Work Type: Ray Romine Diaries

Tuesday, September 22, 1953
Day off. Nice! Cut desk down 1/2″ in length, slid it between bug cases! Ray Hemmerly out then till supper, & we worked on Greenhouse. Trella cut a bank down for posies. Pomes tonite & wrote Shran a letter.

Monday, September 21, 1953
Cool, pretty much. Sinus, cold, etc. Made it a lousy one for me. Trella sold wedding p.m. & again eve & went Burroughs CLub. I worked on bug tier awhile, wrote Baker & to bed 9:45.

Sunday, September 20, 1953
Pretty day, after cloudy start. Worked all day & eve on Bug Rack #3 for bedroom- Trella went a-mushrooming p.m. with folks. Soulier’s & the Misses Terry here awhile about supper time. Bed 11:30

Saturday, September 19, 1953
Rain p.m. & evening. Took Dutch Fail’s Iris to him at noon. Hazel Chase & John Gill (1st since Marion Cross release week ago) over for evening. Fun.

Friday, September 18, 1953
Warm. Dug Iris for Dutch & another order (again) after going catching 2 new skippers (6 of each) at Andrews in Hghts. Fixed basement fireplace- 1st fire there tonight. Wrote letters etc. tonite.

Thursday, September 17, 1953
($148.34) Swell weather. Lovely headache. We got truck (dug Iris too, for orders); & hauled load from Greenwood- about last. Ralph Boger stopped.

Wednesday, September 16, 1953
Took last full day’s vacation (6 hrs. left!) We slaved burning brush just W. of garage drive, fence, etc & on E. driveway. Fun, tho.
1st fire in fireplace tonite.

Tuesday, September 15, 1953
Swell day- 75. Home noon, Trella back with me, groceries after work, napped. (headache) then we worked driveway after supper – Trella cleaned Rec Room, I showered & wrote letters & on pomes awhile.

Monday, September 14, 1953
Day off. We dubbed all day: inside (it rained). Cleaned basement p.m. Square Dancing tonite- Holiday Hill. Home 11:30+. Sandy supposedly started Kette-Torrance* office today.

[*Insurance Agency – later Torrance-Staffor-Smith]

Sunday, September 13, 1953
Trella wedding. I dubbed painting stool, etc., fixing up bird feeder, shack roof, shack table & put more wallboard around- & painted some wall! Trella home late, quick supper- with her folks here- ride with them. I painted more shack, furnace trouble, bed.