Diary 1928

Sun. 1

S.S. Church Uncle August for supper.

Mon. 2

Skated on river and bay

Tues. 3

School. Started book case.

Wed. 4

School.

Thur. 5

School. Oyster stew of Y.S.A. W.V.

Fri. 6

School. Gym. Played after shool

Sat. 7

Skated in Anderson's woods. Played cowboy at box cars.

Sun. 8

S.S. Church. Stayed home

Mon. 9

School. Stayed after school for Manual Training.

Tues. 10

School. Banked. Stayed after School for Man. Tr.

Wed. 11

School. Stayed for Manual Tr

Thur. 12

School. Stayed for Man.Tr.

Fri. 13

School. Stayed for Manual Tr.

Sat. 14

Moved wood in basement. Went to "box cars" with Micky

Sun. 15

S.S., Church Stayed home in afternoon

Mon. 16

School. Corrected quiz in citizenship. Stayed for Man. Tr.

Tues. 17

School. Banked. Went to Council Meeting.

Wed. 18

School. Stayed for Man. Tr. Went to Library. Wrote for information on[?] S.S. to M.B.C.

Thur. 19

School. Assembled Book shelves. Stayed after school for M.T. Dad went to Oconto.

Fri. 20

School. Sponged book shelves. Counldn't stay very long

Sat. 21

Went to box- cars with Micky and Jesse. Went all overwith Mick in afternoon.

Sun. 22

S.S. Church. Slept in after noon. Mr. and Mrs. Wagner came in the evening.

Mon. 23

School. Stained book shelves Stayed at Man.Tr. to do it. Wrote dad.

Tues. 24

School. Banked. Shellaced Book shelves. Sanded after school.

Wed. 25

School. Varnished book shelves Got program for next semester.

Thur. 26

School. Varnaished 2nd coat.

Fri. 27

School. Couldn't work on prodgect sore throat

Sat. 28

Sick in bed all day with cold.

Sun. 29

Stayed in bed till afternoon. Then dressed and sat around

Mon. 30

School. Started new semester. Varnish third coat.

Tues. 31

School. Banked. Dad's birthday.

Wed. 1

February

School. Varnished

Thur. 2

School.

Fri. 3

School. Varnished fifth coat.

Sat. 4

Manual Tr. building burned at 3 A.M. Got hair cut, Saw building. Shelves gone

Sun. 5

S.S. Church.

Mon. 6

School.

Tues. 7

School. Banked.

Wed. 8

School.

Thur. 9

School.

Fri. 10

School. Myron came this morn. Speech on Lincoln. Out early. Sawed wood Mr. S.

Sat. 11

Finished wood for Mr. Smith. Went to Boxcars.

Sun. 12

S.S. Church.

Mon. 13

School. Have to be vaccinated by Wed. or stay out for 14 days! Tried to be vaccinated.

Tues. 14

School. Banked. Tried to be vaccinated without success at 10:15

Wed. 15

School. Got vaccinated. Got excused a 2:55.

Thur. 16

School.

Fri. 17

School. Gym.

Sat. 18

Played at boxcars and Anderson's woods. At McDonald's

Sun. 19

S.S. Church

Mon. 20

School.

Tues. 21

School. Banked.

Wed. 22

Washington's Birthday (U.S.)

School. Program in nP.M. Went to Wagner's after supper.

Thur. 23

School. Went to library.

Fri. 24

School. Start Machanical drawing today.

Sat. 25

Played. Started snowhouse which broke.

Sun. 26

S.S. Church. Taught S.S. class downstairs. Mother is sick.

Mon. 27

School

Tues. 28

School. Banked. I have $60.76 in bank now.

Wed. 29

School.

Thur. 1

March

School. Went to Safty meeting.

Fri. 2

School. Test in Math, went to basketball game between C.C.C. and West

Sat. 3

Mama sick. I got capsules. Went down town with chickens.

Sun. 4

We went to train to go to Oconto. It didn't run. So we stayed home all day.

Mon. 5

School. Started in free class to play flageolet at Legion building.

Tues. 6

School. Banked. Got pllans of model Ford Tri-Motor Started work.

Wed. 7

School.

Thur. 8

School. Snowed all day. Went to the "Y".

Fri. 9

School Went to library. East vs. West game tonight. I didn't go.

Sat. 10

Went down town in A.M. Worked on model Airplane in P.M.

Sun. 11

S.S., Church.

Mon. 12

School.

Tues. 13

School. Banked.

Wed. 14

School.

Thur. 15

School.

Fri. 16

School. Gymn.

Sat. 17

Got shoes and cap.

Sun. 18

Went to Oconto at 4 A.M. Went to S.S. and Church.

Mon. 19

School. Took lesson on tin whistle.

Tues. 20

School. Banked.

Wed. 21

School. Went to Anderson's woods. Heard Cornet plager at Stiller's.

Thur. 22

School. Stayed after shool to do mechanical drawing.

Fri. 23

School. Went to Anderson's woods. Went to concert of High Schools' at East High.

Sat. 24

Went to Anderson's Woods in A.M. Wnt to "big" cliff at Duck Creek. on foot.

Sun. 25

S.S. Church (nice day) Wrote to Bob Greiser who is in Cal. for the winter. It is raining.

Mon. 26

School. Passed Band Exam by Stinmetz. He said I should play a Trombone, Baritone, or Bass

Tues. 27

School. Banked. I have $61.76 in bank. account at school.

Wed. 28

School. I was only one who knew how to do one theorem in Math. today.

Thur. 29

School.

Fri. 30

School. Played base ball. First time I played this year.

Sat. 31

Took out bicycle for first time this year.

Sun. 1

April Fool's day. S.S. Church. Went to Micky's. Saw his cornet. Tried to fly a kite.

Mon. 2

School. Went to Stinmetz class. Paid $1 for month. Got a cornet.

Tues. 3

School. Banked. Threw in wood. It rained and hailed in the evening.

Wed. 4

School.

Thur. 5

School. Had one session, got out at 1:30. Went to Library. Rained.

Fri. 6

Good Friday

No school. Raining hard. Sport stuck her head in basement window.

Sat. 7

Found Sport again and took her home. Snowed.

Sun. 8

S.S. Church. Snowed

Mon. 9

No School. Took cornet lesson Paid for cornet.

Tues. 10

School. Kept Sport. My birthday. Dollar from grandma. Hymn book.

Wed. 11

School. Worked for Mrs. Lomas at 25 cents per hour. Worked 1½ hours

Thur. 12

School. Worked for Mrs. Lomas again. 1½ hours.

Fri. 13

School. Worked 1 hour

Sat. 14

Snowed. Played with Sport.

Sun. 15

S.S., Church.

Mon. 16

School. Mr. Steinmetz was sick so had no practice or lesson on cornet

Tues. 17

School. Banked.

Wed. 18

School.

Thur. 19

School.

Fri. 20

School. Clifford Hogensen moved to Racine today.

Sat. 21

Worked for Mrs. Lomas. Earned $0.75.

Sun. 22

S.S. Church. Aunt Essie and Uncle August, Mr. & Mrs. Anderson, and Uncle Henry came in P.M.

Mon. 23

School. Went to Legion Building for lesson. Stinmetz was not there so we marched.

Tues. 24

School. Banked. Stayed after to pracctice play.

Wed. 25

School.

Thur. 26

School. Stayed after to practice. Worked for one hour for Mrs. L. Saw pictures of Boy's [Week?] 1925

Fri. 27

School. Went to oratory contest in afternoon. Worked Mrs. Lomas

Sat. 28

Went to Madison

Sun. 29

S.S. Church. Dad went A.M. and P.M. Went for ride on "bike".

Mon. 30

School. Boy's band

Tues. 1

May

School. Banked. Went to Aunt Nerve's to see Aunt Myrtle.

Wed. 2

School. Worked 1 hour for Mrs. Lomas.

Thur. 3

Schools. Boys day in industry I wen to Thew, Poltan[?] shop. Worked 1¼ hour.

Fri. 4

School. Rained. Aunt Myrtle and family came over.

Sat. 5

Worked for Mr. Lomas all day. Got $2.65.

Sun. 6

S.School. Church. Went to Edgewater Beach with Aunt Nerve, Aunt Myrtle and family.

Mon. 7

School. Lesson on Cornet

Tues. 8

School. Banked Went down town

Wed. 9

School. Started to make Gymn out of barn.

Thur. 10

School

Fri. 11

School.

Sat. 12

Worked for Mrs. Lomas got $1.30.

Sun. 13

Went to Two Rivers because of Mother's day.

Mon. 14

School. Took lesson on cornet. Planted potatoes.

Tues. 15

School. Banked. Played baseball. Planted my corn. Practice cornet one hour.

Wed. 16

School. Planted corn. Practiced cornet.

Thur. 17

School. Practiced cornet.

Fri. 18

School. Practiced cornet.

Sat. 19

Fixed gym in barn. Practiced childrens day play. Played in barn.

Sun. 20

S.S. Church. Went to Sulivan's flats with Mc Donald's.

Mon. 21

School. Took cornet lesson.

Tues. 22

School. Banked. Practiced

Wed. 23

School. Practiced play at Church. Practiced cornet.

Thur. 24

School. Practiced cornet. worked for Mrs. Lomas 1 hr.

Fri. 25

School. Worked for Mrs. Lomas 1 hr. Practiced.

Sat. 26

Worked for Mr. Smith. Practiced play for children's Day

Sun. 27

S.S. Went to Oconto.

Mon. 28

School.

Tues. 29

School. Banked. Have $65.56 in bank. Took lesson on cornet.

Wed. 30

Memorial Day (U.S.)

Went to Lake [Vic?] west of Coleman.

Thur. 31

School. Worked for Mr. Smith Hoed in our garden

Fri. 1

June

School. Told Mr. Cole I want to take cornet Work mr. Smith. Went to town.

Sat. 2

Worked for Mr. Smith. Practiced play.

Sun. 3

S.S. Church. Aunt Josie and Grandma came for day.

Mon. 4

School. Worked for Mr. Smith.

Tues. 5

School. Banked have $70 now. Worked for Mr. Smith

Wed. 6

School. Practiced Children's Day play

Thur. 7

School

Fri. 8

School.

Sat. 9

Practiced Children's day play

Sun. 10

S.S. Church. Practiced play at S.S. . Presented it at 7:00 o'clock.

Mon. 11

School. Saw 14 airplanes belonging to Legion tour.

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Tues. 12

School. Today is Mam's birthda She is 51. Worked in Garden.

Wed. 13

Sent a nameograph , Mule, to Colliers. Played. School. Worked in garden.

Thur. 14

School.

Fri. 15

Went after report card.

Sat. 16

Played. Worked for Mr. Smith.

Sun. 17

S.S. Church

Mon. 18

[Crossed out 'school'] It rained so played indoors.

Tues. 19

Palyed a little. Worked for Circus Saw side show and main

Wed. 20

Played.

Thur. 21

Micky and I hiked to Baird's Creek.

Fri. 22

Helped Mother some. Played.

Sat. 23

Scrubbed entry. Played.

Sun. 24

S.S. Church. Went with Wagner's to cottage on beach.

Mon. 25

Rained. Played.

Tues. 26

Went down town. Helped varnish. Played.

Wed. 27

Helped paint went downtown

Thur. 28

Played

Fri. 29

Played

Sat. 30

Played.

Sun. 1

Wen to [L?overwritten?] Lake.

Mon. 2

Went down town.

Tues. 3

Mowed lawn.

Wed. 4

Independence Day (U.S.)

Went to Uncle August's acre in P.M.

Thur. 5

Played.

Fri. 6

Worked in garden. Played.

Sat. 7

Worked in garden.

Sun. 8

S.S. Church.

Mon. 9

Worked in garden planted "Baby" popcorn

Tues. 10

Worked in garden. Played.

Wed. 11

Worked in garden

Thur. 12

Worked in garden Went to carnival with Dad and Mama.

Fri. 13

Worked in garden Took Bible school enrollment.

Sat. 14

Wen to carnival with boys. Peggy and Prscilla came.

Sun. 15

S.S. Went to Two Rivers

Mon. 16

Started Bible school Worked in garden

Tues. 17

D.V.B.S. Swim Worked garden.

Wed. 18

Went to D.V. B.S. on St. car

Thur. 19

Went to D.V.B.S. on street car. Swim

Fri. 20

Went to D.V.B.S. on bike with Jesse.

Sat. 21

Played with Peggy, Priscylla, Jesse, etc.

Sun. 22

S.S. Went to Oconto after S.S.

Mon. 23

D.V.B.S. played. [Raked?] hay in chicken yard.

Tues. 24

D.V.B.S. Swim

Wed. 25

D.V.B.S.

Thur. 26

D.V.B.S. Swim.

Fri. 27

D.V.B.S. last day.

Sat. 28

Played. Made a play auto out of wagon. Worked in garden.

Sun. 29

S.S. Church. Went for ride. " to Sullivan's Flat.

Mon. 30

Worked in garden. played

Tues. 31

Worked in garden.

Wed. 1

August

Worked in garden. Went to "Y" for D.V. B.S. deministration.

Thur. 2

Worked in garden. Played.

Fri. 3

Played.

Sat. 4

Aunt Ina, Lillie, John, Howard, and baby came to Uncle August

Sun. 5

People came from Two Rivers and Oconto for picnic. Too wet. I sick.

Mon. 6

Sick. Aunt Ina and folks [came?] stayed over night.

Tues. 7

Aunt Ina left. for home. Still sick a little.

Wed. 8

Played. Made bird-bath, and sidewalk of waste cement from C. I. Smith's house.

Thur. 9

Played. Went for ride after supper.

Fri. 10

Played.

Sat. 11

Played. Helped mama. Shellaced pedestal.

Sun. 12

S.S. Church.

Mon. 13

Helped mama get redy to go to Aunt Ina's. Played

Tues. 14

Went to Aunt Ina's

Wed. 15

Thur. 16

Went to Escanaba

Fri. 17

Went picking raspberries.

Sat. 18

Came home today. Priscilla can walk with crutches now.

Sun. 19

S.S. Church. taught in Junior dept.

Mon. 20

Played

Tues. 21

Played

Wed. 22

Started to dig a pond in the chicken yard.

Thur. 23

Brought up bereau from basement

Fri. 24

Sold 8½ doz. ears of corn. Played

Sat. 25

Sold some corn.

Sun. 26

S.S. Church taught in Junior dept.

Mon. 27

Went out to fair grounds on bike.

Tues. 28

Played.

Wed. 29

Sold 12½ doz. ears of corn, $2.13. Played

Thur. 30

Went to Fair with mama and papa.

Fri. 31

Went to fair in after noon with Micky

Sat. 1

September

Sold 10 doz. ears of corn.

Sun. 2

S. S. Church.

Mon. 3

Labor Day (U.S.)

Picked up potatoes.

Tues. 4

Canned corn.

Wed. 5

Played. Varnished pedalstal.

Thur. 6

Played. Helped mama.

Fri. 7

Helped mam make sauerkraut. Played.

Sat. 8

Helped Mr. F. Smith. Went down town.

Sun. 9

S.S. Church. Learned to drive car.

Mon. 10

Played.

Tues. 11

Worked down the basement.

Wed. 12

Worked down basement.

Thur. 13

Worked down basement.

Fri. 14

Worked down basement.

Sat. 15

Worked down the basement.

Sun. 16

S.S. Church. Drove car 9 miles Went to Uncle August's.

Mon. 17

Varnished the pedestal. Finished Chicken feeder. Made a bow and arrow.

Tues. 18

Played. Made a new arrow.

Wed. 19

Threw in wood Went to Bay Beach with Banta's.

Thur. 20

Piled wood.

Fri. 21

Piled wood.

Sat. 22

Sold 25 cents worth of pumpkins and cabage.

Sun. 23

S.S. Church. Drove car. Cousin Margret and Harry came.

Mon. 24

Went down town with Margret and Harry.

Tues. 25

Worked around home.

Wed. 26

Went to market

Thur. 27

Worked around home.

Fri. 28

Uncle Same came this morning. Play.

Sat. 29

Went to market.

Sun. 30

Took Uncle Sam to Oconto. I drove both ways.

Mon. 1

October

Uncle Sam came from Oconto and started home.

Tues. 2

Topped 1 bu. of onions. Practiced football.

Wed. 3

Played on foot ball team in game.

Thur. 4

Played wiht team in game. Topped 1 bu. of onions.

Fri. 5

Played. Topped onions. Got wagon ready for market

Sat. 6

Went to market took[] in $1.20.

Sun. 7

S.S. Church Drove car to Oneida and back.

Mon. 8

Got in winter cabbage, made basement window screen frame

Tues. 9

Put sod in lawn under tree where swing was. Went down town Got a suit.

Wed. 10

Went to market too in $1.35.

Thur. 11

Painted window screen frame.

Fri. 12

Columbus Day (U.S.)

Mama went to Appleton for W.C.T.U county convention. I put in basement window screen.

Sat. 13

Went down town with mama got dad a flashlight. Played

Sun. 14

S.S. taught class Drove to Oconto and got grandma.

Mon. 15

Played.

Tues. 16

Played. Rain.

Wed. 17

Went to market took in $1.15.

Thur. 18

Played. Mama had Ladies Aid.

Fri. 19

Played.

Sat. 20

Went to market tooin 78 cents. Played.

Sun. 21

S.S. Church. Listened to Packer- Bear game at Chicago. Score 16-6 favor of Packers

Mon. 22

Went to new school for first time got assignments and came home

Tues. 23

Started classes in school.

Wed. 24

School. Varnished parchesi board. Played.

Thur. 25

School. Went to Library. played.

Fri. 26

School. played.

Sat. 27

Went down town got a sweater. Played at boxcars.

Sun. 28

S.S. Church. Stayed home in P.M. reading.

Mon. 29

School. Raked some leaves. Studied.

Tues. 30

School. Gymn, outside. Banked. Raked leaves. Studied. Played football.

Wed. 31

School. Went to box cars. Studied.

Thur. 1

November

School. Played at boxcars. Studied.

Fri. 2

School. Gymn. Played. Aunt Ina, Lillie, and two Harolds came in evening.

Sat. 3

Went to Aunt Nerve's for dinner with Aunt Ina, etc. Delivered chicken went to library. Studied.

Sun. 4

S.S. Church, Eproth League. Was appointed delegate to S.S. convention.

Mon. 5

School. Got hair cut. Cousin Eva and Jack came about half past five to see doctor

Tues. 6

School. Went down town got overcoat and other clothes. Election day.

Wed. 7

School. Stayed after a little while. Studied.

Thur. 8

School, stayed after for awhile. Studied some.

Fri. 9

Went to State Sunday School Convention at Walkesha. Attended meetings. Stayed at "Spa"

Sat. 10

Attended meetings. Saw Carroll play football. Meetings. Stayed at The "Spa"

Sun. 11

Went to morning meetings. Went home by way of Milwaukee.

Mon. 12

School Gave book report after shool Studied.

Tues. 13

School. Gymn Banked.

Wed. 14

School. Paid for subscription to West High's first paper. Played. Studied.

Thur. 15

School. Gymn. Studied

Fri. 16

School. Gymn. Studied.

Sat. 17

Stayed in house because of rain. It snowed in evening

Sun. 18

S.S. Church. I had charge of worship service. Aunt Jo. took Grandma.

Mon. 19

School. Went to library after school.

Tues. 20

School. Banked. Studied. Picked over beans.

Wed. 21

School. Snowed but melted soon after.

Thur. 22

School. Gymn. Went to Library. Dad worked overtime this afternoon.

Fri. 23

School. Made Book report. Bought East-West game ticket.

Sat. 24

Played.

Sun. 25

S.S. Church taught class. West to Uncle August's. Went to Missionary play at Chur

Mon. 26

School. Studied.

Tues. 27

School. Banked. Gymn.

Wed. 28

School. Pep meeting. Delivered chicken after school. Studied.

Thur. 29

Thanksgiving Day (U.S.)

Helped mama. Went to East-West game. 26-0 Eas's favor.

Fri. 30

Played. Went down town for gym suit. Piled some wood.

Sat. 1

December

Saw house-part of Neilson's store which burned last night.

Sun. 2

S.S. Church. Went in evening to slides of Pilgrim's Progress.

Mon. 3

School. Got a combination lock from office for gym locker

Tues. 4

School. Banked.

Wed. 5

School.

Thur. 6

School. No Gym today. played. Studied.

Fri. 7

School. Went to Fox R.V. Declamatory contest in afternoon.

Sat. 8

Went down town got hair cut. Eva and Jack came for Jack's operation. Played carom with Dad.

Sun. 9

S.S. Church. Slept in afternoon. Played carom with Mama.

Mon. 10

School. Heard debate between West and Oconto. Philip Bradly and Worth Beard were Wests team.

Tues. 11

School., banked. Stayed after school to do math. Worked for Mrs. Lomas.

Wed. 12

School. Stayed after school to do math Worked for Mrs. Lomas.

Thur. 13

School. Got report card. Worked for Mrs. Lomas Philip Bradley is sick.

Fri. 14

School. Gymn. Went to library. Worked for Mrs. Lomas. Everyone seems to have "flu" all over the county.

Sat. 15

Micky and I went to see first mail plane arrive but it didn't come on time. Went down town. Worked for Mrs. Lomas.

Sun. 16

S.S. Church. Went to George Cole's furnrel at church.

Mon. 17

School. Went to library. Went down town and saw "Santa Claus" and four reindeer and two Exkomos.

Tues. 18

School. Banked. Temerary baskets are in gym now. Phil was in School today.

Wed. 19

School.

Thur. 20

School. Gymn. Studied.

Fri. 21

Last day of school this year. One session. I am sick. Go down town and then to bed.

Sat. 22

Stayed in bed all day with "flu."

Sun. 23

Stayed in bed. pageant is to night but I can't go.

Mon. 24

Stayed in bed. Feeling worse. be[x?]

Tues. 25

Christmas Dya

Got lots of presents Stayed in bed. (beautiful day)

Wed. 26

Go t up this morning but stayed in house. Jesse came over for after- noon.

Thur. 27

Played.

Fri. 28

Played.

Sat. 29

Played.

Sun. 30

Went to Two Rivers because cousin Mildred Clark has broken back and other injuries.

Mon. 31

Played.