May 15 - 21, 1948 Joy Home From Hospital

Saturday, May 15, 1948

Rained. Bill didn’t work. Didn’t do much. Downtown in eve.

Sunday, May 16, 1948

Bills father and mother here all day. Fair in forenoon. Rained in p.m. Billie’s cow went. Joy came home.

Monday, May 17, 1948

Rained. Washed. Cleaned the china closet. Bill nor Billie didn’t work.

Tuesday, May 18, 1948

Cleaned cupboards in kitchen. Bill’s father and mother up in eve. Rained. Joy here today. Dorothea got her shoes.

Joy and Dorothea when they were little

Wednesday, May 19, 1948

Cold and cloudy, windy. We cleaned Mama’s bedroom. Bill worked and Billie.

Thursday, May 20, 1948

Cloudy. Cold showers. Bill didn’t work. I cooked rhubarb pie and chocolate cake. Mama canned rhubarb.

Friday, May 21, 1948

Bill worked 2/3 of the day. It was cloudy and cold and awful rain showers in p.m. Uncle Lewis came down. I went up to his house with him. Fern, Sara and I went down to Scouts time in eve. Very good.

May 8 - 14, 1948

Saturday, May 8, 1948

Cleaned up the house. Bill and I went to town. Bill didn’t work. Bob finished what he was doing on the barn.

Sunday, May 9, 1948

Bill and Billie planted peas and beans. Bills father and mother here, he trimmed blackberry bushes. Boss cow had a nice heifer calf. Cold. Bob and B (Blanche) went to Portland to see Joy. I got cake for Mother’s Day.

Monday, May 10, 1948

Rained. I washed. Bill worked a half day. Over to Uncle Sulmore’s, downtown. Joy  operated on. Bob began at Kennard’s. Bill went to see Corliss about money.

Tuesday, May 11, 1948

Rained. Finished up at Ferns. Cleaned the back kitchen. Bill or Billie didn’t work. Bill cleaned out cellar, mowed lawns for first time.

 Wednesday, May 12, 1948

Rained and thundershowers. Mama down to Dot P’s. Bill or Billie didn’t work. Bill fixed window boxes.

Thursday, May 13, 1948

I washed. Bill worked. Fair, not much sunshine.

Friday, May 14, 1948

I  got a nice box of chocolates and $10 bill from Fern and Lloyd tonight for helping Fern.

May 1 - 7, 1948 Joy Still in Hospital

Saturday, May 1, 1948

Very cold and cloudy. We cleaned up the house and Bill’s father and mother here for supper.

Sunday, May 2, 1948

Windy and fair. Bob, Blanche went to Portland to see Joy. Dorothea went too. Bill’s father and he are trimming the blackberry bushes and trees. Billie hauling manure in Bob’s truck.

Monday, May 3, 1948

Washed. Picked dandelions. Cooked. Bob began on the barn. Fair.

Tuesday, May 4, 1948

Cleaned Auntie’s bedroom. Downtown in eve, over to Bob’s. Mama up to Kennard’s. We all called at Hodgdon’s.

Wednesday, May 5, 1948

Fair. We cleaned Fern’s living room. Bob still here working on barn.

Thursday, May 6, 1948

Very nice day. Cleaned Fern’s dining room. Blanche and Delores to Portland to see Joy.  Phil plowed a little.

Friday, May 7, 1948

Cleaned Fern’s telephone room. Bill worked most all of the day. Bill and I down to Jean’s in eve.

April 24 - 30, 1948 Uncle Sulmore Very Sick

Saturday, April 24, 1948

Very nice hot day. Dorothea came home from Ferns with two new dresses. Sara came up with her. Bill and I and kids to town in eve.

Dorothea from 1946

Sunday, April 25, 1948

Nice day. Bill’s father and mother up. We went over to Bob’s, up to Jim’s. Bill and Billie did a little work.

Monday, April 26, 1948

I did a big wash. Very nice day. Blanche called. I went over to Aunt Linnie’s in p.m. Mama and Betty up to Kennard’s in eve.

Tuesday, April 27, 1948

Began at Ferns today. We cleaned attic, shed chamber, back hall and her back bedrooms. Fair,not too cold. Blanche took Joy to hospital.

Wednesday, April 28, 1948

Uncle Sulmore very sick. We cleaned Uncle Os’s room and Es’s room. Bill, Mama and I over to Uncle Sulmore’s in eve. Blanche down to see Joy. Moved hens out.

Thursday, April 29, 1948

Cloudy. We cleaned Sara’s and Fern’s bedroom.

Friday, April 30, 1948

A rainy day. Fern and I cleaned up her upstairs hall and bathroom. I came home a little early and Mama and I cooked. Bill didn’t work in p.m.

April 17 - 23, 1948

Saturday, April 17, 1948

It was cold and windy. We cooked in p.m.

Sunday, April 18, 1948

Clear but cold and windy. Bill’s father and mother up all day. Bill plowed a little. We bought our cow from Uncle Sulmore. $125.

Monday, April 19, 1948

I washed. Cold and windy. I called at Minnie’s in p.m. Billie begun work at Randall. We went down to town. Bros. to buy some calves.

Tuesday, April 20, 1948

Cloudy, showers. I ironed. Cooked. Delores called in eve. Bill up to Bob’s and Kennard’s.

Wednesday, April 21, 1948

Cloudy and showers. Bill worked today.

Thursday, April 22, 1948

Dorothea down to Ferns. Mama and Betty over to Bob’s. I was alone all day. Bill’s father and mother up in eve.

Friday, April 23, 1948

Cold today.