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Collection: Glover (Robert E.) Papers Author: Glover, Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth) Title: 1975, copies
Date: 1975
File Name: WREG03006.pdf Date Transcribed: October 2020 Editors: Trista Barker
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1975
AT HOME: 1/1-25, 27-31 1/15 1/2 DAY @ STATE ENGRS OFFICE 1/2 G AUDUBON CLUB - JACKSON LAKE 1/30 - 68 COPIES OF TEXT SOLD SO FAR JAN
1/1 CAROL IS BETTER TODAY. BUT STILL HAS SOME IMPROVING TO DO. KIM CALLED, GINGER CALLED TO WISH US A HAPPY NEW YEAR. CLEAR, SUNNY DAY, WARM FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. WORKED 8HRS ON THE ARKANSAS COMPUTATIONS. MARJORIE WAS WITH US ALL DAY - SHE IRONED AND KNITTED 1/2 DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. CAROL AND I WERE HOME ALL DAY. CAROL IS STILL HAVING SOME TROUBLE WITH THE FLU. WORKED 8HRS ON THE ARKANSAS PROBLEM. SUNNY DAY
1/3 CAROL IS STILL HAVING TROUBLE GETTING HER STRENGTH BACK I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK AND GET GROCERIES WHILE I WAS THERE. ANOTHER SUNNY DAY. GINGER DROPPED IN IN THE AFTERNOON. TALKED TO MOODY
1/4 MARJORIE WENT DOWN TO WORK TODAY (SAT) CAROL FELT BETTER IN THE AM BUT RELAPSED IN THE AFTERNOON. WORKED 4HRS ON THE ARKANSAS PROBLEM AND SPENT THE REST OF THE TIME TRYING TO GET CAROL RELIEF FROM FLEURISHY PAINS. MAILED LETTERS. WARM, SUNNY DAY - LIGHT CLOUDS
1/5 CAROL FEELING IMPROVED TODAY. CALLED HAIRDRESSER FOR APPOINTMENT. CAROL WAS TO COME AT 8:00AM. (SUNDAY) MARJORIE WENT TO WORK IN THE AFTERNOON AND BROUGHT US SOME “ARBY’S” FOR SUPPER
1/6 CAROL AND I DID THE WASH, SHE WISHED TO GO TO THE HAIRDRESSER AT 8:00AM BUT DID NOT FEEL WELL ENOUGH TO DO SO. WORKED 2HRS ON RUSHTON’S PROBLEM. WARM, CLEAR DAY - LIGHT OVERCAST IN THE EVENING. I COOKED CHICKEN, DUMPLINGS AND BISCUITS TONIGHT. MARJORIE CAME IN FROM WORK ABOUT 9:00PM
1/7 SPENT MOST OF THE DAY TRYING TO EASE CAROL’S DIFFICULTIES WITH THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF THE FLU. WORKED 4HRS DURING THE DAY AND EVENING ON RUSHTON’S PROBLEM. MARJORIE
WORKED LATE AND DID NOT GET HOME UNTIL ABOUT 10:00PM. CLEAR WARM DAY. MAILED LETTERS - ONE TO CHARLES
1/8 DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. CAROL IS STILL FEELING EXHAUSTED AND WENT TO BED EARLY. MARJORIE WORKED LATE AND DID NOT RETURN HOME UNTIL 11:30PM. LIGHT OVERCAST WITH SOME BLUE SKY. TEMPERATURE GOT UP TO 49 [degrees Fahrenheit]. I WENT TO THE “WHITE SPOT” FOR HAMBURGERS AND FRENCH FRIES. ($3.86 FOR 3 OF EACH)
1/9 CAROL IS MUCH IMPROVED TODAY. SHE DID SOME IRONING AND PREPARED FOOD. WORKED 4HRS ON RUSHTON’S PROBLEM. LIGHT OVERCAST WITH A LITTLE SNOW IN THE AM. SWEPT THE WALK. THIS IS CHARLES’ BIRTHDAY. RABBIT TRACKS ACROSS THE LAWN TODAY.
1/10 I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK AND GET GROCERIES. I ALSO GOT A ROLL OF FILM WHILE I WAS THERE. CAROL FELT WELL ENOUGH TO COOK THE MEALS. WORKED 4HRS ON RUSHTONS PROBLEM.
1/11 TEMPERATURE 10 [degrees Fahrenheit] THIS AM. CAROL UP AND AROUND TODAY, BUT NOT FEELING STRONG - SHE GOT MEALS, DUSTED AND DID SOME CLEANING. WORKED 6HRS ON THE RUSHTON’S PROBLEM. LIGHT SNOW IN THE AM, BUT IT WAS COLD ALL DAY -8 [degrees Fahrenheit] AT ABOUT 8:00PM. CHARLES DOWN WITH THE FLU. MR SHRIVER HERE THIS EVENING
1/12 (SUNDAY) CAROL IS IMPROVED TODAY, BUT STILL EASILY TIRED. MARJORIE WENT DOWN TO WORK IN THE AFTERNOON. MR AND MRS FRANK ALLEN CALLED - THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY TO SPAIN WHERE THEY WILL LEAVE THE COLD WEATHER BEHIND. THEIR DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND ARE BOTH TEACHING IN MICHIGAN. THE SON, TRACY, IS WORKING TOWARD A DOCTOR’S DEGREE AT BERKELEY. 1/13 WARMER THIS AM AT 36 [degrees Fahrenheit]. 44 [degrees Fahrenheit] AT 8:30. SOME OVERCAST. CAROL AND I DID THE WASH. I WROTE A LETTER TO RUSHTON AND CAROL TYPED IT FOR ME. TOOK IT OVER AND MAILED IT. WORKED 4HRS ON RUSHTON’S PROBLEM
1/14 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. WHEN SHE ARRIVED BACK HOME WE HAD A LITTLE TO EAT THEN WENT TO DR CAMPBELL’S OFFICE. THERE HE ORDERED A CHEST X-RAY AND A BLOOD SAMPLE TAKEN. LATER HE CALLED TO SAY HE HAD PHONED A PRESCRIPTION TO THE MORGAN PHARMACY. THE DR SAID CAROL HAD SOME FLUID IN THE LUNGS. WE ASKED THE PHARMACY TO DELIVER THE PRESCRIPTION AND THEY DID. IT WAS DIAZIDE AND THE DOCTOR HAD JUST GIVEN HER A DIAZIDE PRESCRIPTION ON DEC 31 WARM DAY
1975 JAN (CONTINUED)
1/15 DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. CAROL IS BETTER BUT DOES NOT HAVE HER STRENGTH BACK. IN THE AFTERNOON I WENT DOWN TO THE STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE TO GET DATA ON THE ARKANSAS WHICH WOULD SUPPORT A COMPUTATION OF THE STREAM DEPLETIONS BY PUMPS. FOUND THEY WERE STRUGGLING WITH THE SAME PROBLEM SO WE HAD A SESSION IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM. RAZIQ QUAZIL, SIMPSON AND OTHERS WERE THERE. THEY WILL SEND ME THE DATA ARRIVED HOME ABOUT 6:00PM
1/16 WENT DOWN TO GET MY DRIVER’S LICENSE RENEWED IN AM. CAROL IS FEELING BETTER TODAY. IN THE AFTERNOON I GOT SOME HAMBURGERS AND WE ATE THEM. CAROL DID SOME IRONING
1/17 CAROL STILL VERY TIRED. I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET GROCERIES AND HARDWARE. CAROL AND I READ AND RESTED. CALL FROM TOM ATKINS. HE TOLD ME ABOUT ADAIRE BARLOW. HE STILL WORKS FOR DU PONT, HAS 6 CHILDREN AND 4 OF THE CHILDREN ARE NOW MARRIED
1/18 CAROL AND I DID NOT DO MUCH. CAROL DOES NOT YET HAVE HER STRENGTH BACK. MARJORIE WAS WITH US IN THE MORNING, BUT WENT OVER IN THE EVENING TO GINGER’S PLACE TO LET CHARLES AND GINGER GO TO A PARTY. MARJORIE STAYED ALL NIGHT.
1/19 (SUNDAY) WE SLEPT LATE AND HAD BREAKFAST AFTER 8:00AM. MARJORIE CAME BACK FROM GINGER’S WHERE SHE HAD SPENT THE NIGHT. SHE WENT TO WORK IN THE AFTERNOON
1/20 CAROL AND I DID THE WASH - BUILT A WOOD FIRE IN THE STOVE TO WARM UP THE FURNACE ROOM AND DRY THE WASH. MADE TWO CALLS TO GET DATA ON POWER SUPPLIED TO PUMPS IN THE ARKANSAS VALLEY. ONE CALL TO LA JUNTA AND ONE CALL TO PUEBLO. WORKED 4HRS ON THE
ARKANSAS PROBLEM. CAROL IS STILL HAVING TROUBLE GETTING HER STRENGTH BACK. CLEAR, WARM DAY, SOME WIND IN THE AFTERNOON
1/21 SNOW LAST NIGHT AND TODAY. I SHOVELLED OUR WALKS, ALSO ROBINSONS AND COCAGNES WALKS. CAROL CALLED DR CAMPBELL TO SAY THAT WE HAD DECIDED TO GET A DOCTOR CLOSER TO HOME. WORKED 4HRS ON THE ARKANSAS PROBLEM AND COMPLETED THE WELL COUNT FOR PROWERS COUNTY. MADE A POT OF STEW WITH MEAT, POTATOES, CARROTS, RICE, 2 KINDS OF NOODLES, SALT AND PEPPER.
1/22 MY BIRTHDAY, CAROL GAVE ME SOME BOOKS AND A SET OF EXTENSION TABLES FOR MY CAMERA. MARJORIE GAVE ME A POUCH FOR MY CAMERA AND A LETTER OPENER. I CALLED DR HANNA’S OFFICE FOR AN APPOINTMENT FOR CAROL. WE WILL GO AT 3:15PM TOMORROW IN THE EVENING, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER WITH A CAKE AND SOME SHERBERT. CALL FROM WILL BURT, WE WILL CHECK ESTIMATES OF ARKANSAS STREAM DEPLETION AS SOON AS I CAN FINISH MY
COMPUTATIONS.
1/23 CAROL’S HAIRDRESSER HAS THE FLU, OR SOMETHING SIMILAR SO CAROL REMAINED HOME. WORKED ON THE ARKANSAS PROBLEM DURING THE MORNING AND PART OF THE AFTERNOON. ABOUT 2:30PM WE LEFT TO MEET AN APPOINTMENT WITH DR HANNA AT 3:15PM HE PRESCRIBED SOME REMEDIES FOR CAROL. WE PICKED THEM UP AT MORGAN’S PHARMACY AND CAME HOME. AFTER SUPPER, WORKED SOME MORE ON THE ARKANSAS PROBLEM. PUT IN 4HRS ON IT. TEMPERATURE 50 [degrees Fahrenheit] AT ABOUT 2:30PM TODAY
1/24 I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES AND WHILE THERE GOT THE MORGAN PHARMACY TO FILL ONE OF DR HANNA’S PRESCRIPTION WITH A LIQUID PREPARATION BECAUSE SHE CANNOT SWALLOW THE LARGE PILLS OF THE ORIGINAL FORM. WORKED 6HRS ON THE ARKANSAS PROBLEM AND CALLED W. BURT OF THE STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE TO SAY THAT MY ESTIMATES OF THE PUMP DEPLETION OF THE ARKANSAS WAS 230.00 (AF/YR). THEY DO NOT HAVE THEIR FIGURES YET. 1/25 WARM, SUNNY DAY. THE THERMOMETER AT 10:00AM STANDS AT 47 [degrees Fahrenheit]. CAROL AND I WERE HOME ALL DAY (SATURDAY) MARJORIE WAS WITH US. WORKED 6HRS TO FINISH MY ARKANSAS COMPUTATIONS. CAROL IS GAINING STRENGTH
JAN (CONCLUDED)
1/26 WENT TO JACKSON LAKE WITH THE ADUBON CLUB. JEAN WISE CAME FOR ME. THERE WERE ABOUT 20 PEOPLE IN THE PARTY. I SAW MANY ROUGHLEG HAWKS, FERRUGINOUS HAWKS, RED-TAILED HAWKS, MARSH HAWKS, SPARROW HAWKS, 5 OR 6 PRAIRIE FALCONS, 1 GOLDEN EAGLE, 3 BALD
EAGLES (2 ADULTS, 1 IMMATURE) HORNED LARKS, MEADOW LARKS, MAGPIES, TREE SPARROWS, GULLS, MALLARDS, GOLDENEYES, CANADA GEESE, AMER MERGANSERS, BOB-WHITE QUAIL, ROCK DOVES, FLICKERS, CROWS, STARLING, R.W. BLACKBIRDS (TREMENDOUS FLOCKS), 2 N. SHRIKES
1/27 CAROL DID THE WASH. OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH, ROBINSONS, CAME OVER FOR A VISIT 1/28 CAROL FEELING STRONGER TODAY. IN THE MORNING CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER. IN THE AFTERNOON, WE WENT TO DR BERNARD SCHOR IN ENGLEWOOD TO GET HER GLASSES ADJUSTED. THEY NOW WORK MUCH BETTER.
1/29 DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. CAROL IRONED. CAROL WROTE LETTERS AND I MAILED THEM. I WENT TO BUDDY AND LLOYD’S TO GET HAM HOCKS AND 7-UP FOR CAROL
1/30 CAROL TYPED 2 LETTERS FOR ME AND I MAILED THEM. IN THE AFTERNOON I MADE A POT OF BOILED CABBAGE AND HAM HOCKS WORKED 6HRS IN THE MORNING, AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON THE ARKANSAS PROBLEM WARM DAY WITH THIN CLOUDS. CALLED FT. COLLINS TODAY TO GET A COPY OF A REPORT. THEY SAY THAT ONLY 68 COPIES OF THE TEXT HAVE BEEN SOLD.
1/31 WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES AND BOUGHT SOME GAS ON THE WAY. GINGER WAS OVER FOR A LITTLE WHILE. WORKED 4HRS ON THE ARKANSAS PROBLEM
1975 AT HOME: 2/1-28
FEB
2/1 CAROL WROTE SOME LETTERS AND I MAILED THEM. SHE IS UP AND AROUND BUT DOES NOT HAVE HER STRENGTH BACK. YET. WORKED 4HRS ON THE ARKANSAS PROBLEM. READ AND RESTED.
BEAUTIFUL, WARM, CLEAR DAY. MARJORIE WENT TO PUEBLO.
2/2 CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER AT ABOUT 11:00AM AND STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER, LEAVING AT ABOUT 1:30PM. MARJORIE CAME BACK FROM PUEBLO AT ABOUT 11:00AM. 2/3 CAROL DID THE WASH, I MADE A WOOD FIRE IN THE STOVE TO TAKE THE CHILL OFF THE WASH ROOM AS THE FURNACE IS INSULATED AND DOES NOT WARM THE WASH ROOM SUFFICIENTLY. I TOOK CAROL TO SEE DR HANNA IN THE AFTERNOON. MARJORIE CALLED TO SAY THAT AN EXPLOSION HAD OCCURED IN THE BUILDING SHE WORKS IN BUT THAT SHE IS ALL RIGHT AND WAS THEN OUT TO LUNCH. CLEAR, WARM DAY.
2/4 CAROL STARTED OUT TO GO TO THE HAIRDRESSER BUT FOUND THE ROADS TOO SLIPPERY, SO DROVE AROUND THE BLOCK AND PUT IT IN THE GARAGE. THE STREETS WERE COVERED WITH A THIN COATING OF ICE, COVERED BY A LIGHT, POWDERY SNOW. I SWEPT OUR WALKS, ALSO COCAGNES AND ROBINSONS. CAROL CLEANED THE CUPBOARD SHELVES AND DID A LITTLE IRONING. SHE AND I
DEFROSTED THE FREEZER. THIS WAS A COLD, OVERCAST DAY, WITH A POWDERY SNOW FALLING SOME OF THE TIME.
2/5 COLD, OVERCAST DAY. DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. CAROL STILL FEELING WEAK, BUT DID SOME MORE CLEANING OF THE CUPBOARDS. I MADE A SHELF FOR THE TELEPHONE AMPLIFIER THAT MORRIS AND HIS FAMILY SENT US FOR CHRISTMAS. SNOW TODAY - ROBINSON SWEPT THE MAIN WALK AND I SWEPT THE WALK FROM THE HOUSE TO THE STREET. CAROL DID SOME IRONING
2/6 CAROL CLEANED OUT SOME MORE CUPBOARDS. I WORKED ON SOME LETTERS. THE EARLY MORNING WAS CLOUDY, BUT BY AFTERNOON THE SUN WAS OUT AND HAD MELTED THE SNOW AND ICE OFF THE ROADS BY LATE AFTERNOON
2/7 WARM, SUNNY DAY. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. IN THE AFTERNOON WE WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK AND GET GROCERIES
2/8 SOME SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. CAROL AND I READ AND RESTED.
2/9 DUE TO A LIGHT SNOW ON THE GROUND I DID NOT GO TO RED ROCKS PARK FOR THE DENVER FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS TRIP. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO COME OVER AND STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER AND LEFT ABOUT 1:30PM
2/10 CAROL DID THE WASH. I BUILT A FIRE IN THE STOVE TO KEEP THE ROOM WARM. WORKED ON A LETTER TO MY STATE SENATOR TO URGE THAT THE PROPOSED GUN LAW NOT BE PASSED. CAROL TYPED IT AND I MAILED IT.
XEROX 2/11
2/11 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS GROCERY AND MORGAN PHARMACY TO GET NEEDED ITEMS. CAROL IRONED IN THE AFTERNOON. WORKED 6HRS ON THE INTEGRAL (∫𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑡 q dt/Qt). SUNNY, WARM DAY WITH WIND
2/12 DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. CAROL DID SOME IRONING AND MADE OUT VALENTINE CARDS. I TOOK THEM OVER TO MAIL THEM AND BOUGHT A NEW BLOTTER TO COVER MY DESK. TOOK OFF THE OLD ONE AND PUT THE NEW ONE ON. ORGANIZED PREVIOUSLY MADE COMPUTATIONS.
1975 FEB (CONCLUDED)
2/13 CAROL CLEANED OUT ANOTHER CUPBOARD. WILL BURT CALLED TO SAY THAT THEY HAD PUT SOME COMPUTATIONS OF MY TEXT ON THE COMPUTER AND HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT 2 VALUES. I RECOMPUTED THEM. CHET NELSON CALLED. IT SEEMS THAT THE ASCE DID NOT SEND HIM ANY REPRINTS OF OUR PAPER. I WILL SEND HIM WHAT I HAVE LEFT WHICH IS 12 OUT OF 25.
2/14 CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE OVER IN THE AFTERNOON. I RETURNED WILL BURTS CALL OF YESTERDAY, AND CALLED CHET NELSON TO TELL HIM I HAD SENT THE REST OF THE COLORADO RIVER REPORTS TO HIM. MARJORIE CAME IN ABOUT 9:30PM. SNOWING A LITTLE
2/15 MARJORIE TOOK ME OUT TO NORTH GLENN TO THE DENVER MICROSCOPE SERVICE INC, 10373 N. PECOS. (RAY AND CLARA SHEPARD). I LOOKED AT MICROSCOPES. I ORDERED A SECOND-HAND
INSTRUMENT WITH 60 X 20 X AND 10 X OBJECTIVES AND 10 X EYEPIECE. I MADE SOME MORE CHECK COMPUTATIONS.
2/16 FRANK SARLES CAME FOR ME ABOUT 8:15AM AND WE WENT TO THE VETERAN’S
ADMINISTRATION CHAPEN ON CLAREMONT ST. THERE SARLES, ELMERHAGER AND I ATTENDED THE PROTESTANT SERVICES AT 9:00AM. AFTERWARD WE WENT TO DR OBERHOLTZER’S OFFICE WHERE HE SHOWED US HOW TO OPERATE A BLOOD PRESSURE MACHINE. AT 3:30PM MARJORIE TOOK CAROL AND ME OVER TO GINGER’S FOR DINNER.
2/17 CAROL DID THE WASH. SNOW LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. I SHOVELLED WALKS AND KEPT A FIRE GOING IN THE STOVE TO KEEP THE FURNACE ROOM WARM UNTIL THE WASH WAS FINISHED. CAROL AND I COOKED THE REST OF THE CABBAGE FOR DINNER
2/18 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. WORKED 6HRS ON THE FORMULA FOR THE TOTAL STREAM DEPLETION DUE TO A WELL. GINGER CAME OVER AND BROUGHT SOME BREAD AND ROLLS. MARGO CALLED TO TALK TO US. MARJORIE WORKED LATE. BEAUTIFUL DAY.
2/19 PLEASANT DAY. CAROL IRONED AND PUT IT AWAY. CAROL IS FEELING BETTER TODAY. WORKED 6HRS, COMPLETED THE WORK ON THE (∫𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑡 q dt/Qt) FUNCTION AND DID SOME WORK ON
PROPAGATION OF COMPUTATION ERRORS
2/20 WENT TO THE USBR RETIREE LUNCHEON AT THE AMERICAN LEGION CLUB (ALAMEDA/LEETSDALE) AT NOON. WORKED 2HRS ON CHECKS OF EXAMPLES OF CHAPTER 3 OF THE TEXT. CAROL CLEANED OUT THE REFRIGERATOR AND GOT MEALS
2/21 CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES IN THE AM. SUNNY DAY WITH HIGH CLOUDS AND A COLD WIND
2/22 MARJORIE TOOK ME TO NORTH GLENN WHERE I BOUGHT A MICROSCOPE FROM RAY SHEPARD. GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO DROPPED IN BEFORE WE LEFT. MARGO HAD LOST A LOWER FRONT TOOTH, NEW ONE COMING IN SUNNY, WARM DAY. WENT TO BUDDY AND LLOYDS FOR GROCERIES 2/23 CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER AND STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER AND LEFT ABOUT 2:00PM. THEY BROUGHT MARJORIE’S CAR BACK AND LEFT IT HERE. CHARLES DROVE HIS NEW TRUCK OVER AND THEY RETURNED IN IT. I WROTE LETTERS TO BILL AND KIM AND MAILED THEM. SUNNY, WINDY DAY
2/24 CAROL DID THE WASH. I BUILT A FIRE TO KEEP THE ROOM WARM. WORKED WITH MY
MICROSCOPE TRYING TO CALBRATE THE IMAGE OF A MILLIMETER SCALE PROJECTED UP THROUGH THE CONDENSER, WHICH IS ABOUT 1/10 THE SIZE BUT A BETTER CALIBRATION IS NEEDED
2/25 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. I WENT TO THE COLORADO WATER CONGRESS MEETING IN THE AM. IT LASTED INTO THE AFTERNOON. WENT AND RETURNED BY CITY BUS, ARRIVING HOME ABOUT 4:30PM. CLEAR, SUNNY, WARM DAY. CAROL IRONED
2/26 DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. WORKED WITH NEW MICROSCOPE IN AFTERNOON 2/27 CAROL CLEANED CUPBOARDS. I READ AND RESTED
2/28 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY IN THE AM. IN THE AFTERNOON WE TOOK OUR INCOME TAX DATA TO RILEY’S. OUR REPORTS WILL BE READY ON THE 7TH OF MARCH. IN THE EVENING I TOOK PICTURES WITH THE NEW MICROSCOPE AND ADAPTER EQUIPMENT
AT HOME: 3/1-9, 10-20 (½ DAYS), 21, 23-31 3/10-20 JURY DUTY (½ DAYS) 3/22 BIRD HIKE - GRASSLANDS MAR
3/1 MOE’S BIRTHDAY - WE CALLED HIM TO WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. CHARLES AND GINGER BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER TO STAY WITH US WHILE THEY WENT TO YUMA TO GET A SIDE OF BEEF. THEY CAME FOR CHASE AND MARGO AT ABOUT 7:00PM. THEY STAYED FOR SUPPER WITH US. CAROL WAS VERY TIRED
3/2 CAROL AND I WERE HOME ALL DAY (SUNDAY) I INDEXED SOME SLIDES. MARJORIE WENT SKATING AFTER SUPPER
3/3 CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH. I BUILT A WOOD FIRE IN THE STOVE TO WARM UP THE ROOM AS THE FURNACE IS TOO WELL INSULATED TO KEEP THE ROOM WARM. SPENT THE DAY INDEXING AN ACCU- MULATION OF GROUN-WATER SLIDES. COMPLETED THE INDEXING.
3/4 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. I MADE A CALL TO ROY SHEPARD, WENT TO BUDDY AND LLOYDS FOR HONEY. WORKED 6HRS ON SOME COMPUTATIONS ON TOTAL PUMP DEPLETION. 3/5 DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE MORNING. THE WORK DONE ON (∫𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑡 q dt/Qt) WAS COMPLETED THIS MORNING. IN THE AFTERNOON I WENT TO R WAKMAN’S AND BOUGHT A CAMERA ADAPTER FOR MY MICROSCOPE ($8.51 WITH TAX). I TOOK SOME PICTURES WITH IT. IT SEEMS TO WORK WELL. CALL FROM W. BURT - HE WANTS A COPY OF THE 1954 GLOVER AND BALMER PAPER FOR A TRIAL IN THE ARKANSAS VALLEY. CAROL IRONED
3/6 CAROL CLEANED OUT CUPBOARDS. I WORKED ON GROUNDWATER COMPUTATIONS. IN THE AFTERNOON WILL BURT CAME TO GET A REPRINT OF THE GLOVER AND BALMER PAPER. I WAS ABLE TO FIND HIM ONE. I ALSO GAVE HIM A REPRINT OF THE SNAKE PLAIN ANALOG PAPER. WENT TO
MEININGER’S TO GET SOME MORE GRAPH PAPER. WORKED 7HRS ON GROUND-WATER PROBLEMS 3/7 CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK AND TO GET GROCERIES. ON THE WAY BACK WE PICKED UP OUR INCOME TAX RETURNS AT RILEYS ($10) WE SIGNED THEM AND MADE OUT AN ESTIMATED TAX, WROTE CHECKS, PUT THE RETURNS IN ENVELOPES AND I MAILED THEM BEFORE 2:30PM. I ALSO MAILED AARP AND NARFE CAROL GOT HER GLASSES CHECKED WHEN WE WERE IN ENGLE- WOOD. WORKED 6HRS ON THE ARKANSAS GROUND-WATER PROBLEM. (THIS WILL
ULTIMATELY LEAD TO AN ESTIMATE OF THE RESTORATION FLOW NEEDED), PICTURES CAME FROM BILL AND JEAN.
3/8 CAROL WROTE LETTERS AND I MAILED THEM. SHE ALSO TYPED SOME FIGURE TITLES FOR ME, I PUT THESE ON THE FIGURES AND PHOTOGRAPHED THEM. WORKED 6HRS ON THE ARKANSAS PROBLEM OF ESTIMATING RESTORATION FLOWS
3/9 35 [degrees Fahrenheit] THIS MORNING AND SNOWING - CONTINUED ALL DAY. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER AND STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER AND LEFT AT ABOUT 2:00PM. MARJORIE WENT DOWN TO WORK FOR A WHILE IN THE AFTERNOON.
3/11 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN AM. I WAS ON JURY DUTY UNTIL ABOUT 2:00PM. MARJORIE TOOK ME DOWN IN THE MORNING
3/12 SHOVELLED WALKS AND TOOK CARE OF TRASH IN AM. ON JURY DUTY UNTIL NOON. MARJORIE TOOK ME DOWN. CAROL IRONED. GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER TO STAY WITH US WHILE SHE TOOK CHASE TO GET A SERIES OF ALLERGY SHOTS. HE GOT 18. HE HAD A BLACK EYE. A 5X EYEPIECE CAME FROM SHEPARD TODAY.
3/13 MARJORIE TOOK ME DOWN TO THE CITY AND COUNTY BUILDING FOR JURY DUTY. I WAS CALLED AND TOLD TO REPORT TO JUDGE CHRYSLERS COURT AT 1:00PM. A JURY WAS SELECTED, BUT I WAS LEFT OUT AND EXCUSED UNTIL 9:00AM MONDAY. RETURNED HOME ABOUT 3:30PM GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER AS CHASE HAS TO GET SOME MORE ALLERGY TESTS. GOT MAPS AND WATER SUPPLY PAPER FROM THE USGS OFFICE IN THE NEW FEDERAL BUILDING BEFORE COMING HOME
3/14 CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR GROCERIES. ALSO GOT STAMPS, A NEW WATCH BAND AT LOFTUS. SOME GRAPHITE, LOCKSMITH I NEEDED TO SEE ABOUT A KEY HAD MOVED. RETURNED HOME WITH GROCERIES. IN THE AFTERNOON WENT TO ENGLEWOOD LOCKSMITH TO GET AN EXTRA KEY FOR THE BACKDOOR ($2.13) CAME BACK AND REPLACED LOCK IN THE DOOR. GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER AS CHASE NEEDS MORE ALLERGY TESTS
1975 MAR (CONCLUDED)
3/15 CAROL AND MARJORIE WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO SHOP FOR THINGS THEY WANTED. MY FILM CAME BACK AND I CALLED RAY SHEPHARD - I WILL KEEP THE 5X EYE PIECE HE SENT TO ME. I SENT HIM 3 OF MY PICTURES WITH A LETTER. HE MENTIONED SHORTY WITHERS - I CALLED SHORTY AND WE HAD A NICE TALK. HE ALSO HAS A MICRO- SCOPE AND WORKS WITH MINERALS. IN THE AFTERNOON I READ AND RESTED
3/16 CHARLES AND GINGER BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER AND LEFT ABOUT 1:30PM. CLEAR, WARM DAY, MARJORIE WENT TO WORK IN THE AFTERNOON, ALSO WENT OUT IN THE EVENING. CHASE’S RIGHT EYE IS STILL BLACK.
3/17 CAROL DID THE WASH AND TOOK CARE OF MARGO IN THE AFTERNOON WENT DOWN TO THE CITY AND COUNTY BUILDING WITH MARJORIE TO REPORT FOR JURY DUTY. WAS CALLED TO GO TO JUDGE MCNAMARA’S COURT. A JURY HAD NOT BEEN SELECTED BY QUITTING TIME. WENT TO THE “QUOREM” RESTAURANT FOR LUNCH.
3/18 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. I WENT DOWN- TOWN WITH MARJORIE AT 9:00AM TO REPORT FOR JURY DUTY AT 10: AM IN MCNAMARAS COURT. THE DEFENDANT DID NOT SHOW AND A MISTRIAL WAS DECLARED. JURORS WERE EXCUSED AND I ARRIVED HOME ABOUT NOON. WARM, SUNNY DAY. CAROL IRONED
3/19 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE AM. MARJORIE TOOK ME DOWN TO THE JURY ROOM IN THE MORNING. I STRUCK OUT AGAIN. I DID NOT GET ON THE JURY IN JUDGE URSO’S COURT. I WAS EXCUSED AND RETURNED HOME ABOUT 12:30. CAROL IRONED
3/20 MARJORIE TOOK ME TO THE CITY AND COUNTY BUILDING FOR JURY DUTY IN THE AM. I WAS SELECTED ON A JURY BUT THE TRIAL WAS TERMINATED AT THE REGRET OF THE PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY THIS ENDS MY JURY DUTY - I ARRIVED HOME ABOUT 12:30PM. CAROL CLEANED CARPETS IN THE BEDROOMS
3/21 CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES IN THE AM. A CALL FROM SUNADA AT NOON ADVISED OF AN AUSTRALIAN - MR FRANS KALF - WHO WISHES TO SEE ME. HE CAME AND WE SPENT MOST OF THE AFTERNOON TOGETHER. SOME RAIN TODAY
3/22 WENT WITH MR AND MRS MERRY TO THE GRASSLANDS. NANCY HURLEY WAS LEADER OF THE DFO (BIRD CLUB) TRIP. I SAW: EARED GREBE, MALLARD PINTAIL, COMMON MERGANSER, DUCKS, MARSH HAWKS, GH OWL, ROUGHLEG HAWKS, SPARROW HAWKS, 1 GOLDEN EAGLE, RING BILLED GULLS, ROCK DOVES, DOWNY WOODPECKER, RED SHAFTED FLICKERS, MAGPIES, 2 CROWS (LOOKED LARGE FOR CROWS), MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS, RW BLACKBIRDS, MEADOW LARKS, HORNED LARKS (20 SPECIES) HEAVY WIND ALL DAY KEPT THE BIRDS DOWN EXCEPT FOR THE HORNED LARKS
3/23 CHARLES AND GINGER BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER. THEY LEFT ABOUT 2:00PM
3/24 CAROL DID THE WASH - I KEPT THE PLACE WARM WITH A FIRE IN THE WOOD STOVE. GOT SOME MATERIAL READY TO SEND TO KALF IN AUSTRALIA
3/25 CAROL WENT TO HAIRDRESSER IN AM. PUT A CALL IN TO FT COLLINS - WILL GO UP THERE WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK
3/26 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. ABOUT 10:00 AM WE WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO MAIL SEPARATES TO MR KALF AND TO CINDERELLA CENTER FOR EASTER THINGS FOR CHASE AND MARGO. HEAVY SNOW BEGAN IN EVENING
3/27 CAROL AND I HOME ALL DAY. SNOW CONTINUED IN AM, WEATHER CLEARED IN AFTERNOON. WORKED 6HRS IN PREPARATION FOR GROUND WATER CLASSES NEXT MONTH
3/28 CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES IN AM. MARJORIE HOME ALL DAY. WORKED 6HRS MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR THE CSU GW CLASSES NEXT MONTH. GINGER BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER IN THE AFTERNOON AND BROUGHT SOME UPHOLSTERY WORK WITH HER 3/29 CAROL AND I HOME ALL DAY. SUNNY, BUT 40 [degrees] AT 5:15PM. WORKED 8HRS FOR THE TEACHING AT CSU NEXT MONTH
3/30 JO CALLED TO SAY THAT IT WAS SNOWING IN EL PASO. WE TALKED TO KIM ON THE PHONE. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER. THEY LEFT ABOUT 1:30PM, MOODY CALLED. I SENT HIM THE LAPLACE STANDPOINT AND SANDHILL PAPERS. REST OF THE DAY, READ AND RESTED
3/31 CAROL DID THE WASH. WORKED 8HRS ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE GROUND- WATER CLASS. CAROL DID TYPING FOR ME. RAIN TODAY; TURNING TO SNOW IN LATE AFTERNOON
1975 AT HOME: 4/1, 3-5 (½ DAYS), 6-14, 16-22, 25-30
CSU: 4/2, 15 4/3-5 ATLANTIC RICHFIELD (½ DAYS) VETERANS WWI MEETING: 4/9 4/17-19 RICHFIELD OIL, VANCOUVER, BC 4/22-24 ATLANTIC RICHFIELD APR
4/1 I SHOVELLED SNOW TWICE AS IT SNOWED ALL DAY. CAROL IRONED AND TYPED MATERIAL FOR ME. WORKED 4HRS ON THE GROUND WATER LECTURES PREPARATIONS.
4/2 WENT TO FT COLLINS IN THE MORNING ON THE 8:30AM BUS. MARJORIE TOOK ME DOWN. I SAW PATSY BACON, MRS STAFFORD, AND GAVE HER THE ERRATA LIST. MRS NELSON SAYS 75 COPIES OF THE TEXT HAVE BEEN SOLD. PROF. HOVEY (?) SHOWED ME THE TV EQUIPMENT I AM TO USE MET WITH DAN SUNADA AND WENT OVER WITH HIM MY PROPOSED TREATMENT OF PARALLEL FLOW. WILL GO TO FT COLLINS ON APRIL 15 AND GIVE THE LECTURES BEGINNING AT 1:00PM. SAW SKINNER, ALSO DR FEAD WHO HAD JUST RETURNED FROM DENVER. CLEAR DAY. EXPENSES $10.16.
4/3 CAROL CLEANED OUT DRESSER DRAWERS. I PREPARED MATERIAL FOR THE GROUND-WATER CLASS. CAROL TYPED A LETTER TO DR SUNADA AND I MAILED IT TOGETHER WITH OTHER LETTERS. IN THE AFTERNOON, ED WEAKLEY CALLED FROM RICHFIELD OIL SECURITY LIFE BLDG, ROOM 1500, 1616 GLENARM. I WILL MEET HIM AND DON TATE THERE IN THE MORNING AT 10:00AM. WARM, SUNNY DAY 4/4 WENT DOWNTOWN WITH MARJORIE TO MEET WITH ED WEAKLEY AND DON TATE GOT BACK TO THE HOUSE BEFORE NOON. WEAKLEY WILL SEE ME AT 1:00PM HERE ON MONDAY. IN THE AFTERNOON CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK AND TO GET GROCERIES. READ AND RESTED THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.
4/5 CAROL CLEANED HOUSE. WORKED 3HRS ON FLOW OF OIL NOTATION AND 3HRS ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE GROUND WATER CLASS
4/6 CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER. THEY LEFT AT ABOUT 1:00PM. CAROL AND I READ AND RESTED. CLEAR, WARM DAY
4/7 CAROL DID THE WASH. I MADE A FIRE IN THE STOVE TO WARM UP THE WASHROOM. WORKED 3HRS ON THE GW PRESENTATION AND REVIEWED SOME OF THE OIL LITERATURE. EARLY MORNING WAS SUNNY BUT THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY CLOUDS AND WIND.
4/8 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. I GOT A HAIRCUT IN THE AFTERNOON. MR ED WEAKLEY CAME AND I SPENT 2HRS WITH HIM. WORKED 2HRS ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE GW CLASS. 4/9 WENT TO THE VETERANS OF WWI MEETING AT THE VFW HALL ON SOUTH BROADWAY. WE HAD A POT LUCK LUNCHEON AND THEN OFFICERS WERE INSTALLED. I WAS INSTALLED AS COMMANDER AND CLOSED THE BUSINESS MEETING. ARRIVED HOME ABOUT 3PM
4/10 ATTENDED FUNERAL FOR RAYMOND TEEGARDEN AT THE DRINK WINE MORTUARY AT 999 W. LITTLETON AVE. SEVEN WWI VETERANS WERE THERE INCLUDING HAGE, CARPENTER, WEBER. IN THE AFTERNOON I SPENT 2 HOURS WITH ED WEAKLEY OF ATLANTIC RICHFIELD. WE MADE TWO
CORRELATIONS. SUNNY IN MORNING, BUT SNOW IN THE EVENING. DENVER POST TODAY CARRIED AN OBITUARY FOR STEPHEN H. POE. HE WAS A RETIRED BUREAU OF RECLAMATION ENGINEER
4/11 MONTGOMERY WARD BROUGHT THE NEW MATTRESS AND SPRINGS AND CAROL AND I PUT THEM ON THE BED. AFTER LUNCH WE WENT TO THE EVANS GROCERY FOR FOOD AND I GOT SOME MORE BLOOD PRESSURE PILLS FOR CAROL. WORKED 2HRS ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE GROUND WATER COURSE. CALLED RAY WINGER TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT MY SOUTH PLATTE PAPER. HE TOOK SOME ACTION TO GET IT MOVING
4/12 CAROL AND I HOME ALL DAY. CAROL WORKED AROUND THE HOUSE. I WORKED 2HRS ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE GW COURSE AND 2HRS ON A DISCUSSION IN ACI. MARJORIE SOLD THE MUSTANG TODAY.
4/13 CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER AND STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER. THEY LEFT ABOUT 1:30PM. NICE DAY.
4/14 WORKED 2HRS ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE GW LECTURES (AM) SPENT THE AFTERNOON IN CITY LIBRARY. PARTLY CLOUDY, WARM DAY
1975 APR (CONCLUDED)
4/15 WENT TO FT COLLINS ON THE 8:30AM BUS. MARJORIE TOOK ME DOWN AT FT COLLINS, HAD LUNCH WITH DR FEAD, DR SUNADA, DR LONGENBAUGH. FROM 1 TO 4PM, I TAUGHT 3 SESSIONS OF THE GROUND WATER CLASS (729) ON THE SUBJECT OF PARALLEL FLOW. EXAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM THE SOUTH PLATTE CONDITIONS. ARRIVE BACK HOME ABOUT 8:10PM. (NOTE: THESE WERE PUT ON TAPE). EXPENSES $9.55
4/16 DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. CALL FROM DON TATE REQUESTED THAT I GO TO VANCOUVER WITH HIM AND ED WEAKLEY FOR A CONFERENCE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. I WENT TO THE BARRACKS
BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON AT THE AMERICAN LEGION HALL AT NOON. IN THE AFTERNOON I PREPARED FOR THE VANCOUVER TRIP. GINGER AND MARGO CAME OVER IN THE AFTERNOON.
4/17 WENT TO VANCOUVER BC WITH DON TATE, ED WEAKLEY AND JAMES PAGE. THERE WE MET WITH SPENCE, BROWN, MILLER AT THE GOLDER-BRAWNER COMPANY TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF TESTS. 4/18 AT VANCOUVER BC
4/19 RETURNED FROM TRIP TO VANCOUVER BC. ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT AT 3:24PM. ARRIVED HOME AT ABOUT 4:15PM. MR AND MRS TATE AND BRYAN BROUGHT ME HOME. BEAUTIFUL SPRING DAY, BUT SNOW FROM THE STORM YESTERDAY IS STILL ON THE LAWN IN SPOTS MAILED LETTERS TO MOUNTAIN BELL AND A BIRTHDAY CARD TO KIRK. EXPENSES $49.70
4/20 CAROL, MARJORIE AND I WERE OVER AT GINGER’S PLACE TO EAT SUNDAY DINNER WITH THEM. SUNNY SPRING DAY
4/21 CAROL DID THE WASH. TOOK MY BLUE SUIT COAT TO THE TAILORS TO GET THE TEAR FIXED. IN THE AFTERNOON I WENT TO THE SECURITY LIFE BUILDING TO GET MY COMPUTATIONS BACK. WORKED 2HRS FOR ATLANTIC RICHFIELD.
4/22 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER AND LATER IRONED. I WORKED 8HRS FOR ATLANTIC-RICHFIELD. ED WEAKLEY WAS HERE FOR ABOUT 2HRS IN THE MORNING AND FOR ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE AFTERNOON. WE MADE AN IMPORTANT CORRELATION
4/23 SPENT ALL DAY WORKING AT THE ATLANTIC-RICHFIELD OFFICE WITH MR ED WEAKLEY. MARJORIE TOOK ME DOWN IN THE AM AND MR WEAKLEY BROUGHT ME HOME IN HIS CAR IN THE EVENING 4/24 WROTE A MEMORANDUM TO JAMES PAGE CONCERNING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT VANCOUVER BC. CAROL TYPED IT AND I GOT COPIES AND TOOK THEM DOWN TO THE ATLANTIC-RICHFIELD OFFICES. DON TAST WAS IN A MEETING SO I GAVE THEM TO HIS SECRETARY ALICE. MR WEAKLEY CALLED TO DESCRIBE THE MEETING. (COUNT ALL DAY FOR ATLANTIC-RICHFIELD)
4/25 CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. DON TAIT CALLED TO SAY MY MEMO WAS SATISFACTORY. SPENT SEVERAL HOURS ON THE PROBLEM OF THE PUMP DRAWING WATER FROM AN ANISOTROPIC LEAKY ROOF AQUIFER. CAROL AND I SHAMPOOED THE RUG.
4/26 CAROL AND I WASH THE BIG FRONT WINDOW - I TOOK THE OUTSIDE, SHE TOOK THE INSIDE IN THE AFTERNOON MRS SUTHERLAND CAME FOR A SPOT OF TEA. HER CHILDREN BROUGHT HER OVER AND TOOK HER BACK. IN THE EVENING I CALLED JOHN N. SPENCER - HE LIKES MR MERMAN AND MY IDEA FOR COMPLETING THE FINAL WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL REPORT
4/27 CHASE AND MARGO CALLED TO TELL US THEY WOULD NOT BE OVER (SUNDAY) MARJORIE WENT DOWN TO WORK. CAROL AND I WERE ALONE. SNOWED SOME IN AFTERNOON
4/28 CAROL DID THE WASH. I GOT A COPY OF MY WORK ON THE WELL PUMPED FROM AN
ANISOTROPIC AQUIFER AND SENT IT TO MOODY WHO MAY CONSENT TO CO-AUTHOR IT WITH ME. WROTE UP SOME PARAGRAPHS FOR THE WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL FINAL REPORT
4/29 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. LATER DID SOME IRONING AND TYPED SOME THINGS FOR ME. WE WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET HER A NEW COFFEE POT AS THE OLD ONE HAD BURNED OUT
4/30 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE MORNING. CAROL TYPED FOR ME AND I GOT COPIES OF WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL PARAGRAPHS AND SENT THEM TO JOHN N SPENCER, JOHN W (WINK) SPENCER AND MR CLARE MERMAN. GINGER BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER FOR SUPPER. CHARLES WILL BE BACK TOMORROW
1975
AT HOME: 5/1-13, 15-18,24-26 5/14 VETERANS WWI MEETING WINDOW-ROCK, ARIZONA 5/19-23 5/27-29 VETERANS CONFERENCE 5/31 VETERANS PARADE MAY
5/1 CAROL AND I CLEANED OUT MY WORKROOM - TOOK ALL DAY.
5/2 CAROL CLEANED KIM’S ROOM. I GOT SOME MATERIAL READY FOR THE ARIZONA COURSE AND SENT IT TO KATHY BUTCHER AND TO TIM BERGAN. IN THE AFTERNOON I WENT TO STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE WHERE JERIS DANIELSON AND MURTRY RAN THE TAPE I MADE AT FT COLLINS. KATHY BUTCHER CALLED FROM COLUMBUS, OHIO. I CALLED TIM BERGAN IN ARIZONA
5/3 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. ALSO GOT SOME THINGS AT
JENSEN’S HARDWARE AND THE DRUGSTORE WORKED 4HRS ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE TEACHING AT ARIZONA
5/4 MARJORIE AND I WENT TO THE ENGLEWOOD METHODIST CHURCH TO HEAR MARGO SING IN THE ‘CHERUB’ CHOIR. ON THE WAY BACK MARJORIE SHOWED ME HER NEW APARTMENT.
5/5 CAROL WASHED IN THE AM AND SORTED MAGAZINES IN THE AFTERNOON WORKED 10HRS ON THE ARIZONA PROBLEM.
5/6 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. AND WE WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK WHEN SHE GOT BACK WE WERE BACK FROM ENGLEWOOD AT ABOUT 11:30AM. WORKED 10HRS ON THE ARIZONA PROBLEM.
5/7 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE AM. CAROL IRONED AND WATERED THE FRONT LAWN. I MADE OUT A NEW PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION AND SENT IT TO TOM BERGAN. TALKED TO TOM AHRENS BY PHONE AND CHECKED THE AIRLINE CONNECTIONS
5/8 CAROL WATERED THE LAWN AND DUG DANDELIONS. I SPADED THE GARDEN AND FLOWER BEDS PLANTED THE GARDEN TO MARIGOLDS. WENT TO HANNIGANS GREENHOUSE TO GET 2 DOZEN PINK PETUNIAS, SIX MYRTLES AND A SHASTA DAISY. BROUGHT THEM HOME AND PLANTED THEM. WORKED 3HRS ON THE NAVAJO PREPARATIONS
5/9 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN AND FLOWER BEDS. I CUT THE LAWN. WORKED 4HRS ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE ARIZONA TEACHING ASSIGNMENT AND 2HRS ON A LETTER TO THE ASCE. I GOT MY TICKET TO GALLUP TODAY.
5/10 I GOT A HAIRCUT. CAROL WATERED THE FRONT LAWN AND TYPED FOR ME. I WORKED ON A REPLY TO THE ASCE CONCERNING MY SOUTH PLATTE PAPER. IN THE EVENING CAROL AND I WENT WITH MARJORIE TO HER NEW APARTMENT.
5/11 MOTHER’S DAY - CAROL, MARJORIE AND GINGER WERE HERE, ALSO, CHARLES, CHASE AND MARGO. THEY ALL STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER. THEN HELPED MARJORIE MOVE SOME OF HER STUFF TO HER NEW APARTMENT A ROCKY MOUNTAIN GROSBEAK CAME TO MY BIRDFEEDER TODAY
5/12 CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH AND DID SOME IRONING. CAROL TYPED A LETTER TO ASCE FOR ME AND I SENT IT TO THEM TOGETHER WITH THE ORIGINAL AND A COPY OF MY SOUTH PLATTE PAPER. THE COPY HAD COME FROM A REVIEWER.
5/13 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. I WORKED 6HRS ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE ARIZONA ASSIGNMENT. THREE CLAY COLORED SPARROWS AND A LAZULI BUNTING WERE SEEN HERE TODAY BILL MOODY CAME OVER IN THE MORNING. CAROL IRONED
5/14 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE MORNING. I WENT TO THE WWI VETERANS MEETING TO PRESIDE AS COMMANDER. WHEN I RETURNED HOME, CAROL AND I WENT TO “YELLOW FRONT” TO GET THINGS FOR MARJORIE. WE GOT A DISHPAN, A SMALL STEP-LADDER AT THE HARDWARE STORE, BUT COULD NOT GET A FOAM PAD.
5/15 CAROL WATERED THE LAWN AND I MOWED IT. WE WASHED WINDOWS AND REPLACED THE GLASS IN THE STORM DOORS WITH SCREENS. CAROL DID SOME LAWN TRIMMING. I DUG DANDELIONS. BRIEF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
5/16 CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET GROCERIES AND TO CASH A CHECK AT THE BANK. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN AND I WATERED THE NORTH FLOWER BED. IN THE EVENING WE WATCHED THE HEAVY-WEIGHT FIGHT.
5/17 CAROL AND I TRIMMED THE LAWN. WE DID SOME WATERING AND FINISHED PACKING FOR MY TRIP ON MONDAY. MR CLARE MERMAN CALLED
1975 MAY (CONCLUDED)
5/18 CAROL AND I SLEPT LATE. MARJORIE CAME WITH CHASE AND MARGO ABOUT 10:00AM. CHARLES AND GINGER CAME OVER ABOUT 11:00AM. THEY ALL STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER. MARJORIE GOT SOME OF HER STUFF OUT AND CHARLES TOOK IT IN HIS TRUCK. THEY LEFT ABOUT 1:45PM
5/19 WENT TO WINDOW-ROCK ON THE NAVAJO RESERVATION IN ARIZONA, CAROL DID THE WASH 5/20-21 AT WINDOW-ROCK
5/22 MADE PRESENTATION OF FOUR CASES AT THE MEETING PLACE AT FORT DEFIANCE, ARIZONA 5/23 ARRIVED IN DENVER VIA FRONTIER AIRLINES AT NOON. ARRIVED HOME BY TAXI AT ABOUT 1:00PM. CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES
5/24 MARJORIES BIRTHDAY. I WROTE LETTERS AND CAROL TYPED THEM. I MAILED THEM AND DID SOME WORK ON A CHART MATCHING PROCEDURE ECLIPSE TONIGHT OF THE MOON
5/25 MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE ALL HERE TODAY. THEY STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER. ALL BUT MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 2PM
5/26 CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH. I CUT THE LAWN AND WENT THROUGH ACCUMULATED MAIL
5/27 MARJORIE TOOK ME TO THE CONFERENCE OF THE VETERANS OF WWI MEETING IN THE MORNING. I WAS THERE ALL DAY AND RETURNED BY TAXI IN THE EVENING. CAROL IRONED
5/28 MARJORIE TOOK ME TO THE RAMADA INN ON COLORADO BOULEVARD IN THE MORNING. I SPENT ALL DAY THERE. MR AND MRS FRANK SARLES BROUGHT ME HOME IN THE EVENING. IT WAS RAINING HARD THEN, CAROL CLEANED IN THE BASEMENT
5/29 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE AM. FRANK SARLES PICKED ME UP AND WE WENT TO THE WWI REGIONAL CONFERENCE AT THE RAMADA INN. HE BROUGHT ME BACK HOME ABOUT 4:00PM IT SNOWED IN THE MORNING, TURNING TO RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON CAROL CLEANED IN THE
BASEMENT. GERALD (JERRY) CAMPBELL WAS INSTALLED AS REGIONAL COMMANDER; JOHN VOLK ROBERT COMBS, OSCE CARPENTER AND ELMER HAGER WERE ALSO PLACED IN OFFICE.
5/30 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES IN THE AM. IN THE AFTERNOON WE WENT TO “SIR SPEEDY” IN ENGLEWOOD WHERE I GOT PRINTS FOR A LETTER TO GO TO WINDOW-ROCK. (THE PRINTS WERE IN THE FORM OF CHARTS TO SUPPLEMENT THE WORK I DID THERE EARLIER)
5/31 IN THE MORNING MARJORIE TOOK ME DOWNTOWN TO CLEVELAND PLACE AND 14TH ST TO TAKE PART IN THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE. I MARCHED WITH THE WWI SQUAD. AFTERWARD MARJORIE BROUGHT ME BACK HOME. HERE I FINISHED LETTERS TO SEND DOWN TO WINDOW-ROCK AND MAILED THEM. CAROL PUT THE HOUSE IN ORDER.
1975 AT HOME: 6/1-9, 13-15, 17-18, 20-30
50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY 6/25 6/6 (½), 9(½), 10-12, 16(½) RICHFIELD OIL USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON 6/19 6/6(½) BARRACKS PLANNING MEETING JUN
6/1 WATERED FLOWER GARDENS WHICH WERE PROTECTED FROM RAIN BY THE EAVES. MARJORIE, GINGER, CHARLES, CHASE AND MARGO WERE OVER TODAY AND STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER. BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR DAY
6/2 CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH. I MOWED THE LAWN. CALLS TODAY FROM LIONEL BALDWIN AND DAVID MCWHORTER
6/3 HOME HEATING MEN CAME TO CLEAN AND SERVICE THE FURNACE THEY FOUND THE HEAT EXCHANGE HAD BEEN TOO HOT AND SEAMS HAD OPENED TO LET COMBUSTION PRODUCTS GET INTO THE AIR GOING TO THE ROOMS - A NEW FURNACE WAS NEEDED. THEY SAID. CAROL DID IRONING AFTER SUPPER. THE FURNACE MEN TOOK OUT THE OLD FURNACE
6/4 HOME HEATING COMPLETED INSTALLATION OF OUR NEW FURNACE TODAY. CAROL GOT HER DRIVER’S LICENSE RENEWED AND WENT TO ENGLE- WOOD TO PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK AND TO GET GROCERIES. THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER A HOLE NEEDS TO BE CUT IN THE DINING- ROOM FLOOR TO SUPPLY MORE AIR TO THE FURNACE WILL BE TAKEN UP AFTER THE FURNACE IS PUT TO USE IN THE FALL. POINTING UP OF THE CHIMNEY REMAINS TO BE DONE. (POINTING UP CHIMNEY WAS DONE THIS AFTERNOON. I PAID IN FULL FOR ALL CONTRACT WORK)
6/5 CAROL AND I CLEANED THE BASEMENT IN THE MORNING. IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WE WAITED FOR DR BALDWIN TO COME BUT HE DID NOT SHOW UP. BEAUTIFUL DAY. CAROL WATERED THE BACK LAWN. (I WATERED THE FRONT LAWN YESTERDAY)
6/6 CAROL WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET GROCERIES AND STAMPS. ED WEAKLEY CAME OUT AT 1:00PM TO TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF USING THE ANISOTROPIC SOLUTION FOR ESTIMATING SEEPAGE INTO THE PROPOSED SHALE MINE. WE WILL CONTINUE AT 1:00PM ON MONDAY AT HIS OFFICE. SPENT 4HRS CHECKING AND CORRECTING MY PREVIOUS WORK AND COMPLETED THE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ARTESIAN CASE. CALLED MOODY AFTER SUPPER TO REPORT PROGRESS ON OUR PROPOSED JOINT PAPER. CALLED BOB COMBS AND AUXILIARY PRESIDENT IRENE OWEN TO ALERT THEM TO THE JULY SPECIAL MEETING PROPOSED BY PLUMB OF THE 1282 BARRACKS. 1HR FOR A.R. MAILED COPY OF RECEIPT TO RILEY TAX.
6/7 CAROL WASHED WALLS AND CURTAINS. I MOWED THE LAWN. CAROL AND I DID SOME TRIMMING. MARJORIE STAYED WITH US LAST NIGHT. MR SHRIVER CALLED IN THE EVENING. CALL FROM PLUMB REQUESTED THAT I MEET THEM AT THE “HEART OF DENVER” MOTEL AT 10:00AM MONDAY
COMPLETED A WRITE-UP OF THE ANISOTROPIC FLOWING ARTESIAN WELL CASE AND CAROL TYPED IT. WATERED FLOWER GARDENS
6/8 WENT WITH MARJORIE TO HER APARTMENT TO FIX FURNITURE AND PUT UP A TOWEL RACK. PREPARED FOR WORK TOMORROW (MONDAY) AT ATLANTIC-RICHFIELD. CAROL IRONED CURTAINS AND PRESSED MY SUIT. RAIN
6/9 CAROL DID THE WASH. WENT TO ‘HEART O’ DENVER’ MOTEL IN THE AM TO MEET WITH JOHN PLUMB OF THE JEFFERSON CO BARRACKS TO MAKE TENTATIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR A SOCIAL MEETING ABOUT JULY 23. IN THE AFTERNOON I WORKED FROM 1:00 TO 4:30PM FOR ATLANTIC-RICHFIELD. IN THE EVENING, I TOOK SOME MATERIALS TO SR. VICE- COMMANDER FRANK SARLES AND CALLED BOB COMBS. SARLES WILL CONDUCT THE WWI VETS MEETING ON JUNE 11 - CAROL IRONED. RAIN
6/10 MARJORIE TOOK ME TO THE SECURITY LIFE BUILDING IN THE AM. ARRIVED AT 8:50AM AND WORKED TO 3:30PM, THEN CAME HOME AND WORKED ANOTHER 3½ HRS. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM AND IRONED IN THE AFTERNOON. RAINED ALL DAY. WORKED A FULL DAY FOR ATLANTIC-RICHFIELD
6/11 MARJORIE TOOK ME TO TOWN IN AM. WORKED AT ATLANTIC-RICHFIELD ALL DAY. SIGNED IN AT 7:50 AND OUT AT ABOUT 4:10PM. CAME HOME ON THE BUS. CAROL CLEANED OUR BEDROOM.
6/12 MARJORIE TOOK ME TO THE ATLANTIC-RICHFIELD OFFICES SO I COULD GO TO WORK AT 8:00AM. ED WEAKLEY AND I WORKED ALL DAY ON THE MINE DRAINAGE PROBLEM. CAROL CLEANED MIDDLE BEDROOM
6/13 CAROL SEWED ON MARGO’S DRESS. DID NOT GO TO ATLANTIC-RICHFIELD OFFICE TODAY AS ED WEAKLEY WAS TIED UP AT HIS HOUSE GETTING THINGS MOVED IN. DID SOME WORK ON A
COMPUTATION, BUT IT DID NOT TURN OUT WELL. CAROL’S BIRTHDAY - MARJORIE AND I HAD CARDS, PRESENTS AND A CAKE FOR HER. SHOE GOT MANY CARDS AND TELEPHONE CALLS.
1975 JUN (CONTINUED)
6/14 CAROL AND I DISPLAYED THE FLAG TODAY. WE WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY TO GET GROCERIES IN THE AM. MARJORIE CAME OVER FOR LUNCH CAROL SEWED ON MARGO’S DRESS IN THE AFTERNOON. WORKED 3HRS ON THE A.R. PROBLEM IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
6/15 GOT CARDS FOR FATHER’S DAY. CAROL SEWED ON MARGO’S DRESS. I RODE MY BICYCLE
6/16 CAROL DID THE WASH, AND REARRANGED BEDROOMS TO PREPARE FOR GUESTS. MARJORIE TOOK ME TO THE SECURITY LIFE BUILDING WHERE I WORKED FROM 9:00AM TO 2:30PM. KIM CALLED TO WISH ME A HAPPY FATHER’S DAY. CAROL WASHED WINDOWS AND PUT UP CURTAINS. I MADE CALLS TO MR CLARE MERMAN AND TO JOHN W (WINK) SPENCER. HE IS WORKING ON HIS PART, BUT THINKS FRED MAY NOT WANT TO WRITE.
6/17 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND IRONED IN THE AFTERNOON. WORKED ON MY EDITED COPY OF MY ASCE- SOUTH PLATTE MANUSCRIPT.
6/18 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. CAROL CLEANED HOUSE I GOT THE EDITED COPY OF MY ASCE-SOUTH PLATTE PAPER READY. CAROL TYPED THE LETTER AND I MAILED IT.
6/19 CAROL CLEANED HOUSE ALL DAY. AT NOON I WENT TO THE USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON AT THE AMERICAN LEGION HOME THE SALVATION ARMY TRUCK TOOK AWAY THINGS WE HAD FOR THEM. I RODE MY BICYCLE
6/20 CAROL AND I CLEANED CARPETS AND WASHED WINDOWS. WE WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. KIM CAME IN TONIGHT. MARJORIE WENT TO THE AIRPORT TO GET HIM. CAROL WASHED IN AM
6/21 WILLIAM GLOVER CAME IN TODAY FROM HAWAII. KIM, BILL AND I HAD A BIG VISIT.
6/22 KIM AND BILL WERE WITH US. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE, MARGO AND MARJORIE CAME OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER. I WATERED SOME OF THE LAWN. KIM PLAYED THE PIANO.
6/23 WILLIAM’S BIRTHDAY. R MORRIS VIRGINIA AND MARK CAME IN IN THE AFTERNOON. WE HAD A BIRTHDAY SUPPER FOR BILL.
6/24 WASHING MACHINE REPAIR MAN CAME IN AM. CALLED KATHY BUTCHER. THE $200 HONORARIUM WHICH I EXPECTED WILL NOT BE PAID. IT WAS MENTIONED IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BUT SEEMS NOT TO BE ADVISED.
6/25 CAROL’S AND MY GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. MARJORIE AND GINGER ARRANGED A DINNER FOR US AT THE ‘WELLSHIRE INN’ BESIDES CAROL AND ME, THOSE PRESENT WERE MARJORIE,
CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE, MARGO, KIM, MORRIS, VIRGINIA, MARK, WILLIAM GLOVER AND KEN SHRIVER
6/26 MARJORIE TOOK BILL TO THE AIRPORT TO CATCH HIS PLANE WHICH LEFT AT ABOUT 10:AM - MORRIS AND MARK WENT ALONG.IN THE AFTERNOON, KIM AND MARK CUT THE LAWN. I WATERED FLOWERS. MORRIS HAD TROUBLE WITH HIS CAR. FINALLY FOUND A BROKEN SPRING ON HIS
CARBURETOR. MARJORIE, MORRIS, KIM AND MARK WENT TO A SHOW IN THE EVENING
6/27 CAROL AND VIRGINIA WENT FOR GROCERIES. MR SALES TOWED MORRIS’S CAR TO HIS PEARL ST LOCATION AND HE AND JOE DECIDED THE TIMING GEAR WAS STRIPPED. JOE WANTED CONFIRMATION SO MOE PAID SALES $5.00 TO TOW THE CAR TO AMERICAN MOTORS AT 5600 S. BROADWAY. MR NEIGHBORS MADE ARRANGEMENTS AND WORK WAS STARTED ON THE REPAIRS. THEY ALSO THOUGHT THE GEAR WAS STRIPPED. MORRIS BROUGHT A CAST IRON GEAR TO REPLACE THE ALUMINUM-PLASTIC GEAR AND GAVE IT TO THE MECHANIC. THEY COULD NOT FINISH THE WORK TODAY, SO CAROL AND VIRGINIA CAME OUT TO BRING US BACK. MORRIS BROUGHT HIS TOOLS BACK. AFTER RETURNING, MORRIS CHECKED MY CAR OUT. IN THE EVENING, MARJORIE, MOE, KIM AND MARK WENT TO THE SHOW.
1975 JUN (CONCLUDED)
6/28 MOE AND VIRGINIA STAYED WITH MARJORIE AT HER APARTMENT. SHE BROUGHT THEM BACK HERE AND IN THE AFTERNOON WE WENT TO THE FORNEY OLD CAR MUSEUM. IN THE EVENING
MARJORIE WENT OUT WITH MR SHRIVER. HE BROUGHT OVER COPIES OF HIS ANNIVERSARY DINNER AT WELLSHIRE INN.
6/29 MOE, VIRGINIA AND MARK WENT TO THE CAMERON METHODIST CHURCH TO HEAR GLEN HAMLYN (MORRIS’ FRIEND) TO PREACH. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER. THEY LEFT AT ABOUT 2:00PM. MARJORIE, MOE, VIRGINIA WENT WITH KIM TO THE AIRPORT WHERE KIM WAS TO CATCH HIS PLANE FOR LOS ANGELES. I WATERED THE BACK LAWN AND SOME OF THE FLOWERS.
6/30 CAROL DID THE WASH. MOE WAITED UNTIL AFTERNOON FOR A CALL FROM AMERICAN MOTORS (SUNDAY) AND FINALLY CALLED THEM. THEY COMPLETED THE WORK SHORTLY BEFORE 4:00PM. HE AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD IN MY CAR. HE DROVE HIS CAR BACK AND I FOLLOWED IN MINE. (WE WERE NOT WELL TREATED WHILE THERE) AFTER RETURNING, MOE CHECKED OUT THE TIMING, THE DWELL, AND THE CARBURETOR ADJUSTMENTS. THE TEMPERATURE SENSING ELEMENT WAS DAMAGED.
1975
AT HOME: 7/1-31 7/9 VWWI - MONTHLY MEETING 7/16 JOINT MEETING - VWWI JUL
7/1 MOE, VIRGINIA AND MARK LEFT FOR KANSAS AT ABOUT 11:00AM AFTER MOE AND I HAD GONE TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET A NEW TEMPERATURE ELEMENT AND A NEW RADIATOR CAP. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AFTERNOON. I WATERED THE LAWN AND RESTED. CALLED MR SILVERMAN IN THE EVENING.
7/2 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE AM. CAROL IRONED AND WATERED THE LAWN, ALSO. I WROTE A LETTER TO LONGENBAUGH. CAROL TYPED IT AND I MAILED IT. GOT PRINTS OF MY CSU WORK ON EQUIVALENT FLANGE WIDTH. BOUND THEM INTO A COVER AND TOOK THEM OVER TO MR
SILVERMAN’S APARTMENT AND GAVE THEM TO HIM. WE DISCUSSED METHODS. HE HAS ALSO
DEVELOPED A FORMULA FOR THE EQUIVALENT WIDTH OF AN INFINITELY WIDE SYMMETRICAL FLANGE, WHICH AGREES WITH MINE
7/3 WROTE A LETTER TO ATLANTIC-RICHFIELD REQUESTING PAYMENT FOR WORK DONE, CAROL TYPED IT AND I MAILED IT. WE PUT UP THE PICTURE GIVEN TO US ON OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY. WATERED LAWN
7/4 CAROL DID HOUSE WORK. WE HUNG OUT OUR FLAG. A NOTE OF THANKS WAS SENT MR. SHRIVER. WORKED 2HRS ON A PROBLEM OF SLAB EQUIVALENT WIDTH. GINGER, CHARLES, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER. MARJORIE CAME OVER LATER
7/5 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES IN THE AM. CUT THE FRONT LAWN IN THE AFTERNOON. TELEPHONE CALL FROM MR SILVERMAN SEEMED CRITICAL OF THE WORK I TOOK TO HIM ON JULY 2. LIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON
7/6 CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER, STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER AND LEFT ABOUT 2:00PM. CAROL AND MARJORIE WENT TO WARDS TO DO SOME SHOPPING. CAROL DID SOME LAWN WATERING. CLEAR, WARM
7/7 CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK, TO BUY A NEW GARBAGE PAIL AND A NEW FAN. MAILED A BIRTHDAY PACKAGE TO KIM AND WATERED THE BACK LAWN. MADE CALLS FOR THE SOCIAL HOUR TO BE HELD ON THE 16TH OF JULY AT THE “HEART O’ DENVER’ MOTEL. MADE COMPUTATIONS FOR STRESSES IN A 6” X 6’ X ½ INCH ANGLE TO COMPARE WITH EQUIVALENT FLANGE WIDTH COMPUTATIONS
7/8 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND IRONED IN THE AFTERNOON. I MOWED THE BACK LAWN. DID SOME WATERING AND TRIMMED THE GRAPE VINE - ALSO WATERED THE
FLOWERS. WORKED 4HRS ON THE COMPUTATION OF STRESSES IN A 10” X 10” X ½ INCH ANGLE TO COMPARE EQUIVALENT FLANGE WIDTH AND “MECHANICS OF MATERIALS” STRESS EVALUATIONS. CALLED WWI VETERANS ABOUT THE JULY 16 SOCIAL HOUR
7/9 CAROL AND I PUT OUT THE TRASH IN THE AM. CAROL MADE A MEAT- LOAF FOR THE VWWI
LUNCHEON AND GOT MY SUIT READY. I PRESIDED AT THE MONTHLY VWWI - #3149 BARRACKS MEETING AS COMMANDER. IN THE EVENING I DID SOME PHONING ABOUT TICKETS FOR THE JOINT MEETING ON THE 16TH OF THE MONTH. I ALSO CALLED MR SILVERMAN AND WE DISCUSSED THE EQUIVALENT FLANGE WIDTH COMPUTATIONS.
7/10 CAROL WATERED THE LAWN. WORKED DOWN STAIRS ON A VWWI RESOLUTION AND IN THE EVENING ATTENDED ANINITATION OF OFFICERS AT THE ARAPAHOE CHAPTER #18 AND AUXILIARY AT THE VFW HALL AT 3860 S. JASON ST IN ENGLEWOOD. RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. CAROL SEWED THE COLORADO AND COMMANDER STRIPS ON MY VWWI CAP AND I WORE IT TONIGHT
7/11 CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY TO GET GROCERIES. I GOT SOME PILLS FOR CAROL AND A TOOTHBRUSH FOR ME. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN IN THE AFTERNOON. I WORKED ON A STATEMENT CONCERNING GUN LAWS
7/12 MARJORIE AND GINGER CAME OVER FOR LUNCH. CHARLES, CHASE, AND MARGO WENT FISHING AT TARRYALL LAKE. CAROL TYPED THE GUN LAW STATEMENT FOR ME. I TOOK TICKETS TO MCCONE.
1975 JUL (CONTINUED)
7/13 MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER TO EAT SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CHARLES AND HIS FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 2:00PM. MARJORIE WENT DOWN TO DO SOME WORK. I WENT OVER TO FRANK SARLES PLACE TO SHOW HIM A DRAFT OF A RESOLUTION OBJECTING TO GUN LAWS ON THE BASIS THAT THEY OVERRIDE THE CONSTITUTION. HE OBJECTED TO ITS LENGTH. I WATERED THE FLOWERS
7/14 CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. I CALLED ALL BARRACKS #3149 MEMBERS AS REQUESTED BY PLUMB. MAILED A LETTER TO PUBLIC SERVICE CO. AND GOT PRINTS OF THE DEVELOPMENTS FOR AN ANISOTROPIC AQUIFER WORED 4HRS PREPARING THIS MATERIAL TO BE PUBLISHED RAUN TONIGHT. MARJORIE WAS HERE IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING. KIM’S BIRTHDAY. CAROL AND I GAVE HIM A CALL.
7/15 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. I WENT TO PEARL STREET TO GET A HAIRCUT. IN THE AFTERNOON CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EMPIRE STUDIOS TO GET OUR PICTURES TAKEN. 7/16 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE AM. I PICKED UP MR AND MRS MCCANE AND MR AND MRS GERALD CARROLL AT 2717 S. LOGAN AND TOOK THEN TO THE NOON LUNCHEON AT THE HEART O’ DENVER MOTEL AT 1150 E. COLFAX. AFTER THE MEETING I RETURNED THEM TO 2717 S. LOGAN AND RETURNED HOME. CAROL DID THE IRONING AND I CUT THE LAWN IN AFTERNOON
7/17 CAROL WATERED THE FRONT LAWN. IN THE AFTERNOON CAROL AND I TOOK MARGO OVER TO HER DANCING CLASS THEN TOOK HER TO HER HOME. GINGER HAD TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. CAROL AND I CAME HOME AFTER GINGER RETURNED
7/18 WATERED THE FLOWERS IN THE AM. CAROL DEFROSTED THE FREEZER HOT DAY. WE READ AND RESTED. CAROL WATERED THE BACK LAWN
7/19 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS GROCERY TO GET OUR SUPPLY OF EATABLES FOR THE WEEK. WE STOPPED AT HANNIGAN’S AND I GOT SOME PEAT PATS. CAROL AND I WATERED THE FRONT LAWN AND THE SOUTH SIDE. IN THE AFTERNOON, CAROL AND MARJORIE WENT TO WARDS AND CINDERELLA TO GET BIRTHDAY PRESENTS FOR CHASE AND MARGO
7/20 CAROL FIXED JELLO AND MADE SOME BREAD PUDDING. MARJORIE CAME OVER ABOUT 1:00PM AND HAD SUNDAY DINNER WITH US. GEORGIA WHITE BOUBAKER CAME OVER (SHE WAS ONE OF MARJORIE’S CLASSMATES) MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 7:00PM. IT RAINED MUCH OF THE DAY AND I COLLECTED SOME RAINWATER FOR THE STEAM IRON.
7/21 CAROL DID THE WASH. I DID SOME WEEDING IN THE GARDEN, ALSO DID SOME TRANSPLANTING AND WATERING
7/22 CAROL DID THE IRONING IN THE AM AND I DID SOME WEEDING IN THE GARDEN. IN THE AFTERNOON, CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EMPIRE STUDIOS TO LOOK AT PROOFS. WE ORDERED A DOZEN 5” X 7” COLOR PRINTS IN CARDBOARD FOLDERS. HOT TODAY
7/23 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE MORNING. I DID SOME WEEDING IN MY FLOWER GARDEN. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN.
7/24 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY TO GET GROCERIES. THERE WAS A HAIL STORM IN THE AFTERNOON THAT INJURED MY GRAPEVINES AND WRECKED MY PETUNIAS.
7/25 GINGER BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER ABOUT 10:00AM. CAROL AND I DID BABY SITTING THE REST OF THE DAY. I MADE A WOODEN CAR FOR CHASE. GINGER GOT HER TEETH FIXED AND BROUGHT BACK HAMBURGERS FOR LUNCH
7/26 CAROL STAYED HOME WITH CHASE AND MARGO. I MADE MARGO A WOODEN DOLL IN THE AM. GOT GAS AND A LUBRICATION JOB IN THE AM. IN THE AFTERNOON, I PICKED UP MR AND MRS MCCANE, MR AND MRS CARROLL AND FRANK SARLES TO GO TO FAIRMOUNT CEMETERY WHERE MR
FREDERICKSON’S FUNERAL WAS HELD. AFTERWARDS I RETURNED THEM TO THEIR HOMES. NINE “BUDDIES” AND WIVES AND OTHERS WERE AT THE FUNERAL. MARJORIE TOOK CHASE AND MARGO TO HER APARTMENT FOR THE EVENING.
1975 JUL (CONCLUDED)
7/27 CAROL AND I AND CHASE SLEPT LATE. THEN HAD BREAKFAST. MARGO HAD GONE BACK WITH MARJORIE AND SPENT THE NIGHT WITH HER. MARJORIE BROUGHT ARBYS AND SHE AND MARGO CAME OVER FOR LUNCH. AFTER SUPPER MARJORIE TOOK CHASE AND MARGO WITH HER. A CALL FROM GINGER TOLD US THAT SHE AND CHARLES ARE BACK. CAROL AND I CALLED MOE AND VIRGINIA TO FIND OUT WHERE MARK WAS. HE WILL BE HOME NEXT FRIDAY, SO WE SENT HIS BIRTHDAY CARD AND PRESENT THERE.
7/28 CAROL DID THE WASH AND DID SOME IRONING. CAROL AND I WROTE OUT CHECKS AND MAILED THEM. I WORKED ON THE TEXT OF THE PAPER ON DRAWDOWNS IN AN ANISOTROPIC AQUIFER. 7/29 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. IN THE AFTERNOON CAROL AND I WENT TO EMPIRE WHERE I HAD A PICTURE MADE FOR THE FT COLLINS SET. CAROL IRONED. WE WATERED THE FRONT LAWN. CAROL DID TYPING FOR ME
7/30 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE AM. I WATERED THE BACK LAWN. CAROL IRONED, WE ORDERED 6 MORE 5” X 7” COLOR PRINTS FROM THE EMPIRE PHOTOGRAPHER. GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE HERE FOR LUNCH
7/31 CAROL AND I WENT TO BERNARDS WHERE I GOT TWO NEW SUITS, A TIE, A SHIRT AND OTHER ITEMS. WE THEN WENT TO THE DIME STORE FOR NOTIONS WE GOT AN ALBUM FOR OUR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY PICTURES. WE WATERED THE FRONT LAWN.
1975
USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON 8/21 8/13 VWWI PICNIC - CUSHING PARK CSU: 8/26 8/29 VWWI - CONVENTION - KANSAS CITY AUG
8/1 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES IN THE AM IN THE AFTERNOON, EMPIRE PHONED THAT MY NEW PROOFS WERE READY SO I WENT OVER AND BROUGHT THEM HOME SO CAROL AND I COULD SEE THEM. I TOOK THEM BACK AND ORDERED 3 - 3” X 5” COLOR PRINTS. 8/2 CAROL CLEANED THE FURNITURE AND DUSTED. I READ AND RESTED
8/3 GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER. MARJORIE CAME OVER FOR BREAKFAST ON HER WAY TO WORK
8/4 CAROL DID THE WASH. I SHARPENED THE LAWN MOWER AND CUT THE BACK LAWN AND WATERED THE BACK LAWN. ULIS CALLED TO GET ME TO GO FISHING. MADE CALLS R COMBS, FRANK SARLES AND O. GOODRICH. FIXED MY STRAW HAT.
8/5 CAROL FIXED ME A LUNCH AND I WENT MCNIEL LAKE WITH MR AND MRS ULIS MIZELL TO FISH. I CAUGHT 2 PERCH AND A 1LB CATFISH MRS MIZELL CAUGHT 2 CATFISH. ULIS CAUGHT SOME PERCH. I USED THE GRAPPLE I MADE TO DREDGE THE INLET. I GOT OUT 2 PIECES OF CABLE. SOME BRUSH AND A LOG ULIS WAS HUNG UP ON. WE GOT THE FISH, TOO. I SAW A BLACK TERN. WE GOT BACK AT ABOUT 6:10PM. I WENT TO BED EARLY.
8/6 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE AM. ABOUT 11:00AM GINGER BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER AND THEY ALL STAYED FOR LUNCH. THE CHILDREN STAYED WITH US UNTIL ABOUT 4PM WHEN GINGER CAME TO GET THEM. GINGER ATTENDED A SALE. CAROL AND I TRIMMED THE LAWN AND I FINISHED MOWING THE LAWN (DARKNESS STOPPED THE PREVIOUS MOWING)
8/7 TOOK CAROL TO AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DENTIST IN THE AM. IN THE AFTERNOON WE WENT TO THE BERNARD’S STORE TO PICK UP 2 SUITS I HAD BROUGHT. CAROL WENT TO WOOLWORTH’S FOR SMALL ITEMS. I TOOK THE CAR TO SALES TO GET THE REAR TIRES CHANGED, THE SPARK RETARDED AND THE SNOW TIRES WHEELS BALANCED. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN AND I WATERED THE FLOWER BEDS AT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE
8/8 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I ALSO GOT SOME ITEMS AT
MORGANS DRUG AND A BATH MAT AT JENSENS HARDWARE. ON THE WAY BACK I MAILED A PACKAGE TO KIM AND BOUGHT 100 AIR-MAIL STAMPS. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN AS IT HAD BEEN HOT. I WROTE SOME CONCLUSIONS FOR THE PAPER WITH MOODY AND SOME PARAGRAPHS FOR THE REVIEW PANEL REPORTS. IN THE EVENING, MARJORIE TOOK CAROL AND ME TO FLOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TO SEE THE DANCES. MARGO WAS ONE OF THE DANCERS
8/9 JO CALLED THIS MORNING TO SAY THAT TOMMY HAD COME THROUGH THE OPERATION IN GOOD SHAPE. CAROL TYPED FOR ME AND WROTE LETTERS. I CALLED MR CLARE MERMAN AND HE WILL GET IN TOUCH WITH WINK SPENCER. CAROL AND I TRIMMED AND WATERED LAWN AND FLOWERS
8/10 CAROL AND I WERE ALONE UNTIL MARJORIE CAME FOR SUNDAY SUPPER.
8/11 CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH, DID SOME IRONING, WATERED THE FRONT LAWN AND TOOK CARE OF CHASE AND MARGO WHILE GINGER WENT TO THE DENTIST. IN THE AFTERNOON CAROL TYPED SOME LETTERS FOR ME. I CALLED BOB COMBS IN THE AM AND WENT TO SEE GERALD CARROLL A VWWI RESOLUTION. MARJORIE WENT OUT IN THE EVENING. MARGO AND CHASE HAD SOME SUNBURN FROM
THEIR TRIP WITH CHARLES AND GINGER OVER THE WEEKEND TO JACKSON RESERVOIR. MARJORIE STAYED THE NIGHT WITH US.
8/12 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. I STUDIED THE VWWI PAMPHLETS AND FOUND WHAT I WANTED. CAROL TYPED UP A RESOLUTION AND A LETER OF TRANSMITTAL FOR ME. I GOT READY FOR THE PICNIC AND MEETING TOMORROW. CAROL IRONED A FEW THINGS.
1975 AUG (CONTINUED)
8/13 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE AM. CAROL IRONED SHE GOT MY SUIT READY AND I WENT TO THE VWWI PICNIC AT DARTMOUTH (CUSHING PARK) IN ENGLEWOOD. THE LADIES SERVED A LUNCH THEN WE HAD A BUSINESS MEETING. THE RESOLUTION ON GUN LAWS WAS PASSED AND SIGNED. I FIXED UP A TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR GERALD CARROLL. THE RESOLUTION, THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO B. BATES SIGNED BY R COMBS AND ME, THE TRANSMITTAL LETTER FROM THE DEPARTMENT, SIGNED BY CARROLL, WERE PUT IN AN ENVELOPE AND MAILED TO BATES. I MAILED THE LETTER. RAIN TODAY CEASING ABOUT NOON.
8/14 I REPLANTED SOME FLOWERS IN THE FLOWER BED BY THE DRIVEWAY AND DID SOME WEEDING. WE SENT A GET-WELL CARD TO TOM. CAROL TALKED TO BOTH JO AND TOMMY. TOMMY WAS WALKING AROUND. CAROL TYPED SOME PAGES FOR ME FOR THE PAPER ON NON-HOMOGENOUS AQUIFERS. I RODE MY BICYCLE. RAIN THIS AFTERNOON
8/15 CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD IN THE AM FOR GROCERIES. ON THE WAY WE WENT TO GERALD CARROLL’S PLACE TO GET MY PEN, WHICH I HAD LEFT THERE AND TO CINDERELLA CENTER TO TAKE BACK A STRAW HAT WHICH WAS TO LARGE. IN THE AFTERNOON CAROL AND I WENT TO
BERNARDS TO GET THE PANTS TO MY NEW SUITS REFITTED AS THEY WERE TOO TIGHT. CAROL DID SOME TYPING FOR ME AND I MOWED THE LAWN
8/16 I REPLACED SOME OF MY HAIL-STORM DAMAGED FLOWERS IN AM.
8/17 CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE, MARGO AND MARJORIE CAME OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 2:00PM. MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 2:30PM TO GO DOWN TO WORK. SHE RETURNED ABOUT 9:00PM, ATE SOME SUPPER AND LEFT ABOUT 10:00PM.
8/18 CAROL DID THE WASH. GINGER BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER SO SHE COULD GO TO THE DENTIST. WORKED UP A NEW ERRATA LIST FOR THE TEXT IN TRANSIENT GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS. CLEAR, WARM
8/19 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. I WENT TO THE BARBERSHOP TO GET A HAIRCUT. GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE OVER FOR A LITTLE WHILE. CAROL IRONED. I WATERED THE LAWN AND FLOWER GARDENS.
8/20 CAROL AND I WENT TO BERNARD’S TO GET MY 2 NEW SUITS. LATER WE WENT TO THE CINDERELLA SHOPPING CENTER TO GET ME A PAIR OF SHOES. WE COULD FIND NONE TO FIT. WE THEN WENT TO WARDS WHERE I GOT A PAIR. GOT A BERLITZ SPANISH TEXT AT CINDERELLA
8/21 WENT TO THE USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON AT THE AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING. CAROL HELPED ME TO GET READY.
8/22 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I BOUGHT SOME SWEET CORN HOLDERS AT JENSEN’S HARDWARE. IN THE AFTERNOON CAROL TYPED FOR ME.
8/23 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE ENGLEWOOD SAFEWAY TO GET A PAIR OF TENNIS SHOES FOR CHASE’S BIRTHDAY. WE ALSO GOT A PAIR FOR MARGO. WE WENT TO THE STATIONARY STORE TO GET A BOOK FOR MARGO, ALSO. IN THE AFTERNOON I WATERED FLOWERS, WENT TO THE LOCAL GROCERY AND MAILED LETTERS. MARJORIE CAME OVER AND HAD SUPPER WITH US.
8/24 CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER WITH US. THEY LEFT ABOUT 2:00PM. MARJORIE CAME OVER AND HAD SUPPER WITH US.
8/25 I MOWED THE LAWN IN THE MORNING, CAROL DID THE WASH ALSO IRONED. I CALLED DR FEAD’S OFFICE AND GOT READY FOR MY TRIP TO FT COLLINS TOMORROW. CAROL AND I WATERED THE FRONT LAWN
8/26 MARJORIE TOOK ME TO THE “TRAILWAYS” BUS DEPOT IN TIME TO CATCH THE 8:30AM BUS TO FT COLLINS. IN FT COLLINS I SAW DR FEAD, DR BARNES, DON GARFIELD, PATSY BACON, R HOVER, PROF SCHWEITZER. DR BARNES DEMONSTRATED THE HURETT-PACKARD DESK MODEL DIGITAL COMPUTER BY COMPUTING PUMP DEPLETIONS OF THE SOUTH PLATTE FOR THE 5YRS (1970-1974) INCLUSIVE I SENT A NEW ERRATA SHEET FOR THE TEXT TGH TO MRS STAFFORD THROUGH PATSY BACON. RETURNED ON THE 3:30PM BUS. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER, IRONED AND PREPARED PICTURES FOR MAILING.
1975 AUG (CONCLUDED)
8/27 WATERED FLOWER BEDS IN THE AM. CAROL AND I TRIMMED THE FRONT LAWN. SHE ALSO WASHED A SHIRT FOR ME AND PRESSED SOME OF MY SUITS. IN THE AFTERNOON, I GOT THINGS
TOGETHER TO GO TO KANSAS CITY ON FRIDAY. I MADE CHECKS OF THE COMPUTATIONS PROGRAMMED BY BARNES AT CSU YESTERDAY AND WROTE HIM A LETTER AND MAILED IT. CAROL WATERED THE BACK LAWN. GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER TO GET CHASE’S CORDUROY SUIT WHICH HAD BEEN LEFT HERE
8/28 CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD IN THE MORNING TO GET MONEY FOR MY TRIP TO KANSAS CITY TOMORROW. ON THE WAY BACK WE PICKED UP MY SUIT WHICH HAD BEEN LEFT WITH THE CLEANER. CAROL AND I DID WATERING IN THE AFTERNOON WORKED 2HRS ON A PRESENTATION ON METHODS OF SOLVING PROBLEMS IN ELASTIC CITY. I PUT THE DEPLETION FIGURES FOR 1974 INTO MY SOUTH PLATTE BOOK.
8/29 WENT TO KANSAS CITY FOR THE VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I CONVENTION
8/30 AT KANSAS CITY. CHARLES KING AND I HAD ROOM 858 AT THE MUHELEBACH HOTEL. 8/31 AT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
1975
AT HOME: 9/4, 6-30 9/1-3 VWWI CONVENTION - KANSAS CITY KATHY VISITING: 9/21-28 9/15 WHEELER ASSOCIATES 9/10 VWWI MEETING
SEP
9/1-3 AT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
9/4 RETURNED FROM KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI TODAY. FRONTIER PLANE B737 GOT US HERE AT 1:09PM (FLIGHT 11) FRANK SARLES BROUGHT ME FROM THE AIRPORT - I GOT HOME AT 2:00PM. CALL CAME FROM GRETZINGER OF WHEELER AND ASSOCIATES. THEY WANT ME TO WORK. WILL START TO- MORROW (FRIDAY). CAROL WATERED THE LAWN AND FLOWERS AND CLEANED HOUSE
9/5 I WENT TO THE WHEELER ASSOC. OFFICE IN THE MORNING AND WORKED 2HRS WITH GRETSINGER AND HOGAN. IN THE AFTER- NOON, CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK AND TO GET GROCERIES. IN THE EVENING, I WORKED 2HRS ON THE WHEELER PROGRAM. CAROL WATERED THE BACK LAWN AND FLOWERS THIS MORNING.
9/6 I MOWED THE LAWN. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR LUNCH. SHE BROUGHT SOME ARBYS TO EAT. WORKED 5HRS IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON ON THE WHEELER PROBLEM. I INTEGRATED THE LINE SOURCE SOLUTION TO GET THE EFFECT OF PUMPING OVER A LENGTH.
9/7 CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER ABOUT 11:AM AND STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER. CHARLES AND GINGER LEFT ABOUT 2:00PM. MARJORIE WAS HERE ALSO AND TOOK CHASE AND MARGO SKATING. MARJORIE WAS WITH US AGAIN IN THE EVENING.
9/8 CAROL DID THE WASH. SHE PRESSED MY GREY SUIT AND I WENT TO JERIS DANIELSON’S OFFICE TO GET ADDRESSES. MARJORIE TOOK ME DOWN AND I CAME HOME ON THE BUS. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN. WORKED 4HRS ON THE WHEELER PROBLEM. HOGAN CALLED.
9/9 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. I GOT MY HAIR CUT, TOO $3.25. IN THE AFTERNOON, I MADE A CALL TO HOGAN OF THE WHEELER ORGANIZATION ABOUT CALCULATION PROCEDURES THEN WENT TO MENINGERS FOR A SUPPLY OF GRAPH PAPERS. WORKED 4HRS ON THE WHEELER PROBLEM. CAROL IRONED AND WATERED THE LAWN. IT RAINED IN THE EVENING.
9/10 I CONDUCTED THE BARRACKS #3149 VWWI MEETING. CAROL FIXED A MEAT LOAF FOR ME TO TAKE AND PRESSED MY SUIT. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE COMMANDERS OF THE 4 METRO- POLITAN BARRACKS TO ARRANGE THE NEXT LUNCHEON GET- TOGETHER. I CALLED PLUMB, GOODRICH AND… PLUMB SUGGESTED THAT WE MEET AT HIS PLACE AT 1:30PM ON SEPTEMBER 17 TO MAKE THE ARRANGEMENTS. SOME RAIN TODAY
9/11 TOOK CAROL TO THE DENTIST IN THE AM TO GET A FILLING POLISHED. GINGER CAME OVER IN THE MORNING BEFORE WE LEFT. STEVE CAME OVER TO TALK ABOUT RUG SHAMPOOERS (NEIGHBOR) RAIN TODAY. TALKED TO MR CLARE MERMAN. WE STOPPED BY JENSEN’S AND SAFEWAY ON THE WAY BACK FROM THE DENTIST. I GOT SOME PLUGS AND CAROL GOT EGGS. I REPAIRED THE TOASTER PLUG WHEN I GOT BACK.
9/12 CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY TO GET GROCERIES. I GOT A NEW FLUORESCENT LAMP AT JENSEN’S AND INSTALLED IT IN MY STUDY. I ALSO WENT TO MORGAN’S DRUG STORE FOR SMALL ITEMS. WORKED 1HR ON THE WHEELEY PROBLEM TO ESTIMATE THE FLOW WHICH CAN BE SUSTAINED BY THE VALLEY GRADIENT. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER. CALLED HOME HEATING ABOUT THE OIL LEAKAGE IN THE FURNACE. THEY DID NOT WANT TO COME OUT, SAID TO KEEP WATCH AND LET THEM KNOW IF IT WENT BAD.
9/13 I WASHED THE FRONT WINDOW. CAROL SWEPT THE PORCH AND WASHED THE FRONT DOOR WINDOW GLASS. WORKED 8HRS ON THE WHEELER PROBLEM. MARJORIE WAS HERE FOR SUPPER TO- NIGHT. MAILED LETTERS.
1975 SEP (CONTINUED)
9/14 CAROL AND I SLEPT LATE. GINGER CALLED TO SAY THAT THE CHILDREN WERE UNDER THE WEATHER AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE OVER. MARJORIE CAME OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER, THEN WENT DOWN TO WORK. SHE RETURNED FOR SUPPER ABOUT 7:00PM. BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY.
9/15 CAROL DID THE WASH AND SOME IRONING. CAROL MADE OUT CHECKS FOR BILLS AND I MAILED THEM. MR CLARE MERMAN CAME OVER TO BRING A REVISED COPY OF THE DRAFT OF OUR REPORT. I AM TO SEND IT TO JOHN SPENCER. ED WEAKLEY CALLED TO REQUEST AN ACCOUNT OF THE WELL DRAWDOWN DEVELOPMENT FOR AN ANISOTROPIC AQUIFER. KATHY CALLED TO SAY SHE WOULD BE WITH US SUNDAY. ULIS WANTS TO GO FISHING SUNDAY.
9/16 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. MARJORIE TOOK ME DOWN TOWN TO DELIVER COPIES OF THE WRITE-UP REQUESTED BY WEAKLEY. THE WRITE UP HAD BEEN PREPARED YESTERDAY EVENING. COPIES WERE MADE THIS MORNING. I STAYED TO GO OVER THE MATERIAL WITH ED
WEAKLEY AND DENNIS. WORKED 3HRS ON THE WHEELER PROBLEM. MARJORIE SPENT THE NIGHT WITH US. I TALKED TO JOHN N SPENCER ON THE PHONE, HE WAS AT LAKE HAVASU.
9/17 TOOK CAROL TO THE DENTIST IN THE AM. HE POLISHED THE FILLING HE HAD PUT IN PREVIOUSLY. IN THE AFTERNOON, CAROL CLEANED THE STOVE, CUPBOARD AND SINK. WORKED 2HRS IN AM ON THE WHEELER PROBLEM. IN THE AFTERNOON, I WENT TO A MEETING AT PLUMBS PLACE WITH GOODRICH AND KORANDA. WE MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT LUNCHEON GET-TOGETHER. I CALLED VOLK, COMBS AND CARROLL. (VOLK AND COMBS WERE AWAY AND I TOLD THEIR WIVES OF THE
ARRANGEMENTS)
9/18 CAROL AND I WASHED WINDOWS IN THE AM. CAROL PAID BILLS AND I MAILED THEM. TALKED TO MERMAN AND MAILED BACK TO HIM AN ORIGINAL AND A COPY FOR TOM. CAROL CLEANED RUGS AND FURNITURE I MOWED THE LAWN. WORKED 4HRS ON WHEELER PROBLEM AND COMPLETED MY
COMPUTATIONS.
9/19 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY TO GET GROCERIES IN THE AM. I MAILED LETTERS. HOGAN OF WHEELER ASSOCIATES CALLED IN THE AFTERNOON. HE HAS A COMPUTER RUN, WE TRADED NOTES, NEITHER HIS NOR MY FLUCTUATIONS AREAS ARE AS LARGE AS ARE OBSERVED IN THE AREA. WE THINK PUMPING CONCENTRATIONS IN THE AREA MAY BE THE EXPLANATION. I WILL GO THEIR OFFICE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. MARJORIE WAS HERE IN THE MORNING AND AGAIN IN THE EVENING. CAROL CLEANED THE STAIRS AND THE COUCH IN MY STUDY
9/20 CAROL CLEANED AND WAXED THE KITCHEN FLOOR, DUSTED, AND CLEANED THE BATHROOM WALLS. IN THE MORNING I WORKED ON THE WHEELER PROBLEM, IN THE AFTERNOON, I WENT TO THE WHEELER OFFICES TO CONFER WITH HOGAN. HE WILL CONTINUE HIS COMPUTER WORK WITH A REDUCED VALLEY WIDTH. I WILL CONTINUE WITH THE NON-LINEAR, STEADY-STATE CASES. WORKED 4HRS ON THE PROBLEM. WATERED THE FLOWERS.
9/21 WENT FISHING AT MCNIEL LAKE. ROY CAMERON AND I WENT WITH MR AND MRS MIZELL. I CAUGHT A 3 POUND BASS. WE GOT BACK ABOUT 3:00PM (SUNDAY) MARJORIE AND CAROL WENT IN MARJORIE’S CAR TO PICK UP KATHY GLOVER AT THE AIRPORT. SHE WAS DUE IN ABOUT 7:00PM. THEY GOT BACK HERE ABOUT 8:00PM
9/22 KATHY WAS WITH US ALL DAY. GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER TO SEE HER IN THE AFTERNOON. WORKED 2HRS ON THE WHEELER PROBLEM. GOT SOME MATERIALS FOR TICKETS FOR THE V.W.W.I LUNCHEON IN NOVEMBER
9/23 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN AM. MARJORIE CAME OVER FOR BREAKFAST AS SHE
USUALLY DOES. GINGER CAME FOR KATHY ABOUT 9:15AM. MARJORIE CAME OVER FOR SUPPER AND TO TAKE KATHY TO A SHOW. KATHY WILL STAY WITH MARJORIE TONIGHT AND BE OVER IN THE MORNING. I MAILED A LETTER TO SHELL OIL. CAROL TYPED A SHEET FOR TICKETS AND I GOT THEM REPRODUCED.
1975 SEP (CONCLUDED)
9/24 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE AM. MARJORIE BROUGHT KATHY HOME IN THE MORNING. CAROL AND I FINISHED MAKING THE TICKETS FOR THE VWWI LUNCHEON IN NOVEMBER. I SENT 30 EACH TO PLUMB GOODRICH AND KOVANDA. WORKED 2HRS ON THE WHEELER PROBLEM. KATHY AND I TOOK A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK.
9/25 CAROL AND I TOOK KATHY TO CHERRY CREEK RECREATION AREA IN THE AM. IN THE AFTERNOON CAROL, KATHY AND I WENT TO GINGER’S PLACE TO TAKE CARE OF CHASE AND MARGO WHEN THEY CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL. MARJORIE WAS THERE, TOO. GINGER WAS TO HAVE A TOOTH PULLED BUT THE DENTIST DECIDED AGAINST IT. CAROL AND I RETURNED HOME. KATHY RETURNED WITH MARJORIE. WE ATE SUPPER AND MARJORIE TOOK KATHY TO HER APARTMENT FOR THE NIGHT. WORKED 2HRS ON THE WHEELER PROBLEM.
9/26 MARJORIE BROUGHT KATHY OVER FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL AND KATHY WENT TO ENGLEWOOD SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I ARRANGED COMPUTATIONS ON THE WHEELER PROBLEM AND MADE CALLS ABOUT THE VWWI LUNCHEON. IN THE AFTERNOON, WM MOODY CAME OVER TO TALK ABOUT OUR PROPOSED PAPER. HE LEFT HIS COMMENTS WITH ME. I GOT MORE TICKETS MADE TO FULFILL A REQUEST FROM PLUMB.
9/27 CAROL AND KATHY WENT TO WARDS AND LATER WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR SOME BURRITOS FOR LUNCH. WORKED 2HRS ON THE WHEELER PROBLEM. IN THE EVENING, MARJORIE TOOK CAROL, KATHY AND ME IN HER CAR TO SEE THE SWEDISH FOLK DANCERS AT THE AUGUSTANA CHURCH. KATHY’S COUSIN, BRUCE PETERSON AND ANOTHER RELATIVE, TAMMY HOPP, WERE AMONG THE DANCERS. KATHY DANCED, TOO. WE BROUGHT CHET PETERSON HOME WITH US (VIRGINIA’S BROTHER), MRS HAWN WAS IN CHARGE.
9/28 CAROL GOT SUNDAY BREAKFAST FOR US. (CAROL, ME, KATHY AND KATHY’S UNCLE, CHET PETERSON. MARJORIE CAME OVER AND SHE AND KATHY AND I TOOK MR PETERSON (CHET) TO THE AUGUSTANA CHURCH SERVICES AND TO MEET HIS SON, BRUCE. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME FOR SUNDAY DINNER AFTER THIS WAS OVER, MARJORIE TOOK KATHY, CAROL AND ME TO THE
AIRPORT. KATHY CAUGHT HER PLANE AND SHE CALLED LATER TO TELL US SHE HAD ARRIVED IN TENNESSEE.
9/29 CAROL DID THE WASH. I PICKED GRAPES AND TOOK THEM THEM TO ULIS MIZELL. CAROL IRONED AND MADE UP BEDS. IN THE AFTERNOON, I WENT TO THE WHEELER CO. OFFICES TO MEET WITH HOGAN. I WILL WRITE THEM A SHORT REPORT AND SEND THEM A BILL FOR $250.00
9/30 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. AND IRONED IN THE AFTERNOON. CALLED RAY WINGER ABOUT FAILURE TO RECEIVE SEPARATES ON MY SOUTH PLATTE PAPER. HE THINKS THEY ARE JUST SLOW BACK THERE. CALLED GERALD CARROLL ABOUT SOME BARRACKS #3149 BUSINESS. WORKED 2HRS IN THE AFTERNOON ON THE WHEELER PROBLEM.
1975
AT HOME: 10/1-3, 5-31 10/4 DUCK HUNTING WITH CHARLES USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON: 10/16 10/8 VWWI MEETING
10/10,24 JOINT BARRACKS MEETING 10/28 ASCE MEETING OCT
10/1 CAROL PAID BILLS AND BAKED SOME BANANA BREAD - I MAILED LETTERS. WORKED 4HRS ON THE WHEELER PROBLEM, MAKING CHECKS CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM.
10/2 CAROL AND I WENT TO WARDS IN THE AM. TO GET SHOTGUN SHELLS AND SOME HALLOWEEN THINGS FOR CHASE AND MARGO. NO SHELLS WERE BROUGHT AS THEY HAD ONLY HEAVY LOADS IN THE RIGHT SHOT SIZE (6). SPENT ONE HOUR COMPLETING THE WHEELER MEMO, CAROL TYPED IT. SPENT SOME TIME IN THE EVENING GETTING READY TO GO HUNTING SATURDAY.
10/3 CAROL AND I CALLED MARGO TO SING “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” TO HER. CAROL GOT PRESENTS READY AS SHE WILL BE HERE SUNDAY. I WORKED ON THE REPORT TO WHEELER COMPLETED IT AND GOT COPIES. I WROTE A LETTER SUBMITTING MY BILL ($250.00) AND CAROL TYPED IT. IN THE AFTERNOON WE WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK. CAROL GOT GROCERIES. I TOOK THE REPORT TO WHEELER AND THEY GAVE ME A CHECK FOR $250. WENT TO THE POST OFFICE TO GET 100 - 10¢ STAMPS AND A DUCK STAMP - TOTAL $15.00. TRIED TO GET TARGETS - NO LUCK. GOT READY TO GO DUCK HUNTING. CHARLES AND I WILL GO TONIGHT.
10/4 CHARLES AND I WENT TO MCNIEL LAKE FRIDAY EVENING TO HUNT DUCKS WE SLEPT THERE FRIDAY NIGHT. WE DID NOT HAVE MUCH LUCK IN THE #4 BLIND SO WENT TO THE CLUBHOUSE AND WALKED THE SOUTH SHORE OF MUD LAKE. CHARLES GOT A GADWALL. WE GOT STUCK GETTING TO THE
CLUBHOUSE. WE GOT BACK ABOUT 2:00PM. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN AND PREPARED SOME JELLO. MARJORIE WAS AT THE HOUSE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS. BEAUTIFUL CLEAR FALL DAY WITH THE COTTONWOODS COLORED BY FROST.
10/5 CAROL PREPARED A SUNDAY DINNER. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE, MARGO AND MARJORIE WERE WITH US. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO LEFT ABOUT 1:00PM TO GO SEE THE ASPENS. MARJORIE HELPED CAROL WITH THE DISHES THEN WENT DOWN TO WORK. CHARLES AND I HELPED CHASE SHOOT THE AIRGUN IN THE BASEMENT. THE TARGET WAS A PICTURE OF A RABBIT.
