Tuesday, December 29, 1936

Cloudy & plesant, colder
Made tapioca custard
Harry took Mother & Clara to the Dr. Price and had her foot fixed and Dr. Moore for her heart condition-
Better, thank God-
Clara & I had another conferance-
Mush and milk supper-

Saturday, November 28, 1936

Harry took Clara, Mother & Aunty to Dr. Price and had their feet treated and to Dr. Moore and had a thorough examination-
Aunty is better but Mothers heart is very bad and her limbs are swelling-
I stayed home and done the work and had 2 o'clock dinner-
Mother nervous & excited all day-

Friday, January 3, 1936

Mother, Aunty, Clara, & Harry went to Ithaca- Mother and Aunty had their feet treated by Dr. Price
I made cookies and got dinner and dressed a rooster this P.M.
Iliff* came and spent the eve
He has rented the Horatio Smith^ place- to move this month-
Aunty's new cot bed came by express-

The front of Irene's diary

*Iliff (pronounced EYE-lif) refers to my grandfather, Iliff Willard Dolton, Sr. (1897-1981), Irene's only child with Willard Dolton.

^Could this refer to a house owned by Civil War veteran Horatio Williston Smith of Butler, NY, or his father Dr. Horatio Smith? Could they be relatives of Irene?