Comment: Must be going to Mass for parts for the charcoal plant. Mom still busy.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Wednesday, March 31, 1965 The Frances Hubbard diaries
March 31, 1965 Wednesday, sunny and very windy and cold, 7-22. I washed fixed Doug's sailor pants and a shirt for Laverne and did little cleaning. Clifton, the girls and I went to LaVerne and Roberta's at night. They had gone to Mass. after parts. Gail and Diane were there. Mrs. Renz and family came while we were there.
Comment: Must be going to Mass for parts for the charcoal plant. Mom still busy.
Comment: Must be going to Mass for parts for the charcoal plant. Mom still busy.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Tuesday, March 30, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 30, 1965Tuesday, sunny, bright 12-30. Clifton and I went to Cobleskill and mother's for dinner. Roads snow covered to Cobleskill and slippery but mostly bare when we came home. Went to Doctor but he was on vacation. Cut out girls dresses after supper.
Comment: Mom still not feeling well.....but still working.....
Friday, March 29, 2013
Monday, March 29, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 29, 1965
Monday, snow all day and strong east wind, 18. Worked some on my dress. Felt miserable all day, had headache at night.
Comment: Sounds like a long tough day.....that East wind could be very bitter
Monday, snow all day and strong east wind, 18. Worked some on my dress. Felt miserable all day, had headache at night.
Comment: Sounds like a long tough day.....that East wind could be very bitter
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Sunday, March 28 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 28 1965
Sunday, sunny, 42 high, nicest day in March so far. Girls and I went to church and Sunday school. Gerald, Mary Ann and Dorothea here for dinner. LaVerne, Roberta, John, Ronnie Benjamin and Laura here in afternoon. Sue and I went to church at night. I road down with Madelyn.
Comment: Busy Sunday, not sure who Dorothea is..
Sunday, sunny, 42 high, nicest day in March so far. Girls and I went to church and Sunday school. Gerald, Mary Ann and Dorothea here for dinner. LaVerne, Roberta, John, Ronnie Benjamin and Laura here in afternoon. Sue and I went to church at night. I road down with Madelyn.
Comment: Busy Sunday, not sure who Dorothea is..
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Saturday, March 27, 1965 the Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 27, 1965
Saturday, sunny, windy, cold, 28 high. We changed in Sue and Doug's rooms. Girls cleaned. I washed. My head ok but back and hip lame. Wayne stayed in station for Raymond Brown.
Comment: "If it's not one thing it's another" as my Mom would say.....not sure what's going on with Brown's gas station. It was in Broome Center or just over the mountain and we often had ours cars, tractors and other stuff fixed there. Mostly when we needed something welded....the pix is how it kinda looked....
Saturday, sunny, windy, cold, 28 high. We changed in Sue and Doug's rooms. Girls cleaned. I washed. My head ok but back and hip lame. Wayne stayed in station for Raymond Brown.
Comment: "If it's not one thing it's another" as my Mom would say.....not sure what's going on with Brown's gas station. It was in Broome Center or just over the mountain and we often had ours cars, tractors and other stuff fixed there. Mostly when we needed something welded....the pix is how it kinda looked....
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Friday, March 26 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 26 1965
Friday, cloudy and rain, freezing in early am. School bus late 9:30. It waited for sand truck. Doug called in am and said he'd be in Kingston at 10. Clifton and I left about 10 after roads were sanded for Kingston, got there 11:30. Went over to Hudson and saw where David worked and stayed. Laura here for supper. My head felt dreadful all day again,
Comment: Weather and migraine strike again.....
Friday, cloudy and rain, freezing in early am. School bus late 9:30. It waited for sand truck. Doug called in am and said he'd be in Kingston at 10. Clifton and I left about 10 after roads were sanded for Kingston, got there 11:30. Went over to Hudson and saw where David worked and stayed. Laura here for supper. My head felt dreadful all day again,
Monday, March 25, 2013
Thursday, March 25, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 25, 1965
Thursday, partly cloudy, 32. I cut out my tan and blue dress and got it partly done. Clifton cut a load of wood. Wrote to Marilyn.
Comment: Normal chores.....view to the farm from the "cross road".
Thursday, partly cloudy, 32. I cut out my tan and blue dress and got it partly done. Clifton cut a load of wood. Wrote to Marilyn.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Wednesday, March 24, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 24, 1965
Wednesday, cloudy am becoming clear and fair and cloudy at night, about 30. I had headache all day again. Just house work and very little ironing. Wayne went down to Laura's at night. We took Opel and went down to LaVerne and Roberta's at night. John had cold in his eye.
Comment: Opel still running......
Wednesday, cloudy am becoming clear and fair and cloudy at night, about 30. I had headache all day again. Just house work and very little ironing. Wayne went down to Laura's at night. We took Opel and went down to LaVerne and Roberta's at night. John had cold in his eye.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Tuesday, March 23 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 23 1965
Tuesday, 25, cloudy, more snow during night and light snow all day, 2-3 inches or more. Clifton and I went to Cobleskill and mothers for dinner.
Comment: More snow..unemployment sign up and dinner at Bessie's...
Tuesday, 25, cloudy, more snow during night and light snow all day, 2-3 inches or more. Clifton and I went to Cobleskill and mothers for dinner.
Friday, March 22, 2013
March 21, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 21, 1965
Sunday, sunny, windy, cold, 4-8. Girls and I went to church and Sunday School LaVerne and Roberta and John here for dinner. They and David went to Hudson in pm and called on Paul and Norma. Doug went back to Kingston at night.
Comment: Paul is Paul Ellis, son of Madeline Hubbard Ellis and Clarence Ellis, brother of Doris and Glendon Ellis. Madelyn died at 58 of a heart attack and her son Glendon died from a heart attack in his forties...Paul got kicked through a window by a cow when he farmed our Uncle Earl's farm about a mile west of ours on Hubbard Road.....here is my recounting of this event: Three Chord Talking Blues Style
Sunday, sunny, windy, cold, 4-8. Girls and I went to church and Sunday School LaVerne and Roberta and John here for dinner. They and David went to Hudson in pm and called on Paul and Norma. Doug went back to Kingston at night.
Comment: Paul is Paul Ellis, son of Madeline Hubbard Ellis and Clarence Ellis, brother of Doris and Glendon Ellis. Madelyn died at 58 of a heart attack and her son Glendon died from a heart attack in his forties...Paul got kicked through a window by a cow when he farmed our Uncle Earl's farm about a mile west of ours on Hubbard Road.....here is my recounting of this event: Three Chord Talking Blues Style
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Monday, March 22, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Monday, 2 above in am, fair becoming cloudy about noon, warmed at night, 28. David started work at Hudson. I washed in am. Clifton went to lodge at night. Wrote to channel 10 to keep Word Of Life on.
Comment: Word Of Life was a Christian broadcast that Mom listened to and apparently it was going off the Channel 10 TV channel....she also listened to The Sword Of The Lord radio program just about daily
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Saturday, March 20, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Saturday, cold. snow at night. Baked in am. Sue went to Cobleskill with the boys. Laura and Donna they were all here for dinner. Mary Ann went to Buffalo about a job.
Comment: Mary Ann went to interview for a job at Niagara County Community College and got it.....I was already working at the Ford Buffalo Stamping Plant...we were so lucky....
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Friday, March 19 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 19 1965
Friday, cold, teens and 20's, sunny. I washed, hung a line outside Sue didn't feel good. Clifton and I went to Hudson in pm to see about David's job. He was to go to work Monday 8 am. Wayne and Laura met Dougie at Kingston. LaVerne, Roberta and John here in evening.
Comment: I think David is trying for a job with the Operating Engineers Union and that's why Dad is so involved...Doug apparently feeling better from his sick bay period...
Friday, cold, teens and 20's, sunny. I washed, hung a line outside Sue didn't feel good. Clifton and I went to Hudson in pm to see about David's job. He was to go to work Monday 8 am. Wayne and Laura met Dougie at Kingston. LaVerne, Roberta and John here in evening.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Thursday, March 18, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 18, 1965
Thursday, cold, snow flurries. I didn't feel good yet so didn't do much. Had a nice long letter from Marilyn.
Comment: It's got to be tough to that many sick headaches.....
Thursday, cold, snow flurries. I didn't feel good yet so didn't do much. Had a nice long letter from Marilyn.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Wednesday, March 17, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaires
March 17, 1965
Wednesday, cloudy, 38 high. Started snowing 7:30 pm. I had headache all night and didn't feel good all day. Clifton and Wayne went to Middleburgh after car after school.
Comment: Not sure what car they are going after, cars seemed to be a constant problem.....no mention of St. Patrick's day....there was some Irish heritage on my mother's side but apparently not enough to foster any regard for it. Mary Briggs, David's girlfriend at the time, was Irish and I'm sure her and David did some celebrating....
Wednesday, cloudy, 38 high. Started snowing 7:30 pm. I had headache all night and didn't feel good all day. Clifton and Wayne went to Middleburgh after car after school.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Tuesday, March 16, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 16, 1965
Tuesday, cloudy with snow flurries. Clifton and I went to Cobleskill and mother's for dinner. David went to Albany and tried test for first class license, he passed. Carson went with him.
Comment: Carson is Carson Stryker who drove trucks and owned trucking companies for many years.....for a history of how the big rigs looked through the years, take a listen to this little known trucking song by Gene Watson..seems like I never got to drive the shiny, new ones...
Tuesday, cloudy with snow flurries. Clifton and I went to Cobleskill and mother's for dinner. David went to Albany and tried test for first class license, he passed. Carson went with him.
Comment: Carson is Carson Stryker who drove trucks and owned trucking companies for many years.....for a history of how the big rigs looked through the years, take a listen to this little known trucking song by Gene Watson..seems like I never got to drive the shiny, new ones...
Friday, March 15, 2013
Monday, March 15, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 15, 1965
Monday, cloudy, snow flurries, 30, I ironed nearly all day. David borrowed money at Grand Gorge bank. He and Clifton cleaned the chimney after dinner, it smoked bad. We called Dougie, he was still in the hospital but expected to be released in a couple of days.
Comment: Seems like we had to clean that chimney a lot, it really is a wonder the house did not burn down....I remember a couple of times it nearly did......
Monday, cloudy, snow flurries, 30, I ironed nearly all day. David borrowed money at Grand Gorge bank. He and Clifton cleaned the chimney after dinner, it smoked bad. We called Dougie, he was still in the hospital but expected to be released in a couple of days.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Sunday, March 14, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 14, 1965
Sunday, partly cloudy, 30's. Gerald and Mary Ann called said they were coming. Clifton, the girls and I went to church and Sunday school and down to LaVerne and Roberta's for dinner, Wayne, Laura and David too. Gerald and Mary Ann stayed home. Lorraine, Howard and Marsha came when we had just finished dinner. We came back home 2:30 to see Gerald and Mary Ann off. They went back down.
Comment: Don't have many pictures of Howard and Lorraine...but here is one of Lorraine with Winifred on her right and Doris Ellis on her left...probably early forties....
Sunday, partly cloudy, 30's. Gerald and Mary Ann called said they were coming. Clifton, the girls and I went to church and Sunday school and down to LaVerne and Roberta's for dinner, Wayne, Laura and David too. Gerald and Mary Ann stayed home. Lorraine, Howard and Marsha came when we had just finished dinner. We came back home 2:30 to see Gerald and Mary Ann off. They went back down.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Saturday, March 13, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaires
March 13, 1965
Saturday, fair am, 30, partly cloudy in pm. Ground white with snow since March 5th, roads bare. I had sick headache; felt better about 11 am. David and Wayne cut load of wood.
Comment: We used to cut wood about once a week and haul it to the wood house in the manure spreader....
Saturday, fair am, 30, partly cloudy in pm. Ground white with snow since March 5th, roads bare. I had sick headache; felt better about 11 am. David and Wayne cut load of wood.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Friday, March 12, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaires
March 12, 1965
Friday, beautiful, bright day, 8 above early am, but cold low 20's. I had bad cold on my chest. Clifton and David went to Albany about David's class. Got home about 2:30. Try test Tuesday. for license. Roberta called and invited us down for dinner Sunday.
Comment: David will try to get his Class 1 license so he can drive anything on the road.....
Friday, beautiful, bright day, 8 above early am, but cold low 20's. I had bad cold on my chest. Clifton and David went to Albany about David's class. Got home about 2:30. Try test Tuesday. for license. Roberta called and invited us down for dinner Sunday.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Thursday, March 11, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 11, 1965
Thursday, mostly fair, but cold, windy. Wayne's ( 19th) Birthday. I baked a cake and made lasagna before I went to Missionary Meeting at Madelyn's. We teed off a quilt. Clifton went to auction to Cobleskill and bought 3 pigs. David went to Hudson about a job and could have it if he got a Class 1 license. Laura here for supper. Prayer meeting here at night; only Mayos and Kingsleys.
Comment: Wayne was born in 1946, one of the first "Baby Boomers"....."In the United States, approximately 79 million babies were born during the Baby Boom. Much of this cohort of nineteen years (1946-1964) grew up with Woodstock, the Vietnam War, and John F. Kennedy as president"....About.com.
Wayne died December 3, 2005 age 59....today he would have been 77
Thursday, mostly fair, but cold, windy. Wayne's ( 19th) Birthday. I baked a cake and made lasagna before I went to Missionary Meeting at Madelyn's. We teed off a quilt. Clifton went to auction to Cobleskill and bought 3 pigs. David went to Hudson about a job and could have it if he got a Class 1 license. Laura here for supper. Prayer meeting here at night; only Mayos and Kingsleys.
Comment: Wayne was born in 1946, one of the first "Baby Boomers"....."In the United States, approximately 79 million babies were born during the Baby Boom. Much of this cohort of nineteen years (1946-1964) grew up with Woodstock, the Vietnam War, and John F. Kennedy as president"....About.com.
Wayne died December 3, 2005 age 59....today he would have been 77
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Wednesday, March 10, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 10, 1965
Wednesday, cloudy, about 30 snow at night, 2-3 inches snow. I cleaned and ironed. Mary was here for supper and evening. Sue home, sore throat. My head was better, best in 2 or 3 weeks. Wayne went to Laura's. Planted Swedish tomato and cabbage seed and transplanted African violet.
Comment: Spring on the way....
Wednesday, cloudy, about 30 snow at night, 2-3 inches snow. I cleaned and ironed. Mary was here for supper and evening. Sue home, sore throat. My head was better, best in 2 or 3 weeks. Wayne went to Laura's. Planted Swedish tomato and cabbage seed and transplanted African violet.
Saturday, March 09, 2013
Tuesday, March 9, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 9, 1965
Tuesday, partly cloudy, 30's, still snow here but none in Middleburgh and around. Clifton and I started for Cobleskill with Opel and the brakes setup. We called Roberta and she came and took us to Mothers for dinner. LaVerne and Roberta and John here for supper. I still had a headache. Doug called at night still in the hospital.
Comment: I'll bet it's the last gasp for the Opel......here it is with me in about 1962 or so...note the white socks..pretty cool for the times...
Tuesday, partly cloudy, 30's, still snow here but none in Middleburgh and around. Clifton and I started for Cobleskill with Opel and the brakes setup. We called Roberta and she came and took us to Mothers for dinner. LaVerne and Roberta and John here for supper. I still had a headache. Doug called at night still in the hospital.
Friday, March 08, 2013
Monday, March 8, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 8, 1965
Monday, nice day, 40's, snow settled, roads fair. I wrote to Marilyn and Doug. Clifton and I went to Schenectady about a job for David, left 6:40. Gerald left 9 am.
Comment: I must be heading to Buffalo to my job at Ford.....Ford College Graduate Training Program, "Figtip", 2 years of rotational assignments through finance, accounting, and operations analysis at about $8k per year or about $76k in 2023..right out of college, talk about luck....those times probably will never come back...too dumb to know how good I had it and what the opportunity was....
Monday, nice day, 40's, snow settled, roads fair. I wrote to Marilyn and Doug. Clifton and I went to Schenectady about a job for David, left 6:40. Gerald left 9 am.
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Sunday, March 7, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 7, 1965
Sunday, partly cloudy, girls and I went to church and Sunday school. Sue and I went at night. Dougie called at night and said he was in the hospital with gland trouble. We called Marilyn and she had taken girls to church so we talked to Jim and Dean. Dean was sick with flu. Gerald came and stayed overnight, had to be to work Mon. at 4 pm.
Comment: I think I'm working second shift at the Ford Buffalo Stamping Plant....
Sunday, partly cloudy, girls and I went to church and Sunday school. Sue and I went at night. Dougie called at night and said he was in the hospital with gland trouble. We called Marilyn and she had taken girls to church so we talked to Jim and Dean. Dean was sick with flu. Gerald came and stayed overnight, had to be to work Mon. at 4 pm.
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Saturday, March 6, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 6, 1965
Saturday, 6 inches of wet snow. Cloudy in am, 20's to 35, becoming partly cloudy. Clifton and I went to Schoharie in am and signed paper for sale of land (old place) Rother's were here a few minutes after we got home. Our phone was out. David went to Mary's for supper. Our car broke with Wayne the night before as he pulled in the driveway.
Comment: Weather still bad but navigable...
Saturday, 6 inches of wet snow. Cloudy in am, 20's to 35, becoming partly cloudy. Clifton and I went to Schoharie in am and signed paper for sale of land (old place) Rother's were here a few minutes after we got home. Our phone was out. David went to Mary's for supper. Our car broke with Wayne the night before as he pulled in the driveway.
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Friday, March 5, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 5, 1965
Friday, cloudy, 40, east wind. I washed, David went for physical to Oneonta. Started to snow about 5 pm. We went down to LaVerne's and had to put chains on David's car. Below Hubers about 4 in. of snow, wet, stuck to everything. Boelens hit a tree in front of Jay Mattice's because of snow. Sue (Mrs. Boelens) had bad cut on forehead and went to hospital. Carol and Susan stayed at LaVerne and Roberta's.
Comment: Late snow....I remember one time we had snow in May and it closed the schools for a couple of days..,....
Friday, cloudy, 40, east wind. I washed, David went for physical to Oneonta. Started to snow about 5 pm. We went down to LaVerne's and had to put chains on David's car. Below Hubers about 4 in. of snow, wet, stuck to everything. Boelens hit a tree in front of Jay Mattice's because of snow. Sue (Mrs. Boelens) had bad cut on forehead and went to hospital. Carol and Susan stayed at LaVerne and Roberta's.
Monday, March 04, 2013
Thursday, March 4, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 4, 1965 Thursday beautiful warm day 50's. Finished davenport. Cleaned and Susan Stryker came home with Sue. I went to prayer meeting at Evelyn's. Had a long letter from Marilyn.
Comment: Sounds like a nice day....and news from Gilboa less than a hundred years prior to this entry from Dorothy Pickett's Gilboa Newsletter: Hard to imagine such tragedy...
"Back in Time: July 22, 1880 Mr. William Brink, living about two miles below Gilboa,
about three weeks ago had two children and seven grandchildren living in the same house with him, all of whom have died since that time, with the dreadful disease diphtheria. At two different times they carried two at a time in the same wagon."...Dorothy Pickett, Gilboa Newsletter 3.4.2013
"Back in Time: July 22, 1880 Mr. William Brink, living about two miles below Gilboa,
about three weeks ago had two children and seven grandchildren living in the same house with him, all of whom have died since that time, with the dreadful disease diphtheria. At two different times they carried two at a time in the same wagon."...Dorothy Pickett, Gilboa Newsletter 3.4.2013
Sunday, March 03, 2013
Wednesday, March 3, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 3, 1965
Wednesday, beautiful day, 50's, partly cloudy. I covered cushions for davenport. Clifton cut up deer that LaVerne hit and we put 1/2 of it in cooler.
Comment: Deer-car collisions were quite common. I remember at least two that I was involved in. Pete Hughes had a deer come through the windshield into the front seat of his car and after the stunned deer revived, of course, it wanted to get out and Pete wound up with a noticeable scar on his chin....must have been an exciting couple of minutes...
Mom says they put the deer in the "cooler"...I think that means the milk cooler but not sure. Before we got a freezer and refrigerator, we often put perishable stuff in the milk cooler........
Wednesday, beautiful day, 50's, partly cloudy. I covered cushions for davenport. Clifton cut up deer that LaVerne hit and we put 1/2 of it in cooler.
Mom says they put the deer in the "cooler"...I think that means the milk cooler but not sure. Before we got a freezer and refrigerator, we often put perishable stuff in the milk cooler........
Saturday, March 02, 2013
Tuesday, March 2, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 2, 1965
Tuesday, beautiful, sunny day, 50's. Clifton and I went to Mother's for dinner. Wayne home with a touch of flu maybe. Mary and little brother here when we got home from Cobleskill. David went down there for supper.
Comment: "Wayne's in bed, we think it's flu, he has a real bad cough, a Grand Gorge boy's been torn apart by a tractor power take-off".....I wonder if this is where I got this line about 25 years later for "The Party Line...." take a listen...this is a recording from a performance at the Artichoke, a folk venue in Portland....kinda long...click the link to list4en
http://hubbardfamilymusic.blogspot.com/search?q=The+party+line
Tuesday, beautiful, sunny day, 50's. Clifton and I went to Mother's for dinner. Wayne home with a touch of flu maybe. Mary and little brother here when we got home from Cobleskill. David went down there for supper.
Comment: "Wayne's in bed, we think it's flu, he has a real bad cough, a Grand Gorge boy's been torn apart by a tractor power take-off".....I wonder if this is where I got this line about 25 years later for "The Party Line...." take a listen...this is a recording from a performance at the Artichoke, a folk venue in Portland....kinda long...click the link to list4en
http://hubbardfamilymusic.blogspot.com/search?q=The+party+line
Friday, March 01, 2013
Monday, March 1, 1965 The Frances Hubbard Diaries
March 1, 1965
Monday, sunny, 10 to 35. I washed and started cushions for davenport. Richard Dadone here in am. Federal Income tax came $427.17. Cleaned wood house and cleaned front lawn.
Comment: No idea who Richard Dadone is....The $427 refund would be about $4023 today so was a pretty good sum....
Monday, sunny, 10 to 35. I washed and started cushions for davenport. Richard Dadone here in am. Federal Income tax came $427.17. Cleaned wood house and cleaned front lawn.
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