Monday, 31 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 31 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Twenty four degrees early am.  Partly cloudy 40's.  Carol and I took Doug to Kingston at 530 am then I took the girls to school and came back and washed.
Comment:  Early trip.....At Belly Ayer Farm probably late thirties or very early forties...second from left, Ina Belle, then Grandma Aggie, LaVerne or me??, Madelyne and Winnie

Sunday, 30 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 30 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Coldest day so far, 15 degrees in early am.  Girls and I went to church and Sunday School.  Stephanie Smith came for Carol and they went to Mary Ann's after dinner.  Clifton and I went to Ray & Mary's 50th anniversary.  I took Sue and Patty to Young People's Meeting at night.  Gerald and Mary Ann called while we were at Rays and Winnie & Rudy stopped.
Comment:  Busy Sunday..don't know who "Mary Ann's" is, Winnie in high school....does anybody know any of the other folks in the picture??

Saturday, 29 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Saturday, 29 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice in am becoming very windy and much cooler about noon and some rain.  Clifton and I went to Sears in am with Laverne's truck to get heater.  LaVerne's came up in pm, he Doug and David helped set it up and get some of it done.
Comment:  Must be quite a set up for the heater......here it is many years later after Mom moved out......

Friday, 28 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Friday, 28 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Beautiful, 60's.  I washed in a after Roberta brought John up.  David left at 715 am for trip with Timberland.  No lights in early am, ate breakfast by candlight.  I took John home at 2pm.  Carol, Sue and I went after Doug and shopped in Cairo.  Wayne, Laura and Michelle here when we got back and brought a nice big plant for birthday gift.
Comment:  Guess you could do worse than a candlelight breakfast.....

Thursday, 27 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Thursday, 27 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Beautiful, not so warm, sunny about 50.  I sewed all day and David was here.  Carol went to prayer meeting with me at night.  Evelyn Bailey and E.T. had cakes and ice cream for Joyce and my birthdays.  I received gifts from Louvilla, Evelyn and Joyce.

Comment:  Mom's 53rd birthday, Joyce's, 27th....The birthday girls:  This is an actual picture of Mom in 1966.....more about Mom from Susan's Memories Of Her Mother: 

 Gerry Hubbard's SongPoemStories: Susan's Memories Of Her Mother: The Life of Frances Marietta Barber Hubbard, as seen through the eyes of her youngest daughter, Susan Frances Hubbard (Reynolds) Ciacci

Wednesday, 26 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday, 26 October 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Another beautiful day, 50's.  I wrote to Marilyn 630 am before Roberta brought John up.  LaVerne came for supper.
Comment:  Getting things done before the rugrat arrives.....John and other kids blueberrying......John in the center, son David on his left, can't make out the other kids.....

Tuesday, 25 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 25 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Beautiful day, same as Monday, 63.  I finished cleaning wood house and cleaned house all through, had letters from Gerald and Mary Ann.  David left 4am for Poughkeepsie for Timberland.  Mrs. Thomas here at night for evening, we played 42.  Madelyn's brother, Asa Allen died.
Comment:  I never knew any of Madelyn Blakesley's family...Mom and the family loved to play 42..it was really Texas 42 and interestingly it was started by two Baptist brothers who were forbidden to play cards..."About 120 years ago, two boys from Trapps Springs (now Garner) were caught in a forbidden pastime: playing cards. Their parents burned the offending deck and whipped the disobedient youngsters, but this led William Thomas and Walter Earl to find a loophole in the rules. “In those days Baptists considered card-playing to be the devil’s work,” says Dennis Roberson, the Fort Worth author ofWinning 42: Strategy & Lore of the National Game of Texas . “But dominoes, for some reason, weren’t sinful.” So the enterprising boys replaced the cards with dominoes, invented a new game similar in style to bridge and spades, and dubbed it 42. Soon the game had scooted across Texas like an unhampered tumbleweed."  and so I now know why it was not "sinful" for a devout Baptist to play 42...."Texas Monthly May 2008.   

Monday, 24 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 24 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Beautiful, sunny, warm day, 62.  I washed and put plastic on four windows.  Cleaned cellar and woodhouse.  Mother called in am.
Comment:  Another busy day prepping for winter....the cellar.....after it was repaired.....

Sunday, 23 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 23 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Mostly cloudy, warm, 60.  Girls and I went to church and Sunday School.  Laverne's and Wayne's here for dinner.  I went to church at night.
Comment:  Typical church and family Sunday.....Mary Ann at 25 Division...must be a social event somewhere.....

Saturday, 22 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Saturday, 22 October 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Sunny, warm, 50's.  Clifton, girls and I went to Sears and Ward's in Albany looking for heater.  We went to Raymond and Louvilla's 35th anniversary at night, nice time.
Comment:  At that time in my life, 35 years married seemed a very long time, now, that we've been married 54 years, not so much.....Mary Hallenbeck on the porch at 25 Division Street.....

Friday, 21 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Friday, 21 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Beautiful day, 50's or more.  I washed in am and did two windows in the pm then Doug called at 215 and I picked Carol up at school and we got Doug at 430 pm in Kingston.  Ella came in am with application for Doug and David to vote.
Comment:  Pretty good service for Doug....The Hubbard's were kinda active in local politics.  Grandpa Elmer had been a County Supervisor, Dad had been Gilboa Road Superintendent...can't remember if Merel ran for any office...here is Ella on an Easter with Clyda Bailey Mace and Stewart...

Tuesday, 20 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 20 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy in am and partly cloudy in pm, cool, 30s'.  I did some house work.  Evelyn Bailey went with me to Cobleskill shopping in pm.  I went to prayer meeting at night.
Comment:  Getting cool.......George & Mary Hallenbeck with Craig, 1969 or so....

Wednesday, 19 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday, 19 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Rain, fog, chilly, 40's.  Clifton didn't work because of the rain.  We went to Roberta's for dinner and stayed with John until 230pm.  They came home with us and LaVerne came for supper and Wayne came too.  We called Marilyn in the evening.
Comment:  Roberta working the mail route and LaVerne at Timberland.  Mom & Dad babysitting...Foggy Morning In The Catskills.....

Tuesday, 18 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 18 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy and cool.  I washed in am and went to Home Bureau to Mrs. Ely's, an  all day meeting.  Medical self help was the program.
Comment:  1973, In the kitchen at 25 Division Street, Gloversville with the Hallenbecks:  Mary Ann, Margie, Dan Lawson, Mary, George....

Monday, 17 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 17 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy, windy, cool, 30's.  I ironed and did mending.  Received birthday gift from Marilyn, an Amplified New Testament.  Chip and Janet (Halleck) and kids here in evening.
Comment:  Janet was the daughter of Louvilla Kingsley, Mom's good friend and neighbor....."The Amplified Bible is a translation that, by using synonyms and definitions, both explains and expands the meaning of words in the text by placing amplification in parentheses and brackets and after key words or phrases. This unique system of translation allows the reader to more completely grasp the meaning of the words as they were understood in the original languages. Through multiple expressions, fuller and more revealing appreciation is given to the divine message as the original text legitimately permits."  Wikipedia.....now you know....

Sunday, 16 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 16 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy, cool.  Girls and I went to church and Sunday School.  Howard, Lorraine, Roger, Ellen Cassels & Mary here for dinner, and Earl.  I went to church at night.
Comment:  Dinner for 10-12, no problem...continuing 1973 in Voorheesville...Craig, Marilyn, David...

Saturday, 15 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Saturday, 15 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Lovely warm day.  Clifton, girls and I went to Cobleskill and Oneonta looking about heaters.  Wayne, Laura and Michelle here in evening.
Comment:  Winter is coming....probably the heater that wound up in the living room....caring for Jason in about 1972....Voorheesville.....

Friday, 14 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Friday, 14 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Partly cloudy and warm, about 60.  I washed in am.  Sue stayed home.  Called Lorraine and invited them to Sunday dinner.  We went to LaVerne's at night and on to Wayne's but no one at home there.
Comment: And the weekend begins.....Tara? and who??

Thursday, 13 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Thursday, 13 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy and cool in am, becoming partly sunny and warm, about 60.  I did some ironing, and cleaning.  Wrote to Marily and went to Missionary Meeting at Madelyn's in the afternoon and prayer meeting at night.
Comment:  It's striking how socially active Mom was.  Almost everyday being visited by family and neighbors or visiting them, and always the church activities, three, four, five times a week....David and Mary, mid seventies....sure looks like Todd....

Wednesday, 12 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday, 12 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy, windy, chilly, snow on Bear Pen Mountain and snow mixed with rain here in am.  Girls and I went to Mother's for dinner and Sue had her hair done Thelma Finches at Middleburgh.  David drove for Timberland after he got back from Buffalo. Had letter from Marilyn.
Comment:  First snow of the season....

Tuesday, 11 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 11 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Quite warm, 40's in am, windy, becoming cloudy and rain showers.  I washed in am and did some tomatoes and cauliflower with pepper pickles, also some mending. Had letter from Gerald and Mary Ann.
Comment:  John on the hill....standing if front of the wood stove in the "other part".....

Monday, 10 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 10 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Warm in am, becoming windy with heavy rain and showers and cooler.  Janet and Robin came about 10 and stayed for lunch.  We planned 35th anniversary for Raymond and Louvilla.  Roberta and John came about 3 and Laverne later for supper.  Wayne and Laura here in evening.  I cut out dress for Roberta and helped her with it.
Comment:  A busy Monday...saw jet trails picture from Visions Of Schoharie Valley and had to throw in my own memories of when I saw my first ones a long time ago.....
Hubbard Music Mountain: Jet Trails Talking Blues: Un-empathetic Version G...: J et Trails Talking Blues: Un-empathetic Version I was working in the milk house singing “Seven Lonely Days” When I heard my fir...

Sunday, 9 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 9 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Lovely day in the 70's.  Girls and I went to Church and Sunday School and Carol, Clifton and I went to 50th anniversary for Elton Cross and on down Palenville Mountain.  Girls and I took Doug to Kingston at night.  David had National Guard.
Comment:  Boy, they sure put some miles on those cars......Palenville is the fictional home of Rip van Winkle and an art center.....Palenville was an important center of the Hudson River school of the 19th century. Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, and other notable painters stayed and worked in Palenville during the height of the movement. The famous painting Kindred Spirits depicts Cole and William Cullen Bryant nearKaaterskill Falls, just uphill from the town. The famous Catskill Mountain House was also located just outside Palenville. Palenville is the fictional home of Rip van Winkle.  Example of Hudson River School of painting...

Saturday, 8 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Saturday, 8 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Lovely day, warm, 60, 70's.  Clifton fixed the roof then we went to church picnic over by Kingsley's, after that Clifton and I went to Preston Hollow after roof boards.  David went to National Guard.
Comment:  In the mid forties when I was about 6 or 7, I remember Mom putting out various pans and buckets to catch the drips through the ceiling when it rained hard.  I vividly remember the living room at night with pans spread around the room and on the furniture catching the water......no indication of what happened to the roof....Chris Hubbard showing off.....

Friday, 7 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Friday, 7 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Partly cloudy, I washed in am and finished my blue suit.
Comment:  A washerwoman seamstress day...Chris Hubbard (LaVerne's youngest) and friend....

Thursday, 6 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Thursday, 6 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Partly cloudy, windy 40's high.  I put vinyl on windows upstairs and sewed.  Carol home with a cold.  I went to prayer meeting at night, then, at 945 pm, Carol and I went after Doug in Kingston.  David left 930 am driving for Timberland.
Comment:  Frost must be in the air, again a pretty busy day ending probably after midnight....Michael and Dougie on the hill in front of the old desk.....

Wednesday, October 5, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday, October 5, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Partly cloudy, light showers. Louvilla and I went to Cobleskill and Richmondville. David drove for Timberland.
Comment:  Wonder what the Timberland load was....charcoal out or bark coming in from the Mechanicville paper mills....Here is Louvilla Kingsley in 1981 at the church anniversary event:  I think that's Raymond Kingsley, her husband, on the left....

Tuesday, 4 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 4 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Partly cloudy, warm 60 degrees.  I cleaned the kitchen in am and worked on Carol's green dress.  Evelyn Thomas and Evelyn Bailey here in pm to plan church picnic on Saturday.
Comment:  The church parsonage, probably where the picnic will be held.  I first learned to ride a bicycle on that lawn and will never forget the feeling of elation and flying when I first balanced rode the bike.  It was a girl's bike and I think it belonged to Janet Kingsley at the time...

Monday, 3 October , 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 3 October, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Lovely day, 60.  I washed in am.  No school, girls cleaned all through.  We went to Laura's in afternoon and saw Roberta and John at Renz's.  I solicited for PTA and we stopped at Louvilla's.
Comment:  Hmmm, don't remember the 'rents being very involved in the school.  Maybe that changed with the girls.....remember the seventies.....

Sunday, 2 October , 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 2 October , 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Partly cloudy.  We left Gerald's and Mary Ann's at 230 and arrived home at 730pm.
Comment:  Home to...October In The Catskills, quite a famous painting....http://collections.lacma.org/node/239245

Saturday, October 1, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Saturday, October 1, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice day, clear and cool.  Gerald, Mary Ann and us went to Toronto, Canada and ate dinner there.  Had a nice trip, pretty country, especially around Lake Ontario.
Comment:  Vaguely remember the trip...most clear is that in Canada, the lake shore is public and is totally accessible to the public and very beautiful as opposed to the US where most of the shores are private and inaccessible physically and visually...a striking contrast....The Trip