March 20 - 26, 1948 Custer Allen Comes to Stay

Saturday, March 20, 1948

A very hot day. Snow went a lot. Bill and I put the mud guard on car. 70°

Sunday, March 21, 1948

Cloudy and showery. Snow going fast. Billie’s father and Gordon called. Bill, kids and I went down to Jean’s.

Monday, March 22, 1948

Bill, Jean, Bill’s mother and father went to Portland. A very hot day. Billie all through it Maple Lane. Snow most all gone. Bill 17 years today.

Tuesday, March 23, 1948

Bill left at 4 AM this morning with Jim to go to Maryland for plants. Betty and I went to the minstrel that the Girl Scouts put on. Dorothea was in it. Fern went with us.

Wednesday, March 24, 1948

Very nice hot day. Sat on the piazza. Did a big wash. Got them dry. Winnered beans. It got cold tonight, awful wind.

Thursday, March 25, 1948

Awful windy. Did a big ironing. Bill came home today, very tired. Custer Allen came here tonight.

Melvin 'Custer' Allen

Friday, March 26, 1948

We didn’t do much. I cooked a little. Bill began to rake up out front.