February 1936 Sunday, February 2, Ella went to Highland Lake with Clinton to see her aunt Jennie Hull. Jim went to see Mort and Jennie Austin. Wednesday Ella wrote, “Clinton went to town. Bill was here in the evening. Blizzards … Continue reading
February 1935 Monday, February 4, was cloudy and colder in Eldred. Clinton cut ice blocks for Perry Foster. Friday, February 8, Ella started a star bouquet quilt. On Friday Arthur Austin received his assistant typist score of 86.53 on the … Continue reading
February 1933 On Friday, February 3, Jennie Austin spent the day with Ella. The following Tuesday Clara and Anna went to town to get slab bacon from Claude Angell, the butcher. It cost $1.59. Thursday night 12 inches of snow … Continue reading
February 1932 “The Japanese and Chinese are fighting,” Ella wrote on February 1 and 6. What little snow was on the ground was gone by the end of the first week of February. Bill Meyers Jr. stopped by a few … Continue reading
February 1931 Sunday, February 1, was a busy day. Ella [Leavenworth] sold Lottie Meyers 1-1/2 quarts of milk. Kate Love was there in the afternoon and Garfield gave music lessons in the afternoon and evening. Thursday Anna went to school, … Continue reading
Ella Sergeant married James Garfield Leavenworth September 5, 1906. “Uncle” Garfield was the brother of Jennie Austin, my grandmother. Fast forward to Christmas 1930 when Ella received a diary as a gift from her sister, Hazel. Inside the cover Hazel … Continue reading
January of 1941 was almost two degrees colder than normal in New York. But the month started off on a “lovely, clear and warm Wednesday,” according to Ella Leavenworth. Her son Jim bought his first car for $25. On the … Continue reading
January 1940 Garfield and Ella Leavenworth started 1940 off with all of their family (minus Stella who was perhaps not feeling well) in at some point. Lee and Clara enjoyed a goose dinner with them. Grandson Jimmy and his dad … Continue reading
Christmas 1938 Sunday, Christmas Day, there were some snow squalls in the afternoon. Perhaps that’s the day a photo was taken of Dottie Wait (nicknamed Spider), her dad Alex Wait, and Jim Wade in front of the Wait and Boyd … Continue reading
Arthur Austin started work as a secretary in charge of checks and letters at the Sullivan County Highway Department, at least by 1937. He would work there for eleven years, counting the four years he served in World War II. … Continue reading
