Wednesday, 30 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday, 30 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy and foggy.  I didn't do anything had sick headache all day.  David went to Albany for physical and got job at Albany Felt.

Comment:  Probably pretty hard to understand how bad her headaches were....

Tuesday, 29 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 29 November 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy, 28.  I wrote to Marilyn and Gerald and Mary Ann, did some ironing, made three aprons.  David went job hunting.
Comment:  Wonder how she would have taken to email and Facebook??
From Sister Sue: Probably okay. She could type, you know. J Susan

Monday, 28 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 28 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Heavy rain and wind at night.  Cloudy and foggy, 39's.  I washed and hung clothes up stairs. Solicited for retarded children in am.  Doug and David went to Grand Gorge after feed.  David took Doug back at night.
Comment:  Hmmm, wonder where she went, had to be driving......bet

 
she did not run into any of these.....

Sunday, 27 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 27 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Thirties and forties.  Carol and I went to church.  Rudy's, Earl, Wayne and LaVerne here for dinner and supper.  Earl Christiana, Kitty, Herbie and her brother's friend and Helena Weedman here inf afternoon.
Comment:  Thanksgiving season and deer season in full swing.  Rudy, Earl and the Christiana's always stopped in during the deer season....

Saturday, 26 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Saturday, 26 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy and cooler 40.  We worked at heater again.  Put two hot air ducts in front room and in our room.
Comment:   A never ending project.....

Friday, 25 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Friday, 25 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy but warm, 50's.  Girls and I went to Mother's for lunch and shopped after boys got back with car, had Rhunbeirs wrecker get it out.
Comment:  Getting back to normal, I guess.....Living room scene...who's the baby....

Thursday, 24 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Thursday, 24 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Thanksgiving Day.  Cloudy but warm, 52.  Just David, Doug, girls, Clifton and I here. Wayne's here in evening.  Doug ran off the road near LaVerne's and LaVerne brought him home.  Jammed car roof. Doug and David went on Hall's Mountain toward night hunting.  Doug was nearly shot.  We called Marilyn in pm.
Comment:  A dangerous day for Doug....one of many on the Hill as the guns, farm animals and farm equipment occasioned many close calls.  I almost shot Doug with a 12 gauge.  We used to cut the slug out of a  shotgun shell and shoot just the wadding, kinda like a big blank shot.  So I had the idea that if  I just rolled the slug back down the barrel and then fired it, the slug would just roll out the end of the barrel.  I almost had Doug stand in front of it to test it when I changed my mind and aimed the gun at a round cast iron support post in the barn and pulled the trigger.  Of course, the slug came out full velocity and made a large and permanent dent in the pole, much to my horror at the time.....I was about twelve and Doug about eight years old......that post became a marveling focal point for me whenever I worked in or visited the barn in later years...here is what Doug said about the incidents through Michael: "I asked about the car and he said it just slid off the road, down the bank, onto some trees which damaged the roof.  He went to LaV’s, called home and Wyckoff’s got it out.  As for almost being shot, he and Uncle David were walking along and heard a gun shot and a slug bullet went between them.  He said he could actually see the bullet and it sounded like a bee….bzzzz".  27821

Wednesday, 23 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday, 23 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries 27820
Little cloudiness, 60, no wind.  I kept John until 230 pm.  Doug got home at 1230 pm and the girls from school same.  Letters from Mary Ann and Marilyn.  Doug took David's car to Brigg's.
Comment:  All getting ready for Thanksgiving day weekend.  School and Navy out early.....this old cupboard sat in the Hubbard House cellarway for many years...I still don't remember what was inside it...From Sister Sue: "That was Grandma Anna Christianna’s Jelly Cupboard – which John Hubbard has now. Mom kept canned pickles, and jelly and jams in it, and other canned things."Susan

Tuesday, 22 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 22 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Another beautiful, clear, sunny day, 54 high, no wind.  I baked in am.  Clifton came home 1030 am, he was about sick with flu or a cold.   David left 1030 am for Syracuse. I did some sewing and ironing.  Girls had a game at night here.  Mother called in am.
Comment:  Dad must have been really sick, took a lot to put him down..Dad in his prime about 28 years old, and Mom about 23 in 1936 or so with Marilyn and LaVerne in the house they rented from Bruce Buel which later became the Gilboa Post Office.....

Monday, 21 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 21 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Beautiful day, no wind, 50.  First day of deer hunting.  Doug left 430 pm for New Jersey, he took David's car.  I washed in am, made an apron.  LaVerne's came about 4 pm and here for supper.  Roberta took me to to Grand Gorge with their truck for feed. They had just got back from New York City, went on Sunday after parts for plant.
Comment:  Busy day....Us boys always stayed home to hunt on the first day.  I got my first deer at 14 driving the woods below the road on the first day with my Dad.  Shot it with Mossberg 16 gauge bolt action C-lect Choke.  Here is how the hunting season works.....

Sunday, 20 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 20 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Sunny, clear, beautiful day, 12-40 degrees.  Girls and I went to church and Sunday School.  Wayne's here for dinner.  We made candles and started pillows in pm.  Sue went to church with me at night.
Comment:  Getting ready for the holiday season.....

Saturday, 19 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Saturday, 19 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice day.  Clifton and I worked on heater nearly all day, put in two cold air ducts.  Doug and girls went to Middleburgh after clothes at cleaners and Carol went to Mary O'hara's jewelry party at night.
Comment:  That damned heater......

Friday, 18 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Friday, 18 November 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
27815  Cold, mostly cloudy.  I washed and hung clothes in the attic.  David home about 1 pm.  I started after Doug 4:15 pm, met Clifton in Durham and he went with me. Girls had game in Jefferson.
Comment:  The weekend begins....."dinner", (mid-day) on the hill...wonder if it was deer hunting season, probably.....you name them....

Thursday, 17 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Thursday, 17 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries  27814
Cloudy, 50's.  I ironed and did some cleaning.  Sue and I went to Katie's for hair spray.  I went to prayer meeting with Madelyn and Lyle at Kingsley's.
Comment:  The Christian life predominates.....from left:  Great Aunt Flora Tenblad Laraway, Judith Barber Newcomb, Mom's half-sister, "Billie", Mom's Aunt and Step Mother, Mom...

Wednesday, 16 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday, 16 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries  27813
Warm, 50's, no wind, Partly cloudy.  I baked two pies and made bread and called on Delores and Louise.  I cleaned attic in pm.  LaVerne's here in evening for a few minutes.  Wrote to Marilyn.
Comment:  Delores and Louise (Ferris) were wife and mother-in-law to Don Armlin, recently killed in a 'coon hunting accident.....Mom baking again...mmmm...good.  Mom in the kitchen on the hill with her mother Bessie and good friend and sister-in-law Aunt Ella (Briggs) Hubbard......

Tuesday, 15 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 15 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice day, 40.  I had Home Bureau, about twenty here with 6 children.  Louvilla came early and helped do Christmas decorations.  Clifton and I called at LaVerne's and Wayne's at night.  Michelle had the measles and Wayne called and talked to Mary Ann.
Comment:  Not sure why Wayne called us.....seems hard to believe how dangerous measles were and that all us kids had them and survived without lasting effects.....27812

Monday, 14 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 14 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Mostly sunny, 40's.  Carol and I took Doug to Kingston at 530 am.  I took Carol to school and went to Grand Gorge after feed.  Cleaned all through.  David left 1130 am for Syracuse.  Had pictures and letter from Marilyn.
Comment:  They've take Doug back to Kingston for the last three Mondays in a row, each time at 530 am and then the girls to school.....The girls in October of 1966 about a month before this entry.....on a trip to Niagara Falls.....

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Sunday, 13 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 13 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice and sunny, clear but cool.  Mary Ann went to church with the girls and me.  LaVerne's and Wayne's here for dinner.  Gerald's left for Niagara Falls about 4 pm.  Mother called, they went to Middleburgh.  I went to church at night.
Comment:  A pleasant weekend.  Wonder if that damned heater is finally installed and working....Here is Mary Ann and John in 1966...about that time.....

Saturday, 12 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Saturday, 12 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice day.  Clifton and Gerald worked on heater all day, put in cold air duct.  Laverne's here in the evening, we played 42.
Comment:  I remember this day well.  My Dad, 58 years old, lying on his back under the house with a chainsaw, with very little clearance, cutting a gap thru the massive hand hewn beams holding up the house so we could put in the cold air duct.  Brutal work in the dirt and the dark......and here he is in 1966.....

Friday, 11 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Friday, 11 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy, cooler, 40's.  I had a miserable headache all day.  Carol, Sue, Melody and I went to Cobleskill shopping and to Mother's for a minute.  Sue stayed at Melody's and then Melody came home with her and stayed overnight.  David left 3 am for two trips to Syracuse.  Gerald and Mary Ann got here mid-night.
Comment:  Family gathers for Veteran's day....

Thursday, 10 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Thursday, 10 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy, warm, windy, 69, heavy rain and very windy at night.  I washed in am and prepared devotional for Missionary Meeting in pm at church.  When we (Sue and I) got home from prayer meeting at Louise's, we and Carol went to Kingston after Doug.
Comment:  Louise's is Louise Ferris Hubbard, my step grandmother and the previous day her son in law married to her daughter Delores, was buried after being shot in the chest by a friend while he was coon hunting.  So Doug was taken back Monday and is coming home Thursday again...pretty light Navy duty...just saying.....

Wednesday, 9 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday, 9 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy, fifties, warm.  John was here all day.  I did some ironing.  LaVerne's and Mr. and Mrs. Mayo here for supper.  Don Armlin's funeral.  Earl stopped in a minute,  though Wayne's were here.
Comment:   Drop of the hat dinner party.....Armlin Hill looking up Woods Road from Rt 145.....

Tuesday, 8 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 8 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Election day.  Cloudy, warm, 50's.  I cleaned kitchen cupboards, washed ceiling etc., wrote to Marilyn.  Clifton and I voted at night and went to funeral parlor for Don Armlin.
Comment:  

1966 Women's Voters Guide

The U.S. Senate election, 1966 was an election on November 8, 1966 for the United States Senate which occurred midway through the second and first full term of President Lyndon Johnson. With divisions in the Democratic base over the Vietnam War, and with the traditional mid-term advantage of the party not holding the presidency, the Republicans took three Democratic seats. Despite Republican gains, the balance remained overwhelmingly in favor of the Democrats, who retained a 64-36 majority.

Monday, 7 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 7 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice in am, about 40, becoming cloudy in pm, snow gone.  Carol and I took Doug to Kingston 530 then I took girls to school.  I washed and hung clothes in the attic.
Comment:  Early start.....

Sunday, 6 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 6 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Foggy and 2" of snow or more, 30's.  Girls and I went to church and Sunday School.  LaVerne's here when we got home.  I called Wayne's and they came for dinner too.  LaVerne brought his snowmobile and they had fun with that.  Mary Ann and Gerald called about 1pm.
Comment:  Lots of family contact and interaction...snow on the hill early 70's...

Saturday, 5 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Saturday, 5 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy, 30's.  Doug and girls left for Albany and didn't get back 'til 5 pm, got blanket and tape for heater.  Clifton and I went to Grand Gorge after file and feed and worked on cold air ducts.  Took Sue to parsonage for Halloween party and Carol to Linda's for birthday party and picked them up.  Don Armlin shot and killed while hunting coon at night.
Comment:  Work on the heater never stopping..Don Armlin was one of the "Armlin Boys" generally known for being bad asses and mountain men living up in the Middleburgh hills. He married Delores Ferris, youngest daughter of Claude and Louis Ferris who lived at "Ferris Camp" or, later, the Baptist Bible Camp.  Louise later became my step-grandmother after marrying my Granddad Elmer Hubbard.  Claude ran a hunting camp and beer joint where in 1948, I watched the second Joe Lewis, Billy Conn fight on a 12 inch black and white tv with a large magnifying glass in front of it.  Claude and Louise had previously lost a two year old boy when he drowned in the swimming pool Claude had for his guests.  After that incident, he drained the pool and it was never used again.  Don was killed after he climbed a tree along the Ferris Camp road and tried to shake a coon out of the tree.  One of his friends thought he would help him and tried to shoot the coon with a .22 but hit Don in the chest and killed him.  The meme "He can run but he can't hide" was voiced by Joe Louis after he was asked about Conn's exceptional foot and hand speed.  Take a look: 

 http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/577084

Friday, 4 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Friday, 4 November 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Partly cloudy, cold, 20's and windy.  I washed and did some cleaning and moved some things from the attic to the barn.  I had a letter from Marilyn.  I went after Doug alone at 230pm.  Clifton home late.  Sue went to Carlisle with Thomas's.
Comment:  Carlisle, the place where  I was born in my Grandmother Bessie's farm home, the last of us not born in a hospital...tidbit:  Civil War Medal of Honor recipient John Snyders Kenyon was born on May 5, 1843, in Grovenor Corners near Carlisle.  Here is his grave and what he did:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7735152

His Medal:  

Tuesday, 3 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 3 November 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Warm, '50s in am, becoming clear and much cooler.  Clifton didn't work because of rain in am and he and I and David worked on the heater all day.  Got it working at 530 pm.  LaVerne's called a minute at night with their new Chrysler, lovely car.
Comment:  That's about 4 man-days work on the heater.....don't remember LaVerne's new car.....get together at Clifford And Evelyn Taylor's house on Rt 145 in Franklinton showing some of our cars:  From left, LaVerne, Rudy, Glenn Taylor, Clifton J, Gerald E,  James Barry, Doug, Wayne...Uncle Earl's Mercury is first car or right and my Olds 98 Convertible the third from right...about 1960, the year I got out of the army....Sad to say that five of the party are now deceased:  Uncle Rudy, Glenn, Dad & Wayne, James Barry.

Wednesday, 2 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday, 2 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Warmer and lovely day, 60s.  I wrote to Marilyn and Mary Ann in am, did some sewing an baked some rolls.  Wayne's here for supper...
Comment:   Nothing like Mom's rolls with hot butter on the top right out of the oven...uhhh, maybe her cinnamon rolls were better....and her rolls looked just like this...probably posted roll pics before but can't help myself.....

Tuesday, 1 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 1 November, 1966, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Nice warm day, 50's but windy. Louvilla went to Grand Gorge with me in am after pig feed. We called on Ann Lewis. I did some sewing in afternoon.

Comment: This is what pig feed looks like up close: I don't recall us kids eating the pig feed like we did the dairy ration....maybe because of the look...