Category: Trella Diaries

Friday March 26 1943
Started cleaning house for party tomorrow night.
Mary came over this evening & we made up the physical & mental exams for tomorrow night.

Thursday March 25 1943
Got roses from Interstate 7 bushes. Planted them inside hedge running from house sout. Dug out about 18 inches & filled in with ashes, compost & fertilizer. Quite a morning’s job – Wed.
Mrs. R. J. Bindley’s sale this afternoon. Bought a song book. Then to Rhulman’s for a little while. Then took red & white quilt to Grandma K.’s* She gave me a lovely angel wing begonia.

*[Laura Belle Sauers Kehrwecker 1866-1946 m. Sept 2 1886 Phillip F. Kehrwecker]

Wednesday March 24 1943
Planted roses – see next page

Tuesday March 23 1943
Tippi put one over on us & had her kittens in the basement last night. 3 – and one is only half as big as the other 2.
Took Kathy to mother’s & then met Lillian Frazier & went to Girl Scout office. She says she’ll be my assistant in a month or so. Put in an order for troop flag, song books, numerals, first aid kit, etc. Then went to church & rearranged things somewhat to see if they would work for Jr. Dept. Then to Scout meeting. Finished up cartoon books for Canteen. To mother’s for supper. Then home & typed invitations for party for Mary – Recruiting “SAPS”

Monday March 22 1943
Cleaned basement after the coal delivery. Washed in afternoon & hung some out but it was pretty cold – Sun would shine & then it would snow.
Took Mary H, Mary J. Rev. Holloway, Lillian Fraiser with us to class meeting. Bernard was the speaker & told of their Young Adult Fellowship & urged that we form one for those between 21 & 35. The plans are for the officers of the class to get the thing started & we’ll meet a couple times a month after cleaning church.

Sunday March 21 1943
Somebody has taken over book record cards on the very Sunday we need them for reports. The missionary offering for the year is over $85. After dinner helped Mary sort clothes & things & put them away.

Saturday March 20 1943
Rather groggy after my busy day yesterday! Cleaned house some. Took nap in P.M.
Got 5 ton Pocahontas Coal from Waldo elevator this afternoon.
Worked on Sunday School service. Bath about 11:30 & then the hot water tank sprung a leak. Some spray.

Friday March 19 1943
Raining cats & dogs. I met Mary at noon & ate over there. June still groggy from her date which lasted until 5:00. Took Mary to work & her to Rutherford’s, shopped & came home & dug in on the house. Had cleaned my vanity this morning. June & Mary here for chili supper. Then we left Kathy & dishes for Wally & went bowling. Then June bought her a watch & she & Kary bought Kathy a gold bracelet. Then we picked up Emma Osterholt & went to Mary Clark’s to visit. THen we all went to see “Margin for Error”. March of Time [newsreel] had gruesome war pictures from Russia. Then cokes & home for steak sandwiches.

Thursday March 18 1943
Mary is a W.A.A.C. member!
Lt. June Howe* & her mother arrived this afternoon for a visit while June is on leave from ANC at Fort Knox. Our family over to mother’s for supper & just after we ate Mary called. We went down to get her. She passed mental 138 out of possible 150- had answered 141. Second in her group of 27. She’ll go in about 2 weeks. She had to work tonight- June’s boyfriend from Fremont came down to see her. Mrs. Howe went out to Rutherford’s & Daddy & Mother brought me home.
*[later June Uhle of Reading, PA]

Wednesday March 17 1943
Planned to visit Scout office for several things but mother gone, Wally couldn’t get out early & Mrs. Miller with broken wrist didn’t feel up to coming over even though she was asleep. So I woke her up & took her along. Was ok for first 30 minutes but then she wanted held & that was tough on me while supervising the “production line” for “manufacturing” cartoon books for service men.
Cold but nice this evening so we planted sweet peas, grass seed & transplanted some roses.