April 10 - 16, 1948 Cow Plans On The Rocks!

Saturday, April 10, 1948

Bill didn’t work. Very cold and windy. He and I downtown in a.m. (?) Cows too high. We still got to plug along the hard way.

Sunday, April 11, 1948

Cloudy and snowed. Bill worked at Lloyd sawing wood in a.m. His father and mother up here in p.m. and eve. Cold.

Monday, April 12, 1948

Bill and I took Blanche and Joy to Portland to have Joy x-ray on her head. Our cow plans gone on the rocks.

Tuesday, April 13, 1948

Nice day. Washed, hung clothes out back for first time. Mama and Bill called at Uncle Sulmore’s in eve.

Wednesday, April 14, 1948

A bad nasty rainy day. Snowed. Bill only worked half day. He and I went down to Jean’s in eve.

Thursday, April 15, 1948

About 4 inches of snow this morning. Most of it melted today. Mama down to Dorothy’s today and going to (?) Prez speaking with them tonight. Bob took 18 hens. Bill, Billie and Bob gone smelting.

Friday, April 16, 1948

Cloudy and cold. I washed. Dorothea down to scout party. Kennard called here in eve. Raymond called.

April 3 - 9, 1948

Saturday, April 3, 1948

A very cold windy day. Bill and I went to town in eve and down to Jean’s.

Sunday, April 4, 1948

Still some cold. Bill’s father and mother here all day. We took them for a little ride. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called in p.m.

Monday, April 5, 1948

A very nice day. We washed, put the machine out in shed.

Tuesday, April 6, 1948

A rainy day. Bill, Betty and I called at Roland Howards, Dutch Pikes, and downtown. Billie got his Red Durham steers from Cark Warren.

Wednesday, April 7, 1948

Betty and I cleaned the shed chamber. A very nice day. Girls, Bill and I call at Jean’s in eve.

Thursday, April 8, 1948

I washed. Cold and cloudy. Sylvia went today to Hebron. I washed. Bill worked all day.

Friday, April 9, 1948

Clear, cold and windy. Awful cold all day.

March 27 - April 2, 1948 Dead Man at Custer's

Saturday, March 27, 1948

Cloudy and rain. Bill raked up the yard. He, girls and I went to town in eve. Kennard called in eve to see Custer.

Sunday, March 28, 1948

Hayd called. Kennnie, Dot and Rayburn called. A very cold day. Made about 1 ½ quarts syrup.

Monday, March 29, 1948

Custer still here. We washed. A good day. Kennard and Delores called in eve. Billie’s Fogg cow had her calf this p.m. Bill and I went down to Jean’s. Gordon called up here.

Tuesday, March 30, 1948

Bill, Mama, Betty and I took Custer home. Found the man dead in his camp at Bartlettboro. Dorothea gone to minstrel show with Auntie and Fern.

Wednesday, March 31, 1948

Very nice day. I washed up after Custer’s visit. Bill went to work at Jim’s.

(No page for April 1^st or 2nd, 1948)

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.

March 13 - 19, 1948

Saturday, March 13, 1948

Cold. We went to town in eve.

Sunday, March 14, 1948

We didn’t do much. I cooked. Didn’t go anywhere.

Monday, March 15, 1948

Washed. Cloudy and cold. Bill and I went over to Denmark.

Tuesday, March 16, 1948

I ironed. Nice day, a little warmer. Billie’s big cow went. He sold it to Mr. Hall of Denmark. Will Vance died.

Wednesday, March 17, 1948

Very nice warm day. Bill over to Bob’s. Mama sick this morning. Bill began to get lame again.

Thursday, March 18, 1948

Bill awful lame. Kennard up here to help Bill but didn’t do much. Bill’s folks up in p.m. and Delores.

Friday, March 19, 1948

Cloudy and cold. Gordon and Bill’s father came up to help put mud guard on. But had to take it down to get it straightened. Snowed and rained. Bill awful lame.