July 12, 1936, Sunday
Another hot dusty south wind, a few clouds in p.m. and dust, a sprinkle of rain. I got breakfast but Will made ice-cream so no dinner but the ice-cream and for supper we ate minced ham and drank root-beer. Will chored in eve, for LeMoyne and Thomas went with Stanley and Seth to Winner show after Fairview vs. Hidden Timber game, H.T. won. Will took me to church and stayed up there to pump air in tires, for our pump on bum.
July 13, 1936, Monday
Cool, lovely south breeze, bright until in p.m. warmer. I got meals and slept in p.m. Will went to Winner to tell Papke’s that the calves are to be vaccinated on Wednesday and a rain down there so roads muddy and he was not home at bed-time. LeMoyne went around horses and cattle. Thomas finished raking oats, got maintainer and scraped the sand away from fence north of round corral.
July 14, 1936, Tuesday
Bright, hot day and a south breeze very warm. Will got in about 10 p.m. last night and he chored, then he and I went to Pat Karnes, no one home, then to Lattimores and gave Violet a pair of my old shoes, a teakettle and 3 towels, back to store for mail, no vaccine so we came home for dinner, then Jack Papke came horse-back with a bull of theirs to put in herd so he and Will went to Valentine, got vaccine and some beef to roast, fresh cucumbers, cabbage and other necessities. Thomas finished the fence north of round corral and LeMoyne went around stock and late p.m. they brought in calves and cows and tried to cut those not having calves and vaccinated calves but it was a job. Will & Papke got back at 6:30 p.m. Will and I to Legion Meeting at O’Kreek in eve.
July 15, 1936, Wednesday
Another hot bright day and south wind hot. I got meals for I baked bread and churned butter yesterday, also baked a cake and got today’s meals so not so bad. I laid down in p.m. Rena, Seth, Edward, Clarence and Yvonne came so I got up. Mr. John Papke and son Oscar of Winner, Tripp Co., Mr. Wm. Schulte and son of Presho, S.D., Lyman Co. came and the men vaccinated 179 calves, ours included after separating calves and mothers. Will got vaccine-machine at Daywitts. Papkes went home but Schultes stayed for supper and after a lunch, Rena and children went home.
July 16, 1936, Thursday
Another hot day. South wind strong. Will got in water and I washed clothes. The men fixed the well Tuesday morning. Thomas fixed fence north of gate to river-pasture and LeMoyne went to Big Pasture and got some cows and calves to River Pasture and late p.m. they went to store, took a swim at dam. Thomas got a bull at Schneiderweits and LeMoyne got our other 4 at Ed’s and not back at bed-time. Will hung out the clothes and brought them in and he chored in eve and was all in from vaccinating, so rested to-day. Some clouds came up in eve so I gathered a sack of cobs and caught the dickens for it on account of washing.
July 17, 1936, Friday
Another bright, hot day. I got meals, ironed the men’s shirts, laid down in p.m. Thomas worked hay-sweeps, took off the broken teeth. LeMoyne to the stock. Thomas took hay-stacker to Chauncey’s in p.m. and LeMoyne and Will took pipe out of windmill on Moore Creek, cleaned tank of sand, went to the store. Wm Pierce, sons Billie & Ernie and Mavis and Leah came in eve for 8 pigs to feed their separated milk to on shares.
July 18, 1936, Saturday
A South-west wind, hot and a sprinkle last night made no showing so was dry as ever. I got meals and baked bread & cake and went with Will in p.m. to N.E. hills to look for grass. Mr. Chauncey and Roy along. They are mowing on Quigley land, had dinner here. Will chored in morning, then went to see Mr. Chauncey and Roy at Quigley land as we saw them taking tractor and mower there. They came with Will and froze ice-cream for dinner. In a.m. Thomas worked at sweeps and p.m. he fixed fence south of gate to river-pasture. Lemoyne rode on cattle in forenoon and the horses in p.m. We took salt to the horses in p.m. Ben Clausen came from Hot Springs yesterday, he came on train to Merriman, Nebr. where he met his brother Jesse of Martin so they went to Martin in car, then his other three brothers of Butte and Naper, Frank, Ed, and Wm. came from Hay Springs where they buried their brother Louis, and Ben rode to Martin with them, met Louis Lattimore at Mission as he was coming from Bismark, N.D. where his father was buried Wednesday, and Ben rode home with him. He walked there this p.m.
glad for your posts just went to a reunion and my great grandfather lw baker hauled fright for Edwhiting small world
Kathy, thanks very much for taking the time to write this. It really is a small world! I’m trying to get back on schedule with posting here–it’s been a busy summer. I hope you are having a good summer and that it hasn’t been too hot.