November 1934
By: A Written Life
Tags: Diary, History, Life, Journal, Writing

November 1- Thursday. Cold and windy. We washed and baked today. Clarence went hunting, got 3 ducks. Elmer H. was here. Read some today.

November 2- Friday. Rather cool today. Awful dust storm this eve. A little rain also. Mamma was sick with a cold all day. We had duck for dinner. Dad ‘s birthday.

November 3- Saturday. Not so cold today. I cleaned up the house some. Dad and Clarence went to town. Worked a jig saw puzzle. Radio program was good tonight.

November 4- Sunday. Fairly nice day. Listened to the radio this morning. Elmer H. and Buddy were here this noon. Fred K. was here afternoon. C. went to ball game.

November 5- Monday. Fairly nice day. I made 3 apple pies. Wrote a letter to Vera. Was out door this afternoon. Mr. Shore was here this morning.

November 6- Tuesday. Lovely day. Election day. Dad on the board. Mrs. Hennigh came and took us to election. I wrote a letter to Louise tonight. I’m awful tired.

November 7- Wednesday. Lovely day. I painted the cupboards and washed a few clothes. Fannie took Mamma to Shores to Missionary Meeting. Lavon Miller and Inez H were here.

November 8- Thursday. Nice day. I done some painting today. The cupboard sure looks nice. Berl came over and got Clarence this morn to help them. Mr. Tuttle and Titus were here.

November 9- Friday. Nice day. We done a big washing today. I hurt my thumb and it is very sore. Got a card from Dorothy. Radio program was pretty good tonite.

November 10- Saturday. Lovely day. I cleaned up the house and ironed some. Dad and Shorty went to town. Elmer H. came and got Clarence to work for him. Fred K. called tonite.

November 11- Sunday. Windy in morn but lovely rest of day. I felt bad all day. Red and June Harmon were here. Joe Grantham came and spent the evening.

November 12- Monday. Lovely day. I didn’t feel good today. Lennie’s 17th birthday. Clarence worked for Elmer H. Didn’t do anything today. Mamma baked bread today.

November 13- Tuesday. Lovely day. Dad helped Harmons with their broom corn. Clarence helped Elmer H. I quilted a little and cut out some quilt blocks.

November 14- Wednesday. Nice day. Didn’t do anything out of the ordinary today. Listened to the radio a lot. The McNese man was here this afternoon.

November 15- Thursday. Lovely day. Clarence helped John L. today. He went over there to stay all night. Elmer H and Fred Kolb were here. I baked 2 pies and quilted a little. Read some.

November 16- Friday. Windy and dusty day. The men fixed fence today. Ironed some. Mamma started to wash. The radio program was pretty good. I have a headache tonite.

November 17- Saturday. Windy, dusty day. Mamma finished washing. I cleaned up the house some but didn’t do any good. Clarence came home tonite. Heard from Kathlene.

November 18- Sunday. Lovely day. Harmons came and spent the day. Thompson was here from Walsh. Fannie and Larry Pearce also called. Had a real good time and good dinner.

November 19- Monday. Nice day. I cleaned up the house some. Dad and Shorty went to town. I quilted some today. Clarence started to help Claude P. herd cows.

November 20- Tuesday. Rather nice day but cold tonite. Mamma baked some cookies. Mr. Tuttle was here this afternoon. Got a letter from Louise and wrote one to Kathlene.

November 21- Wednesday. Cold stormy day. I made some pie crusts and started to make a dresser scarf. Walker started watering his horses here. Clarence came home after clothes.

November 22- Thursday. Nice day. We butchered today. Dad couldn’t get the car started so Shorty went after the mail. Mr. Welsh came the eve and stayed for supper.

November 23- Friday. Nice today. Mamma finished washing and we ironed. I made a chocolate pie for supper. Sure was good. Elmer H. was here today. Radio program good tonite.

November 24- Saturday. Lovely day. We canned some beef. I cleaned up the house some. Shorty went and got the mail. The big battery run down so couldn’t listen to radio.

November 25- Sunday. Fairly nice day. Callers were Mr. Kepley and boys, Elmer H. and Buddy, Mr. Thompson, and some other man. We played dominoes tonite.

November 26- Monday. Rather cold and cloudy today. We canned beef today. I read some and sewed some. Couldn’t hear the radio as the battery is down.

November 27- Tuesday. Cold today. Snowed and blowed hard last night. Paul P. and Garth M. came and helped start the car. Dad got the mail. We played dominoes tonite.

November 28- Wednesday. Cold today. Dad and Shorty went to town. Mamma washed and baked bread. I cleaned up the house some. Dad took Hamons some meat.

November 29- Thursday. Fairly nice day. Uncle Reg and Aunt Myrtle and Daisy, Uncle Leo, Ida, Don, and June came. Had a good Thanksgiving dinner. We kids went after Clarence.

November 30- Friday. Rather cold and cloudy. We had a good time playing dominoes. Shorty had to leave with the horses. Elmer H. was here.