A D in Music Made Me Cry - Thursday, June 7, 1962

I went to Jerolyn's shower at the Grace Hill community building tonight. It was nice and she got a good selection of gifts. I got my grades today and I had to cry because I got a D in music. I don't think I deserved it. I attended many of the recitals and concerts and wrote reports for extra credit. My other grades were French and world lit, B, phys ed and anatomy, C. Daddy liked his birthday presents.

Picking and Freezing Strawberries - Wednesday, June 6, 1962

We went to town for a little while after Bible School. I got some new white heels (hope they're not too high), socks for Daddy for his birthday and a set of eight blue drinking glasses for Jerolyn's shower tomorrow night. Here at home they were doing strawberries all day and we went back out to Grandma's to pick some more at chore time.

First Graders Can't Take Their Time - Tuesday, June 5, 1962

We went to the drive-in tonight. Their usual double feature ("Tammy, Tell Me True" and "Wake Me When It's Over") proved to be quite lengthy. I gave the lesson this afternoon in Bible School. They made their hand puppets. Those kids just can't take their time, but they are cute. When they couldn't think of "Abraham and Lot" one of them came up with "Abraham and Lincoln."

Daddy Helped with Iowa Primary Election Day - Monday, June 4, 1962

One day of Bible School down and four to go. I'm helping Marion with the first graders at the Methodist Church. Tonight I wrote to Mrs. Cowan and my "Little Sister," Faye Borgia from Bay Village, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. I'll have to call her when we go to Cleveland. Today was election day - Iowa Primary. Daddy was helping with it most of the day.

Will Help with Gifts at Jerolyn's Wedding - Sunday, June 3, 1962

Cuddebacks were up this afternoon for Marion to give me some things for Bible School. I made a wooden spoon puppet and two diorama backgrounds and read my lesson for Tuesday afternoon. Yesterday Jerolyn called and wanted me to help with the gifts at her wedding June 30th. It was a cold rainy day today. I'm out of energy. Hope I have some enthusiasm for the coming week. It couldn't be that being a janitor was too hard on me after a year of rigorous college life?!?

A Baby Owl Sits and Stares - Saturday, June 2, 1962

For the first and second days of June it has sure been cold. I didn't get around to putting away any more of my things, and on top of that the clothes rod broke and Phyl's and my clothes fell to the floor. We girls and Denise walked down to the culvert but we lost interest and came right back. She brought in a baby hoot owl tonight. The way it sat and stared was so cute.

Two National News Events in Our Area - Friday, June 1, 1962

Home again! Summer is the best time, I've decided. I feel now like old times but I felt more like a visitor during Christmas and spring vacations. We got home about 1:30. I've been doing most of my unpacking. Our area had national news events twice within the last week. There was a plane crash near Centerville that killed 45 people with pieces of debris being found as far north as Cedar Rapids. The Fishers found a picture of a Chicago family on their farm. And there was a murder of five people near Hedrick. The killer has been found - reports were he was being searched for in barns around West Chester.