Dec 16
1934 - Got up at 1:30 PM. Don't feel so bad after what I went through. Kind of rainy today.
1935 - Dan wasn't out today so I carried the map. Got 96" a nice day.
1936 - Went to Chiloquin with Dowd. Saw Hi, Ham, Vinette & Dewey play. We stayed at Ham's. Snow and cold.
1937 -
1938 - My axle came and Mrs. R.D. McH brought it up. Lou Nona (?) beat T. Farr. Read "Rivers Westward" by D. Bardwell.
Dec 17
1934 - It is not so cold now. Have about 90 men in camp. Listened to Wallace's radio this evening.
1935 - Dan is back. Got 72" Cold. Have to walk down the canyon, quite aways. Lots of fog.
1936 - Went to K. Falls for whiskey. Was snow and ice on the highway. Got back home at 10:30.
1937 - Fat, Kay & I went to Portland with Ed Mc. We left Sissy with Alvina J. Was kinda cool.
1938 - Got my axle in and we all went to the Agency in P.M. Sent car payment, visited Doaks. Traded Buzz radios.
Dec. 18
1934 - Watched Katherine Smith do some beadwork. Dick R. Was up today. Watched the poker players at Nick's for a while. Bad cough.
1935 - We got 86" Kay & I went to the show "Oil for the Lamps of China." Cold & foggy again today.
1936 - Took a bath today. Got 4 quail. Got a hair cut in Bend Wednesday. Is warm here like Spring.
1937 - We shopped all day. Took in a show last nite "52nd Street." And this evening "The Sheik steps Out."
1938 - Charley Tufti was here today. We made a chair. Cold all day. Worked a little on a belt. (Note: I have one of the benches Dad made. It is blue and has a latch where you can open the top to put stuff in. He made a little bench for each of the 5 of us. They were all blue with a little slat in the seat so we could carry them around.-M)
Dec 19
1934 - Went out with John Petite after the bug crew above Boulder. A truck got stuck out there. It has been raining pretty hard. Catherine Smith was visiting me.
1935 - Cold & foggy today. Made 90". Kay is working on some watch fobs. Rover is up at Dry Hollow.
1936 - Cut wood and got Christmas presents. Warm weather. We fixed and decorated our Christmas tree.
1937 - Just laid around. Saw a show "Seventh Heaven" was back at HeHe at 11:00 P.M.
1938 - Went to Agency & Dan fixed the rearend. On the way back the wheel came off 5 miles out of Agency. Walked back and got Charlie to fix it.
Dec. 20
1934 - Rain - Ed. F, Pug Lane & I went to the Agency in the bug wagon. Saw "Here comes the Navy" Had to cat the Bug Wagon up the grade.
1935 - We got 86" today. Kay & I went to the Xmas program at the school. Still cold. Saw Dora McB (Dora McBride Miller - M).
1936 - John Spencer and Buster Thompson visited us today. Shot a few baskets up on the court.
1937 -
1938 - Got home at 1:30 last nite. Awful sore this morning. Amiel was up. A little snow yesterday. Went to Simnasho & mailed letters.
Dec 21
1934 - Got home at 3:00 A.M. last nite. Rode to Agency with Wallace P. to leave for Tulalip with Miller, Cyrus and Ed Brown. Made Portland today.
1935 - Put up our Xmas tree. Kay is sick in bed. Rode to Redmond with Charley Jackson. Helped some drunks.
1936 - My last day of overtime. First day of winter with rain and wind. Cut wood for the club, 5 hrs.
1937 -
1938 - A little more snow today. Still sore from walking. We went over & ate supper at Jessie's this evening.
Dec 22
1934 - Am staying at the Regent in Seattle. It is awful cold & rainy. Ed went to Tulalip. We broke down at Chehalis on the way up. Saw an awful wreck near maupin. (This was before the 'new' highway was made - what a long ride it was - to Simnasho, Maupin & around (?) - M.
1935 - Put paper on our tent. Zelma & Annie are with us for Xmas. Rover got the "fits."
1936 - Awful windy. Got a letter from Palm City from my folks. Have to work tonite. (I may have said this before, but his folks were Rev. & Mrs. L. A. Ellsworth, his adoptive parents. M)
1937 -
1938 - Cut wood & started to tear down the pump house when Walt W. came walking in. Went after Donna over by Simnasho. Took Walt to Agency for a new tube as he had a flat.
Dec 23
1934 - Saw "Imitation of Life" Claudette colbert played in it. Left for Tulalip. Stayed at Effie Brown's tonite.
1935 - We got 86" again today. A nice day.
1936 - Still blowing. The brick layers laid off till after Christmas. Rain this evening.
1937 -
1938 - This morning took Walt out to his car. He had another flat on Beaver Grade so he went to Madras in my car without license. It was only 33 degrees above this morning. Walt & Donna went to Agency.
Dec. 24
1934 - Saw Bud Alexander. Met lots of the old timers, and kids that grew up. Pretty cold & windy. Floyd & Bud Hatch.
1935 - Worked half day. Typed Wallace's timeslips for him. Cut wood & in the evening Kay & I wrapped our presents.
1936 - Saw "Little Lord Fauntleroy." Wrapped packages. Killed two of our chickens. Killed a quail.
1937 -
1938 - In the P.M. we went to Amiel's at Agency for the nite via Simnasho. Visitied Walt's for a while.
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