By Edith Hull Distad
JANUARY 1943
Jan 1st Friday - Snow, cold - Cleaned S. house. I ironed.
Jan 2nd Saturday - Snow, cold - Cleaned house. Gib & boys put up snow fence.
Jan 3rd Sunday - Nice, 6 below - Baked cookies.
Jan 4th Monday - Nice, 25 above - Cleaned stove and mopped.
Jan 5th Tuesday- Cloudy, 29 above - Washed. Teacher stopped.
Jan 6th Wednesday - Nice, 39 above - Hung clothes out. Went to Mildreds.
Jan 7th Thursday - Mild, 40 above - Took skids out from under granary. Cleaned cellar.
Jan 8th Friday - 48 above - Gib hauled some lumber. I canned pumpkin.
Jan 9th Saturday - Thaw, 52 above - Boys sick. I made a pie. Weaned calves. Lucille & Sally Turner here for supper.
Jan 10th Sunday - Nice, mild 48 above - Made cake for Richard's birthday and patched.
Jan 11th Monday - Very nice - Ironed some. Gib put cattle over north.
Jan 12th Tuesday - Nice, 52 above - I washed clothes. Gib fixed line.
Jan 13th Wednesday - Windy, patched, 55 above - Patched. Cut out Ted's red jacket.
Jan 14th Thursday - Nice, 52 above - Ironed & sewed on jacket. Gib hauled straw.
Jan 15th Friday - Snow, N. wind, colder, blizzard, from 10 below to 45 above - Finished jacket. Gib got cattle home. Don stayed all night.
Jan 16th Saturday-Cold, clearing, up to 8 below - Don went home.
Jan 17th Sunday - Cold, 8 below - Baked and wrote to Alberts.
Jan 18th Monday - Nicer, 1 above - Patched, made vest for Richard and made apron.
Jan 19th Tuesday - Cold, snow, 18 below - Made apron and patched coat.
Jan 20th Wednesday - Cold, 12 below to 28 above - Darned sox, patched mittens and made cookies.
Jan 21st Thursday - Cold, blowing snow - Wrote to Emily.
Jan 22nd Friday - Cold - Made new collar for Gib's coat.
Jan 23rd Saturday-Cold, 12 above-Cleaned house. Washed sheets.
Jan 24th Sunday - Nice, 28 above to 6 below - Ray & Gib went to Galloway funeral.
Jan 25th Monday - Nice, from 29 below to 2 above - Washed & baked. School meeting here.
Jan 26th Tuesday - 12 below to 39 above - Gib hauled hay. I hung out clothes and made a cake.
Jan 27th Wednesday - Nice, 30 above & 4 above at night, 39 above - Gib hauled hay, two loads. Rays came.
Jan 28th Thursday - Nice, 12 above - I baked, ironed and made doughnuts. Gib killed colt and brought him home for chickens.
Jan 29th Friday - Fog & frosty, clearing, 12 above -
Jan 30th Saturday - Blowing, snowing, 19 above - Gib hauled hay.
Jan 31st Sunday - Nice, 36 above - Kosirs came.
FEBRUARY 1943
Feb 1st Monday - Nice, 40 above - I washed & waxed floor. Gib, Ray, and Mike went to meeting.
Feb 2nd Tuesday - Nice, 49 above - Shook up beds and baked cookies. Gib hauled hay.
Feb 3rd Wednesday - Nice, cooler, 34 above - Gib worked on Sovereign barn. I fixed Ted's house and patched overalls.
Feb 4th Thursday - Nice, 40 above - Gib & Ray hauled barn home. I baked cookies and cut out Ted's shirt.
Feb 5th Friday - Lovely, 36 above - Gib measured Rossiter house and hauled hay. I sewed and baked. Teacher stopped.
Feb 6th Saturday - Very nice, 58 above - Pucketts and Mrs. Wilson came. Gib hauled three loads of hay. I washed & darned.
Feb 7th Sunday-Nice, then cold- Gib looked at traps. I made a pie.
Feb 8th Monday - Cold & cloudy, 10 above - I darned sox and baked cookies.
Feb 9th Tuesday - Light snow, 10 below
Feb 10th Wednesday - Nicer, 26 above - Gib hauled hay. I embroidered and baked bread.
Feb 11th Thursday - Nice, 46 above - I washed. Mildred and I tried a permanent wave. Gib to Galloways.
Feb 12th Friday - Nice, clear, 42 above - Mildred washed. Finished our hair. Men went to Holoubaks.
Feb 13th Saturday - Thaw, 52 above - Gib hauled hay. I cleaned house and ironed.
Feb 14th Sunday - Nice, 50 above - Baked, cut hair and washed.
Feb 15th Monday - Nice - Went to Lewistown. Dams got a lot of water in them.
Feb 16th Tuesday
Feb 17th Wednesday
Feb 18th Thursday
Feb 19th Friday
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Feb 21st Sunday
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Feb 25th Thursday
Feb 26th Friday
Feb 27th Saturday
Feb 28th Sunday - Started to snow.
MARCH 1943
March 1st Monday - 5 below at 7AM
March 2nd Tuesday - Colder, 10 below - Gib took us home from Lewistown.
March 3rd Wednesday - Nice, mild - Gib hauled hay. I cleaned house. Harold and Vernon came.
March 4th Thursday - Snow, cold, zero - I cut out new dress and baked. Rays stopped on way to Pucketts.
March 5th Friday - Cold, 18 above - Worked on income tax.
March 6th Saturday - Nicer, 10 below up to 22 above - Finished crested wheat hay. I washed. Daisy X.
March 7th Sunday - Nice, 50 above - I ironed & patched. Rays came. Mike came.
March 8th Monday - Chilly, snow - Went to Lewistown.
March 9th Tuesday - Snow flying - 6 above to 30 above - Gib rode to Rays. Baked bread and a pie.
March 10th Wednesday - Chilly, wind, 30 above - Took Mildred to Galloways with us.
March 11th Thursday - Nice, clear, 42 above - I washed clothes and bedding. Gib fixed pig pen in barn.
March 12th Friday - Clear, windy, 50 above - Gib got cow from Galloways. I cleaned house.
March 13th Saturday - Snow all day, 38 above - Gib hauled cupboard from Ackerlys. I ironed.
March 14th Sunday - Snow, cold, 20 above - Took off wall paper and baked.
March 15th Monday - Cold, windy, 3 above - Started to put on wall paper. Baked a cake.
March 16th Tuesday - Cold wind, 10 below - Papered all day.
March 17th Wednesday - nicer, 6 below - Finished papering.
March 18th Thursday - 13 below to 36 above - Gib went to Roy. Cleaned house. Mildred here. Frank Southworth came. Baked.
March 19th Friday - Partly cloudy, 35 above - Mopped kitchen. 10 pigs.
March 20th Saturday - Nice, 38 above - Mildred here. I hung pictures. Gib hauled hay and water.
March 21st Sunday - Very nice, 52 above - Rays stopped.
March 22nd Monday - Very nice 56 above - I washed. Gib helped Ray butcher, then hauled a load of hay.
March 23rd Tuesday - S. West wind, creek running, 60 above - Bake bread and a cake. Rays came for canner.
March 24th Wednesday - Very mild, 65 above - Made sausage and scrapple. Gib rode to Mikes. Pinky fresh.
March 25th Thursday - Cooler, 45 above - Patched & ironed. Gib hauled hay and cleaned chicken house.
March 26th Friday - Snow, 32 above - Gib went to Roy and broke down. I finished dress, apron, and patched.
March 27th Saturday - S.W wind, nice, 62 above - Gib cleaned barn. I cleaned house and made cookies.
March 28th Sunday -S wind, nice, 76 above - Mildred here. Ray and Gib brought car home. Put pigs in pen.
March 29th Monday - SE wind, warm, 72 above - Gib took car apart and hauled manure. Mike dame. I baked and set plants. Planted tomatoes.
March 30th Tuesday - Bad wind, blew dirt, 52 above - We went to Lewistown.
March 31st Wednesday - Windy, showers, chilly 59 above - I washed. Gib put drive shaft in car.
APRIL 1943
April 1st Thursday - Nicer, 62 above - Gib helped Ray take tractor home. Ironed, churned and baked cookies.
April 2nd Friday - Went to Roy to be vaccinated for tick fever. Went on to Lewistown. I stayed there.
April 3rd Saturday - Elections
April 4th Sunday -
April 5th Monday -
April 6th Tuesday -
April 7th Wednesday -
April 8th Thursday - Came home from Lewistown. Easter fresh.
April 9th Friday - Showers - Went to Roy. Gib worked road and Ackerlys.
April 10th Saturday - Nice, 66 above - Baked bread, burned trash, and baked a cake. Gib sowed wheat on Ackerlys.
April 11th Sunday - Very nice - Went to Mrs. Galloways party. Small twin calves
April 12th Monday - Strong NW winds, 68 above - Washed. Gib harrowed thistles. Mildred came.
April 13th Tuesday - Cloudy, cool, 45 above - Gib plowed on Sharps. I painted hall floor and baked.
April 14th Wednesday - Hot, clear, 72 above - Gib plowed. I burned trash and painted floor. Straw in garden. Teacher stopped. Two calves.
April 15th Thursday - Cool & windy, 64 above - I cleaned house. Gib plowed. 43 cattle, brockle face fresh.
April 16th Friday - Nice - I ironed. Gib finished plowing and sowed wheat. Mildred came. Set 9 hens.
April 17th Saturday - Nice - I hunted calves. Gib finished drilling on Sharps.
April 18th Sunday - Nice - Pucketts stopped. I baked bread, a cake, a pie and cookies.
April 19th Monday - Warm S wind, over 80 above - Gib drilled barley on Ackerlys. I transplanted a tree. Teacher stopped. Set two hens.
April 20th Tuesday - Nice - I made drapes and started Ted's suit. Gib duck footed and drilled. Ruby's heifer fresh, calf died.
April 21st Wednesday - Chilly, strong W. Winds, 56 above - Finished Ted's suit. Gib finished drilling wheat N. Rays came.
April 22nd Thursday - Went to Lewistown. Tiny fresh.
April 23rd Friday - I washed. Gib burned stubble and duck footed. Irene and Mrs. Myers came.
April 24th Saturday - Cold, bad wind, 60 above - Gib finished duck footing. Sprouted spuds and baked.
April 25th Sunday - Nice, cool, rain - Clarks came. Mr. Harvey stopped. Rays stopped.
April 26th Monday - cold & showers - I patched and fixed blinds. Gene & Allen home sick. All have colds. Tiny's heifer fresh.
April 27th Tuesday - Rain - I sewed. Gib and I sick.
April 28th Wednesday - Good rain in PM & all night - I sewed. Gib got twelve dozen eggs at Mikes. Gib sick. New calf.
April 29th Thursday - Rain & snow till late PM - I sewed.
April 30th Friday - Mostly cloudy, SE wind - Gib looked at horses. Baked and mopped. Set 10 hens.
MAY 1943
May 1st Saturday - Hard rain, W wind, 62 above - Gib & boys worked in shop. I cut seed spuds.
May 2nd Sunday - Nice - Dusted. Rays came. Weaned pigs.
May 3rd Monday - Warm, rain, 70 above - Planted spuds. Planted garden. Harvey Sims here all night. Truck broke down.
May 4th Tuesday - Nice, 69 above - I did two weeks washing. Gib duck footed.
May 5th Wednesday - Cold wind, 52 above - Gib sowed wheat all day. I baked bread.
May 6th Thursday - Sprinkles - Gib finished drilling wheat. I wrote letters.
May 7th Friday - Cloudy, rain - Gib to Roy, then sowed oats in small patch. I planted seven rows of peas.
May 8th Saturday - Nice - Planted spuds and garden.
May 9th Sunday - Sprinkles, 66 above - Baked bread and cake. Started 100 lbs flour.
May 10th Monday - Cold, snow showers, froze hard - Frank C came. I ironed. 85 chicks.
May 11th Tuesday- Nice- Gib went to Lelek's. I hemmed curtains.
May 12th Wednesday - cloudy, snow flurries - I washed and mopped. 23 chicks, red.
May 13th Thursday - clear & nice - We took kids to Clarks for exams. Gib & Ray went to Legion meeting. Pinky X.
May 14th Friday - Cold, E wind, cloudy, 45 above - I fixed chicken house and finished curtains. Gib went to Swans.
May 15th Saturday - Gib plowed oats ground. I planted squash and things.
May 16th Sunday - Nice, 68 above - Gib plowed. Went to Harveys.
May 17th Monday - Nice, 70 above - I washed windows & cleaned pantry. Gib harrowed.
May 18th Tuesday - Warm, 72 above - I washed. Teacher stopped. Messengers came. Rays came. Gib finished oats and took sow up.
May 19th Wednesday - Warm, 80 above - Gib fixed messengers tractor. I ironed.
May 20th Thursday - Warm - We went to Lewistown.
May 21st Friday - Warm, nice, 82 above - Gib sowed oats on W. flat. I set out plants. Gene Galloway came.
May 22nd Saturday - Windy, 76 above - Gib plowed old potato patch. I worked with chicks. Baked bread and cake. Planted zinnias.
May 23rd Sunday - Strong wind - School picnic.
May 24th Monday - Windy, 70 above - Planted corn. Washed.
May 25th Tuesday - Warm, shower - Hoed strawberries. Gib fixed tractor. Daisy X.
May 26th Wednesday - Warm, 80 above - Gib started to plow on Sharps. Baked. Sow bred X.
May 27th Thursday - Warm, 86 above - Hoed strawberries and ironed. Gib plowed on Sharps.
May 28th Friday - Warm, 84 above - Gib plowed. I set out plants. Turned water on garden. Mildred here. Got sow.
May 29th Saturday - Warm, shower, 82 above - Gib finished plowing Sharps. Shined stoves.
May 30th Sunday - 38 above - Baked cookies.
May 31st Monday - Shower - Washed. Worked on pigs.
JUNE 1943
June 1st Tuesday - Showers, cool -I ironed. Rays here for supper.
June 2nd Wednesday - Rain all day, cool, 50 above - Went to garden. Painted E & S windows.
June 3rd Thursday - Rain all night, cold, 36 above - I sewed on brown suit. Gib looked at cattle.
June 4th Friday - Showers, cool, 54 above - Painted kitchen wood work. Gib to Rays and worked on hog house. Baked.
June 5th Saturday - Clearing, nice
June 6th Sunday - Shower - Patched overalls.
June 7th Monday - Heavy showers - Gib worked on hog house. Planted beans. Baked cookies.
June 8th Tuesday-Nice- I washed. Gib & boys finished hog house.
June 9th Wednesday -Shower, 73 above - I baked & hoed. Gib & boys worked on hog house.
June 10th Thursday - Nice - I ironed.
June 11th Friday - Nice - Gib worked on hog fence. I varnished kitchen floor.
June 12th Saturday - Rain - Waxed floor.
June 13th Sunday - Clearing - I made brown dress Emma sent.
June 14th Monday - Very heavy rain, 52 above - Dams running over. I patched.
June 15th Tuesday - Showers, clearing, 56 above - Patched and embroidered. Sprouted spuds. Gib took lumber out of Soverigns house.
June 16th Wednesday - Nice, drying - Finished my jacket dress. Men worked on Sovereign house.
June 17th Thursday - Nice - Gib fixed hog fence.
June 18th Friday - Warm, then bad storm - Went to Lewistown.
June 19th Saturday - Nice - Washed. Gib fixed west side of hog fence.
June 20th Sunday - Nice - Baked bread and a cake. Cleaned house. Cultivated spuds. Carl Burs came.
June 21st Monday - Nice - Had 4-H club meeting. Gib fixed Clarks tractor.
June 22nd Tuesday - Cool, windy - Put pigs in new pen. Cultivated corn. Rays came.
June 23rd Wednesday - Mildred brought tomato plants. I baked bread.
June 24th Thursday - Worked on Sharps fence. Churned.
June 25th Friday - Short rain & hail late PM - Worked on Sharps fence.
June 26th Saturday - Nice, cool, 76 above - Mildred came for a few minutes. Gib helped Ray fix tractor.
June 27th Sunday - Nice, cool, 72 above - Branded our calves. Mrs. Myers and Mildred here. I baked.
June 28th Monday - Warm, 76 above - Branded Mike's calves. Gib cut hay. I washed. School meeting here.
June 29th Tuesday - Warm, 80 above - Gib cut hay. Mildred came. Set out cabbage plants.
June 30th Wednesday - Partly cloudy, warm - Went to Lewistown. Boys stayed at Rays.
JULY 1943
July 1st Thursday - I ironed. Gib mowed. Boys shocked.
July 2nd Friday - Warm, 86 above - Gib mowed. Boys shocked. Mrs. Galloway here in PM. Baked.
July 3rd Saturday - I baked buns and two cakes. Gib raked hay.
July 4th Sunday - Hot, showers - Went to rodeo.
July 5th Monday - Hot, 92 above - I washed. Gib mowed awhile, then plowed all PM.
July 6th Tuesday - Hot, 94 above - Gib plowed and sprayed bugs. Boys shocked.
July 7th Wednesday - Hot, 98 above - Hoed garden. Gib plowed. Boys shocked.
July 8th Thursday - Hot, 90 above - Hoed garden. Gib finished plowing at 2:30. Mowed hill. Started hose.
July 9th Friday - Nice, breeze, 90 above - Baked bread and cookies, picked strawberries and hoed. Don came. Gib helped fix Ray's tractor and mowed.
July 10th Saturday - Hot, 86 above - Hoed. Mildred here sick. Gib mowed & raked. Boys cut clover out of wheat.
July 11th Sunday - Nice, 80 above, rain - Gib raked. I cooked a hen, watered garden and patched.
July 12th Monday - Cook, 68 above - Gib fixed clothes line and saw cattle. Gib mowed in AM. Boys hoed spuds.
July 13th Tuesday - Cool, windy, 78 above - I washed. Gib mowed & raked. Boys hoed spuds.
July 14th Wednesday - Warm, 88 above - Hoed corn. Gib mowed & raked. I washed windows, dusted and baked. Mildred came.
July 15th Thursday - Nice, 70 above - Gib mowed up south. I went to Mildred. Men went to Legion meeting.
July 16th Friday - Nice, 76 above - Gib mowed and raked. I cut weeds with scythe. Baked cookies. Put heifers on Sharps.
July 17th Saturday - Hot, 86 above - Gib mowed and raked. Mildred ironed. I cut hair.
July 18th Sunday - Hot, 88 above - Boys went to Spiroffs. Gib raked hay. I patched overalls.
July 19th Monday - Hot, 97 above - Gib finished mowing. Mildred here. Baked bread and cookies.
July 20th Tuesday - Hot, 98 above- Gib stacked. I washed.
July 21st Wednesday - Hot, 98 above - Gib stacked. I hoed strawberries.
July 22nd Thursday - Cloudy, nice, 86 above - Gib stacked alfalfa. Mildred came. Canned peas.
July 23rd Friday - 88 above - Gib stacked. I cleaned cupboard, ironed and trimmed trees.
July 24th Saturday - Hot, 100 above - Gib stacked in AM. I cleaned house, baked and cut weeds.
July 25th Sunday - Hot, 102 above - The folks and Uncle Wills here for dinner. Rays stopped.
July 26th Monday - Cool, showers, down to 58 above at night to 70 above - Mildred and I canned peas. Men worked on combine.
July 27th Tuesday - Hot, 97 above - Gib & Gene went to Lewistown. I canned peas and made root beer.
July 28th Wednesday - Nice, breeze, 90 above - Men worked on combine. Mildred canned peas. Hoed strawberries.
July 29th Thursday - Warm, 87 above - Gib worked on combine. I washed and baked a cake.
July 30th Friday - Hot, 98 above - Gib worked on combine. Mildred and I ironed.
July 31st Saturday - Hot, 104 above - Gib plowed and summer fallowed on Sharps. I hoed and patched.
AUGUST 1943
Aug 1st Sunday - Cooler, 84 above - Gib and Richard finished plowing on Sharps. I canned peas.
Aug 2nd Monday - Cool & rain - We went to see a circus. It rained.
Aug 3rd Tuesday - Nice, rain - Came home about noon. Cleaned house. Gib fixed granary on Ackerlys and Don Came. Rays came.
Aug 4th Wednesday - Nice, rain - Gib fixed roof on granary. Went to Roy. I baked. Southworths came.
Aug 5th Thursday - Warm, 94 above - I washed. Men worked on combine. Mildred canned beets.
Aug 6th Friday - Warm, 96 above - Gib combined barley. I ironed and made jam.
Aug 7th Saturday - Hot, 96 above - Cleaned house, waxed floors and baked. Gib and boys went to watch the dam builders.
Aug 8th Sunday - Nice, cool, 80 above - Alton and Alta, Dean and Ann here for dinner and supper.
Aug 9th Monday - Nice, 84 above - Broke combine. Gib went to Lewistown. I was sick. Made a pie.
Aug 10th Tuesday - Hot, 90 above - Gib came home about 2:30 and fixed combine. I washed hair and finished dresser scarf.
Aug 11th Wednesday - Partly cloudy, warm, 90 above - Gib combined on Ackerlys. We canned fruit, made root beer & baked.
Aug 12th Thursday - Warm - Gib combined here and Ackerly's.
Aug 13th Friday - Hot, 90 above -Gib combined on Rays. I ironed.
Aug 14th Saturday - Cool, 75 above - Cultivated garden, picked peas and ironed. Gib combined on Rays.
Aug 15th Sunday - Cool, 79 above - Gib combined here. Broke down most of the time. Mildred canned beans. Baked.
Aug 16th Monday - Hot, 88 above - Gib combined S. field. Harvey hauled. Dried corn.
Aug 17th Tuesday - Hot, 96 above - Gib finished wheat here. Harvey hauled. Mrs. Myers brought beans. Canned seven quarts.
Aug 18th Wednesday - Hot, 98 above - Gib combined on Rays and moved to Copes. I washed, mopped and canned seven quarts of beans. Roany fresh.
Aug 19th Thursday - Cooler, nice, 80 above - Gib combined Copes. We canned thirty five quarts of corn.
Aug 20th Friday - Warm, 86 above - Men combining on Galloways. We canned twenty two quarts of corn.
Aug 21st Saturday - Hot, 94 above - Men combining on Galloways. Canned corn. Men came home.
Aug 22nd Sunday - Nice, 84 above - Don Harvey came. Men combined McLaughlins and Peoples. We went to Mildreds with the team.
Aug 23rd Monday - Warm, 81 above - Men combined Messengers. Canned beans and pickles. Baked and ironed. Bob Marsh here.
Aug 24th Tuesday - Nice, 84 above - Men got to Sharps at noon. Harvey hauled one load of wheat. We dried corn. Bob went home.
Aug 25th Wednesday - Light showers, cool, 76 above - Men worked on combine. I hoed and cut hair. Mr. Harvey hauled two loads of wheat.
Aug 26th Thursday - Warm, 86 above - Gib finished combining Sharps. Rays to town. I canned peaches.
Aug 27th Friday - warm, 86 above - I washed at Mildreds. Canned fruit. Men combined. Rossiters came.
Aug 28th Saturday - Warm, 88 above - I washed overalls and canned plums. Men combined on Rays. I cleaned house.
Aug 29th Sunday - Hot, 94 above- Baked bread and cookies. Hoed garden. Put down pickles.
Aug 30th Monday - Cloudy & cool, 80 above - Gib combined our oats. I ironed and shortened shirt sleeves. Cattle came home.
Aug 31st Tuesday - Cool, nice 77 above - Gib finished combining. I fixed shirts. Horses came home.
SEPTEMBER 1943
Sept 1st Wednesday - Cool & cloudy, 80 above - Mr. Harvey hauled. Gib & boys fixed wells & fence at Sharps. I patched. Caught chickens.
Sept 2nd Thursday - Cool, 65 above - Harvey hauled two load from Ackerlys. Gib fixed fence. Got ready to go to Lewistown. Caught chickens.
Sept 3rd Friday - Cool - Went to Lewistown.
Sept 4th Saturday - Nice - Cleaned school house.
Sept 5th Sunday - Bad wind, 70 above - Baked bread and a cake. Swan came. Ted sick.
Sept 6th Monday - Chilly, windy, 74 above - Washed. Gib & boys stacked in PM. Allen sick.
Sept 7th Tuesday - Cool, windy, 60 above - I canned peaches. Gib got barley. Gene sick.
Sept 8th Wednesday - Nice, 64 above - I canned fruit. Gib hauled water and stacked hay.
Sept 9th Thursday - Nice, 80 above - Mildred came. We finished canning and washed bedding. Gib hayed.
Sept 10th Friday - Nice, 85 above - Ironed. Gib fixed fence, penned off sow and hayed.
Sept 11th Saturday - Nice, 88 above - Baked bread and cookies. Washed kitchen windows. Gib stacked hay.
Sept 12th Sunday - Warm, 82 above - Went to see airplane. Dusted and patched,
Sept 13th Monday - Nice, 82 above - I washed by hand. Gib went to Roy. Copes, Pucketts and Sirokys came. Gib went to get Don to take the horses.
Sept 14th Tuesday - Cool, 68 above - Gib went to Roy to sell horses. I ironed, went to garden.
Sept 15th Wednesday - Nice - Went to Lewistown. Ted & I stayed.
Sept 16th Thursday -
Sept 17th Friday-cooler- Dad brought Mama to new home in town.
Sept 18th Saturday - Cold & rainy - Took out garden stuff.
Sept 19th Sunday - Cold - Alton & Alta at folks for dinner. We went to show in evening. Uncle Will & girls came.
Sept 20th Monday - Cool - I washed for Mama. Went to Neills.
Sept 21st Tuesday - Nicer - Took treatment from Kiddes. Went to Altons.
Sept 22nd Wednesday - Warm, I went to Dr. Welden. Margaret came home from Portland.
Sept 23rd Thursday - Warm - I went to see Edith Moore. Brady girls came. Uncle Wills came.
Sept 24th Friday - Too warm - We came home from Lewistown. Frank Southworth here. Gene was sick with cold.
Sept 25th Saturday - 85 above - I washed some and cleaned house. Men stacked hay. Richard was sick.
Sept 26th Sunday - Hot, 86 above - I baked and ironed. Washed hair. Swan came.
Sept 27th Monday - Hot, 84 above - I canned pears and plums. Gib sick with cold.
Sept 28th Tuesday - Nice, 82 above - I washed by hand. Gib & boys stacked hay out NW. School meeting.
Sept 29th Wednesday - Nice, 80 above - Gib & boys stacked. I mopped and waxed floors and washed windows.
Sept 30th Thursday - Nice, 84 above- Gib & boys stacked NW. I embroidered and crocheted.
OCTOBER 1943
Oct 1st Friday - Warm, 80 above - Gib hauled seed wheat and stacked. I ironed and fixed screen doors.
Oct 2nd Saturday-Hot, 87 above-Gib stacked hay all day. I baked.
Oct 3rd Sunday - Hot, 84 above - Rays came. Gib & boys fixed spring on trailer. Caught chickens.
Oct 4th Monday - Hot, 80 above - I ironed. Gib stacked.
Oct 5th Tuesday - Hot - Canned tomatoes. Gib cleaned wheat & stacked.
Oct 6th Wednesday - Smoky, S West, cooler, wind - Went to Lewistown. Ted went to school.
Oct 7th Thursday - I made jam. Spiroffs brought tomatoes.
Oct 8th Friday - Warm, 84 above - I washed some. No school so they finished stacking hay.
Oct 9th Saturday - Warm, 88 above - I cleaned house, baked bread and a cake. Gib & boys fixed bin in hog pen.
Oct 10th Sunday - Nice - Cut hair. Went to Cope's.
Oct 11th Monday - Cloudy, cool, windy, 64 above - Gib sowed winter wheat on SE field. Galloways and Mrs. Messenger came. Rays came.
Oct 12th Tuesday - Cool, smoky, windy, 54 above - Gib finished wheat. Harvey brought coal. I canned tomatoes.
Oct 13th Wednesday - Bad wind, cold, 42 above - We washed. Cope's came.
Oct 14th Thursday - Windy, 52 above - Baked bread. Gib sowed some wheat on Sharps.
Oct 15th Friday - Nice, 64 above - Men went hunting. Mildred & Clara came. I ironed and sewed Mama's dress.
Oct 16th Saturday - Nice, 60 above - Gib finished wheat on Sharps. Mildred came for mail.
Oct 17th Sunday - Cloudy, nice, 60 above - Cut out red checked dress. Gib went to Mikes. Frank Southworth & Ray came.
Oct 18th Monday - Cloudy, cool. 56 above - Canned venison and Tomatoes. Gib cleaned wheat.
Oct 19th Tuesday - Rain all day, 36 above - I made Mama's apron and baked bread. Gib worked on vat.
Oct 20th Wednesday - Light snow, 44 above - I sewed up red checked dress. Gib made scalding vat.
Oct 21st Thursday - Cool, partly cloudy, 46 above - I washed.
Oct 22nd Friday - Nice, 52 above - I washed windows, waxed floors and baked Allen's cake. Gib went to John Tuma's.
Oct 23rd Saturday - Cold, SW wind, 42 above - Ray helped butcher hog. I dusted & sewed on dress.
Oct 24th Sunday-Nice, 56 above - I finished dress. Harveys came.
Oct 25th Monday - Nice, 74 above - Harveys took pigs to town. Gib went to Leleks.
Oct 26th Tuesday - Nice - Went to Lewistown. Bought six calves.
Oct 27th Wednesday - Nice - Harvey brought six calves out. We cut up meat. Gib fixed stacks. Teacher stopped.
Oct 28th Thursday - Nice, 58 above - I washed. Gib fixed stacks.
Oct 29th Friday - Foggy, nice, 60 above - I fixed Mildred's hair. Gib went to Roy.
Oct 30th Saturday - Rain & snow, 40 above - I ironed. Gib fixed calf pens. Don came.
Oct 31st Sunday - Snow - Boys wrote letters. I made cookies.
NOVEMBER 1943
Nov 1st Monday - Clear, still, 37 above - I cleaned house and sorted papers. Gib looked at cattle.
Nov 2nd Tuesday - Nice, 52 above - I patched, baked, & canned beans.
Nov 3rd Wednesday - Cloudy, 50 above - Gib made N. barn door. I painted stove and mopped.
Nov 4th Thursday - Partly cloudy, 50 above - Made doll clothes. Sick with colds.
Nov 5th Friday -stormy, from 34 above to 40 above - Made airplanes. Cut out Ted's jacket. Don came. Sick with colds.
Nov 6th Saturday - Chilly, 40 above - Worked on Ted's jacket. Gib & boys piled lumber.
Nov 7th Sunday - Nice - Finished Ted's jacket.
Nov 8th Monday - Nice - We washed. Gus came.
Nov 9th Tuesday - Nice, 54 above - Baked bread and doughnuts. Rays came. Charles & Victor came.
Nov 10th Wednesday - Nice - Went to Lewistown.
Nov 11th Thursday - Nice, 50 above - Gus came over. Gib shingled garage. I made Ted some pants.
Nov 12th Friday - Nice, 50 above - I ironed. Gib plowed spud patch. Harvey hauled our scrap. Cope's came.
Nov 13th Saturday - Nice, 50 above - Gib duck footed gardens. I patched and cut out Ted's overalls.
Nov 14th Sunday - Nice - Made a fruit cake and cookies and patched overalls. Allen helped Mike get his cow.
Nov 15th Monday-Nice-We went to Cope's. I went to Mildreds. Gus helped move radio poles. Mrs. Puckett here. I sewed Ted pants.
Nov 16th Tuesday - Nice, 70 above - Finished Ted's pants. Mildred here. Gib plowed ditch at garden.
Nov 17th Wednesday - Nice, 68 above - I washed. Gib branded Mike's colts and our calves. Teacher stopped.
Nov 18th Thursday - Nice, 58 above - I worked on income tax. Gib worked on Harvey's truck.
Nov 19th Friday - Nice, 60 above - I ironed and washed windows. Gib cleaned stove pipe. Rays came in new car.
Nov 20th Saturday - Nice, 58 above - Baked bread, a cake, washed and fixed quilts. Gib & boys fixed fence.
Nov 21st Sunday -
Nov 22nd Monday -
Nov 23rd Tuesday -
Nov 24th Wednesday - Had operation.
Nov 25th Thursday -
Nov 26th Friday -
Nov 27th Saturday - Gib went home.
Nov 28th Sunday -
Nov 29th Monday -
Nov 30th Tuesday -
DECEMBER 1943
Dec 4th Saturday- Gib, the boys and Mildred came to Lewistown.
Dec 8th Wednesday - Snow - I left the hospital. Went to the folks.
Dec 21st Tuesday - Papa sick with flu.
Dec 22nd Wednesday -
Dec 23rd Thursday -Mama sick. Ted sick.
Dec 24th Friday -
Dec 25th Saturday - Nice - Had dinner at Uncle Wills. Came home from Lewistown.
Dec 26th Sunday - Rays came.
Dec 27th Monday - Harveys came.
Dec 28th Tuesday - Went to Lewistown to Frank Southworths wedding.
Dec 29th Wednesday -
Dec 30th Thursday - Butchered the old sow. Mrs. Myers came. Harold Bauman came.
Dec 31st Friday -
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