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Just another week of attending functions and making decorations. Mary does like to socialize! Sunday, April 3, 1953 Today was a busy one. As soon as I ate, cleaned house and got ready to go to Havasu Club Installation. They served a nice lunch and I sat next to Ruby. She had some delicious shrimp and potato salad there. I left as soon as Ruby was installed as chaplain as I wanted to get my hair done. Wilma Westing's mother-in-law had passed away, so she said as the funeral was Tuesday, she had...
It snowed this week in 1950! This week is a continuation of the same old, same old. Sunday, March 19, 1950 Today there was such a cold wind we could not be out all day. I ironed clothes and put them all away. Then up to the Masonic Temple where I watched the girls go through their addenda for Alice Pope. It is so clever. I'm sure it will be well received. Home and ate venison steak for dinner. Very good. Took a box of weaving to Eunice Duffield's and she will exhibit it at social club Tuesday....
Rained a lot! Even had puddles in Mary and Sam's yard. Loved that their dog Queenie was in the box with the cat. Sam waxed all the floors while Mary dusted and cleaned house. Mostly just more meetings and Mary and Sam attending them. Sunday, March 12, 1950 Arose early and made waffles. Sam did not sleep well because he ate 2½ hot dogs last night. Pressed, ironed and put away all the clothes. So now I'm through for this week. Boiled the 5 hens for salad and 9 eggs. Just as I was through...
This week 78 years ago, was very rainy. Kind of like it is now. Attended meetings and a little shopping in Seattle going on. Had to remove Queenie from the washroom. She was barking, wanting to get out. Other than that, not much was going on. Sunday, Feb. 19, 1950 Arose late and got breakfast. Sam went up to the gun club as Bill Cady had sent work down by Emmett to be sure to come up to the shoot. I raked about 45 minutes on the lawn and then drove to Bremerton. The White Shrine had a practice...
Wet and icky for most of the week. Mary attended chapter meetings all week. Sam had to fix a pipe down at the tavern. I am wondering whether Mary and Sam owned what is now the Woodshed Tavern? Does anybody know? Sunday, Feb. 12, 1950 Today was very wet. It was dark all day. Simply poured down! Made ham waffles and we ate about 12 o'clock. Then I ironed and mended all the clothes. Sam went up to Belfair to see Emmett about the bread man who stole bread yesterday. There is still snow on the lawn...
More snow. There was lots of ice on the canal. Doing chores like cleaning house and the wash and attending lots of meetings and a dance. Hey! Did you see that the ground hog didn't see its shadow? We can only hope spring is on its way. Sunday, Jan. 29, 1950 Arose at 8:30 and looked at the temperature, 8 above. Let out dog and cat and fed them. Turned up the stoves and slept about an hour more. Then Sam got up about 11:30 so we ate late. Cleaned house, made fire in wood stove and oh, it's so...
Wet, cold and snowy. Mary and Sam had to drive with chains. Sam has too much alcohol while hanging out in Belfair. Mary hates that! Sunday, Jan. 15, 1950 Today it warmed up some so the water runs in the cabin bath and on our back porch. Last night we hung up the clothes so today I ironed all the handkerchiefs, made applesauce and dusted the house. The snow is still coming down. Sam went to Belfair, so our road is clear. Nichols poison oak is bad again so I called Newkirk for him saying he could...
They were having very similar weather as what we are having. The power would be off for a while and then eventually come back on. Thank God they had their wood stove. Feeding the birds, Chinese pheasants and keeping Queenie inside was part of their curriculum. Let's hope next week is better. Sunday, Jan. 8, 1950 Today was cold and all day it tried to snow. We had Blanche's Vermont maple syrup on hotcakes, and it was delicious! In the morning I cleaned house good so now everything is back to...
Mary and Sam have been down south for the better part of the week still hunting ducks and geese. Sam did pretty good. They came home to snow. Sunday, Jan. 1, 1950 Sam got up early and went hunting. He came in about 9 with 2 geese and 5 ducks. Was he proud! Said it was very foggy out and the birds flew very low. Queenie really had a good work out. We ate breakfast at the other hotel, but it surely is poor. Then to the field where Sam shot a snow goose. Queenie got so excited. It was very cold...
The end of the year has come. No birds to hunt, so Mary and Sam go to Los Angeles to see friends. Mary got embarrassed when their dog Queenie dug up a couple of bushes. I had the same experience when I was visiting my parents at their new home in California. My German shepherd was a puppy and she dug up several rose bushes my stepdad had just planted. Oh gosh! Sam's birthday Dec. 29. Happy New Year to all! Sunday, Dec. 25, 1949 The sun was warm and bright when we arose, so we ate breakfast and...
Sunday, Dec. 18, 1949 Snow fell early in the morning and everything was so icy, but the sun came out and now at 2:30 it is beautiful but cold! Sam wrapped water hydrant then put away ladder and wrapped several boxes of salmon. I took salmon and candy to Skene’s. She was at church, so I stayed but a short time. Someone stole the camel bells I gave her. Sam went down to Rudy’s and got more boxes for salmon at the store. Everything cooking for dinner. Ruby called up. Said they had 3 inches of sno...
Sam and Mary are busy attending Christmas parties and having people over for dinner. It is getting colder and even starting to snow. I love Christmas time! Sunday, Dec. 11, 1949 We arose late and we thought of going to Seattle when Henry called up. So out he came, and we talked about an hour. He is so enthused over his Canadian job. Can only get home once a week so think he eventually will move up. To Seattle by way of Tacoma and it was a nice ride. We called on George McCorkhill at the Providen...
This week was full of Christmas parties and preparing for them. Sam drove off in their car and the cat jumped inside and he didn’t know it. I’ve done that before. It is getting cold out too. Sunday, Dec. 4, 1949 Arose early and ate, then at 10:30 a.m. came Alma Nelson and her mother. We drove to Myrtle’s and got our directions. Ralph had made a good map for us. So, we had a cup of coffee and pie downtown and then went out to Myer’s Antique Shop where we spent two very pleasant hours. We heard so...
A lot of Christmas doings going on. Wrapping presents, parties, etc. Mary spent over 4 hours on her address book one night for Christmas cards. I remember my mother would spend days writing her Christmas cards out. The weather has turned into lots of rain. A county commissioner drowned. Sunday, Nov. 27, 1949 An extremely windy day although the sun came out it was raining about half of the time and tonight it's raining again. Made a cherry pie and cleaned house good. Wrote several letters then...
I really enjoyed reading this week's diary. Felt kind of sorry for Sam having back problems. Mary always refers to him going to the doctors for treatment. I bet you Mary and Sam mailed a lot of Christmas cards. Sunday, Nov. 20, 1949 Awoke early. So much shooting and the phone rang. Very foggy out. Delmar Deputy was down to see Sam about the truck, so we ate a late breakfast. Cleaned house and looked at all the beautiful favors Doris sent. Sam still has a stiff back, so he has the heat pad on...
More meetings this week. Sam comes home from bird hunting with a couple of pheasants. He also brought a vase for Mary for her birthday. It was her birthday this week. Sunday, Nov. 13, 1949 Slept late and then up to Belfair to clean up Temple but the Jones and Shorts had got there early so there was but little to do. Called Alma Nelson from the store to thank her for the lovely corsage. Home and put the wagon wheels away, etc. Then cleaned up and drove to Gig Harbor. Took a duck up to Aunt Vina....
Still hunting during this week, deer and birds. Sam took Queenie out this week again. Mary fixed deer heart for dinner. How many of you have had deer heart? Sunday, Oct. 30, 1949 Today we got up early and went up on Palmer Mountain. We went through a thicket and by the time we came home we had seen 32 deer. Met the Kraft Cheese man we used to have in the store. Then when we came by Alma Nelson's, she gave us some coffee. We had a nice visit. We saw 3 doe first on our way up, then 6 more, the...
Mary and Sam went on a duck hunting trip. They came home and left for east of the mountains to go deer hunting. They took their dog, Queenie. I think she had a good time. Sam got a couple of birds but no deer yet. Sunday, Oct. 23, 1949 Went out on the dike on Lake Klamath and Sam shot a goose which fell in the lake. Another man sent his dog after it and claimed the goose. Then another hunter shot a goose and it fell way out on the lake and the same game hog claimed that. So, we told the young ma...
Mary is home this week. She pulls the winter clothes out and puts the summer clothes in the attic. Sam catches a terrible cold, but that doesn't stop him from going hunting east of the mountains with Bill Cady. The weather is slowly turning. Sunday, Oct. 2, 1949 Today I put several lovely vases of flowers in the house. The one with red roses and red snap dragons is the loveliest by far. Cleaned my clothes and shoes and changed the beds. Put everything away so I can start a new week Monday. Mrs....
Have you noticed Mary and Sam pretty much have a hot meal every breakfast? Even if it is just pancakes? I had to laugh when she shares their pup walked on the freshly painted porch. Sunday, Sept. 25, 1949 We slept late, then I made pancakes for breakfast. Cleaned house and put away yesterday's washing. Cleaned my Chapter dress so it is ready for Friendship Night. Took everything off of my desk and am now sitting in the sun. It's so warm out! Hung the plate Maimee Gould gave me. It looks very...
Mary is still picking flowers. Henry and Louie are Mary's brothers. Henry had big equipment to carry out the work of the Canadian Timber. I have 16 mm home movies of them doing this job. The big bulldozer sits up on his son's property in Bellingham. And it still runs! Sunday, Sept. 18, 1949 Arose early and took 2 huge bouquets of flowers to Lovey. Betty met me at the door, so I told her what to do with them. We drove to Tacoma and ate breakfast in Seattle. Very nice. To the Driftwood Show and en...
I live on the Columbia River outside of Longview. Reading this diary from 73 years ago it pretty much is the same. They just finished fishing salmon here the other day. People would go out and sometimes they were lucky and sometimes they weren't. Some of the fish I saw were beauties! Sunday, Sept. 4, 1949 Ruby, Earl and Sam went out fishing and I slept in. When I got up at 10 it was quite hazy and trying to rain. Very cool out. Cleaned camp and got things ready for breakfast. Very quiet here as...
Mary and Sam are fishing for salmon on the Columbia River. I live on the Columbia River, and they are fishing now and seem to have better luck after it rains. Saturday, Aug. 27, 1949 Today I could not sleep after 6 but did not get up until nearly 8. Cleaned house and got started on my scrapbook. At 2:15 I had completed the book as far as I can go without the rest of my pictures. Then Bud Bickle came down to mow the lawn and he fixed the lawn mower so it does not die when you let it idle. The...
Mary has returned home from her lengthy vacation. She gets into cleaning the house and getting her laundry caught up, doesn’t miss a beat and gets her hair done. We cannot forget getting the hair done. Where is Sam? Sunday, Aug. 21, 1949 Today we all got up early and the folks went to church. I packed my clothes and was all ready to go early. They made a lovely dinner of beef rice just like Alma and I like it. Everything was delicious. We left the house at 12:05 as Mary was late, then came d...
Blanche gets food poisoning and ends up in the hospital. She and Mary had made a stop on the train and Blanche does not return. She had gone to the hospital and sent a telegram to Mary to tell her she would be catching up later. Sunday, Aug. 14, 1949 This morning was cool and clear, and Blanche was up at 7:30 and went out for a walk just as I was getting up at 8:40. She said it was glorious out along the brow of the hill. Ate in the main dining room and it was very pleasant. Wrote 3 more cards a...
