January 31 - February 3, 1972

Monday, January 31, 1972

A call from Betty to see if I could go to Portland with her. She went shopping for Carmen’s birthday. Kim and Carmen went and Zak. We stopped at Dorothea’s and took her with us. Jeff is going to school in PM. He has improved in his schoolwork a lot. We saw Pat in Portland. Didn’t have much luck today, stores didn’t have much in them. Inventory etc. In evening Billie and I called at Ferns. She is a lot better. Bill lame this morning.

Tuesday, February 1, 1972 Kim to school in a.m.

A nice day. Today Kim started morning school. She has to get up early to get ready, leaves at 7:45 with Carmen. I cleaned up the house, did some washing. It has been sunny and mild. Clothes dried good. Bill and I to town this morning to get him some pills. He is quite lame. Frances and Herman are leaving today to go to Florida. Lila is very bad in the hospital. Got to have an operation. Kim up this p.m.

Wednesday, February 2, 1972

Fair kind of a day. Some sun and cloudiness. In a.m. Betty, Zak and I went to Giants in Norway. Came home. I got supper to going. I did a wash. Bill so awful lame, called Es and Fern this evening. A pretty good call (?) day. I walked down to Betty’s this morning.

Thursday, February 3, 1972 LILA

Cloudy, mild. It began to snow in late p.m. I done regular work. Did a little washing. Watched TV shows in p.m. Bill still awful lame. Lila had a very serious operation. A brain tumor, it was malignant.

January 27 - 30, 1972

Thursday, January 27, 1972 10 below, New Coat

I done regular work. Bill is so uneasy, nothing to do. Talked with Es. Today Betty took me to Portland and bought me a brand-new coat, maroon (light). We got it at Jordan Marsh. Very pretty and I like it very much. Dorothea went with us. A nice clear day cold.

Friday, January 28, 1972

Kim came up in PM. We invited her to stay all night. I went to town today, Betty took me. Done regular work. We went down to the Cemetery when Velma was brought up for burial. Fern and me, Betty drove us down.

Saturday, January 29, 1972

 I didn’t make rolls today. I baked beans. Kim still here. I done up regular work. Lloyd and Cliff got rubbish yesterday. It turned out to be a nice day. Billie to town, Bill and Christy out riding.

Sunday, January 30, 1972

Nice sunny day. I didn’t get up too early. Before I got my work done up, Es and Cliff came. Esther did a good job fixing my coat. It looks very good. They were here for supper, Billie too also Kim. Billie off with Lawrence to get cattle. Got home about 8:30 or nine. Fern and Lloyd called, first time since Christmas.

January 23 - 26, 1972

Sunday, January 23, 1972

A nice sunny day. I done regular work. Carmen up and enjoying herself. She took a bath and shower. I did a dite of washing. Carmen went over to Zenya’s for a little while. She had a new record she wanted Carmen to hear. She came back, I had a nice roast beef supper. Billie Deming was here. Billie went with Lawrence today picking up cattle.

Monday, January 24, 1972

Cloudy in a.m., it cleared and was a nice sunny day. Betty went to Norway and So. Paris. Susan too. I took care of Zak, Chris, Monica and Kim. Bill came down and plowed driveway with Walt’s tractor, also plowed his own. I came home, watched afternoon TV. Got supper. Got a letter from Peg today.

Tuesday, January 25, 1972

Cloudy and heavy rain showers. It cleared about 10:30 AM. I done regular work, washed. Dorothea came up for a short visit. We went down to Betty’s. She also took me to town. Bill down to Gordon’s, he had car trouble. So he and Gordon fixed that. Gordon had a bad accident with the new town truck. Velma Staley died this morning.

 

Wednesday, January 26, 1972 hair set, 8 below this morning

A very cold and windy day. I done up my work, got ready. Betty took me over to June’s. I got my hair set. Bill down to Gordon’s. Gordon went to the doctors. He is just bruised, no broken bones. Es and Cliff got home about 3:30 this p.m. The wind has blown hard all day. Very cold. It blowed awful hard last night.

January 19 - 22, 1972

Zak being sneaky

Wednesday, January 19, 1972

A very nice mild day. I went to Norway with Betty. Kim stayed here with Bill till school bus came. In p.m. I ironed, hung out my washing. It dried. Nice, mild and windy. Betty took Zak to doctors.

Thursday, January 20, 1972

A nice day, mild side. Clouded up in late p.m. It began to snow about 3:30 PM. Snowed quite a lot during early evening. It began clearing about 11 in evening. Today I washed windows, slept, dusted, washed clothes and ironed. Went to town and done my shopping. We watched TV in PM. Zak much better today.

Friday, January 21, 1972

Nice clear this morning. Cleared during the night. Bill took Carmen to school. She missed the bus. I went down to Betty’s and babysat all day. Betty to Portland to get bread, donuts. Had lunch with Walt. Betty went with Susan, she went to look for a place to live but found nothing.  Cliff got word today Betty Deming died. They may go out for a few days.

Saturday, January 22, 1972

A nice sunny day. I done up regular work, made bread, rolls, baked white beans. Carmen came up in PM. She is going to stay all night. Betty called to get rolls. Lloyd called. I called at Esther’s a little while. Esther looks awful tired and worried. She worries about her kids. The older they get the harder it is for her. Es and Cliff left about noon for Ohio. Will come back Wednesday or Thursday.