Item 2: 1932-1937 (“Five Year Diary”)

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Item 2: 1932-1937 (“Five Year Diary”)

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(1909-1993)

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      Day book (approx. 365 pages) with brief entries on each page summarizing what happened that specific date for each year during the period. Social activities such as visiting family and friends: playing cards, house dinners, going to the theatre, picking berries, family reunions, football games, Old Settlers meetings, Lady’s Aid, Epworth League, and going to church. Taught in Green Grade School, Clay County and involved in activities with the High School such as graduation and the annual Children’s Day Program. Orval and Edith’s relationship has problems. However their courtship continues and they plan a wedding in 1935. Struggling with her own sickness and visits to doctor in Kansas City as well as her Grandmother’s failing health. A visit to Michigan. Daily housework which seems to be effect by Dust storm. Brief descriptions of weather with a reference to flooding of 1935. The diary ends with Lucille’s pregnancy with daughter Arlene.

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