August 2 - 7, 1958

Saturday, August 2, 1958

A very nice day. This is been a very nice day. I worked all day around the house. Billie and Chet haying till late. Last night Brud’s folks came.

Sunday, August 3, 1958 Hot

Sunny. Billie had to work. Bill worked on barn clapboards and shingling. Kennard called in a.m. Billie awful late getting home. Haying.

The Barns - Summer 1958

Monday, August 4, 1958

Cloudy, showers. I washed. Betty over to Aunt Linnie’s and up to Aunt Ava’s with Penny. Barbra Autio called me this morning.

Tuesday, August 5, 1958

I ironed. A very nice day. Bill worked on back of barn in evening.

Wednesday, August 6, 1958

Jeffrey Dennis Adair one month old today. I worked for Mrs. Rushmore. A very nice day. Got a letter from the Adair family. I went up to Lil’s in evening, got string beans. Betty went blueberrying with Dawn.

Thursday, August 7, 1958

Another nice day. I cleaned up the house, cooked. Got out the lawn chairs. Betty down to Ferns. And in a unknown way, Betty gave me a surprise birthday party. Kennard, Delores, Blanche, Bob, Dawn, Steve, Janice, Fern, Lloyd, Uncle Os, Raymond, Uncle Lewis, Aunt Ava, Mama, Bill, Billie, Kay and Betty. A nice time. It was a surprise too.