(1963 September 22)
This Tuesday the Convocation meets here, and I will be in church 9:30 - 12 - lunch at Grill and speakers - then at night the men meet starting with supper. They will hear Bishops of Australia and Hallock [of Milwaukee]. (Picture me tripping up front with the UTO at Women's meet. Each UTO [United Thank Offering] treasurer puts hers in from each church.)
March 31, 2010
March 30, 2010
Grooming
(1963 September 22)
Yesterday I got Dee one of those wire brushes as Vica [Skip's dog] had. Hers was all moth eaten and beyond recall. He winces but tries to be brave. Getting pretty matted and attention needed. The leaves those two pets drag in now!
Yesterday I got Dee one of those wire brushes as Vica [Skip's dog] had. Hers was all moth eaten and beyond recall. He winces but tries to be brave. Getting pretty matted and attention needed. The leaves those two pets drag in now!
March 29, 2010
The Grove Street house
(1963 November 7)
[Polly's house at 33 South Grove Street was featured in a 2-page story (with 9 photos) by Harry Johnson in the Richland Observer. Ira Haseltine, the miller who founded Richland Center, planned in 1851 to have the house built for himself across the new millpond from his mill, and did so 1852-57. After the Civil War, the mill and the house were acquired by the Parfrey family, and then in 1945 by the Holos, until the Kays bought it on June 9, 1954. Polly reluctantly sold it in 1994.]
[Polly's house at 33 South Grove Street was featured in a 2-page story (with 9 photos) by Harry Johnson in the Richland Observer. Ira Haseltine, the miller who founded Richland Center, planned in 1851 to have the house built for himself across the new millpond from his mill, and did so 1852-57. After the Civil War, the mill and the house were acquired by the Parfrey family, and then in 1945 by the Holos, until the Kays bought it on June 9, 1954. Polly reluctantly sold it in 1994.]
March 27, 2010
Blacktop
(1963 July 2)
Also out in front is Del Whiteis' crew putting down new blacktop. This I do not have to explain to you. Whackety-bang with those big orange road machines.
Also out in front is Del Whiteis' crew putting down new blacktop. This I do not have to explain to you. Whackety-bang with those big orange road machines.
March 25, 2010
Dutch elm disease
(1963 July 2)
Miss Barnes [next door] is having an old elm tree cut down. This is a beautiful big elm in her back yard with about 4 huge trunks fused into one. It has some disease and she fears it will fall on her house. So for two days a man is there with ladder and tackle, and a tractor is down below to pull on an attached rope to guide it, and the old saw is a-humming and a-buzzing and causing poor Dee to bark.
Miss Barnes [next door] is having an old elm tree cut down. This is a beautiful big elm in her back yard with about 4 huge trunks fused into one. It has some disease and she fears it will fall on her house. So for two days a man is there with ladder and tackle, and a tractor is down below to pull on an attached rope to guide it, and the old saw is a-humming and a-buzzing and causing poor Dee to bark.
March 24, 2010
Meatloaf
(1963 July 2)
I made a 3# meat loaf Sunday with equal amounts lean beef, pork, ham. Ask it to be ground twice. Spread it out on paper it came in. Sprinkle on seasonings. Various kinds alter flavor. Salt, pepper, ketchup, chopped onion, parsley, 1 slightly beaten egg + 1/2 cup milk was what I used. Wash your hands and mix all well. Shape in long loaf in pan. 400 degrees, 15 minutes, then about 300 degrees for 2 hours. Roll a couple of potatoes in oven to bake or put a peeled potato in the pan with the roast. May cut potato lengthwise. This is very good hot or cold.
I made a 3# meat loaf Sunday with equal amounts lean beef, pork, ham. Ask it to be ground twice. Spread it out on paper it came in. Sprinkle on seasonings. Various kinds alter flavor. Salt, pepper, ketchup, chopped onion, parsley, 1 slightly beaten egg + 1/2 cup milk was what I used. Wash your hands and mix all well. Shape in long loaf in pan. 400 degrees, 15 minutes, then about 300 degrees for 2 hours. Roll a couple of potatoes in oven to bake or put a peeled potato in the pan with the roast. May cut potato lengthwise. This is very good hot or cold.
March 23, 2010
Backyard report
(1963 June 20)
Dee is now to be relied enough to be free and go with me to the clothesline where I have just hung up a mess of rags used for cleaning during the week. With my new soft water these old rags are cleaner than my towels used to get! Meanwhile Dee finds the bone from last Sunday's roast and chews away on that as a Mother Squirrel and 2 babies venture from their nest. Hidden from sight are birds teasing me by singing or quoking away (I wish I could identify them!). - Oh, it is so pleasnt in our back yard! Of course there are certain dark objects here and there in the grass, not far from Dee's tie-out rope - but a new Puppy-Scoop ordered from Penny's should be here today and that problem if not solved, made more pleasant!
Dee is now to be relied enough to be free and go with me to the clothesline where I have just hung up a mess of rags used for cleaning during the week. With my new soft water these old rags are cleaner than my towels used to get! Meanwhile Dee finds the bone from last Sunday's roast and chews away on that as a Mother Squirrel and 2 babies venture from their nest. Hidden from sight are birds teasing me by singing or quoking away (I wish I could identify them!). - Oh, it is so pleasnt in our back yard! Of course there are certain dark objects here and there in the grass, not far from Dee's tie-out rope - but a new Puppy-Scoop ordered from Penny's should be here today and that problem if not solved, made more pleasant!
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