Memories, Stories, Songs, Pictures And Poems About People, Places, And Events Around Hubbard Hill, In The Catskill Mountains, In The Town Of Gilboa, In The County Of Schoharie and The State Of New York.
Sunday, 29 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Cloudy, 75, showers in early morning. Went on fast time. Went to church and Sunday School. Marilyn, Jim and children and Carol and Sue went to Winnie's for dinner. Comment: Rudy and Winnie lived in New Baltimore at the time with the Hudson River as their back yard....Rudy and Winnie, young adults....beautiful couple...
Saturday, 28 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Sunny, windy, 82 degrees. I washed. David and Wayne took Gerald to work and got brakes fixed on the Plymouth. Marilyn, Jim and four girls, (Carol, Sue, Marna, Patty) went to Grand Gorge in pm and stayed at LaVerne's for supper. Clifton was home late. Had freezer fixed. Barry and Glenn stopped in am. I made Sue a skirt. Comment: For the hill a hot day....here are Barry and Glenn as toddlers at Earl's pond with Ina Belle, Eva & Freda Proper, Winnie and Barry and Glenn probably about 1939 or 40.....
Monday, 30 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Cloudy, rainy, 60. I washed. Marilyn, Jim and children went to Middleburgh. Lillian and Earl stopped in pm. We did ironing, Jim went to work in afternoon. Comment: Jim is driving for HB Moore hauling clinker from Howe Caves to the Hudson cement plants where it will be made into cement.....here is Jim as a toddler with his sister....
Friday, 27 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Sunny, 80 degrees, windy. David and Wayne home, we cleaned the woodhouse. They cleaned and cut brush up by the swing. Begin to notice the trees turning green. Ethridge got 50 bales. I reset tomato plants. Comment: Sound like a nice day, no mention that it is Dad's birthday. B April 27, 1908, Died January 4, 1984, age 75 years, 8 months and 8 days...eerie...younger than I am now......here is is trying to fix the Hubbard Hill house...I and the rest of the boys used to sleep in that attic where the windows are and the rain and snow blew in...probably early fifties...below is my tribute to him.
Thursday, 26 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Sunny, windy, 78. I did a big wash. Marilyn cleaned all through. Mother and Norm here for dinner. Ethridge got 25 bales. Comment: Wow, 43 degree temp rise...I'll bet it seemed good...Mother and Norm, Richmondville, not sure when...Norm was a "hired man" for a long time working for wages and found on a large farm in Carlisle Township. I was born in that house btw...the last child not to be born in a hospital....
Wednesday, 25 April 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Still windy, 35 degrees, warmer at night. We went to prayer meeting at Leonard's. Lyle and Madelyne went with us. Roberta took Marilyn and me to Middleburgh in afternoon for groceries. Clifton was home early. Barbara and Kathy flew to California. Comment: Don't know who Barbara and Kathy are....wonder why Roberta took them for groceries, car broke down?? The Dandy..Clarence Barber, my Grandfather on mother's side....nice car for the times....I just realized he has a cigarette in his mouth....
Tuesday 24 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Cold, windy, 35 degrees. We ironed most of the day. Ella and Merel were here in the afternoon. Marilyn, Carol, Sue and Jim went to Merel's at night to see Merel Jr. and Kay. Comment: Marilyn catching up with lots of family. Here is Betty and Merel Jr. probably about 1935.....
Monday, 23 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Cloudy, windy, 50 at 5 am, about 38 in pm. Kids were still home. Clifton, Gerald, and Jim all went to work. I washed and hung only a few clothes on the line as it was so windy. Barbara Edwards called about the point system at church.
Comment: Not sure what the "point system" is all about. The family in a corn field: From left, Norm, Ella Mae, Mom, Bessie in back, Tenblad girl in back, Emma Tenblad in front, Judith and Billy....Norm holding a cigarette...He smoked all his life, I remember him in Richmondville in his easy chair smoking..very normal for those times....
Sunday, 22 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Easter, beautiful day, sunny, 75. Marilyn and I went to sunrise services at 6 am and we all went to church at 1030. LaVerne and Roberta were here for dinner. We all went for a ride in pm where I used to live and to Crystal Lake. The lakes over there were still covered with ice. Gerald went to Cobleskill. Comment: Here is Mom, in front with her Grandmother back left and Mother back center, probably at Crystal Lake...do not know who is back right.....probably mid 1920's...
Saturday, 21 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Nice day, 50's. I washed, Clifton had to work and Gerald worked too. Marilyn, Carol, Sue and I went to Middleburgh in pm. Ethridge got 50 bales of hay. David and Wayne went with Ronnie & Robert (Schermerhorn) to Kingston and out at night. Marilyn and Jim went to Cobleskill to see "King Of Kings". Comment: Here is the preview of the movie...a blue-eyed Jesus....
Friday, 20 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Cloudy, warm, 50, snow about gone. Gerald was home. David, Wayne and Gerald went to Cobleskill after Gerald's clothes and got a plug for the chainsaw in Middleburgh. The pump didn't run so David took the motor off the Maytag and used it. We got our new ironing board. I did a big wash, the girls cleaned up the house. Clifton and Jim were both working. Comment: Busy day...Mom on her Grandmother's porch in Middleburgh maybe 1920 or so....
Thursday, 19 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Cloudy, chilly, in the thirties. Marilyn cut my hair and gave me a permanent. Clifton started work in Windham on roller for Green Island Construction Co. HB called Jim back to work. Comment: Getting back to work....
Betcha Jim is driving without a NY license and HB is risking it because either some driver didn't show up or he had to add another truck somewhere....Mom and her mother Bessie, dressed to the nines..Mom hated her hair like that...
Wednesday, 18 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Cloudy, cold. We ironed and I did mending. Clifton, Jim, David and Wayne went to Albany to get Jim's license but could not get them. Carol and I painted the table at church. The three girls and I went to prayer meeting at Lyle's. Ground still covered with snow. Comment: Fickle weather as usual...Mom and her Dad, Clarence with a double team of horses....probably about 1920.........
Tuesday 17 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Sunny but cold. Wayne and I went to Schoharie with Clifton. We went to Mother's for dinner. Ethridge got 50 bales of hay. Comment: Haying sure wasn't like this in my day.....
Monday, 16 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Cold, windy, cloudy, 32 high. Clifton and Wayne went to Schoharie in am, home at noon. Marilyn, Jim and David went to Schoharie in pm after Jim's permit. I washed and cleaned up the house. Snow going very slow. HB called and and said Jim was laid off until he got his license. Moved washer into wood house. Had a note from Dougie. Charles Lee was killed at Potter's Hollow, Carol Cleveland was hurt bad. Comment: The Lee's and Clevelands lived in a clutch of cabins and one main house on the Bull Hill Road just past the Young farm. They were one of the poorest families in the area...I don't seem to remember either of the them....how it was in 1962...
Sunday, 15 April 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Partly cloudy and cold, 30's. The three girls, Mrs. Childrens and I went to church and Sunday School. Clifton and I and the girls went with LaVerne and Roberta to Rudy's in pm. Eleanor Oman and family were here to see Marilyn in the pm. Gerald worked Sunday am. Comment: Busy Sunday as usual...here is where they visited Rudy's: New Baltimore, NYWinnie in 1930...
Saturday, 14 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Miserable day, cloudy, windy, snow squalls, 32 degrees. Gerald worked. David, Wayne and Clifton cut wood in am. The boys went to Prattsville for haircuts in afternoon. Did a big wash and had to hang it upstairs. Comment: I think I hauled milk for Joe Gallo and Prospect Dairies..
Friday, 13 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Cloudy and snow about one inch, 32. Clifton came home from Schoharie at noon, went to Grand Gorge to pay Paul Becker. Gerald came home. Jim went to work at one pm. Marilyn and I ironed. Patty had a bad cold and an earache. David and Wayne went to Roxbury to see Pete Williams. Wrote to Dougie. Comment: Dad is going to pay for tires at Paul Becker's tire store....not sure who Pete Williams was, anybody know? The cover of Esquire in 1962.....Kennedy's all the rage......
Tuesday 12 April 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Cloudy 40. It started to snow about 3 pm. Marilyn, Jim, and the kids went to Mother's for dinner. Clifton went to court. I went to Missionary Meeting at church, election of officers. H.B. Moore called for Jim to come to work at 5 pm. He went. Marilyn still didn't feel good and Patty sick too. Comment: H.B. Moore was good employment for the family. LaVerne, I, now Jim, and later David all drove truck for him. He had concrete batch trucks, he hauled salt for the winter roads, clinker for the cement plants. He must have had a hundred trucks of various makes and years. I drove a brand new batch truck on Andrews Air Force Base, and 12 year old junkers batching on I 84 going north out of Albany. In '62, both Jim and I hauled clinker from Cobleskill to, I think, The Hudson Valley Cement Factory....in 1957 Ford Cabovers....and here one is....
Wednesday, 11 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Nice day. We washed. Clifton was home from Schoharie at noon. I went to Prattsville with him in afternoon. Otis and Myrtie came down. Floyd and Anna (Blakesley) were here for supper. Marilyn, Carol, Sue and I went to prayer meeting at Louvilla's. Marilyn was leader, she had bad cold. Comment: It's remarkable how social the family was at that time...always going somewhere, lot's of callers and drop-in supper and dinner guests...very connected to the community, friends and family.... Floyd and Anna were Rudy Blakesley's parents and Aunt Winnie's in-laws......Uncle Rudy & Aunt Winnie on the steps of Grandpa Elmer's farm....
Tuesday, 10 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Nice day, windy. I went to court with Clifton, did shopping at Cobleskill, ate dinner there. Comment: Relaxed
day for Mom....no washing, ironing or cleaning "all through"...
Monday, 9 April 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Sunny in am, cloudy and rain in pm. Clifton went to court. The federal income tax came $373.87. Sue home from school again. Ethridge got 50 bales and paid $78. We owed him$12.21 for log drawing. Comment: That money in today's terms: $3182.00, $664.00 and $103.90, not chump change...interesting that they use the idioms "log drawing" and "hay drawing" ......
Sunday, 8 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Sunny. Marna was sick and didn't go to church, she stayed with the three boys. Clifton, the girls and I went to luncheon at parsonage. Rev Fred Palton guest speaker am and pm services. Paul, Norma and family and LaVerne & Roberta were here in afternoon and Earl and Lillian. Clifton, Jim, Carol and I went to church at night. Comment: Very busy sunny Sunday....Paul and Norma arriving at '78 family reunion.
Saturday, 7 April 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Rainy, we washed and hung clothes upstairs. Jim, David, and Wayne went to Windham in am. Gerald went to work. Marilyn, Carol, Sue and I went to a business meeting at church at night. Marilyn cut the girls' hair. Comment: I think I was hauling wholesale milk out of Prospect Dairies in Stamford for Joe Gallo. I delivered crated milk to about six or so creameries along the east side of the Hudson down route 9 to Poughkeepsie, Wappingers Fall, Fishkill and Peekskill. Ten to 12 hours and I got $25 a trip. Drove a 1959 Ford F900 tractor with 40' reefer...had to handle every damn carton and crate....not bad money for back then..would be about $214 per day today....my truck was green.....
Friday, 6 April 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Nice day. Clifton at court. Madalyn, Louvilla and I cleaned church in pm. Marilyn and Jim went to Prattsville. Carol and Wayne home and kept the children. Gerald home at night. Comment: The weekend begins.....the eldest peers about that time.....more from 42 years ago...Grandma Bessie, her sister Billie and Billie's daughter Judith.....
Thursday, 5 April 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Nice day. I did a big wash. Carol was home. Marilyn, Jim, and the girls went to Albany and at Judy and Lyle's for Supper. Dean was sick and stayed here. Clifton was at Schoharie. Comment: Judy is Mom's half-sister. Dad still on jury duty. Here is Judy, Paul Ellis and Lyle in 1978..42 years ago...amazing how well I remember the Hubbard Family reunion of that year.....
Wednesday, 4 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Marilyn and I cleaned floors and waxed them. Patty, Dean & Jim didn't feel good. Wayne only one that went to school. Ethridge got a load of hay. I wrote to Ella Mae. Had prayer meeting here. Marilyn and I took supper down to Ella and Merel. Comment: Wonder if the family was suffering through this flu pandemic: "The 1957 pandemic flu had three waves in the U.S. over five years, with a large number of deaths in the winters of 1959 and 1962."...
Tuesday, 3 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Cold, partly cloudy. I went to Court and up to Mother's with Clifton. Wayne, David, Sue were home with sore throats, etc. Carol still didn't feel good. Comment: Kids still under the weather....I've had this picture for a long time and still can't figure out who all these kids are, anybody know?? Looks like Ina Belle on the left and maybe Paul Ellis right front??
Monday, 2 April 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Partly cloudy, windy, 35. We washed and cleaned. Clifton went to Schoharie for jury duty. Carol home sick. Susan home with bronchitis and Wayne with sore throat. Comment: The three youngest under the weather....Wayne was 16, Carol 12, and Susan 10. 1962 Cost of Living: I remember when a burger was 15 cents at Carroll's, and I was cooking them, thirty at a time.
Sunday, 1 April, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries Cloudy, rainy. Ice on the trees and snowed a little at night. Marilyn, Jim and family, Carol and I went to church and Sunday School. Gil & Laura were there. Marilyn,
and family were at Earl's for dinner. Ronald & Anita and Lynn, LaVerne & Roberta called in afternoon. Mother called, they were at Billie's. Sue was better but still coughing. Comment: Busy Sunday.....The family in 1962.....
You're always young in your mind it is said, No matter the face in the mirror, That you see with surprise then say to yourself, "What is that old man doing here?"
