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Collection: Glover (Robert E.) Papers Author: Glover, Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth) Title: 1980, copies
Date: 1980
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1980
AT HOME: 1/1-31 1/9 VWWI BARRACKS MEETING 1/16 STATE ENGINEER’S MEETING JAN
1/1 MARJORIE DID NOT COME OVER AT ALL. CAROL IRONED AND WROTE THANK-YOU NOTES. GINGER CALLED TO WISH US “HAPPY NEW YEAR” I TOOK LETTERS OVER TO THE MAILBOX, SWEPT SNOW OFF OF THE FRONT WALK AND CLEARED SNOW AND ICE AWAY FROM THE ALLEY SIDE OF THE GARAGE.
1/2 MARJORIE WAS OVER FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. I EXERCISED-RAN AROUND. FURNACE RODE EXERCISE BICYCLE, LIFTED WEIGHTS, DID PUSH UPS AND KNEE BENDS. SWEPT LIGHT SNOW OFF OF WALK IN THE MORNING. SUN CAME OUT. SNOW AGAIN TONIGHT.
1/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER BUT NOT THE EVENING MEAL. CAROL DID THE DINNER DISHES WHILE I PLOTTED THE CANCER DATA MARJORIE AND I GOT FROM THE CITY LIBRARY LAST SATURDAY. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY. I SWEPT SNOW FROM THE WALKS GOING FROM THE HOUSE TO THE STREET IN THE AM. SOMEONE ELSE CLEARED OUR FRONT SIDEWALK. I TALKED TO “STEW” HANNAH ON THE PHONE. ED ROSE IS STILL WITH US-HE WILL GET HIS ADDRESS.
1/4 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY. TEMPERATURE 37[degrees
Fahrenheit] AT 4:15 PM. CAROL WASHED HER HAIR AS THE STREETS ARE STILL BAD. I TOOK EXERCISES, ALSO TOOK LETTERS OVER TO THE MAILBOX. MARJORIE BOUGHT GROCERIES FOR US.
1/5 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US ALL DAY. I WENT TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR SANDWICHES FOR DINNER. CAROL AND I READ AND RESTED. PARTLY CLOUDY DAY. TEMPERATURE AT 3:00 PM 54[degrees Fahrenheit]. TOOK EXERCISES, WALKED TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” AND BACK. SHOVELLED NEW LANE TO CURB. RAN AROUND FURNACE 6 TIMES. LIFTED BARBELLS 5 TIMES WITH EACH ARM. RODE EXERCISE BICYCLE 0.2 MILE, CALL FROM CLIFF JENKINS AND WEBBER
1/6 OVERCAST DAY/ 25[degrees Fahrenheit] AT 11:40 AM. SKY CLEARED BEFORE EVENING. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUNDAY DINNER, BUT LEFT BEFORE SUPPER ABOUT 5:15 PM. MARJORIE BROUGHT COPIES OF THE CHART PREPARED BY MOODY. I MAILED THE ORIGINALS TO BLOOMQUIST AND A COPY TO MOODY. I WALKED OVER AND PUT THEM IN THE MAILBOX.
1/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE MORNING. CAROL DID THE WASH. I WORKED ON THE DIABETES PROBLEM. JO CALLED FROM EL PASO.
1/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. TEMPERATURE AT 3:15 PM 30[degrees Fahrenheit]. CAROL DID THE IRONING AND MENDING. I WORKED ON THE DIABETES PROBLEM.
1/9 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL FIXED A LUNCH AND GOT MY SUIT READY SO I COULD GO TO THE VWWI BARRACKS 3149 MEETING TODAY. I PRESIDED. I WALKED BOTH WAYS, MEETING WITH WASSENAAR WHEN I PASSED HIS HOME AT 1630 S. LINCOLN. CLEAR DAY TODAY. “STEW” HANNAH CALLED TO GIVE ME ED ROSE’S ADDRESS. HE HAS A BLIND PPHINE, ED WILL CALL ME.
1/10 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL TRIED TO GO TO THE HAIRDRESSER BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT START. SALES CAME AND STARTED IT AND I TOOK IT OVER TO HIS PLACE TO GET THE BATTERY CHARGED ($8.00). CAROL CLEANED OUT ALL OF DRESSER DRAWERS IN OUR BEDROOM. WENT TO LIBRARY TODAY. TOM MESSELT CALLED 3 TIMES (HE WAS TRYING TO REACH MR MERMAN) I TALKED TO HIM THE LAST TIME. I WILL WRITE HIM A LETTER. I TALKED TO MR MERMAN TO GET DATA FOR THE LETTER. CALL FROM JEAN AND KERRY. KERRY’S 20TH BIRTHDAY TODAY.
1980 JAN (CONTINUED)
1/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER – SHE BOUGHT GROCERIES FOR US. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER THIS MORNING.
1/12 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME IN THE EVENING (THEY PLANNED TO GO TO A PICTURE SHOW). CAROL DUSTED, I WORKED ON THE DIABETES PROBLEM AND DID SOME READING. IN THE MORNING I WENT TO THE CITY LIBRARY.
1/13 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE ALSO WITH US FOR THIS MEAL. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 2:00 PM BUT MARJORIE DIDN’T LEAVE UNTIL ABOUT 5:00 PM. I TOOK EXERCISES AND WORKED ON THE DIABETES PROBLEM. WARM, SUNNY DAY FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
1/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE TOOK THE OF MY PAPER ON DIABETES TO GET COPIES. CAROL DID THE WASH. I WORKED ON THE DIABETES PAPER AND DID EXERCISES. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE MORNING.
1/15 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST, DINNER AND SHE BROUGHT THE ORIGINAL AND 4 COPIES OF WITH HER. CAROL DID THE IRONING. I MADE FINAL CORRECTIONS ON THE DIABETES PAPER. I
CALLED DR MILLERS. I WILL SEE HIM JAN 29 AT 10:30 AM AT HIS OFFICE. I TOOK THE RAMBLER OVER TO SALES IN THE AFTERNOON. HE FOUND A BAD CELL IN THE BATTERY AND GAVE ME A NEW ONE
(BATTERY IS GUARANTEED) GARY FRIEHOFF CALLED. HE WILL BE IN THURSDAY AT 10:00 AM. KIRK HOLLIMAN, ATTORNEY WILL PROBABLY BE WITH HIM.
1/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER, BUT NOT SUPPER. CAROL LOOKED FOR THE BATTERY GUARANTEE BUT COULD NOT FIND IT-SHE DID FIND THE DATE IT WAS PURCHASED. I CALLED SALES TO GIVE THIS DETAIL TO HIM. A CALL FROM HOLLIMAN REQUESTED THAT I COME TO THE STATE ENGRS OFFICE FOR A MEETING ON THE GALEN L HEADLEY CASE. HAROLD SIMPSON PRESIDED. PRESENT WERE: HOLLIMAN, GLOVER, DAVID MONTGOMERY (ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE), MONTE PUSCO AND OTHERS. DAY SPENT ON LOWER SOUTH PLATTE WORK.
1/17 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER. GARY FRIEHOFF CAME ABOUT 11:00 AM AND HOLLIMAN ABOUT 2:00 PM. WE TALKED ABOUT THE HEADLEY CASE. THEY LEFT ABOUT 4:00 PM. I READ THE TRANSCRIPT ABOUT TESTIMONY LEFT WITH ME BE HOLLIMAN YESTERDAY.
1/18 MARJORIE WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. I CALLED GARY FRIEHOFF TO EXPLAIN SOME IDEAS: (A) TO PUT A STAKE IN THE GRAVEL PIT AT THE LEVEL OF THE WATER TABLE IN THE SOUTH PLATTE ALLUVIUM AND FORBID PUMPING WHEN THE POND LEVEL GOES TO THIS STAKE. (B) TO PUT 3 OBSERVATION WELLS IN A N.S. LINE BELOW THE HEADLEY RESERVOIR TO STOP PUMPING BY WELLS 0.3990 AND 5703 WHEN THE WATER TABLE HAS ZERO GRADIENT. CAROL CALLED DOROTHY AND FOUND CAROL NELL THERE, ALSO. SNOW TODAY. I SHOVELLED THE WALKS TWICE. CAROL SORTED BOOKS. I DISPOSED OF TRASH.
1/19 SNOW LAST NIGHT. I SHOVELLED THE WALKS. CAROL TYPED A LETTER TO THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY FOR ME. MRS COCAGNE CALLED TO SAY THAT DOROTHY RYDER (FORMER NEIGHBOR) HAD PASSED AWAY ON JAN 10. HOLLIMAN CALLED TO SAY THAT I WOULD NOT BE NEEDED AT GREELEY ON MONDAY. THE LAWYERS HAVE SOME THINGS THEY WANT TO SORT OUT. WE TALKED ABOUT MY SUGGESTIONS TO GARY FRIEHOFF YESTERDAY.
1980 JAN (CONTINUED)
1/20 MARJORIE BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER ABOUT 11:00 AM. THEY HAD STAYED THE NIGHT WITH MARJORIE. CHARLES AND GINGER CAME A LITTLE LATER. THEY BROUGHT A BIRTHDAY
CAKE=MARGO DECORATED IT. CHARLES, CHASE, MARGO AND I WATCHED WRESTLING ON T.V. (DAD’S COMMENT- “BEST VAUDEVILLE HE HAD EVER SEEN”) CAROL HAD PREPARED A BIG SUNDAY MEAL. THEY BROUGHT IN THE CAKE AND SANG “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” TO ME. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 2:00 PM AND MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 4 PM I READ ONE OF THE BOOKS THEY BOUGHT FOR A BIRTHDAY PRESENT. (NOTE: MY BIRTHDAY IS JAN 22-WILL BE 84)
1/21 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. I SHOVELLED THE WALKS. CAROL DID THE WASH AND SORTED OUT HER BOOKS. I WORKED ON CLEANING OUT MY FILES. I MAILED THE LETTER TO THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY.
1/22 MY BIRTHDAY. CARDS AND PRESENTS FROM CAROL, MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO. SWEPT FRONT WALKS, MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL IRONED. I MAILED LETTERS. I READ SOME NEW BOOKS I GOT FOR MY BIRTHDAY
1/23 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER. CAROL STRAIGHTENED OUT HER BOOKS IN KIM’S ROOM. I WORKED AT CLEANING OUT MY FILES. SUNNY DAY. CAROL PAID BILLS, I TOOK THE LETTERS OVER AND MAILED THEM. TONY PIZZCHINI CALLED ABOUT A WELL LOCATED NORTH OF SEDALIA IN DOUGLAS COUNTY CHATFIELD ESTATES/ WELL IS IN THE DAWSON AND ARAPAHOE FORMATIONS.
1/24 MARJORIE WITH US FOR BREAKFAST ONLY. CAROL PAID BILLS. I TOOK THE LETTERS OVER AND MAILED THEM. I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET HAMBURGERS AND SHOESTRING POTATOES FOR OUR SUPPER. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER THIS AFTERNOON. I WORKED ON MY FILES.
1/25 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER. CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. (SAW ULIS MIZELL AT THE GROCERY STORE). I WROTE A LETTER TO ALLRED, ASCE TODAY AND CAROL TYPED IT. SNOW BEGAN ABOUT 3:45 PM. BLIZZARD WITH SNOW AND HIGH WINDS BEGAN ABOUT 4:30 PM. I MADE A CALL TO GARY FRIEHOFF. THEY SPENT MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY TALKING ABOUT LEGAL QUESTIONS. FREIHOFF INTRODUCED THE IDEA OF THE
OBSERVATION WELLS AND THE STAKE IN THE GRAVEL PIT. THEY MAY WANT ME TO COME TO GREELEY FEB 5 AND 6. THE “P” FUNCTION WAS DESCRIBED TO FREIHOFF. THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE MUCH USE FOR IT.
1/26 OUR FRONT WALK WAS SHOVELLED WHEN I FIRST SAW IT THIS MORNING, BUT I CLEANED THE PORCH, PORCH STEPS AND WALK OUT TO THE STREET, I SHOVELLED BACK WALK AND DISPOSED OF TRASH. I FINISHED CLEANING OUT THE 2ND FILE IN MY OFFICE. CAROL AND I WROTE A LETTER TO THE
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT INSURANCE SERVICES SECTION, PO BOX 14172, WASH DC, 20044. FILLED BIRD FEEDER-JUNCOS AT FEEDER. CALL TO “WINK” SPENCER. HE AND HIS DAD WILL SHARE THE CONSIGNMENT OF 25.
1/27 GINGER CALLED TO SAY THAT THEY WOULD NOT COME IN TODAY (SUNDAY) CAROL CALLED MARJORIE – SHE WILL NOT BE OVER. I TOOK OUT TRASH AND WORKED ON MY FILES. I LOOKED UP DATA ON THE “P” FUNCTION. I ALSO READ SOME OF THE INFORMATION ON THE HEADLEY CASE, MADE CALL TO MERMAN AS WE WORK THINGS OUT, I HAVE 15 COPIES OF THE REPORT THAT BELONG TO JOHN SPENCER. MERMAN WILL WRITE A JOHN A LETTER.
1980 JAN (CONCLUDED)
1/28 MARJORIE WAS OVER FOR ALL 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. CAROL DID THE WASH. JUNCOS CAME TO THE FEEDER AT DAY BREAK, HOUSE FINCHES FOLLOW SPARROWS AT 8:00 AM. LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING. I SWEPT THE WALKS. LIGHT SNOW ALL DAY. I WORKED ON MY FILES.
1/29 MARJORIE TO DR MILLER’S OFFICE FOR A CHECK-UP. DR HITCHOCK WAS THERE INSTEAD. HE DOES NOT WANT ME TO DRIVE A CAR. I AM TO GO TO SWEDISH HOSPITAL TOMORROW FOR BRAIN WAVE TESTS AT 12:00 NOON. I AM TO GET UP AT 4:00 AM AS I MUST SLEEP DURING THE TEST.
1/30 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. SHE CAME BACK ABOUT 11:45 TO TAKE ME TO SWEDISH HOSPITAL. THEY MADE THE REQUESTED BRAIN WAVE TEST AND I RETURNED IN A “ZONE” TAXI CAB. I HAD TO GET UP AT 4:00 AM TO PREPARE FOR THIS TEST. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK. SHE PREPARED A SANDWICH FOR MARJORIE AND PREPARED MEALS. I CALLED STAN LOHMAN AT USGS TO ENQUIRE ABOUT AN ACOUSTIC DEVICE TO MEASURE DEPTHS TO THE WATER TABLE AND TO BEDROCK. THEY DO NOT HAVE SUCH A MACHINE NOW, BUT IT IS IN EXISTENCE.
1/31 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER. CAROL AND I DID THE DISHES AND SPENT THE REST OF THE DAY WORKING ON INCOME TAX RETURNS. MARJORIE GOT A NEW BATTERY FOR MY SR-50 HAND COMPUTER.
1980
AT HOME: 2/1-29 2/13 VWWI MEETING TAUGHT CLASS AT CAPITOL LIFE BLDG (GW) 2/19, 26
FEB
2/1 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER. CAROL AND I WORKED ON GETTING TOGETHER FIGURES FOR INCOME TAX PREPARATION. CALL TO BOB RAES AT BOULDER GAVE NEEDED INFORMATION ON USE OF THE SR-50 COMPUTER. NEW BATTERY WORKS WELL. BRAIN WAVE TEST DATA HAS NOT YET REACHED DR HITCHCOCK.
2/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER. I TOOK OUT GARBAGE AND GAVE PAPERS AND ALUMINUM TO PEOPLE WHO CAME AROUND TO GET IT. I WORKED A LITTLE ON THE HEADLY PROBLEM. I SWEPT WATER OFF THE FRONT WALKS SO IT WOULD NOT FREEZE INTO ICE DURING THE NIGHT. I WENT TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” AND GOT 3 HAMBURGERS. WE ATE THEM FOR THE NOON MEAL.
2/3 MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO ALL ARRIVED ABOUT NON. CAROL PREPARE A WONDERFUL DINNER AND WE ENJOYED IT. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 2:00 PM AND MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 5:00 PM. I SWEPT THE WATER OFF THE WALKS SO IT WOULD NOT FREEZE TO SLIPPERY ICE.
2/4 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. TWO BOOKS CAME FROM MOE AS BIRTHDAY PRESENTS. DR HITCHCOCK CALLED TO SAY THAT THE BRAIN
WAVE TESTS WERE NOT ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY. HE PRESCRIBED SOME MORE DILANTIN PILLS. ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE TO GET 500 FROM MORGAN PHARMACY. WARMER TODAY. MOST OF SNOW IS NOW GONE. I CLEANED OUT MORE OF MY FILES.
2/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. I WORKED ON MY FILES. CAROL DID THE IRONING.
2/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL TOOK ME TO EVELYN’S’ TO GET A HAIRCUT. I WORKED ON MY FILES AND MAILED LETTERS. CAROL WROTE LETTERS TO JO, TERRY SADLEK, BARBARA OCHS. NOTE: “APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF LICENSE” BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS (CAME TODAY) FORM RECEIVED IN ENVELOPE POSTMARKED FEB 5, 1980
2/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. BIG SNOW TODAY. ABOUT 6: ON THE GROUND AT SUPPERTIME. SHOVELLED WALKS TWICE TODAY AND VICKI’S, TOO. TALKED WITH PAUL SCHNEIFER. HE SAYS THE WEST BANK OF THE ANCESTRAL CHANNEL (SEC 5N 55W) MAY BE HARD TO LOCATE ON THE GROUND. HE HAS SOME STEREOS THAT MAY HELP. TALKED TO GARY FRIEHOFF. FIRST DAY OF TRIAL TODAY. THERE WILL BE NO MORE FOR ME TO DO FOR A WHILE.
2/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER. CAROL IRONED, FUSTED AND VACUUMED THE LIVING AND DINING ROOMS. I WORKED ON MY FILES.
2/9 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. SHE HAD STAYED THE NIGHT WITH US. KEN SHRIVER CAME ABOUT 9:30 AM TO TAKE HER TO THE AIRPORT FROM WHERE SHE WILL GO TO VISIT MOE. I COMPLETED THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER APPLICATION INCLUDING A CHECK FOR $14.00, I REVIEWED SOME OF THE AMER. DIABETES ASSN. DATA WHICH CAME YESTERDAY. CAROL CALLED MOE TO LEARN IF MARJORIE HAD ARRIVED. MARJORIE WAS THERE.
1980 FEB (CONTINUED)
2/10 I SHOVELLED THE BACK WALK AND DISPOSED OF TRASH. CALL CAM FROM BIGG THOMPSON AND DOROTHY. HER EYE WILL BE ALL RIGHT NOW. CHASE CALLED TO TELL ME TO WATCH WRESTLING ON TV AND AGAIN TO TELL ME THEY WOULD NOT BE WITH US TODAY (SUNDAY) I MAILED A COPY OF MY PROPOSED PAPER TO DR MILLER, MAILED CHECK FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS LICENSE AND I MAILED ITEM WRONGLY DELIVERED HERE. CALL CAME FROM KEN SHRIVER TO OFFER TRANSPORTATION IF WE NEED IT. SUNNY DAY.
2/11 CAROL DID THE WASH. I DISPOSED OF TRASH. I MADE A CALL TO MEL SABEY. I WILL SEND HIM AN OUTLINE OF THE PREVIOUS COURSEWORK.
2/12 CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING, WE BOTH WENT TO THE RILEY INCOME TAX OFFICE ON SOUTH BROADWAY IN THE AFTERNOON TO LEAVE DATA FOR THE PREPARATION OF OUR
INCOME TAX RETURNS. I WROTE A LETTER TO DR FEAD. CAROL DID THE IRONING. I MAILED LETTERS (ONE TO SABEY). KEN SHRIVER BROUGHT MARJORIE HOME ABOUT 8:20 PM.
2/13 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER AND SUPPER. I WENT TO THE VWWI MEETING AND PRESIDED AS COMMANDER. MARJORIE TOOK ME DOWN AND WE PICKED UP MR WASSENAAR AND I WENT TO HIS PLACE AT 1640 S. LINCOLN ST. MARJORIE PICKED ME UP THERE AND BROUGHT ME BACK HOME. CAROL PREPARED A COVERED DISH AND PRESSED MY SUIT
2/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER. SHE TOOK CAROL AND ME OVER TO DR HANN’S OFFICE FOR A CHECK UP IN THE MORNING. A CALL CAME FROM MEL SABEY. WE WILL BEGIN CLASSES NEXT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MARJORIE BOUGHT GROCERIES FOR US.
2/15 I DID SOME REVIEW WORK ON TRANSIENTS GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS TO PREPARE FOR THE PROPOSED CLASS TUESDAY. DULL OVERCAST DAY WITH A LIGHT SNOW. I SWEPT THE WALKS. CAROL WROTE LETTERS, I MAILED.
2/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER. CHARLES AND GINGER BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER TO STAY THE NIGHT WITH US. DAY WAS PARTLY CLOUDY. LIGHT SNOW LAST NIGHT. I SWEPT OURS AND ROBINSONS WALK IN THE AM. LETTER CAME FROM DR MILLER.
2/17 CAROL PREPARED FOOD FOR SUNDAY DINNER, ASSISTED BY MARGO. MARJORIE ARRIVED ABOUT NOON. GINGER CAME TO COLLECT HER FAMILY ABOUT 4:00 PM. CAROL WAS NOT FEELING WELL TODAY. SHE THINKS THE NEW MEDICINE IS CAUSING HER TROUBLE.
2/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH. I PUT OUT THE GARBAGE, BUT NO LUCK- HOLIDAY! IRA GOLDBERG CAME FROM THE MOORE-HOWARD MORTUARY. CAROL AND I
ARRANGED FOR OUR FUNERALS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. THERE WILL BE A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR EACH OF US. WE WILL BE CREMATED. ASHES FROM THE FIRST TO GO WILL BE HELD UNTIL THE ASHES FROM THE SECOND ARE IN HAND. THEN OUR ASHES WILL BE MIXED AND SCATTERED. I MOUNTED THE NEW OUTDOOR THERMOMETER. TALKED TO MRS JOURNEY. FLOYD COLLIN AND GUY COCAGNE WERE IN THE HOUSE TODAY.
1980 FEB (CONCLUDED)
2/19 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING, CAROL PRESSED MY SUIT TO GET ME READY TO GO TEACH THE CLASS AT THE CAPITOL LIFE BUILDING. I TAUGHT THE CLASS. CAROL IRONED. I TALKED TO REV FLYN HAMLYN ABOUT THE ARRANGEMENT WITH MOORE-HOWARD MORTUARY. MEL SABEY CAME TO PICK ME UP TODAY. STUDENTS WERE: MEL SABEY, MARTI FREITEN, JOHN FIXON, T. PETERSON AND CHRIS PAULSON
2/20 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL IRONED AND MENDED. CAROL PAID BILLS AND I MAILED THEM. I PUT OUT THE GARBAGE TODAY, AGAIN AND THE TRASHMEN TOOK IT. CAROL MADE A STEW. I WORKED ALL DAY ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE NEXT GROUNDWATER CLASS.
2/21 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. I WORKED ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE CLASS. CAROL WROTE LETTERS. I PUT 3 NEW LAMPS IN THE DINING ROOM FIXTURE.
2/22 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I WORKED ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE GROUND-WATER CLASS. CAROL AND I WENT TO RILEYS TO GET OUR INCOME TAX RETURNS. JEAN CALLED TO SAY THE HURRICANE (SAN DIEGO) TOOK THEIR ROOF OFF BUT NONE OF THEM WERE HURT.
2/23 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL AND I REVIEWED THE INCOME TAX REPORT PREPARED BY RILEY. THE FEDERAL RETURN AND ESTIMATED TEAX RETURNS WERE MAILED, CHECKS WERE SENT WITH THEM. I MADE A COMPUTATION FOR THE GROUND-WATER CLASS, CHARLES, CHASE AND MARGO CAME BY TO TAKE ME TO SEE CHASE PLAY BASKETBALL. CHASE’S TEAM WON, I GOT HAMBURGERS AT “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR LUNCH.
2/24 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CAROL PREPARED MEALS. CAROL AND I WATCHED THE OLYMPICS ON TELEVISION. I MADE A COMPUTATION FOR MY CLASS
2/25 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WASHED. I WORKED ON A COMPUTATION TO BE USED IN THE CLASS. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. CAROL CALLED JEAN WHO SAID THEY ONLY LOST SOME SHINGLES WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN REPLACED. THE CHIMNEY WILL NEED SOME REPAIRS. CAROL CALLED MOE TO PASS THE WORD ALONG.
2/26 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. CAROL PRESSED MY SUIT FOR THE MEETING, ALSO DID THE IRONING. DAVE GOODMAN CAME TO TAKE ME TO THE CAPITOL LIFE BUILDING. ALL PRESENT PLUS CAROL RISING. THERE WERE MANY QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.
2/27 MARJORIE WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL IRONED AND WROTE LETTERS. I WORKED ON THE DIABETES PAPER. GOT 3 SANDWICHES AT “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR THE NOON MEAL. I CALLED FRANK SARLES, HE LOST A GALLSTONE AND THEY DID SOMETHING WITH HIS PROSTATE HE SAYS HE IS GETTING ALONG VERY EWELL. CAROL DID TYPING FOR ME.
2/28 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL DID THE TYPING AND WE FINISHED THE ARTICLE ON DIABETES. IT WAS TYPED ON ERASABLE PAPER AND WOULD NOT REPRODUCE ON THE COPIER AT ENGLEWOOD PRESS OR CITY LIBRARY. CAME HOME.
2/29 MARJORIE WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BROUGHT GROCERIES HOME AT SUPPERTIME. CAROL AND I LOOKED OVER OUR WILLS AND SAW NO REASON TO CHANGE THEM. MARJORIE TOOK THE TEXT OF MY DIABETES PAPER TO GET COPIES. I WROTE SOME LETTERS OF TRANSMITTAL.
AT HOME: 3/1-31 3/30 KIRK ARRIVED
MAR
3/1 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET SANDWICHES AND FRENCH FRIED POTATOES FOR DINNER. I WAS MOE’S BIRTHDAY, SO CAROL AND I CALLED HIM AND TALKED TO HIM AND VIRGINIA. I SPENT SOME TIME PREPARING FOR THE NEXT GROUND-WATER CLASS.
3/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL ONLY. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME BY FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR IN THE AFTERNOON. CAROL PREPARED THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. I PEELED SOME POTATOES.
3/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THREE MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH. WE DISPOSED OF TRASH. I WENT DOWN TO RILEY’S TO GET THE STAFF INCOME FORM CORRECTED. I MAILED LETTERS AND TOOK EXERCISES. I CORRECTED INCOME TAX FORM FOR THE STATE WAS MAILED IN. THE ART BUCHWALD PARAGRAPH ON MUDSLIDES WAS SENT TO JEAN.
3/4 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL IRONED. IRENE OWEN CALLED FROM EL PASO. CAROL GOT A CALL FROM MRS MURDIE. A CALL CAME FROM MEL SABEY’S OFFICE THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH STUDENTS PRESENT TO HOLD THE CLASS. CALL MADE TO BOB COMBS TO ADVISE ABOUT IRENE OWEN’S CALL. CAROL TYPED LETTERS FOR ME.
3/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL FINISHED THE IRONING. MARJORIE BROUGHT STAMPS AND I MAILED 3 LETTERS THAT CAROL HAD TYPED YESTERDAY. THESE TRANSMITTAL COPIES OF MY DIABETES TO MRS YOUNG- DIABETES CONTROL PROGRAM DENVER, AMER CANCER SOCIETY, NY AND AMER DIABETES ASSN, NY. CAROL AND I READ, I GOT RID OF OLD LETTERS
3/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER, BUT NOT SUPPER. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK. I HELPED WITH THE DISHES. OVERCAST DAY. SNOW BEGAN ABOUT DUSK.
3/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND A LATE SUPPER- SHE LEFT ABOUT 8:00 PM. CAROL PAID BILLS. I WROTE LETTERS TO GENE GRANT AND TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE, INCLUDING A COPY OF MY DIABETES PAPER.
3/8 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. I SORTED OUT OLD PAPERS. AND DISPOSED OF MOST OF THEM. IN THE AFTERNOON I WENT TO THE CITY LIBRARY TO TRY TO GET DIABETES MORTALITY DATA FOR TIMES PRIOR TO 1900. THEY DID NOT HAVE IT AND WERE VERY DOUBTFUL ABOUT GETTING IT. IN THE WAY BACK, I STOPPED OFF AT THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET SANDWICHES AND FRENCH FRIES FOR THE NOON MEAL. CLEARED UP SOME MORE OLD MATERIAL FROM THE BUFFET, PUT DIABETES MATERIAL IN A FILE FOLDER. SENT COPY OF THE DIABETES STUDY TO C.R. DAUM
3/9 MARJORIE CAME ABOUT NOON AND ATE SUNDAY DINNER WITH US. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME ABOUT 1:30 AND STAYED IN THE AFTERNOON WITH US, LEAVING ABOUT 4:45 PM. A GIRL DRIVING A WHITE PANEL TRUCK TRIED TO PARK AHEAD OF CHARLES, CUT TOO SHORT AND SCRAPED HIS FRONT FENDER. CHARLES AND THE GIRL TRADED DATA. I GOT RID OF MORE OLD LETTERS, GOT DIABETES REPORT TO CR DAUM READY YESTERDAY, MAILED IT THIS MORNING, WILL NOT BE PICKED UP UNTIL AROUND NOON TOMORROW
3/10 MARJORIE WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER. CAROL DID WASH, CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH IN AM. WENT TO GROUT’S FOR HAIRCUT- ON THE BUS. I SENT “CLICHES” NOTE TO MOE.
1980 MAR (CONTINUED)
3/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. I DID NOT GET A CALL TODAY, SO DID NOT TEACH A GROUNDWATER CLASS. CAROL IRONED. I CALLED UP THE ALLEY BEHIND OUR PLACE.
3/12 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE GOT HAMBURGERS FOR THE NOON MEAL. I PRESIDED AT THE VWWI MEETING. WE BOTH ELECTED AND INSTALLED OFFICERS. (OSEE CARPENTER IS THE NEW COMMANDER- I AM A TRUSTEE.) JOE LANGER DID THE INSTALLATION. CAROL DID THE IRONING AND STRAIGHTENED UP MY STUDY ROOM TODAY. MEL SABEY CALLED. I WAS AWAY. HE WILL CALL LATER. MARJORIE TOOK MR WASSENAAR AND ME TO THE VWWI MEETING PLACE
3/13 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL AND I WORKED ON MY STUDY ROOM TO CLEAN OUT THE CLOSET AND CLEAN UP THE ROOM.
3/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I WENT TO EVAN’S SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I DID SOME MORE WORK ON MY FILES. I MADE CALLS ABOUT PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE. THEN CALLED VOLK TO ADVISE THAT BARRACKS 3149, 3129 AND 1282 EXPECT TO PARTICIPATE, SO THAT HE MAY REPORT IN MY PLACE AT THE MAY 29TH MEETING OF THE
UNITED VETERANS COUNCIL, MEL SABEY CALLED TO EXPLAIN ABOUT THE INABILITY TO GET THE GROUND-WATER GROUP TOGETHER. HE WILL TRY TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS.
3/15 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL RETYPED MY DIABETES PAPER USING A NEW RIBBON SO THE LETTERS WOULD BE BLACK ENOUGH TO REPRODUCE. I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD PRESS TO GET THE NEW RIBBON AND PICKED UP TWO HAMBURGERS AT “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” ON THE WAY BACK, FOR THE NOON MEAL. OVERCAST DAY WITH LIGHT SNOW MOST OF THE DAY.
3/16 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US THIS SUNDAY. CHASE CALLED TO ALERT ME ABOUT THE WRESTLING MATCHES. MARJORIE CALLED TO ALERT US ABOUT THE FIGURE SKATING. I EXERCISED.
3/17 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WASHED AND IRONED. CALL FROM MEL SABEY. HE WILL GET IN TOUCH WHEN HE CAN GET THE GROUND TOGETHER AGAIN, HE IS TO BE OUT OF TOWN. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH.
3/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND IRONED IN THE AFTERNOON. I MAILED LETTERS AND READ IN THE AFTERNOON. I CLEANED UP OLD MAIL.
3/19 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I DID CLEANING IN MY STUDY ROOM
DOWNSTAIRS. I WENT TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR HAMBURGERS AND FRENCH FRIES FOR DINNER. I DID NOT EAT THE NOON MEAL TODAY AS THE OTHER MEN AND I WERE GOING OUT TO LUNCH, BUT THEY DID NOT SHOW UP.
3/20 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. I GOT 8 HOURS GOOD SLEEP. DID NOT HAVE TO GET UP ONCE DURNIG THE NIGHT LAST NIGHT. CAROL AND I SPENT THE MORNING CLEANING UP MY STUDY ROOM. I WROTE A LETTER TO KAREN AND ROCK. I MAILED THAT AND OTHER LETTERS.
3/21 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. CAROL DROVE, WE DISPOSED OF TRASH IN THE MORNING.
1980 MAR (CONCLUDED)
3/22 CAROL AND I SLEPT LATE. OVERCAST DAY. CAROL AND I WORKED ON TIDYING UP MY STUDY ROOM. WE WORKED ALL DAY ON IT. LIGHT SNOW IN THE EVENING.
3/23 OVERCAST DAY. LIGHT SNOW. MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH US FOR SUNDAY SUPPER WHICH WE HAD SHORTLY AFTER 6:30 PM. I GAVE CHARLES AND CHASE MY SHERIDAN “BLUE STREAK” AIR RIFLE AND TWO CANNISTERS OF PELLETS. WE GAVE MARGO THE GLOBE. CHASE AND MARGO STAYED WITH US. MARJORIE, CHARLES AND GINGER LEFT.
3/24 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH A MAN COLLECTING PAPERS CAME BY AND I GAVE HIM FOUR SACKS OF PAPERS. CHARLES CAME FOR CHASE AND MARGO ABOUT 5:00 PM. CAROL DID THE WASH.
3/25 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE
HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND IRONED IN THE AFTERNOON. I SORTED OUT PAPERS IN MY STUDY ROOM, MADE A COMPUTATION.
3/26 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL CLEANED THE BACK BEDROOM, MIDDLE BEDROOM AND HALLWAY. I WORKED ON MY FILES.
3/27 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BOUGHT GROCERIES FOR US AND BROUGHT THEM WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. I SPENT THE DAY ON MY FILES AND READ A LITTLE. CAROL CLEANED THE
WEST BEDROOM, DINING AND LIVING ROOMS AND TIDIED UP CABINETS. IT WAS SNOWING AT SUPPERTIME
3/28 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. SNOW ALL DAY. I SHOVELLED THE WALKS TWICE. CALLED LAWRENCE GERKIN AT HUDSON. THEY HAVE BEEN RUNNING WATER INTO OLDS RESERVOIR. THE CANAL CAPACITY IS STILL 40 ft[^3]/sec. HE DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT SALINITY LEVELS. CAROL CLEANED THE KITCHEN FLOOR. SHE MISSED THE LAST STEP GOING TO THE BASEMENT AND HAD A FALL. SHE MADE UP BEDS IN THE BACK BEDROOM AND MY STUDY ROOM. NO CALL FROM KIRK.
3/29 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY, WALKS WERE COVERED WITH SNOW THIS MORNING. MORE FELL IN THE MORNING, I SHOVELLED THE WALKS TWICE. I WORKED ON A LETTER. CAROL SEEMS TO HAVE ESCAPED INJURY DUE TO HER FALL YESTERDAY. SUN CAME OUT IN THE AFTERNOON. STREETS AND WALKS BECAME DRY.
3/30 MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME ABOUT 12:30. WE HAD SANDWICHES I HAD GOT FROM “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” EARLIER. MARJORIE WENT TO THE AIRPORT TO MEET KIRK WHO CAME IN FROM CALIFORNIA ABOUT 1:25 PM.
3/31 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL AND I TOOK TRASH OUT, BUT THE TRASH-HAULERS DID NOT COME. KIRK WAS WITH US. CAROL DID THE WASH. MARJORIE GOT CAROL’S PILLS. KIRK TOOK OUR CLEANING DOWN.
1980
AT HOME: 4/1-27, 29-30 4/17 USBR RETIREE LUNCHEON CSU: 4/28
APR
4/1 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. I MAILED THE CENSUS REPORT. MR SHRIVER CAME OVER AND BROUGHT THE CHILDREN SOME EASTER CANDY. KIRK WAS WITH US. CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO TO STAY THE DAY WITH US. MARJORIE TOOK THE LOT TO THE “ORGAN GRINDER” (PIZZA PLACE) – CHARLES AND GINGER WERE WITH THEM. KIRK SPENT THE NIGHT AT MARJORIE’S PLACE.
4/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. KIRK WAS WITH US ALL DAY, BUT CHARLES TOOK HIM WITH THEM WHEN HE CAME FOR CHASE AND MARGO. SAW ROBIN TODAY. CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER IN THE MORNING TO SPEND THE DAY WITH US. KIRK AND I SHOVELLED THE WALKS TODAY TO CLEAR OFF THE SNOW WHICH FELL LAST NIGHT. SNOW TODAY. CAROL FINISHED THE IRONING.
4/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CHARLES BROUGHT KIRK BACK IN THE MORNING BEFORE WORK. KIRK AND I WENT DOWN TO THE CITY LIBRARY WHERE I GOT SOME PRINTS. WE WENT TO GART BROTHERS TO GET SOME WEB BELTING, BUT NO LUCK. MARJORIE TOOK OUR CHECKS TO THE BANK.
4/4 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. MARJORIE AND KIRK LEFT FOR THE AIRPORT AT 8:30 AM. SUN OUT TODAY. CAROL AND I WENT TO EVAN’S SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. CAROL DROVE, I BOUGHT A WEB STRAP TO FIX MY EXERCISER. I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET HAMBURGERS FOR SUPPER. I ALSO WORKED ON MY FILES. WE MADE A CALL TO JEAN. KIRK IS THERE. KEAN’S SISTER IS WITH HER.
4/5 MARJORIE BROUGHT SOME ARBIE’S FOR THE NOON MEAL, (SHE WAS NOT WITH US FOR BREAKFAST OR SUPPER. CAROL MADE A POTATO SALAD. MARJORIE AND CAROL COLORED EASTER EGGS. I WORKED ON MY FILES AND REPAIRED MY EXERCISER. LISE BARDWELL FROM THE MUSEUM BROUGHT TWO BIRD BOOKS TO BE REPAIRED.
4/6 MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL (EASTER SUNDAY) – ALL HAD LEFT US BY 3 PM. I FOUND THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE “BLUE STREAK” AIR RIFLE.I GAVE TO CHARLES AND CHASE. I GAVE CHARLES THE INSTRUCTIONS TODAY, ALSO THE RIFLE SCOPE MADE FOR THE AIR RIFLE, I REPAIRED THE PAPER COVERED BIRD BOOK BELONGING TO A CHARLES CHASE.
4/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US ONLY FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL DID THE WASH. I WORKED ON THE BIRD BOOKS AND DID THE WASH. O WORKED ON THE BIRD BOOKS AND FINISHED THEM. I WORKEDSOME OF MY FILES. CALL FROM HARLAN ERKER, THEY HAVE AN AUGMENTATION CASE SOUTH OF THE RIVER NEAR CROOK. I TOOK OUT ACCUMULATED TRASH.
4/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST.- LATER SHE CALLED TO SAY SHE WAS NOT FEELING WELL, CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING, CAROL IRONED AFTER RETURNING HOME. I WORKED ON MY FILES AND READ.
4/9 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL IRONED. I WORKED ON MY FILES. MRS BARDWELL CAME AT NOON TO GET THE REPAIRED BIRD BOOKS. IN THE AFTERNOON, CAROL AND I WENT TO MONTGOMERY-WARD TO GET SOME SHOES. I COULD NOT FIND ANY THAT FIT SO CAROL AND I CAME HOME.
4/10 MARJORIE WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I CLEANED IN KIM’S ROOM. CAROL PAID A BILL. I WORKED ON MY FILES. I CALLED DR BARNES AT FT. COLLINS. HE SAID THE WORK HE DID FOR ME WAS ALL PAID FOR. I CALLED MORRIS SKINNER- HIS 3 BOYS ARE GOING STRONG. I CALLED MALCOLM BLACK AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE EARLY DAYS IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.
1980 APR (CONTINUED)
4/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. IT SNOWED ALL DAY SO CAROL AND I STAYED HOME. MARJORIE GOT OUR GARMENTS BACK FROM THE CLEANERS FOR US. I WORKED ON MY FILES.
4/12 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL AND I WENT TO THE ENGLEWOOD SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I BOUGHT AN INTERMATIC TIMER FOR CAROL AT ENGLEWOOD HARDWARE I WROTE A LETTER TO KIM. I TALKED TO BITTINGER AND MAILED HIM A COPY TO FT. COLLINS OF MY ESTIMATE OF SAND HILL INFILTRATION. I MAILED THE TWO LETTERS. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM DANIEL W. FOSTER M.D. OF THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION DATED AT DALLAS, TEXAS APR 19 1980 75235. TEL 214-688-3484. 5323 HARRY HINES BOULEVARD.
4/13 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CAROL PREPARED MEALS. GINGER CALLED TO SAY SHE AND THE FAMILY WOULD NOT BE IN. I WORKED ON MY FILES. SUNNY DAY TODAY.
4/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL DID THE WASH. I WENT TO THE CITY LIBRARY AND THEN TO WARDS. NOT MUCH ACCOMPLISHED. I GOT TWO REPRODUCTIONS I NEEDED. SUNNY DAY.
4/15 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND IRONED IN THE AFTERNOON. CAROL WROTE TO JO. I TRIMMED THE GRAPEVINE AND CAROL HELPED ME PICK UP THE CUTTINGS. CALL CAME FROM MR WEBER.
4/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL IRONED AND MENDED. I WATERED THE COLUMBINES SOUTH OF THE GARAGE, HARVESTED SOME CARROTS AND SPADED UP THE EAST AREA IN THE GARDEN. IN THE AFTERNOON CAROL DID TYPING FOR ME. I MAILED THE LETTERS. I DID EXERCISES. I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR HAMBURGERS FOR THE NOON MEAL.
4/17 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. MR CLAIR CRAWFORD PICKED ME UP AND TOOK ME TO THE USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON AT THE AMERICAN LEGION HALL. (I PAID FOR BOTH LUNCHES). CAROL CLEANED OUT THE REFRIGERATOR. MARJORIE TOOK CAROL AND ME TO DR HANNA’S OFFICE TO SEE ABOUT CAROL’S BLOOD PRESSURE (140/90). I WROTE A LETTER.
4/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. CAROL AND I SET OUT THE TRASH AND PAPERS. WE TRIED TO CALL MOE ON THE PHONE BUT COULD NOT RAISE ANYONE. CAROL AND I DID SOME READING. I DID EXERCISES. WE GOT GAS AT SALES.
4/19 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US. CHARLES AND GINGER BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH US. WE MADE OUT A CHECK FOR A BIRTHDAY PRESENT FOR KIRK. I MAILED IT. I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET SANDWICHES FOR SUPPER.
4/20 MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 2:00 PM. MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 4:30 PM. CHASE AND MARGO HAD SPENT THE NIGHT WITH US. I TOOK EXERCISES. ROBINS CAME BACK TODAY.
4/21 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL DID THE WASH AND TYPED TWO LETTERS FOR ME. I MAILED THEM. I TRIMMED GRASS AWAY FROM BACK WALK AND CAROL SWEPT THE WALKS.
1980
APR (CONCLUDED)
4/22 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER. DID NOT RETURN UNTIL AFTER 11:00 AM. I WORKED IN THE GARDEN. CAROL IRONED. I TRIMMED GRASS AWAY FROM THE SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. CAROL WASHED SOME CARROT I DUG THIS MORNING. I PRACTICED A LITTLE MUSIC. WE MADE A CALL TO ALOE.
4/23 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS TODAY. CAROL IRONED, CLEANED THE STOVE, A CABINET AND SEWED A BUTTON ON MY SHIRT. I WORKED IN THE GARDEN IN THE MORNING, BUT IT WAS COLD AND I CAME IN. CALL CAME FROM SUNADA. I WILL TEACH A CLASS NEXT MONDAY AT FT. COLLINS. SOMEONE WILL COME TO GET ME. THE SUBJECT: DRAINAGE. I CALLED DR MILLER’S OFFICE TO SEE IF THE RESTRICTION ON MY DRIVING A CAR CAN BE REMOVED. NEWS FROM FT. COLLINS IS THAT PATSY BACON IS SUFFERING FROM STROKE (NEWS WAS WRONG AND SHE IS IN GOOD HEALTH)
4/24 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL CLEANED OUT CUPBOARDS AND CABINETS. CAROL WROTE LETTERS AND PAID BILLS. OVERCAST DAY. SNOW ALL MORNING. CAROL AND I SHOVELLED WALKS. I PREPARED NOTES FOR THE LECTURE TO BE GIVEN IN FT. COLLINS.
4/25 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. I WENT TO THE BARBER TO GET A HAIRCUT. CAROL CLEANED OUT THE REFRIGERATOR AND THE COFFEE MAKER. I MADE PREPARATIONS FOR THE CLASS AT FT. COLLINS.
4/26 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CLOCKS SET AHEAD ONE HOUR TONIGHT. CAROL AND I WASHED THE SOUTH BEDROOM WINDOWS AND TOOK DOWN CURTAINS. I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR SANDWICHES FOR THE NOON MEAL. I WORKED ON PREPARATIONS FOR MY CLASS AT FT. COLLINS. CALL FROM KATHY TODAY, THEY WILL BE HERE MAY 12. CALL FROM MIRIAM LUPFER.
4/27 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE ALSO WITH US. CAROL DID COOKING. I PREPARED FOR THE CLASS AT FT. COLLINS. MARJORIE HELPED CAROL CLEAN UP THE DISHES.
4/28 MARJORIE WAS WITH CAROL FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL DID THE WASH. CAROL SPRAINED HER ANKLE TOO. DAN SUNADA CAME FROM FT. COLLINS TO TAKE ME UP THERE TO TEACH A CLASS IN DRAINAGE. I TAUGHT THE CLASS AND HE THEN BROUGHT ME BACK. THEY WILL PAY THE MILEAGE. THEY GAVE ME AN “HONORARIUM” OF $100.
4/29 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER. CAROL IRONED AND MENDED. I DUG ALONG THE FRONT WALK TO TRIM THE GRASS. DOUG ANDERSON CAME WITH EQUIPMENT TO CUT THE LAWN SO I GAVE HIM THE JOB. (HE WILL COME BACK LATER TO COMPLETE THE TRIMMING ALONG THE WALKS) HIS HOME IS IN PARKER AND HIS MOTHER STAYED WITH US WHILE HE DID THE LAWN.
4/30 MARJORIE WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. ATTORNEYS TRELEASE AND VARNISH CAME TO TALK ABOUT APPLICATION OF “GLOVER’S” FORMULA. SKY OVERCAST, RAIN NEARLY ALL DAY. CAROL AND I CLEAN ON STORM WINDOWS IN 2 BEDROOMS. CALL FROM DICK DAUM. I ORDERED A NECKLACE FOR CAROL. SCRAMBLED QUAIL EGGS WITH BACON THIS NOON. TOAST AND MARMALADE. GLEN HAMLYN AND HIS WIFE DROPPED IN. HE HAS COME TO SEE HIS MOTHER AND HIS CAR WOULD NOT START.
1980
AT HOME: 5/1-31 5/14 VWWI BARRACK 3149 MEETING
JO AND TOMMY VISIT: 5/19-20 5/14-18 BILL AND KATHY VISIT WON FIRST ARGUMENT WITH WIFE IN 54 YEARS: 5/12
MAY
5/1 IT RAINED ALL DAY. WENT TO THE JACK-IN-THE-BOX TO GET SANDWICHES FOR THE NOON MEAL. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THREE MEALS. CAROL WASHED THE BEDROOM WINDOWS. SHE AND I PUT UP THE CURTAINS SHE HAD WASHED AND IRONED. I MAILED A COPY OF MY DIABETES REPORT TO DR FEAD.
5/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THREE MEALS. CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY. I GOT THREE SACKS OF FERTILIZER ALSO, SOME VITAMIN C FROM MORGAN’S PHARMACY. I PUT FERTILIZER AND DUG IT IN. I CALLED DOUG ANDERSON. HE WILL BE WITH ME TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
5/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL. SHE CALLED TO SAY SHE HAD FOUND SOME SEEDS. CAROL CLEANED THE MATTRESSES IN THE BEDROOMS, REMOVED THE ELECTRIC BLANKETS AND
REMADE THE BEDS. DOUG ANDERSON CAME BY AND HE AND I SPADED IN FERTILIZER IN THE GARDEN AREA SOUTH OF THE GARAGE AND THE FOUR FLOWER BESD AT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. WE
PLANTED SWEET CORN, CARROTS, PARSNIPS AND POTATOES IN THE GARDEN, AND CALIFORNIA POPPIES IN THE SOUTH AND WEST BEDS. WE REPLANTED FLAGS IN THE NORTHERN BED AND WATERED ALL THE PLANTED AREAS. I PAID HIM $7.50.
5/4 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. SHE LEFT ABOUT 3:30 PM. CAROL AND I TOOK THE PLASTIC SHEETS OFF THE BASEMENT WINDOWS, WASHED THEM AND PUT THEM AWAY IN A TUBE WITH THE CHRISTMAS PAPER. I WATERED THE FLOWER BEDS AND THE GARDEN. MARJORIE BROUGHT SOME SQUASH SEEDS AND I PLANTED 2 HILLS EACH OF SUMMER SQUASH AND ACORN SQUASH.
5/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL PICKED UP THE GARBAGE DUMPED ON OUR BACK LAWN BY SOME DOG WHO JUMPED THE FENCE LAST NIGHT. CAROL DID THE WASH. SHE MENDED THE
BINDING ON THE YELLOW BLANKET- WASHED IT AND THE SPREAD IN THE BACK BEDROOM. CAROL DUSTED BEDROOMS AND CLEANED THE RUGS. I WORKED IN THE YARD PULLING WEEDS. TRIMMING SOD FROM SIDEWALK, WATERING AND REPLACING SOD IN A DEAD SPOT. I PUT MOTH CRYSTALS IN THE GARBAGE PAIL.
5/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. SHE DID ALL THE IRONING IN THE AFTERNOON. I TRIMMED THE HONEYSUCKLE VINE AND CUT THE GRASS BACK OF THE GARAGE. BILL LEWIS AND HIS DAUGHTER, PAULA, DROPPED IN FOR A VISIT IN THE AFTERNOON. I CALLED JR BERGESON TO ARRANGE FOR THE RETURN OF A BOOK
5/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK AND CLEANING. WE REPLACED THE GLASS ON THE STORM DOORS WITH SCREENS. I TRIMMED ALONG THE WALK IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND HELPED CAROL WHEN.I COULD. CAROL TYPED A LETTER TO DR FEAD FOR ME. MARJORIE TOOK THE BERGENSON BOOK TO MAIL IT AND TOOK ANOTHER PAGE FOR 20 PRINTS.
5/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. LETTERS TO FEAD, AARP AND NARFE WERE MAILED THIS MORNING. CAROL CLEANED THE DINING AND LIVING ROOMS. CAROL TYPED CORRECTIONS IN THE MATERIAL TUBE SENT TO DR FEAD. MARJORIE BROUGHT THE PRINTS TO BE SENT TO DR FEAD WHEN SHE CAME FOR BREAKFAST. MARJORIE BROUGHT SEEDS AND POPPY PLANTS FROM THE PATCH. I PLANTED POPPIES BY THE ASHPIT AND PLANTED SWEET CLOVER SEEDS IN THE BARE SPOTS IN THE LAWN. CAROL AND I PUT OUT THE GARBAGE. WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR HAMBURGERS FOR THE NOON MEAL.
1980 MAY (CONTINUED)
5/9 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. MARJORIE BROUGHT GROCERIES FOR US. I TOOK EXERCISES.
5/10 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. WE HAD AN EARLY NOON MEAL AS DOUG ANDERSON WAS TO COME CUT THE LAWN AT 11: AM. HIS MOTHER AND BROTHERS DWIGHT AND RANDY WERE HERE ALSO. DOUG CUT THE LAWN. I TRIMMED WITH A SPADE. DWIGHT AND RANDY SACKED UP SOD. I PAID THEM $10.00. DOUG ASKED FOR $9.00, THE DIFFERENCE WAS TO FOR DWIGHT AND RANDY. CAROL DID CLEANING. SUNNY DAY.
5/11 MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CALL FROM JEAN, TRACY AND KERRY. MOE CALLED AND WE TALKED TO MOE AND VIRGINIA. KERRY IS GOING TO FRANCE TO STUDY. OVERCAST DAY WITH LIGHT RAIN THIS MORNING. SOMETIME BETWEEN APRIL 20 AND THIS DATE WE HAD SOME CHIPPING SPARROWS AT OUR FEEDER.
5/12 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH AND DID THE IRONING. I CALLED GARY FRIEHOFF TO TELL HIM ABOUT THE TALK WITH GEROGE VRERICH. I WROTE LETTER TO “CONNIE” AT AMERICAN DIABETES ASSN.- COLORADO AFFILIATE INC, AND TO DR O’BRIEN OF
CHILDREN’S DIABETES FOUNDATION. CAROL CLEANED UP MY WORK-SHOP ROOM. WON FIRST ARGUMENT WITH WIFE IN 54 YEARS.
5/13 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL SCRUBBED THE KITCHEN FLOOR AND RAN THE VACUUM CLEANER OVER THE DINING AND LIVING ROOM RUGS. I RAN THE SHAMPOOER OVER THEM. I SPRINKLED FLOWER BEDS AND GARDEN TO GET THINGS UP. WENT TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET SANDWICHES FOR THE NOON MEAL. CAROL TYPED A LETTER FOR ME. AND I MAILED LETTERS.
5/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL FIXED DEVILED EGGS, A CAKE AND AN ICE-BOX CAKE. CAROL ALSO FIXED A MEATLOAF DISH FOR ME TO TAKE TO A “POTLUCK” DINNER AT THE VWWI BARRACKS 3149 MEETING. I WENT BY TO GET WASSENAAR ON THE WAY. BILL AND KATHY BIGELOW CAME FOR A VISIT ABOUT 5:00 PM.
5/15 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. MARJORIE, BILL AND KATHY LEFT IN THE MORNING TO DO THE TOWN. I MADE A CALL TO THANK DR SUNADA AGAIN FOR THE EFFORT HE MADE TO GET ME TO FT. COLLINS TO TEACH THE CLASS IN DRAINAGE. HE HAS NOT YET GOT THE SUPPLEMENTARY SHEETS I INCLUDED WITH MY LETTER TO DR FEAD. RAINED ALL DAY.
5/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. BILL AND KATHY WENT OUT TO GINGER’S PLACE TO SPEND THE AFTERNOON WITH THEM.
5/17 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER AND SUPPER. BILL AND KATHY AND I WENT TO THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY TO SEE THE COLORADO EXHIBITS. WHILE WE WERE GONE, CHARLES, CHASE AND MARGO DROPPED IN ON THEIR WAY BACK FROM THE FISHING DERBY. RAINED ALL DAY. GINGER CAME IN LATER AND ATE HER “ARBY.” I CALLED JOE TO GIVE HIM WHAT INFORMATION I HAD BEEN ABLE TO GET ABOUT THE VWWI PARTICIPATION IN THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE.
5/18 SUN CAME OUT THIS AM. MARJORIE WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. BILL AND KATHY LEFT ABOUT 9:00 AM (SUNDAY) MARJORIE STAYED FOR DINNER AND LEFT ABOUT 3:30 PM. CLOUDS LIFTED ABOVE THE MOUNTAINS SOMEWHAT AND BILL AND KATHY WERE ABLE TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THEM BEFORE THEY LEFT. CALL CAME FROM MOE AND VIRGINIA.
1980 MAY (CONTINUED)
5/19 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL DID THE WASH. JO AND TOMMY DROPPED IN TO TAKE DINNER AND SUPPER WITH US.
5/20 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. SHE DROPPED IN FOR A FEW MINUTES AT NOON. JO AND TOMMY CAME OVER ABOUT 9:00 AM AND LEFT 9:00 PM. GINGER DROPPED IN FOR SUPPER. THEY WILL GO TO IDAHO TOMORROW. CALL CAME FROM GARY FRIEHOFF. HE WANTS SOME INFORMATION AS TO AN APPLICATION OF “GLOVER’S” FORMULA. I SPRINKLED GARDEN AND FLOWER BEDS.
5/21 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND A LATE SNACK AFTER A SESSION WITH THE DENTIST AND STAYED UNTIL ABOUT 4:00 PM. I SPRINKLED THE FLOWERS. CAROL FINISHED THE IRONING. I WORKED ON THE WELL PROBLEM IN THE AFTERNOON. SUNSET COLORS INDICATE THAT THE MT HELENS DUST IS STILL WITH US. TOM MESSELT CALLED.
5/22 MARJORIE WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CALL FROM GARY FRIEHOFF THIS AM IN RESPONSE TO MY EARLIER CALL. I ANSWERED SOME QUESTIONS HE HAD ASKED IN A PREVIOUS CALL. HE WILL BE HERE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. CALL FROM CLIFF JENKINS. HIS NEPHEW IS GRADUATING AS AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER- CEREMONIES SUNDAY. FRANK SARLES DROPPED IN. HE IS NO LONGER STATE COMMANDER. HIS WIFE AND BOY ARE FINE.
5/23 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I HAD CAROL’S PRESCRIPTION REFILLED AT MORGAN’S PHARMACY. I WENT TO HANNIGAN’S FOR SEEDS. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN UNTIL THE WIND CAME UP. I MOWED THE FRONT LAWN. CAROL AND I WORKED ON A WRITE UP OF SOME SAMPLE COMPUTATIONS REQUESTED BY GARY FRIEHAUF OF THE “LOWER SOUTH PLATTE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT” CAROL DID THE TYPING
5/24 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US. I CUT THE FRONT LAWN, CAROL DID THE WATERING.
5/25 MARJORIE’S BIRTHDAY. MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. I CUT THE BACK LAWN. CHARLES TOOK THREE SACKS OF GRASS TO FEED HIS HORSES.
5/26 HOLIDAY - MARJORIE WAS WITH US ALL DAY. CAROL DID THE WASH. I WORKED ALL DAY ON A COMPUTATION OF THE MEAN TRANSMISSIVITY OF THE STERLING REACH OF THE SOUTH PLATTE VALLEY. MARJORIE FOUND HER LOST HUB CAP. CALL FROM C. JENKINS ABOUT GRADUATION OF HIS NEPHEW. MARJORIE IRONED.
5/27 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. SHE AND I INSTALLED HER LOST HUBCAP WHICH SHE FOUND. I WENT TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR SANDWICHES FOR THE NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER. I WORKED A HALF DAY ON THE STERLING REACH PROBLEM. CAROL IRONED. GARY FRIEHAUF DROPPED IN ABOUT 3:00 PM. TO TALK ABOUT STREAM DEPLETION BY A WELL. 5/28 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL MENDED AND PAID BILLS. I MAILED LETTERS. GARY FRIEHAUF CALLED ABOUT THE “GLOVER FORMULA”. I CALLED BACK WITH INFORMATION. I WILL GET COPIES OF “GLOVER AND BALMER” CAROL AND I WATCHED THE BOB HOPE SHOW ON TV. WE FOUND BOTH OF THE MISSING CHECKBOOK AND NAIL SCISSORS. PLANTED MORE PARSNIPS. PLANTED MORE CALIFORNIA POPPIES UNDER GRAPEVINE AND IN FLOWER BED SOUTH OF PORCH.
1980 MAY (CONCLUDED)
5/29 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. WHEN SHE CAME AT NOON, SHE BROUGHT 5 COPIES OF THE GLOVER BALMER PAPER. I MAILED 2 TO HOLLIMAN. HE WILL CONVEY ONE TO GARY FRIEHAUF. CAROL WATERED THE FRONT LAWN. I RAKED UP THE GRASS FROM THE TRIMMING YESTERDAY. A DELIVERY CAME FOR MARJORIE.
5/20 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY, FOR GROCERIES (COST US $75.00) I GOT TWO SACKS OF FERTILIZER AND PLANTED 3 HILLS OF ASPARAGUS. I WATERED THE FLOWER BEDS AND GARDEN. MY COLUMBINES ARE IN FULL BLOOM. BUT THERE ARE NO
COLORADO COLUMBINES AMONG THEM. CAROL WROTE A LETTER TO JO. I MADE COMPUTATIONS ON THE STERLING REACH AQUIFER PROPERTIES.
5/31 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US. I CUT THE LAWN AND WATERED THE FLOWERS. I MAILED MY LETTER TO KIM. I SPRINKLED THE GARDEN.
1980
AT HOME: 6/1-30 6/2-9 MORRIS AND VIRGINIA VISIT USBR RETIREE LUNCHEON: 6/19 6/11 VWWI BARRACKS 3149 MEETING JUN
6/1 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL. CAROL PREPARED MEALS. I DID A LITTLE WORK IN THE GARDENS AND COMPLETED ONE COMPUTATION I HAD BEGUN PREVIOUSLY ON THE STERLING REACH OF THE SOUTH PLATTE.
6/2 MOE AND VIRGINIA CAME IN ABOUT 4:00 PM. CAROL DID THE WASH, SWEPT THE FRONT PORCH AND PUT OUT THE PORCH CHAIRS. I WATERED THE LAWN, FRONT AND BACK, I ALSO WATERED THE FLOWER BEDS AND THE GARDENS. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER.
6/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR TWO MEALS. MOE WORKED ON HIS CAR WHICH HE HAD IN THE GARAGE. I MOVED MY CAR UP ON THE RAMP. CAROL AND VIRGINIA GOT MEALS. I MADE A COMPUTATION OF Q FOR T=300.000 MEINZER FOR THE WELL SOUTH AND WEST OF STERLING, MARJORIE, MOE AND VIRGINIA WENT OUT FOR SUPPER.
6/4 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. MOE AND I WENT TO SALES. HE PUT RADIATOR CLEANER IN MOE’S RADIATOR. WE WILL GO BACK TOMORROW TO LEARN THE RESULTS. MOE, VIRGINIA AND I WENT TO CHERRY CREEK LAKE TO LOOK FOR BIRDS. WE DID NOT SEE MANY, IN THE EVENING, MARJORIE TOOK MORRIS TO SEE “STAR WARS”; THEY SAID IT WAS WILD! MARJORIE TOOK MORRIS AND VIRGINIA TO HER PLACE FOR THE NIGHT.
6/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. MOE AND I SPENT A LOT OF THE MORNING AT SALES GETTING HIS RADIATOR FLUSHED OUT. MOE AND VIRGINIA WENT TO THE MUSTANG AWARDS SCHOOL MEETING. CHASE AND MARGO BOTH RECEIVED PRIZES AND BOTH RECEIVED THE “PRESIDENT’S
PHYSICAL FITNESS BADGE.” ALSO BOTH RECEIVED A “CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION” FOR WORK IN ARTS. MOE RAN HIS CAR ON THE HIGHWAY- IT DID NOT OVERHEAT.
6/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. TESTER IN THE AFTERNOON. HE TOOK ME TO THE BARBER SHOP TO GET A HAIRCUT (GROUT’S). VIRGINIA AND CAROL DID WASHING AND IRONING, AND PREPARED MEALS. MARJORIE TOOK ME AND VIRGINIA TO A CHINESE EATING PLACE IN THE EVENING.
6/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US ONLY AT SUPPERTIME AND BROUGHT GROCERIES FOR US. R. MORRIS AND VIRGINIA WENT TO COLORADO SPRINGS IN THE MORNING TO SEE PHIL AND BERNIE BRIGHT. THEY RETURNED ON THE LATE AFTERNOON. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. 6/8 CAROL AND I ATE BREAKFAST TOGETHER. MARJORIE ATE SOMETHING WHEN WE CAME ABOUT 11:00 AM WITH GROCERIES. MOE, VIRGINIA, MARJORIE, CAROL AND I WENT WITH MOE IN HIS CAR TO GINGER’S PLACE. MR AND MRS FORREST GREEN WERE THERE ALSO, CHASE AND MARGO. WE ATE A DINNER OF BAKED QUAIL (CHARLES ‘HAD’ RAISED). BUTTER ROLLS, GREEN BEANS, POTATO SALAD. DESSERT WAS FRENCH VANILLA ICE CREAM AND A PIECE OF VIRGINIA’S BIRTHDAY CAKE. WE RETURNED ABOUT 6: PM. CAROL AND I COMPLETED THE WATER WE HAD BEGUN IN THE MORNING.
6/9 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. MOE AND VIRGINIA LEFT ABOUT 9:00 AM FOR KANSAS (MONDAY) CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER TO STAY THE DAY WITH US. THEY WERE HERE BEFORE MOE AND VIRGINIA LEFT. CHASE CUT THE LAWN AND MARGO DID THE TRIMMING. WE PUT THE CLIPPINGS IN A SACK. MARGO TOOK HER FIRST MUSIC LESSON TODAY FROM ANN BERK. MISS BERK STAYED AND WE HAD A LONG TALK. CHARLES, CHASE AND MEGO LEFT ABOUT 5:30 PM
1980 JUN (CONTINUED)
6/10 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE CAME ABOUT 11;00 AM TO TAKE ME TO A MEETING WITH DR MILLER. HE IS NOT WILLING THAT I SHOULD A CAR. WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER BRAIN WAVE TEST IN SEPTEMBER. FRANK ALLEN CALLED- THEY WILL GO BACK TO CALIFORNIA TOMORROW. WE MADE A CALL TO JEAN TO THANK THEM FOR THE NEW FANGLED SHOWER HEAD THEY SENT. CAROL TALKED TO JEAN, TRACY AND KIRK, I TALKED TO JEAN AND KIRK. CAROL IRONED. CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH US ALL DAY. MARGO PRACTICED THE PIANO ALL MORNING. SHE MADE REAL PROGRESS. 6/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL IRONED IN THE MORNING, PREPARED LUNCH FOR ME AND I WENT TO THE VWWI BARRACKS 3149 MEETING. CARPENTER PRESIDED. CAROL WATERED THE LAWN. I DID SOME WORK ON MY FILES.
6/12 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER. I WORKED ON MY FILES AND DID EXERCISES. CAROL AND I MADE A CALL TO KIM. HE DOES NOT NOW HAVE A PIANO. I TOLD HIM I MISSED HIS MUSIC
6/13 CAROL’S BIRTHDAY. MARJORIE HERE FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. CALLS CAME FROM DOROTHY, JO, CHARLES AND FAMILY. MEL SABEY CALLED. HE HAS BEEN OVER ON THE WESTERN SLOPE AND WILL BE THERE NEXT WEEK, ALSO.
6/14 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN AND FLOWERS. I WROTE A LETTER TO DR FEAD. CAROL WASHED THE TWO SOUTH LIVING ROOM WINDOWS. CALL CAME FROM MOE TO SAY THEY WERE SAFE HOME.
6/15 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. ALSO, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE HERE, CAROL GAVE ME A TRAVEL ALARM CLOCK FOR FATHER’S DAY. CHARLES BROUGHT ME A LARGE LINK OF SAUSAGE. CHARLES ET AL BROUGHT CAOL SOME BOOKS FOR A BIRTHDAY
PRESENT. CAROL PREPARED THE GOOD, MARJORIE DID THE DISHES.
6/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL DID THE WASH. CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH US FOR THE DAY. ANN BERK CAME TO GIVE MARGO HER MUSIC LESSON. CHASE AND I WENT TO THE HONDA SHOWROOM TO LOOK AT MOTORCYCLES. I WENT ON “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET SANDWICHES FOR THE NOON MEAL. CALL CAME FROM GARY FRIEHAUF REQUESTING CLARIFICATION OF DETAILS OF “GLOVER’S FORMULA”
6/17 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. ALTHOUGH SHE HAD TO RUSH BREAKFAST. CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO TO STAY THE DAY WITH US. THEY GOT HERE ABOUT 8:00 AM AND LEFT ABOUT 5:00 PM. CHASE AND MARGO CUT AND TRIMMED THE LAWN (CAROL GAVE THEM $5.00 EACH. MARGO PRACTICED ON THE PIANO (SHE PLAYED FOR ME AND I SANG- NOT BAD FOR TWO LESSONS. CHASE WATCHED T.V. AND PRACTICED HIS PENMANSHIP. THEY WALKED AROUND THE BLOCK. I
WORKED ON THE LOWER SOUTH PLATTE PROBLEMS. CALLED HARLAN ERKER AND WROTE A LETTER TO FRIEHAUF.
6/18 MARJORIE WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. I FINISHED THE ACCOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE “GLOVER FORMULA” FOR GARY FRIEHAUF. CAROL AND I TOOK IT TO MORGAN’S PHARMACY WHERE I GOT 3 COPIES, MAILED IT AT SO DENVER POST OFFICE (SHOULD GET THERE TOMORROW). CAROL GOT GROCERIES AT EVANS SAFEWAY. MRS MURDIE CALLED. SAW A SWIFT GO DOWN CHIMNEY.
1980 JUN (CONTINUED)
6/19 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. MR CLAIR CRAWFORD CAME FOR ME AND I WENT WITH HIM TO THE USBR RETIREES LUNCHEON AT THE AMERICAN LEGION HALL (I PAID - $9.50) CAROL WROTE A LETTER TO JO AND PAID THE TELEPHONE CO- I MAILED THE LETTERS. A CALL TO STERLING INDICATES THAT MY LETTER ON THE CONDON CASE, THE REPORT ON THE USE OF THE “GLOVER FORMULA” AND THE COPY OF THE GLOVER/BARMER PAPER HAD ARRIVED. I SENT A CHECK TO RENEW MY
6/20 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL PAID BILLS AND I MAILED THEM. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN- AFTER WE TURNED OFF THE SPRINKLERS, IT CLOUDED UP AND RAINED. 6/21 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL STRAIGHTENED OUT HER RECORD BOOK. CAROL CALLED DOROTHY, BILLY WAS THERE AND WE TALKED TO HIM. DOROTHY SAID CAROL NELL IS NOT YET IN EL PASO. HER HUSBAND HAS PUT HIS FARM UP FOR SALE, MAY BUY A FARM UP AROUND
ALBUQUERQUE. I GOT SOME SANDWICHES FOR THE NOON MEAL FROM “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” SANDWICHES LETTER CAME FROM PATSY AT CSU
6/22 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CHARLES AND FAMILY ARE AT MESA VERDE PARK. CAROL PREPARED THE MEAL.
6/23 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER FOR THE AFTERNOON. ANN BERK CAME TO GIVE MARGO HER PIANO LESSON. GINGER CAME AFTER CHILDREN.
6/24 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM, AND IRONED LATER. I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET SANDWICHES FOR THE NOON MEAL. CHARLES, CHASE AND MARGO ATE WITH US AND CHASE AND MARGO STAYED THE AFTERNOON- THEY MOWED AND TRIMMED THE LAWN. CHARLES CAME FOR THEM ABOUT 5:00 PM. CALL CAME FROM DANIELSON ABOUT A POSSIBLE GROUNDWATER COURSE AT HIS OFFICE. (WILL SEE HIM JULY 2). CALL FROM SKINNER- HE WILL BE HERE AT 10:00 AM TOMORROW. MARJORIE BROUGHT A GOLDEN DISH AS A PRESENT FROM HER, CHARLES AND FAMILY.
6/25 TODAY WAS CAROL AND MY 55TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. SHE WAS HERE AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON AFTER GOING TO THE DENTIST. CAROL AND I PUT OUR BED BACK TOGETHER. I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR SANDWICHES FOR OUR NOON MEAL. MORRIS SKINNER CAME ABOUT 10:00 TO GET SOME DATA ABOUT DILLE’S REPORT- THIS RELATED TO RESERVOIR LEAKAGES. LEARNED TODAY THAT OUR NEIGHBOR, MACILROY, IS NO LONGER WITH US. (TROUBLE WAS LUNG CANCER)
6/26 MARJORIE WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I DEFROSTED OUR FREEZER. SHE AND I WATERED THE LAWN AND FLOWER BEDS. MARJORIE WENT SKATING.
6/27 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I WENT TO THE HARDWARE STORE FOR WASHERS AND RUBIC CORD USED TO HOLD SCREENS IN PLACE. I CALLED MORRISS SKINNER AT FT. COLLINS TO TELL HIM OF THE DATA I HAVE HERE. I SAW BOTH SWIFTS GO DOWN THE CHIMNEY TONIGHT.
1980 JUN (CONCLUDED)
6/28 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL CLEANED OUT THE REFRIGERATOR. I WORKED 4 HOURS ON A DISCUSSION OF THE PAPER BY LEE QUAZI AND DANIELSON. CAROL CALLED MOE AND VIRGINIA, ALSO, LOUISE. SALLY AND LOUISE CALLED BACK ABOUT THE ILLNESS OF CAROL NELL.
6/29 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUNDAY BREAKFAST AND AGAIN ABOUT 3:00 PM. CAROL AND I DID THE WATERING. CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO CAME ABOUT 3:00 PM. WE THEN HAD OUR EVENING MEAL. CHASE AND MARGO STAYED WITH US. THE OTHERS LEFT. I DID SOME MORE COMPUTING ON THE DISCUSSION WRITE-UP.
6/30 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH US ALL DAY. THEY SPENT LAST NIGHT WITH US. CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH. CHASE, MARGO AND I WENT OUT AND MEASURED UP THE WALKS FOR REPLACEMENT. ANN BERK WAS HERE AND GAVE MARGO A PIANO LESSON. I WORKED ON THE SAND CREEK PROBLEM.
1980
AT HOME: 7/1-31 7/2 STATE ENGINEER’S MEETING
7/9 VWWI BARRACKS 3149 MEETING JUL
7/1 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING AND LATER IRONED. CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH US TODAY UNTIL CHARLES CAME OR THEM ABOUT 5:00 PM. CHASE AND MARGO CUT AND TRIMMED THE LAWN AND HELPED ME MEASURE UP THE SIDEWALKS THAT NEED REPLACING. I WORKED ABOUT 2 HOURS ON THE SAND HILL DITCH PROBLEM. CALLED KEN SHRIVER TO WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND TO THANK HIM FOR THE FLOWERS HE SENT FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY.
7/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL DID MENDING. IT RAINED YESTERDAY AND TODAY SO CAROL LET THAT TAKE CARE OF OUR WATERING. I WENT DOWN TO A MEETING WITH THE STATE ENGINEER AT 10:00 AM (HAROLD SIMPSON AND ANOTHER MAN WERE THERE). WE TALKED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A REFRESHER COURSE IN GROUNDWATER. I MADE A CALL TO FT. COLLINS. DR FEAD AND PATSY ARE BOTH GONE AND WILL BE BACK ON THE 14TH. I WORKED ABOUT 2 HRS ON THE SAND HILL DITCH PROBLEM.
7/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SHE BOUGHT GROCERIES AND BROUGHT THEM WITH HER WHEN SHE CAME FOR SUPPER. I MADE A CALL TO THE STATE ENGINEER'S OFFICE. I TALKED TO THE SECRETARY TO TRANSMIT THE INFORMATION I GOT FROM FT. COLLINS YESTERDAY- NEITHER PATSY BACON NOR DR FEAD WILL BE BACK BEFORE THE 14TH. I WORKED ON THE “SAND HILL” PROBLEM ABOUT 5 HRS TODAY. I MAILED LETTERS FOR CAROL.
7/4 CAROL AND I PUT OUT OUR FLAG. MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US. CAROL MADE OUT CHECKS TO AARP AND NARFE. I WORKED SOME ON THE SAND HILL DITCH PROBLEM. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK. TRASHMEN DID NOT COME AS IT IS A HOLIDAY.
7/5 CAROL MADE POTATO SALAD AND JELLO TO BE USED SUNDAY. MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US. I WORKED ON THE SAND HILL DITCH PROBLEM AND OBTAINED SOME GOOD ANSWERS.
7/6 MARJORIE CAME ABOUT 11:00 AM AND TOOK US OUT TO CHARLES AND GINGER’S PLACE FOR THE SUNDAY MIDDAY MEAL. WE HAD A BIG TURKEY AND FIXINGS. MARJORIE BROUGHT US BACK AND STAYED WITH US UNTIL ABOUT 8:45 PM. CAROL HAD TALKED TO GINGER BEFORE MARJORIE CAME. 7/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER ABOUT 8:00 AM TO STAY OVERNIGHT WITH US. ANN BERK CAME TO GIVE MARGO A MUSIC LESSON. CAROL DID THE WASH. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. I WORKED ON THE SAND HILL PROBLEM.
7/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THREE MEALS. CHASE AND MARGO SPENT MONDAY NIGHT WITH US AND GINGER CAME BY FOR THEM ABOUT 5:00 PM. CHASE AND MARGO CUT THE LAWN AND TRIMMED IT. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN, THE GARDEN AND THE FLOWERS. I WORKED ON THE SAND-HILL PROBLEM. CALL TO GABY FRIEHAUF, STERLING CASE IS NOT SETTLED YET. BITTINGER HAS HAD A HEART ATTACK. CAROL IRONED AND MENDED. SAW ONE OF THE SWIFTS.
7/9 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. SHE TOOK MR WASSNAAR AND ME TO THE VWWI MEETING OF BARRACKS 3149. CAROL IRONED. I WORKED A LITTLE ON THE SAND-HILL DITCH PROBLEM. I WROTE A LETTER TO JERIS DANIELSON. WE SENT A BIRTHDAY CARD TO KIM.
1980 JUL (CONTINUED)
7/10 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. RAIN LAST NIGHT. I GOT A HAIRCUT AND ON THE WAY BACK I PICKED UP TWO
HAMBURGERS FOR THE NOON MEAL. CAROL DID HOUSEWORK. I MAILED A CHECK FOR $18.00 TO THE AMERICAN LEGION FOR DUES. GOOD RAIN IN THE EVENING.
7/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR
GROCERIES. I GOT CAROL’S BLOOD PRESSURE PILL PRESCRIPTION FILLED AGAIN WHILE WE WERE NEAR MORGAN’S DRUG STORE. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. I WORKED ON THE SAND-HILL DITCH PROBLEM
7/12 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL WROTE LETTERS. I MAILED THEM. I GOT A HASP AND PADLOCK SET AND PUT IT ON THE GARAGE DOOR. THERE HAS BEEN TOO MUCH PETTY THEFT AROUND HERE LATELY (BICYCLES HAVE BEEN STOLEN FROM THE TWO NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS.) I DID SOME WORK ON THE SAND-HILL DITCH PROBLEM. RAIN IN PM.
7/13 CAROL AND I SLEPT LATE. CAROL SWEPT THE FRONT PORCH AND MADE SOME JELLO. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUNDAY SUPPER. I DID SOME WORK ON THE SAND-HILL PROBLEM. LIGHT RAIN.
7/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO TO STAY THE DAY WITH US. THEY CAME ABOUT 8:00 AM AND LEFT ABOUT 5:30 PM. ANN BERK CAME TO GIVE MARGO A MUSIC LESSON. THIS LASTED FROM 5:00 TO 5:30 PM. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. LIGHT RAIN IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. I WORKED SOME ON THE SANDHILL DITCH PROBLEM. 7/15 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL IRONED. CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO OVER ABOUT 8:00 AM AND PICKED THEM UP ABOUT 5:00 PM. WHILE HERE, THEY CUT AND TRIMMED THE LAWN. CAROL, MARJORIE AND I SAW 5 SWIFTS GO DOWN THE CHIMNEY. I STUDIED WAYS OF PROGRAMMING THE TI-55 COMPUTER.
7/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL DID THE REST OF THE IRONING. I STUDIED WAYS TO PROGRAM THE TI-55 COMPUTER. LIGHT RAIN IN THE EVENING. I SAW ON SWIFT GO DOWN THE CHIMNEY. MARJORIE HERE BRIEFLY.
7/17 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. I REPAIRED ONE OF THE BASEMENT WINDOWS (THE CHAIN HOLDING THE WINDOW WELL HAD BROKEN OFF) MRS JONES DROPPED OVER IN PM. 7/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I GOT FAUCET PACKING FROM JENSEN’S AND CO PH DROPS FROM MORGAN’S.
7/19 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US. CAROL FIXED A POTATO SALAD AND WROTE LETTERS. I MAILED THE LETTERS, WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” TO GET SANDWICHES FOR THE NOON MEAL. I DID SOME WORK ON THE SANDHILL DITCH PROBLEM.
7/20 MARJORIE WAS WITH US AT NOON. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN AND FLOWERS, GINGER CALLED TO SAY THEY WERE GOING TO COLORADO SPRINGS TO LOOK AT SOME PROPERTY (SUNDAY). SAW ONE SWIFT GO DOWN THE CHIMNEY AT ABOUT 8:15
7/21 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. SHE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND DID NOT GO TO WORK. CAROL DID THE WASH. I WORKED ON THE SANDHILL DITCH PROBLEM.
1980 JUL (CONCLUDED)
7/22 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL IRONED. CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO TO STAY THE DAY WITH US. THEY WERE WITH US FROM 8:00 AM TO 5:30 PM. CHARLES CAME FOR THEM. CHASE AND MARGO CUT AND TRIMMED THE LAWN. I WORKED ON THE SANDHILL DITCH PROBLEM.
7/23 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. CAROL FINISHED THE IRONING. I WORKED ON THE SAND-HILL DITCH PROBLEM.
7/24 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE
HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. SHE WROTE LETTERS TO MARK MABELL AND PUBLIC SERVICE. I MAILED THEM. I WORKED ON THE SANDHILL DITCH PROBLEM. A LETTER CAME FROM TRACY. PICKED 2 SUMMER SQUASH TODAY. RAIN LAST NIGHT, WE TALKED TO MOE TO GET MARK’S ADDRESS.
7/25 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. CAROL AND I WENT TO EVAN’S SAFEWAY TO GET GROCERIES. BILL LEWIS = HIS DAUGHTER, PAULA, DROPPED IN IN THE
AFTERNOON. (SHE BORROWED MY COPY OF LAMOUR’S BOOK “THE STRONG SHALL LIVE” AND A MONTGOMERY WARD CATALOG. I DID A LITTLE WORK ON THE SAND HILL DITCH PROBLEM. LIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. DOROTHY CALLED FROM EL PASO TO TELL US THAT HER DAUGHTER, CAROL NELL, HAS LUNG CANCER.
7/26 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. I WORKED ON THE SANDHILL DITCH PROBLEM. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN AND FLOWERS. CAROL WROTE LETTERS. I WENT TO “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR HAMBURGERS FOR THE NOON MEAL.
7/27 CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO ALSO MARJORIE CAME OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER. CAROL SPENT THE MORNING PREPARING FOOD. I WORKED A LITTLE ON THE SAND-HILL DITCH PROBLEM. CALL CAME FROM JEAN. TRACY IS GOING TO SUMMER SCHOOL. KIRK IS FIXING A CAR. KERRY IS IN FRANCE STUDYING HARD.
7/28 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL DID THE WASH. I WORKED ON THE SAND-HILL DITCH PROBLEM. CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO TO STAY THE DAY. BOTH CHILDREN LEFT WITH CHARLES SO THEY COULD PLAY IN GAMES. MARGO DID NOT TAKE HER MUSIC LESSON BUT SHE PRACTICED MUCH OF THE DAY.
7/29 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL WASHED THE FRONT PORCH. I RAN THE CAR UP INTO THE DRIVEWAY. CAROL WASHED IT. CHARLES BROUGHT THEM ABOUT 5:30 PM. WHILE THEY WERE HERE, THEY CUT AND TRIMMED THE LAWN. I FINISHED MY
COMPUTATIONS FOR THE SANDHILLS DITCH. CAROL IRONED.
7/30 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL FINISHED THE IRONING AND STRAIGHTENED UP THE BEDS THE KIDS HAD WRINKLED UP. I TIRED TO WRITE UP A DISCUSSION OF THE SAND-HILL DITCH PAPER, BUT FOUND MYSELF UNSATISFIED WITH THE COMPUTATION OF THE EFFECT OF PRUITT DRAINS
7/31 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND THE NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER. IN THE MORNING, SHE DROVE ME OVER TO SALES TO GET SOME GAS AND THE TIRE PUMPED UP.
AT HOME: 8/1-31
UNITED VETERANS COUNCIL MEETING: 8/5 AUG
8/1 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THREE MEALS TODAY. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN AND FLOWER BEDS. CAROL WROTE LETTERS AND I MAILED THEM.
8/2 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I WENT TO MORGAN’S PHARMACY TO GET MILK OF MAGNESIA FOR CAROL. CAROL AND I SENT A
BIRTHDAY CARD TO ROCK (KAREN’S HUSBAND) WITH A CHECK ENCLOSED. A LETTER TO REDDALL ABOUT THE FIVE SWIFTS SEEN ON JULY 15, 1980. DOROTHY CALLED TO SAY THAT CAROL NELL IS MUCH
IMPROVED.
8/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL. I DID SOME WORK ON THE SANDHILL DITCH PROBLEM (SUNDAY)
8/4 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER. CAROL DID THE WASH. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. I WORKED ON THE SANDHILL PROBLEM.
8/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER. GINGER BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO TO STAY THE DAY WITH US. THEY CUT AND TRIMMED THE LAWN. CHASE LEFT WITH CHARLES, BUT MARGO LEFT WITH LAURA HYMERS. I WENT TO THE VETERANS COUNCIL MEETING FOR ELECTION OF OFFICERS. I WENT AND RETURNED BY TAXI ($7.00) CAROL IRONED.
8/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL DID THE IRONING AND WROTE A LETTER TO TRACY. I WORKED ON THE SAND-HILL DITCH PROBLEM. HAD OUR FIRST EAR OF SWEET CORN FROM THE GARDEN TODAY.
8/7 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THREE MEALS. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. I WORKED ON THE SAND=HILL DITCH PROBLEM
8/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER- SAYS SHE WILL BE HERE FOR SUPPER. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. CAROL AND WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I COMPLETED MY COMPUTATIONS ON THE SAND-HILL DITCH. CALLS TO DANIELSON AND FEAD WILL RENEW MY CONTRACT WITH C.S.U. (DR FEAD WAS ABSENT SO I TALKED WITH HIS SECRETARY, PATSY). WE HAD TWO SWEET CORN EARS FROM OUR GARDEN TODAY. RECOMMENDATION FOR
ADVANCEMENT OF RAY WINGER TO FELLOW SENT TO ASCE TODAY
8/9 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL CLEANED THE LIVING ROOM AND DINING ROOM AND DID OTHER CLEANING. CAROL BAKED A BLUEBERRY PIE. WE CALLED RUTH (HER BIRTHDAY WAS ON AUGUST 5TH. I HAD A MEETING THAT NIGHT). CAROL CALLED DOROTHY - CAROL NELL IS HOME NOW. I WORKED ON A REVIEW OF AN ASCE PAPER.
8/10 CHARLES AND FAMILY AND MARJORIE WERE WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 12:30 PM. MARJORIE LEFT ABOUT 4:30 PM. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. WE HAD 6 EARS OF GREEN-CORN FOR THE NOON MEAL.
8/11 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. SOMEONE BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO ABOUT 8:00 AM. GINGER CAME FOR THEM ABOUT 5:20 PM. ANN BERK CAME TO GIVE MARGO A PIANO LESSON, WE HAD MORE GREEN CORN.
8/12 MARJORIE WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO TO SPEND THE DAY AND CAME ABOUT 5:00 PM TO PICK THEM UP. CAROL IRONED. CHASE AND MARGO CUT AND TRIMMED THE LAWN. JOHN SPENCER CALLED. I HAVE HIS 15 COPIES OF THE WILDERNESS REPORT BOXED UP FOR HIM. MILLIE IS IMPROVED. CALL TO WASSENAAR- WE WILL GO TO THE MEETING AT ENGLEWOOD IN HIS CAR.
1980 AUG (CONTINUED)
8/13 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CALL FROM DICK WASSENAAR. SAID HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO THE PICNIC (VWWI AT CUSHING PARK). WATERING DAY AND OTHER COMPLICATIONS. I DECIDED NOT TO GO, ALSO. WATERING DAY. IRONING DAY FOR CAROL. CAROL FINISHED THE IRONING. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. CAROL DID TYPING FOR ME.
8/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US AT NOON. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. I DID SOME COMPUTATIONS ON GROUNDWATER MOVEMENT. CALL FROM JOHN SPENCER, SAYS THEY WILL BE WITH US AT NOON TOMORROW. RAIN.
8/15 RAIN LAST NIGHT. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL AND I DISPOSED OF TRASH. JOHN AND WINK SPENCER CAME DURING THE NOON HOUR. I DELIVERED 15 COPIES OF THE
WILDERNESS REVIEW PANEL REPORT TO HIM. CAROL AND I WENT TO THE EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES IN THE AFTERNOON. I GOT 5 COPIES OF THE DIABETES REPORT AND OF THE SAND-HILL DITCH DISCUSSION AT MORGAN’S DRUG STORE. I WORKED ON COMPLETION OF THE SAND-HILL DITCH. DISCUSSION AND THE REVIEW OF THE KASHEF PAPER (MY ANKLES BEGAN SWELLING ABOUT THE 1ST OF THIS MONTH).
8/16 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I SENT A DISCUSSION OF THE LEE QUAZI DANIELSON AWRA PAPER THROUGH FEAD. I RETURNED A REVIEW OF THE KASHEF PAPER ALL RED. I MAILED A CHECK FOR $25.00 TO THE U.S. COMMITTEE ON LARGE DAMS, FOR DUES.
8/17 MARJORIE BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO ABOUT 11:00 AM. (CHASE AND MARGO HAD STAYED OVERNIGHT AT MARJORIE’S PLACE) AFTER SUNDAY DINNER MARJORIE TOOK CHASE AND MARGO BACK
TO THEIR HOME IN SEDALIA. I PICKED SOME GREEN CORN FOR DINNER. WE ALSO HAD SOME SUMMER SQUASH FROM THE GARDEN.
8/18 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO TO STAY THE DAY WITH US. THEY ARRIVED ABOUT 7:50 AM AND LEFT AFTER 5:30 PM. ANN BERK CAME TO GIVE A MUSIC LESSON TO MARGO, CAROL DID THE WASH. I WENT DOWN TO GROUT’S BARBER SHOP AND GOT A HAIRCUT. CHARLES TOOK 4 SWEET CORN EARS WITH HIM.
8/19 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL IRONED. CAROL AND I DID THE WATERING. CHARLES BROUGHT CHASE AND MARGO TO SPEND THE DAY WITH US. THEY ARRIVED ABOUT 7:55 AM AND LEFT ABOUT 5:00 PM. WHILE WITH US THEY CUT AND TRIMMED THE LAWN. CHARLES TOOK A SACK OF GRASS AND A PAPER BAG OF CORN STALKS AS WELL AS 4 EARS OF GREEN CORN WITH HIM WHEN HE LEFT. JACQUE AND GUY SHOWED ME TWO VERY LARGE SPIDER THEY FOUND NEAR HUDSON (THEY SEEM TO BE SILVER BANDED GARDEN SPIDERS.
8/20 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL FINISHED THE IRONING AND DID SOME SEWING FOR MARJORIE. I WORKED ON THE GROUNDWATER PROBLEM PRESENTED BY ANCESTRAL SIDE
CHANNELS. SAW A SWIFT GO DOWN THE CHIMNEY ABOUT 7:00 PM. SAW A NIGHTHAWK JUST BEFORE THAT.
1980 AUG (CONCLUDED)
8/21 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR DINNER AND SUPPER, BUT NOT FOR BREAKFAST. CAROL CLEANED THE LIVING AND DINING ROOMS, ALSO THE FRONT STAIRWAY. SHE AND I DUSTED AND CLEANED MY ROOM AND PUT UP THE COUCH WE HAD BEEN USING FOR A BED TO PREPARE FOR THE VISIT OF BRENT SPRONK AND CHARLES BINDER OF THE FIRM OF ZURICH AND ERKER. THEY CAME TO DISCUSS WAYS OF HANDLING GROUNDWATER PROBLEMS. THEY WERE HERE FROM 1:00 TO 4:00 PM (3 HOURS). I
BROUGHT IN SOME GREEN CORN (4 EARS). CRAWFORD CALLED ABOUT THE USBR LUNCHEON 8/22 MET AGAIN. MR POGUE OF THE ENGINEERING STORE ON SOUTH BROADWAY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. BILL LEWIS AND HIS DAUGHTER, PAULA, DROPPED IN ABOUT 11:30 AM AND LEFT ABOUT 12:30 PM. CAROL AND I WATERED THE LAWN. CAROL DID MOST OF IT. I WENT BACK TO GET SOME GRAPH PAPER SUPPLIES FROM POGUE BUT HE WILL NOT BE IN UNTIL MONDAY. MARJORIE GOT GROCERIES FOR US.
8/23 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. CAROL CLEANED OUT THE REFRIGERATOR AND GOT THE USUAL WORK DONE- MEALS AND ALL. CAROL WROTE OUT CHECKS, ONE FOR ESTIMATED TAX. I MAILED THEM ALONG WITH TWO CHECKS I HAD MADE OUT. I PICKED UP SOME SWEET CORN WHICH WE HAD FOR SUPPER. CAROL AND I DID DISHES. I SORTED OUT OLD LETTERS.
8/24 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. SHE FIXED UP A CAKE FOR CHASE’S BIRTHDAY. I WORKED ON MY FILES. CAROL PREPARED MEALS
