Work Type: Ray Romine Diaries

Wednesday, November 11, 1953
We worked! Rezzed kitchen molding, hallway baseboard; painted greenhouse door 2 sides, & door into from house. Got stove (Ray Hemmerly brought it out & Roger): built platform for, cleaned stuff from garage to shack & fit molding to cornices (living room) & varnished! Trella to town selling wedding tonite.

Tuesday, November 10, 1953
Nice again. Warmish. Lunch at Hemmerly’s – Trella worked at shop 7 hrs. Roger Hemmerly for supper; I painted coat inside cornices; Kathy & I skating at Coloseum, Sandy too – met Chuck Hobart from Troy- Sandy’s skating partner. Home 11:00 nice midnite lunch.

Monday, November 9, 1953
Nice not too cold. Home lunch. Herm letter, praising our inked drawings & we’re in! Tickled! Trella with me, working, washing, banking. Errands after work. To Mary & Carl’s short visit; wrote Herm tonite.

Sunday, November 8, 1953
Warmer, but we stayed inside; got flourescents up over living room windows & outside lamp post hooked up & lighted. Harld & Mary for lunch; Hemmerly’s, etc. out p.m. awhile.

Saturday, November 7, 1953
Day off. (Armistice Day my reg. comp. day) Snow- on ground & most all day! We fixed up bathroom closet hanger, curtain rod, hung mirror hall closet etc. To shop p.m.- Trella sold wedding, Ray Hemmerly & I bought greenhouse heat er (Lennon’s). Trella & I shopping (fun); ate L&K & to Palace – (Called Sandy from Uhler’s).

Friday, November 6, 1953
Colder – 20 – ? a.m. River frozen over! Trella made talk Mt. Verson- all p.m. home 5:15. I came home for lunch. Tonite (3:15), went Westwood & got attic magazines, stored here in attic. After supper, painted bathroom closet. Popcorn, bed 10+

Thursday, November 5, 1953
Cold! 23 or 24 a.m. Cold all day & snowed a lotta flurries. Home tonite, cardboard over attic “holes”; “upholstered” attic ladder bottoms, morgued, Trella worked on dried stuff for talk tomorrow.

Wednesday, November 4, 1953
Ray Hemmerly & Trella built 5 sets of steps & laid brick walk from back door to drive!! I helped after work. Trella in for wedding appointment, I cartooned & morgued.

Tuesday, November 3, 1953
Trella 38 today; my day off. We slaved, Ray Hemmerly helping, at tiling rainwater from roof & laying brick sidewalk out front! Nice day. Hauled more bricks evening. Ray & Mrs. Hemmerly here with Jer-Zee; I drew up 1 cartoon (Herm) after.

Monday, November 2, 1953
($148.34) Nice still. shirtless p.m. We hauled close to 700 old schoolhouse bricks* tonite b/4 dark!! Tired, both cars – kids helped. Nap after supper, so started drawing about 8:15!