Walt mad at Bernie. - To bed at 3 Folks go to Huron with Koepke's. I & Bernard help Schneiders put up hay. Fern, Roland, Bernie, Fat & I...

Chicken Dinner. Ma makes kraut. I break bread. Fool around. Dad & Bernard makes hat

Jerry Paradies leaves for Army. Clean up stairs & down. Send Cards Fix hair Dad & Bernard make hay.

Thresh at Floyd Nopens. Get rain here. Fern over. Order goods on catalogue Delores K stays here.

Jack gets pickled. Help Schneider's thresh. Windy. Don't thresh in P.M. Roland & Leeseh(?) sell Eggers barley. Lots gets tight. Bernie &...

Francis don't come. Help Schneiders thresh. Fun. Bernie & I serve lunch. I talk to Shorty about Tues nite & gets dishes. Town in Eve. See...

Help Schneiders with threshing. Shorty looks at Bernie & I funny. Feel foolish. Start letter to Bud. Snap towels. Talk over Tues nite deal.

Gordon Newton's Birthday. We thresh. Bernadine S help us. Fun Fern here for awhile Make deal with Roland. Have lunch. Dad talks about 50...

Henry's Birthday Start threshing here. Town in P.M. Go with F.Z. Argue all night. push Bernard K off steps. Dive in to Francis Zeal.

Finish threshing at Schierholz. Bring Machine here. Clean house & fix hair (?) Letter from Bill Getz.

Don't do much. Rains so don't thresh. Go see Fern for while. Bud & Folks go to town.

Thresh at Schierholz. Tired. Mrs. Sherman (fuller Brush) was here. Iron Sleep 1½ hrs Storms. Lynea's Note: No idea what that note about...

Janet Tuschins (?) birthday. Ray & I snap towels. Finish up Allen's & go to Schierholz to thresh. Don't do much. Make cookies. Eat ice...

Help Allen's. Thresh. Meet Kate & Mrs Wibben. Fern come over there. Eat fish for 3 meals - Sick of them. Lynea's Note: I assume they will...

Pete rejected from Army. Thresh at Matt's. Mail letter to Wilmer Getz. Look over dresses in catalogue.

Tired. Sleep most of day. Start threshing. Dishes done at 10:30P.M. Grouchy Ma says.

Finish shocking. Dad & Ray go to Mitchell & Spencer. Have ice cream. Don't go to show because of rain. Bernard comes home.

shock. Threshers meeting Ray & Jack go to Salem Lynea's Note: Weather: Average rainfall for the area for the months of April and May...

Start shocking. Bernard hired to Allen. Rains. Schneiders shocking across fence. Phyllis here. Lynea's Note: Shocking must be a farm thing?

Pete is to leave for Army. Both arms stiff. Not quite so tired. Norb, Roland & Bernie come after water. Norb says necking is hard on a...