Dad's Diary September, October, November & December 1929

September
3 - Arrived in Chemawa for another school year.
7 - I saw a show in Salem "The Green Murder Case."
9 - School started today.
14 - I saw a show at Chemawa "TheWay of the Flesh."
21 - I saw a show in Salem "The Dance of Life."
28 - I saw a show at Chemawa "Sky Scraper."

October
6 - I saw a show at Chemawa "The Transgressor."
9 - We had an educational picture entitled "Steam."
13 - I saw a pay show at Chemawa "Alaskan Adventures, Flying Elephans and a Sunday on the Farm."
15 - I weigh 114 pounds.
26 - I saw a show at Chemawa "Annapolis."

November
9 - Show at Chemawa, "Grandma's Boy."
11 - armistice Day.  The band went to Salem.  After the parade the band got tickets for a show "The Cockeyed World."
12 - I weigh 114-3/4 pounds.
19 - I had to shine halls for being on the girls side with Goose Egg & Birdlegs.
27 - Went out eating in the woods east of the school with Egg and the rest of the gang.
28 - The band played at the Thanksgiving Day game between Salem and Chemawa for the Willamette Valley Championship which Chemawa won 13 to 7.  Ed Baine and his folks came down to see Anna and Margaret.

December
7 - I went out eating with the  gang.  Saw a show at Chemawa "Geraldine."
8 - Went out eating with the gang.
14 - The gang went out eating.
16 - I weigh 119 pounds.
17 - Alma went home for Christmas vacation.
21 - I saw a show at Salem "The Thirteenth Chair" and one at Chemawa "The Spieler".  The printers had their annual big meal in the shop.
22 - Went out eating.  The comrades had their Christmas Tree.
25 - Christmas.  We had a nice dinner at Cranston Hall.  In the afternoon I saw a show in Salem "Sweetie" and at Chemawa I saw a show entitled "Simba."
30 - The band went to Salem.  I had a swim in the YMCA.
31 - The gang went out eating.
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Dad worked in the print shop and played in the band.  He played various horns. - m

Dad - October 1944

Presuppression (P)

1 - P - Standby
2 - Trail maintenance.  Boulder Lake
3 - P.  Brake transmission in pickup.  Wes Walsey came up and towed me up hill.  Changed pickups, grease job.
4 - Road maintenance.  Cut brush along Peter's Pasture - Agency Road.
5 -  Road maintenance.  Same as yesterday.
6 - P. Agency. Fixed spare tire.  Box Canyon to chain cat
7 - P - cut wood.
8 - Sunday
9 - P. Cat at Box Canyon to Agency.
10 - P - Cut wood at station.
End of this little yellow table.
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This must have been about 4 years later, Mom was a lookout at Eagle Butte, a few miles north of Warm Springs.  One day Wes Walsey came to visit.  He had his 'cork' boots on and stepped on some of our little kittens and didn't even know it!  m

Dad September 1944

P - Presupression (getting ready for firefighting)

1 - P - Agency grease job & supplies
2 - P, standby, & 3 & 4
5 - Road maintenance, Peters Pasture - Badger, & 6 & 7
8 - P - Standby
9 - P, Agency & Madras.  Towed pickup to Madras
10 - P, standby
11 - P, to agency for supplies.
12, P - Standby
13 - Road maintenance, cut brush on Peters Pasture Road
14 - P - Burned brush on butte around quarters.
15 - annual leave
16 - P - worked around station
17 - P - worked around station.
18 - Trail maintenance.  Boulder Lake, Peters Pasture trail.
19 - P, agency for gas.
20 - Trail maintenance, Boulder Lake Trail
21 - P, worked on Ford pickup
22 - P, watched brush burning at Boulder Corral.
23 - Checked burn at Boulder Creek
24 - P - standby
25 - P worked on Cecil Atkinson car at Agency
26 - P, same as yesterday
27 - P, changed, repaired and mounted tires for F.S. cars.
28 - Trail maintenance, Boulder trail
29 - Ran compass for spotters.
30 - P - to agency.

More Grandkids

I had the pleasure of spending part of the day with the Ranch grandkids.

The baby, doing her Michael Jordan face.

John Wayne waiting to watch his cowboy movies.

They seem to be in the wrong places!

We shopped 'til we dropped!

Grandkids

I'm 'new' at trying to get pictures up here, but I'm trying it - again!

Little girl running (helps to be doing downhil!).

Bigger girl, camping.

Big boy trying to sleep.

Dad's Diary August 1944

P - Presuppression - preparing for fires
1 through 4 - P - stayed at station.  (He was often 'on call' during the summer in case of fire, but especially around the 4th of July - m).
5 - Road maintenance - Peters Pasture.
6 - P - at station.
7 - Road Maintenance - Peters Pasture Road.
8 - P - to Agency
9 - same.
10 - P - grease job, Agency
11 - P - Bald Peter Coyote trail.
12 - 14 - P - stayed at station.
15 - P - Went to Camp Creek at 1AM for H. Williams.  Took him to hospital.  Returned to Butte for rest of day. (He would often fill in for the fire lookouts if they had to leave in an emergency. m)
16 - P - to agency to grease truck & pickup.  Took Mrs. Williams to Camp Creek.  Returned to Butte at 8 PM.
17 - Lionshead trail maintenance. (When he did 'trail maintenance', I always thought he was being a nice guy clearing the trails for those of us who just 'vacationed' in the woods; turns out he was working, getting trails ready in case of fire! m)
18 - Harvey Lake trail maintenance.
19 - P - To agency for supplies.
20 - P.  Sunday.
21 - Road maintenance.  Replaced plank on bridge at Seekseequa Mill.
22 - P . Agency. work on pickup.
12 - trail maintenance, Harvey Lake.
24 - P .  Greased cat at Box Canyon.
25 - P.  - Old Mill in AM  Standby at station PM.
26 - P. Blue Lake AM.  Standby PM.
27 - P.  Sunday.
28 - P Cut brush along Peters Pasture road AM, standby PM.
29 - 31 - P-  Standby.

Dad - 1944 - July

1 - Presuppression (P) - to Agency, grease pickup and tighten bolts.
2 - P - Sunday.
3 - Telephone line maintenance - Agency.
4 - P.
5 - Road maintenance.  Metolius Bench.  Horse Trap road.
6 - Road maintenance - Tenino Bench, Upper Crossing road.
7 -P - dug up water pipe at Peter's Pasture.
8 - P - Took water pipe to agency to be rethreaded.  Supplies.
9 - P . Sunday
10 - P. worked around station.
11 - P - standby
12 - 13 - same
14 - P. Hauled fire guard from agency to Old Mill.
15 - 1/2 P. Hauled forester from Old Mill to Camp Creek.  1/2 Suppression.  Went to fire at 7:00 PM on Metolius Bench near mud springs, with Percy W (probably Winishut).
16 - Suppression.  Mud Springs fire at 6 PM.
17 - Mud Spring to Agency and returned to Shitike at 3 PM.
18 - Fire Suppression at Mud Spring.
19 - P at Bald Peter.
20 - P. To agency for Wilfred to get truck out of Lion's Head Road.
21 - P. Worked around station.
22 - Moved Percy from Camp Creek to Agency.  Drove C. Tufti from Agency to fire on Metolius Bench.
23 - P. In afternoon checked Metolius Bench fire.
24 - P. Worked around station.
25 - 1/2 P., Agency for gas.  Suppression.  metolius Bench fire (1/2).
26 - P. Stayed at station.
27 - Suppression 1/2 at Metolius Bench, 1/2 P at station.
28 - P at station.
29 - 1/2 P, 1/2 Suppression to agency.
30 - Went to Camp Creek & Bald Peter, P.
31 - Road maintenance, Harvey Lake Road.