October, November, & December of 1946
Day
Date
Entry
REMARKS
Tuesday
10/1/1946
Hair done & some shopping – Helbings & Bursey’s came over for a while.
Wednesday
10/2/1946
Bridge at Barretts, after working all day.
Thursday
10/3/1946
Cleaned house all day.
Friday
10/4/1946
Washed windows & cleaned. Jerre Joan Burks was born today – Jack S. taking piano & voice. Geo taking violin. Oh my. Geo says he’s best speller in room.
Saturday
10/5/1946
Waxed floors. Coffee with Neta.
Sunday
10/6/1946
Cleaned, Cooked, took nap. Ol planted onions. We went to Dr. Helbings in eve. Oma Foley’s sister passed away.
Monday
10/7/1946
Laundry – Tried to get things done, but didn’t. Visited Marjorie Burks in Hospital.
Tuesday
10/8/1946
Worked – Saw Dr. Helbing. He said I was OK. Attended Oma’s sister’s funeral. Dressmaker – Mrs. Bursey’s for flowers. Bought Joan rubber doll.
Wednesday
10/9/1946
Worked all morn. Bridge in afternoon at Mamie Parker’s. I won everything – Worked. Lillian, maid at office helped me.
Thursday
10/10/1946
Lillian again today – Had letter from Ollie. Glen is in Hospital for check up. Looks bad. Must be his lungs. Ol on country funeral. Sis picture show.
Glenn had problems with his lungs resulting from USS IINDIANAPOLIS sinking.
Friday
10/11/1946
Ol goes to Wichita on funeral. Alice M. goes with him & stays alnight with Elsie. I kept Joan. She was just as good as she could be.
Saturday
10/12/1946
Sis comes home. Also gets letter from Geo asking her to come to China for a year. Sis is worried. Birthday was nice – Lunch with Neta, coffee with Ma. Dinner with Horace Carswells.
Parents of Medal of Honor winner that Carswell AFB was named for. According to Short Bio Jr. died Oct. 26,’44.
Sunday
10/13/1946
I worked all day getting ready for 1907 Study Club tomorrow. Burseys to have dinner with us.
Monday
10/14/1946
Study Club here. Ol & I drove over to Weatherford tonight getting miles on ambulance. Jack & Oliver worked all night.
Tuesday
10/15/1946
Town had hair done – rain.
Wednesday
10/16/1946
Night Club at Bursey’s
Thursday
10/17/1946
Garden Club
Friday
10/18/1946
Cleaned pantry
Football game, Ol, Geo & I
Saturday
10/19/1946
Coffee with Neta – Visited Marzelle – Her sister, Cara very low.
Ol went to stag party
Sunday
10/20/1946
Cooked all day. Ol left about 3 P.M. to take Pete Yount to Okla. For burial.
Monday
10/21/1946
Cora Amyette Cooke died early this morn. I helped today with Jack & Marjorie’s little girl while Marzelle was at Cora’s.
Tuesday
10/22/1946
Ol got home late last night. Cora’s funeral today. Sis stayed with Marjorie.
Wednesday
10/23/1946
Bridge Club at Mildred Switzer’s
Thursday
10/24/1946
Attended 1st judging show (flowers) at library. Learned lots.
Friday
10/25/1946
2nd day of school. Interesting – Sis had stork shower in eve for Shirley Moates.
Saturday
10/26/1946
Glen went home today from hosp. Took Velma Vinzant to Antique show – Coffee with Neta – Played bridge with Bursey’s - Geo to Dr. for change of glasses.
Sunday
10/27/1946
Sunday School – Glad to see every one. Ol had to work – I slept all afternoon - picked up pecans late. Sis made cake – We took it to Ma’s – got Joan out of bed.
Monday
10/28/1946
Andy Herring died this morn – Heart attackt. I cleaned all morn. 1907 Study Club – picture show in eve – Ol worked in garden
Tuesday
10/29/1946
Ol & I went to Plano. Ol helped conduct Andy’s funeral – Stopped back by Dallas – Ate dinner at Jay’s Marine Grill.
Wednesday
10/30/1946
Worked all day – Club at Garrison’s in eve. Lillian helped me today – Claire came in – Ol works in garden all week.
Thursday
10/31/1946
Claire & I went to town this morn. She left at 1 P.M. for Cleveland, Ohio Camp fire.
Kids all out for Halloween.
Friday
11/1/1946
Worked in yard – rained some – Geo stayed home from school with asthma – Ol went to foot ball game.
Saturday
11/2/1946
Raining so hard all day, we didn’t go to Neta’s for coffee. Joan gets cuter every day – Ol goes to stag party.
Sunday
11/3/1946
Ol goes to Taylor on Service
Monday
11/4/1946
Rain – Com. meeting for Garden Club at Lellas
Tuesday
11/5/1946
Hair done – Visited Lady Lions – Sure had a good time – Picture show in eve. Got peppers from Mrs. Bursey.
Wednesday
11/6/1946
Sunshine. Laundry, Bridge Club at 12 Noon at Lollie Wyatts. Ma’s for Coffee, Bridge at B. Burks in eve. Sis bought Mahogony chest of drawers $35.00.
Thursday
11/7/1946
Laundry, Beautiful day – took shirts to Becky to iorn. Sent Sis to Dallas to get clay for Marvin. Ollie thinks it will be wonderful for him.
Friday
11/8/1946
Just picked up.
Saturday
11/9/1946
Coffee with Neta – Cleaned house.
Sunday
11/10/1946
Slept late – cooked – Ol Geo & I went riding in truck in country. Had late lunch – Winnie & Mary came by in evening.
Monday
11/11/1946
Laundry – A.M. & Joan slept until 11 - 1907 Study Club – I went by to see about Marzelle, Bradley called – She was sick – Got her settled.
Tuesday
11/12/1946
Town – picture show in evening.
Wednesday
11/13/1946
Round Table Dinner at Colonial – Bridge afterwards.
Thursday
11/14/1946
Town – just about have my Xmas shopping done – Burseys for Bridge in evening.
Friday
11/15/1946
Sis & Joan, Suzanne & Pamela Johnson left early this morn for Zoe’s in Weatherford to stay all day – raining & cold – LONESOME – I make more fruit cake.
Saturday
11/16/1946
Elsie & kids came down for Shrine Circus. A.M. Joan & Geo went with her. Joan’s first circus – the only thing she could see was the Babies around her & the dogs.
Sunday
11/17/1946
Ol Geo. & I went to a picture show.
Monday
11/18/1946
Town – took Joan & Grandma down town in new Chevrolet to see Xmas windows & Santa. She (Joan) still couldn’t see a thing but babies.
Tuesday
11/19/1946
Joan hasn’t slept good for several nights – Too much excitement (s)
Wednesday
11/20/1946
Day Club at Mrs. Bursey’s. Ol went to Childress to take Nora Bishops father – home late.
Thursday
11/21/1946
Twiss took us to Boat Club for dinner. Also Jim McCaul’s. Ol gave me new mix master. Garden Club met today. I’m hostess, also gave the program.
Friday
11/22/1946
Trying to pick up. Lecture Dorthy Biddle Flower Arrangement
Saturday
11/23/1946
Coffee with Neta
Sunday
11/24/1946
Pour tea at Glen Garden for Tea for Winnie – Grand Reo of Arizona –Circus at night. Helbings & Burseys – Took them to dinner – Earnest Jr. went with us – He’s just back from Japan.
Monday
11/25/1946
Dallas flower judging – Mildred *Mones – Staying at Baker Hotel.
*Mones?
Tuesday
11/26/1946
Marzelle operated – Dallas – course was hard but think I passed. It’s cold. Came home found A.M. had burned seat out of new Chevrolet. Wonder the house & everyone wasn’t burned – we’re thankful.
See ref. to “new Chevrolet” TEN days earlier.
Wednesday
11/27/1946
Home Coming at School – dinner – dance
Thursday
11/28/1946
Thanksgiving lunch with Ma – football game – Elsie & Ralph went with us – We took supper – We one over Paschal – Claire Barricks got in for lunch.
Should have been Northside Homecoming game.
Friday
11/29/1946
Picked up – Marvin & Elbertine left for California golf match.
Saturday
11/30/1946
Coffee with Neta & stayed in afternoon with Marzelle who’s in hospital.
Sunday
12/1/1946
Work all day
Monday
12/2/1946
Laundry
Tuesday
12/3/1946
Hair done – Staying over at the house all I can.
Wednesday
12/4/1946
Day Club at Nep’s I won high – Night Club here.
Thursday
12/5/1946
Staying with Ma
Friday
12/6/1946
Went football game in Dallas – lots of fun. Ol, Gene Elder, Francis Jarvis, Martha Anne & Me took Food we won – Jack went with yell leaders.
Playoff game #1
Saturday
12/7/1946
Coffee – Winnie & Mary went to Shreveport yesterday. I took them to train.
Sunday
12/8/1946
Worked all day – Ol had out of town funeral.
Monday
12/9/1946
1907 Study club – Marzelle came home from hospital.
Tuesday
12/10/1946
Sewed all day with Ma most of time – Ol has out of town funeral – stuck in mud 3 times – raining & bad.
Wednesday
12/11/1946
Hair dress – Night Club at Wyatt’s.
Thursday
12/12/1946
Christmas program at Women’s Club
Friday
12/13/1946
Laundry Kiwanis Banquet – nice party
Saturday
12/14/1946
Foot Ball game in Dallas – N.S. & Highland Park – Ol took bunch of girls – I kept Joan & George – Highland Park won.
Playoff game #2
Sunday
12/15/1946
Ol went to Taylor on funeral, came home with terrific headache. Suffered alnight. I went to council fire. I made Georges’ Santa Clause suit – Jack had to milk.
Monday
12/16/1946
Dr. Helbing gave Ol the works – headache better – Joan has bad tonsils – I doctored all day. Jack & I having to milk & we don’t like it.
Tuesday
12/17/1946
Ol better – I addressed Xmas Cards all day – bad weather – These days are sure blue ones for us – wish we could sleep thru Xmas.
Son, Bill died suddenly a year ago at age 15.
Wednesday
12/18/1946
Christmas Day Club at Mrs. Helbings – Mrs. Parker had my name, nice apron – Ol still in bed. I went to school in eve to see George as Santa’s helper – Ollie & Glenn seem ok.
Thursday
12/19/1946
Bad day – I didn’t go to Garden Club or Mattie Jane’s either – Stayed home all day. Ol went to work – Scout or Cub meeting in eve – Jack went with Geo.
Friday
12/20/1946
Mrs. Helbing’s birthday – Beautiful day – Mailed cards – Finished Ma’s bed shoes – Alice M. & girls have their Xmas party – Jack goes to formal dance – Betty Jo Reid.
Is it formal dance or forman dance.
Saturday
12/21/1946
Coffee with Neta – Worked all day – One of the new emergency cars made it’s first runs today – It’s really red – took kids to see Santa – They loved it.
Sunday
12/22/1946
Worked all day Don’t seem to get things done.
Monday
12/23/1946
Worked again all day.
Tuesday
12/24/1946
Took Ma to cemetaries – Jack went with us – It sure was hard to take. Ma did fine – Elsie, Ralph and kids came down late – Winnie stayed alnight .
Bill would have been 16 today.
Must have visited Bill’s grave at Mt Olivet. Bill had died a year earlier on Dec. 27, ’45.
Wednesday
12/25/1946
We had a quiet day – Winnie stayed alnight with us again – dinner at Ma’s – We all talked to Ollie & Glenn in Cambridge Mass.
Thursday
12/26/1946
Every thing makes me think of Bill – Winnie & Mary had Ol & I over for rabbit – they have been wonderful to us & poor Winnie is blue.
Friday
12/27/1946
Can’t do much today – Winnie & Mary came over to dinner – Took us to picture show.
Saturday
12/28/1946
Coffee with Neta – Kept Joan last night – Sis & Geo went to show.
Sunday
12/29/1946
Cooked lunch & just milled around – Ol has to work, Edna Reids’ grandmother died yesterday.
Monday
12/30/1946
Ol works hard all day. Eggnog at Mattie June Muse Farley’s.
Tuesday
12/31/1946
Snow this morn. Everything white – Joan has rash – too much grape fruit.
That is the last entry in the four year diary.
Labels: Final entry from '42 - '46 diary
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