Diary 1927

January 1927

New Year's Day

Sat. 1

I didn't watch the old year out. Saw Cady land Co. ruin. Had goose for dinner.

January 1927

Sun. 2

Went to church and Sun- day School. Took commun- ion.

Mon. 3

Went to school first day since vacation. Peggy and Priscilla went home this this morning.

Tues. 4

Went to school again to-day. Thawed all day water standing all over

Wed. 5

School. Skated after school behind barn.

Thur. 6

School. Skated again to-day. Pioneers meet at "Y". I'm recorder (secretary) Had swim

Fri. 7

Last day of school this week. We got 100% in spelling to-day.

Sat. 8

Played basketball. Got beat 24 to 0.

January 1927

Sun. 9

Sunday School, Church. Chicken for dinner. [B?]ed in after-noon.

Mon. 10

School.

Tues. 11

School.

Wed. 12

School. Snowed all day.

Thur. 13

School. Joined 'Y'. Went to meeting of Badjers. Had swim.

Fri. 14

School. Had Mrs. Lomas help me with speech for Sunday School.

Sat. 15

Went to "Y" about noon. Bought gym suit and shoes. Basketball.

January 1927

Sun. 16

Class had charge of S.S. S.S. and Church. Funeral of Mrs. Sprague.

Mon. 17

School. Went to Y.M.C.A. gym class for first time.

Tues. 18

School. Bank day in school. Made out slip telling what I am going to take at High School.

Wed. 19

School. Shoveled snow from ice.

Thur. 20

School. Basketball and Badger meeting.

Fri. 21

School. Forgot gym suit at school. So I have to leave it till Monday.

Sat. 22

Delivered book to Mrs. Long. Shoveled snow from ice behind house.

January 1927

Sun. 23

Sunday School and church. Nice day. One icicle from roof to below window sill.

Mon. 24

School. Went to "Y" after school for "gym" class.

Tues. 25

School. Bank day banked enough to make $50.

Wed. 26

School.

Thur. 27

School. Pioneers meeting.

Fri. 28

School. Went to show "Tom Sawyer".

Sat. 29

Delivered book to Mrs. Norgard for Mr. Lomas. Basketball. Got long pants.

January 1927, February

Sun. 30

Went to Two Rivers. Grandma sick.

Mon. 31

Went to High School first day. Dad's birthday.

Tues. 1

February
Second day at W.H.S. Got locker 298.

Wed. 2

School.

Thur. 3

School. "Y" for badger meeting.

Fri. 4

School. Skated after school in back yard.

Sat. 5

Got Sunday School lesson. Basketball.

February 1927

Sun. 6

S.S., Church.

Mon. 7

School. "gym" class at school and "YM CA" Swim at "Y".

Tues. 8

School. Bank day.

Wed. 9

School. Classes changed.

Thur. 10

School. Basketball. Badger meeting.

Fri. 11

School. Got (2) subscription fro magizine with Harold Elliot toward pony.

Sat. 12

2 subscriptions.
Lincoln's Birthday (U.S.)

February 1927

Sun. 13

Sunday School, Church

Mon. 14

School.

Tues. 15

School. Bank Day.

Wed. 16

School.

Thur. 17

School.

Fri. 18

School

Sat. 19

Sent in subscription money.

February 1927

Sun. 20

Sunday School.

Mon. 21

School. Bank day.

Tues. 22

Washinton's Birthday (U.S.)
No school. Helped haul ma[n]ure.

Wed. 23

School. Heard debate between Carol and Laurance Colledges.

Thur. 24

School. Badger Pioneer meeting.

Fri. 25

School.

Sat. 26

February 1927, March

Sun. 27

Mon. 28

Tues. 1

March

Wed. 2

Thur. 3

Fri. 4

Sat. 5

March 1927

Sun. 6

Mon. 7

Tues. 8

Wed. 9

Thur. 10

Fri. 11

Sat. 12

March 1927

Sun. 13

Mon. 14

Tues. 15

Wed. 16

Thur. 17

Fri. 18

Sat. 19

March 1927

Sun. 20

Mon. 21

Tues. 22

Wed. 23

Thur. 24

Fri. 25

Sat. 26

March 1927, April

Sun. 27

Mon. 28

Tues. 29

Wed. 30

Thur. 31

Fri. 1

April

Sat. 2

April 1927

Sun. 3

Mon. 4

Tues. 5

Wed. 6

Thur. 7

Fri. 8

Sat. 9

April 1927

Sun. 10

My birthday

Mon. 11

Tues. 12

Wed. 13

Thur. 14

Fri. 15

Good Friday

Sat. 16

April 1927

Sun. 17

Easter

Mon. 18

Tues. 19

Wed. 20

Thur. 21

Fri. 22

Sat. 23

April 1927

Sun. 24

Mon. 25

Tues. 26

Wed. 27

Thur. 28

Fri. 29

Sat. 30

Uncle Archie cam from Atlanta at 5:00 o'clock A.M.

May 1927

Sun. 1

Went to Sunday School and church. Heard man from Poland in P.M.

Mon. 2

School.

Tues. 3

School, bank day

Wed. 4

School.

Thur. 5

School. Ba[d]ger Pioneers at "Y" no meeting

Fri. 6

School.

Sat. 7

May 1927

Sun. 8

S.S. Church

Mon. 9

School.

Tues. 10

School. bank day.

Wed. 11

School. Oie came today.

Thur. 12

School.

Fri. 13

School. Oie's trunk came. He showed us his tools

Sat. 14

Oie and I made some things down basement. Mr. Banta sent me home.

May 1927

Sun. 15

S.S. Church.

Mon. 16

school

Tues. 17

school

Wed. 18

school

Thur. 19

school

Fri. 20

school

Sat. 21

school

May 1927

Sun. 22

Went to Oconto. They came down after.

Mon. 23

school

Tues. 24

school

Wed. 25

school

Thur. 26

school

Fri. 27

school

Sat. 28

Got hair cut. worked for Mr. Smith. Took bath.

May 1927, June

Sun. 29

S.S. Church. Wagners and Uncle Henry.

Mon. 30

Saw the parade
Memorial Day (U.S.)
and exercise. Tried to drive the car.

Tues. 31

School.

Wed. 1

June
School

Thur. 2

School

Fri. 3

School

Sat. 4

Got grass shears flew kite in afternoon. kite got caught in tree.

June 1927

Sun. 5

S.S. Church

Mon. 6

School. Two weeks more of school. cleaned shack in barn.

Tues. 7

School. Bank day. $56.00 in bank

Wed. 8

School

Thur. 9

School

Fri. 10

School

Sat. 11

got Peter Rabbit from Aunt Nerve.

June 1927

Sun. 12

S.S. Church

Mon. 13

School. Test in Math.

Tues. 14

School Made Peter Rabbit's coop.

Wed. 15

School

Thur. 16

School

Fri. 17

Sick. Had Cliff get my report card

Sat. 18

Feel better. Ate first straw- berries.

June 1927

Sun. 19

S.S. Church

Mon. 20

Started Daily Vacation Bible School. had fun watering lawn

Tues. 21

Went to Bible School. Had swim. Played after noon.

Wed. 22

Bible School Gym. Looked at parts of car[e?] weeded cucumbers

Thur. 23

Bible School. Gymn. Uncle Sam came.

Fri. 24

Bible School Gym. Uncle Same still here.

Sat. 25

Cousin Carl and family came after [U?].S. Let Peter out for long time.

June 1927, July

Sun. 26

S.S. Church had long ride (43 mi.)

Mon. 27

Bible School Dad came home sick

Tues. 28

Bible School Jim, Charles, Wilfred and their mother came from West.

Wed. 29

Bible School. Wrote essay on favorite hymn

Thur. 30

Bible School Dad went to work

Fri. 1

July
Bible School. Got prize for essay. Got certificate.

Sat. 2

Bought fireworks.

July 1927

Sun. 3

S. S. Church Went to Oconto for Uncle Archie and Oie.

Mon. 4

Went to Two Rivers. Had Accident on way back.

Tues. 5

Rain. Went to Banta's yesterday first time since May 14.

Wed. 6

Let Peter out. trimed grass.

Thur. 7

Let Peter out.

Fri. 8

Let Peter out.

Sat. 9

Let Peter out "Y" class

July 1927

Sun. 10

S.S. Church Oconto

Mon. 11

hoe

Tues. 12

"Y" Let Peter out

Wed. 13

Let Peter out

Thur. 14

Let Peter out

Fri. 15

Let Peter out

Sat. 16

"Y"

July 1927

Sun. 17

S.S. Church

Mon. 18

Tues. 19

"Y"

Wed. 20

Thur. 21

Fri. 22

Sat. 23

"Y"

July 1927

Sun. 24

S.S. Church

Mon. 25

hoed. Let Peter out. Mama tried to drive car.

Tues. 26

"Y" class. hoed

Wed. 27

Milwaukee

Thur. 28

Play

Fri. 29

hoed play

Sat. 30

"Y" classe

July 1927, August

Sun. 31

Peggy and Priscila went home. Uncle Archie came.

Mon. 1

August
Hoed. Let Pete out. Jack and Jesse came home yesterday.

Tues. 2

"Y" class played tag in barn.

Wed. 3

hoed. Let Pete out. Saw Wyatt twice.

Thur. 4

hoed. Let Peter out.

Fri. 5

Hoed. Let Peter out played with separator.

Sat. 6

August 1927

Sun. 7

Mon. 8

Tues. 9

Wed. 10

Thur. 11

Fri. 12

Sat. 13

August 1927

Sun. 14

Mon. 15

Tues. 16

Wed. 17

Thur. 18

Fri. 19

Sat. 20

August 1927

Sun. 21

Mon. 22

Tues. 23

Wed. 24

Thur. 25

Fri. 26

Sat. 27

August 1927, September

Sun. 28

Mon. 29

Tues. 30

Wed. 31

Thur. 1

September

Fri. 2

Sat. 3

September 1927

Sun. 4

Mon. 5

Labor Day (U.S.)

Tues. 6

Wed. 7

Thur. 8

Fri. 9

Sat. 10

September 1927

Sun. 11

Mon. 12

Tues. 13

Wed. 14

Thur. 15

Fri. 16

Sat. 17

September 1927

Sun. 18

Mon. 19

Tues. 20

Wed. 21

Thur. 22

Fri. 23

Sat. 24

September 1927, October

Sun. 25

Mon. 26

Tues. 27

Wed. 28

Thur. 29

Fri. 30

Sat. 1

October

October 1927

Sun. 2

Mon. 3

Tues. 4

Wed. 5

Thur. 6

Fri. 7

Sat. 8

October 1927

Sun. 9

Mon. 10

Tues. 11

Wed. 12

Columbus Day

Thur. 13

Fri. 14

Sat. 15

October 1927

Sun. 16

Mon. 17

Tues. 18

Wed. 19

Thur. 20

Fri. 21

Sat. 22

October 1927

Sun. 23

Mon. 24

Tues. 25

Wed. 26

Thur. 27

Fri. 28

Sat. 29

October 1927, November

Sun. 30

Mon. 31

Tues. 1

November

Wed. 2

Thur. 3

Fri. 4

Sat. 5

November 1927

Sun. 6

Mon. 7

Tues. 8

Wed. 9

Thur. 10

Fri. 11

Sat. 12

November 1927

Sun. 13

Mon. 14

Tues. 15

Wed. 16

Thur. 17

Fri. 18

Sat. 19

November 1927

Sun. 20

Mon. 21

Tues. 22

Wed. 23

Thur. 24

Thanksgiving Day (U.S.)

Fri. 25

Sat. 26

November 1927, December

Sun. 27

Mon. 28

Tues. 29

Wed. 30

Thur. 1

December

Fri. 2

Sat. 3

December 1927

Sun. 4

Mon. 5

Tues. 6

Wed. 7

Thur. 8

Fri. 9

Sat. 10

December 1927

Sun. 11

S.S. Church saw three dead moose in P.M. wet to Tilken's evening

Mon. 12

School Prof. Sanford talked

Tues. 13

Bank day. monogram on Bookends started,

Wed. 14

school. Talked to Mr. Neu. He had me take up manual Training and Biology

Thur. 15

school. started to stain bookends

Fri. 16

shool. Stained book ends and shellaced them.

Sat. 17

bought stain, shellac, varnish. stained dad's and [mother's] present.

December 1927

Sun. 18

S.S. Church got school present ready.

Mon. 19

School. Book ends varnished. practiced Christmas play

Tues. 20

School. Took present. Glued felt on ends.

Wed. 21

School. brought end home. Got mouth organ for present Vacation starts.

Thur. 22

No School. Grandma came from Two Rivers practice play.

Fri. 23

Grandma went to Oconto. Mother and I went to town. Pageant came off.

Sat. 24

December 1927

Sun. 25

Christmas Day
S.S. ["Chur" crossed out] Aunt Nerv's for dinner

Mon. 26

Played P. and P.

Tues. 27

Play

Wed. 28

Play

Thur. 29

Play

Fri. 30

Play

Sat. 31

Play

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CASH — January
Day Received Paid
6 dues 10
candy 06
from M 10
16 allowance 55
candy 10
29 allowance 50
candy 05
30 graduation 1 00
31 balance 1 85
2 15 2 15
CASH — February
Day Received Paid
1 cash on hand 2 15
1 banked 25
3 candy 05
8 banked 25
10 from mothe[r] 10
candy 10
lent to a boy 05
11 High News 03
graph paper 03

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