Senior Picture Beauty Appointment - Saturday, October 29, 1960

There is a bug in the bottom of  my ink jar. He looks like he's been there a long time. What a way to drown! The kids went to Iowa City with Mom. I might as well have gone. I didn't get anything done. I went down to Cuddebacks to call and get a beauty appointment for my hair next Saturday, my birthday. I'm going to have it styled for my senior picture. I also called Marilyn. Oh, for accomplishment!

Mid-Prairie Loses For First Time - Friday, Ocober 28, 1960

It was a sad bunch at Mid-Prairie tonight. Enough said! Regina beat us by seven points. We got to thinking we were too good and got paid back, I suppose. We didn't stay for the Honor Society dance. I went home with Helen Birkey after school. I like her family and home and it was a lot of fun. We ate at the pancake supper and then served. It was tiring work.

Tests All Week - Thursday, October 27, 1960

It seem like we've had nothing but tests all week--our third one (this one a quiz that I got all right) this week in chemistry, one that lasted three days in French (I got a B+ on my French conversation with Shirley). We had a unit test in government on Tuesday, and we're doing rate and power building reading tests in English. Phyllis has been having me help her with geometry. It's as hard for her as algebra was for me. Men math teachers!

School Paper Stencils - Wednesday, October 26, 1960

Phyllis and Virginia have gone skating tonight, Mom is at Lodge, and Daddy and Ann are in bed. Maybe I better stay up to see if the kids need a ride home, but I can see me driving the Dodge at night! I stayed after school to work on the paper. Not one kid stayed to type stencils. Grr! We had a class meeting and decided  to have our pictures taken at Driscolls. One of my classmates really makes me mad. I've got to get over it. It's a different kind of "mad" than usual.

Late With Chores - Tuesday, October 25, 1960

Jeffery Dean is the name of Patty and Delbert's baby boy born this morning at 4:00. It was supposed to be November 4, and I was even hoping for a birthday present! We were late with chores tonight since Daddy was helping Hal with his pigs. So it's almost 10:00, but maybe that's not too late to study,once in a while. But it seems like I haven't done anything.

Chemistry Terms - Monday, October 24, 1960

I spent about the whole evening writing chemistry terms and still don't know them. If I could only do just chemistry in my two morning study halls following class and my other subjects at night, French first. The school paper looks wonderful for as little as I did on it. I'm glad it's that way. I believe I'll have co-editors if I'm ever a school publications advisor. Those kitties from Rosses sure are cute.

Youth Fellowship Skating Party - Sunday, October 23, 1960

We had youth fellowship tonight because Mr. Peters couldn't remember we weren't supposed to have had a meeting Wednesday night. (He thought we were but didn't, so called one for tonight.) It was discussion only and I guess we're having a  skating party this Wednesday. Oh, joy! I read the supplementary reading in one of the other government books and did a little French and chemistry.