Category: Ray Romine Diaries

Thursday, March 11, 1954
Snow on ground a.m. – melted by noon. Home for lunch – 44″ overtime (counting this week). Near 1800 pcs today. Got pop, after work, then Sandy (!) & we Dairy-Queened for 1st of season (she had 2!) & potato chips. Home tonite – pomes & art. Trella ironed.

Wednesday, March 10, 1954
Cool, but not bad. Stayed in, noon. Trella headache, ran her back in for wedding appointment. Supper, worked [shorthand] in greenhouse.

Tuesday, March 9, 1954
Day off. Worked Westwood, painting den, both of us. Trella worked woodwork. We [shorthand] some more from there, too, not finishing by dark out here. Letter from Sandy; wrote her – & Hazel Chase.

Monday, March 8, 1954
Nice -warmish. Bed tonite poohed, then square dancing – Holiday Hill – stayed for eats! Kids at Mary’s.

Sunday, March 7, 1954
Warmer. Trella had wedding, I worked on making see flats & putting more pipes in Greenhouse to hold ’em. P.M. interviewed 2 renters at Westwood. Dug shrubs, planted same here after supper. Poohed tonite. Saw J. Creasap about 954 plumbing too.

Saturday, March 6, 1954
Nice day, but cold. (12 degrees a.m.) Home noon – done – nap, etc. Tonite, dubbed seed flats & morgue mostly.

Friday, March 5, 1954
Took 5 finished “Herm” cartoons for Sandra Jean to see (after work) before mailing same in. Home & nap, & supper, & nailed 2 seed flats together- folded up more or less. L. Douce here to ask me join Lions Club at ‘Doney. Trella to Garden Club p.m. Still cold 13 degrees a.m.

Thursday, March 4, 1954
12″ a.m. & blowing yet! (But not like [shorthand])
Had nerve to cut trees after work tonite! (Stopped & Bill Hutchman gave me nice scraps for flats) after supper, art-ed, etc. & relaxed!

Wednesday, March 3, 1954
BLOW! & Snowed- regular blizzard, but not too cold – 20 at noon. Colder tonite. Felt good, tho. We went shop tonite ‘n after work (I’d come home lunch) & phoned about renting Westwood again. Seed flats transplanted tonite, cartooned.

Tuesday, March 2, 1954
($145.24) Snow tuff yeh, but going. After work, bath, nap, supper, cartooned, morgue, verses, 1 letter, (Letter from Sandy today) Trella worked on Income Taxes.