Mom, Phyllis Saw a House in West Chester - Saturday, August 18, 1962

This afternoon Mom and Phyllis went up to the lumber yard to ask Gerald DeLong about renting their house in West Chester. He said "Sure," and took them over to see it. It's a nice house. He said he's sort of particular about who he rents it to but would be glad for us to. So I guess we'll be leaving this house before too much longer. I won't come home to it. It seems as if a lot of parents move while kids are in college. I sewed most of my jacket and cut out the blouse. Mom's article for Arithmetic Teacher was accepted for publication in the November or December issue. She and Daddy are at the drive-in tonight.

We Are Going to Have to Leave This Farm - Friday, August 17, 1962

Norma came over this morning and asked us if we "got the letter." We hadn't. She said she felt bad about it and hated to tell us, but we were going to have to leave this farm after the first of the year. We still haven't seen anything of the letter. We'd been expecting as much any time now. It will be ten years. Charlie and Helen probably talked her in to selling the place. I'm working on memorizing the books of the Bible. I did it once for the Old Testament to make up a Sunday School absence. I'm reading Song of Years by Bess Streeter Aldrich.

$1.5 Million Massachusetts Mail Truck Robbery - Thursday, August 16, 1962

Mom washed this afternoon and we swam. The pool was the coldest I've ever known it to be. I looked for a gold sweater in Wards to match my two new gold skirts but they didn't have any. A robbery of a mail truck in Massachusetts of $1.5 million Tuesday night surpassed the Brink's robbery. I have my skirt done except for the hem. It's a little big around the waist though. Hope I don't get quite that fat! They vaccinated pigs and the ponies this morning. We canned thirteen quarts of tomato juice.

Looked at Courses for an Education Major - Wednesday, August 15, 1962

We went to the Lions Club picnic at Orrs' tonight. It was a nice group. Leland Griggs had a tape recorder and that provided a lot of entertainment. I worked some on the skirt of my suit. I got my elementary education requirements sheet and catalog out and looked over the list of courses. It doesn't really look so bad - all of the courses I'll need to get in in my next three years. Ann went swimming with Denise. Daddy and Bob baled about a load of hay that we had out here but they didn't need us to help.

Among Us We See Three Movies - Tuesday, August 14, 1962

Mom, Daddy, Ann and I went to see "The Trap Family Sings" at the drive-in tonight. We stayed for part of "Sail a Crooked Ship." Phyllis and Virginia had taken the two Lindas and Abbie to "That Touch of Mink." I cut out my tan suit. I also wrote a letter to Mrs. Cowan. They worked some more on cleaning the garage. I guess Cuddebacks cut their Washington, DC trip short because they ran out of money.

We Watched for Two Russian Spaceships - Monday, August 13, 1962

We watched at 7:30 and 9:00 tonight for two Russian cosmonauts to come over in separate spaceships but we never saw anything of them. I finished my gold skirt. The suit and matching blouse are next. We cleaned out the garage this afternoon. We carried out a lot of stuff to burn and took a pickup load full to the ditch. We didn't get clear finished. Ann and Denise fell off Rango this morning. Ann got a bad bruise on her arm where the horse stepped on it. Mom took her in to the doctor to see about it. He gave her a tetanus shot.

We Had Grandma and Grandpa for Dinner - Sunday, August 12, 1962

Three weeks from tonight I'll be back at college. Seems impossible! We had Grandma and Grandpa here for dinner for Grandma's birthday which was Thursday. We showed the slides of our trip and some others this afternoon. Tonight Stouts were here for homemade ice cream and cake. Doris's sister Verna was along. Margaret Smith's niece Jeannie was here this afternoon to ride the horses. We have the three now that the kids can ride without any help. I rode Duke a while with Phyllis and then with Ann.