Tuesday, December 22, 1936

Frosty and cold N.W. wind-
Done the ironing today-
Sent packages to McGraw and letter to Iliff-
Rec'd Xmass card from Lloyd Bower- Montana-
James Bristol called on Aunty this forenoon-
Mother has been very good all day-

Sunday, August 23, 1936

plesant all day
Bob came and done chores and Harry spent 2 hours at the Howell Home this forenoon and got his Montana pictures
Harry & Christine & I went to Auburn & Owasco Park this P.M.
Had a wonderfull time-
Then we took Delbert and went to hear Mr. Flaxington talk on his travels-
brought Florence home with us.
*wonderfull day

Diary page showing clipping about the band concert

*This statement was written vertically along the left hand margin of the diary entry as you can see in the image above.

Saturday, August 1, 1936

plesant and cool
Made a layer cake with the center layer chocolate this morning-
Aunty and I rec'd a letter from Clara in Montana-
They are having a wonderfull time-
Been sore and lame today for the weeks cleaning-
Aunty has been fine- but lonesome

Tuesday, July 28, 1936

plesant all day but looks rainy this eve-
Done a big washing today-
washed 10 woolen blankets and 5 sheets.
besides changes for Aunty and I.
Used all the waste water in the garden.
Rec'da letter from Harry today
very interesting-
119 [degrees] F in the open and 95 [degrees] in the shade at Meadow Mt. Ranch in Montana.

Tuesday, July 14, 1936

plesant and hot but coller breeze-
Aunty and I alone all day
Rec'd card from Clara mailed from Syracuse station 11-30 last night*-
found Harry's glasses in his coat pocket-
Made 12 glasses of currant jelly
picked the currants in the garden
and spread out on the grass Aunty's north bedroom carpet-

Front of the postcard Clara sent Irene

Back of above postcard. Postmark was stamped at 2:30 am on July 14, 1936

*"11:30 A.M. Dear Irene, Will you please look in Harry's coat and see if you can find the [glasses]. He thinks they are in the lining. Mother is fine All Aboard. Love to Auntie & you Clara" If anyone can tell me what Clara wrote instead of glasses, I would be very grateful.

Monday, June 13, 1936

plesant but Hot
Aunty went to Vera's to pick currants and Clara went on to Ithaca to do last shopping
Mother was bad-
Clara finished her packing this afternoon and I got the currants picked over-
Harry came for supper and left for Lloyds in Montana about 9 o'clock taking the 11-43 train from Syracuse-
*Aunty and I are all alone-

Red currants are my favorite, not sure about Irene.

*This line is written vertically up the left hand side of the diary entry.

Thursday, July 9, 1936

plesant but Hot-
Clara washed & pressed two dresses etc. and packed her trunk to go to Montana tomorrow
I made cupcakes & iced them and picked the chicken-
Aunty has had a very hectic day-
fretted and worried all day-
Her little hen died left 8 little chicks motherless
Mother has been good all day
*Harry came & spent the evening-


*This line appears vertically along the left margin of the diary entry.

Tuesday, June 30, 1936

plesant but cool
I made oatflake cookies & a sour cream cake*-
Harry came 1-30 and went with Clara to Syracuse^ to get tickets and drawing room reservations for the trip to Montana
Mother upset all day because Clara fixed brackets for Aunty's shelf and also going to Syracuse and leaving her home-
They returned about 8- P.M-

Google map showing current routes from Ludlowville to Syracuse^

* I was getting worried. Looks like Irene got a cool day & got right to baking!

^I wonder who is going to Montana & when. We'll have to wait & see.