The Second Award Of The Army Commendation Medal For Heroism, Larry (Buzzy) Scutt, Gilboa Neighbor & Friend

General Order 5083, 25 April, 1969
Award Of The Army Commendation Medal For Heroism
TC 320.  The Following Award Is Announced

Scutt, Lawrence, D.  RA 12673873 Specialist Four, United States Army
Company B, 2d Battalion (Airmobile) 12th Calvary

Awarded:  Army Commendation Medal With "V" Device
Date Action:  27 November 1968
Theatre:  Republic Of Vietnam
Reason:  For heroism in connection with military operations against a hostile force in the Republic Of Vietnam.  Specialist Four Scutt distinguished himself by heroism in action on 27 November, 1968, while serving as a rifleman with Company B, 2d Battalion, (Airmobile) 12th Cavalry during a search and clear mission near Loc Hoa, Republic Of Vietnam.  When his unit became heavily engaged with a large enemy force, Specialist Scutt exposed himself to the intense hostile fire as he led the initial assault against the enemy fortifications.  On several occasions, Specialist Scutt entered enemy bunkers seeking possible prisoners and equipment.  His display of personal bravery and devotion to duty is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service, and reflects great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.

Authority:  By direction of the Secretary Of The Army, under the provisions of Army Regulation 672-5-1

The First Army Commendation Medal with "V" Device For Larry (Buzzy) Scutt, Gilboa Neighbor & Friend

Scutt, Lawrence, D.   STAFF SERGEANT, United States Army, Company D, 2d Battalion, (Airmobile) 12th Cavalry

Awarded:  Army Commendation Medal with "V" Device
Dates Of Action:  August 1969 To April 1970
Theater:  Republic Of Vietnam
Authority:  By direction of the Secretary of the Army, under the provisions of 
Army Regulation 672-5-1

Reason:  Staff Sergeant Scutt distinguished himself by heroism in sustained combat operations against a hostile enemy force in the Republic Of Vietnam from August 1969 to April 1970.  He pursued the enemy with aggressive military tactics, neutralizing and defeating him whenever contact could be made.  His heroic and valiant actions were often characterized by unselfishly exposing himself to hostile fire under the adverse conditions inherent in a combat environment.  He has contributed materially to the successful accomplishment of the United States mission in the Republic Of Vietnam.  His display of personal bravery and devotion to duty is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit to himself, his unit, and the United States Army.

David J. Hubbard With Larry (Buzzy) Scutt.

Buzzy Scutt is a close friend of my younger brothers, He lived on the school bus line over Bull Hill Road

and went to Gilboa School...this is the first of three awards I will blog about...

From Linda Reed Mormile, Long-Time Hubbard Family Friend..

"Found a 1926-28 diary of my mother's.  She was 17 when she started it.  She writes that her grandfather died in 1928 and Lorraine Hubbard, Clifton Hubbard, and Elmer Hubbard sang at his funeral. 

Her grandmother had died in 1927 and the choir that sang at her funeral included Ella Briggs Hubbard, Lorraine Hubbard, Clifton Hubbard and Elmer Hubbard."   

August 5, 1963 The Frances Hubbard Diaries

August 5, 1963

Monday, 52-58 high, cloudy, rainy, cool.  I sewed and mended.  Clifton started work at Jefferson. Our cows are still gone.  David and Wayne looked for them.  Mrs. Bolen called 4:30 and said they were down there.

Comment:  Damned cows out again.  This time they headed south, not north up the mountain.  Sound like they were gone about a day which is a pretty long time for them to be gone.  The cows played a major part in our lives on the hill.  We were always doing something that revolved around the cows,  haying, fixing fence, cleaning the barn, butchering, going after calves, selling the calves, de-horning, going after them, spreading their manure, buying cattle feed and salt blocks, and always milking them, twice a day, seven days a week, year-round.  The cows had different personalities and we came to know which were the rebels that we had to watch and which were the docile critters that would always go meekly to their stanchions and wait to be fed and milked.  But we also learned that they were always animals and could act totally unpredictable in any situation and it was very dangerous to anthropomorphize them.   Many a farmer learned that the hard way when a pet bull or cow with calf suddenly turned on them and either injured them severely or killed them.  "According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, from 1992-1997, more than 
75,000 workers received injuries and 375 workers were killed from animal-related injuries. Cattle are responsible for most injuries caused by farm animals."  So, as the old Texas Ranger said when asked by a city dude if his loaded and cocked six-gun on his hip wasn't dangerous:  "Dangerous?  You damn betcha!"


Here is a song about an injury my cousin Paul Ellis suffered from "the Ayrshire on the end"

If you’re raised up on a dairy farm, life’s easy after that.

https://hubbardfamilymusic.tumblr.com/post/6725577733/kicked-original-by-gerry-hubbard-pauls-been

August 3, 1963 The Frances Hubbard Diaries

August 3, 1963 Saturday, fair in am, becoming cloudy in afternoon and hard thundershower and rain at night. Carol came home from camp. Comment: Not much going on except the weather.

Hubbard Family Reunion, 2014

Monday, 31 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 31 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy, very windy and cold. Highest all day was ten below.  Myrtie said it was 14 below up there and over to Earl's was 24 below zero.  Clifton and the boys took a small load of wood over to Grandpa's and Louise's.  Boys went out at night all but Wayne.  Gerald stayed at Mary Ann's all night.
Comment:  Dangerously cold....but not as dangerous as in Boston where 

• The body of 23-year-old Patricia Bissette was found in her apartment. She was the seventh victim of Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler". DeSalvo would later confess that he had gotten the name of Bissette's roommate from the mailbox and had posed as the roommate's friend to gain entry.[73]
  

Sunday, 30 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 30 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cold, zero to 10 below, as far as our thermometer would go.  Partly cloudy.  Our car wouldn't start and David took the girls and I to church with his car.  We picked up Donna Brown.  Sandy was here for dinner and afternoon and Linda M was here in afternoon and evening.  Very cold and windy.  None of us went to bed until 1 am.  It was such a terrible windy and cold night.  I didn't undress and Clifton didn't come to bed until 5 am.  I was up at seven, and the water was frozen in the kitchen but that was all.
Comment:  Sounds like a tough night on the hill.  And on that day..."Blowin' in the Wind", the famous folk song by Bob Dylan, was performed for the first time, as part of a BBC television play called Madhouse On Castle Street.....

Saturday, 29 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Saturday, 29 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy, started to snow in afternoon, 20's all day, evening 30+, turned very cold and windy by morning.  I did a lot of ironing and took down Christmas tree and decorations.  The girls, Clifton and I went to the rally with LaVerne's Dodge at night. Rev. Whitman and family from Carlisle were at church.  Gerald and Doug finished the car but it still knocked bad.  Received boxes of candy from Marilyn.
Comment:  We replaced the bearings on the crankshaft and I used a real fine emory cloth to try to smooth out the crankshaft but took too much off.  About 8 hours of work down the drain.....and in December the world was agog when Andy Warhol introduced one of his most famous paintings.....thirty two Campbell Soup Cans of various flavors..Reflecting on his career, Warhol claimed that the Campbell’s Soup Can was his favorite work and that, "I should have just done the Campbell’s Soups and kept on doing them ... because everybody only does one painting anyway."

Friday, 28 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Friday, 28 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy, windy, colder.  Gerald and Doug took Gerald's car apart.  David went to Dr's in afternoon and had the cast taken off his hand.  Clifton, the girls and I went to Stamford and I did my shopping.  We went to Grandpa's and Louise's in the evening.
Comment:  David is recovering from getting his hand smashed in a charcoal press at the Timberland plant.  My car repair will not end well.....and the Top Forty for the next week was:  I remember many of these songs....

Thursday, 27December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Thursday, 27December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Bright, sunny day, zero to 28.  The men cut two loads of wood.  Gerald and David worked on Gerald's car.  I did a big wash, hung all white clothes outside.  Girls and I went to prayer meeting at night.
Comment:  We worked on the 1955 Olds 98 black and white convertible in the dairy barn, trying to fix the "knock" in the engine...Dad bought the car of about $100 bucks and I was driving it that summer and winter.....here it is in the summer with brother David at the wheel....you can see the Hubbard Hill fire tower in the rear....

Wednesday, 26 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday, 26 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Partly cloudy, windy, 30's.  Clifton butchered a beef for Mr. Bohlen.  David went to Stamford after medicine for cows.  Boys cleaned out the barn.  Doctored cows in pm.  I wrote to Marilyn.
Comment:  I don't think I was in on the butchering this time.  I do remember a time when I helped Dad at Bohlen's and I was the executioner of a large yearling heifer.  I shot her between the eyes with a .22 rifle from about two feet.  She dropped like a stone.  Amazing to me that I did that without a qualm at the time and now I hesitate to kill a fly.....there is more about butchering pigs and cows in  blog entry.   Gerry Hubbard's SongPoemStories: Kill It, Cook It, Eat It....Pistols And Pigs:

Tuesday, 25 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 25 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Sunny day, 30's.  We went to Mother's for Christmas and Clifton, the girls and I went down to LaVerne's at night to see their new living room suite.  Clea Chichester died.
Comment:  Henry Chichester died three days prior...

Monday, 24 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 24 December 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Twenty, partly cloudy.  I cleaned house in am and got things ready for supper.  LaVerne, Roberta, and Sandy came for Christmas.  Clifton fixed the starter on tractor.  Gerald and David went to Oneonta shopping for Mary Ann.
Comment:  Hmmm..don't remember what I bought...'course it was 62 years ago....and on that day:  

Sunday, 23 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 23 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Little light snow.  Girls and I went to church and Sunday School.  Sandy, LaVerne and Roberta were here in pm.  Wayne, David, Sandy, Clifton, the girls and I went to Chapel Church at night to program.
Comment:  Christmas in upon them...and...For the first time, a song by a British band reached #1 on the American singles chart. More than a year before The Beatles began music's "British Invasion", the instrumental song "Telstar" became a hit for The Tornados

Saturday, 22 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Saturday, 22 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Snow, about four inches, windy, 20's.  Boys all home.  Clifton and I went to Will Briggs funeral in afternoon at West Conesville church.  Buzzy Scutt called at night, he was home on two week furlough.  Gas Tax (Federal) came.  Went to church to program at night.  Not many there.  Henry Chichester died.
Comment:  Buzzy was a good friend of Brother Doug and lived on our school bus route.  He became a Vietnam war hero with many medals and recommendations for heroism.  Here are some links to his awards:  

https://gerryhubbard.blogspot.com/2018/03/award-of-bronze-star-for-heroism-scott.html

https://gerryhubbard.blogspot.com/2018/02/second-award-of-army-commendation-medal.html

https://gerryhubbard.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-first-army-commendation-medal-with.html

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Friday, 21 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Friday, 21 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy and east wind, minus 3 to 18 above.  I washed and hung pulley line full, they dried.  Cleaned up house, worked on girls skirts in pm.  Kids home at noon, girls practiced at church in afternoon.  Doug went with Roberta with mail.  Gerald went to Gloversville from school and his car broke in Schoharie.  Roberta picked him up about midnight.  David and Sandy came in evening.  Kids went caroling.  Clifton and I went to Pa's and Louise's at night but no one at home.
Comment:  Wow, have no recollection of my car breaking down.  It must have been on the way home from Gloversville...drunk again??..and on the cover of Time that day, Vince Lombardi, who conceived of "Lombardi Time"...on time means fifteen minutes early..and I still drive my family nuts adhering to this concept....and from Forbes:  “5 minutes early is on time. On time is late. Late is unacceptable.” 

Thursday, 20 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Thursday, 20 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cold again, 3 to 12 in am to zero in pm, clear, 10 below in evening.  Doug, David, Clifton and I went to Oneonta and bought sewing machine and Melmac.  LaVerne and Roberta came in the evening for a few minutes.  Girls and I went to prayer meeting at church and helped with the decorations.
Comment:  Ten below now seems just so damned cold and it seems hard to believe that we worked outside in those and colder temperatures...cutting wood, shoveling and spreading manure, trying to get tractors, trucks and cars to start...memories unique to those raised on farms. I guess it did us good but it sure didn't seem so at the time....the sewing/laundry room before cleaning.....used to be my bedroom also.....

Wednesday, 19 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday, 19 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Partly cloudy, 20-40 degrees, warm.  I did sewing-----Clifton and the boys went to Cobleskill in am and brought back the new stove, (Siegler) and set it up in afternoon.  Will Briggs died.  Bob Joslyn was here to see David about his insurance.
Comment:  I think Will Briggs was my Aunt Ella's father....here is the stove with books piled on top in preparation for cleaning the house after my Mother's move to California....

Tuesday, 18 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 18 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Partly cloudy, 20's and 30's.  Clifton and I went to Cobleskill in am.  I finished Christmas shopping.
Comment:  And the news reel of the day was:  

Monday, 17 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 17 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cold, snowy, light...I did a big wash in am, cleaned up the house in pm.  The Peterson girls came home with Carol and Sue.  Clifton and the boys went to Oneonta and got David's Fury.  Doug went with Roberta with the mail.
Comment:  And another week begins and just for perspective, this is what was happening on that day in Atlantic City Playboy Club....$4.25 for a 16 oz. steak and $5 for the Playboy Strip....

Sunday, 16 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 16 December 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Partly cloudy, 30's.  Girls and I went to church and Sunday School.  Had practice in the afternoon, took our lunch.  LaVerne and Roberta here for dinner and Sandy (Finch) also.  Clifton, the girls, and I went to Chapel Church and night for practice.
Comment:  The practice is for the Christmas show at the church, the girls will be singing...the Movie Lawerence Of Arabia was released on this day in 1962.  Two hundred and six minutes long without a female voice in it.....

Saturday, 15 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Saturday, 15 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cold. Clifton and the boys cut wood.  Took Olds back in pm.  Gerald came home in afternoon and went back.
Comment:  I guess that's why I don't remember that car.....and from Martin Luther King to the President on that day.....

Friday, 14 December 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Friday, 14 December 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cold, windy, snow squalls, in pm zero to ten degrees.  I sent Ell Mae and Ina Belle packages and wrote Christmas cards in am.  Fixed Carol's band uniform and ironed in pm and got ready to go down to the school concert at night.  Clifton and boys went to Hensonville and brought back 1959 Olds.
Comment:  Don't remember the car....us kids in forty's, From left, me on the ground, David John on Mom's lap, Douglas Maynard, Marilyn sitting on Dad's lap-.

Thursday, 13 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Thursday, 13 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cold, partly cloudy, zero to ten degrees.  I washed in am, cleaned the house.  Went to Missionary Meeting at Evelyn Bailey's in pm, had prayer meeting here at night.  Clifton went to sale at Cobleskill.  Took a cow and bought four calves.  Myron Mabie died.
Comment:  Don't know Myron Mabie.....Dad getting deeper in the cattle business.....here is the Evelyn Bailey family in 1956...Evelyn is on crutches....My Dad always wanted me to date Joyce Bailey...I never did.....

Wednesday, 12 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday, 12 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cold, zero to ten degrees.  Clifton and I went to Cobleskill and to Oneonta Christmas shopping.
Comment:  Probably gone most of the day....Our President and First Lady on that day...and he had only 347 days to live.......

Tuesday, 11 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 11 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Five to fifteen degrees, sunny in am, pm partly cloudy.  Clifton and I went to Cobleskill in afternoon.  Clifton stopped at sale and I came on home.  David went to Drs.
Comment:  David must be going back to the doctor's because of his smashed hand a few days ago......pretty aunts....Margaret Winifred, Ina Bell, sisters of my Dad, Clifton...The Elmer Hubbard Homestead....probably the forties....

Monday, 10 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 10 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Ten to 18 degrees, cloudy, cold with little snow.  Had a wood (cutting) bee at church.  We got dinner at the parsonage, there all day.  Wayne stayed home.  Bad snow storms in western part of the state.
Comment:  Betcha haven't hear the term "wood bee" lately.....the parsonage...

Sunday, 9 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 9 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Partly cloudy, mile.  Went to church and Sunday School.  Mr & Mrs Mayo and famil and Sandy Finch were here in afternoon.
Comment: Sandy was David's girlfriend at the time, I think.....and on this day:  

THE SUPREMES RELEASED ‘MEET THE SUPREMES’ ON DEC. 9, 1962....

Saturday, 8 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Saturday, 8 December 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cold, cloudy, very little snow.  I washed again and baked  The men cut wood and worked on the truck.
Comment: A morning in the Schoharie Valley:  From Visions Of The Schoharie Valley Facebook Page..

Friday, 7 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Friday, 7 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cold, windy, snow squalls, 22 degrees.  I washed in am.  Clifton and the boys cut a load of wood.  Gerald came home at night.
Comment:  And twenty one years before:  At 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wings appears out of the clouds above the island of Oahu. A swarm of 360 Japanese warplanes followed, descending on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in a ferocious assault. The surprise attack struck a critical blow against the U.S. Pacific fleet and drew the United States irrevocably into World War II.  I was three years, three months old.....
Interesting to think that the country that initiated the attack is now one of our closed allies....

Thursday, 6 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Thursday, 6 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Rained hard all day, strong east winds, 40 degrees.  Sue was home with ear ache.  Clifton and the boys went to Cobleskill to sale in pm, bought rope and canvas for the truck.  Grandpa and Louise were over in afternoon.  I fixed myself a skirt.  Girls and I went to prayer meeting at Louvilla's at night.  Had a letter from Marilyn.  Had a migraine headache at night.
Comment:  I don't remember the truck....Grandpa Elmer and Louise.....

Wednesday, 5 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday, 5 December 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy, rainy, 40 degrees.  I ironed nearly all day.  Clifton and I went to PTA.  Mrs. Mayo, Louvilla, Reggie, and Betty Jean went with us.
Comment:  Mrs. Mayo was the pastor's wife, the rest were part of the Raymond Kingsley family.....Raymond Kingsley is on the left, Louvilla is on the right, can't remember the middle person's name.  This was taken in the Flat Creek Baptist Church parsonage in the late '70s.

Tuesday, 4 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 4 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Lovely day, warm, 50's, cloudy in pm.  Clifton and I went to Cobleskill in afternoon.  I went with Doug to Dr. Lyons in am, he had a dreadful cold, was sick all day.  Clifton went to hospital after David at noon.
Comment:  Lot's of traveling, to Cobleskill, to Middleburgh, then to Stamford....pretty much running all day.....and here is where all this stuff happened....the homestead is just in from of the H in Hubbard Road....

Monday, 3 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 3 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Still beautiful weather.  Very few thin clouds over a week after this perfect weather.  Indian Summer.  I washed in am.  The kids had only a half day of school.  Clifton and Doug got the truck inspected.  Marilyn wrote to us.
Comment: "Marilyn wrote to us" was in Carol's or Sue's handwriting...guess they must have read her diaries......And in other news....Mercury astronauts chosen.....

Sunday, 2 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 2 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Beautiful, fair, warm day, 60's.  Went to church and Sunday School.  Gerald and Mary Ann here for dinner.  We all went to hospital to see David in afternoon.  Sandy came and took Doug and Wayne over.
Comment:  Fifth beautiful day in a row in December...quite an anomaly....here is brother David John in better days in the seventies about to go blueberrying on the Hill.....from left, John Hubbard, Chris Hubbard, David John, Marilyn Ann and LaVerne...

Saturday, 1 December, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Saturday, 1 December 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Another beautiful day, same as all week, 60's.  I washed in am.  Was getting ready to take Sue to music lesson when LaVerne called and said David was in Stamford Hospital with smashed fingers.  We went over with LaVerne and Roberta in pm, came back and had supper with them and went back to see David at night.  Clifton, Doug, and Wayne bought a 3/4 ton truck from Robert Fancher.
Comment:  David got his hand caught in a press that made charcoal "Brix", compressed charcoal in waxed, egg-carton like container that you could light easily with a match. He was working at Timberland Charcoal.  He was caught in the press quite a while...brother LaVerne had to re-wire the press control box to reverse it so David could get his hand out...ouch.....it was kinda like this picture, but worse.

Friday, 30 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Friday, 30 November 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Beautiful day, in the 60's, no wind.  I did mending and cleaned the house.  Clifton, Doug, and I went to Max Stryker's and Windham in pm looking for horses.  Carol went to ball game at school on bus.  Clifton, Sue, and I stopped at LaVerne's, they went to game too.
Comment:  Dad stocking the farm....Here is the 1959 Gilboa Basketball team....

Thursday, 29 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Thursday, 29 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Beautiful day, warm, 66, no wind.  Clifton and Doug went over to Raymond Brown's with the truck to get the cows.  I cleaned the house, washed windows and wrote to Marilyn.  Clifton and Doug went to sale to Cobleskill in pm.  Doug came back and got Earl's truck, bought ? head.  Wayne went too.  LaVerne and Roberta were here a few minutes in afternoon.
Comment:  Wow, that's a warm day for the Hill that time of year...and on this date in previous years.....

Wednesday, 28 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday, 28 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Another beautiful day, 50's, no snow only in a few spots, no wind.  Clifton and I went to Albany to Montgomery Wards and Tops then to Schoharie to redeem stamps, got Marilyn Christmas presents and stopped at Bullard's and bought a bushel of apples.  Raymond Brown was here at night to look at cows.  Clifton bought two off him.  David came home at night and took Doug's car back.  Velma Jones called about PTA.
Comment:  Prepping for Christmas and stocking up on beef...and on this day the "Zoning Improvement Plan" was announce:  

• U.S. Postmaster General J. Edward Day announced the "Zoning Improvement Plan" that would implement a five-digit number identifying each post office in the United States, beginning on July 1, 1963. The "ZIP Code" was initially intended for businesses that had high speed electronic data sorters, but Day said that use by private citizens would not be mandatory, noting that "We're not too concerned if Aunt Minnie doesn't put the numbers on her letter."^[69]

Tuesday, 27 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 27 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Beautiful, clear, sunny day, 15-45 degrees.  I did a big wash and hung some of it outside.  Clifton and Doug cleaned the barn in am and cut wood in the pm.  I cleaned house in pm.  Very little snow on the ground.  Clifton, Doug and Wayne went to Amsterdam to sale at night.  Didn't buy anything.
Comment:  A busy day.....

Monday, 26 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday,  26 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Beautiful, clear, sunny, 40's.  Clifton and I went to Cobleskill to Mother's for dinner.  She went down street with us.  I got Sue black pants, had tooth pulled at Schoharie.
Comment:  They really went to Richmondville where Grandma Bessie lived...here is one way to do it.....really quite a hike, 33 miles...but they didn't think anything of it...

Sunday, 25 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 25 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Mostly cloudy, 30's.  Went to church and Sunday School.  Rode over to Louise's and down to Evelyn's in pm.  No one at home.  Gerald went back in pm.
Comment:  I went back to Coby Tech...and the most popular movies that week:  

Saturday, 24 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Saturday, 24 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Light snow in am.  Girls and I went to Awana at night.  I ironed all day.
Comment:  Ironing all day cannot be a lot of fun...

Friday, 23 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Friday, 23 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cold, I washed and hung only towels outside.  Clifton and Doug went to sale to Cobleskill in pm with the girls and I went to Middleburgh.  Got Carol sneakers and pants.
Comment:  JFK had one year to live as of this date in 1962...hmmm.....

Thursday, 22 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Thursday, 22 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Thanksgiving.  Rained hard most all night.  40 degrees in am, 30 in pm. with a little snow, clearing.  LaVerne & Roberta were here for dinner.  Gerald was home.
Comment;  Hubbard Hill Memories:
Thanksgiving came with hunting season
 Lot’s of family found a reason
 To come “up home” to join in meals and song.
We gather around that old piano, 
Dad sang bass Mom sang soprano
Uncles , aunts and cousins sang along.
And the old time Christian hymns would soar and chime
With harmonies so sweet and so sublime.
Then all the men would go hunt deer
 While all the ladies helped to clear
 The table for the meal at supper time...
In the picture, Aunt Madeline, Frances, Aunt Winifred.....

Wednesday, 21 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Wednesday, 21 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Partly cloudy and warmer and windy, 40.
I baked pies, cake and nut bread for Thanksgiving.  Wayne went to Schoharie to have a tooth out.  He and Clifton fixed fence around barn yard in pm.  Doug went with Roberta with mail.  She still didn't feel good.  The girl and I went to prayer meeting at parsonage.  All the boys came home at night.
Comment:  And on this day Kennedy stated the US objective or getting to the moon before Russia: At an off-the-record meeting held on November 21, 1962 with NASA Administrator James Webb, NASA Deputy Administrator Robert Seamans, and Special Assistant to the President Jerome Wiesner, President Kennedy states clearly that his administration's priority is for the United States to land on the Moon before the Soviet Union.

Tuesday, 20 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Tuesday, 20 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy, 30's, light snow in am.  I wrote to Marilyn.  Clifton and I went to Cobleskill in pm.  Ina Belle was here for dinner then she went to Middleburg with Earl and Lillian.  Clifton and I stopped at Bartholomans auction and bought a Jersey heifer and Guernsey calf.  Doug and Wayne and Clifton took Earl's truck and got them at night.  Doug with LaVerne with mail.  Roberta was sick.
Comment:  Dad getting stocked up with beef....
 

Monday, 19 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Monday, 19 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Nice day, but cold.  I washed in am, hung everything outside.  First day of deer season.  Barry and Glenn were here for dinner.  Glenn got a deer.  LaVerne and Roberta were here in am.
Comment:  The first day of deer season was a big day.  Older kids stayed home from school to hunt.  Lot of traffic on the roads around the house, lots of relatives showed up for hunting and meals.....Here are Barry and Glenn as toddlers at Earl's pond, mid forties....

Sunday, 18 November, 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries

Sunday, 18 November 1962, The Frances Hubbard Diaries
Cloudy and chilly.  We went to church and Sunday School.  Home all pm.  Glenn came and stayed all night.
Comment:  Glenn is Glenn Taylor and he is probably staying overnight because the next day is the first day of deer season and he wants to get an early start.  He was my first cousin, son of Dad's sister Evelyn and Clifford Taylor.....here he is in 1962...Uncle Rudy Blakesley is to the left.....Glenn had only a short time left to live.  He died of kidney disease on April 11, 1964, at the age of twenty-two.  He was a gorgeous toddler with long flowing blond hair and an extremely handsome young man and was always just as cool and nice on the inside as the outside.  I still think about him and miss him after all these years.