in Misc. Diary Entry

June 22-26, 1946

June 22, 1946, Saturday

Bright, got very hot in the day. Will and Hank chored and got house ready to move and I laid down in p.m. and Will came up to tell me to come down to see them roll the house onto foundation but they had trouble so got it only on foundation about 4 ft. or 6 ft. so 20 or 18 more to go. Will and I went to Wm Abbotts to get beef they brought from Winner last night. They went to Brownie Anderson’s last night to a birthday party and home at 2 a.m. so no one up but W.L., so he gave us the meat. I washed a few pieces and went with Will to get meat and he was peeved.

June 23, 1946, Sunday

Boyd Larmer’s birthday. Hot south wind, bright, wind was strong. Will took Hank and I to 10:30 church, also Athel, Doris and David. Will and I rested on return from church until 3 p.m. then ate lunch, put sweep battery in car, took salt to cattle. No water in south well, all but 2 tanks full on Moore Creek. Went to Lew McKee’s and they will come Tuesday to help vaccinate the calves for Blackleg. We stopped at Furreys, had a lunch of bread, butter, milk, cake and peach sauce, came to Wm Pierce’s to get well tools, then home for night at 10:30 p.m. Hank left on horseback after church to go to Elmer Chauncey’s to see Sonny Arcoren and he went with Elmer and Sonny to Kriz diamond ball-game where they played Wood.

June 24, 1946, Monday

Bright, hot day until clouds passed in p.m. Strong dusty in places Northwest wind and a few large hail at Winner and dark clouds passed to North. I got meals, that is breakfast and dinner, for Hank had supper at Abbotts where he helped brand and castrate calves, 41 head, also Chas. McCormick, Keith, Gene and Chas. Jr. helped there as Abbotts helped McC.’s in a.m. Will and I to Winner in p.m., stopped at Abbotts going and return but no ice-cream in town to bring to Abbotts. Hank, W.L. and Billie got our cattle from Big Pasture to River Pasture in eve. Hank and Will got house to about 6 ft. of finished and ran house to west to about half of foundation. Mrs. Abbott, Delores and Cora Ann came in Abbott’s car. Delores is driving but could not go east of here so Will pushed. Stanley, Gary and Curly came this eve for awhile.

June 25, 1946, Tuesday

Bright, warm day. I got meals. Will helped me get dinner on table and Athel Whiting walked down to get our camera and she helped me get all dishes washed and fix a lunch for me at 4 p.m. Will and Hank chored. Hank went out to River Pasture to get in cattle and Bus and Jesse Lewis came on their Buckskin Colored Horses and helped Hank to get cattle in. Lew McKee came in Pick Up. They all vaccinated 123 of our calves for Blackleg and 1 sick one was hemorrhagic vaccinated. After dinner they put Wagner House on Foundation and straightened it. They ate lunch and went home. Will and I took Athel home, then Doris went along to get the mail. Will and I went out to fix fence east of wheat grass for put 49 of our heifers and 1 of Van Epps there, also a calf we got from Henry Arcoren to wean. Sonny came horse-back to see Hank and went back to Elmer’s.

June 26, 1946, Wednesday

Bright, warm until toward eve clouded, real rain and some hail, then South wind blew hard but wind changed every direction this eve. I got meals but no dinner as Will & Hank vaccinated at McKee’s, came home to put wethers back in cow who lost a calf. Hank got her in horseback. Will got Abbotts in car, they took him home after supper, fixed cow O.K. Fried chicken and washed clothes by hand.