29 truck and I went to Nunn and got the mail.
Warmer. Doyle laid around all day with a headache. ! patched, washed my hair.
Jan. 21...I went to Harold Galgart's and got my binder and duckfoot. Charley went with me.
Nice day. Doyle went to Lodell's to get machinery so ! sewed. Made Gladys
dresses. Hauled straw.
Jan. 22...We went to Ault and I deposited $350.00 in the bank and I rented a safety deposit box for 1 year at the bank for $2.40 and it snowed.
We went to Ault & deposited money and gas & groceries & things. It snowed
hard. I sewed.
Jan. 23...Cold and snowy and Charley Cozad was here and Campbells was here and got two tires fixed and Frances painted the ceiling of our bedroom,
I cleaned bedroom walls, and painted the bedroom ceiling. Camels were here
also Charleys.
Jan. 24...Cold and snowy. We ground feed and Frances painted our bedroom.
It snowed. I painted the bedroom walls. We ground feed.
Sunday, January 25...Cold, windy and snowy. We stayed home all day.
Awfully snowey and windy. We laid around all day. popped corn, listened to the radio.
Jan. 26...Windy, snowy, and cold. No school. We stayed home and picked over some beans.
Terribly snowey and windy. Bus never came. We picked over beans.
Jan. 27...I went to Nunn and got the mail and groceries and old Ceil got foundered. I took Keenan his beans and he paid me $8.00.
Sunny. the cows stole the grain last nite, painted in the kitchen. Doyle went to
Nunn.
Jan. 28...I went to a sale at Dunaders and I bought a paint sprayer, truck tire, and some drill bits.
Nice day. Doyle went to a sale. I finished painting the kitchen walls. Ray was
here.
Jan. 29...Nice day. We hauled a load of straw and I started Campbell's car for him and I put an engine on the well and pumped the tank full of water.
Nice day. I painted plastic on the dining room linoleum. We hauled load of
straw.
Jan. 30...I went to Nunn and got the mail and groceries and I took Charley the Sears Catalogue.
Nice day. Doyle went to Nunn. Bobbie still in bed. I had a sore throat.
Jan. 31...I took the ice out of the tank and pumped the tank full of water.
l had an awful sore throat. Never did much.
Sunday, February 1 ...I went to Nunn and got the paper and mail.
Nice day. Doyle went to Nunn. We stayed home. Lawrence was here twice.
Feb. 2...I took Campbell to Eaton and got him a truck load of coal and I got six boxes of insulation and a step ladder at Ault, and it snowed.
Snowey all day. Doyle went to Eaton & got coal for Camel. I cleaned house.
Feb. 3...Cold and windy. We worked on the upstairs and I pumped water.
I washed some. We worked on the upstairs.
Feb. 4...I ground feed and went to Nunn and got the mail and Sarah and Dean come over for Kenneth's birthday supper.
Nice day. I washed. Made a birthday cake. Made icecream. Sarah & Dean came over and had supper with us.
Feb. 5...I stayed home all day and it was cold and windy.
Cold. I sorted and sprinkled clothes. Had a bad cold.
Feb. 6...I went to Pierce and Ault and I got coal and lumber at Ault.
Nice day till eve. then it snowed. I ironed and mended. Charley was here. Doyle went after coal.
Feb. 7...I pulled Campbell's well and fixed it and put it back and I went to Nunn and got the mail and groceries.
Cold & clear. I made 2 apple pies. Doyle fixed Camel's well & went to Nunn.
Sunday, February 8...We stayed home all day. Cozads and Harold and Shirley was here.
Nice day. Charley and Lula were here. Harold & Shirley were here.
Feb. 9...I went to Pierce and got a load of coal and a block of salt and I went to a telephone meeting at Nunn.
Swell day. Doyle went to Pierce for coal. I patched. Cleaned some in the cellar.
Feb. 10...Cold, windy, and snowy. We stayed home.
Terribly windy & snowey. Gladys was sick. I patched.
Feb. 11...Cold and snowed. No school.
Too cold for the bus to come. I made litebread. Kenneth was sick.
Feb. 12...I went to Nunn and got the mail and groceries and I hauled a load of oats to the cows.
Bus came at 9:15. Doyle went to Nunn. I started Gladys dress.
Feb. 13...Windy. No school. We stayed home.
Windy. The bus never came. l made Gladys a plaid dress. Kenneth had stiff neck.
Feb. 14...I went to Ault and Eaton - got groceries, sack of spuds.
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Sunday, February 15... Nice day. We went to Cozad's. Harold and Shirley were here.
Nice day. We went to Cozad's in the p.m. Shirley & Harold were here in the eve. Windy.
Feb. 16...Windy. We went to Greeley and got truck and car license. Took Shirley with us.
Windy. We went to Greeley. took Shirley. We got trimming for walls. She got
shoes.
Feb. 17...I was sick. Laid around.
Nice day. I washed. Doyle was sick. Bobby was awful sick with sore throat.
Feb. 18...I went to Nunn and got the mail and my tractor parts.
Nice day. Doyle went to Nunn & stayed at Charleys for dinner. I ironed. Got the pkg. from Ollie's.
Feb. 19...I had a cold and headache all day and Campbell was here.
Colder. I patched. Campbell was here.
Feb. 20...Cold. I sat around with a cold.
Doyle was sick. I cut out my good dress.
Feb. 21...I was sick all day.
Cold. Doyle was awful sick. I made him a birthday cake.
Sunday, February 22...Nice. Art was here for dinner. Harry B. was here. Harold and Shirley were here for supper.
Nice day. Art was here for dinner. Harry Boyds were here. Harold & Shirley
were here for supper.
Feb. 23...Cold and windy. I didn't feel good. Helped Ma put on wall trim. The bus left Kenneth.
Cold & windy. I put on the wall trim. The bus left Kenneth.
Feb. 24...I went to Nunn & got groceries and mail.
Cold. I put 4 treads down on the stairs. Doyle went to Nunn.
Feb. 25...I felt tuff. Went to Campbell’s and started his car.
I wanted to go to club.
Feb. 26...Nice day. We ground feed. Went to Ault and got paint, varnish, and groceries, and a sack of bran.
Nice day. We ground feed till noon. Went to Ault & got groceries & paint.
Feb. 27...I fixed a battery.
I painted woodwork in the kitchen all day.
Feb. 28...I hauled a load of oats around to the bunk.
Cold. I cleaned house and mopped. Laid down a while.
Sunday, February 29...Snowy. We stayed home all day.
Blizzard last nite. We sat around.
March 1...I went to Nunn and messed around till after dark.
I scrubbed the stairway and varnished the woodwork in the stairway. Doyle went to Nunn.
Mar. 2... Nice day. I went to the sale at Auskins. I bought a table and dishes and traps & stuff. Sold Earl Collins some parts for a 29 truck.
I felt bum. sewed on my dress and made a comb case. Doyle went to a sale &
got a kitchen table.
Mar. 3...Snowy and windy. Done chores.
I was sick with a sore throat. patched some. The kids come home early. Awful snowey & windy.
Mar. 4...Snowy and cold.
Cold & snowey. I made litebread. Still had a sore throat. Kenneth went to school with an earache.
Mar. 5...Nice day. I had rheumatism in my knee. I went to Nunn, hauled a load of oats. Bill Row was here after a paper; and we worked with Tarhead until 1 a.m.
Nice day. Bill Row was here after a paper. I shined the good dishes. Doyle went to Nunn. Doyle had to walk home. We tryed to get Tarhead's calf till 1:00 o'clock and give up.
Mar. 6...I went to Hobarts on Tessie to call a vet and Franklin took me to Buchanan's and I called Doc MacKey at Greeley and Curtis come up and took Tarhead's calf and I paid him $17.50.
We got the veterinary for Tar head. They took her calf. Mary and I did chores.
We dried Tar Head.
Sunday, March 7... Harold and Shirley were here. Herb and Doris were here with them.
Nice day. Shirley, Harold, Herb & Doris were here. S & H came back in the eve. I helped Mary make a cake.
Mar. 8...Campbell came after his cat. I hauled a load of oats for the cows.
Nice day. I did the big washing.
Mar. 9...Windy and snowy. Brought the engine in and pumped water.
Snowey & cold all day. We doctored Tarbaby. I cleaned house. Mary made some oatmeal cookies.
Mar. 10... Warmer. Soldered a cream separator.
Warmer. We doctored Tarbaby.
Mar. 11...I worked my pump engine over and I pumped water and Stephens was here and got a Stillson and a pipe jack.
I painted on the woodwork and Kem-toned in the kitchen.
Mar. 12...Stephens brought my Stillson back and we put a linoleum down in the bedroom.
Nice day. I painted woodwork. We put the linoleum down in the bedroom.
Shirley & Harold came after we were in bed.
Mar. 13...I went to Nunn and got the mail and groceries and i hauled a load of oats & ground feed.
Swell day. I cleaned house & we ground feed. Doyle went to Nunn.
Sunday, March 14... Nice, warm day. We stayed home all day. Aggie had a white-faced heifer calf.
Nice day. We stayed home all day. made fudge. Aggie's calf was born. Doyle
carried it in.
Mar. 15...I cleaned some manure out of the barn.
Windy. I cleaned the paper off the hallway and Kem-toned it. Patched some.
Mar. 16...I went to Ault and got a sofa, $109.00, and groceries and paint.
Doyle went to Ault & got a new sofa. I put up curtains and washed windows.
Mar. 17...I fixed the clutch in the Oldsmobile and i went to Nunn and got the mail and groceries and I got stuck in the mud and Charley Cozad pulled me out with his tractor.
Nice day. Doyle fixed the car. I painted the cabinet & door. put on trim. pasted
oilcloth on the wall. Doyle stayed late at Nunn. Kenneth & I did the chores.
Mar. 18...I went to Greeley with Charley Cozad and Edd Johnson and I paid my taxes, $134.92, and I bought 2 bu. of apples and a wash tub and a sack of spuds at Hoovers and Sonyia had a brockle-face heifer calf.
Nice day. Doyle went to Greeley with Cozad. l made curtains. Sonia had a calf.
Mar. 19...I worked on the Oldsmobile starter and I pulled the school bus out of the mud with my tractor.
Nice day. I did the washing. Doyle worked on the car.
Mar. 20...We worked on the upstairs and I went to Pierce to get groceries.
We worked on the upstairs and I put up curtains. Harry & Ray were here for dinner.
Sunday, March 21...We went to Harry Boyd's for dinner and.... (no further entry)
We went to Hazel & Harry's for dinner.
Mar. 22...I helped Charley butcher a hog and I worked on his tractors and Campbell come over and got his seed oats and rye.
I cleaned the double rooms and bedroom. Doyle went to Charleys to butcher.
Mar. 23...I sold Willie Markham 1500 Ibs of barley for $52.50 and I went to Nunn and got groceries, and I went to 14 and got my tractor mag.
I cleaned the kitchen. Doyle put a floor on the back porch. Murray was here.
Doyle went to Nunn.
Mar. 24...Frances had club and I helped Harry Boyd haul a load of beet tops.
Nice day. I had club. had a nice crowd. Had a covered dish dinner. Mary stayed with Faye.
Mar. 25...I duckfooted the garden and I duckfooted a patch for oat and drilled it to oats.
Swell day. We plowed the garden and planted some oats. ground feed. The wind
came up hard.
Mar. 26...Windy and dirty. We stayed home and Keenan come and got a reverse gear for his Wallis tractor, and Batman was here to see about barley seed.
Awful windy. Keenan was here. So was Batman.
Mar. 27...We picked corn and went to the Lloyd place and got one of my buildings and we went to Nunn and got groceries.
Cool. We picked corn. Moved a building and went to Nunn.
Sunday, March 28...We went to Harold and Shirley's for dinner and old Joy had a white-face heifer calf:
Nice day. We went to Harold & Shirleys for dinner.
Mar. 29...I ear marked and clipped brands on 5 calves and I went to Nunn and signed up on the AAA program; and Keenan and Gordon was here and got tractor parts.