June 27, 1956, Wednesday
Bright day. Men got 3 stacks on Strids and Will was sick last night but helped sweep this day and tonight is very sick. Harp and Johnson looked at cows and calves. This p.m. Dave Parker brought Mr. Howard Fairchild’s truck and last of their things as he came Monday eve and he and Thomas unloaded in barn and left Stranger & Cookie at Thomas’s, also their rabbits. We never knew he came Monday. Jeanne, Jack and Cherrie came in their New Car and no one was home at Thomas’s. Jeanne & Jack went to Stanley’s, they were there but Jimmie and Doris came with them, also Thomas in his Pick Up to help Dave get things in north tenant house where will be home for them. They went back to stay at Thomas’s until Dave takes Fairchild’s truck home to Broadwater and get his pick up. This is Cherrie’s 4th Birthday so she will have a fried chicken supper at Thomas’s and no doubt ice-cream and cake. I think it is too much for Jeanne to move in her pregnancy in Oct. but hope we can get the house fixed O.K. Jerry was doing their Big Washing today and had to have powder to finish the wash. I guess it is Tide. I laid down and got eats, played solitaire.
June 28, 1956, Thursday
Bright, hot day and a cloud came up this late p.m. but no rain, south wind changed to northwest but no rain here, only wind. Wm Pierce came in his bronze body with blue top car to get chain to his box that he uses to stack hay, also asked about goose that belongs to Billie Pierce and it was at Johnsons now with our chickens. Pierce never took it home. Will was very sick last night and all this day in bed, had to go out in our car at times and pick up to help bring in heifer, they pulled calf south of hill south of house, had to get others with Tex, saddle horse, and Leslie, then calf in Pick Up and mother & calf in round corral so she would claim it and quit at 8:30 p.m. for the night. Harp and Leslie mowed & raked another 1/3 of Strid alfalfa but wind very strong this p.m. The radio is noisy to cannot hear any news now. Never saw Jerry, Billie and Annita this day. I got eats, played solitaire and visited with Will and Pierce.
June 29, 1956, Friday
Bright, cool morning. Sprinkled some rain last night and got hot in p.m. to 104 above then began to cool off. I washed clothes and Will hung them on line. I got eats and laid down early a.m. and in p.m. and wrote in diary in p.m. and played solitaire. Will helped put up 2 stacks on Strids and men looked at cows and watered heifers down on State Land. A bull Pierce saw at spray pen has foot rot. Will slept this p.m. We have not seen Thomas’s and Parkers since Wednesday eve. Hope Jeanne is O.K. Will cleaned the night light, put clean distilled snow water in glass and this is Furreys’ 1 gallon jar so must give it to them to use for drinks to be filled. Jerry & Billie got meat this a.m. Men took junk out to hole this a.m. and we have ants in Kitchen, hope to get some chaser for them soon. Hope it rains again. Will and I out to look over cows and came home, did not get mail.
June 30, 1956, Saturday
I got up at about 5 a.m. and Will got up and looked at heifers to calf. One cow S.W. corner of wheat grass has a calf and is lame. Leslie and Mr. Harp are sweeping and raking last of alfalfa on Strids. Finished mowing last eve, raking at noon, and Will and I went to Winner to get groceries and some diabetic eats for me. We ate hamburgers and on return at noon Will took Post Toasties and some other eats, went with Mr. Harp and Leslie to stack 4 stacks alfalfa and finished this eve at Strids. After supper Mr. Harp went home. Parkers are at Thomas’s and Dave and Bill came back from Broadwater, Nebr. and they dug a trench to tenant house about midday, have some to finish. I gave them lunch this p.m. and they went back to Thomas’s for night. Jeanne, Jack and Cherrie did not come down, nor Thomas’s.
July 1, 1956, Sunday
Bright day and quite warm. Bill and Dave Parker finished trench to tenant house about 10 a.m. and went away in a hurry in pick up. Will and I are alone so we went out to look at cows and to Jim Hawk’s in p.m. Jim and Will figured wiring for tenant house north of garage and Leona and I sat in car in shade of trees. We came home via Abbotts and we talked to them S.W. of Ben’s. Got home and Mr. & Mrs. Jay Hudson Tate here and we visited and had a lunch. They went home to Winner at 10:30 p.m. Johnsons are home but went to Drive-In in eve.