Misc: A.O. Jones Diary, 1943, 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 complied by Calvin Jones from original diary of his father, Arthur O. Jones. The following format is used: date-day of week-entry-weather JANUARY, 1943 1 - Fri - Worked around house - fair 2 - Sat - Went town & sawed wood - fair 3 - Sun - Went to Mr Daniels pm - part fair 4 - Mon - Hauled wood etc - fair 5 - Tue - Worked on tile etc - part cloudy 6 - Wed - Staid indoors - sleet rain 7 - Thu - Graded peanuts - sloppy weather - rain 8 - Fri - Graded peanuts am-filled forms with concrete pm - cloudy 9 - Sat - Sawed wood - cold part fair 10 - Sun - Worked on well tile - fair 11 - Mon - Worked on well tile - fair 12 - Tue - Made tile for well part fair 13 - Wed - Worked on tile for well - fair 14 - Thu - Worked on tile & well - fair 15 - Fri - Went town & worked on well - fair 16 - Sat - Cleansed out well - fair 17 - Sun - Staid home - cloudy 18 - Mon - Put tile in well - cloudy cool 19 - Tue - Staid indoors graded seed peanuts - cold cloudy 20 - Wed - Staid indoors & graded peanuts - cold cloudy 21 - Thu - Made tile for well - fair 22 - Fri - Made tile - Herman & Mrs Alexander came - fair 23 - Sat - Made tile - Set out 10 peach & 4 pear trees - fair 24 - Sun - Went church - fair 25 - Mon - Made tile - rainy turned cold - sleet 26 - Tue - Graded peanuts - cold cloudy 27 - Wed - Graded peanuts-Herman & Clarace came - ice still on trees cold 28 - Thu - Mrs Alexander & all went home - cold 29 - Fri - Made one tile - part cloudy 30 - Sat - Made one tile - cut wood - went town - fair 31 - Sun - Staid home - fair FEBRUARY, 1943 1 - Mon - Worked on well tile & around house - part cloudy 2 - Tue - Worked some on well tile - cloudy 3 - Wed - Worked in barn cleaning out etc - rain all day & nite 4 - Thu - Worked on well tile, went town - cloudy 5 - Fri - Went to Ruston with Clara Belle - cloudy 6 - Sat - Finished putting concrete tile in well etc - fair 7 - Sun - Staid home - pretty day fair 8 - Mon - Went town-made lid to well opening-old hog pigs came (8) fair 9 - Tue - Plowed garden am - Thrashed peas pm - windy fair 10 - Wed - Pigs came gilt-thrashed peas - cloudy cool 11 - Thu - Killed hogs 2 - fair wind cold 12 - Fri - Made sausage & cooked lard - fair 13 - Sat - Put out fertilizer in garden - fair 14 - Sun - Staid home - fair 15 - Mon - Went town am - fair 16 - Tue - Went Ruston - fair 17 - Wed - Put out fertilizer for potatoes-went town - part fair 18 - Thu - Planted irish potatoes & garden - fair 19 - Fri - Cut poles & hauled same-pruned fruit trees am - fair 20 - Sat - Put in wood sand curb in well & built frame for shed - cloudy 21 - Sun - Staid home - fair 22 - Mon - Went town got food ration books-worked on well shed - fair 23 - Tue - Finished porch at well - canned sausage - fair 24 - Wed - Plowed in oats - fair 25 - Thu - Plowed in oats - part fair 26 - Fri - Finished oats & made tile - fair 27 - Sat - Poisoned gophers - fair 28 - Sun - Went church & to Mr Leonards - cloudy MARCH, 1943 1 - Mon - Plowed for corn - cloudy 2 - Tue - Graded seed peanuts - cold windy freezing 3 - Wed - Went Ruston got S L Check - cold wind 4 - Thu - Plowed terrices & corn land - cold 5 - Fri - Worked in barn etc-boys hauled wood town pm - rain all day 6 - Sat - Graded peanuts & sawed wood - cold & cloudy 7 - Sun - Staid home - cold & fair 8 - Mon - Plowed pm - cold fair 9 - Tue - Plowed terrices for & corn land - fair warmer 10 - Wed - Went town & signed farm plan - nite rain cloudy 11 - Thu - Plowed terrices & corn land - nite rain cloudy 12 - Fri - Plowed terrices & corn land - cloudy 13 - Sat - Went Ruston-got Calvin shoes-worked on fence - cloudy 14 - Sun - Went church Mr & Mrs Leonard came - fair 15 - Mon - Plowed for corn - part fair 16 - Tue - Plowed some - big rain 17 - Wed - Plowed & cut wood - cloudy 18 - Thu - Plowed & hauled some wood - rain & cloudy 19 - Fri - Plowed corn land - part cloudy 20 - Sat - Cut wood & fixed fence - part cloudy rain nite 21 - Sun - Staid home Chloe, Bennie Lee wife & all Mrs Alexander, Jack and folks came - fair 22 - Mon - Planted corn east field - fair 23 - Tue - Went town am-plowed & planted corn late pm - fair 24 - Wed - Finished planting corn east field -Set hen - part cloudy 25 - Thu - Went Ruston - rainy 26 - Fri - Cleaned peanuts am cut off road fence row - rainy 27 - Sat - Put up fence - part fair 28 - Sun - Went church - fair 29 - Mon - Mr Hughes died - bedded some potatoes late pm - fair 30 - Tue - Went hope dig grave for Grandpa Hughes - fair 31 - Wed - Planted cane-finished bedded sweet potatoes - clouded APIRL, 1942 1 - Thu - Plowed cotton land & terrices - fair 2 - Fri - Plowed cotton land - fair 3 - Sat - Plowed cotton land - fair 4 - Sun - Staid home - fair 5 - Mon - Plowed cotton land - part fair 6 - Tue - Plowed cotton land - some rain 7 - Wed - Plowed cotton land - some rain 8 - Thu - Plowed terrices & corn land - Mammas birthday 72 cloudy 9 - Fri - Went Ruston-put out fertilizer on oats - part fair 10 - Sat - Plowed corn-went nite fishing at Leonards - fair 11 - Sun - Went church - fair nite rain 12 - Mon - Start plowing for cotton Sumlin 40 - fair 13 - Tue - Plowed cotton - Calvin start work at Canteen - fair 14 - Wed - Plowed & went town - fair 15 - Thu - Plowed for cotton - part cloudy 16 - Fri - Plowed for corn Sumlin forty - cloudy rain pm 17 - Sat - Worked on back lot fence - rain all day 18 - Sun - Staid home - cool cloudy misty 19 - Mon - Worked on pasture fence - cool part cloudy 20 - Tue - Planted corn Sumlin place & planted peas orchard - fair 21 - Wed - Plowed & put out fertilizer after school - fair 22 - Thu - Went Ruston-Got Clara Belle, Herman & Edwin shoes - fair 23 - Fri - Plowed some in cotton land pm - fair 24 - Sat - Put out fertilizer for cotton - fair 25 - Sun - Went church-R.L. Lolley died 4:30 oc pm - fair 26 - Mon - Plowed corn & finished fert cotton - fair 27 - Tue - Plowed under Austrian peas-sow taken male - fair 28 - Wed - Plowed under peas - fair 29 - Thu - Plowed under peas - fair 30 - Fri - Plowed middles & some in cane patch - went fishing - fair MAY, 1943 1 - Sat - Planted cotton Sumlin place - fair 2 - Sun - Staid home - hot fair 3 - Mon - Went town - planted cotton late pm fair 4 - Tue - Borred off corn - fair 5 - Wed - Borred off corn - fair 6 - Thu - Broke land for beans - fair 7 - Fri - Purchased Car & plowed - fair 8 - Sat - Plowed - fair 9 - Sun - Went church-Bro Jones came - fair 10 - Mon - Went to Int Camp & swept corn pm - fair 11 - Tue - Went to Monroe-boys swept corn - fair 12 - Wed - Went to Int Camp & plowed - fair 13 - Thu - Worked at Int Camp - fair 14 - Fri - Worked at Int Camp 3 hrs & plowed - fair 15 - Sat - Set out potatoes, watered them - went Ruston pm - fair 16 - Sun - Went to Mr Morrises pm - fair 17 - Mon - Worked at Int Camp carpenting - fair 18 - Tue - Worked at Int Camp - hot fair 19 - Wed - Set out tomatoes, watered them-fixed potato land - hot fair 20 - Thu - Borred off cotton Sumlin field - put out soda on corn - hot fair 21 - Fri - Borred off cotton - hot part fair 22 - Sat - Plowed for cotton am-get out collards in garden went Church-Heifer calf came - some rain 23 - Sun - Went church - fair 24 - Mon - Rebedded for cotton - rain pm 25 - Tue - Run middles - set out potatoes - part cloudy 26 - Wed - Planted cotton - part cloudy 27 - Thu - Went Ruston - planted peanuts - part cloudy 28 - Fri - Boys swept corn-I worked in Simsboro on well for Brice - cloudy 29 - Sat - Plowed cotton Sumlin - rained pm 30 - Sun - Went to Prince Calahana - rainy 31 - Mon - Set out potatoes-worked some late pm in Simsboro - cloudy JUNE, 1943 1 - Tue - Planted soy beans & cut bushes - fair 2 - Wed - Plowed for & planted some soy beans - fair 3 - Thu - Laid by corn - fair 4 - Fri - Plowed corn - fair 5 - Sat - Plowed corn - fair 6 - Sun - Staid home am - went to Mae Turners late pm - fair 7 - Mon - Swept cotton - fair 8 - Tue - Swept cotton - fair 9 - Wed - Run corn middles & hoed cotton - part fair 10 - Thu - Hoed cotton - fair 11 - Fri - Hoed cotton Sumlin 40 - hot part cloudy 12 - Sat - Hoed cotton am-taken negro to Dr - rained pm 13 - Sun - Went church - fair hot 14 - Mon - Plowed for & planted some peanuts - hot showers 15 - Tue - Planted peanuts - boys hoed cotton - hot part cloudy 16 - Wed - Hoed & plowed cotton - hot part fair 17 - Thu - Hoed & plowed cotton - rain pm 18 - Fri - Hoed cotton Sumlin 40 - hot part fair 19 - Sat - Plowed corn Sumlin 40 am-went Ruston & Vienna pm - hot showers 20 - Sun - Went Minden - hot part cloudy 21 - Mon - Plowed corn & cotton - big rain 22 - Tue - Picked berries & hoed potatoes - part cloudy 23 - Wed - Hoed cotton - part cloudy 24 - Thu - Hoed & plowed - cloudy 25 - Fri - Plowed & hoed cotton - part fair 26 - Sat - Plowed & went church - part cloudy 27 - Sun - Went Church & to Ed Sumlins - part fair 28 - Mon - Plowed cotton am - rain pm fair 29 - Tue - Hoed cotton - fair 30 - Wed - Plowed cotton Sumlin - part fair JULY, 1943 1 - Thu - Plowed cotton Sumlin 40 - fair 2 - Fri - Went to Minden for Doss Trial - part fair 3 - Sat - Went to Malcoms at Magnolia Ark - fair 4 - Sun - At Malcolms - came home pm - fair 5 - Mon - Went to Jap camp for work-boys plowed - hot fair 6 - Tue - Plowed cotton Sumlin 40 - hot fair 7 - Wed - Went to Int camp am-plowed pm - hot fair 8 - Thu - Went to Int camp & to Monroe-boys plowed - fair 9 - Fri - Start work at Int camp-boys plowed cotton - hot fair 10 - Sat - Worked at Int camp-boys hoed peanuts - hot partly cloudy 11 - Sun - Worked at carpenting 8 hrs - rain late pm 12 - Mon - Worked 5 hrs till noon - rain 13 - Tue - Worked abt 3 hrs at Int c - rain most all day 14 - Wed - Worked at Int Camp 10 hrs - part fair 15 - Thu - Worked at Int camp - fair 16 - Fri - Worked at Int camp - fair 17 - Sat - Worked at Int camp - hot fair 18 - Sun - Worked at Int camp - hot fair 19 - Mon - Worked at Int camp - hot fair 20 - Tue - At Int camp 1 1/2 hrs laid off-boys picked & plowed peas -hot fair 21 - Wed - Plowed peanuts - hot fair 22 - Thu - Plowed peanuts - part fair 23 - Fri - Plowed peas - fair 24 - Sat - Went Church & to Ruston - part cloudy 25 - Sun - Meeting starts at Walnut Creek - some showers 26 - Mon - Went Church & to Mr Leonards - part fair 27 - Tue - Went Church-Bro Jones & McCann & Leonards came - part fair 28 - Wed - Went Church & some boys here - fair 29 - Thu - Went Church & to Mr Lanns - shower pm 30 - Fri - Went Church Meeting Closed - fair 31 - Sat - Cut corn tops am-Bro Jones came by pm - fair AUGUST, 1943 1 - Sun - Went Monroe Morrises pm & S'boro church - fair 2 - Mon - Went to Int camp-cut corn tops-went church - fair 3 - Tue - Cut & hauled in corn tops-went church S'boro - fair 4 - Wed - Cut & hauled in corn tops - fair 5 - Thu - Cut & hauled in corn tops - hot part cloudy 6 - Fri - Hauled in some corn fodder - fair 7 - Sat - Went church S'boro & hauled in some corn fodder - fair 8 - Sun - Went church, Bro Jones & family here - hot fair 9 - Mon - Plowed peas am went Ruston pm - hot fair 10 - Tue - Plowed peas & peanuts am - went fishing pm - showers hot 11 - Wed - Plowed some peanuts am - Will Choate here - part cloudy 12 - Thu - Finished peanuts & peas - fair 13 - Fri - Cut & hauled in sorgum for hay-taken small sow to male (Best) - fair 14 - Sat - Hauled in some sorgum for hay - fair 15 - Sun - Willie came pm from Little Rock Ark.-Chloe, Bennie Lee & folks here - fair 16 - Mon - Willie & all here - fair 17 - Tue - Went to Bennie Lee's - Edna there - part fair 18 - Wed - We, Willie & all went to Antioch - fair 19 - Thu - Willie & wife went home - went to Arcadia to get tire picked cotton pm - fair 20 - Fri - Picked cotton - fair 21 - Sat - Picked cotton-went Ruston-old sow pigs came - fair 22 - Sun - Went church & to Mr Leonards - fair 23 - Mon - Picked cotton - fair 24 - Tue - Picked cotton - hot fair 25 - Wed - Picked cotton - fair 26 - Thu - Taken R.C. to gin-picked cotton pm - fair 27 - Fri - Picked cotton - fair 28 - Sat - Picked cotton - part fair 29 - Sun - Staid home am - went to Decks pm - part fair 30 - Mon - Picked cotton - hot fair 31 - Tue - Picked cotton - fair SEPTEMBER, 1943 1 - Wed - Picked cotton am-hauled B.C. to gin - part fair pm 2 - Thu - Picked cotton - light shower 3 - Fri - Picked cotton am-went Ruston-Losa Lee came - part cloudy 4 - Sat - Went town am-Jack & Thelma came - part fair 5 - Sun - Went Minden - rain there - showers here pm 6 - Mon - Hoed some in garden-went town pm - shower 7 - Tue - Hoed & plowed in garden am-picked cotton pm - part cloudy 8 - Wed - Picked cotton - fair 9 - Thu - Got mower & cut hay soy bean - fair 10 - Fri - Went Ruston-Rosales went home-picked cotton pm - fair 11 - Sat - Hauled in hay - fair 12 - Sun - Went church-Mr Leonard & folks came - fair 13 - Mon - Went Ruston am-school starts-picked cotton pm - fair 14 - Tue - Picked cotton - fair 15 - Wed - Picked cotton - fair 16 - Thu - Taken B.C. gin picked cotton - part cloudy 17 - Fri - Picked cotton - part cloudy 18 - Sat - Picked cotton am-planted turnips in garden - rain pm 19 - Sun - Staid home-Red's calf came - drizzly 20 - Mon - Pulled corn - drizzly all day 21 - Tue - Hauled in corn 4 loads - part damp cloudy 22 - Wed - Went Ruston-picked cotton - faired 23 - Thu - Picked cotton - mostly fair 24 - Fri - Picked cotton - part fair 25 - Sat - Picked cotton am-hauled B.C. pm - fair 26 - Sun - Went church & to Mr Leonards - part fair 27 - Mon - Picked peas am & cotton pm - cloudy 28 - Tue - Picked some peas - some rain 29 - Wed - Went Ruston - good rain 30 - Thu - Went to Barnet Springs to Association - part fair OCTOBER, 1943 1 - Fri - Picked cotton - coudy 2 - Sat - Picked cotton - part fair 3 - Sun - Staid home-went town-Calvin here-Herman & wife came - fair 4 - Mon - Pulled up peanuts - fair 5 - Tue - Pulled up peanuts, picked some cotton - cloudy 6 - Wed - Hauled in peanuts pm-picks cotton am - cloudy 7 - Thu - Picked cotton - part fair 8 - Fri - Picked cotton - fair 9 - Sat - Picked cotton - fair 10 - Sun - Went church-Bro Jones cannot talk throat sore - cloudy 11 - Mon - Picked cotton - part cloudy 12 - Tue - Picked cotton - cloudy rain at nite 13 - Wed - Hauled bale cotton to gin - cloudy am faired pm 14 - Thu - Went town & picked cotton pm - fair 15 - Fri - Went to Arcadia - taken cotton - fair 16 - Sat - Picked cotton - fair 17 - Sun - Staid home - at Mr Leonards - fair 18 - Mon - Went Ruston - car heard, worked on car - fair 19 - Tue - Picked cotton - cloudy fair pm 20 - Wed - Picked cotton - part fair 21 - Thu - Went Arcadia, put cotton in loan - part cloudy 22 - Fri - Picked cotton - warm part cloudy 23 - Sat - Picked cotton - rain nite 24 - Sun - Went Church - part cloudy 25 - Mon - Bedded seed cane & pulled corn pm - fair cool 26 - Tue - Pulled & hauled corn - fair 27 - Wed - Pulled & hauled in corn-went fishing - fair 28 - Thu - Hauled in corn & start digging potatoes - fair 29 - Fri - Dug & hauled in potatoes - fair 30 - Sat - Hauled in potatoes am & went Ruston pm - fair 31 - Sun - Staid home am-went town pm - fair NOVEMBER, 1943 1 - Mon - Put up syrup mill - cloudy 2 - Tue - Got some wood - threatening cloudy 3 - Wed - Made syrup for negro - fair 4 - Thu - Made syrup for Deck Alexander - fair 5 - Fri - Scrapped cotton-little sow taken male - fair 6 - Sat - Scrapped cotton - fair 7 - Sun - Staid home am-went Leonards pm - fair 8 - Mon - Scrapped cotton - part fair 9 - Tue - Scrapped cotton & fixed fence - cloudy 10 - Wed - Scrapped cotton - cloudy 11 - Thu - Scrapped cotton - Jack mule killed - fair 12 - Fri - Scrapped cotton - fair 13 - Sat - Scrapped cotton & went town - fair 14 - Sun - Went church - fair 15 - Mon - Taken John Knox to Eros La. & picked cotton - rain nite 16 - Tue - Scrapped cotton - fair cool 17 - Wed - Scrapped cotton & thrashed some peas - fair 18 - Thu - Scrapped cotton (finished) - fair 19 - Fri - Loaded cotton & worked in barn - fair 20 - Sat - Hauled cotton to gin & hauled wood - fair 21 - Sun - Went to Minden - fair 22 - Mon - Went to Ruston see about mule & Int camp - fair 23 - Tue - Worked in barn thrashing peas etc-little red heifer taken male - fair 24 - Wed - Worked in barn & put away syrup mill pole etc - fair 25 - Thu - Sawed wood & fixed fence - fair 26 - Fri - Sawed wood - part fair 27 - Sat - Sawed wood - cloudy shower nite 28 - Sun - Went church, Mrs Leonard came - part cloudy 29 - Mon - Killed yearling late pm - cut wood am - fair cool 30 - Tue - Cut & canned meat - fair DECEMBER, 1943 1 - Wed - Cut & canned meat - fair 2 - Thu - Went Ruston pm - hope clean up am - part cloudy 3 - Fri - Cleaned hyde & bottomed chair etc - cloudy 4 - Sat - Went town & hunted mule - foggy 5 - Sun - Staid home am-went to Mr Davises pm - cloudy 6 - Mon - Went town & bottomed chair - cloudy 7 - Tue - Emma & Aunt Dellar here - part fair 8 - Wed - Canned turnips - hauled wood - part fair 9 - Thu - Bottomed 2 chairs-cut wood pm - cloudy 10 - Fri - Shelled corn & hauled wood - cloudy 11 - Sat - Went town & Ruston pm - Calvin came - part fair 12 - Sun - Went church - Bro Jones & Venrman came - fair 13 - Mon - Went Ruston - cool fair 14 - Tue - Went town am - cut wood - cold fair 15 - Wed - Calvin came from Fort Worth - sawed wood - cold 16 - Thu - Went to town am-hunted deer pm - cold part fair 17 - Fri - Killed hog - cold part cloudy 18 - Sat - Cooked lard ground sausage - canned souse - fair cold 19 - Sun - Staid home - part cloudy 20 - Mon - Went Ruston had car fixed - cloudy 21 - Tue - Canned sausage - part fair 22 - Wed - Cooked ham - part fair 23 - Thu - Went to Little Rock Ark - rainy-freezing 24 - Fri - At Mammas L.R. Ark. - rainey freezing 25 - Sat - At Willie's - cold ice cloudy 26 - Sun - At Willie's - ice thawing cloudy 27 - Mon - At Mommas - rainy 28 - Tue - Came home from Little Rock Ark - cold damp 29 - Wed - Sawed wood - cloudy damp 30 - Thu - Cut wood - part fair cloudy 31 - Fri - Sawed little wood - part cloudy