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Collection: Glover (Robert E.) Papers Author: Glover, Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth) Title: 1978, copies

Date: 1978

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1978

AT HOME: 1/1-11, 13-31 1/11 VWWI BARRACKS 3149 MTG

CSU: 1/12 1/11 VETERANS COUNCIL MTG

PRESENTATION @ MUSEUM “HOW WELL DO THEY SEE?” 1/24 JAN

1/1 KIM AND MARJORIE SPENT THE NIGHT WITH US. WE ATE A LATE BREAKFAST. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME ABOUT 4:00 PM. WE HAD SUNDAY SUPPER ABOUT 6:30. MARJORIE TOOK KIM TO THE AIRPORT. I WENT ALONG. KIM’S FLIGHT LEFT ABOUT 8:00 PM. MARJORIE BROUGHT ME BACK HOME THEN WENT TO HER APARTMENT

1/2 CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH, MARJORIE TOOK DOWN THE TREE. CAROL TOOK CARE OF THE

CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. MARJORIE DID THE IRONING. I LOOKED OVER MY SLIDES FOR THE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY PRESENTATIONS. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST, DINNER AND SUPPER 1/3 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. ON HER WAY BACK, SHE STOPPED AT WARDS TO SEE ABOUT THE WATCHES WHICH WERE TO HAVE BEEN SENT AS CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. CAROL WAS ABLE TO GET ONE FOR KIRK, CAROL WROTE THANK-YOU CARDS AND I MAILED THEM. I CALLED WINTHROP. ROGERS LTF ABOUT THE WRIST WATCH WHOSE ALARM DOES NOT WORK. THEY SAID TO SEND IT BACK AND THEY WILL SEND ME ONE THAT WILL WORK. I MAILED THE WATCH TO THEM, INSURED FOR 70.00. CAROL TYPED THE LETTER TO ENCLOSE. CAROL AND I CLEANED OUT DRESSER DRAWERS. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST

1/4 CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD IN THE MORNING TO PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK, TO MAIL A PACKAGE OF PICTURES TO JEAN, TO GET GROCERIES AND TO GET PICTURES. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST, IN THE AFTERNOON, I WENT TO THE DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY TO TRY AND FIND AN ARTICLE ON MODIFYING LENS RESOLUTION. I DID NOT FIND IT. CAROL AND I CLEANED OUT SOME DRAWERS IN THE DRESSER

1/5 MARJORIE CAME OVER FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL CLEANED OUT HER CHEST OF DRAWERS. I WENT TO THE MUSEUM TO SEE THE WEST AUDITORIUM. TO DO THIS I WAS AIDED BY OFFICER MILLER AND TRUDY SMITH. IN THE AFTERNOON, I WENT TO THE STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE AND TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. KNUTSON SAYS HE WILL HAVE DATA IN HAND BU LATE MARCH. AT THE LIBRARY I FOUND THE “SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN” ARTICLE I HUNTED YESTERDAY. LONGENBAUGH CALLED IN THE EVENING 1/6 I BOUND UP THE MATERIAL I FOUND AT THE LIBRARY YESTERDAY AND WORKED ON MY

WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL RECORDS. I THE AFTERNOON I GOT A HAIRCUT, CAROL TURNED UP FOUR PAIRS OF SLACKS. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL AND I SENT OUT SOME BIRTHDAY PRESENTS. CAROL BAKED SOME BANANA BREAD.

1/7 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US ALL DAY. CAROL TYPED FOR ME IN THE MORNING AND SOME IN THE AFTERNOON. SHE PREPARED FOR CHARLES’ BIRTHDAY DINNER TOMORROW AND PAID BILLS. I MAILED THEM. I ORGANIZED MY WORK ON THE PRESENTATIONS FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY AND GOT THE NEEDED COPIES. A CALL TO DON THATCHER TELLS ME HE IS GOING ON A TRIP, SO WILL NOT BE IN CHARGE OF THE AUDITORIUM AT THE MUESEUM WHEN I MAKE THE PRESENTATION THERE. HE HAS THE CLUB PROJECTOR. A CALL TO CAROL HACK GIVES ME THE ASSURANCE THAT SHE WILL HAVE HER PROJECTOR THERE.

1/8 MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER TO CELEBRATE CHARLES’ BIRTHDAY. IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON, I WENT TO THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AT COLORADO BLVD AND HAMPDEN TO ATTEND A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR OZ BLACK. 1/9 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. CAROL DID THE WASH AND CLEANED THE SHOPROOM. MR CLARE MERMAN CAME OVER AND WE WORKED ON THE FINAL WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL REPORT. I CALLED JOHN SPENCER TO TELL HIM WE WERE READY TO GO AHEAD. HE IS PLEASED. IN THE EVENING FRANK SARLES AND I WENT TO THE HOLIDAY INN TO THE ASCE MEETING WHERE AN ALASKA PIPELINE PICTURE WAS SHOWN. I RETURNED HOME ABOUT 9:30 PM.

1978 JAN (CONTINUED)

1/10 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESS IN THE AM, AND IRONED AFTER SHE RETURNED. I FINISHED AND MAILED A LETTER TO MR AND MRS PAUL KIEM, ENCLOSING DATA CONCERNING OZ BLACK.

1/11 MARJORIE ATE BREAKFAST WITH US. CAROL PRESSED MY SUIT AND PUT UP A LUNCH SO I COULD GO TO THE BARRACKS 3149 VWWI MEETING. I WENT WITH WASSENAAR- IN THE EVENING FRANK SARLES PICKED ME UP AND WE WENT TO THE VETERANS COUNCIL MEETING. MEMORIAL DAY PARADE WILL BE ON MAY 29. HE BROUGHT ME BACK HOME. FOUND MARJORIE HAD COME OVER TO STAY WITH CAROL.

1/12 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. AFTER BREAKFAST I GOT GAS AT SALES OIL AND LEFT FOR FT COLLINS. SAW MIRIAM HULBURT AND PATSY BACON. AT 11:00 AM I MET IN THE PRESIDENTS CONFERENCE ROOM WITH MORTON BITTINGER. ROBERT DANIELSON AND WM HURT TO DISCUSS SOUTH PLATTE CONDITIONS. WE SEEM TO BE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT AS TO WHAT SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT BE DONE. AFTER WE ATE LUNCH, I DROVE BACK TO DENVER. I LEFT ABOUT 7:30 AM AND RETURNED ABOUT 3:40 PM I LEFT FT COLLINS AT 1:30 PM. GOT TANK FILLED TO CHECK GAS MILEAGE. 151 MILES WITH 6.2 GALLONS. 24 MILES PER GALLON.

1/13 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY TO GET GROCERIES. I WENT TO THE DRUG STORE ALSO. I RESTED MOST OF THE DAY.

1/14 CAROL FIXED A SALAD. MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US ALL DAY. I RESTED MOST OF THE DAY. I WROTE A LETTER TO DR FEAD AND CAROL TYPED IT

1/15 MARJORIE CAME OVER AND STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER. CHARLES AND FAMILY DID NOT COME. MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 3:00 PM. I WATCHED THE FOOTBALL GAME BETWEEN THE DENVER BRONCOS AND THE DALLAS COWBOYS. FINAL SCORE DALLAS 27 DENVER 10 LIGHT SNOW TODAY. MARJORIE SWEPT THE FRONT WALKS

1/16 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE MORNING. CAROL DID THE WASH AND IRONED. CAROL SWEPT THE FRONT WALKS, I SWEPT THE BACK WALKS. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. I CALLED DR EVANS AT FT COLLINS AND MAILED A LETTER TO DR FEAD. I BEGAN A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF CANAL AND SPRINKLER OPERATION.

1/17 CAROL IRONED AND DID MENDING. I WORKED ON A SOUTH PLATTE STUDY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST

1/18 CAROL WROTE LETTERS, PAID BILLS AND DID HOUSEWORK. I WORKED ON A SOUTH PLATTE STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTS OF CANAL LINING AND SPRINKLERS. CALL CAME FROM GARY FRIEHOFF HE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO GET RELIABLE DATA ON THE G.A.S.P. WELLS. SAYS 13,000 ACRES SUPPLIED BY NEW WELLS. CALL FROM RAY SHEPARD. MARJORIE AND I WILL GO OUT THERE TO GET A NEW RETICLE ON SATURDAY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER

1/19 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE BANK TO CASH A D’APPOLONIA CHECK AND TO GET GROCERIES. I WENT TO THE ENGLEWOOD CAMERA SHOP TO GET SOME SLIDE MARKS. CAROL FIXED A STEW. I GOT MATERIAL TOGETHER RELATING TO THE SOUTH PLATTE AND WORKED ON THE SOUTH PLATTE CANAL LINING STUDY. MARJORIE HERE FOR BREAKFAST

1/20 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. AFTER RETURNING HOME SHE MADE A SALMON LOAF. I WORKED ALL DAY ON THE SOUTH PLATTE CANAL LIVING STUDY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER

1/21 MARJORIE TOOK ME TO THE DENVER MICROSCOPE SERVICE, INC AT 10373 PECOS TO GET A RETICLE FITTED TO MY 10x EYEPIECE. AFTER MARJORIE BROUGHT ME BACK, I CHECKED IT OUT AND FOUND THAT IT MEASURES 5 INCHES INSTEAD OF MILLIMETERS AS DESIRED. I WILL EXCHANGE IT. I WORKED ALL AFTERNOON ON THE SOUTH PLATTE CANAL LINING STUDY. MARJORIE ATE BREAKFAST WITH US, BUT CHASE AND MARGO STAYED THE NIGHT WITH HER AND THEY ATE OVER THERE.

1978 JAN (CONCLUDED)

1/22 MY BIRTHDAY. AM 82 YEARS OLD TODAY. CHARLES AND GINGER INVITED US TO THEIR HOME IN SEDALIA TO EAT SUNDAY DINNER. MARJORIE PICKED US UP ABOUT 11:00 AM AND TOOK US OUT. IT IS 26 MILES. WE HAD CHICKEN, MASHED POTATOES, BISCUITS, PEAS, JELLY, A BIG BIRTHDAY CAKE, SHERBET, ETC. CHASE AND MARGO STAYED WITH MARJORIE LAST NIGHT AND WENT OUT WITH US. CHASE, MARGO AND I SANG SONGS ON THE WAY OUT. MOE CALLED FROM LONG ISLAND TO WISH ME A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. MUCH SNOW THERE, HE WILL PROBABLY BE THERE UNTIL JUNE.

1/23 CAROL DID THE WASH AND IRONING. CAROL TYPED A LETTER TO DR FEAD FOR ME AND I MAILED IT. I WENT TO JENSEN’S HARDWARE TO GET SOME NEW FURNACE FILTERS THEN TO THE BARBER SHOP ON BROADWAY TO GET A HAIRCUT. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. SNOW TODAY. CAROL AND I SWEPT THE FRONT WALK. I CALLED RAY SHEPARD ABOUT THE EYEPIECE SCALE. HE WILL REPLACE IT WITH A METRIC SCALE. I FINISHED THE SOUTH PLATTE STUDY, BOUND IT UP AND FILED IT IN THE CSU FILE.

1/24 SNOW TODAY. CAROL DID NOT GO THE HAIRDRESSER. SHE PRESSED ME A SUIT AND A SHIRT SO I COULD GO THE MUSEUM IN THE EVENING. CAROL MENDED AND IRONED. IN THE EVENING, I DROVE MY CAR TO THE MUSEUM TO MAKE A PRESENTATION ON “HOW WELL DO THEY SEE” TO THE DENVER FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS. CAROL HACK DID THE PROJECTION, MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. SHE STAYED WITH CAROL UNTIL I CAME BACK.

1/25 CAROL WROTE LETTERS AND I MAILED THEM. IN THE MORNING I FIXED CHASE’S SLINGSHOT I HAD MADE HIM, AND REPAIRED A BIRD BOOK BELONGING TO THMPSON MARSH. I HAD TO GO TO THE POST OFFICE FOR STAMPS, SO TOOK THE BOOK TO 199 ASH-WHERE I LEFT IT IN THE MAILBOX, A TELEPHONE CALL LATER INDICATED THAT THEY HAD FOUND IT. IN THE AFTERNOON, I WORKED ON THE

COMPUTATIONS FOR THE LOWER SOUTH PLATTE WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER.

1/26 I READ DURING THE MORNING. AFTER DINNER, CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I WORKED ON THE LOWER SOUTH PLATTE REPORT IN THE AFTERNOON. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL AND I HAD POT PIES FOR SUPPER

1/27 CAROL PAID BILLS AND DID SOME READING. I WENT DOWN TO THE STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE TO GET SOME RECORDS- THEY COULD NOT FIND THEM. I WALKED DOWN TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE

DIVISION TO SEE ABOUT MY DRIVER’S LICENSE WHICH HAD RUN OUT, THEY WERE VERY NICE ABOUT IT AND FIXED ME UP WITH A NEW LICENSE. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST.

1/28 CAROL MADE SOME JELLO AND POTATO SALAD, CAROL WROTE OUT A CHECK TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND I MAILED IT. WORKED MOST OF THE DAY ON THE LOWER SOUTH PLATTE PROBLEM. I TRIED OUT THEE EXTENSION BAR I FIXED UP FOR MY PLAN METER AND MEASURED AREA BETWEEN THE STERLING NO 1 CANAL AND THE RIVER WITH IT, USING QUADRANGLE SHEETS. THE OVERLAP OF MAPS CAUSES DIFFICULTIES, WHICH HAD TO BE OVERCOME BY USE OF TRACING PAPER

1/29 CHARLES AND FAMILY WERE FOGGED IN, SO THEY DECIDED NOT TO COME FOR SUNDAY DINNER. MARJORIE CAME OVER AND WAS WITH US UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. WE ALL READ AND RESTED 1/30 CAROL WASHED AND IRONED. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH, CAROL CLEANED THE

WORKSHOP. I CALLED GARY FRIEHAUF COLLECT FOR INFORMATION ON THE 6 WELLS. HE CALLED BACK IN THE AFTERNOON TO GIVE ME THE NEEDED DATA. I WORKED ON THE LOWER SOUTH PLATTE

PROBLEM

1/31 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. I READ SOME AND RESTED. ALSO WORKED ON THE LOWER SOUTH PLATTE PROBLEM. I RECEIVED A LETTER OF THANKS FROM THE DENVER FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS FOR THE TALK ON EYES. CARO[L] DID THE IRONING

1978

AT HOME: 2/1-20, 23-28 2/8 VWWI MEETING

COLORADO WATER CONGRESS (PRESENTED PAPER): 2/21, 22 FEB

2/1 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL GOT MEALS AND DID SOME READING. I WENT TO NIELSON’S AND GOT SOME MORE COMPUTATION PAPER AND THEN WORKED ON THE LOWER SOUTH PLATTE PROBLEM IN THE EVENING. I RESTED DURING THE DAY.

2/2 CAROL WROTE LETTERS AND PAID BILLS. I MAILED THEM. CAROL BEGAN TYPING THE REPORT FOR THE LOWER SOUTH PLATTE. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST

2/3 CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES AND TO MORGAN’S DRUG STORE FOR PREPARATIONS AND VALENTINES. IN THE AFTERNOON, CAROL TYPED A REPORT FOR ME FOR THE LOWER SOUTH PLATTE WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT. CAROL COMPLETED THE TYPING AND WE STARTED WORK ON CORRECTIONS. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND A LATE SUPPER. I GOT A CALL FROM THE COLORADO WATER CONGRESS. THEY WILL PROGRAM MY PAPER. CALLED FEAD TO ADVISE. HE HAS NOT YET SENT THE LETTER TO N. EVANS ALONG

2/4 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR AN EARLY BREAKFAST. CAROL AND I COMPLETED THE CORRECTIONS ON THE REPORT TO GO TO THE LOWER SOUTH PLATTE WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT. I GOT COPIES MADE AND MAILED ONE TO GARY FRIEHAUF. SECRETARY- MANAGER. CAROL SPRAINED HER ANKLE

2/5 CAROL PREPARED SUNDAY DINNER. I CUT UP THE TURKEY, MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME FOR DINNER. THEY LEFT ABOUT 3:00 PM. GINGER BROUGHT OVER HER PIANO STOOL. SHE AND CHARLES AND I REPAIRED IT.

2/6 CAROL WASHED AND IRONED. CAROL TYPED A LETTER FOR ME. SHE AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH AND PAPERS. WE WRAPPED A PACKAGE (THE WATCHES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS) TO BE SENT TO JEAN. I CALLED STERLING, ALSO SIMONS AT FT COLLINS. WILL CALL STERLING

TOMORROW AFTERNOON. HAVE BOOKS WRAPPED TO SENT TO FT COLLINS. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CALL FROM RON BLATCHLEY AT GREELEY. HE HAD QUESTIONS ON P FUNCTION 2/7 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. AFTER RETURNING SHE DID IRONING AND MENDING. WE WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK. I WENT TO THE POST OFFICE TO MAIL A PACKAGE OF WATCHES TO JEAN AND SOME BOOKS TO FT COLLINS. I ALSO VISITED THE CAMERA SHOP. I CALLED GARY FRIIEHAUF IN THE AFTERNOON TO SEE IF THE REPORT MAILED TO HIM.

PREVIOUSLY REALIZED ITS OBJECTIVE. IT HAD. I TOLD HIM OF THE INCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION ON THE CWC PROGRAM. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST.

2/8 CAROL GOT MY SUIT READY AND FIXED A SACK LUNCH FOR ME TO TAKE TO THE VWWI BARRACKS 3149 MEETING. I MAILED CAROL’S LETTER ON THE WAY AND WENT BY TO PICK UP WASSENAAR ON THE WAY. CAROL MENDED MARJORIE’S BLOUSE. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR A LATE BREAKFAST AND FOR SUPPER. SHE LEFT ABOUT 7:30 PM. I DID SOME CHECK COMPUTATIONS ON THE LOWER SOUTH PLATTE PROBLEM.

2/9 CAROL GOT MEALS AND DID MENDING. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER. GINGER BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO TO STAY WITH US WHILE SHE WENT FOR A JOB INTERVIEW. THEY LEFT ABOUT 5:30 PM. A CALL CAME FROM DR SIMONS AT FT COLLINS TO ADVISE THAT THE PUBLICATIONS EXPENSES ON MY TEXT HAVE BEEN RECOVERED AND THAT, HEREAFTER, I CAN EXPECT TO SHARE IN THE INCOME FROM SALES. I GOT SOME COMPUTATIONS ON THE LOWER SOUTH PLATTE, COMPLETED ORGANIZED AND FILED.

2/10 CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET GROCERIES. I WENT TO THE CAMERA SHOP, ALSO. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER. IN THE AFTERNOON, MARJORIE TOOK ME TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET COPIES OF THE SOUTH PLATTE REPORTS. I TOOK THE CAR OVER TO SALES OIL, LATER, TO GET A RUBBING BRAKE BAND FIXED. A CALL FROM DR SIMONDS ADVISES THAT THERE ARE ONLY 14 COPIES OF MY TEXT ON “TRANSIENT GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS” LEFT. WE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF A REVISED EDITION.

2/11 MARJORIE OVER FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL WROTE LETTERS, PAID BILLS AND SENT OUT VALENTINES. I MAILED THEM (2 TRIPS TO MAILBOX) SENT ORIGINAL OF THE LOWER SOUTH PLATTE REPORT TO GARY FRIEHAUF. I GOT A VALENTINE FOR KIRK, GROCERIES AND WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR

1978 FEB (CONTINUED)

2/12 LIGHT SNOW TODAY. CAROL AND I SHOVELLED AND SWEPT WALKS. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST, SHE HAD TO WORK. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME FOR SUNDAY DINNER. THEY LEFT ABOUT 2:00 PM TO GO TO CHARLES FOLKS HOUSE. (GREEN’S)

2/13 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. CAROL DID THE WASH AND DID IRONING. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER. A CALL FROM DR SIMONS AT FT COLLINS ADVISES THAT THEY WILL BE WILLING TO FUND A REVISED EDITION OF “TRANSIENT GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS (I WOULD GET ABOUT 20% OR $2.50 PER COPY SOLD) I SAID THAT MY COPY CONTAINED CORRECTIONS OF MISPRINTS. CAROL TYPED MY LETTER TO OUR SENATORS ABOUT THE PANAMA CANAL. I MAILED THEM AFTER SIGNING. I WILL GO TO FT COLLINS IF THIS IS NEEDED.

2/14 VALENTINE’S DAY. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER, CAROL IRONED IN THE AFTERNOON. THEY WILL PUT UP MONEY FOR 500 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF MY TEXT, I WILL GET ABOUT 20%. I WILL GO TO FT COLLINS WITH CORRECTIONS. I COMPLETED CHECK COMPUTATIONS FOR TEXT CORRECTIONS

2/15 CAROL GOT MY SUIT READY AND I WENT TO THE USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON AT THE AMERICAN LEGION HALL AT NOON. MARJORIE WAS WITH CAROL FOR DINNER. I MAILED LETTERS.

2/16 CAROL AND I SHOVELLED AND SWEPT SNOW. MARJORIE WAS OVER FOR DINNER. CAROL AND I WORKED ON CORRECTIONS TO FO IN THE SECOND PRINTING OF MY TEXT. I TOOK THEM TO THE UNIVERSITY PARK POST OFFICE. THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD LEAVE HERE AT 4:00 PM TO GO TO FT COLLINS. CAROL CALLED JEAN. THE WATCHES HAD ARRIVED THERE. THEY SEEMED HAPPY WITH THEM THE RECENT RAIN AND WIND HAD DONE THEM NO DAMAGE.

2/17 CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I WENT TO THE BARBER IN THE AFTERNOON FOR A HAIRCUT. CALL FROM DON CAMPBELL OF LEWAN ASSOCIATES, ABOUT TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DESK COMPUTERS. LETTER CAME FROM THE KEIM’S TODAY. ALMOST FELL IN BUS ON WAY BACK FROM BARBER SHOP. SOMEBODY HAD FIXED BRAKES ON THE BUS. NO HARM DONE. 2/18 CAROL SPENT THE MORNING COOKING TO PREPARE FOR A VISIT FROM CHARLES AND FAMILY TOMORROW. I WORKED ON A CWC PRESENTATION. CAROL DID TYPING FOR ME AND LISTENED TO MY PRESENTATION AND GAVE ME HER THOUGHT.

2/19 GINGER CALLED TO SAY THEY COULD NOT GET IN BECAUSE OF SNOW. MARJORIE CAME AND SHE, CAROL AND I ATE SUNDAY DINNER HERE.

2/20 CAROL DID THE WASH AND IRONED. I WORKED ON THE PRESENTATION FOR THE COLORADO WATER CONGRESS MEETINGS. CAROL TYPED THE MANUSCRIPT.

2/21 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. LATER SHE IRONED. I WENT TO THE

COLORADO WATER CONGRESS MEETINGS AT THE STOUFFER INN AT 32ND AND QUEBEC. I PRESENTED A PAPER IN THE AFTERNOON. I MADE A DONATION OF $30.00. THE TAXI FARE WAS $8.00/ HENRY BASKI BROUGHT ME HOME ON HIS CITROEN.

2/22 CAROL GOT MY THINGS READY TO GO TO THE COLORADO WATER CONGRESS MEETING. BASKI CAME BY AND TOOK ME TO THE MEETING AT STOUFFER INN AND BROUGHT ME BACK ABOUT 6:00 PM 2/23 CAROL AND I SLEPT LATE. I MAILED LETTERS, INCLUDING A CARD TO MORRIS. CAROL AND I MADE OUT OUR INCOME TAX AND GOT AN APPOINTMENT AT ROLLY’S. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER 2/24 CAROL DID HOUSE CLEANING. MARJORIE WAS OVER FOR DINNER. GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER. GINGER COOKED SOME THINGS TO TAKE TO THE SCOUTS. I WROTE A LETTER TO DR FEAD ABOUT THE CWC MEETINGS AND CAROL TYPED IT. I MAILED IT AND PICKED UP A HAMBURGER ON THE WAY HOME FOR CAROL’S SUPPER. CHASE, MARGO AND GINGER LOOKED AT MY TEST CHART

1978 FEB (CONCLUDED)

2/25 OVERCAST TODAY BUT NO SNOW. CAROL MENDED MY GLOVES AND WROTE LETTERS. CAROL TYPED ONE FOR ME AND I MAILED THEM BEFORE PICK UP TIME AT 2:05. CAROL PUT THE

REFRIGERATOR IN ORDER. I LOOKED UP FAMILY DATA FOR RUTH. I READ AND RESTED. MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US ALL DAY. CAROL CALLED JEAN- I TALKED TO THEM, ALSO. KERRY WAS THERE FROM COLLEGE.

2/26 CAROL AND I SLEPT LATE. CAROL MADE SOME NUT BREAD AND TYPED A LETTER TO RUTH (SISTER) FOR ME. AFTER SUNDAY DINNER, CAROL AND I WASHED THE DISHES. MARJORIE CAME OVER FOR SUPPER. CAROL AND I READ.

2/27 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE MORNING. CAROL DID THE WASH AND IRONED, ALSO. STRAIGHTENED UP THE SHOPROOM. I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO SEE ABOUT COST OF COLOR

ILLUSTRATIONS. TALKED TO JOHN KIPLINGER OF ENGLEWOOD CAMERA. WE COULD GET TWO PHOTOS PUT ON A PAGE, WITH CAPTIONS, FOR ABOUT $80.00 FOR 100 COPIES. MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY

2/28 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. LONG DISTANCE CALL CAME FROM SALLY BECKER AND LOUISE BIRDSONG (CAROL’S NIECES) OF DENTON, TEXAS. I MAILED A LETTER TO JOHN SPENCER ABOUT REPORT ILLUSTRATIONS. I HAD PREVIOUSLY TALKED TO MR CLARE MERMAN ABOUT THIS. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER. I GOT SANDWICHES FROM “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR SUPPER.

AT HOME: 3/1-31 3/1 STATE ENGR - CONFERENCE KATHY, KIRK AND KERRY VISIT 3/8 VWWI MEETING

3/8 VETERANS COUNCIL MTG 3/10 WATER BOARD MTG MAR

3/1 CAROL IRONED AND GOT DINNER READY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER. WE WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER TO GET PACKAGES LEFT THERE. IN THE AFTERNOON, I WENT TO THE STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE FOR A CONFERENCE WITH WILL BURT. WE DISCUSSED WAYS AND MEANS TO GET ANSWERS TO GROUNDWATER FLOW PROBLEMS. I LIKE THE WAY HE IS ATTACKING THEM. TALKED TO WILL SMITH, MOE’S BIRTHDAY.

3/2 TODAY WE GOT OUR FOURTH ONE=INCH SNOW OF THE WINTER. CAROL SWEPT THE FRONT WALKS BETWEEN 6:00 AND 7:00 AM. LATER I SHOVELLED SOME SNOW OFF. I WORKED ON A VERSION OF MY COLORADO WATER CONGRESS PRESENTATION TO BE PUT IN THEIR FILE. CAROL REARRANGED THE FRONT BEDROOM SO AN ELECTRIC BLANKET CAN BE HOOKED UP. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR

SUPPER. WE CALLED MOE TO WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I WILL CALL JOHN SPENCER AFTER SUPPER. CALLED JOHN- HE WILL SEND SLIDES. HE THINKS THEY SHOULD SHOW PEOPLE

3/3 CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR GROCERIES. I WENT TO THE ENGLEWOOD CAMERA SHOP. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER. I WROTE LETTERS TO STAN WARE AND TO JOHN SPENCER, AFTER A CALL TO MR CLARE MERMAN, THE LETTERS WERE MAILED THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW TODAY

3/4 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINER, AND LEFT ABOUT 2:00 PM. CAROL FIXED JELLO AND POTATO SALAD. ALSO SHE CLEANED THE MIDDLE BEDROOM AND WROTE LETTERS. I PAID BILLS AND TOOK ALL LETTERS OVER TO THE MAILBOX. I WENT TO BUDDY AND LLOYDS FOR GROCERIES AND TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR SANDWICHES FOR SUPPER. I CALLED FRANK SARLES AND MR CLARE MERMAN.

3/5 CAROL GOT FOOD READY FOR DINNER. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE, MARGO AND MARJORIE CAME OVER. THEY ATE SUNDAY DINNER WITH US. MARJORIE STAYED LATER THAN THE OTHERS TO HELP CAROL WITH THE DISHES, THEN SHE LEFT. CAROL AND I HAD BEAN SOUP AND CRACKERS FOR SUPPER. 3/6 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH AND PAPERS IN THE AM. CAROL DID THE WASH IN THE MORNING AND IRONED IN THE AFTERNOON. I WORKED ON A WRITE-UP OF THE TALK I GAVE AT THE COLORADO WATER CONGRESS MEETINGS. MARJORIE HERE FOR DINNER

3/7 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. I TOOK OUR RECORDS TO RILEY’S AT 10:00 AM. CAROL IRONED IN THE AFTERNOON AND TYPED A REPORT FOR ME. MARJORIE NOT HERE TODAY 3/8 CAROL TIDIED UP THE KITCHEN AND GOT MY SUIT READY SO I COULD GO TO THE BARRACKS 3149 VWWI MEETING AT NOON AND GO TO THE VETERAN’S COUNCIL MEETING AT 8:00 PM. I WORKED ON A STUDY OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF PUMPING INTO CANALS TO COMBAT DROUGHT IN THE SOUTH PLATTE VALLEY. FRANK SARLES CAME FOR ME AT 7:00 PM. MARJORIE CAME FOR DINNER.

3/9 I WORKED ON A SOUTH PLATTE PROBLEM IN THE MORNING UNTIL A CALL CAME FROM WALT GARTSKA REQUESTING SOME HELP IN GETTING FIGURES ON SOLAR INPUT. THESE HAD A RELATION TO THE “FOOTHILLS” DEVELOPMENT BY THE WATER BOARD. I WORKED THE REST OF THE DAY AND INTO THE NIGHT TO GET THIS DONE. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER.

3/10 HECTIC DAY! CAROL TYPED MY REPORT, WRITTEN YESTERDAY AND GOT IT DONE IN TIME FOR ME TO GO THE WATER BOARD BLDG IN TIME FOR A 10:00 AM MEETING. PRESENT ALSO WERE: PARSONS WARE, W GARTSKA, JACK ROSS. I DELIVERED SOME COMPUTATIONS TO GARTSKA. I RETURNED HOME ABOUT 11:30 AM. IN THE AFTERNOON, CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK TO GET PHOTOS AND TO GET GROCERIES. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER

1978 MAR (CONTINUED)

3/11 CAROL CLEANED THE BACK STAIRWAY AND BACK BEDROOM. CAROL TYPED A LETTER TO GARTSKA FOR ME, ALSO TYPE UP SOME BLOOD PRESSURE RECORDS FOR THE VWWI BARRACKS 3149. CAROL PAID BILLS. I TOOK THEM AND THE LETTER TO GARTSKA OVER AND MAILED THEM. I MADE UP A COPY OF MY COLORADO WATER CONGRESS PRESENTATION FOR THE CWC LIBRARY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER.

3/12 MARJORIE CAME OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME FOR A VISIT IN THE AFTERNOON, THEY LEFT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON

3/13 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF PAPERS AND TRASH. CAROL DID THE WASH. CAROL CLEANED THE SHOPROOM AND THE FURNACE ROOM, ALSO, WASHED THE LIVING ROOM CHAIRS AND SOFA. CAROL WASHED THE FRONT ROOM WINDOW ON THE INSIDE AND I WASHED THE OUTSIDE. MARJORIE CAME FOR DINNER AND IRONED. MARJORIE TOOK ME TO 1111 S. COLORADO BLVD. WHERE I LEFT A

TRANSCRIPT OF MY PRESENTATION AT THE COLORADO WATER CONGRESS MEETINGS. MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 4:00 PM. CAROL IRONED. I GOT MY COPIES OF THE TRANSCRIPT IN THE MORNING. I

SHAMPOOED RUGS.

3/14 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. IN THE AFTERNOON, CAROL DID SOME CLEANING. MARJORIE CAME OVER FOR SUPPER AND SHE TOOK US IN HER CAR TO THE AIRPORT TO MEET KATHY (MORRIS’S OLDEST) KATHY’S PLANE WAS ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATE. WE BROUGHT HER HOME WITH US. I WORKED ON A STUDY OF PUMPING INTO CANALS.

3/15 KATHY WAS WITH US ALL DAY. CAROL COOKED AND DID HOUSEWORK. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER. I WENT TO”JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR SANDWICHES FOR DINNER. KATHY WENT WITH MARJORIE TO STAY ALL NIGHT AT HER APARTMENT.

3/16 CAROL PRESSED MY SUIT AND I WENT TO THE QUALITY INN TO MEET GARY FRIEHAUF. WE TALKED ABOUT THE G.A.S.P. PUMP USED FOR DRAINAGE AND HAD LUNCH. I HUNTED FOR PAPER TARGETS AND FINALLY FOUND THEM AT SWANSONS. I WENT TO THE STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE TO GET REPORTS. TALKED TO DANIELSON AND SIMPSON. I RETURNED HOME ON THE BUS IN TIME FOR SUPPER.

MARJORIE, KATHY AND GINGER WERE HERE BRIEFLY AND WENT TO “CASA BONITA” THEY RETURNED TO GET KATHY’S CLOTHES AND WENT TO GINGER’S PLACE. MARJORIE WENT TO WORK. KATHY WILL STAY AT GINGER’S HOUSE ALL NIGHT. STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE HSA NEW MAPS TO SHOW IRRIGATION AREAS

3/17 CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR GROCERIES AND I GOT PICTURES AND MOUNTS FROM ENGLEWOOD CAMERA. MARJORIE WENT OUT TO GINGER’S PLACE TO GET KATHY AND BROUGHT HER HERE. GINGER CAME ALSO. IN THE EVENING, MARJORIE TOOK KATHY, CAROL AND ME TO THE AIRPORT TO GET KIRK (BILL’S SON). HE CAME IN ABOUT MIDNIGHT.

3/18 CAROL GOT BREAKFAST. KIRK AND KATHY SLEPT LATE. MARJORIE, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH US FOR DINNER. GINGER TOOK KATHY, KIRK, CHASE AND MARGO TO A WALT DISNEY SHOW. MARJORIE WENT BACK TO WORK. IN THE EVENING, MARJORIE TOOK KATHY AND KIRK ROLLER SKATING.

3/19 CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE, MARGO AND MARJORIE CAME OVER ABOUT 10:00 AM. AFTER SUNDAY DINNER, ALL OF US EXCEPT CAROL WENT TO THE AIRPORT SO KATHY COULD CATCH HER PLANE. SHE PHONED IN THE EVENING THAT SHE HAD ARRIVED AT ATLANTA, GEORGIA. CHARLES TOOK KIRK WITH THEM AND THEY WENT TO MT. EVANS AND BUFFALO BILL’S GRAVE. KIRK GOT TO SEE SNOW. ECHO LAKE WAS STILL ICE COVERED. AFTER SUPPER MARJORIE TOOK KIRK TO STAY AT HER PLACE. HE WILL STAY WITH CHARLES AND GINGER TOMORROW NIGHT. CALL CAME FROM KIM= HE IS BACK IN ANAHEIM.

3/20 CAROL WASHED AND IRONED. I WORKED ON THE WELL 19530 F PROBLEM. KIRK SPENT THE DAY AT CHARLES AND GINGER’S HOUSE. CAROL AND I MADE TICKETS FOR THE VWWI LUNCHEON. CAROL DID THE TYPING AND I MADE UP THE FORMAT.

1978 MAR (CONCLUDED)

3/21 CAROL WENT TO HAIRDRESSER IN AM. I WORKED ON A COMPUTATION OF PUMP DELETION ON FOR WELL 19530 F NEAR STERLING. MARJORIE BROUGHT KIRK HERE ABOUT 2:00 PM. I TOOK KIRK TO CHERRY CREEK TO TAKE PICTURES. HE TOOK PICTURES OF PRAIRIE DOGS. WE GOT BACK ABOUT 5:30 PM- AFTER SUPPER WE STUDIED CAMERA ARRANGEMENTS. CALL CAME FROM GARY FRIEHAUF. HE HAD NEW DATA ON THE WELL 19530 F. IT IS NEAR AN EXTENSION OF A DRAIN DITCH. I GOT PRINTS AND FINISHED THE TICKETS AND TOOK THEM TO VOGT’S PLACE.

3/22 CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO TO STAY ALL DAY. MARJORIE TOOK US TO THE FORNEY OLD CAR MUSEUM IN THE AFTERNOON. CAROL AND KIRK STAYED UP UNTIL ABOUT 11:00 PM. KIRK WANTED TO SEE IT SNOW, BUT IT DID THIS AFTER THEY WENT TO BED. THERE WAS SNOW ON THE LAWN IN THE MORNING. WE GOT WORD THAT KEAN HAD COME THROUGH HER OPERATION IN GOOD SHAPE WITH NO COMPLICATIONS AND NO INDICATIONS OF FUTURE TROUBLE.

3/23 KIRK SLEPT MOST OF THE MORNING. MARJORIE TOOK HIM TO CELEBRITY LANES IN THE

AFTERNOON. THEY RETURNED HOME ABOUT 9:00 PM. CAROL COOKED SOME NUT BREAD AND TYPED A LETTER FOR ME AND I MAILED IT. WE CALLED MOE AND VIRGINIA TO COMPLIMENT THEM ON THEIR 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

3/24 KIRK PACKED HIS THINGS FOR HIS RETURN FLIGHT HOME. MARJORIE DROVE KIRK AND ME TO THE AIRPORT, WHERE KIRK BOARDED WESTERN AIRLINES FLIGHT 553. (LEFT 25 MINUTES LATE) AFTER DINNER, MARJORIE TOOK ME TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. AFTERWARDS, MARJORIE LEFT FOR WORK. KERRY IS EXPECTED IN AT MIDNIGHT (BILL’S OLDEST)

3/25 KERRY SLEPT MOST OF THE MORNING. GINGER, CHASE { MARGO CAME IN THE AFTERNOON TO TAKE KERRY OUT TO THEIR PLACE TO SPEND THE NIGHT. MARJORIE WITH US FOR A LATE SUPPER. 3/26 MARJORIE CAME OVER. CHARLES AND FAMILY CAME AND BROUGHT KERRY WITH THEM. THEY ATE EASTER SUNDAY DINNER WITH US. IN THE AFTERNOON, CHARLES AND FAMILY TOOK KERY TO CENTRAL CITY THEN BROUGHT HER HOME. MARJORIE TOOK KERRY TO HER APARTMENT FOR THE NIGHT. KERRY WENT TO CHURCH WITH CHARLES AND FAMILY. CALL CAME FROM JEAN TODAY

3/27 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH AND PAPER IN THE AM. CAROL WASHED AND IRONED. I MADE A CAL TO GARY FRIEHAUF AT STERLING TO CHECK OUT SOME POINTS IN A REPORT I AM PREPARING ON THE OPERATION OF WELL 19530 F. A CALL TO RILEY INDICATES OUR TAX RETURNS ARE READY. COST $25.00. KERRY CAME BACK ABOUT 3:30 PM

3/28 GOT GAS IN CAR AND REPORT COVERS AT NIELSEN’S. TOOK KERRY TO THE CITY PARK MUSEUM. MARJORIE CAME FOR SUPPER AND TOOK KERRY ON THE TOWN. I WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE FOR CAROL AND PICKED UP SOME HAMBURGERS FOR THE NOON MEAL

3/29 MARJORIE CAME ABOUT 10:30 AM TO TAKE KERRY TO THE AIRPORT. SHE TOOK THE BINOCULAR THAT WAS TO HAVE BEEN FOR HER DAD’S ACCORDION SHE CARRIED. WESTERN AIRLINES FLIGHT LEFT ABOUT 12:10 PM. MARJORIE BROUGHT CAROL AND ME BACK HOME. JEAN CALLED LETER TO SAY KERRY ARRIVED SAFELY. CAROL AND I WERE TIRED AND WENT TO BED EARLY

3/30 CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR GROCERIES. I WENT TO THE CAMERA SHOP- THEY WILL WANT $3.00 PER PAGE OF 4 PRINTS FOR MOUNTING THE 3R PRINTS FOR THE WILDERNESS PANEL REPORT. MARJORIE WITH US FOR DINNER- LEFT ABOUT 3:00 PM. WE PICKED UP OUR INCOME TAX RETURNS FROM RILEY. CAROL RETYPED MY “MATHEMATICAL MODELING” (CWC PRESENTATION) 3/31 GOT COPIES OF CWC TEXT AND PUT THEM IN COVERS. WE FOUND ERRORS IN OUR TAX RETURNS AND TOOK THEM BACK TO RILEY. JEAN CALLED AND THANKED US AND SAID HOW MUCH KIRK AND KERRY ENJOYED THEIR VISIT. MARJORIE TOOK ME TO STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE TO GIVE THEM A COPY OF MY OWN PRESENTATION. ANOTHER BIRD BOOK TO REPAIR

1978

AT HOME: 4/1-30 4/12 VWWI MEETING

PANAMA CANAL GIVEN AWAY: 4/19 4/20 USBR RETIREE LUNCHEON

4/22 BIRD HIKE APR

4/1 CAROL WROTE LETTERS. I MAILED THEM AND OUR FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAX, ALSO THE 1ST INSTALLMENT OF OUR ESTIMATED TAX. I TURNED ON THE WATER OUTSIDE, SPADED UP THE FLOWER BED AT THE FRONT PORCH AND CONNECTED THE HOSES. I COMPLETED THE REPAIRING OF THOMPSON MARSH’S BOOK

4/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL FIXED JELLO, WE BOTH READ AND RESTED THIS SUNDAY.

4/3 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM, CAROL WASHED AND IRONED. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER. THOMPSON AND SUSAN MARSH WERE OVER TO PICK UP THE REPAIRED BIRD BOOK AND TO SEE MY BOOK REPAIR KIT. ULIS MIZELL CAME DOWN TO GIVE ME ABOUT $32.00 AS MY SHARE OF THE MCNIEL LAKE FUND. CAROL AND I GAVE IT TO HIM. MADE CALL TO JOHN SPENCER. MR CLARE MERMAN IS IN SPAIN

4/4 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND IRONED WHEN SHE RETURNED. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER. WIND TODAY.

4/5 CAROL CLEANED OUT THE METAL CABINET TO CLEAN UP LEAKAGE FROM 1 SOFT DRINK CAN. I SPENT ALL DAY WATERING THE LAWN, MARJORIE CAME OVER FOR DINNER, LEFT AT 3.

4/6 CAROL SET THE WRITING DESK IN ORDER AND WROTE A LETTER TO R MORRIS WHICH I MAILED. I MOWED THE LAWN. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER.

4/7 CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR GROCERIES AND PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER. JEANINE COCAGNE (NEIGHBOR) CAME OVER TO SHOW US SOME AWARDS SHE HAD WON.

4/8 CAROL FIXED SOME JELLO AND WATERED THE FRONT LAWN. I WORKED ON COMPUTATIONS FOR A NEW CHART. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER AND LEFT ABOUT 3:00 PM.

4/9 RAIN AND SNOW THIS MORNING, SNOW THE REST OF THE DAY. MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER.

4/10 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. CAROL DID THE WASH AND IRONED. I MADE THE LAST COMPUTATION FOR THE CHART FOR ([FUNCTION]). SNOW BEGAN THIS MORNING AT ABOUT

BREAKFAST TIME. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER. SNOWED MOST OF THE DAY. IN THE EVENING A CALL CAME FROM MOE IN LONG ISLAND.

4/11 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING, I GOT A HAIRCUT IN THE AFTERNOON. CAROL FINISHED THE IRONING AND TYPED LETTERS FOR ME. SHE WROTE A LETTER TO RUTH GIVING HER FAMILY DATA SHE HAD ASKED FOR. MOE CALLED FROM LONG ISLAND. MARJORIE CAME FOR THE NOON MEAL.

4/12 AFTER BREAKFAST, CAROL GOT MY SUIT READY AND I WENT TO THE VWWI MEETING OF BARRACKS 3149. THERE WAS AN INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS. I WAS INSTALLED AS SENIOR VICE COMMANDER. THE WOMEN’S AUXILIARY FOLLOWED WITH THEIR INSTALLATION. WE LEFT ABOUT 3:00

PM. I MAILED LETTERS ON THE WAY TO THE MEETING. MARJORIE WAS WITH CAROL FOR THE NOON MEAL. CAROL FIXED ME A COVERED DISH TO TAKE THE VWWI MEETING

4/13 CAROL AND I WERE HOME ALL DAY. CAROL MADE OUT A GROCERY LIST. MARJORIE WAS WITH US AT 2:00 PM- WE HAD ALREADY EATEN. I TOOK MICROSCOPE PICTURES TO FINISH UP THE FILM I HAD IN THE CAMERA WHEN KIRK WAS HERE.

4/14 CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I MAILED LETTERS AND WENT TO THE HARDWARE STORE FOR BOLTS. WE ATE AT NOON AND MARJORIE CAME BY AT 2:00 PM. I MAILED FILM TO BE DELIVERED. LIGHT RAIN IN THE EVENING.

1978 APR (CONTINUED)

4/15 I MAILED SOME LETTERS FOR CAROL. I WORKED ON A CAMERA SUPPORT, SO I CAN TAKE PICTURES THROUGH THE MICROSCOPE WHICH WILL SHOW THE EYEPIECE SCALE- FINISHED THE SUPPORT IN THE AFTERNOON. MARJORIE WAS WITH US ABOUT 1:00 PM. CHARLES AND GINGER BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO TO STAY THE NIGHT WITH YS

4/16 CHASE AND I MADE A KITE, MARGO AND I READ A BOOK. MARJORIE WAS WITH US IN TIME FOR SUNDAY DINNER, ABOUT 1:00 PM. CHARLES AND GINGER CAME ABOUT 8:30 PM AND LEFT WITH CHASE AND MARGO. THEY TOOK THE KITE WITH THEM. MARJORIE LEFT ALTER

4/17 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. CAROL THE WASH. I MOWED THE LAWN. SNOWED BRIEFLY THIS MORNING. MUCH WIND IN THE AFTERNOON. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL AND IRONED UNTIL ABOUT 3:00 PM. CAROL CHANGED 3 BEDS TO WAS THE SHEETS. I COMPLETED A FOLDER ON COMPUTATION OF STREAM DEPLETION BY WELLS AND INKED A CHART PREPARED PREVIOUSLY. 4/18 CAROL MENDED AND IRONED. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER AND SUPPER. I WORKED ON SOME COMPUTATIONS ON PUMPING INO CANALS TO COMBAT DROUGHT. WALLY YARGEN’S FUNERAL TODAY

4/19 CAROL DID HOUSE WORK AND MENDING, ALSO BAKED A PIE AND WATERED THE LAWN IN THE AFTERNOON. I TRIMMED THE LAWN- FRONT AND BACK. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER AND LEFT ABOUT 3:00 PM. PAPER SAYS PANAMA CANAL GIVEN AWAY TODAY

4/20 CAROL WATERED THE LAWN. I WENT TO THE USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON AT THE AMERICAN LEGION HALL AT NOON. MARJORIE CAME OVER AND ATE DINNER WITH CAROL. IN THE EVENING, MARJORIE AND I WENT TO SEE KEN SHRIVER, WHO IS IN THE LUTHERAN HOSPITAL IN WHEAT RIDGE. WE WENT IN HER CAR. I MAILED LETTERS IN THE MORNING. MINE WAS TO JACK REDDELL.

4/21 CAROL PRESSED MY SUIT AND GOT ME READY TO GO TO THE VWWI BARRACKS 3149 BIRTHDAY PARTY AT NOON. I PICKED UP BUDDY WASSENAAR ON THE WAY TO THE MEETING. WE CAME BACK

ABOUT 3:00 PM. MARJORIE WAS OVER FOR THE NOON MEAL WITH CAROL. IN THE MORNING, CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I SEWED ONE OF THE LOUIS L'AMOUR BOOKS TO TRY OUT A NEW TAPE.

4/22 CAROL GOT ME AN EARLY BREAKFAST SO I COULD GO ON A BIRD HIKE TO CHERRY CREEK. I SAW: CANADA GEESE, MALLARDS, 3 SPARROW HAWKS, 2 MARSH HAWKS, 1 OSPREY, PHEASANT, 2 KILLDEERS, RB GULLS, MOURNING DOVES, STARLINGS, ROCK DOVE, GREAT HORNED OWL, R’S FLICKERS, BARN SWALLOWS, MAGPIES, ROBINS, 2 MTN BLUEBIRDS, RW BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, SCRUB JAYS,

MEADOWLARKS, HORNED LARKS. (22 SPECIES) MARJORIE CAME ABOUT 2:00 PM AND STAYED WITH US FOR SUPPER. DAY WINDY AND COLD, BUT CLEAR.

4/23 MARJORIE TOOK CAROL AND ME OUT TO CHARLES AND GINGER’S PLACE WHERE WE HAD SUNDAY DINNER. CHARLES AND CHASE FLEW THE KITE I HAD MADE. IT SEEMS TO NEED NO ADJUSTMENTS, WE ARRIVED BACK HOME ABOUT 5:00 PM CAROL CALLED KIRK AND WE WISHED HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. JEAN SAYS HER LEG IS DOING FINE.

4/24 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH, CAROL WASHED AND IRONED ALSO, WATERED THE LAWN IN THE AFTERNOON. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER. VI HUBKA BROUGHT OVER HER BIRD BOOK TO BE REPAIRED. I TOOK THE CAR TO SALES OIL TO GET GAS TO HAVE SNOW TIRES TAKEN OFF AND TO GET THE CAR OILED AND GREASED. IN THE AFTERNOON I REPAIRED THE BOOK.

1978 APR (CONCLUDED)

4/25 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND IRONED WHEN SHE RETURNED HOME. IN THE AFTERNOON SHE WATERED THE LAWN. MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. I MAILED LETTERS AND FINISHED THE REPAIR OF MRS HUBKA’S BIRD BOOK. I TOOK IT TO HER PLACE TO DELIVER IT. 4/26 CAROL WROTE LETTERS. I MAILED THEM. CAROL TYPED A LETTER OF THANKS FOR ME. I TALKED TO DR MCWHORTER AT FT COLLINS HE WILL SEND A COPY OF HIS CLOSURE ON THE DRAINS PAPER. TWO BOOKS ON DAM DESIGN CAME FROM THE USBR TODAY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER. I GOT HAMBURGERS FOR SUPPER FOR CAROL AND ME. I WROTE A LETTER TO TOM MESSELT AFTER CALLING MR CLARE MERMAN. CALL FROM CLIFF JENKINS

4/27 CAROL SORTED OUT OLD MATERIAL FROM HER FILE. MARJORIE CAME OVER FOR DINNER AND LEFT ABOUT 4:00 PM. I WORKED ON THE WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL REPORT, WROTE A LETTER AND A MEMORANDUM. I ALSO FINISHED A LETTER TO WATER RESOURCES PUBLICATIONS. IN THE EVENING I SPENT SOME TIME REVIEWING MY SOUTH PLATTE CORRELATION STUDY.

4/28 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. LATER, CAROL WATERED THE LAWN. I WORKED ON AN AMPLIFICATION OF AN EARLY SOUTH PLATTE CORRELATION AND ON

DINNER AND STAYED UNTIL ABOUT 4:30 PM. I GOT SOME HAMBURGERS FROM “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR SUPPER.

4/29 CAROL WATERED THE GARDENS. MARJORIE, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER FOR

DINNER. CAROL FIXED JELLO AND DID SOME TYPING FOR ME. SHE WROTE A LETTER TO JO AND I MAILED IT. I GOT MATERIAL TOGETHER TO TAKE TO ENGLEWOOD ON MONDAY TO GET PRINTS AND SEND THE REPORT FROM THE STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE ON METHODS OF COMBATING DROUGHT. RAIN LAST NIGHT AND TODAY.

4/30 CAROL MADE A FRUIT SALAD. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUNDAY DINNER AND STAYED FOR SUPPER, AFTER WHICH SHE HELPED CAROL WITH THE DISHES. I WASHED MY HAIR, WHAT THERE IS LEFT. CAROL FIXED WAFFLES FOR SUPPER! I READ SOME FROM THE STATE ENGINEER'S REPORT. SLOW RAIN ALL DAY.

1978

AT HOME: 5/1-9, 13-20, 22-28, 30-31 5/10-12 VWWI COLO DEPT CONVENTION

5/21 FISHING - GRAVEL PIT 5/29 MARCHED IN PARADE MAY

5/1 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE MORNING, CAROL DID THE WASH. SLOW RAIN TODAY- ALL DAY. MARJORIE CAME OVER FOR DINNER AND STAYED UNTIL ABOUT 4:30 PM I DROVE TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET PRINTS, MAILED LETTERS TO THE “WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL” MEMBERS. I MADE UP THE REPORTS OF CORRELATIONS FOR THE SOUTH PLATTE AND ARKANSAS ROVERS

5/2 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND STOPPED OFF AT THE WOOLWORTHS ON THE WAY BACK +, AFTER RETURNING HOME, DID IRONING. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER. SHE TOOK ME TO THE OFFICE OF JOHN W PATTERSON AND ASSOCIATES. THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH A COMPUTATION. I GAVE THEM A FORMULA. I WENT TO THE LEWAN OFFICE TO LEARN ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS IN COMPUTERS. THE PRICE OF ONE WHICH WILL DO WHAT I WANT IS NOW $2600, DOWN FROM $3100. I MAILED LETTERS TO THE WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL.

5/3 CAROL WORKED WITH HER FILES. MRS SADLER CALLED. (FORMER NEIGHBOR) MARJORIE CAME OVER ABOUT 11:00 AM AND TOOK CAROL AND ME TO “CASA BONITA” WHERE WE HAD DINNER. I WORKED ON THE PROBLEM OF COMPUTING RETURN FLOWS FROM CANAL SEE PAGE, I MAILED LETTERS AND GOT PRICES FOR PRINTING THE “WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL” REPORTS. CAROL TYPED AND I MAILED A LETTER TO “LOWER SOUTH PLATTE AND STERLING RAIN TODAY.

5/4 SOME SUNSHINE THIS MORNING. LIGHT RAIN ABOUT 6:00 PM. MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL PAID BILLS, DID MENDING AND DID HOUSEWORK. I COMPLETED THE RETURN FLOW DUE TO CANAL LEAKAGE DEVELOPMENTS AND CHECKED THEM OUT. THE COMPUTATIONS WERE PUT IN A REPORT COVER AND FILED IN MY GROUNDWATER FILE. I MADE A CALL TO MCWHORTER AT FT COLLINS TO SUGGEST THAT HE SEND HIS CLOSURE IN. WE WILL GET TOGETHER LATER. MAILED LETTERS.

5/5 RAIN AND SNOW ALL DAY. CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES IN THE

MORNING. MARJORIE CAME FOR DINNER AT 12:00 NOON AND STAYED WITH US UNTIL ABOUT 4:15 PM. I PREPARED FOR THE BIRD CLUB TRIP TOMORROW. LATER, THOMPSON MARSH PHONED TO SAY THAT HE WOULD LEAD THE TRPI, BUT WAS NOT SURE THERE WOULD BE ONE AS THE WEATHER MAN PROMISES MORE SNOW FOR TONIGHT. KEN SHRIVER PHONED TO SAY THAT THIS HOSPITAL TEST HAD BEEN NEGATIVE. GOOD NEWS!

5/6 SNOW ALL DAY TODAY. CALL CAME FROM KIM. HE HAS A NEW COMMODORE COMPUTER ($800.00) CAROL FIXED JELLO, POTATO SALAD AND NUT BREAD FOR SUNDAY.

5/7 MARJORIE BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER IN THE MORNING, CHARLES AND GINGER CAME AT ABOUT NOON AND TOOK CHASE AND MARGO WITH THEM TO SANDY’S HOUSE (CHARLES’ SISTER) WHERE THEY WERE TO EAT SUNDAY DINNER. MARJORIE ATE DINNER WITH US AND THEN WENT TO THE LUTHERAN HOSPITAL TO SEE MR SHRIVER. HE IS GETTING ALONG WELL. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER. WE ALSO TALKED TO MOE, VIRGINIA, KATHY AND MARK.

5/8 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. CAROL DID THE WASH. I TOOK OUT THE SOUTH JUNIPER BY OUR FRONT PORCH. A PART OF THE JUNIPER WAS TAKEN BY THE TRASH MEN. MARJORIE WAS WITH US IN EARLY AFTERNOON, SHE ATE DINNER WITH US, IRONED AND STAYED UNTIL ABOUT 4:00 PM. I CUT DOWN THE NORTH JUNIPER IN THE AFTERNOON. I REPLENISHED WATER FOR CAROL’S IRON FORM SNOW LEFT FROM THE ROOF.

1978 MAY (CONTINUED)

5/9 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING, I GOT A HAIRCUT IN THE AFTERNOON. I DUG OUT ONE OF THE JUNIPER STUMPS, MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER AND STAYED UNTIL ABOUT 4:10 PM. (SHE TOOK ME TO THE BARBER SHOP) THE REPAIRMAN FOR PENNEY’S CAME TO REPAIR CAROL’S MICROWAVE (THE LAMP WAS BURNED OUT). I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK. I GOT 3R PRINTS AND REPRODUCTIONS FOR MY CWC PRESENTATION AND A BALL OF STRONG STRING FROM THE HARDWARE STORE, CAROL IRONED AND MENDED

5/10 CAROL SORTED OUT OLD MAGAZINES. I DUG OUT THE OTHER OF THE JUNIPER STUMPS AND CLEANED UP THE DIRT PILES. AFTER SUPPER I WENT TO A MEETING OF THE UNITED VETERANS COUNCIL. I WENT AND RETURNED BY ZONE CAB TAXI ($7.50 WITH TIPS FOR THE ROUND TRIP.

5/11 CAROL WASHED OFF THE PORCH AND THE SIDEWALKS WHERE I HAD DUG OUT THE JUNIPERS. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. AFTER BREAKFAST, SHE TOOK ME TO THE CHERRY CREEK IN FOR THE SECOND DAY OF THE VWWI COLORADO DEPARTMENT CONVENTION. I CAME HOME BY BUS, TOOK 1.5 HOURS. CAROL TYPED UP 2 RESOLUTIONS FOR ME.

5/12 CAROL WORKED ON HER RECORD BOOK. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. AFTER BREAKFAST, SHE TOOK ME TO THE CHERRY CREEK INN TO ATTEND THE LAST DAY OF MEETINGS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COLORADO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I ANNUAL CONVENTIONS. THE TWO

RESOLUTIONS I PRESENTED WERE APPROVED. I WAS APPOINTED TO THE DEPARTMENT CONVENTION COMMITTEE AND MADE PUBLICITY OFFICER. FRANK SARLES BROUGHT ME HOME.

5/13 CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. WHILE THERE I WENT TO JENSEN'S HOW AND MORGAN DRUGSTORE FOR NOTIONS. I WENT BY BUS TO GENERAL HD.W AT 600 BROADWAY TO GET TWO MATS FOR A DOUBLE SINK AND TO ENGLEWOOD HOW TO GET THE DIVIDER PIECE. ON THE WAY BACK I GOT A MOTHER’S DAY CARD FOR CAROL. CAROL AND I WENT BACK TO MORGAN’S DRUGS FOR CARDS FOR MARJORIE AND GINGER. I SAWED UP THE JUNIPER ROOTS. .CAROL WATERED THE FRONT LAWN.

5/14 MOTHER’S DAY- CAROL WATERED THE BACK LAWN IN THE MORNING. MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER. CALLS CAME FROM R. MORRIS GLOVER AND KIM CLARK. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 2:15 PM AND MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 5:45 PM. 5/15 CAROL DID THE WASH. SHE AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. CAROL IRONED, I WENT TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET SOME HAMBURGER FOR DINNER. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER.

5/16 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND A QUICK SUPPER. CAROL IRONED IN THE AFTERNOON. I WENT TO HANNIGAN’S FOR PETUNIAS BUT THEY WERE SOLD OUT SO I WENT TO THE LIBRARY TO LOOK UP DATA FOR A REPLY TO DR MCWHORTER. IN THE MORNING, I MADE A CALL TO STERLING. GARY FRIEHAUF HAS RECEIVED THE COMPUTATIONS ON WELL #19520 F, TWO LAWSUITS ARE MADE TO KNUTSON’S OFFICE. DIVISIONS DATA THE TEN YEAR PERIOD ENDING IN 1977 MAY BE AVAILABLE IN LATE JUNE.

5/17 CAROL PRESSED MY SUIT AND PUT UP A SACK LUNCH SO I COULD GO THE VWWI BARRACKS 3149 MEETING. I WROTE A LETTER TO MCWHORTER AND CAROL TYPED IT. CAROL WROTE LETTERS AND PAID BILLS. MARJORIE WAS OVER FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.

1978 MAY (CONTINUED)

5/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. I WENT UP TO HANNIGAN’S GREENHOUSE TO GET 4 DOZEN PETUNIA PLANTS WHILE THERE. I WALKED TO THE POST OFFICE TO GET STAMPS AND TO MAIL KERRY’S SWEATER BACK TO [illegible]. IN THE AFTERNOON PATTY JUBRIAS OF DURANGO BROUGHT A BIRD BOOK IN FOR REPAIR. I MOWED THE LAWN AND REPAIRED THE BIRD BOOK. I MAILED LETTERS IN THE MORNING. CAROL AND I WENT TO WARDS. I GOT A NEW WIDE ANGLE BINOCULAR CAROL GOT SOME THINGS FOR MARJORIE’S BIRTHDAY. CALL TO JOHN SPENCER AT HAVASU CITY, ARIZONA. CALL TO WINK.

5/19 CAROL WATERED THE LAWN AND PUT SCREENS ON THE STORM DOORS, I HELPED. I PLANTED PETUNIAS IN THE TWO FRONT FLOWER BEDS, WHERE THE JUNIPERS WERE, AND IN THE FLOWER BEDS JUST SOUTH OF THE FRONT PORCH. MARJORIE WAS WITH US AT BREAKFAST AND AT SUPPERTIME TO GET A LUNCH TO TAKE WITH HER.

5/20 CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR GROCERIES IN THE MORNING. I WENT TO THE CAMERA SHOP TO ORDER 3R PRINTS AND TO THE HARDWARE STORE TO GET A TRIMMER. THEY DID NOT HAVE IT. I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET HAMBURGERS FOR DINNER. AFTER DINNER, I PLANTED THE GARDEN TO VEGETABLES AND SET OUT 12 PETUNIAS SOUTH OF THE GARAGE. I PLANTED MARIGOLDS IN THE FLOWER BED BY THE ASHPIT AND WATERED THEM

5/21 CAROL AND I GOT UP AT 4:15 AM SO I COULD GO FISHING WITH CHARLES, CHASE AND MARGO. WE WENT TO THE GRAVEL PIT WHERE FISH HAD BEEN STOCKED FOR THE FISHING DERBY WHICH WAS HELD YESTERDAY. MARJORIE PICKED CAROL UP AND WE MET AT CHARLES’ AND GINGER’S PLACE FOR DINNER. BIRTHDAY GIFTS WERE GIVEN TO HAMILTON (MARY ENGLAND), BRIAN AND KIMBERLY ARRIVED WHILE WE WERE THERE. RAIN TODAY. PATTY JUBRIAS CAME FOR HER BIRD BOOK. 5/22 CAROL TOOK OUT PAPERS. SHE AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL WASHED, IRONED AND MENDED. I WORKED ALL DAY TO GET SLIDES READY FOR THE WILDERNESS REVIEW REPORT. CAROL WATERED THE FLOWERS.

5/23 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. I WENT TO NIELSEN’S TO GET COPIES FOR MARJORIE. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. I WORKED ON A SOUTH PLATTE SALINITY PROBLEM, BUT LACKED DATA TO PROCEED. MARJORIE CAME BY BRIEFLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CAROL WROTE TWO LETTERS AND I MAILED THEM. CAROL IRONED AFTER SHE RETURNED FROM THE

HAIRDRESSER. I WATERED FLOWERS, WINDY

5/24 MARJORIE’S BIRTHDAY. SHE CAME OVER FOR BREAKFAST AND WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER. CAROL WATERED THE FRONT LAWN, CLEANED MY STUDY ROOM AND PUT BOOKS ON THE SHELVES IN KIM’S ROOM. I MOWED AND TRIMMED THE BACK LAWN. A BIRD BOOK CAME FROM RUTH WHEELER FOR REPAIR AND I REPAIRED IT. I COMPLETED TWO SALINITY STUDIES.

5/25 IN THE MORNING I CUT THE FRONT LAWN. I WENT TO THE POST OFFICE TO MAIL THE REPAIRED BIRD BOOK TO RUTH WHEELER. I THEN WENT TO THE MORGAN PHARMACY FOR GRADUATION CARDS AND TO JENSEN’S FOR APLASTIC WASH BASIN. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL CLEANED THE FRONT STAIRWAY IN MY STUDY. I WATERED THE FLOWERS IN THE FRONT BEDS AND PLANTED FLOWERS ALONG THE BORDERS OF BEDS IN THE GARDEN. I MAILED LETTERS.

1978 MAY (CONCLUDED)

5/26 CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR GROCERIES. I WENT TO THE CAMERA SHOP FOR PICTURES AND FILM. CAROL AND I TRIMMED THE FRONT LAWN. CAROL WATERED THE BACK LAWN.

CALL FROM DAVID BRAUDAWAY (NEPHEW) THAT HIS BROTHER GORDON’S BOY, WESLEY, IS RECOVERING AND SO IS HIS DAUGHTER, PAMELA. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL SWEPT OUT THE GARAGE. I WROTE A LETTER TO JOHN SPENCER, WITH COPIES TO MR MERMAN AND WINK. I MAILED THEM. RAIN IN PM.

5/27 CAROL TIED UP MAGAZINES AND WE REHUNG THE CURTAINS IN MY STUDY ROOM. I PREPARED A LIST OF CAPTIONS FOR THE REPORT AND TOOK THEM OVER TO KATHARINE HURLBUTT TO TYPE. I WENT TO BUDDY AND LLOYD’S FOR GROCERIES AND TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR SANDWICHES. CAROL WROTE OUT CHECKS AND WROTE LETTERS. I MAILED THEM

5/28 MARJORIE CAME OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER. CAROL FIXED A SALAD AND PUT CHICKEN IN THE OVEN. I READ AND RESTED.

5/29 CAROL GOT ME READY AND MARJORIE TOOK ME DOWN TO THE CIVIC CENTER SO I COULD MARCH WITH THE VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I. I CARRIED THE VWWI FLAG. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER. I TRANSPLANTED SOME ALYSSUM, TRIMMED THE BACK LAWN AND WORKED IN THE GARDEN. CAROL AND I WROTE A LETTER TO THE ENGLEWOOD BANK REQUESTING THEM TO TRANSFER 10000 FROM OUR CHECKING ACCOUNT TO OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT.

5/30 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. I PUT OUT THE TRASH. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND ALSO FOR SUPPER. I MAILED THE LETTER TO THE BANK IN TIME FOR THE EARLY PICKUP. I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET A COPY OF THE TEXT OF THE FINAL REPORT OF THE WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL. IN ORDER 3R PRINTS AND TO GET A PIECE OF NYLON NET. I WORKED IN THE GARDEN. CAROL AND I REPLACED THE PULL CARD IN THE DINING ROOM CURTAIN ROD.

5/31 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL CLEANED THE KITCHEN WALLS AND CEILING. I WASHED THE KITCHEN WINDOWS ON THE OUTSIDE. I TOOK THE ORIGINAL KITCHEN

WINDOWS ON THE OUTSIDE. I TOOK THE ORIGINAL DRAFT OF THE WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL FINAL REPORT TO “SIR SPEEDY” AT 1440 TREMONT TO GET A COPY OF BOTH SIDES OF THE PAGE. THEY WANTED ME TO LEAVE IT. I WENT BACK ABOUT 4:30 TO GET IT. IT COST ME $7.19, A PHONE CALL TO RUTH WHEELER INFORMS ME THAT SHE HAS THE REPAIRED BIRD BOOK. MARJORIE TOOK ME TO MR CLARE MERMAN’S PLACE AFTER SUPPER SO I COULD RETURN THE WRPF ORIGINAL TO HIM. RAIN DURING THE NIGHT

1978

AT HOME: 6/1-30 6/14 VWWI MEETING

MARK CAME TO VISIT: 6/9 6/15 USBR RETIREE LUNCHEON JUN

6/1 CAROL CLEANED THE SINK, REFRIGERATOR, STOVE AND METAL CABINET. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET SOME 3R PRINTS AND SOME COPIES. ON THE WAY BACK I GOT A HAIRCUT.

6/2 CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET GROCERIES, COPIES AND HARDWARE. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. MR SHRIVER CAME OVER TO BRING US SOME PICTURES, HE TOOK OF THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE. CAROL AND I WORKED ON THE WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL REPORT. I MOUNTED SOME PICTURES FOR IT. CAROL IRONED THE KITCHEN CURTAINS AND PUT THEM UP. CAROL WROTE LETTERS AND DID TYPING FOR ME.

6/3 CAROL CALLED JEAN, SHE HAS NOT YET HAD THE OPERATION ON HER WRIST, SHE HAS A NEW DOCTOR. A CALL CAME FROM VIRGINIA TO LET US KNOW MARK WOULD BE WITH US NEXT FRIDAY. CAROL FIXED A JELLO SALAD AND A POTATO SALAD. SHE WROTE LETTERS AND I MAILED THEM. I WENT TO THE LOCAL GROCERY FOR NEEDED ITEMS AND PICKED UP TWO HAMBURGERS, FOR THE NOON MEAL, ON THE WAY BACK

6/4 RAIN TODAY. MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER. MARJORIE STAYED FOR SUPPER.

6/5 CAROL DID THE WASH. SHE AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. IN THE AFTERNOON, CAROL IRONED. IN THE MORNING I WENT TO MORGAN’S DRUGS FOR A CARD AND TO HANNIGAN’S GREENHOUSE FOR

TOMATO PLANTS. MR CLARE MERMAN CAME OVER AND WE MADE SOME DECISIONS ON THE

WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL FINAL REPORT. HE WILL START ACTION TO FIND OUT HOW MANY COPIES WILL BE NEEDED. RAIN TODAY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER.

6/6 CAROL IRONED. MR AND MRS WARD CHADWICK BROUGHT TWO BIRD BOOKS OVER FOR REPAIR. I REPAIRED THEM. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. I CUT THE LAWN AND MAILED LETTERS.

6/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL PREPARED FOR MARK’S VISIT. DR CHADWICK CAME OVER TO HER HIS REPAIRED BIRD BOOKS. CAROL MADE OUT CHECKS FOR TAXES. I MAILED THEM. ALSO TO NARFE AND AARP (SIXINALL) I SEARCHED FOR SLIDES TO COMPLETE THE QUOTA FOR THE WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL FINAL REPORT.

6/8 CAROL CLEANED THE LIVING ROOM, DINING ROOM AND 3 BEDROOMS. I WATERED THE FLOWER BED SOUTH OF THE PORCH AND THE GRAPES ( THESE DID NOT GET WATER FROM THE RAIN.) CAROL AND I WENT TO THE P.O. ON EVANS AND OGDEN TO MAIL A LETTER TO VIRGINIA. I WENT TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET HAMBURGERS FOR DINNER. I READ LETTERS FROM TOM MESSELT AND JOHN SPENCER TO MR MERMAN OVER THE PHONE. I WORKED ON SOME SALINITY STUDIES. CAROL DID TYPING FOR ME. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND RAN IN AT 5PM FOR SNACK I MADE CALL TO MCWHORTER

6/9 MARK CAME BY BRANIFF AIRLINES. MARJORIE TOOK CAROL AND ME, CHASE AND MARGO TO GO MEET HIM. HIS PLANE WAS LATER. MARJORIE TOOK MARK, CHASE AND MARGO TO CASA BONITA.

6/10 MARK WAS WITH US. MARJORIE TOOK MARK OUT TO CHARLES AND GINGER’S PLACE AND IN THE EVENING TOOK HIM TO “CELEBRITY LANES” CAROL GOT THINGS READY FOR SUNDAY DINNER

1978 JUN (CONTINUED)

6/11 WE GOT UP AT 4:30 AM TO GET MARK GLOVER TO THE AIRPORT MARJORIE TOOK MARK AND ME. MARK CAUGHT HIS PLANE AT 7:05 AM. KEN SHRIVER CALLED TO DESCRIBE SOME FISH IN THE LAKE NEAR HIS HOUSE. HE CAME BY AND TOOK ME OVER. THEY ARE GOLDFISH AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THEM. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER AND LEFT ABOUT 2:00 PM. MARJORIE LEFT AFTER HELPING CAROL WITH THE DISHES. I WATERED THE BACK LAWN. THEY BROUGHT A CAKE TO CELEBRATE CAROL’S BIRTHDAY (13TH) CAROL WATERED THE FRONT LAWN IN THE MORNING

6/12 CAROL DID THE WASH, I CUT THE LAWN AND TRIMMED IT. I TALKED TO CARUSO OF THE VWV ON THE PHONE. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER AND DID SOME IRONING. I GOT PRINTS AND ASSEMBLED SOME REPORTS ON THE SALINITY STUDIES. MARJORIE TOOK ME TO MORGAN’S PHARMACY TO GET CARDS.

6/13 CAROL’S BIRTHDAY- CALLS CAME FROM HER SISTERS, JO AND DOROTHY. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER, I TOOK THE CAR OVER TO GET GAS AND TO GET THE BATTERY CLEANED UP. MARJORIE CAME ABOUT 9:00 AM AND DID SOME MORE IRONING. I SWEPT WALKS TO PICK UP THE CLIPPINGS FROM YESTERDAY'S TRIMMINGS. MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 4:40 PM. SHE WAS WITH US ONLY FOR DINNER. CALL FROM KIM IN THE EVENING

6/14 WOULD HAVE BEEN BILL AND JEAN’S ANNIVERSARY. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN IN THE MORNING. CAROL FIXED ME A SACK LUNCH TO TAKE TO THE VWWI BARRACKS 3149 MEETING WHERE I PRESIDED AS COMMANDER. FRANK SARLES BROUGHT ME HOME. CAROL CLEANED IN THE BACK

BEDROOM. MARJORIE CAME OVER AND ATE A BITE OF SUPPER

6/15 I WENT TO THE USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON AT THE AMERICAN LEGION HALL AT NOON. MY CAR WOULD NOT START SO MARJORIE TOOK ME OVER. I CAUGHT A RUDE BACK TO BROADWAY AND CAUGHT THE BUS FROM THERE. IN THE AFTERNOON, MARJORIE TOOK ME TO THE STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE, WHERE I TALKED TO DANIELSON, WM SMITH, HAL SIMPSON AND WALT KNUTSON. CAROL FINISHED CLEANING THE BACK BEDROOM AND IRONED PART OF THE CURTAINS. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER AND SUPPER.

6/16 MARJORIE TOOK US TO ENGLEWOOD IN HER CAR SO WE COULD GET GROCERIES. I MAILED A PACKAGE TO FRANK SARLS (GEOTHERMAL DATA), STAMPS TO PATRICIA ECHELMEYER AND VOTES TO ASCE. CAROL AND I REHUNG THE BACK BEDROOM CURTAINS. FRANK SARLES CALLED AND I TOLD HIM OF MY MEETING WITH THE BOYS AT THE STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE. SALES INSTALLED A NEW BATTERY AND GOT MY CAR RUNNING AGAIN. MR MERMAN CAME TO PICK UP TWO COPIES OF THE WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL REPORT. CALLED STEW HANNAH AT THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL

6/17 CAROL, CHASE, MARHO AND I HAD BREAKFAST. MARJORIE, GINGER AND CHARLES ARRIVED ABOUT NOON. THEY BROUGHT ARBY’S FOR DINNER. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 2:00 PM. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN AND FLOWER BEDS, LIGHT RAIN- EVENING

6/18 CHARLES AND FAMILY WERE NOT WITH US, BUT MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUNDAY DINNER. 6/19 CAROL’S WASHER BROKE DOWN AFTER TURNING OUT ONE LOAD OF CLOTHES. WE CALLED THE G.E. REPAIRMAN. ABOUT THIS TIME, I GOT SOME CRATE MATERIAL FROM KOLANCY’S MUSIC STORE TO MAKE A MAP RACK. I WENT TO THE STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE AND BOUGHT A SET OF THE NEW MAPS COVERING SOUTH PLATTE VALLEY FROM KERSEY TO JULESBURG

1978 JUN (CONCLUDED)

6/20 I WORKED ON A MAP RACK TO HOLD THE NEW STATE MAPS. MARJORIE CAME ABOUT 1: PM TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT BEFORE GOING TO WORK. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN

6/21 KATHY’S BIRTHDAY. THE GE REPAIRMAN CAME ABOUT 11:00 AM AND REPAIRED THE WASHER- IN THE AFTERNOON CAROL DID THE WASH, MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO ABOUT 8:20 AM AND CAME FOR THEM ABOUT 4:40 PM. I COMPLETED THE MAP RACK AND HUNG THE NEW STATE MAPS ON IT. FRANK SARLES DROPPED IN TO SEE IF HE WANTS ONE. A CALL CAME FROM GLENN SAUNDERS ABOUT THE ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT DECISION, REPORTED IN TEH TUESDAY, JUNE 20 ISSUE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS.

6/22 CAROL IRONED. I MOWED THE LAWN. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER. I WORKED ON THE MAP RACK FOR FRANK SARLES AND GOT TEXTS TOGETHER FOR COPIES WHEN WE GO TO ENGLEWOOD TOMORROW.

6/23 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND DROPPED IN AGAIN IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR GROCERIES. I GOT STAMPS, COPES TO MAKE UP REPORTS AND SOME HARDWARE. IN THE AFTERNOON, I COMPLETED THE REPORTS AND WORKED ON THE MAP RACK FOR SARLES. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN AND FLOWERS

6/24 MARJORIE, GINGER AND MARGO CAME OVER FOR DINNER. CAROL PREPARED A POTATO SALAD, DEVILED EGGS AND A FRUIT JELLO. I COMPLETED THE MAP RACK FOR SARLES

6/25 OUR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY- THIS IS OUR 53RD MARJORIE WAS WITH US ALL DAY (SUNDAY) SHE BROUGHT OVER A SPECIAL CAKE TO HELP US CELEBRATE. I RESTED MOST OF DAY.

6/26 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. CAROL WASHED, IRONED AND CLEANED THE SHOP ROOM DOWNSTAIRS. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND DROPPED BY AGAIN IN THE

AFTERNOON. MORRIS CALLED US FROM LONG ISLAND IN THE EVENING (THEY WILL PROBABLY VISIT US IN AUG) I WENT TO THE OFFICES OF SAUNDERS, SNYDER, ROSS AND DICKINSON TO TAKE TWO REPORTS FOR SAUNDERS AND ROSS. I MET MEL SABEY, HE HAD SOME QUESTIONS.

6/27 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER. IRONED AND MENDED REST OF DAY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. I LOOKED UP DATA AND CALLED SABEY T EXPLAIN THAT THE 600,00 TONS OF SALT PASSING JULESBURG IS A ROUNDED FIGURE FOR THE SALT CARRIED YEARLY PAST JULESBURG BY

300,000 ACRE FEET OF FLOW AT 1400 PPM. THE TRUE FIGURE IS 570,000 TONS/YR. IT CORRESPONDS TO NO YEAR OR SERIES OF YEARS. I BEGAN PLANIMETERING NEW MAPS

6/28 MARJORIE OVER FOR BREAKFAST, GINGER BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER TO SPEND THE DAY. CHARLES CAME FOR THEM LATE AFTERNOON.

6/29 MARJORIE WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. WATERING DAY. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN SO I COULD CONTINUE THE WORK OF DETERMINING IRRIGATED AREAS FROM THE STATE ENGINEER'S MAPS. CAROL CLEANED MIDDLE BEDROOM. CAROL LAID A LETTER FOR ME AND I MAILED IT. RAIN TONIGHT

6/30 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES IN AM. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL WASHED THE MIDDLE BEDROOM CURTAINS AND PUT THEM UP. I WORKED ON DETERMINATION OF IRRIGATION AREAS FROM THE NEW MAPS FOR THE BALZAC-JULESBURG REACH OF THE SOUTH PLATTE. I TOOK SLIDES OVER TO “VIVID COLOR” TODAY TO GET 25 PRINTS OF EACH. ON THE WAY BACK, I GOT MY FENDER BUMPED.

1978

AT HOME: 7/1-31 7/12 VWWI MEETING

7/12 UNITED VETERANS COUNCIL ROAST BUFFALO LUNCHEON AT AMERICAN LEGION HALL: 7/28

JUL

7/1 CAROL FIXED BELT LOOPS ON A PAIR OF MY TROUSERS, MADE JELLO SALAD AND A TURKEY SALAD. I WENT DOWNTOWN IN THE AFTERNOON. I WORKED ON DETERMINING ACREAGES FROM THE NEW SOUTH PLATTE MAPS.

7/2 CAROL WATERED THE LAWN. I FINISHED THE COMPUTATIONS OF AREAS FROM THE SOUTH PLATTE MAPS. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR A LATE SUNDAY BREAKFAST, THEN WENT TO GINGER'S PLACE AND CAME BACK TO HAVE SUPPER WITH US. CAROL CALLED JEAN AND WE TALKED WITH JEAN, KIRK AND TRACY. TRACY WILL BE WITH US IN AUG.

7/3 CAROL DID THE WASH. MARJORIE CAME OVER AND DID THE IRONING. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER AND SUPPER. I WENT DOWN TO THE STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE TO PAY MY SUBSCRIPTION TO THEIR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER AND TO GIVE COPIES OF MY SALINITY STUDIES TO HAL SIMPSON AND BILL SMITH.

7/4 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER. CAROL AND I DISPLAYED THE GLAF. I WORKED SOME ON THE SOUTH PLATTE MAPS MAKING CHECKS. 7/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL CLEANED THE WEST BEDROOM AND HALL, ALSO WATERED THE LAWN. I CUT THE LAWN, WASHED THE BEDROOM WINDOW AND WORKED ON THE SOUTH PLATTE MAPS.

7/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL WASHED THE CURTAINS FOR THE WEST

BEDROOM AND PUT THEM UP. CAROL AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET GROCERIES AND TO PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK. I BOUGHT A BLUE PENCIL AND SOME LEADS FOR IT. I GET 2 HAMBURGERS FROM JACK IN THE BOX FOR SUPPER I WORKED ON THE SOUTH PLATTE MAPS, TRIMMED THE LAWN AND WEEDED THE GARDEN.

7/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL SEWED AND MENDED. I WENT DOWN IN THE MORNING AND GOT A HAIRCUT. IN THE AFTERNOON I WENT TO ROBOHM’S AT ENGLEWOOD TO SEE ABOUT A NEW WASHER FOR CAROL. I COMPLETED CHECKING THE IRRIGATED AREAS PLANIMETERED FROM THE NEW SOUTH PLATTE MAPS FOR THE BALZAC-JULESBURG REACH.

7/8 CAROL WATERED THE LAWN. I WEEDED IN THE FLOWER BEDS AND THE GARDEN. AT 9:30 AM, CAROL AND I WENT TO ROBOHM’S TO GET CAROL A NEW WASHER AND DRYER. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER. CAROL FIXED TWO SALADS. TWO BIRD BOOKS CAME FROM MR AND MRS REEDER AT ESTES PARK. I WORKED ON THEM AND COMPLETED THE REPAIRS ON ONE.

7/9 CAROL PREPARED TURKEY FOR SUNDAY DINNER AND SUPPER. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER AND SUPPER. GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER AND THEY HAD DINNER WITH US. MARGO AND I READ. I MAILED THE REPAIRED BIRD BOOKS BACK TO MR AND MRS REEDER AT ESTES PARK. I ALSO WROTE AND MAILED A LETTER. I PULLED WEEDS IN THE GARDEN. LIGHT RAIN TODAY AND A RAINBOW OFF TO THE SOUTH.

7/10 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. CAROL DID THE WASH. I WEEDED IN THE GARDEN UNTIL 9:00 AM, ALSO IN THE EVENING, MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. I WENT TO THE LOCAL GROCERY FOR CABBAGE AND CAROL MADE A STEW. I ORGANIZED MY QUADRANGLE SHEETS FOR THE SOUTH PLATTE VALLEY AND HUNG THEM ON MY DRAWING FILE. MR CLAIRE MERMAN BROUGHT THE REVISED TEXT OF THE WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL OVER. HE HAS HEARD FROM TOM MESSELT. CALL FROM MARJORIE, CALL FROM MOE.

1978 JUL (CONTINUED)

7/11 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. I WATERED UNTIL CAROL RETURNED AND SHE FINISHED THE WATERING. SHE ALSO IRONED. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. I WORKED ON THE BALZAC-JULESBURG CORRELATION. SOME RAIN TODAY. I TOOK SOME REVIEW PANEL MATERIAL OVER TO MR MERMAN IN THE EVENING. MR SHRIVER CALLED FOR KIM’S ADDRESS.

7/12 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL PUT UP A LUNCH FOR ME TO TAKE TO THE VWWI BARRACKS 3149 MEETING AT THIS MEETING, I SERVED AS COMMANDER AS PRITZEL WAS AWAY. SARLES BROUGHT ME HOME AND WE PUT THE MAP RACK I MADE FOR HIM IN HIS CAR. ROBOHM BROUGHT OUR NEW WASHER AND DRYER TODAY AND TOOK AWAY THE OLD GE WASHER AND MAYTAG DRYER. SARLES CAME BY AND WE WENT TO THE UNITED VETERANS COUNCIL MEETING AT 8:00 PM. THE NEXT PARADE WILL BE NOVEMBER 11, 1978. SARLES BROUGHT ME HOME.

7/13 AL FROM ROBOHM CAME TO HOOK UP THE DRYER. HE NEEDED A PIECE OF PIPE. I WENT TO JENSEN’S TO GET IT. CAROL STRAIGHTENED OUT THE LINEN CLOSET DRAWERS. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. I WORKED ON THE COMPUTATION FOR THE BALZAC-JULESBURG REACH OF THE SOUTH PLATTE. I GOT THE SUM OF PUMP CAPACITIES FROM THE NEW MAPS. AL (ROBOHM) WAS UNABLE TO GET BACK WITH US TODAY.

7/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN. GINGER BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER TO SPEND THE DAY WITH US. CHARLES AND GINGER CAME FOR THEM IN THE TRUCK ABOUT 5:30 PM. THEIR CAR IS UP FOR REPAIRS. I WORKED ON THE BALZAC-JULESBURG MAPS. MARGO AND I WENT TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET HAMBURGERS FOR THE NOON MEAL. AL CAME FROM ROBOHM’S TO HOOK UP THE DRYER. THE WASHER AND DRYER ARE BOTH IN OPERATING SHAPE. 7/15 MARJORIE CAME OVER AND HAD SUPPER WITH US. CAROL FIXED JELLO FOR SUNDAY. I WORKED ON THE SOUTH PLATTE, BALZAC TO JULESBURG REACH, COMPUTATIONS.

7/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUNDAY DINNER, BUT LEFT BEFORE SUPPER TIME. CAROL BAKED SOME NUT BREAD.

7/17 CAROL DID THE WASH AND WATERED THE LAWN. I CUT THE LAWN AND DISPOSED OF TRASH, PAPERS AND ALUMINUM WERE GIVEN TO A WOMAN COLLECTOR THIS MORNING MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER, BUT LEFT BEFORE SUPPER. SHE DID IRONING. WE GOT A CALL THAT THE WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL PICTURES WERE READY.

7/18 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING, AFTER HER RETURN, SHE DID SOME IRONING. MARJORIE CAME JUST BEFORE NOON. IN THE AFTERNOON, SHE TOOK ME TO “VIVID COLOR” TO GET PICTURES AND TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET SUPPLIES. MR CLARE MERMAN BROUGHT THE REVISED COPY OF THE WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL REPORT OVER

7/19 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. I TRIMMED THE GRASS ALONG FENCE IN BACKYARD. CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER TO SPEND THE DAY, HE CAME FOR THEM BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. IN THE EVENING, I WORKED ON THE WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL FINAL REPORT. CALLED MR MERMAN- HE HAD A LETTER FROM JOHN SPENCER

7/20 CAROL WATERED THE LAWN, FIXED A DISH OF MACARONI AND MEAT, CLEANED REFRIGERATOR, TYPED FOR ME AND PAID BILLS. I TOOK THE WILDERNESS REPORT TO SIR SPEEDY TO GET A

REPRODUCTION PRICE- $124.20 BEFORE TAXES. WENT TO THE NEW FEDERAL BUILDING TO GET THE 1976 COLORADO WATER RESOURCES RECORDS. I MADE A CALL TO GARY FRIEHAUF.

1978 JUL (CONTINUED)

7/21 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. CAROL MADE OUT CHECKS AND PREPARED THEM FOR MAILING. I MAILED THEM. IN THE AFTERNOON GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME BY TO SHOW US THEIR NEW 6 CYLINDER CHEVROLET MONZA. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER. RAIN IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING (TWO PERIODS OF RAIN)

7/22 CAROL AND I TRIMMED THE FRONT LAWN. I WEEDED IN THE GARDEN. CAROL MADE TWO SALADS AND SOME NUT BREAD. CARO ALSO COOKED A STEW. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER. CAROL WROTE CHECKS AND PREPARED THEM FOR MAILING. I MAILED THEM.

7/23 WATERING DAY. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN AND FLOWERS. MARJORIE WAS WITH SU FOR DINNER AND SUPPER. AFTER SUPPER SHE WENT SKATING. CALL FROM GINGER TO TELL US THEY WERE BACK FROM GLENWOOD SPRINGS (SUNDAY) CAROL POSTED UP HER RECORDS

7/24 CAROL WASHED AND IRONED. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER AND LEFT ABOUT 4:30 PM. IN THE AFTERNOON I WENT BY BUS TO “SIR SPEEDY” ON TREMONT STREET TO GET THE TEXT OF THE WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL FINAL REPORTS. MR CLARE MERMAN CAME OVER ABOUT 6:30 PM AND WE WORKED UNTIL 9:00 PM TO ASSEMBLE A COPY OF A SUMMARY REPORT OF THE WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL.

7/25 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. AFTER SHE RETURNED, SHE FINISHED THE IRONING. I FINISHED THE SAMPLE COPY OF THE “SUMMARY REPORT OF THE WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL” TO BE SENT WITH JOHN SPENCER’S KIT. I ALSO MADE HIM A TEMPLATE. IN THE AFTERNOON, AULT AND ROSS BETHEL CAME FROM JOHN PATTERNSON’S OFFICE TO TALK ABOUT A RETURN-FLOW COMPUTATION. AFTER THEY LEFT I BEGAN WORK ON 3 REPORTS. MR MERMAN CAME AT 6:30 PM AND BY 9:00 PM WE HAD FINISHED A COPY OF THE REPORT, WHICH HE WILL SEND TO TOM MESSELT. 7/26 CAROL WATERED THE LAWN. CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER TO STAY THE DAY WITH US, HE CAME FOR THEM ABOUT 5:30 PM. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER. SHE TOOK ME TO ENGLEWOOD IN THE AFTERNOON SO I COULD GET SOME PRINTS AND GLUE. I COMPLETED THE KIT FOR JOHN SPENCER

7/27 CAROL WROTE LETTERS TO TRACY AND KIRK, ALSO TYPED A LETTER TO JOHN SPENCER FOR ME. I TOOK THE LETTERS AND THE KIT FOR JOHN SPENCER TO THE SOUTH DENVER POST OFFICE AND MAILED THEM. CAROL MADE A SALMON LOAF. I TALKED ON THE PHONE TO MR MERMAN. HE SUGGESTS WE COMPLETE OUR COMPLEMENT OF 30 REPORTS, THEN GO AHEAD IF WE HAVE ORDERS. HE WILL WRITER

LETTERS. I COMPLETED MOUNTING PICTURES FOR THE TWO STENO COPIES. ROSS BETHEL CALLED FROM PATTERSON’S OFFICE CONCERNING SOME RETURN FLOW COMPUTATIONS.

7/28 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE ENGLEWOOD SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I LEFT 16 SLIDES WITH FOX FOR 5-3R COLOR PRINTS. WENT TO THE POST OFFICE AND MAILED THE LETTER FROM DAMASCUS TO YEVJEVICH FOR REPLY. MARJORIE CAME ABOUT 12:15 PM AND WAS WITH CAROL IN THE EVENING. I PICKED UP FRANK SARLES AND TOOK HIM TO THE ROAST BUFFALO LUNCHEON AT THE AMERICAN LEGION HALL AND 6:00 PM. I RETURNED HOME ABOUT 8:30 PM

1978 JUL (CONCLUDED)

7/30 CAROL FIXED JELLO AND LETTUCE AND TOMATO SALAD. MARJORIE CAME IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. SHE WAS WITH US FOR SUNDAY DINNER AND SUPPER AND LEFT ABOUT 6:30 PM. I MOUNTED PICTURES FOR TWO OF THE WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL REPORTS.

7/31 CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE MORNING. CAROL DID THE WASH. MARJORIE CAME OVER ABOUT NOON AND ATE DINNER WITH US AND IRONED. SHE LEFT A LITTLE AFTER 4:00 PM. I TRIMMED THE BACK LAWN. CAROL HELPED ME SWEEP UP.

1978

AT HOME: 8/1-5, 7-31 8/6 BIRD CLUB HIKE

TRACY VISIT-8/21 8/9 VWWI MEETING

MORRIS AND VIRGINIA VISIT-8/22 8/17 USBR RETIREE LUNCHEON 8/25 KIM VISIT AUG

8/1 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING WHILE I WATERED THE LAWN. AFTER SHE RETURNED CAROL WATERED THE LAWN WHILE I GOT A HAIRCUT. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER = LEFT ABOUT 4:00 PM. IN THE AFTERNOON I WENT TO THE FEDERAL CENTER TO GET DATA ON SOUTH PLATTE FLOWS AT KERSEY, BALZAC AND JULESBURG. I CALLED MR MERMAN. HE WILL BE OVER

THURSDAY AT 6:30 PM.

8/2 CAROL CLEANED IN THE LIVING ROOM AND DINING ROOMS. I WENT TO THE STATE ENGINEER'S OFFICE IN THE MORNING TO ARRANGE TO GET DATA ON THE SOUTH PLATTE. CLOUDY AND COOL THIS MORNING. MARJORIE CAME OVER AT ABOUT 1:15 PM AND LEFT ABOUT 4:00 PM. CAROL GOT HER SOMETHING TO EAT. GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER. MARGO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH US. GINGER ATE SUPPER WITH US.

8/3 RAIN THIS MORNING, COOL. 55[degrees Fahrenheit]. MARGO WAS WITH US. MARJORIE CAME AND TOOK MARGO TO “CASA BONITA” FOR DINNER. MR MERMAN CAME IN THE EVENING AND WE

ASSEMBLED WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL SUMMARY REPORTS. MARGO STAYED THE NIGHT WITH US, COLD TODAY.

8/4 CAROL, MARGO AND I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR GROCERIES. WHILE THERE, I GOT NEW BLADES FOR OUR GRASS TRIMMER AND ARRANGED FOR SOME PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS. MARGO AND I READ SEVERAL STORES. MARJORIE CAME ABOUT 1:00 PM AND LEFT ABOUT 4:15 PM. CHARLES CAME FOR MARGO ABOUT 5:00 PM. STILL COOL TODAY. CAROL AND I WATERED THE FLOWER BEDS.

8/5 CAROL SPENT THE MORNING COOKING FOR TOMORROW. CAROL MADE WAFFLES FOR DINNER. I SLEPT MOST OF THE DAY. WE CALLED RUTH AS THIS IS HER BIRTHDAY. WESLEY IS STILL RECOVERING FROM THE MALADY THAT PARALYZED HIS FACE. DAVID AND GORDON ARE OK.

8/6 CAROL GOT ME AN EARLY BREAKFAST SO I COULD GO ON THE BIRD CLUB HIKE TO CHERRY CREEK RECREATION AREA. I SAW: WESTERN GREBES, MALLARDS, G BLUE HERONS, VIRGINIA RAIL, KILLDEERS, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, BITTERN, RING-BILLED GULLS, MOURNING DOVES, BURROWING OWLS, ROBINS, RS FLICKERS, EASTERN KING BIRDS, WESTERN WOOD PEWEE GRACKLES, CLIFF SWALLOW, MAGPIES, RW BLACKBIRDS, HOUSE FINCHES, SAVANNAH SPARROW, HOUSE

SPARROW, GOLDFINCH (AMER), COWBIRD, HORNED LARKS, SONG SPARROWS. MARJORIE, GINGER AND MARGO WERE OVER FOR DINNER. MARJORIE STAYED FOR SUPPER.

8/7 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. I WATERED THE LAWN AND FINISHED THE REPAIR OF SAM POWELLS BIRD BOOK. IN THE EVENING I TOOK IT OVER TO HIM. MARJORIE WAS WITH US ABOUT 2 HRS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. CAROL FINISHED THE WATERING IN THE AFTERNOON. CAROL CALLED MOE AND JEAN. CALL TO MOE GOT KATHY. JEAN SAYS THAT TRACY WILL BE HERE ABOUT AUGUST 21.

8/8 CAROL DID THE WASH. MARJORIE CAME OVER ABOUT NOON AND IRONED. I WORKED ON SOME SOUTH PLATTE SALINITY PROBLEM.

8/9 CAROL FIXED A COVERED DISH OF ESCALLOPED CORN FOR ME TO TAKE TO THE VWWI BARRACKS 3149 ANNUAL PICNIC. I PICKED UP DICK WASSENAAR AND WE WENT TO CUSHING PARK IN

ENGLEWOOD. WE ATE OUR LUNCHEON THEN HELD OUT MEETING. COMMANDER PRITZELL WAS BACK. MCCUNE AND FETTINGER WERE WITH US. CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO TO STAY THE DAY. HE CAME FOR THEM AFTER 5:00 PM. MARJORIE CAME ABOUT NOON AND LEFT ABOUT 4:00 PM. I CUT THE LAWN. CAROL WATERED THE TOMATO PLANT. HAD A PHONE CONVERSATION WITH MR SABEY. 8/10 CAROL CLEANED THE WINDOWS FROM THE INSIDE AND I DID SOME CLEANING OUTSIDE. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN. I PREPARED SOME FORMS FOR THE PROPOSED BALZAC-JULESBURG

CORRELATION STUDY. SPRINKLE OF RAIN IN AFTERNOON. 1978 AUG (CONTINUED)

8/11 CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. (WE SAW ULIS MIZELL AND WASSENAAR). I ALSO WENT TO THE DRUGSTORE AND HARDWARE STORE WHILE WE WERE THERE. LATER, I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET PRINTS FROM “FOX” AND TO GET PRINTS FROM ENGLEWOOD