This week was the Jones Family Reunion for Grandma Rose and in the past I shared an article in the paper that announced it but for this year, it doesn’t appear it was reported, either before or after, or else those issues of the paper was not scanned in online – so that was a bit of a disappointment. But I was interested to see that Grandma Rose mailed a Father’s Day card to my Grandpa Archie. Of course, I went down the rabbit hole looking at vintage Father’s Day cards for 1978! Hallmark had a nice write-up about how cards and the holiday has changed if you’d like to read it.
NOTE: As always, I left her spelling, capitalization, and punctuation as much as possible.
_____ WEEK 24 _____
June 10, 1978 – Got up 8:00 After we ate breakfast, Len went outside to clip grass. Got finished around back shed, and grape vines. Looks very nice –
I got Ruby’s cake from the freezer and iced it – Fixed Baked Beans and put them in small slow cooker and cooked them all afternoon – Ran sweeper over the whole house – Cut more asparagus and picked few more strawberries.
We took good hot bath – and washed our heads.
June 11, 1978 – Jones Reunion – Got up 8:00 Had early breakfast and put chicken on by about 9:00 for the reunion. Packed picnic basket and Got chairs from garage. Got cake from freezer – Fixed and heated the German potato salad – Re-heated the Baked beans. Made iced tea.
Low 59° High 85°
June 12, 1978 – Got up 6:35 Had restless night last night. Too tired or too much to eat yesterday and last night – couldn’t seem to get enough cold iced tea last night –
After breakfast, Len and I put in 6 tomato stakes. Len started trimming grass around oil tank & well pit. I dug up more ground for beets and picked some strawberries. Cleaned and froze 1 pt berries and 1 pt asparagus before my stories at 1:30 –
Washed out 2 tablecloths and got them dry before the storm came at 4:00 P.M. Stormed but no hail – Tornado watch from 3 to 7:00 P.M.
Len dozed on the couch from 7:50 to 11:00 – very unusual for him. He wasn’t feeling so well. Too much out in the sun, I guess.
Low 68° High 87°
65° 11:15
(Note at bottom: “Mailed Bday card and $1.00 to David Jr.”)
June 13, 1978 – Got up 8:00 Coffee on, opened garage and green house – Pulled some grass, from ajuga – Cold outside this morning. Picked a few berries before breakfast.
Sorted all the towels, sheets, etc. Len did the washing and I hung out. Got all done by lunch time. Watched “soaps” – cleaned up all grass Len had clipped yesterday. Spaded one set out bulbs Ethel brought. Got that crazy sleepy feeling again today.
Len got call about his lens. Called Ethel to let her know. Tired tonight. Len feeling better tonight. Emptied grass Len clipped yesterday. Picked few strawberries just before dusk. Getting cooler when I came in.
June 14, 1978 – Got up 7:30 Put on coffee – went out and set out five tomato plants. After breakfast , when grass dried off, Len went out and clipped grass from around shed. Ironed for a couple hours in garage; and transplanted a few flowers before bench.
Watched “soaps.” Len dug out the rocks from beside shed and piled them against shed and cut grass from around fence.
I hoed wax beans, and hauled more clipped grass to the potato patch. Put away all the towels, wash clothes, and sheets. Finished cleaning grass from around back maple tree.
June 15, 1978 – Len got up at 7:30 – me at 8:00. Had breakfast and got ready to go get Lens new lens – Ef and Ralph came before 10. Ralph dropped us off to go to the bank and Revco, took Len on to Doctor. At 11:15 we left Circleville and went to Blue Drummer Steak House and had lunch – then on to Big Bear to get groceries. Got home about 2:30? Ethel and I took quick tour around the yard. They took glass jars for recycling. We yaked a spell, Len and I; I put away groceries. Changed clothes; Len finished cleaning up grape vines and I cleaned all around the yuca plants, cut weeds, etc. from Irish and on bank. Hauled wagon load of rotting clips from pit to bank flower bed.
Came in at 5:00, cooked pork steaks, mashed potatoes and spinach for supper. Len did supper dishes while I picked few strawberries, watered some plants and closed buildings.
Low 54° High 74°
(Note at top: “Got notice my 20 yr endowment policy would mature July 14th”)
June 16, 1978 – Got up 7:00 Put on coffee water. Back to bed fro another half hour. Got up 7:30 – opened outside buildings and fed cats. Mailed Fathers Day card to Arch. After breakfast, Len started mowing yard. I transplanted several house flowers into one pot; then began raking where Len mowed. Burned some dry honey sucked vines and cleaned up grass from around grape vines that Len clipped Wed. Put more honey suckle vines in shed to dry for burning.
After lunch, watched “soaps” then more raking and putting cut grass between potato rows. Filled several pots and fixed starts of pinks for Ethel and myself. After supper, raked more grass, put on flower beds and trimmed several columbines. Took good bath and washed my hair. Feel 3 lbs lighter.
Low 62° High 87°
Thought for today: “The future destiny of the child is always the work of the mother.” – Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821