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Anna Marie's Anecdotes
Enter the world of Anna Marie Reifers.
A Teenage Farm Girl from South Dakota who documented her life in a 5 year diary starting on Jan 1st, 1942 at age 14.
Learn who acted up in class, which boys her brothers teased her about and how she and everything around her changed during WWII.


September 26th, 1942
Work around. Go to town in eve No one there. Talk to Clarence Huffman & Gordon ..ealor(?) Eat watermelon with Leona Stalin.
Lynea Ramse
Sep 26, 2024
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September 20th, 1942
Bernie comes. Fritz, Louise, Arnie, Sally, Dorothy W comes. Go to town. 3 qts. O.J. Go to show in Eve. With Arnold Shern G.P. Gets tight (?)
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Sep 20, 2024
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September 7th, 1942
Chicken Dinner. Ma makes kraut. I break bread. Fool around. Dad & Bernard makes hat
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Sep 7, 2024
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August 19th, 1942
Norb gets second questionnaire. Feel like heck about noon. See Roland, Norb & Shorty. Roland laughs as he leaves. Snap beans & peel...
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Aug 19, 2024
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August 11th, 1942
Janet Tuschins (?) birthday. Ray & I snap towels. Finish up Allen's & go to Schierholz to thresh. Don't do much. Make cookies. Eat ice...
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Aug 11, 2024
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Aug 10th, 1942
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...
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Aug 10, 2024
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July 14th, 1942
Do odd jobs. Fix hair. Ma's bread is a fake. Make some lemon cookies. Schneiders working in next field. Ride backwards on bic. Lynea's...
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Jul 14, 2024
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July 10th, 1942
Aunt Mae & Uncle Grover here in Eve. Have pineapple Ice Cream. Polish shoes. tut-tut(?)
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Jul 10, 2024
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July 9th, 1942
Ma & Relations comes home. Bernie here. We make cookies. Over to Schneider's in Eve. Eat ice cream & Beer. Tommy Nopens & E. Hart on...
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Jul 9, 2024
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May 16th, 1942
Go to town in afternoon. Sit in car with Eugene & Darius Eat candy bars, ice cream, peanuts, gum etc. Lynea's Note: Eugene could be...
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May 16, 2024
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May 15th, 1942
Finish school. Picnic in Eve Maurine takes pictures. Norb sets me on floor. Bud says ice cream sorta rubbery. Lynea's Note: "Maurine" is...
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May 15, 2024
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January 22nd, 1942
Go to school Art Laufmans here for supper. Have oyster soup. Bernard goes to Leo Murphy's farewell party (Whoopee) Lynea's Note: Those...
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Jan 22, 2024
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January 2nd, 1942
Cold. Bernerd & Jack go to Schneider's. Eat Ice Cream Mattie brings chairs home. Get letter from Bernie Schneider. Weather: Jan 2nd 1941...
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Jan 3, 2024
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