1934 - Still windy. Went for a horseback ride today. Lost 80 cents in rummy this evening.
1935 - Dr. Johnston, and the nurse, was up to see Kay today. We have a camp total of 97. Was not so warm today. Won $2.63 at dice.
1936 - Just laid around today. Was cloudy and rainy. We will have to move out of here soon.
1937 - Finished painting today and Vena Riggs and I washed windows. Finished a head board this evening. (I have looked back in the diary to see what he was painting, I could not find anything - m)
1938 - Walt left for The Dalles. Cold and windy in PM. We traded some rings to Massey yesterday.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Dad's Diary June 6
1934 - Windy today. Lost and won again at rummy.
1935 - Kay is better today. They are not going to open Schoolie. Was talking to Hi Smith about getting on the PWA at Beaver.
1936 - Kay, baby and I went fishing up Shitike and got caught in thunder storm. Worst rain storm I've seen.
1937 - Lenard, Roy H. and I fished in the Warm Springs River. I caught 12. Rode over in a Model T truck.
1938 - Went for our check. Ate lunch at Mill Creek. Walt White and family are with us. Fishing not so good.
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NOTE: Kay is my mother, Catherine. My granddaughter, Cadence Catherine Tippett, is named after her. When you are newly married, you use a real name, after a few years and a few kids, you become Mom.
Hi Smith is Hiram Smith, brother to my grandfather, Wesley Smith.
Walt White is the father of my sister-in-law, Myrna.
My parents married in 1935. Their first baby, my brother Terry Jr., was born in 1936.
1935 - Kay is better today. They are not going to open Schoolie. Was talking to Hi Smith about getting on the PWA at Beaver.
1936 - Kay, baby and I went fishing up Shitike and got caught in thunder storm. Worst rain storm I've seen.
1937 - Lenard, Roy H. and I fished in the Warm Springs River. I caught 12. Rode over in a Model T truck.
1938 - Went for our check. Ate lunch at Mill Creek. Walt White and family are with us. Fishing not so good.
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NOTE: Kay is my mother, Catherine. My granddaughter, Cadence Catherine Tippett, is named after her. When you are newly married, you use a real name, after a few years and a few kids, you become Mom.
Hi Smith is Hiram Smith, brother to my grandfather, Wesley Smith.
Walt White is the father of my sister-in-law, Myrna.
My parents married in 1935. Their first baby, my brother Terry Jr., was born in 1936.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Dad's Diary June 5
1934 - Watched H. G. and the boys ride after supper. Won 25 in the rummy game tonite. 88 men in camp.
1935 - Got my check and went with Robie's to agency and Beaver via Simnasho. Mildred is sick in bed.
1936 - Got rained on this afternoon. Am getting the Oregonian again. Kay took the horses to the river. (I'm kind of addicted to reading, come by it naturally* - m)
1937 - Saturday but I had to work. Got a haircut at Leonards' place this evening. Took a shower.
1938 - Smiths came over in AM. Charley and Jessie came in the PM. We caught several fish and saw salmon in the river.
*Note: Mom was stationed on Shitike Butte fire lookout, alongside the Cascades on the reservation, for most of my summers from my age 6 to 16, when I went to work. Dad was the Fire Control Officer so he stayed back in Warm Springs, about 20 miles away. Since Mom couldn't drive, we usually just stayed up on the lookout all summer long. Dad would come to visit us when there was no threat of fire. He ALWAYS brought books and magazines and tested us after we had time to read them. Read, read, read! Mavis
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June 4, 2009
We took the HOG to Madras for lunch at Mazatlan. The grilled chicken salad is the best there! Then we went over to the DQ for ice cream. The weather was very nice - shirt sleeve weather, maybe mid-70's. We had a great ride. I noticed that the snow is off Black Butte and Lionshead - time to plant!
I had a meeting to go to, so we were home by 2 PM. About one-half hour after we arrived home, a huge storm struck! We had no idea it was coming! I could hear the wind chines blasting away. I looked outside and the rain was pelting down sideways. I went out to call Puff and here she came, running so fast she ran right past the door! I called her and she came tearing back right into the house, down the hallway and into the bathroom in the back of the house - the only room that doesn't have windows! The plastic swimming pool, for the dogs, went flying away. There was lightning and thunder - it all lasted for about 1/2 hour. There might have been a witch riding her bicycle as well! My daughter in Terrebonne reported that they had hail which knocked down her tomato plants. For some reason, the hail in the central Oregon region can be treacherous to the crops. It's wiped out farmers' crops more than once. The Warm Springs area does not usually get hail like that.
1935 - Got my check and went with Robie's to agency and Beaver via Simnasho. Mildred is sick in bed.
1936 - Got rained on this afternoon. Am getting the Oregonian again. Kay took the horses to the river. (I'm kind of addicted to reading, come by it naturally* - m)
1937 - Saturday but I had to work. Got a haircut at Leonards' place this evening. Took a shower.
1938 - Smiths came over in AM. Charley and Jessie came in the PM. We caught several fish and saw salmon in the river.
*Note: Mom was stationed on Shitike Butte fire lookout, alongside the Cascades on the reservation, for most of my summers from my age 6 to 16, when I went to work. Dad was the Fire Control Officer so he stayed back in Warm Springs, about 20 miles away. Since Mom couldn't drive, we usually just stayed up on the lookout all summer long. Dad would come to visit us when there was no threat of fire. He ALWAYS brought books and magazines and tested us after we had time to read them. Read, read, read! Mavis
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June 4, 2009
We took the HOG to Madras for lunch at Mazatlan. The grilled chicken salad is the best there! Then we went over to the DQ for ice cream. The weather was very nice - shirt sleeve weather, maybe mid-70's. We had a great ride. I noticed that the snow is off Black Butte and Lionshead - time to plant!
I had a meeting to go to, so we were home by 2 PM. About one-half hour after we arrived home, a huge storm struck! We had no idea it was coming! I could hear the wind chines blasting away. I looked outside and the rain was pelting down sideways. I went out to call Puff and here she came, running so fast she ran right past the door! I called her and she came tearing back right into the house, down the hallway and into the bathroom in the back of the house - the only room that doesn't have windows! The plastic swimming pool, for the dogs, went flying away. There was lightning and thunder - it all lasted for about 1/2 hour. There might have been a witch riding her bicycle as well! My daughter in Terrebonne reported that they had hail which knocked down her tomato plants. For some reason, the hail in the central Oregon region can be treacherous to the crops. It's wiped out farmers' crops more than once. The Warm Springs area does not usually get hail like that.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Dad's Diary June 4
1934 - Got to HeHe at 4:30 AM Saw Burke. Walked to Schoolie. Stud Muldoon moved over froom Badger. Pretty sleepy tonight. (HeHe to Schoolie, walking along the Warm Springs River is about 4+ miles - m)
1935 - Went down to the Agency after my check but didn't get it. Sure was hot today. Went to Pritchard's meeting in evening.
1936 - Digging ditches by the dairy barn. Went fishing this evening and caught two small trout in the creek.
1937 - Still painting. Was warm today. They put in a new turbine in the power house.
1938 - Was hot. Fished in the drift below the Butte but no luck. Sissy can set herself up now. (My oldest sister - m)
Note (06/04/09): Where the dairy barn used to be is now where the Utilities Department is in Warm Springs. Where the baseball fields are used to be the fields where the dairy cows were. Pete, Pudge and I were wading in Shitike Creek, maybe about 1950, when our dog Spike started chasing the milk cows. Mr. White, the dairy man, came after us on his horse, with his rifle. We beat feet back home in record time. He never came to our house, but we did see his horse standing outside the police station!
I'm guessing, but not sure, that according to my dad 75 years ago, this must have been the start of Global Warming (now Climate Change). Of course, he was from Alaska so 'hot' is all relative!
Also, my dad was at the Old Mill CCC, my mom (before their marriage) was cooking at the HeHe CCC. Later, when they married and started their family, they lived at the HeHe camp.
1935 - Went down to the Agency after my check but didn't get it. Sure was hot today. Went to Pritchard's meeting in evening.
1936 - Digging ditches by the dairy barn. Went fishing this evening and caught two small trout in the creek.
1937 - Still painting. Was warm today. They put in a new turbine in the power house.
1938 - Was hot. Fished in the drift below the Butte but no luck. Sissy can set herself up now. (My oldest sister - m)
Note (06/04/09): Where the dairy barn used to be is now where the Utilities Department is in Warm Springs. Where the baseball fields are used to be the fields where the dairy cows were. Pete, Pudge and I were wading in Shitike Creek, maybe about 1950, when our dog Spike started chasing the milk cows. Mr. White, the dairy man, came after us on his horse, with his rifle. We beat feet back home in record time. He never came to our house, but we did see his horse standing outside the police station!
I'm guessing, but not sure, that according to my dad 75 years ago, this must have been the start of Global Warming (now Climate Change). Of course, he was from Alaska so 'hot' is all relative!
Also, my dad was at the Old Mill CCC, my mom (before their marriage) was cooking at the HeHe CCC. Later, when they married and started their family, they lived at the HeHe camp.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Dad's Diary June 3
1934 - Got check last night and am in Portland now with Roy & Bull team. Stud Brown, Bob Simmons, 3 Meachems, 2 Millers "All Quiet on the Western Front" We won. Called Lu and said hello. Saw Mark & Atkins. Feel Good.
1935 - Kay is still in bed. Was awful hot. Bought a picture of Lost Lake. Got my high tops fixed.
1936 - Baby is 4 months (my brother, Terry - m). We saw show "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" off digging ditches. Took a bath. Kool.
1937 - Not quite so warm today. Fat weighs 24 pounds (a year and 4 months at this time - m). Still painting black.
1938 - No luck fishing. Was hot today. Ate lunch at Badger as Charlie and Joe were branding.
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June 3, 2009
I went to town with my sis-in-law. Her husband, my brother, had surgery a couple weeks ago and is doing much better now. We ran errands in town, stopped for a cup of coffee, visited, shopped, bought groceries. It's always a pleasure to spend time with her. It is warm and muggy here today. The cat is out hiding in the shade somewhere. Lots of roses are blooming, maybe I will go pull some weeds so I can take pictures for you!
1935 - Kay is still in bed. Was awful hot. Bought a picture of Lost Lake. Got my high tops fixed.
1936 - Baby is 4 months (my brother, Terry - m). We saw show "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" off digging ditches. Took a bath. Kool.
1937 - Not quite so warm today. Fat weighs 24 pounds (a year and 4 months at this time - m). Still painting black.
1938 - No luck fishing. Was hot today. Ate lunch at Badger as Charlie and Joe were branding.
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June 3, 2009
I went to town with my sis-in-law. Her husband, my brother, had surgery a couple weeks ago and is doing much better now. We ran errands in town, stopped for a cup of coffee, visited, shopped, bought groceries. It's always a pleasure to spend time with her. It is warm and muggy here today. The cat is out hiding in the shade somewhere. Lots of roses are blooming, maybe I will go pull some weeds so I can take pictures for you!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Dad's Diary June 2
1934 - Rode down to Agency and am still here. Saw Lizzie last night. Saw Warm Springs beat Bend. Will try to get my check.
1935 - Kay is sick in bed. The folks stopped on their way back from Portland.
1936 - Having cool weather. Kay is cooking dinners for Stan and Mrs. Dug ditches this PM.
1937 - Melton is painting with us. 96 degrees today. Fat and Rover got tangled up.
1938 - No help today. Was warm. Caught 2 Dollies, one 15-1/2 inches.
1935 - Kay is sick in bed. The folks stopped on their way back from Portland.
1936 - Having cool weather. Kay is cooking dinners for Stan and Mrs. Dug ditches this PM.
1937 - Melton is painting with us. 96 degrees today. Fat and Rover got tangled up.
1938 - No help today. Was warm. Caught 2 Dollies, one 15-1/2 inches.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Dad's Diary June 1
1934 - 22 new men (Conservation Corps - m) Am going to stay at Jane's tonight. Not a bad day today.
1935 - Last night, coming back from 1st aid class, at HeHe (where the camp was - m), Dr. Johnstone and I got stuck. He came to see Kay but she is in bed now. Pay day.
Well, things don't look so bad. I am to get $45 at Schoolie (ranger station - m), and a pretty good house.
1936 - Got my check for $37.20. Went to Redmond - paid our bill and got some more groceries at Hartley's.
1937 - Painted today. Was pretty warm today. Kay's sister and brother-in-law are here. Read "Forget You Never" by Margaret Gorman Nichols.
1938 - Bull Wewa helped me. I caught a Dolly (Varden fish -m) in the dam yesterday.
1935 - Last night, coming back from 1st aid class, at HeHe (where the camp was - m), Dr. Johnstone and I got stuck. He came to see Kay but she is in bed now. Pay day.
Well, things don't look so bad. I am to get $45 at Schoolie (ranger station - m), and a pretty good house.
1936 - Got my check for $37.20. Went to Redmond - paid our bill and got some more groceries at Hartley's.
1937 - Painted today. Was pretty warm today. Kay's sister and brother-in-law are here. Read "Forget You Never" by Margaret Gorman Nichols.
1938 - Bull Wewa helped me. I caught a Dolly (Varden fish -m) in the dam yesterday.
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