July 2, 1946, Tuesday
Sun when shining was real hot but cool south wind when clouds and it was real cloudy at times but no rain. I got breakfast and Will chored. We took salt to Big Pasture and salt box from River Pasture to Mill on Moore Creek, for put salt in it, came to where Abbott was harrowing corn on Frank Abbotts and he may vaccinate for blackleg soon. We got ready and went to Rosebud, had dinner at Cafe. Will took me to Hospital and I had Clerk in Office take me down to clinic in basement. When my turn came, I went to Dr. Frazer to see what the painful lumps on my back were. He had nurse give me a disinfectant and a sulphrated salve to put on sore spot and called it an affliction of muscles and nerves and if not controlled, may pass around body. Will at Board Meeting of Selective Service and he brought a soldier of a group getting volunteers for Army to find out condition of a young man wanting to join.
July 3, 1946, Wednesday
Very warm but some clouds and when in breeze was cool, breeze changed every direction this p.m. Will changed, got in water and we washed. He put clothes on line and they dried except heavy ones but Will brought all of them in, in late p.m. as it began to cloud, some hail, wind from Northwest and real rain and sky was red before quit raining. I laid down in p.m. and then folded clothes.
July 4, 1946, Thursday
Very hot, sultry after rain but sun shone until in p.m. or late p.m. clouded in west and looked like rain but none here. Will chored and I got breakfast. We went to look at cattle in Big Pasture and Will looked at corn and it got hailed but some last eve but the wheat and rye and alfalfa on Strids O.K. The roads may be muddy so we came home to eat a dinner of fried chicken, gravy, bread and lemonade and did not go to Gregory Celebration but went at 3 p.m. to Lydon Picnic and ball-game between Sazama and Kriz teams and Sazama won. Bess Adrian, 4 boys Bob, Dean, Billie and Dick were there also. Wm, Julia Fronek, Bob and Ronnie, Rose Furhur and Kenneth. Us women had a dandy visit, also saw Maggie Gehlsen Simmons and Bonnie Jean and Georgia Ann of Platte, S.D. Will and I came to Van Epps in eve and Elsie, Billie, Mr. Louis Armbruster went with us to Fireworks at Lyndons in eve and Wm. Van Epps took Dean and Marjorie in their car. We left them at Carl Gehlsens on way home. Crowd was large at Fireworks and they were nice.
July 5, 1946, Friday
Sun shone and was warm. Will chored and went to Whiting Store to see if Bud would take the Tractor to Valentine and he will tomorrow. Delores, Billie and Cora Ann brought their cattle from River Pasture to Round Corral and Mr. and Mrs. Wm Abbott came in car, they vaccinated Abbott calves for blackleg. Mrs. and I got a lunch of lemonade, scalloped salmon, pork and beans, prepared meat, bread and butter. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott, Will and I stayed indoors, looked at pictures, they went home via Kleins Store late p.m. and Will and I took salt to cattle in Big Pasture and fixed a salt box.
July 6, 1946, Saturday
Cloudy in early forenoon then got real hot in sun and clouds passed about 3 p.m. and a real storm between here and Valentine and just light rain at Valentine but it got cool after rain. Will and I were at Valentine, got there at 5 to 12 noon so ate at Bob’s Cafe, saw Clara Anderson and Raymond just from Navy. Chris Nelson was buried at Spencer, he died at Center, Knox Co., Nebr. Sunday, June 30th and was a pioneer of Boyd Co., Nebr. and our near neighbor and father of Mrs. Anderson. We got our groceries. Will got mower and rake repairs, that is as many as he could and may get more later after Manager Mullins goes on a buying trip. We got ice-cream but ate when we got home and it made us a little sick at stomach but I fried pork steak. Will ate a sandwich and he got better and I went to bed sick. We had a new Battery put in V8, was using Model A Battery from hay sweep. Will put 3 young roosters in coop from the porch. Harold (Bud) Whiting got our tractor and a crate of chickens (16 hens and 5 roosters) and took to Whiting Store and tractor to Valentine. We saw him there and paid trucking to date.