Friday, May 31, 1912

Zella got several more graduating presents today. A coin purse from the Woodbury girls, a ten dollar gold piece from Aunt Kate & Uncle Greeley, two beauty pins with "Zella" on them from Uncle Stewart and a dutch collar pin from Aunt Bessie and spoons from Uncle Jim, Uncle Ralph and Clifford & Lena Denny. I went to Commencement exercises with Howard. Lottie got the scholarship, what do you know about it, and Zella got second. Zella came home with Ogilvia. The rest of the family went of course. We went for our reports today Miss S. and I had quite a confidential talk. She didn't like to have me "spoon" but when she found out that I really loved Howard, she told me to keep on loving him. I told her and Miss Terrill goodbye. My general average for the year is 99 7/45.

Thursday, May 30, 1912

We kids went to the schoolhouse at nine, and all the schoolchildren marched to the cemetery in a body as it is Decoration Day. Mama and Papa and Uncle Jim and Aunt Lulu went too. I was with Olive and Josie. I saw Elma F. and she kissed me. I took Max B's tie pin from Glenn. It is awful pretty. Mama, Papa, Baby and I went to Grandma M's for dinner. After dinner, I went down to Jennings whee Olive was and she introduced me to her Aunt Mary, Mrs. Filley, Elma's father's wife. Olive and I went to Bolton's and Josie and Cecil went with us and we went down to Duttons. I went to see Mabel. Poor Girl! She introduced me to her Aunt Lottie. She is very sweet. Alonzo is the first dead person I ever saw but he looked natural. When we got up town we saw Mr. Young with Bolton's auto, so we all got in and went to Scranton. O, that road! It reminds me of so many things. In the auto there were Mr Young, his little stepson, Robert White, Harry Burns, his little girl, Elsa May, Cecil, Josie, Olive and I. When we got to town, we went up to the church to the funeral. Mr. Young took us out to the cemetery in the car, and e walked back as far as Jennings. There, Olive and I got in Buek's rig and rode home. Ogilvia, Clifford and Beulah were out tonight, and Beulah stayed all night. Zella got a book from Myrtle R.

Wednesday, May 29, 1912

I went over to town for the kids this afternoon. I talked to Ralph B. and he failed in Algebra. Abbie and Oscar both passed. Zel got a book from Aunt Sady. The Seniors gave their play to-night. I went with Howard. The rest of the family (besides me, I mean) were there too. It was just fine. Zella, Fred S., Earl W., Lucille, George C., Julia, Willie, Lottie, Bss, Clancy and Madge were the best but they all did splendidly. Lucille (dressed up as a man) and Madge sang "When eyes like yours look into eyes like mine" between acts and Helen Harkness spoke too. Ogilvia brought Zella home of course.

Tuesday, May 28, 1912

I took Zella to town this morning and saw Howard. There were two fires this a.m. and also Alonzo Dutton was drowned. He was out to Watson Montgomery's. Grandma H. gave Zella three little shirt waist pins with "Z" on them and Uncle John is going to give Zel her transportation down to Oklahoma City to visit. Zella went to a reception tonight given by Mr. Deardorff for the Seniors. Emma Hoover stayed all night with Bernice.

[This is the start of Volume VIII. I have a transcription done by cousin Kay, probably in the 1980's. Kay (Frances Kay Hauser Magis Allen) was the daughter of Bernice and was about a year older than my mom, both of them born to their mothers in their forties. Especially because my mom's siblings were so much older than she was [as was Kay's half-brother Ed Poole], they always had a close bond.

I don't know where the two volumes that cover the year from June 1911-May 1912 are, I hope that maybe they are in storage in Seattle. Even from the first few entries, it's clear that Winnie has matured and Zella has just graduated from high school. --kp]

May 4, 1912 -- Ogilvia Hull's 19th birthday