January 1953
Thurs. Jan. 1. 1953./ No eggs today./ It’s been a very cloudy day, sky has been over cast all day breeze S. west, fogy a little & then breeze freshened & cleared the air, but sky stayed over cast. & still is, at 10-30-p-m. I haven’t done only what I had to do. I’m trusting God will keep me & help me obey His Will & forgive me, & help me to be stronger in all the ways Thou would have me, I thank Thee Dear Heavenly Father in Jesus Blessed Name for ever & ever Amen. I Praise Thee for all things & pray Thou will guide me all the way. Amen.
Fri. Jan. 2. 1953./ page. 3024./ No eggs today./ Well, God gave me strength to wash my wash rags, rags & nose rags & I got them sudsed & wrinsed & now I have them all dried & put away, Praise God in Jesus Name, my cold is better & I than Thee Jesus & Praise Thee for all things. but like most of us I crave to go to Church & receive Thy blessing, that Thou doth always me There’s no one like Jesus, and, I’m still trusting and believing I’ll be filled & lifted a-gain & help others. Glory, Hallelujah, I Praise Thee, Jesus. It’s been a very cloudy all day, with the sun trying only a couple of times, but wasn’t clear & become more cloudy to-waard evening & started a heavy misty rain & at 10-30-p-m. is still at it & radio says rain, snow & a little colder toward morning & tomorrow I received card from Miss Clark she’s still having flu. but is up & out, I thank God, shes better, & I’m better Praise His Holy Name. Amen. There is something wrong with Jacky’s eye he can’t see very well out of it I pray God Will in Jesus Name fix his eyes & make them strong & well again.
Sat. Jan. 3. 1953./ No. eggs today./ I thank & Praise Thee Jesus for all things, Glory to God in the Highest forever & ever, Amen. We didn’t work, Elbert gave me cup of hot coffee & toast & dinner, then Elbert went to Huron & got a little meat & I swept while he was gone & washed the dishes & then he came back, rested a few minutes, & then went then went up to Horvats & got a 1/2 bu. apples Mr Harvat is sick & so Elbert visited a little & he’s had to put the chains on the wheels, he tried 3. times than put chains on & she took the hill, I had a gripp in my throat & I prayed & God helped him. Praise His Holy Name. It rained most all night & some time after midnight it turned to snow & been at it every since just a very, very light snow, ground has light covering all over & was still at it at 10-p-m, Wind was S. west but went N. West after, midnight & is still N. W. not cold. I thank THee Jesus for all things & pray I’ll soon be free.
Sun. Jan. 4. 1953. No. eggs today./ Well today was for Nov. Dark untill 10-10-a-m then sun came out & was white & bright rest of the day a few clouds & some wind scuds & thawed untill 4-p-m then sun sank into a bank of clouds red & yellow sun set, it snowed last night about 3 inches of snow & plenty left, it tried to snow twice this after-noon while sun was shining just a little flurry. We were home all day & listened to sermons on radio, I wish I could go to Church, (I still don’t like what Myrtle wrote to God’s Church, Whither its here or there May God help us all.)
Sun. Jan. 4. 1953./ page. 3026./no eggs today./ I think I feel much better, have to cough rather hard yet. but hope to be O.K. soon again & I’d love to get into the prayer meetings again God always gives me just what I need I Praise Him & Thank Thee Jesus for all things & I believe Thee & it seems to me the other side is surely in the tribulation, spoken of in Matthew. I wish I could help others to Know Jesus even my Brothers & Sisters Be with Nellie, she’s so unahappy & the Girls help us to live for Thee, and not for this world’s good, Jesus help us.
Mon. Jan. 5. 1953./ No. eggs today./ I didmost of the washing & have it dried & put it away. & Elbert’s check came & he went to Vermilion & bought some food $18.00 or so & he wants to go to Lorain & get another pr. of wool pants & I hope he can get them I don’t know what else he wants to do but home he goes & comes safe & if he can, get the pants. I’m terribly tired tonight, my arms seem so tired. I wrote Audrey 2 cards & received one from her this a-m. & I do hope Annabel don’t send me any gifts, but how can I help it. I wish I knew. I pray she is feeling much better & that she’ll really learn to know Jesus & be saved. I thank Thee Jesus for all things. It’s been a nice winter day, S. west wind cloudy untill 9-a0-a-m. the sun came out White & it snowed in light flurry showers off & on untill after dark no snow at 10-p-m but real cloudy I have some letters I ought to write & hope to soon hope to wipe up floor in a-m. I thank Thee Jesus & Praise Thee for all things & hope I may be in Thy meeting house & feel Thy Power & strength of soul serging through me. I love Thee Jesus & am so glad You see, You Know. all We think & feel I’d be so glad if only I could help do more work, for Thee, help me Jesus. I Praise Thee, & know all Glory, Honour & All Praise belongeth to Thee & thank Thee with all my heart Thou art & ever will be Amen.
Tue. Jan. 6. 1953./ 1. eggs today./ Elbert went to Lorain this morning & got back home quarter to four, I don’t know much about what he did or where he went I did dig out of him that he going to die pretty soon, Nellie says, Well I suppose Martha will get what ever is left that’s any good, What would Jesus do or say? Would He good look at His sister & talk about what she’s going to do with what she has left when she dies,? How terribly ignorant. What would they think if they were in my place. The night Johny & Marcie were here with there children little Marcie Jo, said to Elbert you’re an old man, are you going to die pretty soon? Here mother say here, here, what are you saying. you mustn’t talk that way, if Johny’s family hadn’t been talking the little ears wouldn’t have heard & made such a blunder, & Nellie said, Maybe she’d send Ella Jane out after a while, I don’t want her to come, if she has to be sent, but
Tue. Jan. 6. 1953/ paage 3027./ (1.) egg today./ but, if she thinks she’s going to gather up what she wants after I’m gone or just before she will get fooled, I for one don’t see how any one can be like that, I’ve done a lot for all of them so long as they don’t have to come & do things for me, in the way of work but, well, it reminds me of a tomatoe worm, when the eggs hatch (which are all over her back), they start sucking the life out of her & suck untill she’s dead, but theres no more to get of her then they start eating the leaves of the tomatoe plant. I’m glad that I don’t crave for anything any one else has, not a things. I dont Know what I have they could want, I only have 3 room no up to date furniture or beds or anything thats worth while, I have 2 or 3 pieces of dress goods, I’ve given Nellie quite a number of dresses, she some times even forgets to say thank I gave her one a short time ago she made it & wore it & never said a word about it, & I gave her one & Bonita one I bought, but had not worn & she talked Bonita out of hers; Lord God of Hosts I pray her greed wont be laid at my door, in 34 yrs.I don’t believe I’ve had more than 6 or 8 hats I had to have work dresses & since I had to work I had 3 or 4 at a time for I made them & my good dresses you could count on your fingers & coats; I’ve had only 5. & yet Nellie always wished she had them & Martha said once, I only had one thing she wished she could have & that was my brains, “they” the father brothers sisters & a neice or so were sitting on the ground in a circule telling what they wished they could have that belonged to me & they were close to my bedroom window, so I could hear all they were saying & after Frank died a lot of things disappeared, they new car chains, some other chains we used often & any lumber, paint, shingles, brushes, once when I had been over to Sandusky, they ramsacked the house taking sewing machine needls hand sewing needls & thread Frank’s sisors from his sewing Kit canned goods from the locker & even, chicken feed, chickens, eggs, & anything out of the caned fruit from basement whole cartons of it & many, many more things, now I only have old age pension & they’ed like that to if there was a way, I suppose. & lots more than this world’s good, for they can’t
Tue. Jan. 6. 1953./ page. 3028./ 1. egg this day./ take anything with them when they go. I love them but not there evil ways, They say they think Elbert & I would be better off in & old peoples home. They don’t bother coming to see us very often, Why should they feel we ought to be packed off to & old peoples home. Oh Well, they don’t know, but I hope God will teach them before it to late. Oh God I pray in Jesus Name for there forgiveness & that they may Know Thee. I don’t hold any grudges against any of them. I thank Thee for saving my soul & pray I maybe worthy. I thank Thee for showing me & teaching me & I Praise Thee for ever & ever; & hope to get back to Church.
Wed. Jan. 7. 1953./ 1. eggs today/ Well, I didn’t work today only the daily duties. I wrote a card to Audrey & forgot to put her Address on it & it came back & Jean wrote a nice letter to us says Govement’s taking care of changing Bill’s camp again. & she’s just begining to get aquainted where she is; her mother & father are going to visit them at the end of this month, & she says Bill has put in his request to come home in May, Joan & Jim will graduate then, it’s queer but Jim broke his leg & once his arm & so he was behind his twin Jean, he wanted to make up, so to fiinish school with Jean but his mother said don’t bother you & Joan can finish together. Well, I pray all will turn out well for each of them, Amen. Been a nice day, sun tried to come out, couldn’t make it, snowed some, not much & Elbert said it wasn’t very cold, Well, Radio says snow tonight & rain & soft snow tomorrow, so I’m glad Elbert went & got back safe yesterday. it snowed quite a little last night. I wish Elbert had got some extra meat yesterday, but, he didn’t he got his pants & no shirt, he must have had something else on his mind, he was gone from 9-3- to almost 4-p-.m he drove his car to Vermilion & left there at 10-a.m. on the buss, & got a buss in Lorain at 3-30-p-m & got home a quarter to, or, after 4-p-m. I think it was after 4-15-p-m, for he feed hens as soon as he got here, he acts rather queer & tells me as little as possible. I thank God for His promises, He said that even if we ate or drank any posions thing that it wouldn’t hurt us that He would take care of us & I believe He will. Praise His Name. I thank Thee & Praise Thee Jesus for all things & Give Thee Praise & Glory & Honour for ever & ever. Amen.
Thurs. Jan. 8. 1953./ Page. 3029./ 0 egg today./ Another day I haven’t done much just my daily doz. I wrote part of a letter to Jean, she’s home sick & I hope my letter will help her to buck up & endure for Bill’s sake & all her folks. Received card from Miss Clark. & thats all for today. I thank & Praise God for our blessings in Jesus Holy Name. & Pray for strength. Amen.
Fri. Jan. 9. 1953/ 1. eggs today./ Well I felt worse this a.m. but we had dinner & then I did out a wash & Elbert washed his sleepers & piece he lays over his pillow & his nose r4ags & 4 work shirts & I helped suds & wrinse & I have them all dried & his shirts & my under skirt ironed & put away & all my rags & nose rags & I took care of both bedrooms & washed dishes & all the odds & ends. but it’s after 10-p-m. & now I read & go to bed. after I fix the fire & I can’t finish Jean’s letter tonight, I haven’t wrote to Audrey either. Well I thank & Praise God, He is with me & hope I can go to Church soon again None of the church folks been here this week, hope some one will comes soon & that I & my relatives may be one among them. I Praise Thee Jesus, not because of the strength Thou has given me to do my house work but because Thou hast promised to keep me & Thou doth & I feel sure Thou will make me well & strong a-gain for a testimony to Thee, & All Who Know how I have been & have seen will know THou art the Lord Who healeth & careth for His own, no mater what any one else may say, Glory to Thy Holy Name, Amen. Its been fogy, white frozen misty fog all day, no sun. N. East wind, very light lots of trouble here & there, wind rain,, sleet, & fires, tornadoes & earth quakes, The bible history is coming true; I pray for all the lost souls.
Sat. Jan. 10. 1953./ 1. eggs today./ Well I didn’t do much tday & neither did Elbert it’s rained misty & sometimes real rain wasn’t as fogy today, but it’s damp drizzly day not very cold N. east breeze & rain & tonight has gone N. west & still raining. not cold out. No sun today, no moon or stars tonight & no mail. I thank God & Praise Him for all our blessing & I pray people will get out for Sunday school & Church I ask in Jesus Name & that I to may be able soon to go back.
Sat. Jan. 10. 1953./ page. 3030./ 1. eggs this today/ There were several pr. red or cardnals down by the apple tree eating grain & crumbs & the blue Jay snow birds ground sparrows & English; Radio says more rain & snow. Well, I didn’t get Jean’s chap. finished, or a letter wrote to Audrey or Nellie & I haven’t finished the handkercheifs yet. I thank my Heavenly Father in Jesus Name for all things, Amen.
Sun. Jan. 11. 1953./ 2. eggs today./ It’s just 2. months & 1. day the hens 9 of them be-gan to lay again, they laid 1. egg the Nov. 5. & on Jan. 6. they laid one & one every day except Thurs. 8. but. one on Fri, Sat. & 2. today they were wonderful layers we could hardly get 9 to mould, there were 10 hens & we lost 1. trying to make them moult, these will be 3 yrs. old this Spring. Well, I’d be so glad if I could work a little more & get to church more often. It’s stormed all night & all day. wet snow. trees are loaded. Well it’s 10-P-m. & I bathed Elberts head & neck with alcohol & then rubbed in terpo, & put hot flannel on & now he’s tucked in & a warm cloth over top of his bald head; I went to bed about 11-p-m last night & was up 2 or 3 times rubbing his head & putting hot flannel on it, guess he took cold in it. I pray it will be O.K. tomorrow & thank Thee Jesus, I do thank & Praise Thee for all things. Elbert says the squirels were out here, he see where they had been in the snow & a nice big rabbit run out from the goose berries when he went to the toileta tonight. the Red birds, Jays & a lot of others were here & eat of the food Elbert put out for them, Wind was N. West today, but sounds as if it’s N. east tonight. We have listened to Sermon today, & tonight to Rev. Buser, The wind is stronger & puffier tonight. I pray God Thou will, in Jesus Name save many souls & include all my relatives & my cousins & Many, many others, help them to turn quickly to Thee Jesus Blessed Jesus & put me in the place Thou would have me that I may be ever ready & doing for Thee I pray Thou Wilt Amen.
Mon. Jan. 12. 1953./ 1. egg today/ I washed 2 house dresses & change of clothes rags & towels & 2 cotton blankets off Elbert’s bed & I dried them in the house & put a big patch on the corner of one & sewed bottom together & made his bed I hadn’t ought to have washed my arms & legs are so tired today, my check came & Elbert is planing on using it, but, I’ll have to be right straight up & down about it. He’s discusting, wish I could go I don’t feel able. Well it’s been a beautiful day sunshine all day & the snow most all gone. not very cold out, Elbert see a rabbit in the hollow today & the birds came & fed. & now Elbert has greesed his neck & gone to bed & now I just wish I was in my bed without the effort of getting there. WE listened to Buser & I do thank & Praise God in Jesus Name for all things. got cards from Audrey & Miss Clark & Douhla Card [?]
Wed. Jan. 14. 1953./ page. 3031./ 2. eggs today./ Well I didn’t do much today. picked up & cleaned some, I’m so terribly tired; no mail today. Elbert went to Vermilion with Bob Snyder, he was going to Lorain & Elbert came back with him, he did get my check cashed & he got a little meat & but he took the cards & letters to mail & forgot to mail them, he get so upset when the car don’t run, he don’t run it enough to keep battery in good condition & a man from garage came tonight & fournd it was only battery run down thank God for the expence won’t be quite so great, now he hopes to go back tomorrow for food & mail the letters & cards. he was down there twice today after dinner he wrode down with some tree sergury men working at the old Sanders Place & he was so nervous he forgot to mail the cards the second time & he went to the Post Office to get a money order, today’s Wed & office is closed this afternoon I don’t quite understand why he’s so rattled. Well I do hope he gets the money orders in the right envelops & that he gets the groceries O.K. I gave him 20. for groceries & I put $6.00 in one envelope & 1.00 in the other one, beside the 20.00 making 27.00 in all, I have given him, now lets see what he does. He walked up to Brodes for the milk & he’s tired sore & lame & he finished spading the plot he had started today. I Praise Thee Jesus for my healings & strength Thou has given me each day, & Pray Thou Will put me in the place Thou would have me to be & help me to do Thy Will in all things & ways off Thine, Amen. I have cards wrote to Nellie Audrey, Miss Clark, & letter to Jean, a letter to towel Co for 8. towels for 1.00-18 by 24 ins. & a letter for sweater. 6.00 Well, I thought I’d write some letters but feel so punk I guess I’ll go to bed. Been a beautiful day with sunshine untill late afternoon, then clouded up again, Radio says rain & thunder. Wind is S. west..
Thurs. Jan. 15. 1953./ 1. egg today./ Well I slept late, yet not a restful sleep. Elbert went to Vermilion, he did all the things he was to do, he bought a live hen got the money orders put them in there envelopes & put them & Jean’s letter & the cards in the mail box. I wrote one to Brother & Sister, Dear, also. I did my daily round & mended 3. of my shirts & helped get supper & washed dishes & Elbert has done all the out side & he cleaned the hen & I have it cooked or part of it, we saved the breast for meat balls for another meal. I thank God in Jesus Name for answering prayer. I thank Gkod in Jesus Name for all things. It’s still a mild day with a strong wind. We had sunshine, but cloudy tonight again.
Fri. Jan. 16. 1953./ Page. 3032./ 1. eggs today./ We were just finishing our dinner when Ella Jane came in so she sat down & we got her some dishes to eat from & she ate while we visited she brought me one of those pyrex coffee pots it’s quite large said she thought I’d like it to boil water in for tea, it’s really nice “to nice to use.” then she brought grapes & steak, I’ll try to get some apples so as to give them some to help pay for all the things & there car for, Nellie isn’t able to work & I don’t like to have her spend her money on us. Ella Jane said Nellie is all tired out. Ella Jane got her to lay down to rest a little while after supper & she slept untill 12-midnight then she got her up to take off her clothes so she would rest more in her own bed, Oh, I wish I could help in such a lot of places Nellie needs quite and rest wish I had an extra bed so she could come & stay with me a few days at a time, or, as long as she wanted to. I dont know what to do Elbert isn’t able to work so hard any more & he’s so tired every night he helps a lot about the cooking. I got up in time to help with the dinner I made baking powder biscuits & we had the chicken & potatoes & gravey & for supper we had Chicken balls & gravey, fried potatoes & broccoli & a dish of cheeries each & hot tea, Ella Jane said it was so good she ate to much she brought me two very pretty birthday cards, I was 68. yrs. old at 2-p-m today. I only wish I could get around on my feet & be able to do a little more, I pray God will help Elbert & give him strength & help him to be converted & take things more easy not do things as if he had to get them done in a jiffy. We all had a nice visit & Elbert went out to get the car out & left hind tire went flat Ella Jane held flash light while Elbert changed the tire. then he took her to buss station 1. mile up the highway west & put her on the buss she has to change cars in Lorain & get Elyria buss, it stops almost at her door, or her mother’s door. It was so nice to see her & visit with her. she wanted the bedspread Frank’s mother gave me, but, I told her I gave it a-way to pay a bill I owed, then, she wants the records I have they are anteaks I don’t know if they are worth very much or not, she didn’t know what her mother wanted. Nellie has said to me twice, that she supposed if I had anything of value left, that Martha would probably get it, I’ll be blessed, if I know what she wants Martha said a long time ago all she wanted was a little dish I had in the cupboard & it was a frosted glass dish (a hen setting on a nest & I told her to climb up & get it out of the top of the cupboard, they are worth 1.50-2.00 dollars now.
Jan. 16. Fri. 1953./ page. 3033./ 1. egg today./ I don’t think I have anything else that she’d give a second thought about Ella Jane wants the stereoscope I have that had been Frank’s mother’s & there are quite a few pictures with it, but I didn’t tell her she could have it. maybe I can sell it & get a little extra money to use for Elbert & I. I had him get a hen for his birth-day, but, I wasn’t able to even make biscuits, but we did have some Chicken balls out of it, I made them I gave Ella Jane a handkercheif made of a piece of linen I’ve had for years, that I crocheted some irish lace on the edge, I did that this summer of 1952. The bible says we shouldn’t lay up treasures on earth to cherrish, that where our treasures are, there will our heart be, so it says to lay up our treasures in heaven & that’s what I am trying to do, I don’t have a thing in this world, I would hate to give up, all I ask is the necessities of life. I heard a minister telling me, not very many months ago, how she would hate to give up all her nice clothes & jewlery & I prayed right then God would teach her, His ways, We sin in so many ways. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the lust for money, the lust for a beautiful home well furnished, for clothes, then more & more of this worlds goods, as the devil leads us on to want this & that & we can'[t take it with us & some squirm & wiggle & hate to think of leaving it to any oone else, for they might not take good care of there things. Oh, God help us & help me to help others, in Jesus Name I ask It’s been a nice day, the wind was terribly strong & puffy all last night & almost as bad today. “Jesus Keep me close.” I thank Thee & praise The God of Love & Mercy for allthings in Jesus Name, I do love Thee & Praise Thee for ever & ever Amen.
Sat. Jan. 17. 1953./ 1. eggs today./ A wet chilly day, rained most of the day fine misty rain & froze as it fell & was still raining a few minutes ago, grass was like billows of white frost, but, Elbert was just out side & says it wasn’t raining & seemed warmer but wind has shifted from S. east to S. & little west. I haven’t done much today, I’ve been to tired, I had a horrible dream, that Elbert had fell into that waater hole down on the back of this place & God told me to hurry, Elbert was calling me, I grabed my coat & hat & put it on me on the way & grabed a rope that lay near the path & keep on over the hill & there he was half crying & hanging on a live root & saying he couldnt hang on much longer & I yelled 2 or 3 times & told him I was most there & I got the rope around him & tied it to a stump and then I pulled & rolled him over on the ground just as
Sat. Jan. 17. 1953./ page. 3034./ 1. egg this day./ the stump broke off. Bob Snyder saw me flying out puting my coat on & he came after I’d got Elbert out & he help me get him on his feet & make him Keep walking we got him in the bed room & got his cloths off & Bob went home to call the Dr. I gave Elbert a good rub with Alcohol & rolled him in a wool blanket & made him drink a cup of ginger tea & gave him an anacin he was dead to the world when Dr. came in, Well, I really yelled out loud & Elbert woke me up & I just couldn’t go to sleep again & only dozed untill I got up at 9-30-a.m. I’ve felt half dead all day. no mail today. I thank & Praise Thee Dear Heavenly Father in Jesus Name for our blessing & pray we may be useable vessels for Thee.
Sun. Jan 18. 1953./ 1. eggs today./ We were home all day my cold is much better & I hope to go to church soon again. I haven’t been out yet, throats been so sore my bowels got stuborn & haven’t moved to day, but trust they will soon, I have a head ach part of the time, I rekon its nerves since my dream my stomach & bowels been conjested, I ask God to take care of them & I feel sure Jesus will take care of me. I thank Thee Jesus & pray Thou will take care of me in all ways. Been a fine day with sunshine & we have a cresent moon & the big star very close to it & now at 8-30-p-m. partly cloudy. I killed a fly on the window & there were little bugs flying up & down, outside the screen. We had a strong puffy raw wind all last night & most of today from S. West, but tonight wind’s died out & clouds passing the moon from N. West. I thank God I can listen to the sermons, but I’ll rejoice when I can get back to Church, in Jesus name.
MOn. Jan. 18.1953./ 1. eggs today/ Well I got my cloths & house pieces washed & now all dried except rags think I do them tomorrow, I had Elbert put my blankets on the line & aired them & got my bed made up again Elbert got supper with a little of my help, he was down to Vermilion to see about his battery & his tire that went flat he left there to be fixed, he went for milk tonight. Well I wish I was in bed right now. Elberts gone to bed. Ethel sent me a card with 3 or 4 black dogs on it. I don’t like it & I don’t like the note she wrote in it eaither & pray God will deal with her, she only has a few yrs & she’ll be old, she let Loura Ann marry & her mother is in her 80ties & God knows she hasn’t & doesn’t treat her as a daughter ought to treat her mother & especially one Who has been overly Kind to her & now she has her new husbands Aunt 76. yrs. old & not expected to live very long, & Ethel says she ought to start a rest home since she has two, now, a work that could be a blessing, Oh, God, help us all before it’s to late in Jesus Name I ask, Amen. I thank & Praise Thee for all things. It’s been a nice day with sunshine part of the day. Elbert got steaks but my stomach & bowels are not working good so I don’t like to eat to much untill they get to moving again. I still have letters to write
Tue. Jan. 20. 1953./ page. 3035./ 3 eggs to day./ Evelyn’s husband’s brother shot himself. Today Our new President is sworn into office President __________ ______ We listened to the decription of every detale, the parade 10 miles long with 98 men from Korea, then Cadets 2,000 or more & as many young Navy men all officers, & then floats & Elephants (3) & 86, bands & the girls band. & many other things & after the president was sworn in, he ask to pray & he did & he ask God for guidance & that He would help the nation all so, it sounded as if he ment what he said & ask for & I hope & trust God’s Will be done, not man’s, in Jesus Holy Name, Amen. Well Elbert has sawed & spaded today but I haven’t done very much just the house work. he’s tired & his back is lame from spading. Well I have dishes done & we listened to questions & answers on education, from teachers & parents It’s been a nice day N. east breeze rather cold & raw & sun only peeked through for a very few minutes that was before dinner. I have a forboding time is growing short, help me Jesus. I thank Thee Dear Heavenly Father in Jesus Name for all our many blessing & pray Thou will get us where Thou can use us. We received a nice letter from Audrey today. I’ll have to try & get a letter off to Nellie & the girls & Audrey & Annabell
Wed. Jan. 21. 1953./ 1. eggs today./ Well, I just did the every day chores about the house & swept & cleaned or washed out the corners & oil cloth & staairway door & was just going to iron, when the Ministers came in & we had quite a visit, We sang a hymn, they had a cup of tea & went they were going to the boys prison farm to preach & sing hymns with them, I pray God will bless them. They brought us a can of home canned peaches & two mottos If we walk with Christ, in the sunshine, He will walk with us in the shadows. & the other Have Faith in God. They are wonderful Ministers & have nice children & their daughter got the Kercheif I crocheted in irish Crochet & some one by the Name of Hazel gave me a very pretty scarf. I gave Sister Dear 6.00, one for gas & some for the Church. I hope to go to Church soon again, I do so want to be filled & praise God in Spirit. Elbert has got a big piece spaded & he cut a little more wood & he’s so tired. it’s been a nice day sun came out once or twice I do Praise God & Praise the Son & Holy Ghost, Amen. No mail today. & Elbert’s thinking of going to Vermilion in the morning to get his tire & a little food & to mail cards. I sent Martha & her mother one & Nellie [Mons?]
Thurs. Jan. 22. 1953./ Page. 3036./ 2. eggs today/ Today’s Martha & Merlins wedding anaversly anniversary, she has been married 20. yrs. they say China is the gift, to give at this time; There twins will be 19. yrs old Feb. 3. 1953. Jim is still single, but, Jean was married the last Nov 17 I believe it was. & she’s at Water town New York. Joan will be 18. yrs. old, I think in Mar. Well it’s been a fine day like early Spring, Elbert has apaded some, Went to Vermilion got us few things to eat & tire they fixed it but tire isn’t much good, cost 1.25 to get fixed, so he will have to start saving for new tires, just something all the time. Well, he went up to Horvath’s & got 1 1/2 bu. of apples, he’s sick was laying on the bed & his wife & hired man was triming apple trees, he charges 1.65 per bu. 4.95 for 1 1/2 bu. he went up to Brod’s & got the milk. & he sawed some on tree he cut yesterday. so he’s sure tired tonight, he carried the water & coal & took care of hens. I swept & took care of rooms & beds & baked 4. tins of bread biscuits & helped get the meals & I did the dishes. & we received letter from Martha today. I thank Thee Jesus & Trust You will put us both in service for Thee in Jesus we ask, give me the strength & health I need. I pray & I’ll give Thee all the Praise & Glory for ever & ever, Amen.
Fri. Jan. 23. 1953./ 1. eggs today./ Well I didn’t do much today took 2 hrs. to take a bath & clean my feet toe nails were so bad & now I haven’t got them just right, so Ill have to try again soon. I’ll have to fast I’ve got to much salt down & my legs are feeling it bad. I have to try to wash out rags again in the morning. While Elbert goes to Vermilion for the hen he ordered for Sun. dinner. Weather is much to warm for Jan. strong wind S. W tonight. Been a fine day, Elbert spaded some. I gave Elbert 5.00 for apples yes-terday & now 6.00 for hen, light bill & 2. lbs. butter. now I hope he does it right, lets see, if he will do it. & we have a whole week to live before we get another check. Well we got a letter from Jean & Martha they write a nice letter. We received a card from Ella Jane, she & her mother want what I have when I go of any value, they took stamps, I might have had a little money from there sale & God Knows, I was in desperate circumstances in that time but God knows, He sees & hears & cares for us & I pray He will be with those who are still looking after this world’s good & what little I Have; God of Love & Mercy I pray in Jesus Name, Thou will wake them up with a jirk & cause them to be ashamed & to do Thy Will I thank Thee & Praise Thee for all things & Jesus, Thou hast been so good to me, I hope to be able to do Thy will more perfectly, I thank & Praise Thee for helping me to understand & to lay up treasures in Heaven, that my heart will be in heaven & not with earthly things. Glory to God in the Highest, Hallalujah for ever & ever Amen.
Sat. Jan. 24. 1953./ page. 3037./ 3. eggs today./ Elbert went to Vermilion got hen 2.00 paid light bill 1.50 & got the butter 1.68 & he had 62 cents left out of 6.00. I didn’t get the washing done, it started to rain early about 3-a-m & a heavy shower & drizzled untill 4-30-p-m then it snowed & now there is a good inch of snow & it’s cold raw wind & still snowing. I received a letter & when I opened it, it was a subscription blank that Miss. Mc.Goveron had sent in for the readers digest, for 8. months, now I have to answer & thank her & send her something in returns. God help me, I pray. I haven’t done much today helped with the meals & washed dishes, Elbert cut up the hen up & scraped it out & cut breast & thighs up to grind & put rest on to cook & it was done for dinner & we had creamed potatoes & broccolie a good dinner & for supper we had chicken broth with creamed potatoes & onions in it & crackers & Elbert ground the breast, hearts & gizzard & ground cracksers & now I have to mix it up for tomorrows dinner of chicken balls & I made some fruit Jello tonight, hope it sets good for tomorrow, for supper. & maybe I’ll make some cupcakes We thought Audrey & Martha might might come out but now it snowed, so they wont come, I guess. Elbert got the milk today & now we have a comfortable fire, house is warm. I thank God & Jesus & Holy Ghost for all things & pray He Will help me to do His Will in all things, Jesus Blessed Jesus. Keep me & us both close to Thee. I thank & Praise only Thee.
Sun. Jan. 25. 1953./ 1. eggs today./ We been home all day, How I would like to have been in Church, I can hardly keep dry, I do need Jesus to fill & heal me, but there are more as yet have time to come as sisters & pray & fellowship with me. Oh, God, I know THou Knowest my heart & all things & will trust Thou come into my soul so strong I will praise Thee in spirit, I do have a joy & song in my heart & trust & believe we will both be, all Thine for ever & ever. Been colder, snowed in light showers today & sun came out this morning a few times & a-gain this after noon twice, pretty sunset, golden yellow with tints of pale green & light pink & glittered & sparkled it was beautiful. N. West wind rather cold, some snow & ice yet, on the ground. lots & clouds both light & dark. Last night a car came from the south up to the railroad crossing seasawed around & backed down, it looked as if it went part way over the endge of road, the road on N. side & then went back untill we couldn’t see the lights anymore, it was quite slippery on road last night We listened to 5 or six sermons today & this evening, most of them are good, I get some good from them all & I thank & Praise God that He takes care of His own. & There are few things out side of sermons & new that’s worth listening to; I pray God will help me to do His Will & not mine, I wish I knew what to do. Amen.
Mon. Jan. 26. 1953./ page. 3038./ 2. eggs to day./ Well, Elbert got up & did out his heavy union suits & all his other white pieces & his shirts & socks & he was just through when I got up & did my usual duties & then got dinner. I thought I couldn’t, but, Jesus gave me strength & I washed out all my soiled clothes except my house dress & Oh God knows, several of the gatherings broke & yet the water runs & I can’t control it. I believe God will heal me soon in Jesus Name. & I thank Thee & praise Thee Jesus forever & ever Amen. Been a nice day Elbert hung his cloths out side all but his work shirts & he had such a hot fire they dried, in a short time over the heater. & I dried all mine in the house, his under wear wasn’t quite dry so it’s over the line. Elberts back has pained him bad all day. There is a bad dose of flu going, around, it’s terrible bad in a lot of places & they have closed a lot of schools where three forths of the school were sick with it. (No mail today) May God help us to live for Him & do His Will in Jesus Name I ask, I thank Thee Jesus, Glory Hallelujah. I have dishes done & now I read & gon to bed I’m tired & felt sick all day. Wind was S. west this a-m has been all round. Moon am shining, but, partly cloudy, sun shine & partly cloudy today.
Tue. Jan. 27. 1953./ 2. eggs today./ Been home all day, Been nice day. Elbert spaded & chopped wood & he got the supper I did out dinner, my stomach hurt me all night. so I didn’t slept much, Elbert said he didn’t sleep much either. I only darned 3 prs. socks & mended 4. of my shirts & no mail today. I Praise Thee Jesus for my healing & passed healings & pray for all things to work out for Thy good & glory forever & ever Amen
Wed. Jan. 28. 1953./ 3. eggs today/ Pa’s birthday he would be 92 yrs. old Jan. 28. 1953. and he’s been dead 9. yrs. now. my how time is flying. Laura Ann 18. yrs. old Jan. 13. 1953./ Fred & Ma & Uncle Will & Aunt Edith & Aubrey & Georgie & John gone. Frank Babcock has been gone 20. yrs. he was 51 when he went. If only we were taught when young to live for Jesus & be converted & filled with the Holy Ghost, so we’d all meet again. Oh God, help us now to Know, give us the craving we should have that we may do our part, I was just reading what it say in the bible in the boook of Daniewl about the end time Oh God hellp us to be all Thine before it’s forever to late, I thank Thee for the healings & healing of late & trust for the Holy Spirit & healing in full & I pray for all the lost souls in Jesus Name, Amen. Glory to God May all Praise be Thine forever & ever, & help me to be worthy to do all things through Thy strength help us to be strong & able to do Thy Will in all things & help us to Keep our tongue through Thee I pray. No mail today it snowed early this morning & partly melted, sun came & went & shone in a snow shower several times today been a nice day & not very cold, Elbert sawed a little wood & did odds & ends & chores & I only did what I had to do, I got up & fixed up fire at 5-a-m it was most out Elbert’s back was bad yesterday & I have been rubbing it night’s this week again.
Thurs. Jan. 29. 1953./ page. 3039./ 1. eggs today/ Well, we really put a new gown on the wash stand today & it looks clean once more I’m wondering how long it will stay clean, Elbert pulled all the tacks out & then help me measure & I cut out the new dress & held it in place While he tacked it in place & I moved the two crocks & Kettle & all the cans & washed the wall & floor & after words the cans & put things back into place & then together we got the supper I made soup & then I washed up dishes & I did my daily chores. It’s been a nice day sun shining in the snow showers several times today sunset was red last night golden yellow tonight wind is south west & very light, not cold. I thank & Praise Thee Jesus for all things & believe we don’t begin to know as much as we ought at this time in life. Am still trusting & believing all things work out for Thy good & Glory; Oh God, help me to be a working vessel for Thee.
Fri. Jan. 30. 1953./ 2. eggs today./ I got up late & Eileen’s mother drove out here with her & left her & went back to Lorain to shop so Eileen wanted to help me, clean, she said, she did have a work dress with her, so she took some of the pictures down & cleaned them, that was after dinner, & after she finished the pictures we had a bar of candy & cup of tea. then we visited awhile, I felt rather dumb after yesterdays work if I don’t do the work I have to be on the job & on my feet. Elbert says his hip feels better, but it’s still sore, I noticed he groans when he set down or gets up. I received my towels I sent for & they are good we tried one out, they look & feel like paper, we used one to clean the pictures & Eileen washed & wrinsed it & it dried fresh & clean. No card from Audrey & Martha is on her way to see Jean, or, I believe she is, hope she goes safe has a nice visit & safe & come back safe & learns to Know Jesus & all of her family. Elbert took Eileen home to Vermilion, then he went on into town & bought a hen & some pork & crackers & yeast, he cut up the hen & ground the breast thighs, gizzard & heart & I have it mixed & ready for balls & put away to keep Cool & I have dishes done & hen’s bones cooking, now we heard Rev. Buser & I’ll read & go to bed. I wrote a card to Audrey & Elbert mailed it. I thank Thee Jesus for all things & give Thee all the Praise & Glory, I thank THee for the strength of this day, Blessed Jesus. Been a nice day South & little west breeze snows gone again today & I received card from Miss. Clark today. she’s over at resting a nursing home where Eleanor (her sister is) having a rest she says. Well, I hope she will get her strength back. Eileen’s mother had her baby boy Christmas eve. Oh God help us to do Thy will in all things in Jesus Name, Amen. Tue. Jan. 27. is Eileens birthday she was 17. yrs. old. & her sister will ben 16. yrs. old in June, I believe she said. Well. I heard over radio Mrs. Busor is dead, he & Austhar ded some time ago, only Asthars wife is left now.
Sat. Jan. 31. 1953./ page. 3040. e. eggs today./ Well I haven’t done much to-day, if I do just a little extra hard work, I’m all in & I scrubbed the wall & floor & it seemed as if I were standing on my head in the corner my head has been so sore & my eyes, so I only did what had to be done, it’s to hot in here most of the time, he is out side so much you wouldn’t think he’d want it so hot but when I say it’s to hot, he says he isn’t to warm I wish I had a regulator on the stove to shut if up & not let it heat up to 90 or 98 so that’s one thing that Keeps me down to hot & then to cold. I’ll be glad when Spring gets here made be I can manage a little better. We had a card from Audrey & one from Nellie today Audrey is working long hours & Nellie & Nelson & Bonita still up & going Bonita had a cold, but was still working George & Bonita Jr. have the flu. & Ella Jane. I pray Nellie will miss it, she said Marcie has it & her Aunt has her 3. children Johny was home to Nellie’s & coupled up a hot water tank for her. she didn’t say how Bonney Bell & Joe & their Children were, and Bonney Bell is going to have a baby in June, I pray Jesus Thou Will Keep her free. Well I gave Eileen her 5.00 for the work she did here so long ago, & she went to town, Elbert saw her as he came home, after he had taken her home; she went to town & bought me 2 shirts & mailed them to me, they came this morning. I thought maybe she would get her self a skirt or something she’d like for Easter, I also gave her a bath towel, 2 wash rags & a cake of Luxe soap & the same for her sister. & I also had a letter from Marry Vedovich, from old peoples home in Elyria. & I have a card wrote for Eileen & a letter for Marry, I put a dollar in it for her. I reckon it’s a long way from being home, wish I could take her for a while but, I’m not able to. Been south West wind partly cloudy puffy & showery today little colder tonight. My bowels moved late last night, Elbert never says anything, gets up & goes out & empty’s can washes it & comes back again, I pray God will save his soul. Oh God I thank Thee for all things & pray Thou Will fill us & heal us in Jesus Name, I thank Thee. Amen
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