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1918
Tuesday, April 16, 1918
A cloudy day and a little rain. Ben and Marvin worked on the barn. Mr Owens hauled wood. Josie and I ironed some and got dinner. This evening I went to see Carrie a little while. Mollie and Kate Reynolds come there a while.
Tonight Ben and Josie and Henry and Edna has gone to Strait Stone to see a moving picture show.
Mrs Carr went with them and will go home I guess. I am uneasy a bout them a fraid the roads is so rough that they will get stalled. Franklin is sick to night. I certainly do hope that he may soon get well.
9 oclock
Wednesday, December 25, 1918
A good day. The roads is very muddy. Ben hunted some today. He killed four rabbits gave two of them to William Gilbert.
Josie and I staid at home.
Kate and Irvin Harvey come and eat dinner with us. They drove Prince home and Irvin brought him home. I had a letter from John and Effie Brumfield.
Mary Brumfield sent me a book to write in the coming year. Hope I may be able to write in it. Dick Woodings folks gave a party to night.
The children had a good time to day playing with the things they got this morning.
I got several presents was glad of them.
8 oclock
1919
Monday, January 20, 1919
A good day. Ben & Jim worked on Owens house. Lizzie and Earl Bennett went from here this morning. I hope that they got home without an accident. The roads is very bad. I helped Mr. Owen strip tobacco. We stripped all that they had in the pit and filled it up again. I went to Marvins a few minutes this evening. Kate Harvey was there. We came back by the grave yard. Eva had fallen out of her box and hurt herself right bad.
Josie staid at the house and got dinner.
Tonight Mr. Owen is here and they played cards.
9 o'clock
Saturday, March 8, 1919
A cloudy day and raining to night. The men folks cut until twelve then Jim & Ben hauled some stalks and corn.
Josie & Ben and Franklin went to Jim Powers. Henry & I staid at home all the morning then Henry went to Marvins and I went to Owens.
To night Ben & Marvin has gone to the lodge at Strait Stone I know they will get wet. Josie says she has never seen the roads as bad as they were today. Reese Smith has bought him a bycicle.
Johnson Reynolds has gone to Norfork to see Julia Fergerson. I feel like I know how glad she will be to see him. I hope he will see John B.
10: oclock
Monday, March 10, 1919
A good day. The men folks cut wood until twelve. Ben carried Josie to Long Island this evening, Her mother met her and they started for W Virginia Max Carr was going with them part of the way. Edna & Franklin went to Marvins this evening. I went and come with them back.
Henry went to school.
Ben says that the roads is very bad. Johnson and Christinia Reynols come from Norfork this evening. Reubin met them at the Island
9 30 oclock