My Granny's Journal

Wednesday, June 5, 1912

Zella got another spoon the other day from Uncle Guy's folks. There was quite a storm this p.m. about four or five. We got a letter from Zella.

I walked out to Havana this afternoon to practice as Gertrude B. wants me to sing there Children's Day, next Sunday. The kids there were Laura Smith, Bertha Smith, Anna Smith, Laura Hamlin, Gertrude Buek, Olive B., Marie B, Esther, Alvin & Jessie Rogers, Mae Cain, Helen Haller, Carrie Crumb & Mildred "Somebody". I stopped at Bueks on my way home. Claire B. and her friend Miss Thompson were there, so I got a ride home. It sprinkled some this afternoon and rained tonight.

Monday, June 3, 1912

Zella and Lottie went to Lyndon this noon to attend Institute. Aunt Minnie & Louie were out this afternoon and they and Aunt Lulu stayed for supper. Howard & I went to the Band concert at the park tonight. I know I never shall love anyone like I love Howard. He is everything to me and the idea of Mama trying to make me quit "being so familiar with him" I can't help it, I tell you, I love him!!!! and I'm pretty sure he l_____ likes me. He took Max's tie pin away from me so I took his.

Sunday, June 2, 1912

I went to S.S. this morning Mabel was there. I stayed to church with Irene. Mr. Schaible read his resignation and the congregation had a meeting to decide whether or not to keep him. However they didn't decide but are going to in two weeks. I saw Louie at S.S. She came with Claire. We all went to Grandma's for dinner. Those there were: Grandpa, Grandma H, Uncle Billy, Aunt Minnie, Louie, Allie, Homer, Papa, Mama, Zel, me, Bernice, Baby, Uncle Ed, Aunt Jennie, Uncle Jim, Aunt Lulu and "kid". After dinner I went to the P.O. and got a letter from Helen Symons. Ogilvia was out tonight & Clifford and Beulah were too, a little while.

Saturday, June 1, 1912

Today is Homer's fourteenth birthday and he was out this afternoon. Aunt Minnie, Allie, Louie and Homer are all here and Uncle Billy is coming too. Bernice and Zella both went to town. Miss S. entertained the Senior girls, so Homer, Baby and I went over in the pasture and picked strawberries and told secrets. I told him that Howard called me a "Lovin' Little Dickens". Quite a name isn't it? Aunt Lulu was down this afternoon with "The Kid." Mama and Papa & Zel all went to the Alumni Banquet. tonight. Ogilvia brought Zella home and he gave her a very pretty locket for a graduation present. Homer stayed all night with us and we went up to Aunt Lulu's awhile this evening. Homer is a fine boy, all right.

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]