Red Book - 1960 (January 1 December 31, 1960) Page 1 A happy & blessed Birthday to you from Jerome & Dorothy Mark, Paul & Glen June 7, 1960 Page 2 Page 3 Five Year Diary This book belongs to Mrs. Elizabeth Breuer Ashton Iowa January 1 1960. Fri. January 2 1960. Sat. January 3 1960.Sun. January 4 1960 Mon. January 5 1960.Tues. January 6 1960. Wed. January 7 1960.Thurs. January 8 1960.Fri January 9 1960.Sat. January 10 1960.Sun January 11 1960.Mon January 12 1960.Tues January 13 1960.Wed. January 14 1960.Thurs. January 15 1960.Fri. January 16 1960.Sat. January 17 1960.Sun. January 18 1960.Mon. January 19 1960.Tues. January 20 1960.Wed. January 21 1960.Thurs. January 22 1960.Fri. To 9:00 Mass with Marcella, twins, & Nancy. Patty & family, Grandpa & Grandma Weber here for dinner. Jeanne & family for supper. Snowing. Marcella washed. Letters from Dorothy & Evelyn. Letter to Dorothy. 15 above. Willie, twins, Nancy & I to 7:30 Mass. Marcella not feeling well. Letter to Denises. Ironed a little. Mixed bread. Letters from Frances, Sue, Helen, Till & Luella. Francis brought the bundle of mail over. Letters to Till & Evelyn. Nice. Cold. Letters to Michael, Luella, Helen, & J. D. Letter from Dorothea. To Byzantine Rite Mass in school auditorium of Columbus High with Willie tonite. Nice. Marcella washed. Notes to Will & Eileen. Ironed some. Grocery shopped with Marcella tonite. They sanded, and put woodfiller on doors & windows after supper. I filled nail holes. Jerome phoned tonite. Thawing. Ironed some, & mended. Letter from Roland. Check from Social Security. Note to Ripleys, and Sue & Coon. Grandpa & Grandma & Mary stopped, and took me along to Patty s for Francis s birthday supper. I stayed. Letters from Sis & Frances. Shopped in Waterloo with Patty & Francis. Got hat, overshoes, few other things. Dinner at cafeteria with Patty. Left me here at Willie s. Got hair cut across the street. Letter from Marlys. Letter to Dorothea. Marcella gave me Toni. Helped fill nail holes & sanded this P.M. Letter & box from Sister Albertine. Letter from Till. Foggy. To 9:00 Mass with Marcella and twins. Pattys stopped for me, and we went to Haverhill to see Sister Albertine. Ate dinner in car. Had nice visit, and supper with Sisters. Brought me back to Willies. Frosty & gray. Marcella washed. Nancy not feeling well. Letters to Frances & Marcia. Rain last nite. Gray. Ironed some. Letters to Roland & Lucy. Gray. Mixed bread. Marcella ironed. Letters to Sr. Albertine & Sue. Gray. Marcella washed. Helped a little. Letter to Sis. Sunny. About 6 in. snow last nite. Willie had to shovel to get out. Ironed. Tile came, so they laid over half of it tonite. Sunny. Willie & Marcella finished laying tile. Hel He put on mop board. Letter to Jerome. Whole family to 9:00 Mass. Very icy. Francis & Vic helped get deepfreeze into the house. Washed. Men built closet in bedroom, and finished in kitchen. Sunny. Marcella took Teresa & Frances to have eyes tested, and Johnny s picture taken. Letters from Helen and Dorothea. Gift from Denises & Pats. Letters to Marlys & Dorothea. Sunny. Marcella shopped this P.M. Washed. Letters from Frances & Marlys. Marcella & family took me to Webers. Had dinner & supper there. They went home after dinner. Francis got me after supper, to stay with them for a while.
January 23 1960.Sat. Helped work. To confession tonite. Snowed. January 24 1960.Sun. Nice. Patty, Mary Sue & Frank to 8:00 Mass. Francis, Nickie, Kathy, Mike, Charley & I to 10:00 Mass. Letters to Tommys & Jacks. January 25 1960.Mon. Nice. Patty washed. January 26 1960.Tues. Gray. Patty baked bread. Francis ground feed. Charley helped. Letter to Marlys. To town with Francis this P.M. to have Dr. Knipfer remove wen from back of my head. January 27 1960.Wed. Mended overalls. Letters from Evelyn & Peggy. Gray all day. January 28 1960.Thurs. Gray. Patty worked. Letter from Dorothy. January 29 Friday.1960 Helped iron. Got stitch taken out of back of head. Letter to Dorothy. Patty and Francis to meeting. Patty baked bread & ironed today. Gray. January 30 Saurday.1960 Gray, then sunny. Francis, Patty, and four oldest ones to Dick Schmitt s wedding this morning. Home about 4:00 P.M. Thawed some. January 31 Sunday.1960 Sunny, then cloudy. To 8:00 A.M. Mass with Patty, Nickie, Mike, Mary Sue, & Frankie. Letter to Helen. All to see Grandpa & Grandma Weber tonite. February 1 Monday.1960 Patty washed and cleaned vegetable cellar. Willie stopped in on way to see Dr., not feeling well. To Lawrence Greiner s tonite. February 2 Tuesday.1960 Patty baked bread, and ironed. To 7:45 Mass with Francis. Letter from Sis. Mended some. To Ray Weber s tonite. Cold east wind. February 3 Wednesday.1960 Ironed a little. Mended overalls. To church this P.M. with family to get St. Blasé s blessing. Jack phoned tonite. February 4 1960.Thurs. Gray. Mended overalls. Patty washed. February 5 1960.Fri. Gray. Mended overalls and shirts. Ironed some. Patty ironed & baked bread. Icy. Francis, Patty & I to church tonite. To confession, then 8:00 Mass. Letter to Marcia. February 6 19Sat. Gray, then sunny. Letter from Lucy. Helped clean a little. Northwest wind tonite. Letter to Edwina. February 7 1960.Sun. Sunny, then gray. To Willie s for dinner & supper. Letters from Evelyn and Kennedy. February 8 19Mon. Patty washed. Did all curtains this P.M. I helped a little. Letter from Dorothy. Letters to Evelyn and Peggy. February 9 1960.Tues. Gray. Card to Blanch. Letter to Kennedy. Had supper at Bill Niichel s. Francis took me there, and got me afterwards. Letter to Sis. February 10 1960.Wed. Blizzard all nite, and this morning. No school for children. Letter to Sneak. Francis brought me to Willie s this P.M. Storm stopped. February 11 1960.Thurs. Sunny. Marcella washed. Letter to Dorothea. Willie took me, twins, & Marcella out to supper. February 12. 1960.Fri. Sunny. Letter to Dorothy. Patty & Francis here tonite. February 13 1960. Sat. Willie, twins & I left Waterloo about 7:20 A.M. Got to Estherville about 10:30. Willie & girls left for home about 2:30 P.M. February 14. 1960.Sun. Dorothea & I to 7:30 Mass. Pat to 9:00 Mass. To Klein s for dinner. Jeromes came out in the afternoon. I went with them for supper. Sue & Rolands came. Pats got me about 9:00 P.M. February 15 1960.Mon. Nice. Did a little ironing. To the Laundromat tonite with Dorothea to do some wash. February 16 1960.Tues. Nice. Dorothea hung out some clothes. Letter from Patty. February 17 1960.Wed. David left at 7:30 for Iowa City for check up. Mopped and waxed kitchen floor. Sunny. Dorothea to birthday coffee this A.M. Letter to Patty. February 18 1960.Thurs. Partly cloudy. Letters to Marlys and Evelyn. Valentines from Cistullis. Letter from Marlys. February 19 1960.Fri. Daily work. Pat and Dorothea washed at laudromat tonite. David came home about 6:30 P.M. February 20 1960.Sat. Dorothea to hospital after dinner. Baby boy born at 1:45 P.M. Smokey Jonas killed last nite. Louis Klein died later.
February 21 1960.Sun. Snowed all day yesterday. About 4 in. on ground. Pat took me to 7:30 Mass. He to 9:00 Mass. Sunny. Letter to Evelyn. Kenny & Stella stopped in about 5:00. Harold & Marilyn here to play 500 tonite. February 22 1960.Mon. Nice. Just daily work. Letter from Kennedy. Pat home late. He went to hospital first, then home for supper about 8:00 P.M. February 231960.Tues. Nice. Daily work. Ironed a little. Card from Mary. Social Security check, and one of 33 from Producers Commission. February 24 1960. Wed. Nice. Daily work. Mrs. Munson, Boris wife, brought cherry pie. Letter from Patty. Note to Dorothy. February 25 1960. Thurs. Baked bread. Nice. Letter from Evelyn. Dorothea and new son home tonite. Marilyn got wash. February 26 1960 Fri. Daily work. February 27 1960. Sat. Cloudy. Cleaned up the house. Marilyn brought home the wash. Pat & I to bank this P.M. with papers & checks. Note to Kennedy. February 28 1960. Sun. Pat & I to 7:30 Mass. Rolands and Donna here after dinner for baptism of Duane John. Left after 5:30 lunch. February 29 1960. Mon. Cold. Sunny. Baked bread. Dorothea washed a few things. March 1 1960. Tues. Snowed. Washed. Grandpa and Grandma Klein came and brought dinner along. Pat dried some clothes tonite in Laundromat. March 2 1960. Ash Wednesday. Letter from Sister Al. Ironed some. Gray. Tommy stopped in a while. March 3 1960 Thurs. Sunny. Letter from Marlys. Pat, Dorothea, & baby went for check up at 5:00 P.M. Pat for reserves. March 4 1960. Fri. Sunny. Washed. Letters to Sis & Patty. Stella & Alice here for coffee. March 5 1960. Sat. Nice. 18 below this morn. Cleaned. Baked bread. To confession this P.M. Pat worked on his car tonite at plant. Letters from Dorothy & Frances. March 6 1960. Sun. Partly cloudy. Pat & I to 7:30 Mass. Dorothea, David, Dean, & Donald to 10:30 Mass. Pat worked on car this P.M. Harold & Marilyn here tonite. March 7 1960 Mon. Denis, Marlys, Debbie and Greg here for dinner. Cloudy. Letter to Frances. March 8 1960. Tues. Cloudy. Washed. Letter from Sue. Ironed. Tony Streit died. Pat brought me to Denis s tonite. Snowing & blowing. March 9 1960. Wed. Denis took me to Sue s. We had dinner there, then he left. Sue & I to funeral home this P.M. To devotions tonite, then to Jerome s. Rolands came there. Played pinochle. They took us home. Snow. March 10 1960. Thurs. To funeral Mass for Tony Streit. Denis, Marlys, Debbie & Greg came to get me this P.M. March 11 1960. Fri. Nice. Marlys washed. Letter to Jerome. March 12 1960. Sat. Marlys did ceiling, and upper wall in bathroom. She got children from catechism. I baked bread, and ironed. March 13 1960. Sun. Marlys took 2 boys and me to 8:00 Mass. Denis there after work, and brought us home. Marlys, girls & Randy to 10:00 Mass. Pats here after dinner. Also Brodys, Larry, and girl friend. All for supper. Letters from Sis & Patty. March 14 1960. Mon. Gray. Marlys washed. Dried it in Laundromat in Spirit Lake. Letter to Evelyn. March 15 1960. Tues. Ironed. Daily living. Marlys washed dining room walls & ceiling. March 16 1960. Wed. Marlys washed livingroom walls & ceiling. Denis, LeAnne, Danny, Kenny, Denise & I to 6:15 P.M. Mass. March 17 1960. Thurs. Sunny. Marlys s cousin Bonnie here this noon. March 18 1960. Fri. Marlys washed. Grandma Myrt, LeAnne, Larry, and 3 girls here for dinner. Letters March 19 1960. Sat. from Dorothy & Evelyn. LeAnne to school party tonite. Nice. Thawed. Baked bread. Marlys cleaned. LeAnne not feeling well. Ironed tonite. Letter to Patty. March 20 1960. Sun. Denis, Danny, Kenny, Denise & I to 8:00 Mass. Marlys, LeAnne & Randy to 10:00 Mass. Pats here for dinner. He helped Denis put up antennae. Denis to work at 4:00 P.M. Thawed.
March 21 1960. Mon. March 22 1960. Tues. March 23 1960. Wed. March 24 1960. Thurs. March 25 1960. Fri. March 26 1960. Sat. March 27 1960. Sun. March 28 1960. Mon. March 29 1960. Tues. Sunny. Washed. Debbie & Greg sick last nite and today. Thawed. Ironed. Marlys baked bread & cookies, & ironed. Neighbor Pat in for coffee. Letter to Dorothy. Cloudy. Marlys not feeling well. Dorothea phoned. Richard to have surgery this morning. Letter to Evelyn. Sunny. Letters to Blanch & Frances. Letter from Kennedy. Denis & I left after dinner for Sibley, Ashton, the farm, then back to see Kennedy. Coffee in Allendorf with Mrs. Brody. Stopped in Spirit Lake. Talked with Jim Streit. Home for supper. Usual work. To confession this P.M. Letter from Patty. Alone all day. Marlys took us for a drive around the Lake this P.M. Sunny, then cloudy. Marlys did a big wash. Ironed. Marlys baked bread. Dorothy, Paul l& Glen here this P.M. with papers for the lot. Rained a little. Tommy phoned. Letter to Patty. March 30 1960. Wed. Cloudy. Mended overalls. Letter from Dorothea. Cards from Sue & Blanch. To 6:15 Mass with Denis, Marlys, Danny, Kenny, Denise & Randy. Letter to Dorothea. Card to Sue. March 31 1960. Thurs. April 1 1960. Fri. April 2 1960. Sat. April 3 1960. Sun. Cloudy. Marlys washed, and cleaned floors. Denis, Marlys I left for S. City about 8:00 A.M. Picked Dorothy up in Ashton. Saw Helen, then shopped. Out to Blanch s after dinner in town, then to see Richard in hospital. Denis and girls left after coffee. I helped at Blanch s this A.M. Blanch & I to hospital this P.M. Lucy & Rosemary came. Blanch & I to 5:30 P.M. Mass in hospital chapel. Blanch, Don, Joretta & I to 8:00 A.M. Mass. Blanch to hospital after breakfast. Joretta got dinner. Jeromes, Rolands, Sneaks & Helen out this P.M. All left after lunch. Lucy came to Ashton with Jeromes. I with Rolands. At Sneak s tonite. April 4 1960. Mon. Sue brought me up to Rolands this A.M. Letter from Frances. April 5 1960. Tues. Sunny. Ironed some. Letter to Denis. April 6 1960. Wed. Sunny. Letter to Sis. Rolands brought me to Tommys tonite. April 7 1960. Thurs. Sunny. Just daily living. April 8 1960. Fri. Sunny. Letter to Frances. To ladies meeting tonite with Evelyn in the country. About 10 miles. Home at 1:00 A.M. April 9 1960. Sat. Snowy. Cold. Evelyn & I shopped this A.M. Cleaned this P.M. April 10 1960. Sun. Palm Sunday. Sunny. Evelyn, Peggy & I to 8:15 Mass. Tommy, Joe & Millie to 9:30 Mass. Drove to Ashton this P.M. Stopped at farm, Sneak s & Sue s. Home for supper. April 11 1960. Mon. Evelyn cleaned & washed. Letters from Sis & Marlys. Tommy drove to Madison. Home about 1:30 P.M. I baked bread. Sunny & windy. April 12 1960 Tues. Cloudy this morn. Tommy left for Lisbon this A.M. Rain this P.M. Letter from Dorothea. Also S. Sec. Check. Letter to Sister Albertine. April 13 1960. Wed. Nice. Evelyn & Peggy through Fenn s this forenoon with Brownies. Letters from Patty & Marcella. Card from Blanch. Tommy home about 9 P.M. April 14 1960. Thurs. Sunny. Evelyn & Peggy through Marrell s this A.M. with Brownie s. Evelyn, Peggy, Joe & I to church at 3:45. Got to confession, then to 5:00 P.M. Mass. Letter to Marcella. April 15 1960. Fri. Good Friday. Card & note from Dorothy. Sunny. Evelyn & I to town at 2:30. Home about 5:30, then to 6:00 services in the cathedral. Letter to Dorothea. April 16 1960. Sat. Holy Saturday. Helped work. Letters from Patty & Denis. April 17 1960. Sun. Easter. Evelyn & I to 7:00 Mass. Nice. Tommy, Peggy, & Joe to 9:30. After dinner drove to Bunny s, and had supper there. Martin, Charles, & families there. April 18 1960. Mon. Windy. Letters from Sister Albertine, Sis, & Frances. Letter to Patty. Tommy to Chamberlain at 2:00 A.M. April 19 1960. Tues. Sunny. Called on Betty this P.M. Letter to Sis. Tommy left for Lisbon this noon.
April 20 1960. Wed. April 21 1960. Thurs. April 22 1960. Fri. April 23 1960. Sat. April 24 1960. Sun. April 25 1960. Mon. April 26 1960. Tues. April 27 1960. Wed. April 28 1960. Thurs. April 29 1960. Fri. April 30 1960. Sat. May 1 1960. Sun. May 2 1960 Mon. May 3 1960. Tues. May 4 1960. Wed. May 5 1960.Thurs. May 6 1960. Fri. May 7 1960. Sat. May 8 1960. Sun. May 9 1960. Mon. May 10 1960. Tues. May 11 1960. Wed. May 12 1960. Thurs. May 13 1960. Fri. May 14 1960. Sat. May 15 1960. Sun. May 16 1960. Mon. May 17 1960. Tues. May 18 1960. Wed. May 19 1960. Thurs. May 20 1960. Fri. May 21 1960. Sat. May 22 1960. Sun. Cloudy. Windy. Letter to Dorothy. Evelyn to cathedral meeting this P.M. Evelyn & I to Dale s tonite. Tommy home late tonite. Hot. Sunny. Letter to Marlys. Baked buns. To Margie s this P.M. Fred Heibult stopped in tonite. Tommy left for Lisbon this noon. Hot. Windy. 93 today. Letter to Lucy. Evelyn & I to see Carrie Portz tonite. Tommy home late tonite. Sunny. Tommy left for Huron after breakfast. Home this evening. Cool. Windy. Evelyn, Millie & I to 8:15 Mass. Ed & Till here after Mass. Tommy, Peggy & Joe to 10:45 Mass. Home all day. Cloudy. Tommy to Chamberlain at 3:00 A.M. Home for breakfast. Evelyn washed. Letter from Sandy. Tommy, Ray, Lenny & I to Ashton. He worked some at the basement of my place. Home for supper. Tommy, Evelyn, and 3 little ones to Ashton. He to work at my place. Letter to Frances. Some rain last nite. Cool. Cloudy. Baked buns. Rain last nite. Letter from Marlys. Tommys got home this P.M. Too much rain to work at my basement. Daily work. Nice. Evelyn, Peggy, Millie & I to 8:15 Mass. Tommy & Joe to 9:30 Mass. Took a ride around the city after 3:30 P.M. Sunny. Tommy to Pickstown this A.M. Evelyn washed. Painter started bedroom before dinner. Letter to Marlys. Tommy left for Lisborn this noon. Painter at bathroom tonite. Some rain. Evelyn & Peggy to party tonite. Evelyn varnished woodwork in livingroom. I baked buns. Tommy home late tonite. House cleaned. Rain. Evelyn & I to confession after 4. Tommy left for Lisborn at noon. Evelyn, school children & I to 7:30 Mass. Thore s took care of little fellows. Evelyn & Ray shopped this P.M. Tommy home at mid-nite. Baked buns. Evelyn did other baking. Evelyn to 5:45 Mass. Rest of us at 7:00. Packed some lunch, and left about 9:00. I with luggage. Dinner at Rolands. Pats here, too. Tommy, Pat, and Roland hunted gophers at J. Stropstacks after dinner. Women & kids there later. Tommys there for supper. We left. Alvina washed. Tommys brought Roland s Buick back, and got their station wagon before supper. Ate here. Letter & Parcel from Patty. Cool. Ironed some. Took a ride after supper. Pat stopped this morn. for his glasses. Jerome this P.M. Cool. Sunny. Cool. To town this P.M. Letter to Patty. Just lived. Helped some with garden tonite. Fruit from Florida. To town this P.M. Letter to Jack. Warm. Alvina cleaned. She, Michael, David, Alice & LeRoy to Elk Point this P.M. to get her mother. Belinda here to watch Douglas. All to 9:00 Mass. To Spirit Lake for picnic dinner with Denises in Miniwakan Park. Pats there too. Grilled supper in Denis s back yard. Gang fished. Home about 11:00 P.M. Rain last nite. Card & letter from Denises. Delayed. Drove to Ashton tonite. Alvina & Alice washed. Letter from Frances. Rain & hail last nite. Note to Tommy. Baked buns & pie. Alvina brought me to Jeromes tonite. Just lived. Helped clean. Dorothy, Glenda & I to S. City. I stayed with Helen. She and I out to Richards after dinner. Dorothy came about 3:30. After coffee we left for home. To confession tonite. To 7:00 & 9:00 Masses, and 2:30 devotions. Supper at Sue s, then pinochle there.
May 23 1960. Mon. Dorothy papered at Dilly s. I got dinner. To town for business after dinner. Got to 6:00 A.M. Mass for Rogation Days. May 24 1960. Tues. To 6:00 A.M. mass for Rogation Days. Dorothy papered at Dilly s. I got dinner. Jerome & Denis moved some dirt at my place. May 25 1960. Wed. Dorothy washed. Denis worked some at my house place. Here for dinner. Marlys got him about 5:00 P.M. ½ in. rain last nite, and again this P.M. May 26 1960. Thurs. Ascension. To 8:00 Mass. More rain. Letter to Frances. Sue & I to graduation exercises in church tonite, then to community hall. May 27 1960. Fri. Cool. Sunny. Jerome & Dorothy to Minneapolis today to Ford show. I cooked meals. Letter from Patty. Letter to Sandy. Moved my house in today. May 28 1960. Sat. Denis worked at my house. He and family here for grilled weenie supper. May 29 1960. Sun. To 7:00 and 9:00 Mass. Dinner & supper at Grandma Heibults with the family. Tommys came at suppertime. Stayed there over nite. Peggy & Joe slept here at Jerome s. May 30 1960. Mon. All to 9:00 program for Memorial Day. Evelyn & children to Bigelow for dinner. Rolands here for dinner, also Tommy. Jerome, Tommy, Roland & Sneak worked at house this P.M. Evelyn & children, Sneak & Bernie, & boys all here for grilled weenie supper at Jerome s. Nice. May 31 1960. Tues. Dorothy washed. Letter to Sister Albertine. Rensink put in furnace & hot water heater today. Roland, Jeromes, Dorothy an I worked at house tonite. Nice. June 1 1960. Wed. Dorothy ironed & sewed. I baked buns & darned sox. Roland down tonite, and all worked at the house. June 2 1960. Thurs. Nice. Dorothy helped at her dad s books this A.M. She to Sheldon this P.M. to help serve supper to group from Mich. Letter to Patty. Jerome & Roland worked at house tonite. June 3 1960. Fri. Dorothy sewed, etc. Nice. I sanded at cupboard this P.M. Jerome, Dorothy, Roland & Alvina at house tonite to work. June 4 1960. Sat. Nice. Warm. Denis here to wire some at the house. Dinner here. I vacuumed here. Dorothy sewed. June 5 1960. Sun. Penticost. To 7:00 Mass. Pat stopped in this P.M. Later Dorothea and boys got us, and we had grilled supper at Jim s in Sheldon. Jeromes had picnic supper in Ashton part with group, for public school principal & family, who are leaving. June 6 1960. Mon. Dorothy & boys to Sheldon this A.M. for bible school. I got dinner. Jerome helped count votes in town. Card & note from Sr. Albertine. Roland & I at house tonite. June 7 1960. Tues. Dorothy & boys to Sheldon this A.M. Ironed a little. Letter from Marcella. Supper at Sue s. Also Margaret Dries there. Pinochle tonite at Jerome s with Sue, Margaret, Dorothy, Jerome, & Mr. & Mrs. Heibult. June 8 1960. Wed. Dorothy & boys to Sheldon this A.M. Walked to town this P.M. for business. To meeting tonite for smorsgasbord. June 9 1960. Thurs. Dorothy & boys in Sheldon this A.M. Theresa, Claus, & Dan stopped in. Letter to Marcella. Helped serve at Aux. meeting tonite. Jerome & Roland worked at house tonite. June 10 1960. Fri. To 7:00 Mass for Dad. Dorothy & boys to Sheldon this A.M. Letter from Jack. Letter to Jack. Worked at home tonite. June 11 1960. Sat. Denis & Pat came to move my house hold goods in. Back by noon. Had dinner here. Dorothea & boys at house. Dorothy & I to Sibley this P.M. for paint, paper, etc. June 12 1960. Sun. To 7:00 Mass. Roland & Alvina here about 10. They, Denis, Marlys, and Pats here for diner. Alvina and Marlys painted bedroom ceiling & walls. Dorothy, Dorothea, & Alvina papered living room. Boys at cupboards. All worked at house tonite. Letter to Sis. June 13 1960. Mon. Partly cloudy. Dorothy & boys to Sheldon this A.M. She washed this P.M. Letter to Helen. Jerome & Dorothy at house tonite. June 14 1960. Tues. To Sheldon with Dorothy to get eyes tested. Alvina & I painted in bedroom & closets after dinner. Dorothy came with coffee, then all painted bedroom woodwork. Jerome, Dorothy, Rooland, Alvina & I worked tonite. Cleaned floor, and got furniture in bedroom.
June 15 1960. Wed. Nice. Dorothy & boys to Sheldon this A.M. She back there to meeting this P.M. I worked at house this P.M. Jerome & Dorothy there tonite. Tommy phoned that Mr. & Mrs. Portz were killed. Letter to Dorothea. June 16 1960. Thurs. Dorothy & boys to Sheldon. She took me to S. Falls this P.M. Picked over strawberries for Evelyn. June 17 1960. Fri. Evelyn & I to funeral for Mr. and Mrs. Portz at 10:30. June 18 1960. Sat. Helped pick some berries. Got dinner. Helped pick over berries. To confession. June 19 1960. Sun. To 7:00 Mass. Relaxed. Tommy home for supper. Rain tonite. June 20 1960. Mon. Helped work some. They all brought me to Ashton this P.M. Here for supper. Dorothy & I sanded at cupboards this evening. June 21 1960.Tues. Dorothy washed. I helped with dinner. Sorted sox and darned some. Jerome, Dorothy & I left for S. City at 5:00 P.M. Had supper in South S. City, then out to see Richard. Home at 11:30. June 22 1960. Wed. Nice. Helped clean vegetables. Ironed a few pieces. Letter from Sis. Note to Frances. Letter to Sis. Richard died at 9:20 A.M. Alvina & Dorothy papered kitchen. Mrs. Heibult varnished cupboard. June 23 1960. Thurs. June 24 1960. Fri. June 25 1960. Sat. June 26 1960. Sun. June 27 1960. Mon. June 28 1960. Tues. June 29 1960. Wed. June 30 1960. Thurs. July 1 1960. Fri. July 2 1960. Sat. July 3 1960. Sun. July 4 1960. Mon. July 5 1960. Tues. July 6 1960. Wed. July 7 1960. Thurs. July 8 1960. Fri. Daily work. Dorothy took me to town this A.M. for groceries, then to my house to stay. Cooked first dinner here for myself. Richard s body was brought up from S. City. Tommy & Evelyn stayed here all nite. All to wake tonite. To 10:00 funeral Mass, and dinner in the hall., Very many relatives here. Jeromes, Denises, Tommys, Rolands, Willies, Pats, Patty and Francis here this P.M. Also Martin, Charles, & wives, Eds, Bunnys. Lucy, & Pauls. Boys, 8 of them, Francis Weber, too helped Bernard move garage back. To 7:00 Mass. To work for Smorsgasbord at school from 12 to 4. Home, and rested. To 7:00 Mass. Unpacked boxes and washed dishes to put in cupboards. To 7:00 Mass. To town after breakfast. Blanch & Don stopped in this P.M. Unpacked boxes and washed dishes. Jim Hager painted at house tonite. To 7:00 Mass. Went to help clean church about 8:00 A.M. Home about 11. Rested. Carried things out of basement. Washed pictures. Sue stopped by tonite. Dorothy came tonite to get suit cases. To 7:00 Mass. Mrs. John Berning brought me home. Paul came with green onions. Cleaned lamps. Rested this P.M. then worked some in basement, etc. Sue, Margaret, and Eds here tonite for pinochle. To 7:00 Mass. Rose Kolbeck brought me home. Jeromes & Gus left early this morning for Denver. Sent Cal to get my mail. Letters from Patty and Frances. Sharon brought dish of strawberries. To 7:00 Mass. To confession before Mass. LaVonne Knerr brought Josephone T. and me home. Light rain. Andy & Donna came. Polished furniture, etc. To see Mrs. Heibult tonite. Played 3 handed pinochle. Collette brought lettuce, radishes, & rolls. To 7:00 Mass. Sue took me to town after Mass for groceries & mail. Sue & Helen here for dinner. Letter from Sandy. To 7:00 Mass. Sunny. Cool this morning. Letter to Patty. Jim Hager painted at house this A.M. Sue stopped in. Lizzie Leinen called on me this P.M. Sue, Helen, and Margaret got me for picnic supper at Beth s. Tommys & Roland here this P.M. Mass. Sunny. Cool. Washed glasses, etc. out of the basement. Cleaned out oven & broiler. Polished mustard container with silver polish. Man here to adjust oven this morn. Sue, Helen, Margaret Dries & I to Roland s tonite. LeAnne, Martha & kids stopped. Nice. Karen got my mail. To 7:00 Mass. Card from Dorothy. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. To town later. Washed this P.M. Mrs. Heibult stopped in. Also Sue. To Wiltgens with Mrs. Heibult tonite for birthday card party. Home at mid.nite. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Ironed. Rested this P.M. Letters to Will, Tone.
July 9 1960. Sat. July 10 1960. Sun. July 11 1960. Mon. July 12 1960. Tues. July 13 1960 Wed. July 14 1960. Thurs. July 15 1960. Fri. July 16 1960. Sat. July 17 1960 Sun. July 18 1960. Mon. July 19 1960. Tues. July 20 1960. Wed. July 21 1960 Thurs. July 22 1960 Fri. July 23 1960 Sat. July 24 1960. Sun. July 25 1960. Mon. July 26 1960 Tues. July 27 1960. Wed. July 28 1960. Thurs. July 29 1960. Fri. Foggy. To 7:00 Mass. Sue took me to Sibley this A.M. to shop, etc. Baked biscuits this P.M. Denis & family here this P.M. for lunch. He hung some pictures. Sue got me for supper. Helen & Margaret there. Foggy this morn. Sultry. To 7:00 and 9:00 Masses. Sue & Helen stopped in late this P.M. Jerome, Dorothy & boys here tonite. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Letter to Sr. Albertine & Frances. Storm about 5:30 P.M. Wind and rain. Few hailstones. Cloudy. To 7:00 Mass. To town for mail & groceries. Pat stopped about 9:45 for coffee. Jerome here this noon. I walked to Dorothy s after dinner, back about 4. She canned beans. Sue, Helen & Margaret here tonite. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Sue & Helen took me along to Estherville for dinner. Stopped at Marlys s this P.M. for coffee. Home about 5. Helen & Margaret here tonite. Also Jeromes. To 7:00 Mass. Baked biscuits. Made crispy bars. Katie Stoltz here tonite. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Vacuumed floors & dusted. Lon Richter hurt in power mower. Lost leg. Dorothy & I to Sheldon this P.M. I got lenses changed, then we shopped for curtains. Sue, Helen & Eda here tonite for pinochle. Nice. To 7:00 Mass & confession. Men put in gas pipes to house. Nice. To 7:00 & 9:00 Masses. To Jerome s for anniversary picnic dinner in Ashton park. Rolands, Sue, Heibult relatives, and Brinkmans there. Heavy rain about 4:30. Supper at Jeromes, then pinochle until 11:00. Mr. & Mrs. Heibult brought me home. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Cal brought my mail. Hot. Mark came with calender. Jim finished painting tonite. I called on Lizzie Leinen this P.M. Hot. To 7:00 Mass. Mike & Clara stopped in this A.M. and brought chicken. Josephine Tremmel stopped in. Lizzie Leinen came and brought new potatoes & peas. Sue & Helen stopped in tonite. Letter to Sandy. Hot. To 7:00 Mass. Washed. Mark here this A.M. Pat also. Dorothy stopped after dinner. To town tonite for groceries. Rolands here tonite. Hot. To 7:00 Mass. Theresa Schneider brought me some raspberries. Bernard brought mail. Letter from Patty. Jerome s took me along to drive-in tonite for root beer, etc. Hot. To 7:00 Mass. Baked biscuits. Ironed. Hot. To 7:00 Mass. Dusted. Filled pillow for cushion. Rensink brought bill for plumbing, furnace, heater, etc. Hot. To 7:00 Mass. Got my housework done. Letter to Patty. Pat & family here for dinner, then to see Hank, who is sick. 3 little ones here until 8. Tommys here for supper. Fred & Lizzie, Jerome & boys here tonite. Played pinochle until after 10. Hot. Partly cloudy. To 7:00 Mass. To town for business & groceries. Hoed a little in Irene s garden. Letter from Till. Card from Helen. To 6:00 Mass to honor St. Ann. Mr. & Mrs. Albert Beck & Esther Reiter brought me home. Called on Katie Stoltz tonite. Donald Wagner died. Jeromes here tonite to put up rod for drapes. Bernie & Donna called this P.M. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Baked biscuits & cocoanut macaroons. Dorothy here to put up drapes this P.M. Helen here and helped hem them. Maggie Honkomp died. Sue got me for supper there. Also Marg. D. Then pinochle. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Helen & I to Sibley this A.M. for business & groceries. Dinner with Roland & family. Called on Rose Cronin. Sue, Helen, & Marg. D. picked me up tonite to go to Mrs. Marg. Honkomp s wake. Nice. To church at 7:00 for Communion. To 10:00 A.M. funeral Mass for Mrs. Tony Honkomp. Denis & Marvin Schindler stopped in this P.M. Jerome brought screens for north windows. Dorothy put curtain on south door. Jerome put up north screens tonite.
July 30. 1960. Sat. Nice. To 7:00 Mass & confession. Vacuumed & dusted rooms. Sue, Toots, Evelyn & 5 children got me for coffee down at Sue s. Dorothy came, too. Toots & company brought me back. Called on Lizzie Leinen last nite. July 31 1960. Sun. Cool. Sunny. To 7:00 & 9:00 Masses. Jerome got me for dinner. Letters from Frances, Lucy, & Sr. Albertine. Denises came to Jeromes this P.M., then brought me home. Blanch & Joretta at Jerome s for dinner. Letters to Till & Willies. August 1 1960. Mon. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. To Heibults at 8:00 to help Lizzie and Dorothy clean 24 springs. All in deep-freezer before dinner. Ate there, then Fred brought me home. Lizzie Leinen brought new potatoes. Mrs. Lamphers died. August 2 1960. Tues. Hot. To 6:00 Mass. Washed. Pat stopped in for coffee. Went riding tonite with Jerome s to cool off. 103 today. August 3 1960. Wed. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Baked rolls. Ironed. Katie Stoltz brought beans and cucumbers. Cal brought mail. Letter from Marcella. Rolands down. Letter from Marcella. Rolands down tonite with flowers for graves, then at Sue s. August 4 1960. Thurs. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Walked to Jerome s after Mass. Had breakfast there. Took few rolls to Lizzie L. & Irene. Dustmopped floors. Rested. August 5 1960. Fri. Dark. To 7:00 Mass. Mr. & Mrs. Al Schneider brought me home. Heavy rain about 8:00 A.M. Letter to Frances. Dorothy brought boys for the P.M. Sue stopped in. Dorothy brought mail. Lizzie Leinen brought sweet corn. August 6 1960. Sat. August 7 1960. Sun. August 8 1960. Mon. August 9 1960. Tues. August 10 1960. Wed. August 11 1960 Thurs. August 12 1960. Fri. August 13 1960. Sat. August 14 1960. Sun. August 15 1960. Mon. August 16 1960. Tues. August 17 1960. Wed. August 18 1960. Thurs. August 19 1960. Fri. August 20 1960. Sat. Partly cloudy. To 7:00 Mass. Got eggs. Baked rolls, and 2 kinds of cookies. Took a few cookies to Lizzie Leinen, and got sweet corn. Cool this morn. To 7:00 & 9:00 Masses. Jeromes took me along to Rolands for dinner & supper. Home about 8. Cool this morn. To 7:00 Mass. Letter to Tommy. To town this A.M. for business & groceries. Clara Honkomp brought me home. Helped Dorothy can corn at her ma s this A.M. Yvonne helped. Rained some. Cool. To 7:00 Mass. Father stopped in to bless my home, then Stoltz s. Dust mopped. Cool. To 7:00 Mass. Cleaned a little. Mark, Paul, and Glen here this P.M. Also Mickey. Sue got my mail. Letter from Will. Sue & Margaret stopped in tonite. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Daily living. To Auxilliary pot luck supper in park, then to meeting. Katie Stoltz took me and brought me home. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Vacuumed & dusted. Sue stopped in. Brought tomato, then got my mail. Letter from Patty, and card from Sis. Theresa Schneider brought sweet corn. Visited Josephine Tremmel tonite. Light sprinkle this morn. To 7:00 Mass, & confession. Baked rolls and cookies. To town after supper for groceries. Ted Voss brought me home. Sue & Margaret stopped in later. Cool. Sunny. To 7:00 & 9:00 Masses. Maryknoll Missionary here. Rolands stopped, Dorothy came, boys to Jeromes, then ladies to surprise stork shower on Donna. Rolands & I supper at Jeromes. Sue came later, then 6 handed pinochle. Cool. Cloudy. To 6:00 & 8:00 Masses. Letter to Sr. Albertine. Cards to Debbie, Frances, Chrisie and Blanch. Windy. To 7:00 Mass. Pat stopped for coffee. Note to Marlys. Sue & Bob here tonite. Sprinkle. To 7:00 Mass. Mark, Paul, & Bob Hofsommer here this P.M. Letter to Marcella. Lizzie Leinen in tonite with sweet corn. Evelyn & kiddies, Helen & her grandchildren here tonite. Sunny, then rain about 3:30. To 7:00 Mass. Washed. Clothes dry before rain. Cards from Sis & Joretta. Lena Streit died. Lizzie L. brought sweet corn. Evelyn, Helen, & children here tonite. Cloudy. To 7:00 Mass. Dust mopped. Ironed. Sue brought mail. Letter from Sandy. Sue took me to wake tonite. Foggy this morn. To church at 7:00 for Communion. To 10:00 funeral Mass for Lena Streit. Honorary pall bearer. Dinner at school. Baked cookies, biscuits, & pie.
August 21 1960. Sun. August 22, 1960. Mon. August 23 1960. Tues. August 24 1960. Wed. August 25 1960. Thurs. August 26 1960. Fri. August 27 1960. Sat. August 28 1960. Sun. August 29 1960. Mon. August 30 1960. Tues. August 31 1960. Wed. September 1 1960 Thurs. September 2 1960. Fri. September 3 1960. Sat. September 4 1960. Sun. September 5 1960. Mon. September 6 1960. Tues. September 7 1960. Wed. September 8 1960. Thurs. September 9 1960. Fri. September 10 1960. Sat. September 11 1960. Sun. September 12 1960. Mon. Hot. To 7:00 & 9:00 Masses. Jeromes here for dinner. Denises here for supper. Sue stopped in. Hot. To 7:00 Mass. Cleaned up the house. Took piece of pie to Lizzie Leinen. Letter to Lucy. To see Mary Streit tonite. To cemetery with them. Hot. Windy. To 7:00 Mass. Pat here for coffee. Letter to Frances. Letters to Patty & Kathy. Rain this eve. Hot. To 7:00 Mass. Letter from Frances. Coffee with Mrs. Mary Streit. Left for S. City after 8. Tracy Johnson & Esther Romrenke with us. Hilda T., Kate W., and Esther K. in other car. Picnic dinner with Blanch & Joretta. Helen after dinner. Home at 5:30. To 7:00 Mass. Heavy rain during & after Mass. Gus and Marie Hothing brought me home. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. To town after breakfast for mail and groceries. Vacuumed and dusted house. Rolands here tonite. Got Sue for pinochle. Hot. To 7:00 Mass. To confession. Baked rolls & cookies. Mopped & waxed kitchen floor. Lizzie Leinen brought pudding & cookies. Colette & Judy brought apple crumble. Letter to Sis & Sandy. To 7:00 Mass. Rain! Rain! Rain! Blanch & Joretta here for dinner & coffee. Sue got me after supper for pinochle at Geo. & Hilda s. Albert Becks brought me home after Mass. Sunny. To 7:00 Mass. Sharon got my mail. Letter from Francis Weber. They got twin boys Aug. 24 Note to Webers. To C. D. of A. meeting tonite. Sue brought me home. Hot. To 7:00 Mass. Washed. Canned 5 pts. pickles. Pat here for coffee. Sue & Margaret stopped in tonite. Hot. To 7:00 Mass. Washed. Pete Kappes stopped in about Ins. Jerome took me to Mr. Henning s wake tonite. Walked to their house afterwards. Took me to drive-in, then home. Hot. To 7:00 church for Communion. To 9:00 funeral Mass for Mr. Henning. To town for mail and few groceries. Letter from Sis. Twin cards from Webers. To see Lizzie Leinen tonite. Don brought tank of gas. To 6:30 Mass. Ironed. Sue brought mail this P.M. Jeromes took me along to Roland s tonite. Home about 12. Hot. To church at 6:30 for Communion. Baked biscuits, cinnamon rolls, and cookies. Sneak brought spuds, cucumbers, carrots, & tomatoes. Hot. To 7:00 Mass. Sneak & Bernie here for 11:00 dinner. Down there this P.M., & supper. Hot. To 7:00 Mass. To town for mail & groceries. Tommys here this P.M. Letter from Patty. I to work at picnic from 4 to 6. Ate supper there later. Rolands brought me home. Hot. To 7:00 Mass. Cleaned up the house. Sue brought my mail. Rested. Hot. To 7:00 Mass. Pat here for coffee after 11:30. Letters to Frances & Patty. Rain. Sue, Margaret & Eda here tonite for pinochle. Cloudy. Cooler. To 7:00 Mass. To town for mail & groceries. 4-1/2 inches of rain last nite. To Aux. meeting with Marcella Marnach, her daughter, & Richter girls. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Alvina, Douglas, & Alice stopped in this P.M. Letter to Sis. Mr. & Mrs. Klein here tonite. Cool. To 7:00 Mass. Confession. Baked biscuits, cinnamon rolls, & cookies. Josephine stopped in. Jerome here at noon. Sue in twice. Vacuumed & dusted. Roland & boys here tonite. Cool. Sunny. To 7:00 Mass. Jeromes picked me up at about 11:00 to go to Estherville for family picnic. Denises, Rolands and Jims there. Had dinner in State Park. Home about 8:00 P.M. Letter from Sandy. Very cool. To 7:00 Mass. Sandpapered & varnished cupboard. Note to Patty. Sue got Margaret and me for super. I got Bernie over to play pinochle. Sue took us home.
September 13 1960. Tues. Cool. To 7:00 Mass. Pat in for coffee. Walked to Jerome s after supper with my winter coat. They brought me back. September 14 1960. Wed. Cloudy Cool. To 6:00 A.M. Mass. Baked biscuits. Light rain. September 15 1960. Thurs. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Washed. Sue brought my mail. Letter from Patty. September 16 1960. Fri. Cool. To 7:00 Mass. Ironed. Mended. Kate Wiltgen here this P.M. Roland, Michael & David here tonite. September 17 1960. Sat. Cool. To 7:00 Mass. Some rain last nite. To town this A.M. for business. Roland & Alvina got me about 6 P.M. to go to Patty s. Got here about 11. September 18 1960. Sun. To 8:00 Mass with Patty, Joan & kids. Rest to 10:00 Mass. To church at 1:15 to baptize twins. I stayed here. Willies out this P.M. and supper. Joan here to help. Stan, Jeanne, & family, Ray, Dorothy & Alan here this P.M. Cloudy & some rain. September 19 1960. Mon. Did most necessary things. Roland and Alvina to Willie s about 9:30. Left for Kansas during the P.M. Joan here after school, & night. Cloudy. I baked biscuits. September 20 1960. Tues. Necessary work. Patty baked bread. Joan & Kathy not here tonite. Cloudy. Addressed cards tonite. September 21 1960. Wed. Washed sheets & diapers. Letter from Sis. Heavy rain tonite. September 22 1960. Thurs. Cloudy. Washed diapers and some clothes. September 23 1960. Fri. Cloudy. Washed. Baked biscuits. Note to Jerome. Talked to Sr. Albertine on phone tonite. Francis bought 60 heifers. September 24 1960. Sat. Cloudy. Patty & Joan did big wash. Cleaned up the house. Ironed some. Patty & kids to confession this P.M. Joan went home tonite. September 25 1960. Sun. Cloudy. Patty & most of kids to 8:00 Mass. Francis, Kathy & I to 10:00. Start of 40 Hours Devotions. Francis, Nicky, Kathy & I to 8:00 P.M. devotions. September 26 1960. Mon. Nice. Washed baby clothes, etc. Ironed. Patty & Francis to 8:00 P.M. devotions. September 27 1960. Tues. Washed. Baked biscuits. Francis & Patty to Waterloo this A.M. Francis & I to 11:00 A.M. Holy Hour & Mass. He, Nicky, Kathy, Mike, Frankie & I to 8:00 P.M. closing of 40 Hours. September 28 1960. Wed. Nice. Washed. Patty baked bread. Grandma Weber and her brother stopped in. September 29 1960. Thurs. Cloudy. Washed. I did some mending. Rain tonite. September 30 1960. Fri. Partly cloudy. Washed. Letter to Sandy. Francis brought me over to Willie s tonite. October 1 1960. Sat. Visited & worked a little. Marcella & I to confession tonite. October 2 1960. Sun. Nice. Willie, Bonnie, Barbara, Nancy, Teresa, & I to 7:30 Mass. Marcella & Frances to 9:00. Packed lunch, drove to Eagle Point Park, Dubuque to eat, then across the river for drive. Got 2 bu. apples at Gay Mill, 1000 A. orchard. October 3 1960. Mon. Marcella & school girls to Cattle Congress this A.M. I baby sat. October 4 1960. Tues. Nice. Washed. Daily work. October 5 1960. Wed. Nice. Ironed some. October 6 1960. Thurs. Nice. Daily work. To Grandma Weber s for supper. Canned 20 qts. pears. October 7 1960. Fri. Nice. Washed. Marcella to town this P.M. Francis here tonite with S. S. check, card from Helen. Letter from Dorothea. October 8 1960. Sat. Nice. Ironed. Nancy to birthday party this P.M. Willie worked today. October 9 1960. Sun. Nice. To 7:30 Mass with Marcella, Bonnie, Barbara, Nancy & Teresa. Willie & Frances to 9:00 Mass. Packed lunch and drove to Haverhill to see Sr. Albertine. Had a nice visit & lunch with Sisters. October 10 1960. Mon. Nice. Marcella ironed, and we baked bread. Francis got me before supper. They went to P.T.A. meeting tonite. October 11 1960. Tues. Nice. Patty washed, and baked bread. I ironed a few things. October 12 1960. Wed. Nice. Patty washed. I mended overalls. Letter to Dorothea. Francis took calf in to be butchered. October 13 1960. Thurs. Nice. Patty washed, and cleaned front closet. I mended overalls. Francis sold last 12 steers.
October 14 1960. Fri. October 15 1960. Sat. October 16 1960. Sun. October 17 1960. Mon. October 18 1960. Tues. October 19 1960. Wed. October 20 1960. Thurs. October 21 1960. Fri. October 22 1960. Sat. October 23 1960. Sun. October 24 1960. Mon. October 25 1960. Tues. October 26 1960. Wed. October 27 1960. Thurs. October 28 1960. Fri. October 29 1960. Sat. October 30 1960. Sun. October 31 1960. Mon. November 1 1960. Tues. November 2 1960. Wed. November 3 1960. Thurs. November 4 1960. Fri. November 5 1960. Sat. Nice. Patty washed. I mended overalls. Francis & Lawrence got apples this P.M. Patty & Francis to C.F.M. meeting tonite. Nice. Letter to Frances. Kathy & I to confession this P.M. Francis & kids to library. Nice. Patty, Mike, Mary Sue, Frankie & Charley to 8:00 Mass. Francis, Nicky, Kathy, Philip & I to 10:00 Mass. Francis & kids to Weber s this P.M. Clarence & family here. Letter to Sr. Albertine. Nice. Patty did big wash. We peeled and canned windfalls. Kathy & Mary Sue to 4H meeting tonite. Nice. Patty washed. I finished peeling windfalls. Patty baked bread. I mended some, and ironed. Francis picked some corn. Cold. Patty washed. I helped some, and mended. Francis picked some corn. Helped Ray this P.M. Cold. Cloudy. Patty washed. I helped some. She & Mary Sue dug carrots, etc. Kathy got dinner. Francis & boys picked corn. No school. Patty & girls washed storm windows this P.M. Francis put them up. Cold. Patty washed. I helped. They washed windows this P.M. No school. Grandpa & Grandma Weber stopped in. She helped a little with windows. Francis put up last storm windows. Nicky & Patty dug dahlia bulbs. Boiled bones for soup. Cold. Usual cleaning. I baked biscuits. Patty washed heads. Mary Sue polished shoes. Francis took kids to library this P.M. Patty baked pumpkin pie and cocoa cake. Baths after supper. Nice. Patty, Nicky, Mary Sue, Mike, Frank, & Charlie to 8:00 Mass. Francis, Kathy, Philip & I to 10 Mass. All but Patty & twins to Grandma Weber s this P.M. Nice. We did big wash. Baked bread. 9 big loaves & large pan of biscuits. Francis to Jesup this P.M. with a few hogs, and got some groceries. Letter to P.J. Nice. Washed. Trimmed carrots and put in jar. Patty & Francis to toy party at Ray s tonite. I baby sat. Nice. Washed. Peeled & canned some pears. Letter to Dorothy. Francis helped Jeanne move this P.M. Mended. Nice. Washed. Mended. Peeled & canned some pears. Kathy & Mary Sue to 4H booster party tonite. Cloudy. Patty washed. We peeled and canned 12 qts. pears, and some for sauce. Mended. Letter from Dorothea. Lawrence Greiner here this morning. Cloudy & misty. Patty washed. I ironed. We fixed Sunday pants for boys. Girls cleaned. They to Jesup this P.M. Francis took me to Willie s tonite. Pat called from Cedar Falls tonite. To 7:30 Mass with Willie and twins. Marcella and 4 to 9:00. Pats here for dinner & supper. To Stabel s and Patty s this P.M. Pats and I left after supper. Got to Estherville before mid-night. Dorothea to Spirit Lake to get Duane at Denis s. We baked bread & canned 16 qts. of pears this P.M. Kids out for tricks or treats. Denis, Marlys, and 4 little ones here tonite. Pat & I to 6:00 Mass. Dorothea to 8:00. Then she and 5 boys took me to Spirit Lake. After dinner Marlys took me to Roland s. To 6:00 P.M. Mass with Rolands, then they brought me to Ashton. C. C. Hoover died. To 6:00 A.M. Mass. Rode with Stoltzs. Walked to Jerome s for breakfast. Dorothy took me to town for groceries, then to my house. Letter from Sandy. Sue & Margaret stopped in tonite. Notes to Willies & Pattys. To 7:00 A.M. Mass. Not feeling well. Bernard brought my mail. Letter from Frances. To 6:30 Mass. Light rain. Baking buns. Sue stopped in this P.M. Leo Honkomp died of heart attack. To 7:00 Mass & confession. Vacuumed and dusted.
November 6 1960. Sun. Nice. Windy. To 8:00 Mass. Jeromes got me for dinner in Spirit Lake with Denises. Home about 6. They ate evening lunch here. November 7 1960. Mon. Cold wind from south. To 7:00 Mass. Washed. To C. D. of A. meeting tonite. Bernard took Irene, Katie & me. Light rain tonite. November 8 1960. Tues. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Down to vote, got mail & groceries. Ironed. Sue stopped in tonite. Pat here this A.M. Hank left package for Pat. November 9 1960. Wed. Cold. To 7:00 Mass. Daily work. Sue stopped in. Wrote cards and notes. Letter to Willies. Sandy. November 10 1960. Thurs. Cold. Sunny. To 7:00 Mass. Walked to Sneak s for coffee, then to Sue s. She took me to town for mail, then home. Letter from Edwina. Sneak took me to Sheldon to see Brady, & brought me home. Sue, Bernie, & Eda here tonite for pinochle. November 11 1960. Fri. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. To town this A.M. for mail and groceries. Sue stopped. Dorothy in this P.M. Jerome s took me along to Legion & Aux. pot luck in hall, then to C. D. of A. play. November 12 1960. Sat. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Dust mopped & dusted. Baking buns. Sue stopped in. Helen came up with Glenda. Letter to Weber kids. November 13 1960. Sun. Nice. To 8:00 Mass. With Helen to Sue s for breakfast. Sue brought me home. She & Helen got me to go to Roland s for surprise birthday dinner. Denises, Tommy s, Pats also there. Jeromes came after dinner. Roland brought me home. November 14 1960. Mon. Nice. Foggy this morn. P. Kappes took me out to Reiters, to talk about staying with Grandma tomorrow. To town for business, & mail. Esther to help cook at golden wedding of Mr. & Mrs. Thiele. November 15 1960. Tues. Foggy, then nice. To 7:00 Mass. Pete Kappes here at 8 to take me out to Reiters. Sat with Grandma, and watched dinner for Dan and me. Esther brought me home after 4. To school to congratulate Mr. & Mrs. Thiele. November 16 1960. Wed. Nice. Windy. To 7:00 Mass. Letter to Frances. Sue & Helen here to take me to visit Rose & Ann at Sibley, but I painted storm window. They and Margaret Dries got me after supper to play pinochle at Eda Johannes s. November 17 1960. Thurs. Cloudy this morn. To 7:00 Mass. To town for mail, business, and some groceries. Stopped in to see Theresa Schneider. To Sibley tonite with Helen Johannes, Marg. Dries, Sue & Helen to C. D. of A. initiation & pot luck. Alvina joined. November 18 1960. Fri. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Sue got me about 10 for waffle dinner. Helen made them. Helen Johannes & Lena Hoffmann there too. Pinochle this P.M. Helen J. took Lena and me home about 4:30. Letter from Sister Al. November 19 1960. Sat. Cloudy. Not cold. To 7:00 Mass and confession. Vacuumed & dusted. Mark came to see me this P.M. Sue stopped by tonite with 2 lbs. oleo. November 20 1960. Sun. Beautiful weather. To 8:00 & 10:00 Mass and 2:30 devotions. Called on Lizzie Leinen, then Rolands stopped by. To Thanksgiving card party tonite with Andy & Katie Stoltz. November 21 1960. Mon. Nice. Windy. To 7:00 Mass. Josephine stopped in. Jim Adkins here this P.M. to fit new storm door, and fix east one. Painted at door. November 22 1960. Tues. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Father Dries read Mass at 6:30. Walked down to see Sue & Bernie. Pat stopped in. Mark here for piece of board. Letter to Patty. Washed storm door window. November 23 1960. Wed. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Mixed sweet rolls. Note to Willies. Bernard brought my mail. To town this P.M. for groceries. Clara Honkomp brought me home. She stayed for coffee. Jeromes stopped tonite. Asked me for dinner at Heibults. November 24 1960. Thurs. Thanksgiving. To 7:00 Mass. Called on Lizzie Leinen. Bernard brought my mail. Letters from Webers and Sandy. Card from Helen. Mikie & 2 girls stopped in. Sue, Marion & Alda stopped in. Jeromes got me after 11 for dinner at Heibults. He brought me home about 5. November 25 1960. Fri. November 26 1960. Sat. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Painted 2 nd coat on storm door. Called on Katie Stoltz. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Cleaned. Dorothy stopped by for piece of board. Tommys stopped in tonite.
November 27 1960. Sun. November 28 1960. Mon. November 29 1960. Tues. November 30 1960. Wed. December 1 1960. Thurs. December 2 1960. Fri. December 3 1960. Sat. December 4 1960. Sun. December 5 1960. Mon. December 6 1960. Tues. December 7 1960. Wed. December 8 1960. Thurs. December 9 1960. Fri. December 10 1960. Sat. December 11 1960. Sun. December 12 1960. Mon. December 13 1960. Tues. December 14 1960. Wed. December 15 1960. Thurs. December 16 1960. Fri. December 17 1960. Sat. December 18 1960. Sun. December 19 1960. Mon. December 20 1960. Tues. December 21 1960. Wed. December 22 1960. Thurs. Nice. To 8:00 & 10:00 Masses. To 2:30 devotions. Sue brought me home. Mike & Clara here tonite. Sue & Marg. Stopped on way to Jeromes. Thunder, lightening, & rain this eve. Cold & windy. To 7:00 Mass. Washed. Hung clothes in basement. Katie Stoltz took me along to Aux. card party this P.M. Some snow. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Pat here for coffee about 10:30. Letter to Trace. Celie Johannes & Eda got Marg. Dries, Lena Hoffmann and me to play pinochle at Sue s tonite. Nice. Cold. To 7:00 Mass. Letter to Patty. Dorothy & Lizzie took me along to Sibley this P.M. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. To town for mail & groceries. Al & Annie Strouth, Rose & Lena stopped in this A.M. Letters from Marlys & Marcella. Nice. To 6:30 Mass. Letter to Marlys. Cal & Micky brought my eggs. Nice. To 7:00 Mass & confession. Dusted & cleaned. Baked biscuits. Bonnie brought my milk over. Mark here this P.M. for varnish. Nice, but cloudy. To 8:00 Mass. Some rain. Pat s here for dinner and supper. Rolands stopped in this afternoon. Thunder, lightening & rain tonite. Gray. To 7:00 Mass. Alvina brought Douglas for the day. She to S. Falls with Lyle and Elvira. Dorothy stopped this noon. Lizzie Leinen, then Sue, then Katie Stoltz this P.M. Alvina got Dougie about 5:45. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Letter to Sandy. Sue stopped by. Sue, Marg. & I to Sibley to help Alvina celebrate her birthday tonite. Lyle, Alvera, & family there for supper. Partly cloudy. To 7:00 Mass. Letter to Tommys. Immaculate Conception. Nice. To 8:00 Mass. To town for mail and groceries after dinner. Sue stopped by about 3, and we went to Sibley. To Aux. Christmas party with Katie Stoltz tonite. Card from Evelyn. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Read mail. Called on Mrs. Donnie Platts this P.M. Sue got me tonite to go to Jerome s. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Cleaned. Baked biscuits. Note to Helen. Mark & Paul here this P.M. Cloudy. To 8:00 Mass. Jeromes took me along to Tommy s for dinner & supper. Rolands came in the afternoon, and then Jims. Bernard got his hand hurt, and they took him to the Dr. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Letters to Weber children & Willies. Addressed some cards. Foggy, then nice. To 7:00 Mass. Addressed some cards. Letter to Frances. Cal brought my mail. Letters from Patty, Marlys, & Till. Nice. To 7:00 Mass. Notes to Will, Tone. To Dorothy s this P.M. for permanent. Came home after supper. Nice. Cool wind. To 7:00 Mass. Cal brought mail & stamps this morn. Note to Sr. Al. & Till. Stamped and addressed cards. Fresh, but nice. To 7:00 Mass. Walked to Bernie s & Sue s. Sue took me to town to mail cards, & get mail. Addressed a few cards. Lizzie Leinen here before supper. Nice. To 7:00 Mass, & confession. Cleaned up rooms. Nice. To 8:00 & 10:00 Masses. Rolands here this P.M. Richters brought my mail. To 7:00 Mass. Started to snow early this morn. Snowed heavy all day. Dorothy and Glen stopped in after school. Snowing. Jerome got Sue & me to go to the public school Christmas program. To 7:00 Mass. Many snow drifts on sidewalks. Sue & Tone got me tonite to play pinochle there. Sneak & Bernie over, too. Mickey brought my mail over. 21 below this morn. To 7:00 Mass. Sidewalks all cleared. Note to Willie s, Sally. Alvina got me after dinner to shop in Sibley. Had supper there. Roland & Michael brought me home about 7:30. To 7:00 Mass. To church & back with Andy & Katie. Note to Sis.