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Collection: Glover (Robert E.) Papers Author: Glover, Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth) Title: 1974, copies
Date: 1974
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1974
AT HOME: 1/1-10, 11-13, 15-19, 21-31 1/6 - SAW COMET KEHOUTEK CSU: 1/14 1/11 - STATE ENGR - OPEN HOUSE 1/20 - BIRD CLUB HIKE JAN
1/1 CAROL & I WERE HOME ALL DAY. MARJORIE COULD NOT START HER CAR AT GINGER’S - ALSO HAD A FLAT TIRE. AFTER GETTING HELP TO START HER CAR SHE RETURNED HOME, BUT HAD TO LEAVE THE TIRE TO BE FIXED. SHE DID NOT GET IT BACK THAT DAY. CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH & FIXED UP HER RECORD BOOK.
1/2 CAROL FIXED UP HER CHRISTMAS CARD LIST & STRAIGHTENED OUT HER FILES DOWNSTAIRS. MARJORIE WENT TO WORK. I WROTE LETTERS & KEPT A FIRE GOING IN THE STOVE. MARGO CAME DOWN WITH CHICKEN- POX. MARJORIE IRONED
1/3 TEMPERATURE 4℉ BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. MARJORIES CAR WOULD NOT START & SHE HAD TO CALL FOR HELP. I FINISHED THE LETTER TO GLEN MARTIN AT MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY & CAROL TYPED IT.
1/4 I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE MORNING. LATER CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK, MAIL LETTERS & GET GROCERIES. CORRECTED SHEETS FOR THE TEXT ON “TRANSIENT GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS” IN PM
1/5 FINISHED CORRECTING SHEETS FOR THE TEXT ON “TRANSIENT GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS” MARJORIE WAS REQUESTED TO WORK TODAY (SAT) AND AS HER CAR WAS NOT USABLE SHE TOOK OURS (RAMBLER) WHEN SHE RETURNED ABOUT 6PM, MRS COCAGNE (NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR) WAS STUCK IN THE ALLEY. MARJORIE, MRS COCAGNE, MR CONAGNE & I GOT HER OUT. MARJORIE THEN PUT OUR CAR IN THE GARAGE.
1/6 CAROL & I WERE HOME ALL DAY. CLEAR SUNNY DAY. REPAIRMAN WAS ABLE TO FIX MARJORIE’S CAR HERE & DID NOT TOW IT AWAY. CAROL & I SAW COMET KOHOUTEK TONIGHT
1/7 CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH. I WENT DOWNTOWN TO MAIL SOME DATA ON THE TEXT TO FT COLLINS & TO GET A COPY OF USGS WATER SUPPLY PAPER 2118 AT THE NEW FEDERAL BUILDING 1/8 CAROL & I WERE HOME ALL DAY. GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER ON HER WAY TO WORK & MARGO WAS WITH US UNTIL GINGER CAME FOR AFTER WORK. MARGO STILL HAS SOME OF HER CHICKENPOX SPOTS. I DID SOME WORK ON MY SOUTH PLATTE RECORDS. CAROL & I SAW A SPARROW HAWK IN THE AFTERNOON
1/9 COLD TODAY - ABOUT ZERO THIS MORNING. SUNNY DAY BUT THE TEMPERATURE DID NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AFTERNOON. MARJORIE CALLED TO SAY SHE GOT TO WORK ALL RIGHT. SHE HAS BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE LINKAGE BETWEEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL & THE CARBURETOR. CAROL IRONED TODAY.
1/10 COLD TODAY-ABOUT ZERO. IN THE MORNING THE SUN CAME OUT & MOST OF THE DAY WAS SUNNY, BUT THE DAY REMAINED COLD & I FINISHED CLEARING THE FRONT & BACK WALKS - ONLY PATHS HAD BEEN SHOVELLED THROUGH BEFORE MARJORIE’S CAR WAS WORKING ALL RIGHT TODAY - CALL FROM FT COLLINS. I WILL GO UP THERE MONDAY (1/14)
1/11 COLD THIS MORNING - THERMOMETER READ ABOUT 2℉ ABOVE ZERO CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD & CINDERELLA SHOPPING CENTER FOR GROCERIES & NOTIONS. IN THE AFTERNOON I WENT TO THE STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE TO ATTEND THEIR OPEN HOUSE, BY INVITATION. SAW KUIPER, SMITH, ERKER, MATERN, DANIELSON, PHILLIPS, HAMBURG, HARWELL, HAUBOLD, LOO, KNUDSON, WILKINSON, GOWER, SARGENT, SWICK, SEBRING, ADAMS, ALSO VALKILLAN, PENNEY’S WILL REPLACE CAMERA
1/12 CAROL & I WERE HOME ALL DAY. MARJORIE WAS AWAY MOST OF THE DAY. IN THE AFTERNOON KIM’S FRIEND CAME TO GET THE TV HAD IN HIS ROOM. I HELPED THEM OUT WITH IT. I CHOPPED SOME WOOD. IN THE EVENING I SAW COMET KAHOUTEK, MARJORIE & CAROL COULD NOT FIND IT
1/13 (SUNDAY) CHARLES & CHASE CAME OVER TODAY FOR DINNER - WE GAVE CHARLES HIS BIRTHDAY PRESENTS.
1/14 MARJORIE TOOK ME TO THE BUS DEPOT IN THE MORNING & I WENT TO FT COLLINS ON THE 8:30AM BUS. WORKED ALL DAY AT FT COLLINS MAKING FINAL CORRECTIONS IN THE TEXT. RETURNED FROM FT COLLINS ON THE 6:00PM BUS. ARRIVED HOME ABOUT 8:00PM. CAROL SAYS CHASE & MARGO STAYED WITH HER ALL DAY.
1/15 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSERS IN THE MORNING. WE WENT TO THE DRUG STORE TO GET SOME MORE BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICINE FOR CAROL & TO THE EVANS POST OFFICE TO MAIL FOUR SHEETS OF TABLES TO MRS STAFFORD AT FT COLLINS. WE GOT STUCK IN THE PARKING LOT BECAUSE OF ICE. I SHOVELLED IT AWAY AND WE GOT OUT. SUNNY DAY
1/16 DISPOSED OF TRASH - HAULERS CAME AT 7:30AM. CAROL SPENT THE MORNING IN BED SICK. I HELPED MACELROY FOR THE GARAGE DOOR I BACKED INTO WHEN THERE WAS ICE IN THE ALLEY. THE REPAIR WILL BE COMPLETE WHEN I CAN GET A 1½ X 1½ X 8 FT. ALUMINUM ANGLE. SUNNY DAY. ICE IN ALLEY IS MELTING
JAN (CONCLUDED)
1/17 CAROL & I WERE HOME ALL DAY. CAROL WROTE LETTERS. I DID NOT FEEL WELL IN THE MORNING SO I RESTED MOST OF THE DAY. DAY WAS PARTLY CLOUDY BUT WARM. MARJORIE WENT SKATING IN THE EVENING
1/18 GINGER BROUGHT CHASE & MARGO OVER IN THE MORNING TO STAY ALL DAY. I WENT TO THE STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE TO GET COPIES OF SOME “STIPULATIONS” THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED AS A BASIS OF SETTLEMENT OF THE COURT CASE NOW BEING TRIED BY JUDGE CARPENTER
1/19 CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET GROCERIES, TO THE A & A TRADING POST TO GET AN ALUMINUM ANGLE TO FIX MACELROY’S GARAGE DOOR, & TO CINDERELLA CENTER TO EXCHANGE THE SLR - I CAMERA FOR ANOTHER (SHUTTER SPEED COULD NOT BE SET ON THE FIRST ONE)
1/20 WENT WITH HAROLD HOLT ON A BIRD TRIP - WE WERE TO GO TO BARR LAKE BUT BECAUSE OF MUD WE WENT TO MUIR SPRINGS AND JACKSON LAKE INSTEAD. 3 CARLOAD MADE THE TRIP. SAW CANADA GEESE, MALLARD DUCKS, 4 GOLDEN EAGLES, 3 BALD EAGLES, 2 FERRUGINOUS HAWKS, MANY ROUGHLEG HAWKS, 2 PRAIRIE CHICKEN, 1 SHARPSHIN HAWKS, MANY SPARROW HAWKS, 1 MARSH HAWK, 2 REDTAIL HAWKS, RINGNECK PHEASANTS, 3 KILDEERS, 1 WATER PIPIT, 1 RING BILLED GULL, ROCK DOVES, MOURNING DOVE, 2 GREAT HORNED OWLS, RS FLICKERS, YELLOW SHAFTED FLICKER, 2 DOWNY WP, 3 CROWS, MANY MAGPIES, BC CHICKADEE, WB NUTHATCH, 1000+ REDWING BLACKBIRDS, MANY HORNED LARKS, MEADOW LARKS, 9 B. WAXWINGS, 2 TREE SPARROWS, 1 WC SPARROW, HOUSE SPARROWS, STARLINGS, KINGFISHER, WILSON’S SNIPE, OREGON JUNCO, 2 N SHRIKES, ROBINS, HOUSE FINCHES, GOLDFINCH (40 SPECIES)
1/21 CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH TODAY. SNOW TODAY - SHOVELLED WALKS & RESTED FROM THE ACTIVITIES OF YESTERDAY.
1/22 MY BIRTHDAY GINGER, CHARLES & CHASE & MARGO CALLED, MOE CALLED FROM TENNESSEE. BIRTHDAY PRESENTS WERE: TELEPHOTO EQUIPMENT FROM CAROL, A NEW THERMOS JUG FROM MARJORIE & A PICTURE OF AN EUROPEAN GOSHAWK FROM MARJORIE
1/23 CAROL DID THE IRONING. CLOUDY IN AM - THE SUN CAME OUT IN THE AFTERNOON & THE ICE SOFTENED ENOUGH SO I WAS ABLE TO CLEAR IT AWAY FROM IN BACK OF THE GARAGE. AFTER THAT WAS DONE I REPAIRED THE SNOW SHOVEL. HUNG HAWK PICTURE IN BEDROOM
1/24 IN THE AM - CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER. IN THE AFTERNOON WE WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR GROCERIES, NOTIONS & FILM. IN THE AM I SET UP MY TRIPOD & TRIED OUT MY NEW CAMERA & TELEPHOTO LENSES - MODIFIED THE PLASTIC PACKING FOR THE TELEPHOTO LENS SO THAT IT WOULD ACCEPT LENS WITH AN ADAPTER ATTACHED
1/25 GINGER BROUGHT CHASE OVER IN AM TO STAY ALL DAY - CAME FOR HIM ABOUT 4:30. I MADE NEW CARRYING STRAP FOR ZEISS BINOCULAR CAMPING CASE
1/26 MARJORIE & I WENT TO LOOK AT NEW CARS - LISTENED TO LOTS OF PERSUASIVE SALES TALK. IN THE AFTERNOON WE WALKED OVER TO A LOT ON BROADWAY - ONLY HIGH PERFORMANCE CARS - ON THE WAY BACK WE WERE ATTACKED BY TWO DOGS - WE MANAGED TO BLUFF THEM OUT. GINGER & CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE & MARGO OVER TO STAY THE NIGHT
1/27 CHARLES & GINGER OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER & TOOK CHASE & MARGO HOME WITH THEM ABOUT 2PM
1/28 CAROL DID THE WASH, GINGER BROUGHT CHASE & MARGO TO STAY THE DAY CHASE AND MARGO AND I MADE AN AUTOMOBILE & DOLL OUT OF WOOD.
1/29 CLEAR CALM, SUNNY DAY. CAROL IRONED & MENDED IN THE AFTERNOON. WE FIXED THE DINING ROOM TABLE & CHAIRS. CAROL TYPED. FOR ME
1/30 GINGER BROUGHT CHASE & MARGO OVER TO STAY ALL DAY. SHE PICKED THEM UP AFTER WORK ABOUT 4:30PM
1/31 CAROL & I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I GOT A HUNTING & FISHING LICENSE AT JENSENS BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET A PARK PASS AS THEY ARE NOT OUT YET.
1974
AT HOME: 2/1-13, 16-20, 22-25, 27-28 2/14 WWI LUNCHEON COLORADO WATER CONGRESS: 2/26 2/15 & 16 RED ROCKS PARK 2/21 USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON FEB
2/1 CAROL & I WERE HERE ALL DAY. I HELPED MR MACELROY COMPLETE REPAIRS TO HIS GARAGE DOOR 2/2 CAROL & I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY IN THE AM. IN THE AFTERNOON I WENT WITH MARJORIE TO SKYLINE DODGE TO LOOK AT CARS. MARJORIE ARRANGED TO BUY A GREEN DODGE COLT WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2/3 SLEPT LATE. CHARLES & GINGER BROUGHT CHASE & MARGO OVER IN THE MORNING & STAYED FOR DINNER. THEY LEFT ABOUT 2PM. SUNNY
2/4 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM & PUT OUT THE WASH IN THE AFTERNOON. I SPENT THE MORNING LOOKING UP REFERENCES. IN THE AFTERNOON I KEPT A WOOD FIRE GOING IN THE STOVE TO HASTEN DRYING OF THE WASH
2/5 GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER AND SHE STAYED ALL DAY. MARGO HAS BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH STREP THROAT. SHE WAS BETTER AFTER TAKING A NAP IN THE AFTERNOON
2/6 TOOK CARE OF TRASH IN AM. SNOWED LAST NIGHT SO I SHOVELLED THE WALKS BEFORE 8:00AM. IN THE AFTERNOON I CLEARED THE SNOW AWAY FROM THE ALLEY BACK OF OUR GARAGE. CAROL IRONED & MENDED, GINGER SAYS THAT CHASE & MARGO WENT TO SCHOOL TODAY. I GOT COPIES FOR MARJORIE
2/7 WORKED ON SOME COMPUTATIONS IN THE AM. CAROL TYPED SOME LETTERS FOR ME. IN THE AFTERNOON CHARLES LEFT CHASE & MARGO WITH US WHILE HE WENT FOR A PHYSICAL EXAM.
2/8 TWO PUBLIC SERVICE MEN CAME IN THE MORNING TO PUT IN A NEW GAS METER. AFTER THEY LEFT CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK & GET GROCERIES. IN THE AFTERNOON I COMPLETED SOME COMPUTATIONS BEGUN YESTERDAY
2/9 IN THE MORNING, MARJORIE WENT TO SKYLINE DODGE TO GET HER NEW DODGE COLT. I CLEANED OUT THE CHIMNEY FLUE IN THE BASEMENT & USED A MIRROR TO EXAMINE THE INTERIOR OF THE CHIMNEY. I SEEMED CLEAR OF ANY SUBSTANTIAL DEPOSITS. IN THE AFTERNOON I READ & RESTED. 2/10 CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER & STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER. LEAVING ABOUT 2:00PM, CAROL & I TOOK A RIDE WITH MARJORIE IN HER NEW CAR.
2/11 CAROL DID THE WASH. I BURNED SOME WOOD IN THE STOVE TO WARM UP THE BASEMENT LAUNDRY ROOM, AND GET THE WASH DRY. MARJORIE ON VACATION BUT WENT DOWN IN THE EVENING TO TEACH A CLASS.
2/12 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. GINGER BROUGHT CHASE & MARGO OVER ABOUT 11:30AM SO SHE COULD GO TO THE DENTIST SHE PICKED THE CHILDREN UP ABOUT 4:30PM WHEN SHE GOT BACK FROM WORK. I HELPED CAROL TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN
2/13 GINGER BROUGHT CHASE & MARGO OVER ABOUT 11:00AM. MARJORIE TOOK THEM BACK IN HER NEW CAR. MARJORIE IS ON VACATION THIS WEEK. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. CAROL IRONED IN THE AFTERNOON & PRESSED MY SUIT
2/14 WENT TO THE VETERANS OF WWI LUNCHEON AT NOON & ACTED AS FIRST VICE COMMANDER ABOUT 1:30PM. I SPENT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AT HOME. CAROL FIXED ME A COVERED DISH TO TAKE (BEANS & SAUSAGE). TOOK CARE OF TRASH IN AM. CAROL WROTE LETTERS. MARJORIE TAUGHT A CLASS IN THE EVENING
2/15 GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER IN THE MORNING & SHE STAYED WITH US UNTIL GINGER CAME FOR HER AT 3:00 PM. MARGO STILL HAS A LUMP ON HER FOREHEAD WHICH SHE GOT IN FALL, AND NOW SHE HAS 2 BLACK EYES. DAY WAS SUNNY & CALM MARJORIE TOOK ME IN HER NEW CAR TO RED ROCKS PARK, (15 MILES ONE WAY). I TRIED TO TAKE PICTURES OF GRAY HEADED JUNCOS, BUT BELIEVE NOW THAT THE FILM DID NOT GO THROUGH THE CAMERA
2/16 CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR STAMPS & GROCERIES IN THE AM. OVERCAST TODAY. IN THE AFTERNOON I WENT TO RED ROCKS PARK TO TAKE BIRD PICTURES, BUT HAD NO LUCK, TOOK ONLY ONE PICTURE AT 600MM ON HIGHSPEED EKTACHROME OF A FLICKER TOO MANY PEOPLE, BIRDS WERE IN HIDING
1974 FEB (CONCLUDED)
2/17 CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER ABOUT 10:00AM. STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER & LEFT ABOUT 1:00PM. IN THE AFTERNOON I WENT OVER TO CHARLE’S PLACE IN ENGLEWOOD & TOOK PICTURES OF A SHARPSHIN HAWK CAROL COOKED & WASHED DISHES & WE BOTH HELPED MARJORIE CLEAN UP HER OLD CAR. LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, MARJORIE TOOK HER OLD CAR TO DELIVER IT TO MARJORIE CARLSON WHO HAD BOUGHT IT. I WENT ALONG IN MY CAR TO BRING HER BACK
2/18 ABOUT 3 INCHES OF SNOW LAST NIGHT. SHOVELLED WALKS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. CAROL DID THE WASH. I GOT THE WASH ROOM WARM FOR HER. IN THE AFTERNOON - TOOK OVER THE EKTA- CHROME FILM I COMPLETED YESTERDAY. THE SUN CAME OUT IN THE AFTERNOON & MELTED MOST OF THE SNOW
2/19 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. I REPAIRED MY TOOL-BOX & DISPOSED OF TRASH. SUN SHINING TODAY. IN THE AFTERNOON WE WATCHED TV, READ & RESTED.
2/20 CLOUDY & DAMP THIS MORNING. CAROL IRONED & MENDED. I DID SOME WRITING
2/21 I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE AM. CAROL DID SOME IRONING SHE ALSO WROTE SOME LETTERS WHICH I MAILED. WE TO THE USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON AT THE AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING AT NOON. AFTER LEAVING THERE I WENT TO THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY OFFICES.
2/22 CLEAR SUNNY DAY. CAROL & I WENT TO THE EVANS GROCERY FOR FOOD SUPPLIES. IN THE AFTERNOON I TOOK THE RAMBLER OVER TO SALES OIL CO TO GET GAS & 2 NEW TIRES. ALSO GOT A HAIRCUT
2/23 CAROL CLEANED HOUSE & COOKED IN THE AM. I DID SOME WRITING & CAROL TYPED FOR ME IN THE AFTERNOON
2/24 CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE & MARGO WERE OVER & STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER AT NOON - THEY LEFT ABOUT 1:30PM. IN THE AFTERNOON, CAROL, MARJORIE & I LISTENED TO A REPLAY OF THE 1939? MOVIE “INDIAN LOVE CALL” SUNG BY NELSON EDDY & JEANNETTE MCDONALD.
2/25 CAROL DID THE WASH. I WARMED THE BASEMENT UP BY USE OF THE WOOD STOVE. I DID SOME WRITING ON POPULATION & WILDERNESS
2/26 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER. MARJORIE TOOK ME TO THE “HEART O’ DENVER’ MOTEL IN THE AM WHERE I ATTENDED THE COLORADO WATER CONGRESS ALL DAY. IN THE EVENING I ATTENDED LONGENBAUGH’S PRESENTATION ON THE COLORADO WATER DATA BANK. RETURNED HOME BY TAXI ABOUT 10:30PM. CAROL IRONED & MENDED CLOTHES IN THE AFTERNOON
2/27 TOOK CARE OF TRASH IN AM. GINGER BROUGHT CHASE & MARGO OVER & CAROL & I WENT TO CHASE’S SCHOOL TO PICK HIM UP IN THE AFTERNOON. CHASE HAD A BRUISE, A BLACK EYE, AND CUT UP. I DID SOME COMPUTATIONS ON THE SOUTH PLATTE GROUNDWATER. CAROL DID SOME TYPING FOR ME.
2/28 CAROL & I CLEANED THE RUGS AND FURNITURE IN THE AM. I TOOK LETTERS OVER TO THE MAILBOX.
1974
AT HOME: 3/1-8, 10-12, 14-16, 18-31 3/9, 3/17 BIRD CLUB HIKE 3/13 WWI VETERANS LUNCHEON MAR
3/1 CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET GROCERIES STAMP & MAIL LETTERS. BOUGHT SOME NEW FILM & MAGNETIC LATCHES. WHEN WE REACHED HOME I INSTALLED ONE OF THE NEW LATCHES ON THE KITCHEN CUPBOARD TO REPLACE A BROKEN ONE. CAROL & I SHAMPOOED THE RUGS IN THE AFTERNOON I READ & RESTED (MORRIS’ BIRTHDAY)
3/2 (SAT) MARJORIE WENT DOWN TO WORK AS IT WAS CLOSING TIME (GOM, EOQ) CAROL CLEANED HOUSE, I WENT THROUGH AN ACCUMULATION OF LETTERS & DISCARDED THOSE OF NO MORE USE. 3/3 CAROL, MARJORIE & I WERE HERE ALL DAY. I SPENT THE DAY CLEANING UP MY STUDY ROOM IN THE BASEMENT
3/4 CAROL DID THE WASH - I KEPT THE BASEMENT WARM. MOST OF MY DAY WAS SPENT LOOKING FOR A MISPLACED COPY OF A LETTER - NOT FOUND.
3/5 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. AFTER DINNER WE WENT TO KEN’S PHARMACY TO GET CAROL SOME BLOOD PRESSURE PILLS. WHEN WE TRIED TO RETURN HOME THE CAR WOULD NOT START FOR $5.00 A MAN CAME FROM A NEARBY GARAGE WITH A JUMPER CABLE & WE WERE ABLE TO START IT. WE TOOK IT TO SALES OIL CO LEFT IT THERE & WALKED HOME. IN THE AFTERNOON CAROL & I
MOVED THE WOOD- PILE INTO THE GARAGE. LATER I WENT TO GET THE CAR - IT HAS A NEW STARTER & A NEW SOLENOID. CAROL IRONED
3/6 DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE AM. GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER ON HER WAY TO WORK. ABOUT NOON CAROL & MARGO WENT TO CHASE’S SCHOOL TO BRING HIM BACK. I DID NOT GO AS I WAS NOT FEELING GOOD. MUST HAVE OVER DONE YESTERDAY. CHASE STILL HAS HIS BLACK EYE. MAILED SOME LETTERS IN THE MORNING
3/7 GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER TO STAY WHILE SHE WENT TO WORK. GINGER CAME BACK FOR HER ABOUT 3:30PM
3/8 CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET GROCERIES & PUT CHECKS IN BANK
3/9 CHARLES & I WENT ON A BIRD HIKE TO PRUITT HACKSON & MUIR SPRINGS. THREE CARLOADS WENT ON THE TRIP. WE WENT IN MY CAR & TOOK R. SPENCER ALONG. I SAW: 20 BALD EAGLES, ROBINS, 1 BUDAZWAGS, BC CHICKADEES, 2 FERRUGINOUS HAWKS, 2 REDTAILS, TREE SPARROWS, 6 QUAIL, STARLINGS, RW BLACKBIRDS, BLUE JAYS (HEARD), DOWNY WOODPECKERS, RS FLICKERS, MALLARDS, RED HEADS, SHERRING GULLS, SNOW GOOSE, CANADA GEESE, GH OWL, MAGPIES, MEADOWLARKS. (22 SPECIES)
3/10 CHARLES & GINGER BROUGHT CHASE & MARGO OVER IN THE MORNING & STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER. THEY LEFT ABOUT 2PM. CHARLES & I LOOKED AT THE HAWK PICTURES I TOOK AT HIS PLACE 3/11 CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH IN THE AM & FOLDED CLOTHES IN THE AFTERNOON. I KEPT THE BASEMENT WARM & COMPLETED REPAIRING THE BIRD BOOK BELONGING TO R. SPENCER. IN THE AFTERNOON I TOOK THE CAR OVER TO SALES OIL CO TO GET IT OILED & GREASED. THEY REPLACED THE OIL FILTER & I GOT SOME GAS. $13.80. MARJORIE WENT DOWN TO TEACH HER CLASS IN THE EVENING 3/12 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. SHE TOOK ME TO RILEYS WHERE I TOOK OUR INCOME TAX DATA. IN THE AFTERNOON WE WENT TO THE EVANS POST OFFICE TO MAIL THE BIRD BOOK TO R. SPENCER
3/13 DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE AM. ATTENDED MEETING OF WWI VETERANS AT NOON. WAS ELECTED SENIOR VICE COMMANDER. WORKED ON SOUTH PLATTE COMPUTATIONS IN THE EVENING. CAROL IRONED & MENDED ALSO DEFROSTED THE FREEZER & FIXED A DISH FOR ME TO TAKE TO THE WWI MEETING. MARJORIE GOT HER TEACHING CERTIFICATE ON THIS DATE
3/14 CAROL CLEANED OUT & DEFROSTED THE REFRIGERATOR. I WORKED ON SOUTH PLATTE CORRELATION COMPUTATIONS. SUNNY, WARM DAY
3/15 CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR GROCERIES & TO CINDERELLA CENTER TO SEE ABOUT CAMERA REPAIRS. THEY WILL FIND OUT HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO GET THE EXPOSURE METER FIXED, WHICH HAS GONE BAD.
3/16 CAROL & I WERE HOME ALL DAY. I WORKED ON RUSHTON’S PROBLEM WITH THE HOPE OF SUBMITTING A DISCUSSION TO HIS AWRA PAPER, BUT FOUND SOME DIFFICULTIES AND DECIDED NOT TO SUBMIT IT.
3/17 WENT ON A BIRD HIKE TO THE FRANKTOWN AREA. I RODE WITH KARL STECHER IN A LINCOLN CONTINENTAL MARK IV. I SAW: PRAIRIE FALCON, KILDEERS, ROCK DOVES, RED SHAFTED FLICKERS, DOWNY WOODPECKERS, SCRUB JAYS, CROWS, RAVENS, MTN CHICKADEES, ROBIS, MTN BLUEBIRDS, RW BLACKBIRDS, STARLINGS, PINK SIDED JUNCOS, GOLD FINCHES, SHRIKE, PINE SISKINS, MEADOW LARKS.
MAR (CONCLUDED)
3/18 CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH. I WORKED AROUND THE HOUSE IN THE AM. KEPT BASEMENT WARM & TOOK OUT TRASH. SUNNY IN THE AM, RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
3/19 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. I WORKED ON A REVIEW FOR ASCE. CHARLES & GINGER LEFT CHASE & MARGO WITH US WHILE THEY WENT TO WORK
3/20 CAROL IRONED. I SWEPT SNOW OFF THE WALKS IN THE AM. WORKED ON THE REVIEW FOR THE ASCE. CAROL & I WENT OVER TO GET CHASE AT 1:00PM. HE WAS WITH US UNTIL GINGER CAME FOR HIM AFTER 4:00PM. TEMPERATURE WAS 15℉ THIS MORNING. DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. SPRING CAME TODAY.
3/21 FIRST DAY OF SPRING. CAROL WROTE LETTERS & PAID BILLS. I WORKED ON THE REVIEW FOR ASCE. MAILED LETTERS. CAROL TYPED MY LETTERS TO ASCE. SUNNY DAY TODAY.
3/22 GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER IN THE AM. IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON CAROL & I WENT TO CHASE’S SCHOOL TO PICK HIM UP & BRING HIM HOME. THEY WERE WITH US UNTIL GINGER PICKED THEM UP ABOUT 4:30PM.
3/23 CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET GROCERIES. I SHOVELLED SNOW IN THE AM SO WE DID NOT GO UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. CAROL CLEANED THE FURNITURE & RUGS.
3/24 CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER IN THE AM & STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER, THEY LEFT ABOUT 2PM. CAROL & I WERE HOME ALL DAY
3/25 GINGER BROUGHT CHASE & MARGO OVER ABOUT 8:30AM AND THEY STAYED WITH US ALL DAY. VAL KILLEN & CCELAND FEAST CAME AT 4:30AM TO SEE SOUTH PLATTE WATER STUDIES & LEFT ABOUT 11:30AM IN THE AFTERNOON I WENT TO THE STATE ENGINEERS OFFICE TO TALK TO WILL MAITERN & JERIS DANIELSON. OBTAINED A COPY OF THE GREELEY TRAIL STIPULATION. AT THE CITY LIBRARY, I FOUND THE CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE DID NOT LIST IRRIGATED LANDS IN 1925
3/26 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. I MADE CALLS TO FT COLLINS TO LEARN THAT THE SUPPLY OF BULLETIN 100 IS EXHAUSTED & TO ADVISE SIMONS OFFICE OF THE ACTION OF THE GREELEY WATER COURT. IN THE AFTERNOON WE SIGNED & MAILED OUR FEDERAL & STATE INCOME TAX FORMS. THE FEDERAL FORMS WENT WITH & RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED. I ALSO SENT MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE ASCE ON THE PAPER SENT TO ME FOR REVIEW. CALL FROM MY SISTER, RUTH TO SAY THAT MY COUSIN ROY HAS HAD A BAD HEART ATTACK
3/27 DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. GINGER BROUGHT CHASE & MARGO OVER ABOUT 8:40AM & THEY STAYED WITH US UNTIL GINGER CAME FOR THEM ABOUT 4:30PM. A CALL FROM MRS STAFFORD AT FT COLLINS ADVISES THAT MY TEXT ON “TRANSIENT GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS” WILL BE SENT TO THE PRINTER TOMORROW. A CALL FROM CLELAND FEAST SET A DATE FOR MY ITEM FOR THE COLORADO WATER CONGRESS NEWS - LETTER TO BE IN HIS HANDS. MADE CALL TO ORD, ROY IS PROCESSING TOWARD RECOVERY. CHASE FELL & CUT HIS FOREHEAD AFTER LEAVING HERE.
3/28 CAROL & I WERE HOME ALL DAY, EXCEPT THAT I WENT TO THE MAILBOX WITH LETTERS & TO “METROGRAPHIC” FOR COPIES. I PREPARED AN ITEM FOR THE COLORADO WATER CONGRESS
NEWSLETTER. TWO COPIES WERE SENT TO FEAST & 1 COPY TO VAL KILLAN. CAROL DID SOME SEWING & TYPED THE ITEM FOR ME.
3/29 GINGER BROUGHT CHASE & MARGO OVER TO STAY ALL DAY. I WENT OVER TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET THEM SOME HAMBURGERS. GINGER PICKED THEM UP IN THE LATE AFTERNOON
3/30 CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET GROCERIES & NOTIONS. I RAKED PART OF THE FRONT LAWN.
3/31 CHARLES & GINGER BROUGHT CHASE & MARGO & THEY ALL STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER. LATER, MARJORIE TOOK CHASE & MARGO TO SEE “ROBIN HOOD,” RAIN TODAY
1974
AT HOME: 4/1, 3-6, 11-17, 14-20, 23-30 4/2 WILDERNESS SOCIETY MEETING USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON: 4/18 4/7-9 COUSIN ROY’S FUNERAL - ORD, NE WWI VETERANS MEETINGS: 4/10, 4/22 4/21 BIRD CLUB HIKE APR
4/1 CAROL & I WERE HOME ALL DAY EXCEPT THAT I WENT TO THE MAILBOX TO MAIL SOME LETTERS. CAROL DID THE WASH. I SPENT THE DAY REBINDING SOME USGS REPORTS SO THEY WOULD LOOK BETTER ON THE BOOK SHELVES. MIRIAM (LUPFER) FAIRCHILD CAME OVER IN THE LATE AFTERNOON TO GET KIM’S TELEPHONE NUMBER (SHE IS DOING SOMETHING WITH ELECTRONICS & NEEDS ADVICE 4/2 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. I TALKED TO DANIELSON ON THE PHONE TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION OF THE CARPENTER STIPULATION. IN THE AFTERNOON I WENT TO THE HILTON HOTEL TO ATTEND A WILDERNESS SOCIETY MEETING. SAW SEVERAL MEN I KNEW THERE. IT WAS RAINING SLIGHTLY WHEN I CAUGHT THE BUS HOME.
4/3 CAROL & I WERE HOME ALL DAY. CAROL IRONED & HEMMED 2 DRESSES & BAKED A PIE, AS WELL AS WROTE LETTERS. DISPOSED OF TRASH AND SHOVELLED SNOW. THE SNOW FELL DURING THE NIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON I READ & RESTED.
4/4 CAROL & I WENT TO CINDERELLA TO GET A SUIT FOR CHASE & A COAT FOR MARGO. I TOOK MY CAMERA TO BE TURNED IN FOR REPAIRS. (CAROL HAS SLIP IN HER PURSE) WE PUT CHECKS IN BANK ON THE WAY. I READ & RESTED IN THE AFTERNOON. IN THE EVENING I CALLED JOHN SPENCER. HE LIKES MY CHAPTER. HE WANTS TO GO TO IDAHO THIS SUMMER. I WILL CALL MR CLAKE MERMAN TO- MORROW. TALKED TO CLIFF JENKINS IN THE MORNING. HE AGREES THAT PUMPS MUST NOT BE PUT DIRECTLY ONTO THE PROPERTY SYSTEM. I SENT HIM A COPY OF BULLETIN 100.
4/5 CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD IN THE AM TO GET GROCERIES RUTH (SISTER) CALLED IN THE AFTERNOON TO SAY THAT ROY SEVERSON (COUSIN) HAD PASSED AWAY. I WILL GO TO GERING & GO WITH HEIMBUCK TO ORD. MARJORIE TOLD US THIS EVENING THAT THIS WAS THE LAST DAY ON HER PRESENT JOB.
4/6 WE SLEPT LATE THIS MORNING. I RAKED THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LAWN, BUT THE WIND KEPT ME FROM RAKING THE NORTH SIDE. TOOK LETTERS TO THE MAILBOX. CAROL GOT MY BAG READY TO GO TO ORD TO ATTEND ROY’S FUNERAL ON MONDAY. I WILL GO BY WAY OF SCOTTS BLUFF.
4/7 WENT TO SCOTTS BLUFF ON FRONTIER AIRLINES FLIGHT LEAVING DENVER ABOUT 3:40PM & ARRIVING ABOUT 4:24PM. RUTH MET ME AT SCOTTS BLUFF & TOOK ME TO HER HOME AT GERING
WHERE I STAYED OVERNIGHT. MARJORIE & CAROL TOOK ME TO THE DENVER AIRPORT MARJORIES NEW CAR
4/8 LEFT GERING FROM RUTH’S PLACE ABOUT 5:10AM TO GO TO ORD. MR & MRS ALEX HEIMBUCK TOOK RUTH & ME IN THEIR SON’S BUICK. WE GOT TO ORD ABOUT 11:00AM. ATTENDED FUNERAL FOR ROY AT 2:00PM (HE WAS MY COUSIN) AFTER THE FUNERAL WE WENT BACK TO GERING ARRIVING SHORTLY AFTER DARK. I STAYED AT SISTER RUTH’S PLACE OVER NIGHT AS MY PLANE LEAVES TOMORROW. CAROL SAYS SHE WASHED TODAY (MONDAY)
4/9 CAME BACK TO DENVER FROM GERING & SCOTTSBLUFF. LEFT ABOUT 4:49PM & ARRIVED AT
DENVER ABOUT 5:31PM. CAROL & MARJORIE MET ME AT THE AIRPORT & WE RETURNED IN MARJORIE’S NEW CAR - CAROL SAYS SHE WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER TODAY. MARGO & GINGER WERE OVER FOR LUNCH
4/10 DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE MORNING. MARJORIE WAS NOT FEELING WELL & CAROL TOOK HER TO THE DOCTOR. I WENT TO THE WWI VETERANS MEETING AT 1:00PM AND WAS INSTALLED AS SENIOR VICE COMMANDER. SENT LETTERS TO JOHN N SPENCER, ALEX HEIMBUCH & LT. COMMANDER, DD DELMANZO JR.
4/11 GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER TO STAY THE DAY. SHE CAME BACK FOR HER ABOUT 3:00PM. MARJORIE AT HOME NOT FEELING WELL. I SPENT SOME TIME IN MY STUDY, BUT SPENT MOST OF THE TIME RESTING. SNOW THIS MORNING. MARJORIE WENT TO BARNES TO TEACH HER CLASS.
4/12 CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR GROCERIES IN THE AM. MARJORIE & CAROL WENT TO CINDERELLA CENTER IN THE AFTERNOON. I SPENT SOME TIME IN MY STUDY.
1974 APR (CONTINUED)
4/13 CAROL & I WERE HERE ALL DAY EXCEPT THAT I WENT TO THE MAILBOX WITH SOME LETTERS. MARJORIE WENT TO ENGLEWOOD IN THE AFTERNOON. I TALKED TO ZORICK TO LET HIM KNOW I WAS BACK IN DENVER. BLIZZARD TODAY (SEE THE DENVER POST FOR APRIL 13, 1974) I SHOVELLED WALKS 4/14 CHARLES & GINGER BOUGHT CHASE & MARGO OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER. THEY LEFT ABOUT 2:00PM. MARJORIE CALLED KIM, CAROL & I TALKED TO HIM, TOO.
4/15 CAROL DID THE WASH. I FIRED UP THE STOVE TO WARM THE BASEMENT & GET THE CLOTHES DRY. TALKED TO DUGAN WILKINSON ON THE PHONE. THEY WILL USE THE 5% OF THE CARPENTER’S DECISION TO ADMINISTER PARAGRAPH 148-21-34 OF THE STATE LAW. HE THINKS G.A.S.P. HAS 20,000 AF OF STORED WATER ARRANGED FOR & WILL HAVE MORE. MARJORIE WENT TO TEACH HER CLASS. 4/16 CAROL IRONED & MENDED. I WENT OVER FOR A HAIRCUT IN THE AM SPENT MOST OF THE AFTERNOON READING. DUG UP PART OF THE GARDEN IN THE AFTERNOON. WARM, SUNNY DAY 4/17 SPADED GARDEN IN THE FORENOON & RAKED THE LAWN IN BACK OF THE GARAGE. ALSO DISPOSED OF TRASH. MET WITH ZORICH AT THE OFFICES AT 210 ST PAUL ST. FOR A CONFERENCE ON THE PROPOSED GEOTHERMAL POWER DEVELOPMENT IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. CLELAND FEAST BROUGHT HIS VERSION OF MY STATEMENT OVER FOR REVIEW. MARGO SPENT THE DAY WITH US FROM ABOUT 9:00AM TO 3:00PM
4/18 CAROL PRESSED MY SUIT & I WENT TO THE RETIRED U.S.B.R. EMPLOYEES MEETING AT THE AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING. WORKED 4HRS ON MY STUDY ON THE SAN LUIS PROBLEM. MARJORIE WENT TO TEACH HER CLASS
4/19 CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET GROCERIES IN THE AM I TOOK COPIES OF A MEMO TO THE OFFICE OF ZORICH ENGINEERING THE ORIGINAL & 4 COPIES WERE GIVEN TO TED ZORICH JR. (ALL WERE STAMPED WITH MY P.E. SEAL & DATED APRIL 17, 1974) ALTOGETHER I WORKED 4HRS ON THE SAN LUIS PROBLEM. WIND BLEW TODAY, CAROL CLEANED OUT DRESSER DRAWERS.
4/20 CAROL CLEANED OUT SOME DRESSER DRAWERS & SWEPT THE FRONT PORCH. WORKED 2HRS ON THE SAN LUIS PROBLEM. SPADED THE REST OF THE GARDEN & TRIED TO RAKE THE REST OF THE LAWN, BUT THE WIND BLEW TOO HARD. MARJORIE WENT TO GINGER’S WHILE CHARLES & GINGER WENT OUT. I REVIEWED 2 PAPERS BY MCWHORTER & DUKE.
4/21 WENT TO BARR LAKE WITH MEMBERS OF THE DENVER FIELD ORNI- THOLOGISTS, WE SAW:
WESTERN GREBES, EARED GREBES & HORNED GREBES, DOUBLE CRESTED CORMORANT, CANADA GEESE, MALLARD, GADWALL, WIDGEON, SHOVELLER, BW TEAL, GW TEAL, REDHEAD PINTACT DUCKS,
SPARROW HAWK, RT HAWK, SWAINSON’S HAWK, MARSH HAWKS, CHUCKERS, RN PHEASANTS, GB HERONS, BCN HERONS, COOTS, AVOCETS, KILDEERS, L&G YELLOWLEGS, WILSON’S PHALAROPES; WILSON’S SNIPE RB GULLS, CALIFORNIA GULLS, HERRING GULLS, ROCK DOVES, M DOVES, 3 GH OWLS, BURROWING OWLS, SE OWL, BARN SWALLOWS, DOWNY WOODPECKERS, JAYS, PHOEBES,
MEADOWLARKS, HORNED LARKS, MAGPIES, 4 SHRIKES, STARLINGS, HOUSE SPARROWS. WHITE C SPARROWS, RH BLACK BIRDS, YH BLACKBIRDS, RC KINGLET, CINNAMON TEAL, C MERGANZERS, EGRETS, BITTERN, WHITE F IBIS, DOWITCHERS, ROBINS, GRACKLES
4/22 CAROL DID THE WASH. GOT GAS IN THE CAR & TOOK MR WEBER TO THE WWI VETERANS
LUNCHEON AT THE RAMADA INN AT 455 S COLO BLVD IN THE AFTERNOON I REPAIRED 2 BIRD BOOKS. MARJORIE WENT TO TEACH HER CLASS
4/23 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. IN THE AFTERNOON CAROL & I WENT TO THE EVANS AVE POST OFFICE TO MAIL THE TWO BIRD BOOKS BACK TO THEIR OWNERS & TO SEND REVIEWS TO MCWHORTER. CAROL IRONED
4/24 DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE AM. CAROL MENDED. I PUT ABOUT 35 LBS OF FERTILIZER ON THE LAWN. IT WAS MOSTLY MILORGANITE. CAROL & I WATERED THE LAWN AFTERWARD. GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER IN THE MORNING. SHE ATE DINNER WITH US & MARJORIE TOOK HER BACK TO
ENGLEWOOD IN THE AFTERNOON
1974 APR (CONCLUDED)
4/25 REPAIRED A BOOK (BIRD) BELONGING TO MORLE BARBOUR. MARJORIE TOOK ME TO ENGLEWOOD & WE RETURNED IT TO HER. GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER & SHE STAYED WITH US ALL DAY.
MARJORIE WENT TO PICK UP CHASE AT 3:00PM & GINGER CAME TO GET THEM ABOUT 4:00PM. A MAN FROM FT COLLINS PARKED A NEW CADILLAC IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE IN THE MORNING AND GAVE US THE KEYS. MR. DAVE MOODY CAME ABOUT 7:00PM AND DROVE IT AWAY.
4/26 CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR GROCERIES IN THE AM CAROL DID SOME STRAIGHTENING UP OF DRESSERS & IN THE FURNACE ROOM. MARJORIE LEFT FOR A DALE CARNEGIE CONFERENCE. I READ & RESTED IN THE AFTERNOON.
4/27 WE TOOK OFF STORM WINDOWS, WASHED WINDOWS & PUT ON SCREENS. SPENT 2HRS IN THE AFTERNOON MAKING A TABLE OF PUMPING FOR IRRIGATION IN THE SOUTH PLATTE VALLEY
4/28 CAROL, MARJORIE & I TOOK CARE OF CHASE & MARGO WHILE CHARLES & GINGER ATTENDED A MEETING. THE CHILDREN TOOK SUNDAY DINNER WITH US.
4/29 CAROL DID THE WASH. GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER & SHE STAYED WITH US ALL DAY WHILED GINGER WORKED. GINGER HAD A STIFF NECK. I WENT TO ZORICH’S OFFICE TO TALK ABOUT THE SAN LUIS VALLEY PROBLEM. SPENT 1HR THERE. RAIN TODAY PENNEY’S BROUGHT ROOFING & STORED IT IN OUR GARAGE ON THIS MORNING SO THEY HAD THE GARAGE DOOR BLOCKED WHEN I WANTED TO GO MEET WITH ZORICH.
4/30 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER TO STAY WITH US; MARJORIE TOOK HER HOME ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. WORKED 4HRS ON THE SAN LUIS VALLEY PROBLEMS AND 2HRS ON A SOUTH PLATTE COMPUTATION.
1974
AT HOME: 5/1-25, 27-31 5/26 FISHING AT MCNIEL LAKE MAY
5/1 DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. CAROL WROTE LETTERS & CLEANED OUT THE LINEN CLOSET AS WELL AS IRONED CLOTHES. WORKED 4HRS ON THE SAN LUIS PROBLEM. A TRIP TO THE LIBRARY IN THE AM ONLY REVEALED THAT THE NEEDED BOOK WAS IN STORAGE & WOULD NOT BE OBTAINABLE UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. I WENT DOWN AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON TO GET SOME NEEDED INTEGRAL EVALUATIONS
5/2 CAROL & MARJORIE WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR GROCERIES & OTHER ERRANDS. I TALKED WITH LONGENBAUGH & CAROL STAFFORD AT FT COLLINS & SPENT THE REST OF THE DAY REVISING SOME SHEETS FOR THE TEXT ON “TRANSIENT GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS.” A DESIGNATION OF UNITS WAS IN ERROR. CAROL WROTE A LETTER & DID TYPING FOR ME.
5/3 WENT TO THE MEDICAL CENTER IN THE AM. TO BEGIN AN ANNUAL CHECKUP. CAROL CLEANED OUT CUPBOARDS. WORKED 6HRS ON THE TEXT. DOING RECOMPUTATION IN THE EVENING I WENT WITH MR WEBER TO THE BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH FOR A SUPPER. THEY ALSO HAD MUSIC & AN INSPIRATIONAL SPEAK. REACHED HOME ABOUT 10:00PM
5/4 CAROL & I WERE HERE ALL DAY EXCEPT THAT I WENT TO THE MAILBOX. CAROL & I COMPLETED THE REVISED TEXT FOR THE PART OF CHAPTER 8 NEEDING REVISION. CAROL TYPED THE TEXT WHILE I COMPLETED THE DRAWING. I MAILED THE MATERIAL TO FT COLLINS ABOUT 2:00PM (THE MAIL PICKUP IS AT 3:50PM)
5/5 CAROL & I WERE HOME ALL DAY. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER AND STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER THEY LEFT ABOUT 1:30PM. MARJORIE CAME HOME ABOUT 7:00PM
5/6 I TRIMMED THE LAWN & CAROL AND MARGO SWEPT IT. GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER ABOUT 9:00AM & CAME FOR HER ABOUT 3:00PM. CAROL & I WATERED THE LAWN. IN THE EVENING I WORKED 2HRS ON THE SAN LUIS PROBLEM MARJORIE WENT DOWN TO START WORK ON HER NEW JOB TODAY. CAROL WASHED & IRONED ALSO. I TALKED TO RAY IUINGER & JERIS DANIELSON. THEY HAVE BOTH USED THE ADVANCE COPY OF MY BOOK & FOUND NOTHING WRONG.
5/7 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER IN THE MORNING ON HER WAY TO WORK. MARJORIE TOOK CARE OF HER IN THE MORNING & CAROL IN THE AFTERNOON. I WORKED 8HRS ON THE SAN LUIS PROBLEM. GINGER CAME FOR MARGO ABOUT 3:00PM GINGER HAS NOT YET COMPLETELY RECOVERED FROM HER STIFF NECK TROUBLE
5/8 DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE AM. CAROL IRONED, TOOK CARE OF MARGO & WATERED THE LAWN. I WORKED 4HRS ON THE SAN LUIS PROBLEM. CALL CAME FROM MRS STAFFORD AT FT COLLINS. NEW TABLES ARE BEING COMPUTED & THEY HAD TROUBLE WITH ONE OF THE FORMULAS. THIS WAS STRAIGHTENED OUT, THE P, AND (HC/HO) TABLES ARE ALREADY COMPLETED. (THE R TABLE IS NOW ALSO COMPLETE)
5/9 THE ROOFER CAME TO WORK THIS MORNING. THEY STARTED ON THE NW PART OF THE ROOF. IT RAINED. CAROL CLEANED OUT DRESSER DRAWERS & COOKED MEALS. I TOOK THE CAR AROUND SO THE COULD DRIVE THEIR TRUCK THROUGH THE GARAGE. WENT TO HAMPDEN & LAFAYETTE TO SEE DR HANNA HE THINKS I’M ALL RIGHT. CALL FROM MRS STAFFORD AT BOZEMAN (FT COLLINS?). I WORKED 2HRS ON THE SAN LUIS PROBLEM
5/10 CAROL WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK & GET GROCERIES. A PIECE OF
PLYWOOD LEFT ON THE BACK WALK WAS WET BY YESTERDAY’S RAIN & THIS MORNING, THE PLIES WERE SEPARATED. WHEN THE ROOFER CAME WE TALKED ABOUT THE PLYWOOD. SPECIFICATIONS CALL FOR AC EXTERIOR PLYWOOD. THE SHEETS HERE HAVE THE NOTATION LGP “SHOP CUTTING PANEL, ALL OTHER MARKS VOID PTL 67” A CUT PIECES STORED IN THE GARAGE SHOWS SEPARATED PLIES. WORKED 6HRS ON SAN LUIS PROBLEM. ROOFER DID NOT WORK - THREAT OF RAIN
1974 MAY (CONTINUED)
5/11 I CUT THE LAWN & TRIMMED IT. WE MADE UP A NEW SPRINKLER & WATERED THE LAWN. CAROL DID SOME TYPING FOR ME. I GOT SOME COPIES MADE. WORKED 1HR ON THE SAN LUIS PROBLEM. 5/12 TOOK PICTURES OF PLYWOOD. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER IN THE MORNING & STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER THEY LEFT ABOUT 1:30PM. MOTHER’S DAY. MORRIS & KIM CALLED. 5/13 ROOFER AT WORK TODAY. MESSRS DELVINTHALL & DAVIES CAME AT NOON FROM PENNEY’S TO TALK ABOUT PLYWOOD. THE AGREEMENT CALLS FOR ¾ AC EXTERIOR PLYWOOD. THE PLYWOOD BROUGHT TO THE JOB WAS NOT OF THIS QUALITY. I HAD OBJECTED TO THE ROOFER BUT HAD NOT CALLED THE OTHER 2 MEN. THEY AGREED TO REPLACE THE OLD PLYWOOD, WHOSE PILES HAD SEPARATED & USE ONLY ¾ AC EXTERIOR. CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH. I CALLED ZORICH TO EXPLAIN ABOUT SOME RESULTS I HAD OBTAINED. WALLY SCHNIEDER SAYS NO GOOD FISHING YET.
5/14 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. THE ROOFER CAME WITH A HELPER. ALL THE PLYWOOD IS NOW REPLACED WITH AC EXTERIOR & SOME SHINGLES HAVE BEEN LAID. CHARLES &
GINGER BROUGHT MARGO OVER TO STAY THE NIGHT AS CHASE IS SCHEDULED TO LOSE HIS TONSILS IN THE MORNING
5/15 DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. ROOFER & HIS HELPER WERE HERE ALL DAY. GINGER CALLED TO SAY CHASE WAS HOME & DOING ALL RIGHT, ALTHOUGH NOT COMFORTABLE. CHARLES CAME FOR MARGO ABOUT 6:00PM. I CALLED STAN LOHMAN, HE IS BACK ON THE JOB AFTER OPERATIONS ON BOTH EYES FOR CATARACTS TALKED WITH ROBERT STILLMAN ALSO, GAVE $5.00 TO THE ROOFER TO GET A “JACK” FOR THE VENT PIPE ON THE ROOF. NONE OF THE LOCAL HARDWARE STORES HAD THEM.
5/16 I HELPED THE ROOFERS LOAD OLD WOOD & SHINGLES ONTO THEIR TRUCK. WE GOT IT LOADED ABOUT 11:00AM AFTER ABOUT 2HRS WORK. IN THE AFTERNOON I GOT A BATH, CHANGED CLOTHES, AND GOT A HAIRCUT.
5/17 CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR GROCERIES & NOTIONS & TO GINGER’S PLACE TO SEE CHASE. WE FOUND CHASE IMPROVING AT CINDERELLA I GOT SOME PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN AND BOUGHT A MAGNET USED IN PICKING UP NAILS. AT HOME AGAIN I USED IT TO PICK UP NAILS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WHERE THERE ARE SMALL CHILDREN. CAROL HELPED WITH A RAKE. THE ROOFER & HIS HELPER WORKED ON THE ROOF.
5/18 CAROL & MARJORIE WENT TO ENGLEWOOD & CINDERELLA CITY. I HELPED THE ROOFER & HIS HELPER PICKED UP SHINGLES & PUT THEM ON HIS TRUCK - THIS TOOK MOST OF THE MORNING. IN THE AFTERNOON CAROL WATERED THE LAWN. I USED THE MAGNET CAROL GOT FOR ME WITH 2 OTHERS I ALREADY HAD TO MAKE A NAIL FINDER TO CLEAR THE LAWN & NEIGHBOR’S LAWNS OF NAILS.
5/19 CAROL WATERED THE LAWN. I PICKED UP NAILS WITH MY MAGNETIC ARRANGEMENT. GINGER BROUGHT CHASE & MARGO OVER AND THEY STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER. THEY LEFT ABOUT 1:00PM. CHASE IS BETTER BUT IRRITABLE. CHARLES HAD GONE UP TO THEIR CABIN, MARJORIE WENT SKATING IN THE PM
5/20 CAROL DID THE WASH & IRONED MY GREEN SUIT. THE ROOFER & HIS HELPER WERE HERE, THEY FINISHED STRIPPING THE OLD SHINGLES OFF THE ROOF & I HELPED TO LOAD THEM ON THE TRUCK 5/21 ROOFER & 2 HELPERS STRIPPED OLD SHINGLES OFF THE GARAGE THEY STARTED CLEANING UP OLD SHINGLES, WAINSCOTING & GUTTERS. WHEN I OBJECTED TO THE ROOFER CUTTING UP 2 “SHOP
PANELS,” HE STOOD THE PIECES AGAINST THE FENCE. WHERE THE OTHER WENT I DO NOT KNOW. GLEN CATCHTOLE OF THE STATE ENGINEERS OFFICE CALLED TO LOCATE DATA ON THE PRUITT RESERVOIR DRAINAGE DITCH FLOWS. DATA SUPPLIED.
1974 MAY (CONCLUDED)
5/22 ROOFER & 2 HELPERS WORKED TODAY. SHINGLING OF GARAGE WAS COMPLETED. ROOF OF HOUSE IS NEARLY COMPLETE. CLEAN UP IS NEARLY COMPLETE ABOUT THIS DATE MORT BITTINGER CALLED. DOUG TIPPIE OF H. VAN POOLEN CO WISHES TO GET FORMULAS FOR GROUNDWATER FLOW & BITTINGER IS TIED UP WITH OTHER COMMITMENTS. TIPPIE WILL BE OUT AT 9:00AM ON FRIDAY
5/23 ROOFER FINISHED THE ROOFING THIS MORNING & I SIGNED THE COMPLETION FORM. A ROOFER CAME TO PUT A NEW ROOF ON SADLER’S HOUSE NEXT DOOR. THEY WERE ABOUT HALF FINISHED AT THE END OF THE DAY. THE C&C SEAMLESS GUTTER CO CAME IN THE AFTERNOON TO INSTALL OUR
GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS. THEY FINISHED ABOUT 7:00PM & I SIGNED THE COMPLETION FORM. CAROL & I CLEANED THE WALKS & GARAGE. I PICKED UP NAILS & MOWED PARTS OF THE LAWN.
5/24 CAROL WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET GROCERIES, TO GINGER’S TO DELIVER SOME CAKE MIX, & TO CINDERELLA CITY TO GET SOME CARDS. MR DOUGLAS TIPPIE CAME ABOUT 9:30AM AND WE WENT OVER SOME COMPUTATIONS I HAD MADE FOR THE AFRICAN PROBLEM. WE DECIDED TO REVISE THEM & HE CAME BACK IN THE AFTERNOON. HE WISHED THE VALUE K = .001 (FT/SEC) TO BE USED & I REWORKED THE COMPUTATIONS. WORKED 10HRS ON THESE COMPUTATIONS. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN IN THE AFTERNOON. MARJORIE’S BIRTHDAY
5/25 CAROL TRIMMED THE LAWN & WATERED IT. I COMPLETED CALCULATIONS AFTER 2HRS WORK & CALLED DOUGLAS TIPPIE. HE MADE A DATE FOR A CONFERENCE AT 2:30PM. HE CAME OUT AND I GAVE THE COMPUTATIONS TO HIM & A COPY OF KEITH MARMION’S PAPER. HE & HANK POOLEN WILL LOOK THEM OVER & WRITE A LETTER. ULIS CALLED ABOUT GOING TO THE LAKE TOMORROW
5/26 WENT TO MCNIEL LAKE WITH MR & MRS ULIS MIZELL. CAUGHT ONE BIG CRAPPIE. MR & MRS MIZELL CAUGHT CATFISH & PERCH WE ALSO CAUGHT CARP. THE CATFISH WERE MOSTLY CHANNEL CATFISH. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER. MR MIZELL HAD CAR TROUBLES SO WE DID NOT GET HOME MUCH BEFORE 8:00PM
5/27 CAROL DID THE WASH. I RESTED FROM LAST WEEK’S ACTIVITIES CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER FOR A SUPPER TO CELEBRATE MARJORIE’S BIRTHDAY. SHE WAS HOME ALL DAY AS THIS WAS DECORATION DAY.
5/28 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER. I SPADED UP PART OF THE GARDEN AGAIN & GAVE IT SOME WATER. DONNA CAME WITH REPRODUCTIONS OF MY COMPUTATIONS AT 9:00AM. MARJORIE WAS STILL HERE. I PUT MY STAMP ON THEM. CALLED DOUG TIPPIE LATER TO SAY SOME MINOR ITEMS NEEDED REVISION. WORKED 4HRS MAKING ADDITIONAL CHECKS (NOTE: BECAUSE OF URGENCY TIPPIE & VON BOLEN MADE SOME CHECKS BEFORE WRITING A LETTER)
5/29 GOT TRASH TOGETHER FOR TRASHMEN. ABOUT 10:15 CAROL & I WENT TO THE AIRPORT. WE ARRIVED ABOUT 11:00AM TO MEET RUTH WHO IS ON HER WAY TO ALBUQUERQUE. HER PLANE SOUTH LEFT AT 1:55PM. MARJORIE CAME OUT & WE HAD LUNCH TOGETHER & A GOOD VISIT WITH RUTH. WORKED 2HRS ON THE SOUTH AFRICA PROJECT & SPENT ANOTHER 2HRS DEVELOPING AN EXACT SOLUTION. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN
5/30 CAROL WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR GROCERIES. I STAYED HERE AND SPENT 2HRS ON THE AFRICAN PROBLEM. I WROTE 2 REQUESTS FOR PAYMENT & CAROL TYPED THEM.
5/31 GOT SOME MARIGOLDS & PETUNIAS FROM HANNIGANS GREEN HOUSE & CAROL AND I PLANTED THEM. LATER I CUT THE LAWN & CAROL TRIMMED IT. SMITH CALLED FROM FT COLLINS TO SAY MY TEXT SHOULD BE OUT BY JUNE 19TH
1974
AT HOME: 6/1-11, 13-19, 21-20 6/12 WWI VETERANS MEETING 6/20 USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON
RECEIVED 5 COPIES OF TEXT TRANSIENT GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS (NO PRICE SET YET) 6/21 JUN
6/1 PLANTED THE REST OF THE MARIGOLDS IN THE AREA NEAR THE ASHPIT IN THE AM. CAROL & I FINISHED TRIMMING THE LAWN. WORKED 6HRS ON THE SOUTH AFRICA PROBLEM. ULIS WANTS TO GO FISHING TOMORROW.
6/2 WENT TO MCNIEL LAKE WITH MR & MRS ULIS MIZELL. FISHING WAS POOR. WE RETURNED EARLY 6/3 CAROL DID THE WASH WHILE I GOT GAS IN THE CAR & WENT TO HANNIGANS TO GET SOME PINK MAGIC PETUNIAS, 2 TOMATO PLANTS, SOME SWEET ALYSSUM & A CHIVES PLANT. SPENT THE REST OF THE MORNING PLANTING THEM. ALSO GOT A COLORADO COLUMBINE & PLANTED IT.
6/4 CAROL IRONED IN THE AM WHILE I PLANTED THE REST OF THE FLOWERS I BOUGHT YESTERDAY. PROPPED UP & TRIMMED THE JUNIPER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PORCH. CAROL & I WATERED THE LAWN
6/5 DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. CAROL CLEANED THE KITCHEN. I TOOK OUT THE JUNIPER AT THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PORCH (THERE WERE TWO OF THEM). CUT THE BIGGER BRANCHES UP FOR KINDLING AND CAROL & I SACKED UP THE TWIGS & BRANCHES. I TOOK OUT THE STUMP & SPADED UP THE AREA THEY WERE REMOVED FROM. MR TIPPIE CALLED & WAS TOLD ABOUT THE EXACT SOLUTION FOR THE POND FILLING PROBLEM.
6/6 CAROL IRONED CURTAINS & PUT THEM UP. I WROTE A LETTER TO WALTON. ABOUT 10:30AM A MAN CAME FROM POOLEN’S & I GAVE HIM THE TWO COPIES OF COMPUTATIONS I HAD PROMISED THEM. AFTER DINNER CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR GROCERIES. LATER, I WENT TO
HANNIGAN’S FOR MORE FLOWERS & ON THE WAY BACK GOT A NEW BRAKE & LIGHT STICKER. AFTER COMING BACK HOME I PLANTED THE FLOWERS IN BED’S NORTH & SOUTH OF THE FRONT PORCH 6/7 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. WORKED ABOUT 2 HOURS IN MY STUDY PUTTING MATERIAL BACK IN MY FILES. MOWED THE LAWN & DID A LITTLE WATERING, BUT GAVE IT UP AS WE HAD A LIGHT RAIN LAST NIGHT. CALLED CHET NELSON AT THE BUREAU. HE AGREES THAT WE SHOULD STIR THE MATTER OF OUR PAPER ON COMPUTATION OF FLOWS IN THE COLORADO RIVER UP AS IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR 3 YEARS NOW
6/8 CAROL & I WERE HOME ALL DAY. CHARLES & GINGER BROUGHT CHASE & MARGO OVER TO STAY WITH US AS THEY WANT TO GO TO HIS PARENT’S PLACE ON CARTER LAKE. CHASE & MARGO STAYED ALL NIGHT WITH US. WORKED ON A PAPER ON THE SOUTH PLATTE CONDITIONS. RAINED ALL DAY
6/9 CAROL & I WERE HOME ALL DAY, EXCEPT I WENT TO THE MAILBOX. CHASE & MARGO WERE WITH US. IN THE AFTERNOON MARJORIE TOOK THEM TO THEIR HOME (SUNDAY) TO FEED THE DOGS & THE QUAILS, THEN TOOK THEM SKATING. AFTER CHARLES & GINGER RETURNED MARJORIE TOOK THEM TO THEIR HOME.
6/10 CAROL DID THE WASH. IN THE AFTERNOON, CAROL & I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES BOUGHT SOME ITEMS FROM JENSEN’S HARDWARE. A NEW 50FT HOSE & A NEW GARBAGE PAIL
6/11 CAROL DID THE IRONING. GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER TO BRING SOME HMWAY ITEMS. THEY WERE HERE ABOUT AN HOUR. I WORKED ON A GRAPHICAL DETERMINATION OF THE SOUTH PLATTE DEPLETION BY PUMPING. I WROTE LETTERS & CAROL TYPED THEM.
6/12 DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM, CAROL CLEANED AROUND THE HOUSE. AT NOON I WENT TO THE VFW HALL ON SOUTH BROADWAY TO ATTEND A MEETING OF THE VETERANS OF WWI. WORKED 4HRS ON A PAPER ON SOUTH PLATTE CORRELATIONS.
6/13 CAROL’ BIRTHDAY. DOROTHY, JO & KIM CALLED. JO’S PACKAGE CAME YESTERDAY. FLOWERS FROM BILL & JEAN CAME TODAY. CONTINUED WORK OF THE GRAPHICAL DETERMINATION OF SOUTH PLATTE DEPLETION BY PUMPS. CAROL CLEANED THE LIVING ROOM
6/14 CAROL CLEANED THE MIDDLE BEDROOM & HALLWAY. I WORKED ON GRAPHICAL COMPUTATIONS FOR A PAPER ON THE SOUTH PLATTE
6/15 CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR GROCERIES IN AM. IN THE AFTERNOON I CUT THE LAWN & WATERED THE FLOWERS. CAROL & I WASHED THE CAR.
6/16 FATHER’S DAY. WATERED FLOWERS IN AM. IN THE AFTERNOON, CAROL, MARJORIE & I TOOK SUPPER TO GINGER’S PLACE
1974 JUN (CONCLUDED)
6/17 CAROL PUT OUT WASH, ALSO SWEPT FURNACE ROOM & WORKSHOP. I PUT IN SOME TIME ON THE SOUTH PLATTE STUDY. ABOUT THIS DATE CHET NELSON CALLED TO SAY THAT THE ASCE HAD GIVEN TENTATIVE APPROVAL TO OUR PAPER ON COMPUTATION OF COLORADO RIVER FLOWS.
6/18 CAROL IRONED & MENDED. I SHAMPOOED THE RUG & DID SOME WATERING OF THE LAWN. CAROL DID SOME CLEANING IN THE DINING ROOM
6/19 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN AM, WHILE I WORKED ON SOME SOUTH PLATTE
COMPUTATIONS. IN THE AFTERNOON I WATERED FLOWERS, READ & RESTED. DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE MORNING
6/20 (SUMMER SOLSTICE) CAROL CLEANED HOUSE IN THE MORNING. I DID SOME YARD WORK, THEN WENT TO THE AMERICAN LEGION FOR THE USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON. CHET NELSON BROUGHT THE COLORADO RIVER PAPER BY, WITH CORRESPONDENCE (HE WILL BE IN THE HOSPITAL ABOUT ELEVEN DAYS. CAROL WASHED THE FRONT WINDOW & DOOR WINDOWS, DID CLEANING & WATERED LAWN. KATHY’S BIRTHDAY (MORRIS’S OLDEST)
6/21 TOM & JO CAME IN THEIR BUS ABOUT 8:00AM. GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER. FIVE COPIES OF MY TEXT “TRANSIENT GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS” CAME TODAY. CALLED FT COLLINS. THEY SAID THE PRICE HAD NOT BEEN SET YET. TOM & I WENT TO THE CAR AUCTION
6/22 JO (CAROL’S SISTER) & TOM WERE WITH US ALL DAY. MARJORIE TOOK TOM & JO TO THE BROADWAY GARTS STORE TO GET LIFE PRESERVES & OTHER ITEMS I WENT TO BUDDY & LLOYD’S GROCERY FOR EATABLES. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE & MARGO WERE OVER. IN THE AFTERNOON WE WATCHED THE EAST VS. WEST FOOTBALL GAME ON TV. WEST WON ABOUT 36 TO 6.
6/23 (SUNDAY) JO & TOM LEFT ABOUT 5:00AM. I CUT THE LAWN. MARJORIE WENT SKATING IN THE AFTERNOON
6/24 CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH. I WORKED ON THE COLORADO RIVER PAPER. IN THE AFTERNOON I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR NOTIONS & GROCERIES I REBOUND LEHMAN’S TEXT
6/25 OUR 49TH ANNIVERSARY. R. MORRIS & VIRGINIA GLOVER CALLED FROM LONG ISLAND, NY. GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME TO SEE US. I CALLED REDFISH LAKE LODGE & TALKED TO MRS SEE & LATER TO MR CLARE MERMAN WE WILL TAKE MY CAR. MERMAN WILL CALL WINK A 6:00AM
6/26 CAROL & I DISPOSED OF GARBAGE IN AM. CAROL IRONED. DAVID (NEPHEW) & HIS SON, GARY CAME IN THE AFTERNOON & STAYED THE NIGHT WITH US.
6/27 DAVID AND GARY LEFT ABOUT 7:30AM. GARY WAS TO TAKE AN EXAM AT THE NEW CUSTOMS HOUSE. DAVID CALLED LATER TO SAY HE HAD MADE 100 ON IT. I WORKED ON THE COLORADO RIVER PAPER ALL MORNING. IN THE AFTERNOON, I WENT TO THE CITY LIBRARY TO GET “DESCRIPTORS” FOR THE COLORADO RIVER PAPER
6/28 CAROL & I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I CALLED CHET NELSON & WE AGREED ON THE CONTENTS OF A LETTER TO ASCE I FINISHED THE REVISIONS ON THE PAPER ON THE COLORADO RIVER CONTROL, PUT ONE COPY IN AN ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO THE ASCE & ANOTHER IN AN
ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO NELSON AT THE USBR. THEN I WROTE A LETTER TO WALTON.
6/29 CAROL & I WENT TO THE EVANS POST OFFICE. CAROL MAILED A PACKAGE TO SPENCER GIFTS & I MAILED 3 LETTERS PREPARED YESTERDAY WHEN I GOT HOME I CALLED NELSON TO TELL HIM WHAT I HAD DONE & TO WISH HIM A SPEEDY RECOVERY. HOT TODAY - 94℉ BY OUR THERMOMETER. I CUT THE LAWN.
6/30 SLEPT LATE. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER. THEY LEFT IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. I WEEDED THE FLOWER GARDEN.
1974
AT HOME: 7/1-6, 8-20, 22-31 7/7 FISHING AT MCNIEL LAKE 7/13-19 KIM VISITING 7/21 BIRD CLUB HIKE JUL
7/1 CAROL DID THE WASH. I WORKED ON THE PROBLEM OF WHAT THE SOUTH PLATTE RESTORATION FLOWS SHOULD BE. CAROL DID SOME IRONING ALSO
7/2 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. MARJORIE WENT DOWN TO WORK ON 2 JOBS. I GOT A HAIRCUT FOR $3.00. CAROL & I WATERED THE LAWN & THE FLOWERS. I COMPLETED THE WORK ON THE SOUTH PLATTE RESTORATION FLOWS. CAROL IRONED
7/3 CAROL & I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. WE SCRAPED & WIRE BRUSHED THE WALLS IN KIM’S ROOM & APPLIED WATER SEALING PAINT TO THE BARE SPOTS
7/4 CAROL & I HUNG OUT THE FLAG. I REVIEWED SOME OF MY WORK ON THE SOUTH PLATTE PROBLEM & MADE SOME MORE COMPUTATIONS. MARJORIE WENT ROLLER SKATING. CALLED RED FISH LAKE LODGE TO GIVE THEM TIMES OF OUR ARRIVAL. JACKET & SWEATER OK - THEY HAVE FISHING POLES - NO SLEEPING BAGS NEEDED.
7/5 CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD IN THE AM TO GET GROCERIES & PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK. DURING THE REST OF THE DAY CAROL & I FINISHED PAINTING THE CEILING OF KIM’S ROOM & THE WALLS DOWN TO ABOUT EYE LEVEL. I WATERED THE LAWN, FRONT & BACK. AL HAGLUND CALLED (BILL’S FRIEND)
7/6 CAROL FINISHED PAINTING KIM’S ROOM. WE HAD TO GO TO WARDS TO EXCHANGE PAINT AS THE MASONRY PAINT FUMES WERE TOO MUCH FOR CAROL. I CUT THE LAWN & WATERED FLOWERS AND LAWN. WORKED 2HRS ON THE SOUTH PLATTE PROBLEM.
7/7 ULIS MIZELL CAME BY AT 7:00AM TO TAKE ME FISHING AT MCNIEL LAKE WE RETURNED ABOUT 6:00PM. FISHING WAS BETTER THAN USUAL. MR & MRS MIZELL & I CAUGHT ABOUT 20 FISH. MOSTLY BULLHEADS & CHANNEL CATFISH. MRS MIZELL CAUGHT A 2½lb BASS. CHARLES, CHASE & MARGO WERE OVER FOR SUNDAY SUPPER. THE CHILDREN WILL STAY WITH US ABOUT 3 DAYS AS GINGER IS TO HAVE HER TONSILS OUT ON MONDAY
7/8 CHASE & MARGO STAYED ALL NIGHT WITH US. CAROL & I WATERED THE FRONT LAWN. MR WEBER CAME OVER WITH SOME SLIDES IN THE EVENING. HE WILL GET 50 TOGETHER FOR A PRESENTATION WEDNESDAY
7/9 MARGO & CHASE STAYED WITH US AGAIN LAST NIGHT. CHARLES CAME FOR THEM ABOUT 4:30PM. GINGER IS STILL FEELING BAD. I FINISHED WATERING THE LAWN & FLOWERS TODAY. HOT TODAY 95℉. 7/10 CAROL & I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE AM. AT NOON MR WEBER & I WENT TO THE VFW MEETING. I TOOK MY PROJECTOR AND SCREEN TO SHOW MR WEBER’S SLIDES OF HIS RECENT TRIP TO EUROPE. GOT A CALL FROM CLIFF JENKINS & SPENT PART OF THE DAY MAKING A CHECK COMPUTATION ON THE FIG 2 OF THE PAPER BY DANIELSON & QUAZI IN AWRA CAROL WORKED AT FIXING UP KIM’S ROOM. 7/11 CAROL CLEANED HOUSE & WATERED THE LAWN. AFTER A CALL TO JENKINS I SPENT MORE TIME MAKING CHECK COMPUTATIONS
7/12 CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD IN THE MORNING TO CONSULT WITH RICHARD SIMON ABOUT GETTING OUR WILL CHANGED. OUR APPOINTMENT WAS FOR 10:00AM. AFTER MEETING WITH HIM WE WENT TO SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. A MAN CAME TODAY TO MEASURE OUR WINDOWS FOR
ALUMINUM STORM SASH. A ROUGH LOOKING WHITE BOY & 2 MEXICAN BOYS WERE HANGING ABOUT YESTERDAY & TODAY.
7/13 KIM ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT AT 1:27AM. MARJORIE, CAROL & I MET HIM & BROUGHT HIM HOME. GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER AFTER BREAK- FAST. I CUT THE LAWN & WORKED ON THE SOUTH PLATTE PAPER. KIM’S BIRTHDAY - CAROL HAD A BIG BIRTHDAY DINNER FOR HIM.
7/14 (SUNDAY) KIM’S BIRTHDAY. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER & CAROL PREPARED A BIRTHDAY DINNER FOR HIM
7/15 CAROL DID THE WASH. I WEEDED THE FLOWER GARDENS & MAILED LETTERS I TOOK KIM OVER TO GINGER’S PLACE IN THE MORNING
7/16 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER. I WENT TO THE STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE TO TAKE KUIPER A COPY OF MY TEXT & TO TALK WITH DANIELSON MIKE OCHS CAME OVER TO SEE KIM IN THE EVENING 7/17 CAROL & I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE MORNING. PAINTER LEE PITCHIE CAME TO LOOK AT THE HOUSE. HE CALLED LATER TO SAY THE PRICE WOULD BE $565 (?) I ACCEPTED. HE WILL FURNISH PAINT & WILL GET THE WINDOW FRAMES FIRST. CALL FROM PENNEY’S ADVISES MY CAMERA IS BACK. TOOK CAR OVER TO GET NEW TIRES & NEW BRAKES ALSO GAS WORKED 2HRS ON THE CHECK OF DANIELSON’S WRVE WITH DATA THAT THE PUMPS ARE 6000FT FROM THE RIVER. SOME RAIN TODAY
1974 JUL (CONCLUDED)
7/18 CAROL DID SOME WASHING & IRONING FOR KIM. GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER TO SEE KIM AS HE MUST GO BACK TO CALIFORNIA TOMORROW MORNING. I WENT TO SALES OIL CO TO GET MY CAR BACK THEY RELINED THE BRAKES & PUT ON TWO NEW TIRES
7/19 MARJORIE TOOK KIM TO THE AIRPORT ABOUT 8:30AM. ABOUT 8:45AM CAROL & I WENT TO THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY RICHARD SIMON TO SIGN 2 NEW WILLS. ONE FOR CAROL & ONE FOR ME. THE OLD WILL WAS TORN UP & WE SIGNED THE NEW ONES. FROM THERE WE WENT TO PENNEY’S TO PICK UP MY REPAIRED SLR-1 CAMERA. AFTER THAT WE BOUGHT SUNDRIES & GROCERIES & CAME HOME. THE ELECTRICIAN CAME TO REPLACE 2 SWITCHES & REPAIR THE PORCH LIGHT. I FOUND A SNOW TIRE MISSING & WENT TO SALES OIL CO TO GET IT.
7/20 IN THE MORNING I MOWED THE BACK LAWN & CAROL AND I TRIMMED IT. ATTENDED THE FUNERAL OF ROBERT J. NIEDRACH AT ST JOHNS EPISOCAL CATHEDRAL 14TH & WASHINGTON AT 12:30PM. IN THE AFTERNOON I CUT & TRIMMED THE FRONT LAWN, WATERED THE FLOWERS & TRIMMED THE GRAPE VINE CAROL HELPED ME SWEEP UP. 94℉ TODAY
7/21 WENT ON A BIRD TRIP TO BARR LAKE. I SAW: WESTERN & PIEBILLED GREBES, CANADA GEESE, DUCKS IN ECLIPSE PLUMAGE, SPARROW HAWKS, CHUCKTAIL PARTRIDGES, GR BLUE HERONS, BC NIGHT HERONS, COOTS, KILDEER, BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, GULLS, FRANKLIN’S GULLS, BLACKTERN, M. DOVES, 13 BURROWING OWLS, WESTERN KINGBIRDS, EASTERN KINGBIRDS, RW & BARN SWALLOWS, MAGPIE, HOUSE WRENS (HEARD) ROBINS, MARYLAND YELLOWTHROAT, RW BLACKBIRDS, YH BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, BULLOCK’S ORIOLE, HOUSE SPARROWS, LARK SPARROW, AVOCATS, STARLINGS, WHITE PELICANS (ABOUT 80 IN TWO FLOCKS, SOARING, DC CORMORANTS, HORNED LARKS, SHOVELLER DUCK, MEADOWLARKS, LARK BUNTINGS (39 SPECIES). MARJORIE BROUGHT CHASE & MARGO OVER BECAUSE CHARLES & GINGER WERE PAINTING
7/22 CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH & DID SOME IRONING. I WORKE 6HRS ON THE FIGURES FOR THE PAPER ON SOUTH PLATTE CORRELATIONS. WE HAD RAIN THIS EVENING. KIM CALLED TO SAY THAT HE WAS BACK IN CALIFORNIA.
7/23 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. SHE IRONED & MENDED IN THE AFTERNOON. I SPENT 6HRS ON THE SOUTH PLATTE PAPER.
7/24 CAROL & I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. I TRIMMED GRAPEVINES & WATERED FLOWERS. WORKED 2HRS ON THE SOUTH PLATTE PAPER
7/25 TIED UP TOMATO VINES IN AM. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN. I COMPLETED THE FIGURES FOR THE SOUTH PLATTE PAPER & FINISHED THE TEXT. GOT A LETTER FROM MOORE & WROTE A REPLY.
BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR DAY.
7/26 CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD FOR GROCERIES IN THE AM. GOT SOME NEW TYPEWRITER RIBBONS. IN THE AFTERNOON I READ & RESTED. CAROL BEGAN TYPING MY PAPER. CLEAR, WARM DAY. I CUT THE LAWN
7/27 CHARLES & GINGER LEFT CHASE & MARGO WITH US AS THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO HIS
PARENTS CABIN ON HORSETOOTH RESERVOIR. IN THE EVENING MARJORIE TOOK THEM OVER TO THEIR HOUSE TO STAY THE NIGHT. CHASE & MARGO WORKED ON PILLOWS. CHARLES & GINGER HAD THE GREEN’S BOAT & TRUCK.
7/28 MARJORIE BROUGHT CHASE & MARGO BACK OVER HERE. GINGER CAME BY FOR THEM ABOUT 7:30PM (SUNDAY). I WROTE A LETTER. BEAUTIFUL, PARTLY CLOUDY DAY.
7/29 CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH IN THE AM & TYPED FOR ME IN THE AFTERNOON WENT TO THE FEDERAL CENTER IN AM TO TAKE COPIES OF MY TEXT “TRANSIENT GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS” TO STAN COHMAN AND RAY WINGER. THE PAINTER CAME IN THE MORNING. THE ALUMINUM STORM SASH PEOPLE CAME IN THE MORNING. THE SASH PEOPLE WILL BE BACK THURSDAY. CAROL & I WENT TO THE EVANS POST OFFICE SO I COULD MAIL A COPY OF MY NEW TEXT TO GLENN MARTIN AT MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY. MAILED LETTERS TO ED MCGANDY & EMMEST MOORE.
7/30 PAINTER HERE TODAY. CAROL & I SPENT ALL DAY GETTING THE NORTH SIDE BASEMENT SCREENS OFF
7/31 CAROL & I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. PAINTER WAS HERE TODAY & FINISHED PAINTING THE WINDOW FRAMES SO THE ALUMINUM STORM SASH MEN CAN WORK TOMORROW. CAROL & I WORKED ON THE SOUTH PLATTE PAPER. CAROL DID THE TYPING. BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY - LIGHT SPRINKLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
1974
AT HOME: 8/1-3, 5-10, 18-31 8/4 FISHING AT MCNIEL LAKE TWO COPIES OF TEXT RECEIVED: 8/22 ($1250 COPY) 8/11-17 REDFISH LAKE, IDAHO AUG
8/1 PAINTER CAME ABOUT 8:00AM. PACESETTER STORM SASH MAN CAME ABOUT 10:00AM. PUT ON ALL THE STORM SASH & LEFT IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HIS NAME WAS CAUSEN’S. WE PAID HIM BY CHECK AND GOT A RECEIPT. IN THE AFTERNOON GINGER BROUGHT CHASE & MARGO OVER SO SHE COULD GO TO THE DENTIST. I WENT TO THE GREYHOUND BUS DEPOT TO GET INFORMATION ON BUS SCHEDULES TO IDAHO. THEN WENT TO THE LIBRARY TO GET “KEYWORDS” MR CLARE MERMAN CALLED - WE WILL GO BY AIR.
8/2 CAROL & I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY IN AM TO GET GROCERIES & NOTIONS. WE WASHED THE NEW ALUMINUM STORM SASH WINDOWS I WORKED 2HRS ON THE SOUTH PLATTE PAPER.
8/3 I CUT THE LAWN IN THE MORNING AND CAROL & I TRIMMED IT IN THE FRONT. OUR COLORADO PAPER WAS RETURNED BY ASCE TODAY
8/4 (SUNDAY) WENT WITH MR & MRS MIZELL TO MCNIEL LAKE TO FISH. BEAUTIFUL, PARTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH SPRINKLE OF RAIN. I CAUGHT A 2LB BASS, A GOOD CATFISH, ALSO A PERCH. MRS MIZELL CAUGHT A 3½LB BASS. ULIS CAUGHT AT LEAST 4 GOOD CATFISH. MRS MIZELL ALSO CAUGHT A GOOD CATFISH. GINGER BROUGHT CHASE & MARGO OVER FOR LUNCH - THEY HAD PIZZA FOR LUNCH 8/5 CAROL DID THE WASH. I WORKED ALL DAY ON THE FINAL CORRECTION COPY OF THE COLORADO RIVER CONTROL ASCE PAPER. CAROL DID THE TYPING FOR ME.
8/6 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. I WORKED ON THE COLORADO RIVER CONTROL PAPER & CAROL TYPED IT.
8/7 CAROL IRONED & WE DISPOSED OF GARAGE. IN THE MORNING WE WENT TO ENGLEWOOD WHERE I MAILED MATERIAL TO KIM & FORWARDED APPROVED COPIES OF THE COLORADO RIVER CONTROL PAPER TO THE ASCE AND TO CHET NELSON. WE WENT TO CINDERELLA CENTER WHERE I GOT 3 SHIRTS, 2 PAIRS OF PANTS, A PAIR OF GLOVES AND A HAT. CAROL PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK
8/8 CAROL IRONED. GINGER CALLED TO SAY THAT SHE & THE CHILDREN WOULD NOT BE OVER. DR SIMONDS CALLED FROM CSU. THE PRICE OF MY TEXT WILL BE $12.50. I WILL WRITE A DESCRIPTION. TALKED TO LEHMAN & WINGER TO SAY THAT IF THE TEXT GIVES THEM TROUBLE I WILL SUE THEM. WINK CALLED HE WILL FLY TO SALT LAKE WHERE HE WILL MEET HIS FOLKS. THEY WILL DRIVE FROM THERE TO BE IN STANLEY ON AUGUST 11TH. HE MUST RETURN ON THE 16TH. CAROL & I PACKED. 8/9 CAROL & I GOT MY BAGS PACKED. CAROL PRESSED MY CLOTHES WE WROTE LETTERS & MADE OUT CHECKS. MR CLARE MERMAN CALLED
8/10 CAROL & I WENT TO THE EVANS GROCERY. GINGER, CHASE & MARGO WERE OVER FOR A WHILE. MARJORIE GOT THEM TWO SCOOTERS, TWO BELLS & TWO HORNS. I FIXED THE SPLIT IN MY SUITBAG. PAPERBOY CAME TO COLLECT. I CUT THE LAWN & TRIED TO FIX THE BROILER. THE THERMOSTAT DOES NOT WORK. WATERED THE FLOWERS
8/11 WENT TO REDFISH LAKE, IDAHO VIA FRONTIER AIRLINES TO HALEY, AND BY CAR TO REDFISH LAKES.
8/12 - 16 AT REDFISH LAKES, IDAHO
8/17 (SATURDAY) RETURNED FROM THE TRIP TO REDFISH LAKE LODGE IN IDAHO. JOHN & MILLIE SPENCER, JOHN W (WINK) SPENCER, TOM MESSELT, FRED LEFTWICH, MR CLARE MERMAN & I WERE IN THE PARTY
8/18 (SUNDAY) RESTED FROM THE TRIP TO REDFISH LAKES 8/19 RESTED FROM THE TRIP TO REDFISH LAKE
8/20 PHONE OUT OF ORDER AT GATES CLINIC. AFTER MANY TRIALS FINALLY GOT AN APPOINTMENT FOR 9:00AM TOMORROW TO GET MY LOWER PLATE REPAIRED. THIS HAD BROKEN WHEN I WAS IN IDAHO. CALL FROM MRS STAFFORD AT FT COLLINS. THEY WILL SEND ME 2 COPIES TO SEND TO AWRA & ASCE 8/21 CAROL WENT TO HAIRDRESSER IN AM. SHE LATER WENT OVER & BABYSAT FOR GINGER. I WENT TO THE GATES CLINIC TO GET MY TEETH REPAIRED FOUND THE APPOINTMENT WAS ON THE DENTIST’S DAY OFF. HIS SEC’Y ARRANGED WITH THE TECHNICIAN TO DO THE REPAIR. I WENT BACK AT 3:00PM TO GET THEM FROM A DR NASSIMBENE. BROUGHT SOME LUMBER AND HARDWARE AT KROONENBERGS TO MAKE NEW BASEMENT WINDOW SCREENS. PUT THE CUT PIECES TOGETHER
1974 AUG (CONCLUDED)
8/22 CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO SEND IN SLIDES FOR PRINTS, TO GET A FILM MAILER & TO GET ALUMINUM SCREEN FOR OUR BASEMENT WINDOWS. ON OUR RETURN HOME WE WORKED ON THE BASEMENT WINDOWS FOR THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE WE COMPLETED THE NEW ONE & PUT SCREEN ON THE WINDOW FOR KIM’S ROOM. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN. TWO COPIES OF THE TEXT CAME TODAY
8/23 CAROL & I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES IN THE AM WHILE IN THAT AREA I VISITED THE HARDWARE STORE FOR WASHERS AND THE DRUGSTORE FOR GIFT WRAP PAPER. IN THE
AFTERNOON CAROL & I REPLACED THE NORTH BASEMENT SCREEN WINDOWS AFTER REPLACING THE SCREEN SO THE PAINTER COULD FINISH THEM WE HAD TO REFIT MOST OF THEM. WE ALSO COMPLETED THE SHELF FOR CHASE, PRINTS OF THE ASCE PAPER CAME TODAY.
8/24 CAROL MADE A CAKE TO CELEBRATE CHASE’S BIRTHDAY TOMORROW (SUNDAY) HE WILL BE 7 ON MONDAY. I WENT TO THE LOCAL GROCERY STORE FOR MAKINGS. GINGER LEFT CHASE & MARGO WITH US WHILE SHE WENT FOR GROCERIES. CHASE WAS A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER (AND SHE DIDN’T WANT TO TAKE HIM WITH HER) CHASE & I SPENT THE AFTERNOON MAKING A WOOD AUTOMOBILE. 8/25 (SUNDAY) IN THE MORNING I CUT THE LAWN & WATERED FLOWERS. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER FOR A BIRTHDAY DINNER FOR CHASE (HE WILL BE 7 TOMORROW)
8/26 CAROL DID THE WASH IN THE AM. I WENT TO THE FUNERAL OF FRANK DAVIS (A FORMER
NEIGHBOR). WROTE LETTERS OF TRANS- MITTAL FOR COPIES OF MY TEXT TO BE SENT TO THE ASCE AND TO THE SECRETARY OF AWRA. CAROL TYPED THEM. SHE ALSO TYPED A NOTE ABOUT CORRECTIONS FOR THE ASCE PAPER & THIS WAS SENT TO CHET NELSON. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN. I MADE A CALL TO JR PARKLEY AT LOVELAND. HE WILL SEND FOR A COPY OF MY TEXT. GAVE PECK (NEIGHBOR) THE ITEM ON THE STEAM CAR THAT GETS 4 MILES TO THE FENCE POST.
8/27 PAINTER WAS HERE TODAY - WORKING ON THE GARAGE. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. WHEN SHE RETURNED HOME WE TOOK THE TEXTS FOR ASCE & AWRA TO THE EVANS POST OFFICE AND MAILED THEM. CAROL IRONED. I CALLED FREIHAUF & MRS STAFFORD TO GET AN ADDRESS FOR THE TEXTS.
8/28 CAROL & I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. CAROL DID SOME IRONING, I WATERED THE FLOWERS, READ, RESTED & WENT TO BED EARLY
8/29 THE PAINTER FINISHED TODAY & I PAID HIM $565.00 BY CHECK. CAROL BEGAN PAINTING THE MIDDLE BED ROOM. I HELPED WITH THE DISHES. HELPED CAROL TAKE DOWN SHELVES & LAMP FIXTURES. READ & RESTED. WORKED 1HR ON THE SOUTH PLATTE PROBLEM
8/30 CAROL PAINTED THE MIDDLE BEDROOM. I WATERED THE LAWN.
8/31 I CUT THE LAWN & WATERED THE BACK LAWN. CAROL & I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. CAROL PAINTED THE HALLWAY. I MADE SOME COMPUTATIONS TO ANSWER A LETTER FROM WALTON
1974
AT HOME: 9/1-21, 23-24, 26-30 9/6-14 MORRIS VISITING CSU: 9/25 9/22 FISHING AT MCNIEL LAKE SEP
9/1 (SUNDAY) WE ALL GOT UP EARLY AS MARJORIE HAD TO GO TO WORK. CAROL WAXE THE FLOOR IN THE MIDDLE BEDROOM & HALLWAY & PUT CLOTHES BACK IN THE CLOSET AFTER PAINTING. WROTE LETTER TO WALTON & MAILED IT, A CHECK FOR $300 WAS ALSO MAILED TO THE IRS FOR ESTIMATED INCOME. CLOUDY DAY & COOLER. BUILT A FIRE IN THE WOOD STOVE TO TAKE THE CHILL OFF THE HOUSE. CALL TO MOE, THE ARE BACK IN THEIR HOUSE IN HERMITAGE.
9/2 DAY CLOUDY AND COLD (44℉) AFTER AN ALL NIGHT DRIZZLING RAIN. AT 6PM THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 48℉. CAROL DID THE WASH & I BUILT A FIRE IN THE WOOD STOVE TO WARM THE BASEMENT. CAROL TURNED THE FURNACE ON IN THE AFTERNOON. CAROL & I WROTE LETTERS &
MAILED THEM. SENT COPY OF BULLETIN 100 TO ZORICH. A FEMALE LARK BUNTING WAS SEEN AT LINCOLN & JEWELL STREETS
9/3 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. THE CAR WOULD NOT START & WE HAD TO GET $3.00 HELP FROM SALES OIL CO. GINGER CAME OVER WITH MARGO. THIS WAS MARGO’S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (KINDERGARTEN). MAILED SOME LETTERS. SPENT MOST OF THE DAY WRITING OF AN ACCOUNT OF THE REDFISH LAKE TRIP. PARTLY CLOUDY TODAY & WARMER.
9/4 CAROL & I GOT THE TRASH READY BUT NO PICKUP TODAY. WROTE UP AN ACCOUNT OF OUR REDFISH LAKE TRIP & CAROL TYPED IT. I GOT COPIES & SENT ONE TO JOHN N SPENSER AT LAKE HAVASU. I PICKED SOME GRAPES & TOOK THEM TO ULIS MIZELL. GOT GAS, GOT GROCERIES AT THE EVANS SAFEWAY & RETURNED HOME. MOE CALLED TO SAY HE WOULD BE HERE FRIDAY.
9/5 TRASH WAS PICKED UP TODAY. CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO PUT CHECKS IN BANK & GET PICTURES, TO CINDERELLA CENTER & TO SAFEWAY TO GET GROCERIES. MAILED LETTERS, WENT TO PEARL STREET FOR A HAIRCUT
9/6 WORKED 3HRS IN AM ON MY PART OF THE FINAL WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL REPORT. IN THE AFTERNOON CAROL & I WENT TO WARDS TO GET A NEW BROILER TO REPLACE OLD ONE THAT HAD BURNED OUT. WHEN WE GOT HOME THE CORD WAS TOO SHORT.
9/7 CAROL & I WERE HOME ALL DAY. MARJORIE & MOE WENT TO A SHOW IN THE EVENING. 9/8 (SUNDAY) MOE & I ATTENDED SERVICES AT CAMERON METHODIST CHURCH & HEARD GLEN HAMPTON PREACH (FRIEND OF MORRIS’S) CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER FOR DINNER. THEY LEFT ABOUT 2:00PM. MARJORIE & MOE WENT SKATING AFTER SUPPER.
9/9 CUT THE LAWN IN THE MORNING. CAROL DID THE WASH. MOE & I TRIMMED THE GRAPE VINES & PICKED GRAPES. MOE WENT WITH GLEN HAMLYN TO A MEETING IN THE EVENING.
9/10 TRIMMED THE GRAPEVINE SO THE PAINTER COULD PAINT THE WINDOW AND UNDER THE GAVES OF THE GARAGE. CAROL VISITED WITH MORRIS.
9/11 CAROL & I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE AM. MOE & I WENT OVER TO WASHINGTON PARK TO SEE THE FLOWERS. BEAUTIFUL DAY BUT IT SNOWED DURING THE NIGHT
9/12 R. MORRIS GLOVER (MOE) & I WENT TO SEE THE FILM “2001 SPACE ODYSSEY” SHOWN AT THE ALLADIN THEATER. CAROL & I WERE HOME VISITING WITH MOE DURING THE DAY.
9/13 MORRIS & I WENT TO WASHINGTON PARK TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE FLOWERS. WE STOPPED BY FOR GROCERIES. IN THE EVENING MOE & I WENT TO THE MAYAN THEATRE TO SEE “SOUND OF MUSIC” AND ANOTHER FILM. GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER TO TELL MOE GOODBYE.
9/14 R. MORRIS PACKED & PREPARED TO RETURN TO TENNESSEE. MARJORIE TOOK RM, CAROL & ME TO THE AIRPORT. THE PLANE LEFT AT 2:05PM. HE CALLED LATER TO SAY HE HAD ARRIVED SAFELY. CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD. CAROL GOT GROCERIES WHILE I WENT TO THE ENGLEWOOD PHOTOSHOP FOR MY IDAHO PRINTS. PAINTER CAME TODAY & PUT PAINT ON THE GARAGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
9/15 THE PAINTER, LEE RITCHIE, CAME OVER IN THE MORNING & FINISHED HIS PAINTING. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER, THEY LEFT ABOUT 1:00PM
1974 SEP (CONCLUDED)
9/16 CAROL DID THE WASH. I WATERED FLOWERS & MOWED THE LAWN. CAROL CLEANED MY STUDY ROOM. LIGHT RAIN IN THE EVENING. MR CLARE MERMAN & WINK SPENCER CAME OVER. WE SHOWED SLIDES & CONSIDERED THE ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SUMMARY REPORT OF THE WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL.
9/17 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. CLEAR, SUNNY DAY. I WORKED ON MY PART OF THE SUMMARY REPORT OF THE WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL
9/18 CAROL & I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE AM. CAROL IRONED & CLEANED OUT THE METAL CABINET AT THE BACK STAIRS. I COMPLETED MY PART OF THE SUMMARY REPORT OF THE WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL. SENT MATERIAL TO JOHN N. SPENCER & TO CLARE MERMAN. MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY SENT TO “WINK” SPENCER RETURNED - WRONG ADDRESS CAROL WATERED THE LAWN
9/19 CAROL & I HOME ALL DAY. BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR SUNNY DAY. WORKED ON SOME EQUIVALENT FLANGE MATERIAL WHICH I WILL SEND TO MOE.
9/20 WATERED FLOWERS IN AM. CAROL & I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES, GOT SOME HARDWARE TO FIX LIGHTS & BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICINE FOR CAROL
9/21 CAROL & I WENT THROUGH ACCUMULATED MAIL, CLEARED WRITING DESK & PAID BILLS IN THE AM. MARJORIE WORKED TODAY (SATURDAY)
9/22 WENT TO MCNIEL LAKE WITH ULIS & MRS MIZELL. FISHED AND PUT IN DUCK BLINDS. MET ELDERL BADER. 1555 JEFFERSON, LOVELAND CO 80537
9/23 CAROL DID THE WASH. I GOT READY TO GO TO FT COLLINS. IN THE AFTERNOON I WENT DOWN TO GARTS 303 16TH ST STORE TO GET A BUSHNELL CAMERA MOUNT & ADAPTER RING.
9/24 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN AM. WE WENT TO WARDS TO GET BIRTHDAY PRESENTS FOR MARGO.
9/25 MARJORIE TOOK ME TO THE BUS DEPOT & I WENT TO FT COLLINS. SAW DR. S. CHAMBERLAIN, SIMONS, FEAD, PROF MOREL-SEYTOUX, EVAN STOLL, MRS STAFFORD. SIXTEEN COPIES OF MY TEXT HAVE BEEN SOLD. THE ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE ONLY RECENTLY BEEN SENT OUT & IS TOO EARLY TO HAVE RECEIVED ORDERS. I BOUGHT 2 COPIES FOR $10.00 EA. DR SIMONS SAID TO SEND UP THE PAPERS ON THE SOUTH PLATTE & THE HIGH PLAINS & THEY WILL BE PUBLISHED ALONG WITH THE ARKANSAS STUDY HE NOW HAS. DR FEAD APPROVES OF PUBLISHING MY PAPER ON THE SOUTH PLATTE
CORRELATION SINCE IT USES A GRAPHICAL APPROACH & NOT THE NUMERICAL APPROACH OF DEL MANZO. I WILL SEND HIM UP SOME DATA ON THE COURSE ON APPLICATION OF MATHEMATICS TO ENGINEERING PROBLEMS. ARRIVED BACK ABOUT 6:00PM EXPENSES $6.10
9/26 CAROL & I PAINTED THE FRONT ROOM. I WATERED THE LAWN, ALSO CUT THE LAWN IN THE AFTERNOON
9/27 CAROL & I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES BUT FOUND IT CLOSED SO WE CAME BACK & WENT TO BUDDY & LLOYDS. IN THE AFTERNOON WE SHAMPOOED THE LIVING ROOM RUG 9/28 CAROL & I MOVED BOOKS & FURNITURE BACK INTO THE FRONT ROOM & HUNG DRAPES OVER THE FRONT WINDOW. HEAVY FROST IN AM.
9/29 CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER TO CELEBRATE MARGO’S BIRTHDAY WHICH COMES NEXT THURSDAY, OCT 3. WE HAD SUNDAY DINNER. MARGO GOT SOME NEW CLOTHES & A NEW DOLL FOR PRESENTS. THERE WERE THINGS FOR CHASE, TOO. THEY LEFT ABOUT 2:00PM. BEAUTIFUL, CLOUDLESS DAY. IN THE LATE AFTERNOON I WENT OVER & HELPED MR SADLER LOAD FURNITURE TO BE TAKEN OUT TO THEIR NEW HOME.
9/30 CAROL DID THE WASH. IN THE AFTERNOON CAROL & I WENT TO THE EVANS POST OFFICE TO MAIL COPIES OF MY TEXT TO JE BIESEAKER AT THE USGS & TO R. MORRIS GLOVER IN TENNESSEE.
1974
AT HOME: 1-7, 10-15, 19-26, 28-31 10/9 WWI VETERANS MEETING CHERRY CREEK - TOOK TELEPHOTO PICTURES 10/8, 16, 18
10/17 USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON 10/27 BIRD CLUB HIKE OCT
10/1 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. IN THE AFTERNOON CAROL & I WENT TO THE CHERRY CREEK RECREATION AREA. I TOOK MY CAMERA & 300MM TELEPHOTO LENS TO TAKE PICTURES. THERE WERE FEW BIRDS. I GOT PICTURES OF A BITTERN & SOME GULLS. IN THE EVENING CHARLES CAME OVER & HE & CAROL AND I PUT MARGO’S NEW BICYCLE TOGETHER. BEAUTIFUL, WARM, CLEAR DAY
10/2 CAROL IRONED IN THE MORNING. I WENT TO THE STATE ENGINEERS OFFICE TO TAKE A COPY OF BULLETIN 100 TO DANIELSON ON THE WAY, I ALSO GAVE A COPY OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO G. SAUNDERS. I THEN WENT TO THE LIBRARY TO GET AN ARTICLE BY REISNER ON SHEER LAG. IN THE AFTERNOON CAROL & I WENT TO WARDS TO GET CLOTHES & PAINT. THE NEW COUPLE IS MOVING THINGS INTO THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR THAT SADLERS VACATED.
10/3 CAROL & I MOVED OUT FURNITURE & PAINTED THE DINING ROOM. CALLED MARGO TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER. PACESETTER MAN CAME TODAY TO FIX THE STORM WINDOWS. BEAUTIFUL DAY, CLOUDS AFTERNOON
10/4 IN THE MORNING CAROL & I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO PUT CHECKS IN THE BANK & GET
GROCERIES. I SHAMPOOED THE DINING ROOM RUG BEFORE LEAVING. IN THE AFTERNOON WE WASHED THE DINING ROOM WINDOWS & STORM SASH. WE MOVED FURNITURE BACK INTO THE DINING ROOM 10/5 CAROL & I SPENT ALL DAY CARRYING FURNITURE BACK INTO THE LIVING & DINING ROOMS, WASHING DRAPES & HANGING DRAPES & CURTAINS. WE ALSO VACUUMED OUT THE DOWN FLOW DUCT TO THE FURNACE. LIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON
10/6 CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER & STAYED FOR SUNDAY DINNER. THEY LEFT ABOUT 2:00PM. MARJORIE TOOK ME TO THE UNIVERSITY HILLS CHRISTIAN NURSING HOME WHERE I VISITED MR NICK STEGNIK.
10/7 CAROL DID THE WASH IN THE AM. I MOWED THE LAWN. AFTER DINNER CAROL TYPED LETTERS FOR ME & I MAILED THEM. GINGER, CHASE & MARGO CAME OVER IN AFTERNOON
10/8 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. CAROL & I WENT TO CHERRY CREEK. I TOOK SOME TELEPHOTO PICTURES. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR, WARM DAY. I DID SOME WORK ON THE
EQUIVALENT FLANGE WIDTH.
10/9 CAROL IRONED IN THE AM & FRIED UP SOME CHICKEN FOR ME TO TAKE TO THE WWI VETS MEETING. ATTENDED THE MEETING BEGINNING AT NOON. CALLED MOE IN THE EVENING - HE HAS RECIEVED THE COPY OF MY TEXT. BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR, WARM DAY.
