October 26 - November 1, 1946

Saturday, October 26, 1946

Nice day. Aunt Ava churned. We made some molasses cookies and pies.

Sunday, October 27, 1946

Nice day. Bill did plowing, thrashed some beans. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis went to Yarmouth, will leave about Wednesday for Florida.

Monday, October 28, 1946

We washed, warm. Mama taken sick about noon. Billie and Bob went coon hunting. Bill over to Ernest Holden’s.

Tuesday, October 29, 1946

Mama little better. I ironed. Very warm today and hot tonight. Light showers. Jean got another letter from home today.

Wednesday, October 30, 1946

Cloudy. Blanche called. I began to clean. Rained in p.m. Bill and I went to town in p.m. Paid our bills. We got our sugar today. Carlton, Bob and Raymond called in p.m.

Thursday, October 31, 1946

Nice day. I cleaned Billie and Dorothea’s bedrooms. Wind blowed hard in p.m. Ed Robbins brought cow up. Fern, Lloyd, and Jack called in eve.

Friday, November 1, 1946

Very nice day, cooler. I finished cleaning upstairs shed chamber and got all my curtains up. Jack very sick this afternoon in M. G. H. Being operated on for appendicitis. Bill home hunting with Milan.

October 19 -25, 1946

Saturday, October 19, 1946

Did regular work. Went to town in eve. Bob, Bill and Billie and Raymond went coon hunting.

Sunday, October 20, 1946

Nice day. Cold. Washed and ironed. Billie moved the hog over, did a lot of other work. Bill done a little shingling.

Monday, October 21, 1946

Washed, ironed. Nice day. Mama and Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis came tonight here for supper and stayed all night. They went coon hunting.

Tuesday, October 22, 1946

Nice day, warmer. Mama, Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis went up to Oz Abbots to stay tonight. Had some hamburger tonight 1 pound for $.59. Good.

Wednesday, October 23, 1946

Schools closed at noon. Teacher convention Thursday and Friday. I had a good baked beans tonight. Very warm. Coon hunting tonight. Sara up in p.m.

Thursday, October 24, 1946

No school. Billie up to Chet’s working all day. Aunt Ava and Mama and Uncle Lewis came home tonight. Coon hunting again tonight.

Friday, October 25, 1946

Billie still up to Chet’s. Kind of cloudy. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis down town calling. Dorothea down to Sara’s all day.

October 12 - 18, 1946 The Crooks are coming! Oh Boy!!!

Saturday, October 12, 1946

Foggy today. It rained in p.m. Bill didn’t work. He and kids went to town in p.m. I washed, churned today. Had good R. K. beans for supper.

Sunday, October 13, 1946

Nice day. Bill helped Bob in a.m. Shingled on barn in p.m. Very cold.

Monday, October 14, 1946

Nice day. Washed. Lin Hill cleaned oil burners. Heard P. Truman talk. Took controls off (?).

Tuesday, October 15, 1946

Cloudy. Made a few pickles. Wrote to Esther. Got word Bill’s folks are coming soon. Jack called in eve.

Wednesday, October 16, 1946

Nice day. I churned. Fern and Lloyd went to Cornish Fair. I am going to New York with Bill and Jack to meet Bill’s folks so Bill said tonight! Oh Boy! Boys got 3 coons.

Thursday, October 17, 1946

Nice forenoon. I washed. Clouded up in p.m. Billie and Rayburn went hunting again.

Friday, October 18, 1946

Rained hard all day. Bill didn’t work. Milan didn’t work in p.m. The Bridgton Star came today for first time. I ironed.

October 5 -11, 1946 Jim Small and his Dixie Trio with Georgia Harmon

Saturday, October 5, 1946

Very hot. Cleaned up the house. Baked some new beans we raised.

Sunday, October 6, 1946

Very hot. Bill went off fishing all day. I cooked, cut up vegs for pickles. Billie worked all day. Very hot.

Monday, October 7, 1946

Did a big wash. Very hot. Made a batch of pickles.

Tuesday, October 8, 1946

Much cooler. I cleaned up the house. Aunt Linnie and I went down to the cemetery. I husked some corn and made some pickles for Papa.

Wednesday, October 9, 1946

Papa called. Betty and I husked corn during the day. Blanche, Billie, Val and I husked at night. Bob and Bill worked on Bob’s truck. Still cold, falling stars tonight.

Thursday, October 10, 1946

Jim Small and his Dixie Trio and Georgia Harmon put on a show at the town hall. It was swell. I enjoyed it all. Fern, Sara, Dorothea, and I went.

Friday, October 11, 1946 

 Billie and I hauled in corn fodder. Bill and Billie got all the stocks of beans in. Nice day.

September 28 - October 4, 1946 Roger's Brook Bridge Washes Out

Saturday, September 28, 1946

A very nice day. Rayburn here. He and Billie picked some corn. Dorothea went to the fair with Bob’s folks. Milan and I went to town in eve.

Sunday, September 29, 1946

We pulled our beans. Picked and husked corn. Nice warm sunny day. Dug Robert’s cellar hole today.

Monday, September 30, 1946

Very bad rainy day. Showers. Roger’s brook bridge washed out. Blocked up the road. Bill and Milan didn’t work. Billie began to ride on high school bus.

Tuesday, October 1, 1946

Still raining. Bill or Milan didn’t work. Very cold day. Bill and I stacked the beans. Milan over to Fryeburg Fair working. We washed.

Wednesday, October 2, 1946

Cloudy and cold. We ironed. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis and Hulda (?) came and got Mama to go down to Yarmouth.

Thursday, October 3, 1946

Clear and cold. Cleaned up the house.

Friday, October 4, 1946

Nice day. Billie went to the fair with Chet and Lil. I washed.