May 14 - 16, 1973 Fire Where Billie Worked

Monday, May 14, 1973

A fair day. Partly cloudy. Betty and I went to Dorothea’s then we went to the Maine Hardware and I bought the new rug for the living room floor. We did a few other things, got home quite early. Billie back to work and feeling fine. Esther took care of Zak today, he was very sick last night.

Tuesday, May 15, 1973

Today we, Fern, Esther and I worked at Betty’s fixing dandelion greens. Had some for supper, they were very good. In p.m. Betty and I cleaned her upstairs in the barn and Pa’s apartment. Bill worked downstairs. Betty, Walt and kids called in evening. Billie worked again today and is much better. It began to rain tonight. Kennard isn’t feeling too good, his leg is real bad.

Wednesday, May 16, 1973 FIRE WHERE BILLIE WORKED

Raining hard when we got up. It cleared about noon. I went down to Betty’s and she mowed her lawns for the first time. I cleaned her weekly cleaning. When Billie went to work this morning his place was all burned and destroyed by water and smoke. It burned in the night. Karen and her husband lived there in one of the apartments in that Brookside apartment. This has been a nice sunny day since it cleared off. TODAY BILL LEARNED JEAN HAD WILLED HIM A LOT OF LAND. It is the lot across from the old home. She has been dead one week today.