July 15th, 1942

Norb's Birthday.

20 yrs. old.

Home about 1:30 or so.

Meet mail man - McKinley keeps me company.

Party with Norb.

Hilta there.

More fun.

Tells of guy from Epiphany.

Fern rides with us.

Meet Norb & Roland on tractor.

Lynea's Note: Weather: Average rainfall for the area for the months of April and May combined is 5in.1 From April 25th to May 6th 1942, there was a total of 6.5in. 2

Headlines from The Argus-Leader Newspaper

Sioux Falls, South Dakota · Friday, May 01, 1942

1 “Average Weather Data for Mitchell, South Dakota.” WorldClimate.com, US Climate Normals package 2024, http://www.worldclimate.com/climate/us/south-dakota/mitchell.

2 “Mitchell Weather in 1942.” Extreme Weather Watch, H Brothers Inc, 2021, www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/mitchell/year-1942.