The years 1921 was one of deep heartache for Mort and Jennie Austin and their four sons. Thursday, March 24, Dr. Smith arrived at the Austin home to take out Elizabeth’s tonsils. The operation took place on the family’s kitchen … Continue reading
I hope everyone is staying well, safe when they travel, and drinking lots of nice warm beverages—tea, hot chocolate, or coffee. I lived through almost 40 winters in Michigan, but this winter in the midwest and northeast sounds major. If … Continue reading
February 1940 Thursday, February 1, Ella wrote, “Children in except Stella. Oliver Dunlap called.” Friday Jim visited Roy Horton in the evening. Monday, February 5, Garfield put his sister Charlotte’s wood in for her. Bill and Anna took Garfield to … Continue reading
February 1939 Monday, February 6, Goldie worked for Mr. Tether cutting blocks of ice (icing) to put in the ice house. Tuesday Anna and Bill became proud parents of James (Jimmy) Meyers. Wednesday Garfield and Ella went to see their … Continue reading
February 1937 Monday, February 1, Anna Leavenworth visited the Meyers. Friday the Austins spent the evening at Garfield and Ella’s. They stopped by a couple more times during the month. Ella finished piecing Clara’s log cabin quilt in February. Garfield … Continue reading
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
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
