A Fatal Car Accident - Tuesday, April 4, 1961

Tonight I babysat while Fudges went to the athletic banquet in Kalona. Hurrah, I got the part of Beanie in the play after all since Shirley Slaubaugh decided she had too much to do. A Kalona Mennonite boy, Phil Hershberger, was killed in an Illinois car accident yesterday. I remember him pretty well from declam and he visited school the day before Christmas vacation. Phyllis Crone and Linda Crile visited school today. I didn't see too much of them. Lee and Junean won the two first places in the science fair. I haven't found out all the honorable mentions yet.

Still Doing Grandma and Grandpa's Chores - Monday, April 3, 1961

Sheryl decided not to go to the honor society meeting tonight, unless she just used that as an excuse not to have to take me. I didn't know they were going to have it since we're going to the Captain's Table the 21st. Phyllis did eggs all night while I did chores and washed the separator. For once I did some chemistry for homework and I even did a little for my research paper in study hall. We have till the 21st for them. [A student] got kicked out of sociology class, so Mr. Jones and he spent the hour (the period had just begun) in the office.

A Year Old Chocolate Easter Rabbit - Sunday, April 2, 1961

This was Easter Sunday. We didn't have a whole lot for our Easter baskets because Mom forgot about it yesterday in town and the store was about sold out. We didn't mind. Shoot, I was going to throw away (at least look at) the chocolate bunny I got last year and never ate, on his anniversary. He's still in the refrigerator. This afternoon Mom, Dad, Ann and I went down to see about getting the Dodge out--they did tonight--and Phyllis and Virginia were at Cuddebacks. I didn't do a bit of homework so should have gone to bed. Grinnell College was on College Bowl.

Dodge Stuck on Old Road to Washington - Saturday, April 1, 1961

If ever anyone didn't get anything done in a day, it's me. This morning the youth fellowship had a bake sale at the store. I didn't stay to help, but they made $42.00. I got some of the wash ready and while I was doing that Daddy called and said he had the Dodge stuck with a load of feed on the old road to Washington. I got dinner while Mom went to his aid. It's still stuck. This afternoon we went to town. I got a lavender blouse and a new pair of hose. Virginia and Ann went to Mr. Peters' class of instruction. Actually, he's two years late getting around to it.

Science Fair, Science Project - Friday, March 31, 1961

Well, even though we didn't have school today, I spent  almost the entire day on my science project. I finished cutting out letters this morning and set it up in the kitchen for effect. This afternoon I drove to Wellman, and it seemed to take hours to get the letters up. Phyl went with me. We got home just in time for chores. They're not taking quite as long now because Daddy sold four cows. We came home to eat supper, and Mom, Phyl and I got over to the science fair just as the program ended. (We didn't care about seeing it.) I was the only girl in the physical science division. Mine looked pretty good.

Quill and Scroll Initiation - Thursday, March 30, 1961

I've about got it made now, I guess. We now have Shirley Bush, Junean Goschke, Tom Bauer, Curt Cox and Bob Wetrich initiated into Quill and Scroll. Everyone admitted that they were physically and mentally exhausted, so I guess I'm not alone. Now that I take time to think about it, the overall quality of the Gold Feather is really good. Lucky Washington gets all next week off and they still get out of school about when we do. Oh, I'm Hank in the play. And I wanted to be Beanie.

Grandpa's Overalls - Wednesday, March 29, 1961

I thank my lucky stars that tomorrow is the last day of school this week except for the science fair on Friday. I stayed after school to practice for the Quill and Scroll initiation tomorrow night. I'll be doing good to hold my eyes open by then. I had Marvin let me off the bus at Grandma's, but since I didn't have my chores clothes I didn't do anything but pack eggs. I did have Grandpa's overalls on but decided I looked like a tramp. We had choir practice and youth fellowship tonight. The paper staff stapled the papers second period.