Wednesday, 31 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday, 31 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice day, hot and humid, upper 70's or more.  I helped paper and paint at parsonage.  Wayne, Laura, Michelle brought Susan home and were here for supper.  Gerald and Mary Ann came 8 pm.  Clifton home late.  Heard that Myrtle Wright was in Cobleskill Hospital with heart attack and G. B. at Schoharie jail.
Comment:  Myrtle Wright was my 6th grade teacher and had to suffer through the start of my slide into incorrigible adolescence and the subsequent suspensions and barely passing grades.  I graduated last in my class of 15 in 1956 and only did that with the help of my Ag teacher through the Ag regents.  Not sure who GB is, might be George Bailey but that certainly seems out of character.....view of South Mountain from the Elmer Hubbard house porch.....probably the forties......

Tuesday, 30 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 30 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice day, 70's.  I felt miserable all day and didn't do much only some ironing.  Girls and I went to LaVerne's and Wayne's at night.  Clifton working overtime.
Comment:  Mom's plague continues.....Ina Belle, Doris and Willard Palmer celebrating Christmas....

Monday, 29 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 29 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Partly cloudy, humid, 70's.  I washed in am and the girls and I went to Schoharie in pm.  I had a tooth out.  David worked for Earl and went to National Guard at night.
Comment:  Unknown to all of us at the time was that Uncle Earl had less than two years to live....he died May 4, 1968......here is my song tribute to him from the Hubbard Music Mountain:  Hubbard Music Mountain: Uncle Earl Born August 1, 1910, Died May 4, 1968

Sunday, 28 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 28 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice day, 70's.  I had sick headache in am and didn't go to church, the girls went.  Open house for Pastor and Mrs. Thomas in afternoon, about 40 there.  We went but I didn't feel good.
Comment:  Tough day....Here are the oldest members in the church about 15 years later......

Otis & Myrtie Hall, Lavilla Kingsley, Lyle Blakesley, Vashti Clapper, Madelyn Blakesley

Saturday, 27 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Saturday, 27 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice day, upper 60's and 70's.  Girls and I went to Grand Gorge in am, after feed.  Met Mary and David, he was home from 2 weeks at Camp Drum.  I stopped at parsonage on way back to get room ready for Sunday.  David and Mary here for dinner  David helped with hay in pm.  Larry Scutt was here back from two years in Vietnam.
Comment:  Never knew Larry was in Vietnam but was he ever:  See links to his heroism below.  That was a bad time to be there....and the American public was turning against the war...bet he had some stories to tell..What an amazingly horrible and wasteful event in our history.....

 

Dec 31, 1965

Troop Levels in 1965

By the end of 1965, the U.S. troop strength in Vietnam exceeds 200,000.10

Mar 31, 1966

Students Burn Cards

Student David O'Brien and three friends burn their draft cards on the steps of the South Boston Courthouse in protest of the war in Vietnam.

Jul 6, 1966

POW’s Mobbed in Hanoi

U.S. prisoners of war (POWs) are led through the streets of Hanoi, where they are attacked by angry mobs.

Gerry Hubbard's SongPoemStories: The First Army Commendation Medal with "V" Device ...: Scutt, Lawrence, D.   STAFF SERGEANT, United States Army, Company D, 2d Battalion, (Airmobile) 12th Cavalry Awarded:  Army Commendation Med...

Gerry Hubbard's SongPoemStories: Award Of The Bronze Star For Heroism: Scott, Lawr...: Award Of The Bronze Star For Heroism: Scott, Lawrence, Staff Sergeant, United States Army, Company D, 2nd Battalion 12th Cavalry ( ...

Gerry Hubbard's SongPoemStories: The Second Award Of The Army Commendation Medal Fo...: General Order 5083, 25 April 1969 Award Of The Army Commendation Medal For Heroism TC 320.  The Following Award Is Announced Scutt, ...

Friday, 26 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Friday, 26 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Partly cloudy, cool, about 70.  I finished Carol's red and black dress.  We took Sue over to Melody's in am.  Had a letter from Marilyn.
Comment:  A pile of kids on the Hill....

Thursday, 25 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Thursday, 25 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Partly cloudy, cool, 60's.  Carol went to Debbie's and out at night.  Sue and I went to the fair and took Mother.  There about two hours, did the grocery shopping.  I went to prayer meeting at nite.  Mr. & Mrs. Thomas were there.  I wrote to Marilyn in am.
Comment:  The Cobleskill Sunshine Fair was a big deal and all the family went just about every year...my life long souvenir of the fair, the tattoo is now 65 years old, got it at 15 when only sailors or hoods had them.  $2.50 from a drunken tattoo artist.  Bobby Pickett and Paul Humphrey joined me, ...pix taken in a mirror, supposed to read GEH..my parents were not pleased.

Wednesday, 24 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday, 24 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cool, rainy and cloudy in am, clearing in pm, windy.  I washed in am.  Sue, Evelyn Bailey and I went to parsonage in pm and did some work.  Wayne's brought Carol home from West Oneonta, they were here for supper.
Comment:   They are involved in church stuff just about every day.....Evelyn Bailey and Doug's wife, Ellen...150th Anniversary of Flat Creek Baptist Church....

Tuesday, 23 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 23 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Rainy and cloudy in mn and.  Very humid, clearing about 3 pm.  I ironed, finished dress Roberta gave me.  Roberta, John and Deane, Shawn, Colleen and Jones girls here in pm.  I cut their hair.  Carol called from Oneonta, she had a letter from Marilyn. We went to Wayne's at night, LaVerne's went too.
Comment:  Again, it is striking how socially active Mom and the girls were back then.  Something going on almost every day.  Carol must be staying in Oneonta for some reason if she got a letter from Marilyn there.  She went to college for a time somewhere but I don't remember where or when...Susan?? The whole married family at about that time......David & Mary, Doug & Ellen, Wayne & Laura, Gerald & Mary Ann, LaVerne & Roberta, Marilyn & Jim.....pretty good times, it seemed anyway...

Susan Ciacci So, Carol had a friend she met at the Baptist camp on Ferris Hill, Joyce Knapp. Carol often visited there for a week or so. I don't remember her ever being in Oneonta for an extended period of time. She went to college at Seneca Falls, or Niagara, out where you lived at the time Jerry.

Monday, 22 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 22 August 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloud, hot, humid, 70's, thundershowers about 5 pm.  I didn't wash, Sue and I went to Grand Gorge after feed in am and over to LaVerne's and ate lunch with Roberta.
Comment:  Sounds like a pleasant day.....First Cousin Barry, Sister Marilyn, Aunt Ina Belle, mid-Forty's..at the Elmer Hubbard farm.....

Sunday, 21 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 21 August 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice day but overcast and humid, 70's.  Winnie, Rudy and LaVerne's here for dinner.  We went for a ride and hunted for antiques in pm.  I had a sick headache in am and didn't go to church.  Knapp's came after Carol at night.

Comment:  This was the first wedding anniversary of Mary Ann and I...  now it's our 54th.....Winnie, Rudy, and family, Beth, Rudy Earl and Randy....not sure what year.

Saturday, 20 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Saturday, 20 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice day, clear, beautiful.  Clifton cut the field in back of the house but had no one to help him get it in.  Doug didn't come home and David was at Camp Drum.  Carol went out with Dick Oakely at night.  We went to LaVerne's and rode over to Summit Camp and called on Mother and Norm a few minutes at night.
Comment:  Hmmm..Doug not coming home was worth an underscore....hay must be getting very ripe, probably should have been cut a month ago.....the field that he cut behind the house...about twenty acres...view this year from Jeffery...

Friday, 19 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Friday, 19 August 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Lovely day.  Carol and I took Plymouth to Middleburgh today to have it serviced, ate lunch with Papa & Billy, home about 2 pm.  Sue was here, Sullivans brought her home.
Comment:  Mom with her step-mom, Billy at LaVerne's.  Billy was my mother's mother's sister....'nuff said

Thursday 18 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Thursday 18 August 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice day.  Carol and I took Sue over to Melody's about noon and stopped and had a visit with Mrs. Mayo, then we put up new shades and curtains in Church Hall.  I went to prayer meeting and Madelyn, Evelyn, Joyce and I went to Marion's to plan an open house for Thomases. Had a letter from Marilyn.
Comment:  Again, lots of church business.....The Bailey family 1956..they lived on the backside of Hubbard Hill in Broom Center.  Evelyn on crutches, don't remember what happened...that was the year I graduated from Gilboa Central...63 years ago....these folks were neighbors, friends, and cousins to my family...Joyce was a year behind me in school and my Dad always wanted me to take her out but I never did.....

Wednesday 17 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday 17 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy in am, partly cloudy in pm, clearing, about 70.  Clifton called at noon and wanted to go to Oneonta to bank so we did shopping too.  Susan Stryker went with us.  I wrote to David and Marilyn in am.  My radio was done and I got my new bedspread with stamps.  LaVerne's here for about 20 minutes in evening.
Comment:  All sorts of electronic, web based shopping "point" programs have replaced the paper stamps and we haven't seen the last of it.....

Tuesday, 16 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 16 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy and very overcast, humid, 70's.  I washed in am, did sewing for Carol and fixed girl's new clothes we got Monday.  Wayne, LaVerne and Michelle came about 2pm.
Comment:  Christi, Laura And Michelle, 1978....

Monday, 15 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 15 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Clifton started work at Cairo again but didn't work because of rain.  We went to Albany to Armory Garage to have steering fixed on car.  The girls bought some school clothes.
Comment:  It seemed like there was always something going wrong with the steering on our cars, out of line, tires unbalanced...all sorts of problems...must have been the roads and the older technology.....Elise and the tombstone of her great, great, great grandparents on my father's mother's side.....

Sunday, 14 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 14 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunny in am, cloudy in pm, some rain at night.  Went to church and Sunday School.  Wayne's and Gerald's here for dinner.  LaVerne's came later.  Gerald's left for home 3 pm.  Clifton and I went to Middleburgh in pm to see Ella Mae, the rest went to Nickersons.  We stopped at LaVerne's on the way back.  LaVerne, Roberta and girls took Doug back.  I went to church at night.

Comment:  The weekend ends....extremely social day.....this is the "home"  we were heading for...the Peter Pan Apartments just across the Grand Island Bridge on Buffalo Avenue in Niagara Falls.......

Saturday, 13 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Saturday, 13 August 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice day but cool in am.  Gerald helped Dad with the hay.  LaVerne's came for supper and we all went to the auction at East Durham.  Wayne's too.
Comment:  It was a cattle auction..sound like a good day for "hayin".....this is pretty much how we did it, same tractor Farmall H or M and a bale chute.

Friday, 12 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Friday, 12 August 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Partly cloudy and cooler.  Roberta came after Carol in am to babysit at night.  Sue and I took David to Stryker's to go to Oneonta and on to Camp Drum for two weeks.  Clifton, Sue and I went after Doug at 730 pm.
Comment:  One brother goes on duty, the other on weekend leave.....that First Army big red and black "A" was on the shoulders of LaVerne, me and David....mine changed to the Sixth Army's six-pointed star when I went to the language school in Monterey then to the Tori patch when I went to Okinawa...

Thursday, 11 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Thursday, 11 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
70's.  Windy and overcast.  David took me to Missionary Meeting at night and Madelyn brought me home.  Clifton had the old car, David the other one.  Thunder showers and rain at night, burned out my radio.
Comment:  Kinda exciting...must have been a close strike.....

Wednesday, 10 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday, 10 August 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy, hot and humid.  Carol and I took Sue to Schoharie to see Dr. Adams in the pm, did some shopping at Middleburgh.  Clifton wasn't home when we got back, came at 10:30.  Had letter from Marilyn.
Comment:  This is similar to our morning and evening scenes while growing up, but this is a little more modern

Tuesday, 9 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 9 August 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Hot and humid, mostly cloudy, upper 70's.  I washed in am.  Wayne, Laura, and Michelle here for dinner and supper.  Clifton worked at Oneonta.  I wrote to Marilyn.  Clifton home late.
Comment:  The older grandchildren all now in their forties and fifties, name them?

Monday, 8 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 8 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Hot, humid, partly cloudy.  Carol and I went to Cairo to ?(looks like S or I awck) 730 am.  Came home , I cut out a dress for each of the girls and went to Schenectady to specialist with Sue about her nose, he said she should go to plastic surgeon.  We went to LaVerne's at night.  David laid off at Cobleskill and Clifton didn't work either.
Comment:  Not sure why they went to someplace in Cairo that early in the morning...probably be doing some of this today...Betty, Me, Brother David.....

Sunday, 7 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 7 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Hot, mostly sunny.  Girls and I went to church and Sunday School, went to Mother's in pm.  Wayne's were there for dinner.  Mother picked out a new carpet for her living room.  David took Doug back, Sue and I went to church at night.
Comment:  Always a lot of social activity, very few days with no visitors or visiting.  More church history:  Mark and Steven Reynolds and Michael Hubbard are the middle children.....

Saturday 6 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Saturday 6 August 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Nice day, 80, hot.  Doug, David, and Dad worked at the hay.  I baked in the am and finished the chair.  Wrote to Gerald and Mary Ann and had a letter from Marilyn and map and a card.  Priscilla Wickert died, killed in a car accident.

Comment:  Priscilla was the daughter of Fred Wickert, my teacher of Agriculture at GHS.  I was put in the "shop" class in my freshman year mostly because the classes were held all afternoon in the basement of the school and kept me far away from the regular student body and made me less trouble.  It also made me a member of the Future Farmers Of America, a career I really had no intentions of pursuing after being brought up on a dairy farm...."When you're brought up on a dairy farm, life's easy after that".....

Friday, 5 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Friday, 5 August 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice Day, 70's.  Sue and I picked currants in am after I washed.  Went to Prattsville after Carol's clothes she left at Debbie's.  The girls and I went after Doug at 730 pm. Clifton home late and finished at Cairo.
Comment:   "Clifton home late" means Dad was out carousing.  His job ended, probably at a Thruway interchange in Cairo.  Brother Douglas Maynard and First Cousin Glenn Taylor about 1947 or so

Thursday, 4 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Thursday, 4 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice day, 70's.  I worked on chair then Carol and I went to Mother's for lunch and she went down shopping with us.  LaVerne's here for supper.
Comment:  Sounds like they are having a nice summer......the O'Hara girls...second cousins on father's side..daughters of Betty Hubbard O'Hara

and Tom, grand kids of  Uncle Merel and Aunt Ella....

Wednesday, 3 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday, 3 August 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice day, 70's.  I finished checked suit and worked on the chair.  Took Sue to Roberta's and were there for lunch.  She had to babysit for John at night.
Comment:  South Mountain from the Mace farm at Mackey's Corners......listen to my song about the mountain....Click This Link For A South Mountain Ghost Story

Tuesday, 2 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 2 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy, about 70.  I finished painting outside foundation in am and worked on patch work chair in pm. Had rain in pm at night.
Comment:  Wow, no visitors or comments about the kids...another name for Hubbard Hill was Doc Leonard Mountain.  This is a view from Stewart Mace's farm and was in Clyda Belle Bailey Mace's "Honey In The Horn" book about times on the Mace Farm in Mackey's Corners.....In the late 1800's and early 1900's, Doc Leonard had a large farm and house just east of the Hubbard Hill summit.  As a kid, I remember the house and some outbuildings in a falling down condition.....

Monday, 1 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 1 August, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice day. 70's.  I washed in am and went to Phyllis Clapper's funeral with Lyle's to Preston Hollow in afternoon.  Wayne's and Laura here for supper.  David went to National Guard, Carol started to paint the outside foundation.
Comment:  Here is Wayne and his oldest son, Waynie.....