Hidden Timber, South Dakota
August 21, 1925, Friday: A very strong south wind all day, and oh so dusty, but the threshing machine came and the crew consisting of Messrs. Ed Anderson, Cecil Roundy, George Menz, Jake and John Wisenberger, George Smith, Tom Whiting, Abe and Curtis Elshire, B. Clausen. Machine Men: One was bundle hauler, a separator man, also engineer, and George and Will and cooks myself, Mrs. George Menz and Mrs. George Smith and assistants Marcella Menz and Richard Smith, playmates Delila Menz, Ada Menz and Robert Smith. Threshing finished late evening fine and proper, 621 bu. Barley and 457 bu. oats. The Menz family and George and 2 threshers went to dance at O’Kreek.
August 21, 1928, Tuesday: Bright, nice day after a cold night. The undertaker, Frank Fisher, took Helen in the house, and I rode with Wes Groves, his son and a sister-in-law, and Dave brought LeMoyne, Kenneth, Seth and Leo from home, and Magdalene, Gerry and Lillian Smith dressed Helen so nicely in her graduating clothes. Ed and his family that Dave didn’t bring, Mrs. Giroux, Frances and Pearl came at mid-day, and Dave, Harriet and I came back out home for the night. Will and Ben were here. Ben was threshing so home late evening. We had a bum supper, as I was tired.
August 21, 1929: Louise told us this forenoon that she and Harry were going to be married soon, so we all are excited and you would think that we never heard of folks getting married before.
August 21, 1933, Monday: Bright and a S.E. breeze after a damp early morning, and a few clouds real late p.m., and a lot of rain and wind to N.W., but was in the south before bed-time and quite strong. I went to the front room in forenoon and back to bed until supper time after dinner, read and played cards. Maggie waited on me, got meals and cooked carrots and baked pie for supper. The men went to the hay field in the hills, but first Narvin went to the pasture and Will to Elshires and the store, but rain brought them in early evening. Jake Wisenberger was here yesterday before breakfast looking for a white-faced heifer.
August 21, 1934, Tuesday: I looked at catalogs and made out an order to Sears, and it was a job, so guess I will have to quit for awhile until I get new lenses in my glasses because I cannot see small print.
August 21, 1937, Saturday: South wind strong, dusty, bright. I got meals, finished washing, ironed shirts, mopped floors, swatted flies, baked cake. Will and Lee bunched hay north of Strids. Thomas rode and they stacked in p.m.