Partly cloudy and light snow squalls, in the teens. Clifton and I went to Cobleskill and Mother's for dinner. Stopped at Kling's about insurance. Gerald and Mary Ann called at nite. David drove the mail. Maude and Ella called about Bates. Did ironing at night.
Comment: Ferdinand Bates Haskin was the son of Almearon Haskin, (brother to my grandmother Agnes Haskin), and therefore Dad's first cousin on his mother's side. Ethel Bates Haskin was Charlotte Haskin's grandmother and "Bates" was her father. Ethel maintained a diary off and on starting in 1929 and there are many entries about the interactions of Agnes's Hubbard children and Ethel Haskin's children. This is a picture of my grandmother, Agnes, with her brother Almearon Haskin, he was 86 years old when he died April 5, 1961, and she was 67 when she died on January 13, 1946. I vividly remember her on her death bed taking great heaving breaths dying from congestive heart failure, a process that had taken many hours as her large extended family grieved. LaVerne, Marilyn and I were taken in individually to her so she could say goodbye....I was 8, Marilyn 10 and LaVerne 12. Here is an email from Charlotte Haskin Carlton about Haskins, Halleck's and her family: Happy New Year to you and Mary Ann and the family, I enjoyed your family picture and the grandchildren have grown up so fast. Aunt Maude called yesterday and chatted she is doing well. She has to stay home and that is depressing for her yesterday was one of the luncheons she attends and too much ice and snow for her to go. The diary entry today reminded me of the winter Daddy passed away and we all went home for his funeral and it was bitter cold. Didn't realize it was today. Loved the picture of Grandma Haskin's home wonder what she would think if she could see it now. I enjoy all your old pictures and told Aunt Maude yesterday about the pictures of the town of Gilboa before the dam construction and she remembers everything. Bee's health is better this year so that is good news. Aunt Maude told me David Halleck's daughter that lives by the Flat Creek church and her husband have taken over the Halleck farm and are milking cows. Upgraded the barn and producing milk now.
It has been a good year for my family. My oldest son, Bob his two boys graduated from college. Alex graduated from UTC with a degree in Computer Science Engineering and the firm he interned with hired him immediately after graduation and he rented an apartment in downtown Chattanooga and takes him one or two minutes to walk to his office. His youngest son Austin completed his Master's at Belmont University in Nashville and passed his 4th and last CPA exam 12/4/13. He is in Atlanta since 1/1/14 training with Arthur Young and will return to Nashville this weekend to start work. Welcome to the real world. Thanks for all the pictures and facts you add to your Mother's diary every day. charlotte haskin carlton
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