Dad's Diary June 18 & 19

June 18
1934 - Windy. Went for a ride in the PM and with Reva and boys in the evening. Hgs brother and family are here. Mike and Lewis were up today.

1935 - Wes (my mom's dad - m) came up to see Kay and brought some trout. Stan and I rode over to Badger. Cooked fish late.

1936 - Was warm today. Caught 3 little fish this evening. Still have a tooth ache.

1937 - Last day of work at the hospital. It is completed. Amiel and I wen fishing this evening. Nothing.

1938 - Finished the gates and started putting a ceiling in our cabin. Caught a 12" trout at the drift fence.

June 19
1934 - Went riding with Teton and Reva. Piping (?) from Badger and had a work out. Went to a party at Stantons. Got bum knees.

1935 - Took first aid exam this evening. Rode down with Ed.

1936 - Max Schmelling KO'd Joe Louis in 12 rounds. Was pretty hot today. My tooth is better.

1937 - Went fishing early in the morning, but nothing. Rain all day. Got a lock on the car.

1938 - Saw Jane Henry as she went through here. Ceiling all day.
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2009 - The house he is putting the ceiling on is a little shack. I'll get a picture, it's partially still standing. It was a little room on the side of an old barn. He took that from the barn and started our 'little house.' After work every day, he would walk down to the mill, about 2 miles from our house, and pack a piece of lumber back to add on to the 'house.' Eventually it housed 5 kids and our parents until he obtained a government job and we moved a couple 'blocks (for lack of a better word)' to a bigger house. The Little House had a littler house out back between the house and Shitike Creek for a toilet. We had running water but since there was no insulation, it froze up quite frequently. We had some electricity. It's interesting to see his wiring job now. It was built on a downhill slope, so the back of the house is built up on bricks and rocks. Mom said she used to lose Dan Macy and Dad as they were adding on to the house and find them out there cooling off and resting! There was a wood stove and two "bedrooms". It was definitely a house built by love and was filled with it!