January 16 - 18, 1972

Sunday, January 16, 1972 cold and windy, Bill sick

A beautiful day but cold and windy. I took a bath. Had breakfast, did regular work. Billie sick again today. I finished looking over some things that came from Aunt Ava’s. In p.m. Bill and I went down to Betty’s. She had a most delicious chicken dinner. Dorothea and Dave were there and Fern and Lloyd. It was just like a Christmas or Thanksgiving meal. Very good.

Monday, January 17, 1972 Zak sick, Walt passed exams, Joy had operation

10 below. Cloudy in a.m. and snowy. Cleared in p.m. Didn’t get much snow, awful icy and slippery. I went down to Betty’s in a.m. Zak sick with a bad cold. I came home, got supper to going, made some phone calls. Watched TV soap operas in p.m. and shows at night. My cold is nearly okay. Billie was better this morning and tonight. Fern has a bad dizziness spell of some kind today. Couldn’t get out of bed till late in PM. Esther down and helped her. I talked with Dorothea. Jeff was taken sick at midnight and threw up. Joy was operated on today. Walt got his test papers back and he passed them. Very good. That will mean so much to them financially.

Tuesday, January 18, 1972 it was a good drying day

Clear and cold this morning. Down to Betty’s for a little while. Kim and Zak like to have me come down. Zak has this bad cold. Bill went down and got my pail today. What a mess, the fish bait has died. I went to town for Betty. I made a apple pie. I washed a few things, dried good outside.

January 12 - 15, 1972

Wednesday, January 12, 1972

A beautiful day. Nice, sunny and mild. I done regular work and washed. In p.m. Bill and I took a ride over around Pleasant Mountain. We went down to Betty’s till Kim went to school.

Thursday, January 13, 1972

Cloudy, foggy. A very dreary day. I done up regular work. Bill and I down town shopping, came home. Called at Betty’s till after Kim went to school. We came home. I did my ironing, made a pie and watched TV. Bill got his earnings account from the town today. He went down to Walt’s and Walt filled the income tax out for him.

Friday, January 14, 1972 Sending Income Tax in today, Zak has a cold

Cold and clear. Lloyd and Cliff came for the rubbish today. A nice day. I went down to Betty’s while she went to Westbrook. She got donuts, bread etc. She had lunch with Walt. Zak coming down with a cold.

Saturday, January 15, 1972

I did regular work. Baked beans, made a cake and pie. Kim came up in p.m. and was here for supper. I looked over clippings and old town reports from Aunt Ava’s. In late p.m. went to town with Betty. I did some ironing today.

January 8 - 11, 1972

Saturday, January 8, 1972

Awful windy. I went back to bed this morning. Finally decided to go to the doctors. I went to Dr. Gluck, he gave me two shots. Billie took me down then he went to town to do some shopping. Bill is gaining all the time. Billie’s cold is a lot better.

Sunday, January 9, 1972

Cloudy, dreary day. Snow flurry. Well, I feel a little better. Done a lot of work. But Bill and Billie don’t feel too good. Bill seems to be coming down with this cold. This has been a dreary day. Cliff called. Es sent over some pudding and cookies.

Zak and I with Big Red

Monday, January 10, 1972 Mild

A very nice day. Sunny and mild. I done up regular work. Did a dite of washing. Bill and I went to town. Gordon up here and Bill went to town and did some plowing. Billie not feeling too good yet. Susan gone to Windham tonight to get a hamburger supper. Betty has Monica Louise. Thank the good Lord I’m here instead of where we was a week ago tonight. Dorothea too is pleased to be home.

Tuesday, January 11, 1972

Cloudy today. I cleaned up the house, did regular work. Called at Betty’s a little while. Billie don’t feel much better yet. I did a little ironing. Es and Cliff called tonight. I went down to Betty’s a little while today.

January 5- 7, 1972 Bill Home From Boston

Wednesday, January 5, 1972 BILL HAD TEST, HE WAS SICK, BOSTON MASS

A snowy miserable day. Dorothea and I sat there from 11:45 to 6:20 waiting to see Bill. At 20 minutes after six he came back from the recovery room. We stayed with him until about 7 o’clock. Then we left on those thundering, clattering old subways back to the Boston, Sullivan Square, then a bus in a taxi to Verna’s. Then Verna took us to the bus station out to Lynnfield. We got to Dorothea’s about two. She brought me home. Es and Betty went to Portland to meet us. We came on the Trailways. And they went to the Greyhound bus terminal. So everyone got all mixed up. Bill was feeling quite miserable.

Thursday, January 6, 1972 Bill is okay

Nice clear day. Billie is better. I didn’t get up until 11 AM. I have felt quite miserable. Went to bed in p.m. Haven’t eaten much today. I called Bill this afternoon. He is okay and don’t face an operation. He has to go back in a month for another check up. Dorothea brought me home. We got home about 3:30 here. We got to Portland about 10 after two. We left Lynn about 11:30. I went to bed, was real cold and had chills. But during the night I got over the chills and warmed up. Billie was so glad he didn’t have to have the operation. Later tonight we got a call from Bill. He can come home tomorrow. We got to make arrangements for that. Betty called Joy and Buddy is going to pick him up.

Friday, January 7, 1972 BILL CAME HOME

A nice day. Got up a little earlier this morning to make a number of telephone calls. Billie left here to go to Dorothea’s about 12:30. Buddy, Joy and Bill got there to Dorothea’s at about 2 PM. Bill and Billie got home about 3:30. I laid down while they were gone. It was good to have him home from that crazy upsetting place. He was glad to be home. No Place like HOME.

January 1 - 4, 1972 Bill to Boston

Saturday, January 1, 1972

New year begins. I done regular work. Made a cake, rolls baked beans. Washed. Billie down to Lawrence’s. No callers today except Walt came up in PM and brought up some brown bread for supper. We watched the parades on TV. Carmen here last night.

Sunday, January 2, 1972

Rain and snow. Got about 4-6 inches. I’ve been busy all day. Washed windows, ironed, swept, dusted, got sand. Material ready to leave for Billie. Packed  suitcases etc. Billie sick was sore throat and a cold. Bill and I down to Betty’s for supper. Walt and Zak up here for a little while.

Monday, January 3, 1972 Walt took Bill to the New England Baptist Hospital

This morning about 7:45 we left for Boston. Walt took us up. We was about one hour going to Portland. He got us to the hospital at about 11 o’clock. Bill and I went in and Dorothea. I don’t know what I would have done if it hadn’t been for Dorothea getting me through those old subway stations. She was such a help to me. We was so glad to get out to Verna and Brud’s. We had such a nice time out there. They were so good to us. Kids and all.

Tuesday, January 4, 1972 BOSTON MASS

Rain. Dorothea and I went back to the hospital this morning to see Bill. He was glad to see us. We stayed till quarter of five them we left for Verna’s. When we got to Sullivan Square we took a bus right to Stoneham. We had a miserable day as it rained. I got my head wet and I guess I’m coming down with a cold.