Misc: A.O. Jones Diary, 1932, Lincoln Parish, LA Submitted by: Calvin B. Jones, 180 Bay Drive, Farmerville, LA 71241 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spelling and punctuation is as found in transcript compiled by Calvin Jones from original diary of his father, Arthur O. Jones. The following format is used: date - day of week - entry - weather entry JANUARY, 1932 1 - Fri - hope Mr Gilmore kill hogs - fixed saw for Mr Davidson - fair 2 - Sat - hauled wood - went town - fair 3 - Sun - Will came - went S.S. - clouded 4 - Mon - went to town to fix fence for Mrs Hays but rain intervened - cool rain 5 - Tue - fixed on hog pen & house - rain cloudy 6 - Wed - worked on fence for Mrs Hays - cloudy fair 7 - Thu - worked on fence for Mrs Hays - fair 8 - Fri - worked on fence for Mrs Hays - fair 9 - Sat - finished fence - went town - fair 10 - Sun - went S.S. & Mr Gilmores - fair cloudy 11 - Mon - cut wood & hauled old post for Mrs Hayes & brought lumber - cloudy 12 - Tue - worked around house - all day rain 13 - Wed - went town - hauled wood - faired 14 - Thu - hauled wood Mr Gilmore - went to Mr Morrises etc - cloudy shower 15 - Fri - sawed wood Mr Gilmore - went hunting - rainey 16 - Sat - went mill - town & church, Bro Jones came - cloudy showers 17 - Sun - had no preaching - all morning rain - calf came - rain 18 - Mon - set hen - pigs came - hauled wood Mr Gilmore - started to clear New ground for cane - fair 19 - Tue - went election - worked in new ground - fair 20 - Wed - set hen - worked in new ground - fair 21 - Thu - planted some garden - worked in new ground - cloudy 22 - Fri - worked on Davidson's well - cloudy rain 23 - Sat - went town - cleaned out Davidson's well - cloudy 24 - SunX- went to S.S. & Mr Gilmores - cloudy cool 25 - Mon - fixed wagon tongue & shoes - all day rain 26 - Tue - went town - Munks baby buried - fair 27 - Wed - set out onion plants - clouded up 28 - Thu - picked off peanuts-Trudy's kids came - all day rain 29 - Fri - Clyde came - all day rain 30 - Sat - killed hogs 3- 540 lbs, went town - fair cold 31 - Sun - went S.S. & Mr Gilmores - fair cool [Submitter's note: quiet often found X after day or date, guess it was a memory jogger for something.] FEBRUARY, 1932 1 - Mon - cooked fat - ground sausage - went town - cloudy thunder 2 - Tue - smoked sausage etc - cleaned up - cloudy warm 3 - Wed - hauled wood & fixed on wagon - cloudy warm 4 - Thu - canned sausage - filed saws etc - fair cool 5 - Fri - went town - Bro Jones boy got stove - fair 6 - Sat - went town & mill - got old car body for junk - fair 7 - Sun - went S.S. & Simsboro - Frank Watson burried - cloudy warm 8 - Mon - worked in cane new ground - cloudy 9 - Tue - cut wood & bridge timber - negro boy hope - cloudy hot windy 10 - Wed - hauled wood and bridge timber - rain am cloudy 11 - Thu - finished hauling wood - worked on bridge - Mrs Choate died - cloudy 12 - Fri - went to Mrs choate's funeral-Simsboro - cloudy 13 - Sat - plowed & fertilized potato patch - cloudy 14 - Sun - went to Dye place etc - all day rain 15 - Mon - planted potatoes - damp wet cloudy 16 - Tue - finished bridge-drug logs from new ground-Avis-Ruby came - rain wet 17 - Wed - fixed fence-hope dig grave-went Mr Mitchell funeral W.C. - cloudy 18X- Thu - hauled rails & post to pasture-picked off peanuts - rain 19 - Fri - shelled peanuts etc - all day and night rain 20 - Sat - went to Church & town evening - all day and night rain 21 - Sun - went to W.C. funeral of McCrary boy - cloudy dreary 22 - Mon - hung up meat-went to Mrs Bell Shelbys funeral-Simsboro -cool cloudy 23 - Tue - went to election - worked on garden - cloudy fair 24 - Wed - start building new hen house - cloudy rain eve 25 - Thu - worked on hen house-baby sick - fair-pretty day 26 - Fri - worked on chicken house - Uncle John came - fair 27 - Sat - went town - worked on hen house - Jimmie Gilmore got pigs - fair 28 - Sun - staid home - all about sick - fair 29 - Mon - worked on chicken house - burned off cane ground - cloudy MARCH, 1932 1 - Tue - worked on toilet & yard fence - went fishing - warm cloudy 2 - Wed - worked on pasture fence - hauled poles new ground - cloudy drizzly 3 - Thu - went town - hauled post to Mr Sumlin - got tin and covered toilet etc - cloudy rain 4 - Fri - bedded sweet potatoes - Davidson got pigs - planted garden - cloudy 5 - Sat - staid home rain cold - little sleet & snow 6 - Sun - went Mr Davidson's - cloudy cold freeze 7 - Mon - went Mr Morrises & Henry Mays -then came after pigs - cold cloudy freeze 8 - Tue - picked off peanuts - cold-cloudy-rain-icecles 9 - Wed - went town - Deposit $9.00 - cold wind freezing fair 10 - Thu - went after forge - hauled wood for Mr Gilmore half day -cloudy cold 11 - Fri - plowed cane patch-new ground - cloudy cold ice 12 - Sat - went town taken sow to male - cow CC - fair cold ice 13 - Sun - went S.S. - fair cold ice 14 - Mon - went Ruston - paid taxes $31.37 - fair little warmer but cool 15 - Tue - went town & started cane planting - cloudy warm 16 - Wed - planted cane - warm cloudy drizzly 17 - Thu - cleared land for cane - faired warmer 18 - Fri - finished planting cane- plowed garden - cloudy warm 19 - Sat - went church & town - Mama came - planted beets - fair 20 - Sun - went church - Chloe & children, Edgar Jones came - fair 21 - Mon - started plowing corn land in new ground-Mrs Arnold came- windy fair 22 - Tue - plowed corn land - fair 23 - Wed - planted corn (Calvin 6 years old today) - fair 24 - Thu - plowed corn land - fair 25 - Fri - plowed corn land - fair windy 26 - Sat - went town - hauled wood for Gilmore - cloudy 27 - Sun - went S.S. Egg hunt - showers blustery 28 - Mon - plowed corn land - fair 29 - Tue - planted corn half day - plowed for corn above cane patch - cloudy windy 30 - Wed - plowed corn land middles-Aunt Lou's house blowed down - rain wind 31 - Thu - hauled wood Mr Gilmore-picked up coal - fair [Submitter's note: On 10th got forge for his own blacksmith shop. On 31st picked up coal along railroad for shop.] APRIL, 1932 1 - Fri - worked in shop - plowed corn land middles - fair 2 - Sat - finished planting south cut in corn - all went town - fair 3 - Sun - hope dig grave for Deerfreese boy - fair cloudy 4 - Mon - went town - plowed corn land - cloudy faired 5 - Tue - planted middle cut in corn - planted potatoes - cut stalks - fair cloudy 6 - Wed - plowed corn land - fair 7 - Thu - plowed corn land - cloudy showers 8 - Fri - finished planting corn, Dav cut - fair 9 - Sat - went town had peas thrashed - fair 10 - Sun - went S.S. Mr Morris came-Will & Trudy & children came - cloudy cool 11 - Mon - plowed & put out fertilizer in watermellon patch plowed pea land - Fair 12X- Tue - plowed pea land - planted peas, watermellons and cantelopes seed - cut stalks - fair 13 - Wed - cut corn stalks & plowed & hoed cane - fair 14 - Thu - start plowing cotton land - fair 15 - Fri - plowed cotton land - fair clouded 16 - Sat - planted sunflower, okra & popcorn - went town - fair 17 - Sun - went preaching, Bro Harmon preached - Bro Harmon, Mr Morris, Monroe & Berryl came - thunder fair 18 - Mon - rain at night - picked off peanuts - plowed cotton land - cloudy dreary 19 - Tue - went town election - cut sprouts - morning rain warm 20 - Wed - plowed cotton land - fair 21 - Thu - plowed cotton land - cloudy faired 22 - Fri - finished P.C. land - plowed out middles - cloudy damp 23 - Sat - plowed middles - went town - fair some cloudy 24 - Sun - night rain - went S.S. - fair-evening cloudy showers 25 - Mon - calf heifers came, plowed middles in cotton land went after planter - faired 26 - Tue - planted cotton - fair 27 - Wed - planted cotton half day - taken planter home - went town - put meat away - cloudy 28 - Thu - plowed for cotton in orchard - cloudy 29 - Fri - planted cotton and fixed potato ground - rain 30 - Sat - went town & night plant at school - fixed potato land - rainey MAY, 1932 1 - Sun - went to Mr Jim Alexanders & Morrises - fair 2 - Mon - set out potato slips- planted p hull peas- cut bushes - fair 3 - Tue - cut bushes in corn - fair 4 - Wed - cow & hiefer due -am old cow calf came- cut bushes - fair 5 - Thu - cut bushes - plowed middles in corn - set out potatoes - rain 6 - Fri - plowed middles in corn - cut bushes - part cloudy 7 - Sat - cut bushes - went town - cloudy 8 - Sun - Bro Jones and folks came - rain eve - cloudy 9 - Mon - cut bushes - thinned corn - plowed corn - cloudy 10X- Tue - cut bushes & thinned corn - cloudy 11 - Wed - cut bushes-thinned corn-went town after Davidson boys baby sick - part fair 12 - Thu - plowed corn - negro hope - D. baby died - fair 13 - Fri - went Ruston - Davidson baby burried - fair 14 - Sat - plowed corn - went town night - fair 15 - Sun - went church - Trudy & Will came - fair 16 - Mon - start to plow corn - rain - fixed plows - set out potatoes - cloudy rain 17 - Tue - hauled load lbr for Clyde - cut bushes - Jessie, Eunice and Thelma came - cloudy 18 - Wed - replanted cotton (planted over) planted peanuts, velvet beans, Plowed corn - fair 19 - Thu - finished plowing over corn - plowed patches - fair 20 - Fri - borred off cotton - cloudy drizzly 21 - Sat - went town - fine mist rain - hauled wood - rain eve 22 - Sun - went S.S., Jule, Mae & Eunice came - fair 23 - Mon - borred off cotton - evening rain - cloudy showers 24 - Tue - borred off cotton - rain - fixed plows - rain again 25 - Wed - fixed potato land - hoed cane - cloudy showers 26 - Thu - plowed cotton - went to graduation exercise - cloudy 27 - Fri - rain - set out potatoes - cloudy 28 - Sat - borred off cotton - went town - fair cloudy 29 - Sun - went Trudys - cloudy 30 - Mon - borred off cotton - started chopping cotton hoed cane - fair 31 - Tue - worked out watermellons, potatoes & cane - fair JUNE, 1932 1 - Wed - borred off cotton - chopped cotton - hot cloudy 2 - Thu - plowed middles in corn (laid by) - cloudy hot 3 - Fri - plowed corn - part cloudy fair 4 - Sat - plowed corn - went town - fair 5 - Sun - went S.S. - Edwin sick - fair 6 - Mon - finished plowing corn - chopped cotton - Will came - fair hot 7 - Tue - plowed cotton - igba ussfa - fair 8 - Wed - chopped cotton - fair hot 9 - Thu - chopped cotton - part cloudy fair 10 - Fri - swept cotton - fair hot 11X- Sat - went town morn & eve - fair hot 12 - Sun - went S.S. - old cow taken bull - hot fair cloudy 13 - Mon - plowed cotton - fair need rain 14 - Tue - plowed cotton, cane & peas - thunderhead fair hot 15 - Wed - hoed sweet potatoes - fair hot 16 - Thu - plowed potatoes & cotton - fair dry hot 17 - Fri - plowed peanuts & ripped up cotton - fair 18 - Sat - went town & Preaching - cleaned off church yard and went fishing eve - hot dry fair 19 - Sun - all went church - Mama went Bro Jones - Mr Leadford came - fair hot 20 - Mon - picked black berries - hot dry need rain bad - fair 21 - Tue - plowed cotton middles & watermellons - fair 22 - Wed - plowed cotton ground - hot threatening shower 23 - Thu - plowed cotton - dug potatoes - hot fair clouded 24 - Fri - finished digging potatoes - eve shower 25 - Sat - telegram from Willie advising William Fogle's death - went Trudys & town - planted peanuts - rain 26 - Sun - sick - part cloudy fair 27 - Mon - planted peas - fair 28 - Tue - chopped cotton - fair 29 - Wed - plowed cotton - Mama & Claudie went Hugh's - fair 30 - Thu - plowed cotton - fair [Submitter's note: William Fogle was Dad's sister Eva's husband. He fell through elevator shaft while building Post Office in Little Rock, Ark and was killed.] JULY, 1932 1 - Fri - plowed cotton & potatoes - shower hot 2 - Sat - went town - set out potato slips - rained 3 - Sun - went S.S. - Will & Trudy came - showers 4 - Mon - hoed and set out potatoes - sow due - rain 5 - Tue - hoed peanuts set out potaotes - pigs came - rain 6 - Wed - set out potatoes - went town - rain cloudy hot 7 - Thu - planted peas - fair 8 - Fri - plowed potatoes, cane, peanuts, velvet beans, hoed cotton - hot fair clouded 9 - Sat - went town - cleaned out well - shower hot 10 - Sun - went S.S. & Monroe Morrises - fair hot 11 - Mon - planted peas & hoed cotton - fair 12 - Tue - swept cotton - hot fair clouded 13 - Tue - plowed cotton - planted row turnips - hot rain eve 14 - Thu - went to grave yard working - hot fair 15 - Fri - went Ruston see doctor - hot fair 16 - Sat - went Trussell grave yard working - Meeting start W.C. - fair 17 - Sun - went church - Chloe & children came - fair 18 - Mon - went to preaching - plowed some cotton - cloudy shower 19 - Tue - Bro Jones & Harmon came - shower 20 - Wed - hope with pool & organ at church - shower 21 - Thu - plowed peas - grave yard working at Simsboro - hot clouded 22 - Fri - good Meeting - taken dinner with Mr Arnold - fair 23 - Sat - plowed peanuts - went church - wind rain evening - rain night 24 - Sun - Monore Morris & Mr Arnold & folks came for dinner - fair 25 - Mon - plowed furrow in cane - went to services 3:30 PM at Monroe Morrises - fair 26 - Tue - Meeting closes - 16 additions to church - went town, Jim & Bell Alexander & Mrs Womack came - fair 27 - Wed - Jessie & Dixie came - plowed cotton - fair hot 28 - Thu - collected food and feed for Bro Harmon - shower 29 - Fri - went to Arcadia - hot fair 30 - Sat - plowed cotton & peas - went town - rain 31 - Sun - went S.S. - hot fair AUGUST, 1932 1 - Mon - plowed peas - fair hot 2 - Tue - plowed peas & peanuts - fair hot 3 - Wed - plowed peas hoed some peanuts - hot eve rain 4 - Thu - went fishing - hoed some peanuts - fair 5 - Fri - hoed peanuts - sold yearling $6.00 - fair 6 - Sat - went town - plowed peanuts - Trudy came - fair 7 - Sun - went to Baptising - 16 Baptised - fair 8 - Mon - plowed peas - went town - fair 9 - Tue - Mama went Eva's - went to Simsboro Church - fair 10 - Wed - went Ruston - plowed peas - fair 11 - Thu - went town & church - fair hot 12 - Fri - plowed some peanuts - went fishing - fair 13 - Sat - went town - Uncle John came at evening staid night - fair 14 - Sun - went S.S. & Monroe Morrises- Edwin fever all night - eve rain 15 - Mon - worked on wagon wheel - fair 16 - Tue - planted some garden - hoed in cane - cleaned out barn - cloudy fair 17 - Wed - worked on wagon - fair 18 - Thu - worked on wagon - went town - rain 19 - Fri - worked on wagon - went town - fair 20 - Sat - went Minden - fair 21 - Sun - went to Little Rock Ark - fair 22 - Mon - came home - clouded 23 - Tue - went town - cleaned out house for cotton - Edwin sick - clouded 24 - Wed - start picking cotton - fair part cloudy 25 - Thu - went town - picked cotton - Edwin sick - clouded 26 - Fri - picked cotton - fair 27 - Sat - picked cotton - went town - fair 28 - Sun - at S.S. Eunice came - fair 29 - Mon - Malcolm & Velma came - picked some cotton - hot fair 30 - Tue - taken Edwin to Dr Ruston - Malcolm went - fair 31 - Wed - Malcolm & Velma went home - picked cotton - fair SEPTEMBER, 1932 1 - Thu - picked cotton - G.C. came - Prentis & Eunice came - sprinkles fair 2 - Fri - picked cotton - Prentis & Eunice & folks left - fair 3 - Sat - went Ruston - fair 4 - Sun - went S.S. - Edwin sick - showers started at night - cloudy day 5 - Mon - hauled load wood - picked cotton - cloudy 6 - Tue - picked cotton - fair cool 7 - Wed - picked cotton - Calvin sick - fair cool 8 - Thu - picked cotton - pulled up peanuts - plowed garden - clouded cool 9 - Fri - hauled fertilizer to garden - hauled peanuts in - picked cotton - cloudy 10 - Sat - picked cotton - went town - fair cloudy 11 - Sun - went S.S. & Mr Arnolds - fair 12 - Mon - Calvin start school - went town - picked cotton - fair 13 - Tue - election (1st primary) baby sick - fair 14 - Wed - picked cotton - fair 15 - Thu - picked cotton - fair 16 - Fri - picked cotton - fair 17 - Sat - went town - fair 18 - Sun - went church - pastor called for church - Mr. Morris came & Bulah Hughes came - fair 19 - Mon - picked cotton & peas - cloudy shower 20 - Tue - picked peas & cotton - fair 21 - Wed - picked peas & cotton - letter from Mama - fair 22 - Thu - picked peas & cotton - clouded 23 - Fri - worked on cotton house - picked cotton - fair 24 - Sat - picked peas - went town - fair clouded 25X- Sun - went S.S. C. conference - sprinkle fair cloudy 26 - Mon - picked peas & cotton - shower cloudy 27 - Tue - picked peas & cotton - sprinkle cloudy 28 - Wed - picked cotton - went town - cloudy 29 - Thu - went to Association at Vernon - fair 30 - Fri - picked cotton - fair [Submitter's note: Calvin 1st grade-Dad went with him the first day. Walnut Creek was in the Bethlehem Association.] OCTOBER, 1932 1 - Sat - went town - picked cotton - fair cloudy 2 - Sun - went S.S. & Mr Davidson's - cloudy 3 - Mon - picked peas & cotton - cloudy 4 - Tue - picked peas - put up heater - cool cloudy - drizzle damp 5 - Wed - picked cotton - fair cool 6 - Thu - picked cotton - Mr Alex & Ernest came - 1st frost - fair cool 7 - Fri - picked cotton - fair cool 8 - Sat - went town M & Evening - fair warmer 9 - Sun - went S.S. - Mrs Arnold & girls came - fair 10 - Mon - picked cotton - dug potatoes evening - cloudy 11 - Tue - finished potatoes - picked cotton - cool fair 12 - Wed - picked peas - assorted potatoes in barn- heard of Aunt Lou's death - fair 13 - Thu - went to Aunt Lou Lolley's funeral - hope dig grave - fair 14 - Fri - picked cotton - fair cloudy 15 - Sat - rain - cut seed cane - rainey 16 - Sun - went church & S.S. - cloudy faired 17 - Mon - went town - picked cotton - fair 18 - Tue - picked cotton - fair 19 - Wed - picked cotton - fair 20 - Thu - finished picking cotton - fair 21 - Fri - stripped cane - fair 22 - Sat - went town - stripped cane - cut cane - fair 23X- Sun - went S.S. - fair 24 - Mon - hauled cane & wood to mill - fog & fair 25 - Tue - made syrup at Mr Morrises - clouded 26 - Wed - finished syrup making - bedded seed cane - fair 27 - Thu - went town - pulled corn - fair 28 - Fri - pulled corn - fair 29 - Sat - hauled corn - Jim & Bell Alexander came - fair 30 - Sun - went S.S. & Mr Sims - fair cloudy 31 - Mon - morning rain - went town - hauled load corn - rain cloudy [ The aviation guide light at the Midway Field began service Friday night October 28th. ] NOVEMBER, 1932 1 - Tue - pulled corn - cloudy fair 2 - Wed - pulled & hauled corn - fair 3 - Thu - pulled corn - wagon broke down - fair 4 - Fri - worked on road first day - fair 5 - Sat - went town - finished pulling corn - fair cloudy 6 - Sun - went S.S. - cloudy fair 7 - Mon - hauled corn - finished - fog fair 8 - Tue - hauled wood & peanuts - went Mr Davidsons & town - Election Day - fair 9 - Wed - worked on wagon - fair 10 - Thu - worked on wagon (finished) - showers windy cool 11 - Fri - worked on road-Oak Grove - fair cool 12 - Sat - went town - cold fair 13 - Sun - went S.S. - Bro Jones & family came - fair 14 - Mon - hauled cotton to gin - part cloudy fair 15 - Tue - ginned cotton - cloudy 16 - Wed - hauled rail poles and wood - cold fair 17 - Thu - worked on hog pen - cloudy cold - sleet evening 18 - Fri - worked on road - cold cloudy a little snow - fair evening 19 - Sat - went to grave yard working & preaching - G.C. Dennis - fair cool 20 - Sun - went church - fair warmer 21 - Mon - went Ruston - fair 22 - Tue - cut trees for wood below spring - fair 23 - Wed - hauled & cut wood - cloudy rain eve 24 - Thu - staid home - all day rain 25 - Fri - worked on road $1.50 per day - rain 26 - Sat - went town - delivered 5 gallons syrup to C & 7N store for Dr. W.S. Harrell 75 cents each - fair 27 - Sun - went S.S. & Mr Gilmores - fair 28 - Mon - worked on road - fair 29 - Tue - cut wood - went town - fair 30 - Wed - cut wood - went cane patch - fair Owe S.S. 97 cents DECEMBER, 1932 1 - Thu - hauled 7 cut wood - fair 2 - Fri - split wood - cleaned yard - sacked peas - cloudy 3 - Sat - went town - worked in barn - rain 4 - Sun - went S.S. staid home - fair 5 - Mon - worked on road - fair part cloudy 6 - Tue - sow cut up- thrashed peas-fixed Mr Gilmore's saw - cloudy eve rain 7 - Wed - worked around house & barn - cloudy 8 - Thu - staid in house sick most of the day - cold cloudy 9 - Fri - all day rain & freezing - staid home - rain 10 - Sat - went town - hauled cotton home - ice on trees melting - cloudy cold 11 - Sun - staid home - all day rain 12 - Mon - worked on road - cut right of way W.C. road - rain 13 - Tue - cut & hauled some wood - rainey cold 14 - Wed - went Mr Gilmores & Davidsons- hauled wood - bad day - rain cold 15 - Thu - hope wash - bad day - rain freezing 16 - Fri - sleeted last night & most of day 3" - cold bad 17 - Sat - went town - cold ice on ground - hauled load wood for Mr Gilmore - cleared off about 1 hr before sundown - cold 18 - Sun - no preaching - bad day - cold 19 - Mon - turned in work card - went town - snow melted a little - cold 20 - Tue - killed 1 hog 216 wt - hauled 3 loads wood Mr Gilmore - ice melted some - sloppy - cloudy 21 - Wed - made sausage - cooked out lard - bad day rain 22 - Thu - worked around house - drizzly rain all day 23 - Fri - went Ruston - rainey 24 - Sat - went mill & town - Bennie Lee came after us - fair 25 - Sun - at Chloe's - fair 26 - Mon - came home 4OC PM - clouded 27 - Tue - went town - went around place - fair 28 - Wed - killed hog 380 lbs-cooked lard-ground sausage - fair 29 - Thu - put away meat, sausage etc - rainey 30 - Fri - hauled load wood from syrup mill - bad day rain 31 - Sat - went to Ruston - fair cool [Submitter's note: Bennie Lee Hallmark was Aunt Chloe's oldest son and they lived in Homer, LA]