State Traveling Library Information - Saturday, July 27, 1963

This seemed to be another one of my lazy afternoons off, as I don't believe I accomplished much this afternoon. I finished up my article on Mr. Melville. It seems like I'm so often coming out with four and one half page feature articles. I think I'll wait for the State Traveling Library to send information on Colleen Moore's doll house for which he designed some pieces. They went ahead and used my story on the girls 4-H fair preparations. Iris and I were hoping we could get a picture to go with it.

The Oldest of All First Cousins - Friday, July 26, 1963

We went down to Parcells for a buffet supper. There seem to be a lot of little boy cousins again. It's sort of nice to be the oldest of all my first cousins. I bought a green corduroy car coat with red, white and green pile lining today at Wards. I finally decided on it after comparing all the town had to offer, including those at the new Spurgeon store. Charles was in a pretty good mood today and seemed pretty tolerant of my ideas - not that he usually doesn't - it's just that he has to have the upper hand.

Interviewed a Herman Melville Descendant - Thursday, July 25, 1963

I love Evelyn. She finally wrote just when I did (as I figured would be the way). We wrote about and asked about practically paragraph for paragraph, the very same things. We are a lot alike. This afternoon I went out to interview Ralph Melville, a glassblower who lives in Washington. He's quite the person - educated at the University of Leibniz in Germany, lectured at Stockholm, taught at the University of Washington, been on the Ed Sullivan Show, and is a descendant of Herman Melville. He gave me a tiny orange vase he had made. Mrs. Hahn came tonight so we girls could order some Avon products. Varners and Lorahs are at Grandma's now.

Mom is at a Tupperware Party - Wednesday, July 24, 1963

Betty is staying here tonight. Mom is at a Tupperware party at Karen Baker Speas'. Phyl and I and Daddy went to the Lions Club ice cream supper. I saw Uncle Walter in Osincup's. I wasn't at the Journal office when he stopped in. Of course, I had to drag myself away, he likes to talk so. Well, they finally used my feature article on Mrs. Bauer's cruets. Charles cut up my pictures from the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company. He didn't know they wanted them back.

Three Quarter Century Club Postcards - Tuesday, July 23, 1963

We took Linda Timmins and went in to play miniature golf with John, Betty, Linda, Jim, Larry and Janet. I just couldn't get with it tonight. I think I had a seven on half the holes. Better late than never, but I only just now got around to typing up the minutes for the April 2nd and 4th WRA meetings! I think I'll send them to Barbara Page and see if she can "process" them. I took the Three Quarter Century Club post cards to Mrs. Luckenbill and visited with her for a few minutes.

Still Hope for the LLCs - Monday, July 22, 1963

I've been writing to Flo to see what we can do to get the LLCs moving. Maybe there's still hope. The Journal was an hour late going to press today, and on the day that Charles complained that there wasn't anything of news value. He even ran the Rubio grocery store closing (for good) on the front page. Ann has gone to  Martie Berendts' for several days. I mowed grass this evening. The kids had to go to mow the two Anderson yards.

Leets Are Here From Virginia - Sunday, July 21, 1963

Leets got to Grandma's this afternoon. Parcells came to get Rikki and Sonja who had been out here for a week, so we all had supper there, except Cuddebacks weren't there. I wrote to Evelyn. I think one or the other of our letters must have gotten lost. I last heard from her on May 25! I haven't gotten a letter from Mrs. Cowan for quite a while either. I hope to get a letter off to Flo about LLC business.