November 4 - November 10, 1974-1978

1974

Mon – School. Washed clothes. Stan & I rolled up rug. Swept & mopped. Made pumpkin cookies. Called Eleanor. Stan went to shop. Did bookkeeping. Knitted.

Tue – School. Took Julie to Pitt Dental. Rain. Home late. Voted & went for milk & to store. Made lasagna. Took Greg to Dr. Siegel. Got new frame. Stan went to shop.

Wed- School. Carol called. Took shower. Read. Made sauerkraut & pork. Baked cake. Went to night school. Stopped at store on way home.

Thu – School. Washed clothes. Called Gloria Goughnour. Knitted. Did homework. Stan went to shop. Made chicken & Bar-B-Q sauce.

Fri – School. Cleaned house. Weeded. Stan got me milk. Cut out Julie’s robe & nightgown. Took Ivan to look for baseball glove and candy for birthday. Couldn’t find glove.

Sat – Washed clothes. Went to Grants & Krogers. Made frozen dessert. Elaine, Don & Tom stopped in. Greg broke play glasses. Stan went to shop. Knitted. Julie visited new neighbors.

Sun – Exercised & showered. Called Marion. Made pancakes & eggs. Did homework. Iced Ivan’s cake. Stan looked at car & cut rug for Julie’s room. Ivan got note for baseball glove, magic markers & play dough.

1975

Tue – School. Called Marion John. Picked up Plymouth – inspected. Voted. Went to store. Made beef chop suey. Stan went to shop.

Wed – School. Dave washed car & went to Siegel’s & Oakland. Called Marion John. Cleaned out oven & broiler. Visited Iames & watched TV.

Thu – School. Washed clothes. Called Eleanor. Made jelly roll & brownies. Cleaned top of stove. Went to store in evening.

Fri – Cleaned house. Called Merry Jo McGee about Watko robbery. Called Stella. Stan went to see Freddie Wonder. Watched TV & knitted. Dave got stalled with Plymouth.

Sat – Rain. Washed clothes. Kids cleaned. Drove Dave to work in Simca. Stan sprayed Plymouth carburetor. Knitted. Dave worked Ponderosa.

Sun – Read papers. Carol called. Washed hair. Made meat mix & fix baked potatoes. Drove out to Bruce’s garage & his trailer. Played cards & watched “Walking Tall”.

Mon – No school – Teacher’s work day. Drove Ivan around to look for birthday present. Mix-up about Julie’s Girl Scout bowling. Stan went to Carbide Engineers & I went to Bingo with Gretchen Benack (won $17.00).

1976

Thu – School. Went to shop to work with Stan. Cold & dirty. Called Eleanor. Watched TV. Tired. Brought home things from shop.

Fri – School. Washed clothes & completely cleaned the upstairs. Julie stayed for lunch at school. Went to store. Stan & I went to Dave’s (not there but Frank was). Took book case. Called Mary.

Sat – Slept late. Washed 1 load. Cleaned living room, kitchen, etc. Made apple cake & baked frozen peach pie. Boys helped Stan at shop to clean up.

Sun – Slept late. Went to store. Went to shop. Took table to Dave’s. Stella, Mary & Bill stopped here – brought sheets. Dave & Frank came & washed clothes. Made popcorn. Watched “Gone With the Wind”.

Mon – Snow. Bus didn’t come until (:00 o’clock. Washed clothes. Changed sheets. Washed glassware from shop. Bill H. helped Stan at shop. Stayed for supper & helped Dave move refridgerator. Watched “Gone With the Wind”.

Tue – School. Record cold (15 degrees). Carol called. Went to Clairton – stopped at Dave’s. Cut out & sewed his drapes. Bill H. came out. Loaded truck with junk but too late. Drove Bill home. Took drapes to Dave’s.

Wed – School. Stan got Bill H. I signed up in McKeesport. Stopped at store. Made Ivan’s birthday cake. Dave stopped. Took Julie & Ivan shopping. Priced toys.

1977

Fri – School. Got up to 74 degrees. Cleaned house. Made pies. Went to store. Called Mary. Had early supper. Went to TJ – Monessen game. Big crowd. Lost (44-35).

Sat – Stan went early to shop. Washed clothes. Went to store. Dave worked. Watched fights on TV. Had pizza & pop. Stan had wine. Frank called from Louisiana.

Sun – Made pumpkin cream pie. Made stuffing for pork chops. Had lunch. Julie & I went to Snyder’s. She had fun with Lynnley. Stan took care of supper. Read paper. Kids played football.

Mon – School. Washed clothes. Swept & mopped cellar. Went to store & milk store. Called Mary. Made London broil. Watched “Rigoletto”. Enjoyed it.

Tue – School. Rain. Washed hair. Drove Greg to bus stop. Worked on pumpkins. Fixed seeds. Dave & I voted. Wrote brother Bill. Knitted. Called Bill.

Wed – School. Wrote Uncle Harold. Beautiful day (70 degrees). Broke up last of branches. Picked gr. peppers from garden. Called Stella. Went to store. Stan went in to Hatfield’s.

Thu – School. Dark & rainy. Washed clothes. Couldn’t get Dave’s car started. Pontiac wouldn’t start either. Harry drove Dave to work – got new terminal. Stan fixed car. Turned cold.

1978

Sat – Foggy. Stan went for pipe. Mike Kulich came. Dug sewage ditch. Stan got pipe. Penn State 27 – Maryland 3. Harry called. Stan didn’t have couplers, went to Bargain Corner. Stella called.

Sun – Stan did papers. Stan worked on laying pipe. Got near top. Greg came to put up lights. Dave had last day Murphy’s. Bill & Carolyn came – worked on cars. All here for supper. Kids got baths.

Mon – School. Ivan suspended. Julie took crutches (foot). Washed clothes. Swept & mopped. Ivan worked on ditch. Made veal stroganoff. Ivan & Frank went to Dave & Greg’s for dinner. Stan went bowling. Watched TV.

Tue – School. Rain. Made soup & cookies. Had fish, fr. fries & apple caramel dessert. Took Ivan in about glasses. Went to store. Voted. Dave came. Watched TV – election. Tried to call Elaine – no answer.

Wed – School. Bill stopped with Mercedes. Ivan worked on digging sewer line (hand). Sewed new pants. Took things back to store. Got material & curtains. Bill & Carolyn came. Looked at kitchen cabinets. Sold but wrong way.

Thu – School. Ivan back. Got ready. Earl picked me up. Went to town. Had tribunal (Bernice). Stan home early. Worked on sewage. Made lasagna. Called Marion. Watched TV.

Fri – School. Foggy. Cleaned house. Baked cake. Made pork & vegetables – good. Made pineapple whipped cream dessert. Went to Gold Circle & Krogers.