Misc: A.O. Jones Diary, 1940, 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, 1940 1 Mon - Cut pulp wood & cleared fair cold 2 Tue - Hauled wood to town cloudy 3 Wed - Went Ruston-calf came heifer cloudy cold nite rain 4 Thu Hunted calf, found in a well & got him out rainey 5 Fri Hauled some wood cut wood part fair 6 Sat Cut a little wood rain & freezing pm 7 Sun Staid home sleet & snow & ice Sat nite 8 Mon Hauled & cut wood cold fairer 9 Tue Hauled load wood & cut wood cloudy 10 Wed Hauled load wood town-Earl K Long spoke cloudy rain 11 Thu Stacked pulp wood cloudy 12 Fri Hauled wood & cut wood part fair 13 Sat Cut wood cloudy warm 14 Sun Staid home part fair cold 15 Mon Killed 2 hogs 250 & 180 lbs fair 16 Tue Went town-State Election fair cold 17 Wed Worked with sausage, lard & meat-Had Dr with baby part fair 18 Thu Staid home-baby sick sleet & snow wind cold 19 Fri Went Ruston fair cold 20 Sat Hauled load wood town & killed hog cold fair 21 Sun Staid home fair cold 22 Mon Cut & hauled load wood town-started snowing 9oc am and snowed all day, about 5 in snow 23 Tue Staid in house no school cold snow 5 in 24 Wed Cut 1 load wood-snow not melted much-snow flurries cold clouded 25 Thu Hauled wood town snow flurries clouded pm 26 Fri Cut load wood part fair cold 27 Sat Hunted mules all day in snow fair cold 28 Sun Staid home-Ernest & family came-Mrs Alexander and Herman went home fair 29 Mon Cut wood-Calvin staid home from school to help snow partly melted 30 Tue Hauled wood town fair 31 Wed Cut wood-went Monroe Morrises-red heifer taken bull fair FEBRUARY, 1940 1 Thu Hauled wood fair 2 Fri Cut & split wood part fair 3 Sat Went town am-cut wood pm cloudy rain nite 4 Sun Went Church cloudy cool nite rain 5 Mon Staid home rain most of day 6 Tue Went Ruston cut wood cloudy 7 Wed Hauled wood to town fair 8 Thu Went Ruston clouded nite rain 9 Fri Rain-hope move Mrs Killins to Simsboro cloudy rainy 10 Sat Stacked pulp wood cool faired 11 Sun Staid home fair 12 Mon Cut pulp wood & piled brush fair 13 Tue Rained-split stove wood cloudy rainey 14 Wed Cut pulp wood & piled brush mostly fair 15 Thu Cut pulp wood & hauled load wood town cloudy drizzly 16 Fri Cut wood-hauled load wood town rainey 17 Sat Cut some wood rain most all day 18 Sun Rain most all day rainy 19 Mon Went Ruston & hauled 2 loads wood cloudy 20 Tue 2nd Primary election-hauled wood town cloudy 21 Wed Cut & hauled wood cloudy 22 Thu Cut & hauled wood fair 23 - Fri Cut & hauled wood cloudy 24 Sat Rain am-Rev Jones came cloudy rainy 25 Sun Went Church faired about noon 26 Mon Cut pulp wood pat fair 27 Tue Cut pulp wood part fair 28 Wed Worked on garden fence fair 29 Thu Split post for garden fence & worked on fence fair MARCH, 1940 1 Fri Worked on garden fence clouded 2 Sat Worked on garden fence & plowed garden fair 3 Sun Went SS fair 4 Mon Worked on garden fence, made gate out of old bedstead fair 5 Tue Went Ruston finished fence part fair 6 Wed Plowed in garden & set out cabbage & onion plants and planted lettuce & beets fair 7 Thu Went Ruston & hauled 1 load wood town pm-wind high cold cloudy 8 Fri Cut wood fair 9 Sat Hauled 2 loads wood town-put out fertilizer for potatoes fair 10 Sun Went SS part fair 11 Mon Planted some irish potatoes-mortage to Simsboro bank expires part fair 12 Tue went town-got fert & etc-finished planting potatoes storm late pm big rain 13 Wed Fixed on yard fence wet cold cloudy 14 Thu Bedded sweet potatoes & hauled wood windy cool fair 15 Fri Split some wood-worked on pasture fence-Mrs Alex came fair 16 Sat Worked on pasture fence fair 17 Sun Went SS-Mrs Alexander went home Jack & Thelma came clouded pm 18 Mon Worked on pasture fence fair 19 Tue Went Ruston fair 20 Wed Worked on pasture fence fair 21 Thu Plowed corn land fair 22 Fri Plowed corn land am-Planted some corn pm part fair 23 Sat Went Church-planted some corn am-worked on fence pm part fair 24 Sun Went church cold part cloudy 25 Mon Plowed corn land am-went town pm cool fair 26 Tue Plowed for & planted corn cloudy 27 Wed Planted corn am-Burned new ground-worked on gate for cow pen late pm rain pm 28 Thu Finished on gate & middle busted for cotton warm cloudy 29 Fri Plowed for cotton part day rain 30 Sat Run terrices in new ground damp cloudy 31 Sun Went SS & to Mr Fowlers fair APRIL, 1940 1 Mon Plowed in & piled brush in new ground fair 2 Tue Plowed in new ground on north forty part cloudy 3 Wed Went Ruston-cut load wood pm cloudy 4 Thu Planted corn north 40 & cut wood pm cloudy 5 Fri Plowed in new ground & cut load wood windy cool some rain 6 Sat Worked in new ground big rain pm 7 Sun Went SS-Monroe Morris & family came Total eclipse of the sun about 4 oc pm part cloudy 8 Mon Cut and drug out trees in new ground fair 9 Tue Plowed for corn-planted beans in garden-went to Monroe Morrises after some peas fair 10 Wed Plowed in new ground fair 11 Thu All day set rain-worked some on fence late pm rainey cloudy 12 Fri Worked on fence around new ground fair 13 Sat Killing frost am-Went to Minden am fair 14 Sun At Minden-came home pm fair 15 Mon Plowed in new ground fair & part cloudy 16 Tue State general election-plowed in new ground part cloudy 17 Wed Went to Ruston rain all day & nite 18 Thu Rain-cut some wood cloudy cool rainy 19 Fri Hauled load wood to town-worked on pasture fence 20 Sat Worked on fences faired 21 Sun Went SS-Mr Fowler & children & Prince Calahan & Lillian came pm fair 22 Mon Plowed in new ground for corn cloudy showers 23 Tue Planted corn in new ground north 40 cloudy 24 Wed Finished planting corn new ground & planted black crouder peas in corn faired 25 Thu Plowed for peanuts showers most all day 26 Fri Plowed water mellon patch part fair 27 Sat Planted cantelopes, water mellons, pop corn and peas east of orchard Rev Jones came fair 28 Sun Went Church & to Mr James Morrises Birthday dinner rainey 29 Mon Cut sprouts on north 40 rainy nite rain 30 Tue Cut sprouts on north 40 - some rain cloudy April EXPENDITURES & PURCHASES No Date Socks .10 Chili .25 Matches .05 Coffee .20 Soap .05 Thread .05 Tape .10 Snuff .04 Baking Powder .10 Toilet Soap .05 1.00 No Date Sugar .55 Meal .45 Bus .20 Candy .02 1 ton 4-8-4 Fert 25.50 Bu Soy beans 2.00 28.72 April 14 Cricket slide .45 2 Points .40 Flavoring .65 Soda .05 Thread .05 Cucumber seed .05 1.65 April 19 Sugar .55 Baking P. .25 Soap .05 Ice .10 Bread .20 1.20 April 22 2 hats .40 Table cloth .55 Candy .05 Coal oil .15 Shoes 1.31 tomato plants .25 Black Draught .20 hair oil .20 socks .10 Soy bean seed bu 2.00 5.11 April 25 2 bread .20 coffee .20 cocoa .10 Snuff .05 onions .05 sugar .55 Sandwich Spread .25 Cricket .40 Black smith .75 2.55 Not Dated To Calvin .25 Hat .25 To church 1.00 1.50 TOTAL 41.75 April SALES OR COLLECTIONS Not Dated 3 doz eggs .45 milk .40 .85 Not Dated FSA check 9.00 Milk .15 9.15 April 14 Milk .25 1 doz eggs .15 Milk .50 .90 April 19 2 doz eggs .30 1 doz eggs .15 Milk .60 1 doz eggs .15 Milk .20 1.40 April 21 1 doz eggs .15 2 doz eggs .30 Milk .85 .25 .10 .60 .25 .30 2 doz eggs .30 3.25 April 25 Milk .20 Pig 3.00 3.20 TOTAL 18.75 MAY, 1940 1 Wed Faired-hauled poles for wood am-worked on terrices pm cool fair 2 Thu Plowed for cotton & worked on terrices north 40 fair 3 Fri Plowed for cotton fair 4 Sat Planted cotton fair 5 Sun Went SS-Monroe Morris & family came fair 6 Mon Plowed for cotton, planted some cotton Calvin help plant after school fair 7 Tue Planted cotton, planted some cotton-Calvin after school fair 8 Wed Planted cotton am-put out fertilizer for cotton pm fair 9 Thu Plowed and put out fertilizer for cotton cloudy rainy 10 Fri Plowed for & planted some cotton late pm faired 11 Sat Planted cotton, finished west field fair 12 Sun Went to Mr Stephensons in pm fair 13 Mon Plowed terrices for cotton-sawed load wood fair 14 Tue Sawed some wood & plowed terrices fair 15 Wed Sawed some wood-plowed for peanuts etc fair 16 Thu Borred off corn part cloudy 17 Fri Borred off corn & plowed for potatoes part fair 18 Sat Went town-set out potato slips pm-plowed some part fair 19 Sun Went Mr Leonards pm fair 20 Mon Plowed in cotton house cut for cotton fair 21 Tue Plowed for cotton house cut fair 22 Wed Plowed for cotton partly cloudy rain nite 23 Thu Set out potato & tomato plants school closes J.M. Eaves killed himself rainy 24 Fri Plowed cotton am-planted cotton pm-Mr Eaves burried 4 pm faired 25 Sat Finished planting cotton-Went Church am part fair nite rain 26 Sun No church all day rain 27 Mon Replanted some cotton-cow cut up (Whitie) Moved the Kitchen from North West to North East Room Rainy 28 Tue Planted peanuts rainy 29 Wed Planted some corn part fair 30 Thu Cut bushes & thinned corn north 40 part fair 31 Fri Plowed corn north 40 fair JUNE, 1940 1 Sat Plowed corn & peas garden etc fair 2 Sun Staid home fair 3 Mon Went Ruston & borred off cotton no weather entry 4 Tue Borred off cotton fair hot 5 Wed Finished borring off oldest cotton fair hot 6 Thu Cut wood rainy 7 Fri Nite rain-hauled load wood town-thined & cut bushes in new ground corn part fair 8 Sat Plowed corn am-cut wood pm-Mrs Killen staid all nite rainy 9 Sun Staid home saved hive bees rain all pm 10 Mon Cut bushes & thinned corn-put poison in trees new ground rainy 11 Tue Plowed new ground corn-Boys start chopping cotton drizzly cloudy 12 Wed Plowed in corn-borred off young cotton fair 13 Thu Borred off cotton & plowed watermellons patch cloudy 14 Fri Borred off cotton & plowed potatoes rain 15 Sat Went town & set out potato slips big rain pm 16 Sun Nite & am rain cleared some pm-washed land bad 17 Mon Canned beans rain all day 18 Tue Went Ruston am-made screen door pm faired partly cloudy 19 Wed Boys hoed cotton-Picked berries am-made screen door cloudy 20 Thu Plowed corn showers hot 21 Fri Plowed corn hot part cloudy 22 Sat Plowed corn-Went Church, Bro Jones came cloudy hot 23 Sun Went Church part cloudy 24 Mon Plowed corn part cloudy some showers 25 Tue Plowed corn-finished fair 26 Wed Plowed cotton cotton house cut-Calvin plowed peanuts & potatoes fair 27 Thu Plowed cotton am-Big rain pm 28 Fri - Rained all am-hoed some potatotes late pm 29 Sat Picked berries-Mrs Emma & Mrs Killen came cloudy 30 Sun Went to Earl Turners part fair NOTE: Mrs Emma Featherstone Grandma Alexanders youngest sister. JULY, 1940 1 Mon Made screen door rain all day 2 Tue Went Ruston am big rain all pm 3 Wed Picked berries am-hoed some cotton & sawed wood rain most of day 4 Thu Dug some irish potatoes-planted some peas cloudy 5 Fri hoed sweet potatoes & finished digging irish potatoes cloudy 6 Sat Hauled load lumber from G.C. Choates-hoed cotton pm showers 7 Sun Staid home rain most all day 8 Mon Hoed some cotton rain most all day 9 Tue Hauled lumber am hoed pm partly faired 10 Wed Plowed cotton part fair 11 Thu Plowed am-Leona, Effie & all, Ernest, Prentiss, Jeff Alexander & familys came rain 12 Fri Hoed cotton showers 13 Sat Cut load wood-boys hoed cotton big rain pm 14 Sun Mr & Mrs Leonard came pm big rain pm 15 Mon Sawed wood am-thinned corn pm part fair 16 Tue Plowed late corn hot fair 17 Wed Went Ruston, boys hoed peanuts am-put up table at church & hoed some peanuts pm fair hot 18 Thu At grave yard working am-hoed peanuts pm part fair 19 Fri Plowed some in cotton rained am & big rain late pm 20 Sat Plowed cotton cloudy rain pm 21 Sun Staid home-Bennie Lee Hallmark & wife & her brother came big rain 22 Mon Went Ruston am-plowed cotton pm didn't rain part cloudy hot 23 Tue Plowed cotton part cloudy hot showers pm 24 Wed Plowed cotton am & peanuts pm-Herman & Edwin went to Minden with Prentis fair hot 25 Thu Plowed potatoes & peas hot fair 26 Fri Plowed cotton hot fair 27 Sat Went town & church meeting started fair 28 Sun Went Church-Rev Jones & Tullos & girls & Robert Murphy & family came part fair showers pm 29 Mon Went church part fair 30 Tue Went Robert Murphys fair hot 31 Wed Went Church-hauled load wood town-hope can tomatoes- hot fair AUGUST, 1940 1 Thu Went Church & canned tomatoes rained 2 Fri Went Ruston & Church-Mr & Mrs Leonard & children and Belle Alexander came some rain 3 Sat Went Church canned tomatoes pm noon big rain 4 Sun Went Church & Baptising-Monroe Morris & Family came Jessie Lomax buried hot 5 Mon Hauled load wood town & cut wood hot part cloudy 6 Tue Picked some dry peas & cut wood-cut sills for barn showers 7 Wed Rain all day & nite-sick in bed all day 8 Thu Sick-picked some peas & cut wood-rain most all day & nite 9 Fri Worked on fence around barn-Calvin help cut wood about sick rainy 10 Sat Tore down back shed of cow barn in order to rebuild barn part fair 11 Sun Went SS-Thelma & Jack came by-Calvin went to Minden part fair 12 Mon Plowed peas-cut poles for barn-boys picked peas fair hot 13 Tue Picked peas & pealed poles for barn fair hot 14 Wed Picked peas am-peeled poles pm-Traded 2 yearlings for cow & calf to Ernest Alexander part fair hot 15 Thu Worked on barn- Claudie sick fair hot 16 Fri Went Ruston-had Dr Johnson with Claudie worked some on barn hot 17 Sat Claudie sick-hauled in corn tops-worked on barn hot part cloudy 18 Sun Staid home-Mr & Mrs Stevenson came rain pm & nite 19 Mon C Sawed & hauled load wood part fair 20 Tue Cut corn & worked on barn part fair 21 Wed Worked on barn fair cool 22 Thu - Cut & hauled corn fodder-Jessie, Melba & Prentiss came fair 23 Fri Cut & hauled corn fodder fair 24 Sat Cut & hauled fodder fair hot 25 Sun Went church Clara Belle came home with Jack & Thelma & Willie Mae fair 26 Mon West Ruston am-hauled in corn fodder pm fair 27 Tue Went fishing am- Cut wood pm hot part fair 28 Wed Washed cut wood fair 29 Thu Hauled lumber from Garland Choates hot cloudy rain pm 30 Fri Cut wood fair 31 Sat Cut & hauled poles am-peeled poles pm fair SEPTEMBER, 1940 1 Sun Went to Mr Leonards fair 2 Mon Cut & peeled poles hoed some in garden hot fair nite showers 3 Tue Hoed grass in garden fair 4 Wed C Hoed grass in garden am-worked on barn pm fair 5 Thu Hoed grass in am-worked on barn pm fair 6 Fri Worked on barn fair 7 Sat Worked on barn hot fair 8 Sun Went to Robert Murphys fair 9 Mon School Starts-plowed garden & worked on barn fair 10 Tue 1 Primary election-hauled load wood town am worked on barn pm clouded late pm 11 Wed Peeled poles for rafters for barn faired cool 12 Thu Cut young corn tops fair cool 13 Fri hope wash-worked on barn-Toilet delivered fair 14 Sat Worked on barn fair 15 Sun Staid home fair 16 Mon Hauled wood to town & shocked peanuts pm fair 17 Tue C went Ruston am-Pulled corn & pulled up peanuts fair 18 Wed Went town after tin-finished pulling peanuts fair 19 Thu Hope wash & worked on barn fair 20 Fri Worked on barn - part cloudy 21 Sat Worked on barn nite shower 22 Sun Went Church-Church called Rev James Jones again for pastor fair 23 Mon Worked on barn part fair 24 Tue Worked on syrup mill rained 25 Wed Worked on syrup mill cloudy windy 26 Thu Made syrup for Lewis Dick fair 27 Fri Worked on barn fair 28 Sat Sawed wood fair 29 Sun Went SS fair 30 Mon Worked on road to field am on barn pm fair OCTOBER, 1940 1 Tue Worked on barn-start tearing down little house to get lumber for barn fair 2 Wed C Worked on barn fair 3 Thu Worked on barn fair 4 Fri Tore down little house & moved fodder fair 5 Sat Worked on barn-put roof on fair 6 Sun Went SS fair 7 Mon Worked on barn & cut some wood pm fair 8 Tue Hauled wood & worked on barn fair 9 Wed Worked on barn & cut some wood pm fair 10 Thu Worked on barn fair 11 Fri Worked on barn am-Went to Simsboro Fair fair 12 Sat Cut wood fair 13 Sun Went SS-Mrs Louis Dick came PM fair 14 Mon Picked cotton & pulled some corn fair 15 Tue Hauled in corn & cut wood fair 16 Wed Hauled wood to town & picked cotton fair 17 Thu C picked cotton fair 18 Fri Split wood & worked on barn fair 19 Sat Went town picked cotton fair 20 Sun Went SS & Monroe Morrises fair 21 Mon Picked peas at Monroe Morrises am- picked cotton pm fair 22 Tue Picked cotton fair 23 Wed Made syrup for Mr Leonard-boys picked cotton fair 24 Thu Hauled & pulled corn fair 25 Fri Hauled & pulled corn fair 26 Sat Went Church-Pulled & hauled corn-Rev Jones came fair 27 Sun Went Church fair 28 Mon Cut & hauled load wood-finished hauling in corn 29 Tue Cut wood & worked on barn fair 30 Wed Went Ruston & Arcadia-Mrs Alexander came fair 31 Thu Worked on barn rain all day NOVEMBER, 1940 1 Fri Helped wash & split wood fair 2 Sat Cut wood hauled load to town late pm fair 3 Sun Went SS-Herman & Clarance Alexander came fair 4 Mon C hauled BC for Mr Stevenson-went Ruston cloudy 5 Tue Went to election-sawed some wood part fair 6 Wed Cut wood hauled load to town fair 7 Thu Hauled bale cotton & cut sprouts part fair 8 Fri Went Ruston-cut sprouts pm cloudy 9 Sat Planted austrian winter peas rain pm 10 Sun Staid home rain 11 Mon Hauled wood town fair cool 12 Tue Cold-John Paul Jones Cut poles on place cut some wood fair cool 13 Wed Freeze ice-Made syrup 32 gals for Jackson hard cold windy 14 Thu Cut wood cold windy fair 15 Fri Cut & hauled wood town some warmer fair pm 16 Sat Cut & hauled wood town fair pm 17 Sun Went SS fair 18 Mon Went Ruston & hunted mules fair 19 Tue C hauled wood & planted winter Austrian peas fair 20 Wed Planted Austrian winter peas cloudy 21 Thu Cut & hauled wood to town warm cloudy rainy 22 Fri Worked around house-at grave yard working wet no one came rained 23 Sat Picked off some peanuts rain all day & nite 24 Sun Staid home rain all day & nite 25 Mon Went town-filled in stables with dirt rainey 26 Tue Went Ruston sliped dirt at barn - cloudy 27 Wed Dug potatoes damaged by freeze 13-14-15 faired pm 28 Thu Planted some Austrian peas part cloudy 29 Fri Planted peas cloudy 30 Sat Plowed in peas & terrices cloudy rain DECEMBER, 1940 1 Sun Staid home cool part faired late pm 2 Mon Went Ruston & hunted mules pm part fair 3 Tue Went Ruston fair 4 Wed Plowed terrices fair 5 Thu Plowed terrices fair 6 Fri Cut wood & hauled to town cloudy rain most of nite 7 Sat Sawed wood--casterated hogs cloudy 8 Sun Staid home-Earl & Mae Turner & Family came fair 9 Mon Hauled wood town & cut some-Calvin sick fair 10 Tue Cut wood part fair 11 Wed Hauled wood - cloudy 12 Thu Cut wood some rain cloudy 13 Fri Worked on barn & house rainey 14 Sat Sawed wood rainey 15 Sun Staid home cloudy rained 16 Mon Killed hogs abt 200 lbs fair cold 17 Tue Made lard & sausdage part fair 18 Wed Went Ruston cloudy 19 Thu Went town, cut some wood rainey, damp cloudy 20 Fri C hauled some wood part fair 21 Sat Went church-Bro Jones came-worked some on shed fair 22 Sun Went church fair 23 Mon Worked on shed to barn cloudy 24 Tue Worked on shed & hope around house cloudy 25 Wed Thelma & Jack, Ernest & family, Clarance Sparrow & family, Clinton Miller & family, Mrs. Alexander all here for Xmas Dinner cloudy 26 Thu Worked on barn rained all day & nite 27 Fri Made end doors to barn rainy 28 Sat Went town am-sawed wood pm cloudy faired pm 29 Sun Staid home all part sick fair 30 Mon Worked some on barn & split some wood cloudy 31 Tue Part sick rainy