Diary of Gladys Hargett - Perry County, Illinois Pocket Diary of Gladys Mae Brewer Hargett 1981 January 10th - Saturday Bought Spring mattress & from from [sic] Sleep Center. Bought Sweeper from KMart 11th - Sunday June & Mike watched football game 12th - Monday Moved into the mobile home, lot 345 at Citrus Wood Estates. Had bed delivered. Spent night there. Greens came over & helped spruce up the place. 13th - Tuesday Bought couch & love seat. 17th - Saturday Sandra & Mike came over & brought JJ a birthday cake. Good!! 19th - Monday June's birthday. Went to Greens party. Shrimp Boil. Enjoyed. They had B.d cake for June. 24th - Saturday Came to visit Sandy & Mike 25th - Sunday June & Mike watched football game. 31st - Saturday Came to Brandon, gave Mike a ride to music lesson February 1st - Sunday Scott's birthday. Sandy & I went to Wagon Wheel flea market. Lots of fun. 5th - Thursday Went to arts & craft class. Covered coat hangers. 6th - Friday Ate Chinese food. JJ was *sick* as were Greens. I escaped!! No ribs! 8th - Sunday Went to Greens birthday party for his dad. 9th - Monday Burl & Agnes Reece came to visit. 10th- Tuesday Sandra & Mike came. brought big cho. cake covered with nuts. Ate supper at Ponderosa. 14th - Saturday Illinois Day in Lakeland. Good crowd & lots of food. 15th - Sunday Left Lakeland for DuQuoin. 16th - Monday Arrived in DuQuoin by way of Herrin. Frozen water meter at home. Bill stopped by and ate Kentucky Fried with us. Learned Bill had been robbed. 17th - Tuesday Weather Beautiful! 18th - Wednesday Got my hair cut & gave Betty Books. Took Rae her oranges. 19th - Thursday Warm weather 20th - Friday Can't believe this weather. Warm. 21st - Saturday Took Bus to Herrin for the day. Flat tire - detoured to Murphysboro - Collect call to Mom we'd be hr late. March 29th - Saturday Matthew. Bought Oct 1981. Shoes 9 1/2D. Jumping Jacks Boot #12408 Birthdays listed in the back: January 19 - June [husband] Feb. 1 - Scott [grandson] March 29 - Matthew [grandson] March 16 - Nicole [step granddaughter] April 19 - Rick [son] April 24 - Mike [grandson] July 28 - Sandy [daughter] July 31 - Mom [Mayme Vaughn Brewer] Sept 8 - Bill [son] Oct 1 - Gladys [self] Dec 22 - Becky & Beth [daughters-in-law] Oct 27 - Kathryn [granddaughter] Notes: 1981 is the year they bought a mobile home in Lakeland, Florida. They still maintained their home in DuQuoin. The Greens are J.W. and Beulah Green, who owned the IGA grocery store in DuQuoin. They also had a place in Florida. June & JJ are the same person - her husband Jerome Junior Hargett ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Becky Hargett