February 20, 1963
Wed. 8 in of new snow hard snow squalls in am rest of the day mostly fair. The men cut wood for the parsonage in afternoon. Had a Sunday School staff meeting here at night. Dreadful windy around midnight.
Comment: Must have been a tough day cutting wood for the church parsonage. The Minister of the church did not get paid very much but did get his housing and quite a lot of free labor from the church members. There were a lot of social events at the parsonage, including wedding receptions, anniversaries, ice cream socials and an event at Young Peoples Meeting where the girls would bring a box dinner and an auction would be held and the boys would bid on the dinner of the girl they liked best. I just barely remember the auctions but sure do remember the incredible taste of the home-made ice cream. I've never had better. The ice cream was made with a crank freezer. I think the taste must have come from the incredibly rich cream from the local dairy farms and probably a whole bunch of eggs. I remember the kids would get to clean off the beaters and also got to turn the cranks. Below is a collage of old crank ice cream makers. I think I'm gonna get one and treat the kids and grandkids to some of the real stuff.....
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