Misc: A.O. Jones Diary, 1937, Lincoln Parish, LA Submitted by: Calvin B. Jones, 180 Bay Drive, Farmerville, LA 71241 Keyed by Jo Autrey, Dallas, TX ********************************************** 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, 1937 1 - Fri - Rained all day - M. Here - rainey 2 - Sat - Went town & Mill M. Here - cloudy 3 - Sun - Went SS-Malcom here yet - cool fair 4 - Mon - Hope move Mrs. Reynolds-Malcolm left for Shreveport hospital - cloudy nite rain 5 - Tue - Hauled wood am-worked on terrices pm - cloudy nite rain 6 - Wed - Widened drive way from road to house 8 ft - cloudy 7 - Thu - Worked on terrices-stove repairman stole watch Went to Ruston nite & had same released - Cloudy late rain 8 - Fri - Plowed in small plot of oats-went town with Jim Alex - cloudy rainey 9 - Sat - Rain most of day-Mrs Leadford came-sawed some wood - All nite rain 10 - Sun - All day rain-staid indoors - cooler rainey 11 - Mon - Went town am hauled load wood to Mr Holtzclaw - cloudy & nite rain 12 - Tue - Hope around house - cloudy damp 13 - Wed - Worked on terrices-filled up low places - windy cloudy 14 - Thu - Went town early am-worked on terrices - rain all pm - rain nite 15 - Fri - Worked on terrices-Negro hung at Ruston for murder of Simie Evans 1934 - cloudy cooler 16 - Sat - Went town am-sawed wood pm - cloudy 17 - Sun - Went SS am-Uncle John came PM - cloudy windy 18 - Mon - Split some stove wood - cloudy nite rain 19 - Tue - Split some wood-Uncle John went home-started raining - rain rest of day 20 - Wed - Went town am-& hunted mule-split wood pm - big nite rain damp cloudy 21 - Thu - Worked on terrices am-split some wood - rainy off & pm all day 22 - Fri - Went Ruston got Gov benifit check $62.72 - all day rain 23 - Sat - Killed hog wt abt 300 - cloudy & cold some freezing rain 24 - Sun - Went Church-bad rainey day not many for church - cool rain 25 - Mon - Cooked out lard & ground sausage - cool cloudy 26 - Tue - Went town-my 40th birthday-sawed some wood - pretty - day fair 27 - Wed - Prepared land & set out 150 cabbage plants - sawed wood - fair cloudy pm 28 - Thu - Worked on terrices am-taken white cow to male - sawed wood - part fair 29 - Fri - Split wood - part fair 30 - Sat - Sawed wood am - rain most of all pm - nite rain 31 - Sun - Went SS-Mrs Killins & Mrs Russell came - part fair am cloudy pm FEBRUARY, 1937 1 - Mon - Went Ruston - Claudie had tooth pulled-saw Dr about Edwin - cloudy 2 - Tue - Hunted mule am-sawd some wood pm - cloudy windy cool 3 - Wed - Worked around house-made bench etc-set out some cabbage - cut some wood - part fair 4 - Thu - Plowed in oats - fair 5 - Fri - Plowed in oats-cut some wood pm - part fair 6 - Sat - Worked in new ground-sawed wood & cut logs & sprouts - cloudy 7 - Sun - went SS-Mr & Mrs Leadford came - windy cloudy part fair pm 8 - Mon - went Ruston-was in car wreck, narrowly escaped serious accident - cloudy 9 - Tue - Hauled wood - cloudy am fair pm 10 - Wed - Plowed in oats - fair 11 - Thu - Hauled poles & cane pumies to field - fair 12 - Fri - Haued cane refuse from mill to ditches - fair 13 - Sat - went town & hauled fertilizer to potato patch - part cloudy 14 - Sun - Went SS-Lindsley Lewis came-Claudie went to Ethel Choates - fair 15 - Mon - Planted irish potatoes& plowed some oats-Edwin sick - part fair 16 - Tue - Finished oats-hauled fertilizer in garden-Jim & Belle came- Edwin & Clara Belle sick also Mr Biship went to see him pm Part fair 17 - Wed - Went town am-Clara Belle sick, Edwin better - cloudy windy 18 - Thu - Went Ruston after Dr., Clara Belle still sick Jim & Belle here - fair 19 - Fri - Baby still sick-several came-Mrs Arnold staid all day and and nite-Mr Biship died 7 am - rain cloudy 20 - Sat - Staid home-baby still sick-Mr Bishop burrid - part cloudy 21 - Sun - Mr Reynolds came-baby some better - fair cool 22 - Mon - Clara Belle some better, Claudie about sick - set some posts - fair 23 - Tue - Went town early am-worked on fence - part fair 24 - Wed - All about sick-plowed some-Mrs Russell came - fair 25 - Thu - Plowed corn land - part cloudy 26 - Fri - Plowed some am-cold rain freezing late pm - nite rain 27 - Sat - All day rain - cold - split some wood late pm - cold cloudy 28 - Sun - Went Church - cloudy am fair pm MARCH, 1937 1 - Mon - Went town-went to Clark Sims infant funeral - plowed some late pm-pigs came pm - fair 2 - Tue - Hope at house am-plowed pm-9 pigs came am - fair all day 3 - Wed - Plowed corn land, Ernest & Mr. Alexander came - cloudy little rain 4 - Thu - plowed till 10 am, rain - rain all pm 5 - Fri - Split wood-cut sprouts - cloudy 6 - Sat - Went town am - cut sprouts pm - part fair 7 - Sun - Went SS am-Went to Jim & Belle Alexanders-Belle sick - cloudy 8 - Mon - Filled up ditch etc am-planted cane pm - part fair 9 - Tue - Plowed east corn land am, planted cane late pm - fair 10 - Wed - Plowed east corn land front of Leadfords - fair 11 - Thu - Plowed east field-late pm burned brush piles - fair 12 - Fri - Plowed east corn field - fair 13 - Sat - Plowed am-bedded potatoes pm-turned cold & rainey 3 pm rain all nite 14 - Sun - Staid home-cloudy windy cold am-rain cold wind all pm and nite 15 - Mon - Worked on chairs-Jim Alexander came-went town - cold windy part fair 16 - Tue - Worked in new ground am-went to cotton control meeting Simsboro pm - part fair 17 - Wed - Plowed in new ground - cloudy cool drizzly pm 18 - Thu - Went Ruston-put in application for seed loan - cut some in new ground-455 killed in Texas City school explosion - faired pm 19 - Fri - Plowed in new ground-started raining 11 oc - rained all pm 20 - Sat - Cleared in new ground - fair 21 - Sun - Went SS am-Went to Mrs. Russells in pm - fair 22 - Mon - Plowed middles for corn planting - fair 23 - Tue - Plowed middles for corn - fair am - part cloudy pm - late eve rain nite 24 - Wed - Cut sprouts am-plowed new ground pm-dust in wind all day - fair pm 25 - Thu - Plowed in new ground - dust from west - fair 26 - Fri - Plowed near house, cold wind am-rain all evening & nite cold 27 - Sat - Went town am & cut some sprouts, went church pm - part fair cold windy 28 - Sun - Went church - Rev McCann Thelma, Prentiss, Parlee, Opal came-Children went to Mr Leadfords to egg hunt- part fair 29 - Mon - Plowed - cloudy cold rain nite 30 - Tue - Made double stock to cover corn-sold 1/3 cord wood $l.00 - cloudy cool 31 - Wed - Went Ruston got loan check-paid Mr Dye $50 - started planting corn-Jim Alex planted corn on west field - fair APRIL, 1937 1 - Thu - Planted corn, Calvin hope-Jim Alex finished his corn - fair 2 - Fri - Planted corn, finished cut east of barn - fair 3 - Sat - Planted corn front of Mr. Leadfords- cloudy nite rain 4 - Sun - Went Jim Alexanders for dinner-cloudy threatening rain pm rain nite 5 - Mon - Went town am-finished planting corn-cut sprouts pm - cloudy 6 - Tue - Went rail road after coal for shop-picked it up on tracks am- plowed pm - fair 7 - Wed - Plowed cotton land - fair clouded late pm some rain nite 8 - Thu - Plowed cotton land - cloudy windy cool 9 - Fri - Went town early am- plowed - part fair cool 10 - Sat - Plowed, finished listing cotton land - fair 11 - Sun - went SS-Monroe & Berrill Morris came home with us - fair 12 - Mon - Planted some peas & bedded some sweet potatoes plowed irish potatoes & cane, planted oakra - fair 13 - Tue - Plowed middles in cotton lad - fair clouded late pm 14 - Wed - Plowed middles and opened for cotton - fair 15 - Thu - Opened for cotton-put out some fertilizer for watermelons - part fair 16 - Fri - Opened for cotton - warm fair 17 - Sat - Planted watermellons, cantelopes & some cotton went to town late pm - fair 18 - Sun - went SS - Mary & folks came to graveyard-was with them - fair 19 - Mon - Planted cotton & put out fertilizer - part cloudy 20 - Tue - Planted cotton-went town, school districts & bond issue consolidation election - part fair 21 - Wed - Rain nite-planted cotton, finished near house-ground wet - part fair 22 - Thu - Plowed middles in east field - G Colvin came - fair nite rain 23 - Fri - Finished middes in east field-put poison in trees - nite rain part fair 24 - Sat - Cut 2 trees into wood am-went church & town pm - fair cool 25 - Sun - Went church & Monroe Morrises-Uncle John died at Shreveport - fair 26 - Mon - Went Ruston to serve on petit juror-Uncle John burried - windy fair 27 - Tue - Went Ruston-came home plowed in corn some - part fair 28 - Wed - Went Ruston-came home noon-plowed corn - cloudy 29 - Thu - Plowed middles in corn - part cloudy threatening rain 30 - Fri - Plowed corn middles am & plowed potatoes & peas - fair MAY, 1937 1 - Sat - Planted cotton seed - rain late pm 2 - Sun - Went SS & Mr Leadfords - fair 3 - Mon - Went town am-signed up cotton program-plnated cotton pm - pat cloudy 4 - Tue - C school Ruston 9 oc am-planted cotton east field - part cloudy 5 - Wed - C & S-finished planting cotton-planted some peas - fair 6 - Thu - C & S-planted some peas, borred off cotton-plowed watermellons- fair 7 - Fri - Borred off cotton - fair 8 - Sat - Borred off cotton-boys thinned corn-Belle & Jim staid for dinner-he plowed corn - fair 9 - Sun - Went SS - Malcom came Saturday nite - part fair 10 - Mon - Planted some cotton over-borred off cotton-Malcom hope- part fair 11 - Tue - Borred off cotton-Malcom hope - part fair 12 - Wed - Plowed corn - fair nite showers 13 - Thu - Plowed corn & some cotton - part fair 14 - Fri - Malcom left for Shreveport-plowed cotton & potatoes chopped some cotton - fair 15 - Sat - Chopped cotton all day - fair 16 - Sun - Ethel Choate & Children came - fair 17 - Mon - Chopped cotton-Calvin & Edwin out of school to help - fair 18 - Tue - Borred off cotton east cut-fixed some potato rows - hot dry fair 19 - Wed - Borred off cotton am-went Mrs W.S. funeral pm - fair 20 - Thu - Borred off cotton - fair 21 - Fri - Swept cotton near house - fair clouded late pm 22 - Sat - Plowed cotton am-Went Church & town pm - fair rain nite 23 - Sun - Went Church-Rev & Mrs McCann,Mrs Killen Mr Pirkle came - part cloudy 24 - Mon - Swept cotton am-set out potato slips - pm shower part cloudy 25 - Tue - Swept cotton am-set out & watered potato slips - fair 26 - Wed - Swept cotton-started planting corn pm - fair 27 - Thu - Plowed corn terrices-put out soda on corn - fair 28 - Fri - Plowed corn terrices-put out soda-Claudie went Minden - fair 29 - Sat - Went Uncle Lawrence Dormans south of Arcadia - fair 30 - Sun - Came home late pm - fair 31 - Mon - Plowed cotton-Claudie came home-Mr Alexander came Jim Alex thinned corn - fair JUNE, 1937 1 - Tue - Swept cotton eat cut-boys hoed in new ground cotton - Jim Alex plowed his corn - fair 2 - Wed - Plowed cotton & peas - fair 3 - Thu - Plowed finished peas & young cotton-light shower pm - hot part fair 4 - Fri - Plowed patches-start laying by corn-start raining 2 pm - rain all pm 5 - Sat - Set out potato slips am-went Ruston & purchased 3 rolls wire pm - faired 6 - Sun - Went SS-Jule & Mae Lolley came pm - part fair 7 - Mon - Plowed corn - shower pm 8 - Tue - plowed corn - part cloudy 9 - Wed - Finished laying by corn - part fair 10 - Thu - Cut oats-plowed wattermellons & some cotton - part fair 11 - Fri - Plowed cotton-big washing rain start 10oc-rain til 3pm 12 - Sat - Went town am-fixed pasture fence pm - hot part cloudy 13 - Sun - Went SS-Mrs Russell, Mrs Killen, Linsey Lewis & Henry Pikes came - fair 14 - Mon - Cut oats, fixes potato land, set out potatoes - part cloudy 15 - Tue - Went Ruston-road tax election-children set out potato slips-plowed potatoes & cotton pm - part fair hot 16 - Wed - Picked berries am-plowed cotton pm - showers - cloudy 17 - Thu - Plowed & hoed cotton - hot part cloudy 18 - Fri - Plowed cotton - rain most of pm 19 - Sat - Went town am-dug irish potatoes & ploanted some peas fair 20 - Sun - Ernest Alexander & family come - fair 21 - Mon - Hoed cotton east field-all hope - fair 22 - Tue - Hoed & plowed cotton - fair 23 - Wed - Hoed cotton & plowed cotton & peas - fair hot 24 - Thu - hoed & plowed cotton - hot fair 25 - Fri - Hoed cotton & cane & plowed cotton - hot fair 26 - Sat - Hoed & plowed cototn-Went to Preaching & town pm - fair 27 - Sun - Went Church-Frank Davidson came home with us - part showers pm 28 - Mon - Finished hoeing & plowing east cotton-part fair showers pm 29 - Tue - Plowed cotton-children hoed potatoes - fair 30 - Wed - Plowed cotton middles-boys finished hoeing potatoes & hoed some in new ground - fair JULY, 1937 1 - Thu - Plowed cotton terraces-boys hoed new ground cotton - fair hot 2 - Fri - Plowed cotton middles & terrices east field and planted wattermellon seed in cotton middles-boys pick peas - fair 3 - Sat - Finished plowing cotton middles-boys picked peas went town pm - fair 4 - Sun - Monroe Morris & family came-his horse got sick - fair 5 - Mon - Picked peas am-finished cotton & plowed late pease - fair 6 - Tue - Picked peas-Went to Monroe Morrises to rob bees sold Monroe a pig for two bee hives - fair 7 - Wed - Plowed potatoes went town-Negro at Simsboro died - lite shower nite 8 - Thu - Plowed weed land for peas - part fair 9 - Fri - Went town am-thrashed peas pm - part fair hot showers - late pm 10 - Sat - Plowed for peas-heifer calf came-hot cloudy showers late pm 11 - Sun - Jim Alex came pm - hot part fair part fair 12 - Mon - Plowed for & planted peas - part fair 13 - Tue - Planted some peas-made slide to haul watermellons - fair 14 - Wed - Hope put up table at Church-went Church Simsboro - fair 15 - Thu - Grave yard working at Walnut Creek - fair 16 - Fri - Went to Simsboro meeting-plowed cane-Mrs Leadford came home from hospital - fair 17 - Sat - Went to Trussells Grave Yard working am-town pm-need rain - fair 18 - Sun - Sister Chloe & family came - hot fair 19 - Mon - Hauled watermellons for & from Mr Leadfords am - hope can peaches pm hot dry fair 20 - Tue - Worked some at church-went Mr Arnolds & Morrises - fair 21 - Wed - rained nicely am-hauled up some mellons - rained nite pm - cloudy 22 - Thu - Went town am- hope wash pm - part cloudy 23 - Fri - Hope scrub house & built gate at back of yard - fair 24 - Sat - Went town as & preachig pm - fair 25 - Sun - Revival meeting start - fair 26 - Mon - Jim & Belle Alex came from church for dinner - fair 27 - Tue - Went town & Church-Archie Jones came-light shower fair 28 - Wed - Bro McCann, Mr Morris, Mr Lewis came-Archie went home -fair 29 - Thu - Went Church-hauled up watermellons - fair 30 - Fri - Went Church-Meeting closed - cloudy damp 31 - Sat - Went Ruston to see Dr for Calvin hands - no weather entry AUGUST, 1937 1 - Sun - Went SS-Belle & Jim Alex here, came Sat pm - fair 2 - Mon - Cut corn tops-Jimmie cow & calf came-sprinkle rain pm - hot part fair 3 - Tue - Cut corn - fair 4 - Wed - Tied up corn tops-cut road & made bridge-went meeting at Simsboro at nite - hot part fair 5 - Thu - Nite shower-hauled in corn tops-picked peas-rain pm - cloudy 6 - Fri - Picked peas & hauled in fodder - faired 7 - Sat - Picked peas am-hauled in fodder - fair 8 - Sun - Went to Jim Alexanders - fair 9 - Mon - Picked peas & cut corn tops - Edwin sick - fair 10 - Tue - Picked peas, picked cotton, hauled in fodder pm Mrs Killen & Mrs Russell came - fair 11 - Wed - Went town-planted some peas - all pm rain 12 - Thu - Picked peas - hauled in fodder - fair 13 - Fri - plowed peas-boys picked cotton - part cloudy 14 - Sat - Went town am-put rings in hogs - part fair 15 - Sun - Went SS am & to Mr Leadfords - shower pm - nite rain 16 - Mon - picked peas am-plowed peas pm - part fair 17 - Tue - Cleaned out church pool-boys picked peas & cotton Mrs W E Lann came- rained most of all pm - rain 18 - Wed - Cut some syrup mill wood am-picked cotton pm - fair hot 19 - Thu - Picked cotton - Shower & rain pm - part cloudy 20 - Fri - Picked cotton - light showers in pm - hot 21 - Sat - Went town - part fair 22 - Sun - Went church & Baptising at 6pm-threatening rain - part fair 23 - Mon - Picked peas, plowed garden, picked cotton pm-part cloudy nite rain 24 - Tue - All day big rain - stopped mid pm - cloudy 25 - Wed - Went town worked on fence - wet cloudy 26 - Thu - Worked on fence am Picked cotton pm - part fair 27 - Fri - Picked cotton am hauled B.C. gin pm got .9 1/2 lb - fair 28 - Sat - Claudie & children went Minden - went town - fair 29 - Sun - Went SS & Mr Leadfords - part fair 30 - Mon - Picked cotton-Claudie & children came home am - fair 31 - Tue - Picked cotton - hot fair 5th - purchased 15 yds cotton sack cloth @ .17 1/2 = $2.62 1/2 SEPTEMBER, 1937 1 - Wed - Picked cotton - rain 3 oc pm - hot fair am 2 - Thu - Picked cottoon - part fair 3 - Fri - Picked cotton am-rain pm-picked peas & fixed fence - part fair 4 - Sat - Rain picked peas-boys went town-picked cotton late pm - part fair 5 - Sun - Went SS & to Monroe Morrises - part fair 6 - Mon - Picked cotton - some rain - pm & am 7 - Tue - Picked cotton - part fair 8 - Wed - Picked cotton - part fair 9 - Thu - Picked cotton - fair 10 - Fri - Picked cotton - part fair 11 - Sat - Hauled 2 B.C. gin-fire at gin burned one bale - fair 12 - Sun - Staid home - fair 13 - Mon - Went Ruston - fair 14 - Tue - Picked cotton - fair 15 - Wed - Picked cotton - fair 16 - Thu - Picked cotton - part cloudy 17 - Fri - Picked cotton - fair 18 - Sat - Picked cotton - fair 19 - Sun - Went SS & oil well at Rasburys station - fair 20 - Mon - Picked cotton - fair 21 - Tue - Picke cotton - fair 22 - Wed - Picked cotton - fair 23 - Thu - Picked cotton - fair 24 - Fri - Picked cotton am-shower pm-went town hauled B.C. gin nite-cloudy 25 - Sat - Hauled bale cotton town - most of day - rain 26 - Sun - Went Chruch-Pastor called for another year - fair 27 - Mon - Went to Ruston & town - fair 28 - Tue - Went Ruston am-picked cotton pm - fair 29 - Wed - Plowed garden, planted turnips am-picked cotton pm- fair 30 - Thu - Went association Simsboro Baptist Church - fair OCTOBER, 1937 1 - Fri - Went association - part fair 2 - Sat - Rain started abt 5 oc am rain most of day - rain 3 - Sun - Nite rain & most all day rain - rain 4 - Mon - Picked some peas-set out onions - cloudy am faired pm 5 - Tue - Hauled corn for negros am-picked cotton pm - fair 6 - Wed - Picked cotton - fair 7 - Thu - Picked cotton - part cloudy 8 - Fri - Went Ruston- & Simsboro Fair-picked ctton late pm - fair 9 - Sat - Picked cotton - fair 10 - Sun - Jim Alex & Mr Luther Pikes came - part cloudy 11 - Mon - Picked cotton - part cloudy 12 - Tue - Picked cotton - part cloudy 13 - Wed - Went town-First geese go south pm-all nite & day - slow rain 14 - Thu - Negroes picked some peas on halves-picked cotton pm - cool fair 15 - Fri - Finished cotton-pulled some corn late pm - cool fair 16 - Sat - Pulled & hauled corn-2 loads 30 Bu-Leadford cut - cloudy damp 17 - Sun - All nite & day rain-staid home-Ernest & family came while- rainy 18 - Mon - Cleaned around syrup mill-set out some onions in garden- pulled some corn - faired pm 19 - Tue - Pulled corn - faired 20 - Wed - Pulled corn - fair 21 - Thu - Hauled in corn - clouded 22 - Fri - Hauled corn and bale cotton to gin-first frost nite - fair 23 - Sat - Went Ruston sold bale cotton 7.30 lb fair cool 24 - Sun - Went Church - fair 25 - Mon - Worked on syrup mill-picked scrapping cotton late pm - fair 26 - Tue - Worked on mill & cut some cane - fair 27 - Wed - Stripped cane & had peas thrashed - fair 28 - Thu - Went Ruston am-worked around place pm - fair 29 - Fri - Cut & stripped cane - fair 30 - Sat - Made syrup 25 gals-Mrs Ledford came - fair 31 - Sun - Staid home - Whites (cow) calf came - fair NOVEMBER, 1937 1 - Mon - Plowed up & picked up sweet potatoes - fair clouded pm 2 - Tue - Picked up & hauled potatoes - part cloudy 3 - Wed - Finished hauling potatoes-nice crop - fair 4 - Thu - Made syrup for Eber Houck - part fair 5 - Fri - Made syrup for negro 8 rain am - fair pm 6 - Sat - Made syrup for negro - fair 7 - Sun - Went to SS-Mrs Killin, Ethel, Mrs Davison came - fair 8 - Mon - Plowed under some peas - cloudy & rain nite & pm 9 - Tue - Rain all day, graded potatoes in barn - rain 10 - Wed - Went to Ruston- some rain - cloudy 11 - Thu - Worked around house-Casterated hogs - part cloudy 12 - Fri - Worked around house-sold cow to Andrew Ledford for $30.00 - part fair 13 - Sat - Went Ruston am-sawed wood pm - fair 14 - Sun - Staid home - Went SS am - fair 15 - Mon - Got cotton seed from Ledford-plowed some peas up am - worked in barn pm - rain pm & nite 16 - Tue - Rain mos of day-hauled some wood - damp cold 17 - Wed - Cut some wood am- plowed up peas pm - cloudy cold 18 - Thu - Cut wood - damp and rainy most of day - rainy 19 - Fri - Cut wood - faired pm cold 20 - Sat - Cut wood - fair cold 21 - Sun - Went Clark Sims pm - fair cold 22 - Mon - Went Ruston & Farm meeting Simsboro - cold part fair 23 - Tue - Plowed some pea vines up - cold fair 24 - Wed - Plowed peas and cut sprouts - fair cool 25 - Thu - Made syrup for Jim Alexander 26 gals. Uncle Lawrence Dorman came - fair 26 - Fri - Made syrup for Jim Alexander 42 gals - fair 27 - Sat - Baby came (Eva Mae)_-finished making Jims syrup- clouded late pm rain 28 - Sun - Mrs Davidson came - fair 29 - Mon - Hauled wood - fair 30 - Tue - At home - fair DECEMBER, 1937 1 - Wed - Went town & staid home rest of the day - fair 2 - Thu - Attend oat loan meeting-went Ruston - fair 3 - Fri - At home - Part cloudy and little sleet pm 4 - Sat - Went mill - rainy cold 5 - Sun - Killed small hog pm - fair cold 6 - Mon - Killed small hog pm - fair cold 7 - Tue - Worked around the house made sausage etc-went town am- Uncle L.L. Dorman came - cloudy cool nite rain 8 - Wed - Worked around house & barn - cold rainy 9 - Thu - Mr Lann got produce for pastor- I gave -- 60 lbs cotton seed .60, 60 lbs potatoes .75, 20 lbs pop corn in shuck .50, 160 lbs corn in shuck 1.75, l gal syrup .50 = $3.10 - cold cloudy 10 - Fri - Dug up sprouts in pea field - cloudy cold 11 - Sat - Plowed up pea land - cloudy cold 12 - Sun - Staid home - light rain most of day 13 - Mon - Went town - Fixed on heater for Jim Alex-cut some wood fair 14 - Tue - Went town pm - cloudy am fair pm 15 - Wed - Split some wood - warm 16 - Thu - Rain most of the day - warm 17 - Fri - Went Ruston signed papers (farm program) rainy 18 - Sat - Went mill & town, cut some wood Choate came - faired 19 - Sun - Staid home-Berryl Morris & Mavis Choate came - fair 20 - Mon - Went Ruston am baby sick had Dr Johnson pm-went Ruston pm - fair 21 - Tue - Staid home baby better (Eva Mae) - cloudy 22 - Wed - Staid home - rainy all day & nite 23 - Thu - Went town-hope around house - damp rainy 24 - Fri - Went Minden - Fair 25 - Sat - At Minden - cloudy 26 - Sun - At Minden - rain cloudy & rain 27 - Mon - Came home pm - cloudy 28 - Tue - Went town pm Election on liquor - rainy 29 - Wed - Sawed some wood - rainy & cloudy 30 - Thu - Sawed wood - cloudy damp 31 - Fri - Sick - damp rainy all day