June 24 - June 30, 1974-1978

1974

Mon – Stan on vacation. Julie started Brownie Day Camp. Washed clothes. Swept & mopped cellar. Changed sheets. New living room furniture came. Ivan cut front grass. I trimmed, weeded & picked cherries.

Tue – Took Kids to dentist. Greg came home on bus. Took Ivan to practice & Dave to work. Got milk. Stan visited in Latrobe. Cooked cherry filling.

Wed- Gary Majetic came to work on cars. Got Dave’s fix. Rain. Baked cherry pies. Went to Grace P. store. Stan worked on awning. Elaine & Don came. Had 1^st business meeting. Jim H., Dan A., Bill & Stan.

Thu – Washed clothes. Picked cherries. Canned 9 quarts. Had early supper. Took kids to Kennywood to finish tickets. Went to store.

Fri – Kids cleaned. Stan made contacts for reclamation. Went to Penney’s & got drapes. Frank worked at shop. Fixed drapes. Kids all had games. Rained.

Sat – Washed clothes. Cleaned kitchen. Picked cherries. Stan worked on awning. Stan & I drove out to Murraysville to pick up glue. Julie & Ivan came, too. Frank home late.

Sun – Slept late. Angry with Frank. Picked cherries. Canned 7 quarts. Made pie filling. Stan worked on awning.

1975

Tue – Up early. Went to McKeesport for Frank. Took him to Homestead. Went to store. Picked up Frank. Took him to McDonald. Me & kids went swimming. Frank showed up. Picked cherries. Called Stella.

Wed – Harry didn’t go to SS (cold). Picked cherries. Made cherry pies (soupy). Carol came for lunch. Made deviled eggs. Rain. Electricity out about 1 hr. Went to store.

Thu – SS Harry. Wrote Elaine. Washed clothes. Julie & H went swimming. Went to bank & store. Greg made movies. Julie’s game cancelled (rain). Stan & I went to Pap’s. (Got pickles). Called Marion.

Fri – Harry’s last day SS. I drove him up. Cleaned house. Went to store – went swimming in eve.

Sat – Washed clothes. Went to store. Took kids swim. Picked raspberries. Frank came for supper. He picked cherries & cut front grass. Kids cut back. Drove Frank to McKeesport.

Sun – Hoed the garden. Took kids swimming. Kelly guest. Got milk. Picked cherries & canned cherries. Made meat loaf. Julie & I went swimming in eve.

Mon – Took Julie to day camp. Stopped at store. Went to Zayres. Washed clothes. Swept & mopped cellar. Kids went swim. Picked raspberries. Julie & I went swim. Went to Julie’s game (10-9 11 innings) Had picnic. Donated watermelon.

1976

Thu – Rain. Worked. Stopped at A&P. Called Marion & Mary. Canned 4 qts cherries.

Fri – Worked. Day dragged. Went to Best Steak for lunch. Tired. Dave worked until 10:00. Knitted & read.

Sat – Nice day. Washed clothes. Elaine came. Went to store. She & I fixed strawberries & vegetables. Had steak, potatoes & strawberry shortcake. Went swimming. Called Mary.

Sun – Hot Elaine went to Bill’s for lunch. Stopped in afternoon. Picked raspberries & made juice & soup. Stan & boys finished laying block. Kids went swimming. Cleaned & sewed.

Mon – Worked. Took “Lady” back to Debbie. Kids washed clothes & swept & mopped cellar. Went to store.

Tue – Worked. Dave’s day off. He made stew. Kids went swimming. Julie & I went swimming in evening. Dave went to library. Drove Frank home. Chopped cabbage & carrots.

Wed – Worked. Looked like rain. Cooler. Strat-O-Matic game came. Dave worked until 10:00. Had cabbage casserole.

1977

Fri – School. Harry turned in term paper (at last). Kids had finals. Stan took John & Kas to Youngstown. Home very late. Elders came for visit. Made potato salad & cole slaw.

Sat – Hot & humid. Got ready for picnic. Elaine came at eleven. Visited. Kate, John, Cas, Mary & my family came. All went well. Plenty of food & drink. Rain storm at night.

Sun – Up early. Straightened up. Read paper. Picked cherries. Marion called. Canned cherries. Stan worked on TV. Watched “Poldark” & took showers.

Mon – School. Washed clothes. Swept & mopped cellar. Hot & humid. Made egg fu yung. Went swimming. Ivan & I picked cherries. Kids made pizza.

Tue – School. Greg went to Penn State. He took Frank to McKeesport. Baked cherry pies. Went to store. Stan went in to say good-bye to John & Cas. Took cherry pie. Made spaghetti sauce. Took bath.

Wed – School. Read magazine. Washed clothes. Crocheted string for covering plants. Picked red raspberries.

Thu – Last day school. Half day. Trouble with Greg about wall. Boys worked on wall. Washed clothes. Made kapusta. Kids went swimming. Hoed garden. Visited Kearn’s garden. Made cookies.

1978

Sat – Nice day. Elaine went shopping with Dottie. Went to Shop ‘N Save. Made meat stuffing. Lamb not done. Had strawberry whipped cream pie. Eleanor & Walt came. Visited.

Sun – Nice day. Made French toast. Julie, Elaine & Dottie went for walk. Picked flowers. Bill & Carolyn came with potato salad. Carol & Jim came with watermelon & cookies. Brought cat. Had cook out. Good time. Bill H. came later.

Mon – Rain. Dottie left. Talked with Elaine. Washed clothes. Swept & Ivan mopped. Elaine went to Andrea’s Went to store. Harry went to Radar’s. Slept over.

Tue – Worked in garden. Talked with Elaine. Kids went swimming. Elaine & I went to Tumacs. Had BBQ pork – nice supper. Elaine went to Andrea’s. Thunderstorms. Took “Whitey” to Iames. Kids played cards.

Wed – Called Eleanor. Washed clothes. Made spaghetti. Frank school. Kids went swimming. Greg went to McKeesport campus. He worked later shift. Julie, Ivan & I picked strawberries (Simmons). Julie made popcorn – slept out with girls.

Thu – Drove Greg to work. Drove Julie to school for music. Wrong day. Made strawberry jelly & froze strawberries. Made strawberry pizza. Cut back grass. Dave stopped. Julie had earache.

Fri – Greg didn’t work. Frank school. Washed clothes. Went to bank & store. Cleaned kitchen. Greg got called to work. Harry worked on Volvo. Stan & I cut front grass. Stan covered blueberries.