September 7 - 10, 1963

Saturday, September 7, 1963

A very nice pretty day. I cooked. I got the kitchen ready to paint the floor. Bill and I painted it in the afternoon. Betty up to Chet’s. Down to Fern and Lloyd’s with Carmen. Aunt Ava not very good. Dolores called. Painted kitchen floor. Fern up for supper. Betty and I to town  and Aunt Ava. Betty to movies with Bonnie.

Sunday, September 8, 1963 Pullets

Got our pullets at Cornwell’s at Oxford ME. Billie bought 15. We called at the Phil Hunt’s. Mama went with us. Betty and I called at Aunt Ava’s and Uncle Lewis’s. Kennie and Dot here in p.m. Bill got a haircut.

Monday, September 9, 1963

Hot hot. A very nice day after the fog burned off. Very hot. Did a wash. Made two pies. Had fricassee chicken. Kay here for supper. She and Betty went horseback riding after supper. Betty took Kay home. Betty got a letter from MIKE. He is homesick but glad he only has less than a year. I got a letter from Adair’s. Betty called Dorothea.

Tuesday, September 10, 1963

Very nice day. I cleaned up the back porch and painted the floor. Got a boiled dinner ready. We did the ironing. Had Fern up for supper. Boiled dinner very good.

September 2 - 6, 1963 Carmen Gets First 3 Teeth

Monday, September 2, 1963 Dorothea Called, Carmen Got Tooth

A very nice day. I washed and washed. Betty done all the housework. In p.m. she and Billie up to Chet’s to hay. Bill didn’t work. Holiday. Enjoyed talking to Dorothea. After supper Betty done all the work. Bill, Carmen and I took a long long ride. Carmen has a tooth. Dorothea called.

Tuesday, September 3, 1963

Cloudy. I churned, cooked. In evening Betty and I ironed. Fern, Lloyd called and Ken and Dolores. Late getting up this morning. Fern and Lloyd went to Portland today. Betty sent (?) by them, got a car seat.

Wednesday, September 4, 1963

A nice day. Betty, Carmen and I to Portland with Blanche. We checked on car rentals etc. Also buses. Called to see Lorraine. Didn’t get home very early. Mama alone all day. Finished the haying at Chet’s. Betty and Billie did. School began again today. I have no one in school.

Thursday, September 5, 1963 FIRST FROST

Oil came. Very cold this morning. Got warmer during the day. Betty to the dentist at Kings Shopping Center. Dr. Ross. Blanche, Carmen and I went with her. Betty got some clothes for Carmen. Billie sick with flu. Kay and Julie called in late p.m. Betty down to Kay’s getting her hair cut. Carmen has her second tooth.

Friday, September 6, 1963

Cloudy and showers. I cleaned the kitchen. Betty sick. I have been so busy. Betty, Carmen and I to town after supper. I am getting the kitchen ready to paint the floor tomorrow. Billie better today. Carmen has her third tooth.

August 29 - September 1, 1963

Thursday, August 29, 1963

Cloudy and showers. Betty down to Dawn’s. They went to Cornish to look at a dog. In p.m. they came up to town and up here for supper. In evening they took Lil to see a dog. Alice came and got Timmy. He was sick all day. Bill back to work.

Friday, August 30, 1963

Rain, cloudy all day. I cleaned up the house. Clipped Lassie’s hair. Dolores called. Betty and I to Harrison and to town last night. Billie up to Lil’s in evening. I wrote Dorothea we won’t be coming out. Art’s cow went home.

Saturday, August 31, 1963

Partly cloudy in some thunder shower. I cooked, done up the work. I showed some beans. Betty and I went over to aunt Ava’s. She is better, went up to Lil’s, went down and got Fern for supper. Betty over to the Lydia’s after supper. Bill and Allie are ugly today. Blanche called, our Michigan trip is off.

Sunday, September 1, 1963

Sunny today. A nice day. First time we have seen the sun for three or four days. Betty to town then up to Lil’s. Mama up to Kennard’s. She is upset. We had a very peaceful quiet day. Fern, Lloyd called. Rowena and her husband and baby. I worked on shell beans. Carmen very sick.

August 25 - 28, 1963

Sunday, August 25, 1963

I done up regular work. Kennard, Delores called, they took Mama for a short ride. Betty, Carmen and I to town to get paper. We enjoyed the so few moments alone. It is so rare the time we have alone here. Kennie, Dot called, Fern and Lloyd. Betty and I to drive in at night. Billie got home about 9 PM. He had a good time.

Monday, August 26, 1963

A very nice day, on the cool side but sunny. Clear and dry air. I washed. Didn’t have very much today. First time for several weeks. Bill home sick today. Stiff neck. Blanche and her brothers two girls called. Billie back to work today. Lloyd called. Mike been gone just one week today.

Tuesday, August 27, 1963

A nice day, a little warmer. Dolores called. Blanche, her sister-in-law and children called. Fern and Lloyd and Rosalie and children. Betty and I to town in p.m. Dorothea’s license came, we got that off to her. We called at Fern and Lloyd’s. Bill still home, his neck very lame. Bill down to Ferns after supper to watch ballgame. Billie away tonight. Aunt Ava sick.

Wednesday, August 28, 1963

A nice day. Sunny and warmer. Betty, Carmen and I up early and down to Sebago and got Dawn. Went to Falmouth to the Kings Shopping Center. Betty went to a dentist there, got a few things for Carmen. Bill still home. I guess he is mad at me. They don’t want me to go away from the house at all. They are so mad it makes a unpleasant return at home. Oh well I won’t be going much longer. Timmy came tonight.

August 21 - 24, 1963 Route 66 Filming in Mechanic Falls

Wednesday, August 21, 1963

A very nice day. I had another one of those late washes. I did a big wash. Verna, Brud and children called. Betty ate out on the picnic table today, cooked a hot dog. In p.m. she went up to Lil’s. Billie all hepped about going way tomorrow. Betty to town in evening. We still miss Mike. A Tarry-a-while guests called here with Betty.

 
Thursday, August 22, 1963

A very nice hot day. Billie left early this morning to go to Acton Fair for three days with Lawrence Boynton. They took cattle. Billie was so pleased to go. We got our ironing done, cleaned up the downstairs.

Friday, August 23, 1963

Rained. Cooked and churned, finished cleaning up the house. Got letter from Dorothea. Betty, Carmen and I to town. Sent Betty’s film. Mailed Billie’s payments.

Saturday, August 24, 1963

Cloudy and quite cold. Well we done up our work in in p.m. we, Betty, Carmen and I went to Mechanic Falls to see Marty Milner and Glenn Corbett do a scene on their Route 66. It was very interesting and we enjoyed it very much. Blanche went with us. Fern and Lloyd called. Betty got letter from Mike. He left for Korea by boat yesterday.