1930
Spring
| Mar. 30 | Florence & Danny over Sunday. Bring Eddie & Jimmie too | ||
| Mar. 31 | Lettie comes out Monday – Goes home Thurs. April 10. Florence comes over. Gerald Floyd Reynolds born Monday at 6 A.M. weight 10 lbs. 4 wks. weight 12 lb. First smile 5 ½ weeks. 6 weeks weight 14 lbs. 4 month weight 15 ¼ lbs. 1 year weight 19 lbs. Starts to walk at 1 year 2 weeks. First tooth 10 or 11 mos. Old. | ||
| Apr. 3 | Thursday start to sow oats. Finish Apr. 11 | ||
| Apr. 7 | Grandpa Fish dies. Funeral Apr. 10. Hal & Peg down too. Ruby stay little while. | ||
| Apr. 11 | John comes down Friday. Stays till Sunday nite Apr. 13. | ||
| Apr. 12 | Sat. nite. Get Harry, Myrtle & Ruby slippers in Dixon. Gene & John go to. Gene gets haircut. | ||
| Apr. 17 | Thurs. Gene take Examinations. Helen visits Ruth’s school. | ||
| Apr. 20 | Easter Sunday. Folks & Ruby go to Aurora. Take Myrtle too. Rains all day. Uncle Douglas goes too. Ivah & Nela come back with them. Stay till Mon. nite. | ||
| Apr. 21 | Helen goes to stay all nite with Esther Davis | ||
| Apr. 22 | Plant early potatoes. | ||
| Apr. 25 | Take Jerry to Dr. Stay at Abbotts for dinner. | ||
| Apr. 27 | Margaret comes out. Bob and kiddies come after her. Rains. Earl & Shell out in A.M. Earl comes back. Stays for supper. | ||
| Apr. 28 | Take Jerry to Dr. Stay at Abbots for dinner. | ||
| Apr. 30 | Ruby & Ruth G. out for supper. | ||
| May 1 | Bob, Mike & Gene go to circus. | ||
| May 2 | Bob takes 1st degree at Grange. | ||
| May 4 | Bob exchanges horses with Jim. | ||
| May 5 | School picnic. Take baby to Dr. | ||
| May 6 | Emma, Al and Uncle Fred come out for mushrooms. Shear sheep. Plant orchard. Cold all week. | ||
| May 7 | Clean house. Plant sweetcorn. | ||
| May 9 | John comes out. Bob takes Helen to Margaret’s play. | ||
| May 10 | Emma and Ruby come out. | ||
| May 11 | Mother’s Day, Emma, Al, John here | ||
| May 12 | I go up to Ethel’s in A.M. Take Jerry and Myrtle. Bob plants big field of corn (starts). Cold. | ||
| May 15 | I go to Graces. Sew | ||
| May 16 | Bob goes to Jim’s. | ||
| May 19 | Ruby goes to Mrs. Schmitt’s. | ||
| May 22 | Grace comes down to help make dress | ||
| May 23 | Gene graduates from 8th grade. Floyd’s 32nd birthday – would have been. Ruby & Helen go to Coliseum to see him. Mary R. & Genevieve Baker graduate from H.D. same year. | ||
| May 25 | John Beveridge comes down | ||
| May 26 | Finishes planting at Jims | ||
| May 27 | Take Jerry to Dr. Bowen. Plow corn. | ||
| May 28 | Plant late potatoes. | ||
| May 29 | Go to Ruth’s picnic. Get new tire. Lighthouse. | ||
| May 30 | Go to show at nite. Mother, Father, Uncle Douglas & Myrtle go to Grand Detour in P.M. | ||
| June 1 | John goes home. Aunt Ruby goes to see Ferne Irwin Sat. & Sun. Bob & Uncle Douglas go to ball game at Mt. Morris. We go to Abbotts in A.M. | ||
| June 2 | Take Gerald to Dr. Murphy to have x-ray taken. | ||
| June 4 | Have Uncle Douglas & Ruby out for supper. Rains | ||
| June 6 | Go to Graces. Mother, Myrtle & Rudy go to pick strawberries for Uncle Douglas. Rains hard. Gene, Millie & Harry get dinner. | ||
| June 7 | Martha’s birthday. Girls invited up. Helen stays Lindsey’s up nite before. | ||
| June 8 | Children’s Day. Ruby & I go. Uncle Douglas here for dinner. Ruby drives his car in P.M. Lettie & Charles come out. | ||
| June 11 | Mow hay. Mother goes to can strawberries for U. Douglas. Helen goes too. Stays all nite with Mrs. Schmitt. Hal & Peg come out. | ||
| June 12 | Go to town to Ethel’s in A.M. Mother goes in P.M. Ruby comes out at nite. | ||
| June 14 | Bob goes to town in P.M. Dixon at nite. Aunt Ruby, Mildred, Ruby & Mike go along. | ||
| June 16 | Shell & Earl come out. Sharpo, U. Douglas & Ruth Rupp here for dinner. Earl comes back for supper. | ||
| June 17 | Wash. It rains | ||
| June 18 | Mother goes up to can cherries & strawberries. Bob & Mike go to Dixon to get a ball. | ||
| June 19 | Gene goes up to Koontz’s. | ||
| June 20 | Real nice. | ||
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June 21 |
SummerGene comes home. I go to town at nite. Bob, Ruby, Millie, Mike too. |
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| June 22 | Folks go for a ride. Stay at Warner’s for supper. Ruby & girls go to ball game. Bob & Gene too. | ||
| June 23 | Hot. Ruth & Mary leave for Arizona. | ||
| June 25 | Go up to Ethel’s. Helen, Mildred, Harry, Jerry & I. Bob comes after us. At nite band concert. Storms real bad on way home. Mrs. Abbot very sick. | ||
| June 26 | Earl Baker here. Takes Bob, Jerry & I for ride. | ||
| June 27 | Gene helps Mumma’s. I go up to see Mrs. Abbott. Bob goes to Grange | ||
| June 28 | Ruby leaves for vacation. | ||
| June 29 | Aunt Cora’s here. Mrs. Heckman & Mrs. Strouss. | ||
| June 30 | Mother goes to pick strawberries. Ship hogs. | ||
| July 1 | Make hay. |
| July 2 | Make hay. Go to band concert at nite. |
| July 3 | Bob trades truck & car. Mother picks berries |
| July 4 | Emerson’s here while Bob & Gene go to races. Grandfather up town all day. Bob, kiddies & I go up to Warner’s at nite. |
| July 5 | Ruth & Leo here for dinner. Baby cries all A.M. Take him to Dr. Stop to see Mrs. Abbott. |
| July 6 | Have picnic at Pines. Emerson’s & Warner’s. Earl comes out. Goes with us. Bob, jerry & I go for ride after Earl leaves. Ruby comes home. |
| July 7 | Mother goes up to pick berries. I wash. Real hot for couple days. Jerry better. Hot. |
| July 8 | Hotter |
| July 9 | Terribly hot. Make hay. Mother goes to pick berries. Cut wheat 8th. |
| July 10 | Shock wheat – cooler. |
| July 12 | Folks go to Aurora. Ruby too. Bob, kiddies and I go to town at nite. |
| July 13 | Margaret Wilde comes out. |
| July 14 | Mother goes to pick berries |
| July 15 | Huckleberries |
| July 16 | U. Douglas comes home |
| July 17 | Mother goes to pick berries. . |
| July 18 | We go for huckleberries. |
| July 19 | Chas. Reynolds& son here. Ruby goes to Marie Harrington’s |
| July 20 | Chas, Sadie & Virginia here. Go up to Warner’s at nite. |
| July 21 | Bob starts to make hay at Warner’s at nite |
| July 22 | Go for huckleberries and Bob and Gene make hay. |
| July 24 | Ruby, Leo & Ruth out at nite. Earl Baker here too. Shell come to Oregon. |
| July 25 | Harry, Walter & Jamie out. Kiddies up to Grace’s. |
| July 26 | Go to town at nite. |
| July 27 | Bob & I go to Abbotts. Mrs. Abbott home from hospital. Shell there. |
| July 29 | Test cows. |
| July 30 | Finish making hay at Jim’s. |
| July 31 | Gene & Bob help Claude thresh too. Grace comes down |
| Aug. 1 | Thresh. Grace here again. Ruth, Sharpo, Shell & U. Douglas. Mother goes up to help Grace get supper. Helen too. |
| Aug. 2 | Mother goes up again to help Grace get dinner. Bob goes to town in P.M. Finish threshing. Ruby comes out. Go for ride at nite. |
| Aug. 3 | Ruby, Bob, Myrtle, Jerry & I go for ride. Stop at Lowell Park. See Waunnie & Harris Mix. Frank Cleary here after dinner. |
| Aug. 4 | Eleanor & Ralph Kinn come out, Start to dig early potatoes. |
| Aug. 5 | Finish potatoes |
| Aug. 6 | Ralph & Eleanor go home. Gene goes too. Go to band concert. |
| Aug. 7 | Can apples, dry corn. Work like heck. |
| Aug. 8 | Bob goes to town to have car overhauled. Washes it in P.M. |
| Aug. 9 | Go to Aurora. Helen, Mildred & Myrtle go too. Jerry, Bob & I. Nothing exciting. |
| Aug. 10 | Come home. Aunt Flora, Toots & Eleanor here. |
| Aug. 11 | Cow barn whitewashed. Ruby & Uncle Douglas for supper. |
| Aug. 12 | Go to town. Take Helen to visit. Jerry to Dr. |
| Aug. 13 | Mike lays off for a while. Harry comes out. Bob goes to Jim Warner’s to help hull clover seed. Toots comes out. Stays till next day. Get sweet corn in. 9 cars all men. |
| Aug. 14 | Bob goes back to Jim’s. Toots goes home. |
| Aug. 15 | Helen comes home. |
| Aug. 16 | Harriett & Earl come out. Shell Gertie |
| Aug. 17 | Gene goes to Chicago with them. We all go to Uncle Ike’s for dinner. Ruby rides in with Earl and Shell. |
| Aug. 18 | Ship 30 sheep and 2 calves. Bob goes along. |
| Aug. 19 | Grandfather & Len take kiddies to Pines. Bob comes back. U. Douglas, Ruby & Ruth bring him home. |
| Aug. 20 | Take Jerry to Dr. Margaret & Marian go along. Mike comes back. |
| Aug. 21 | Take Bill Shaw some wood. Bob takes Len & boys up town at nite. Ruby & Nellie go up to see Marjory Kingston. |
| Aug. 22 | A busy day. |
| Aug. 23 | Rex & Harold Young here. Go to Dixon in A.M. At nite Ruth Cerise & her husband here. Go to Oregon. Leave Jerry. Helen & Harriett go too. Helen gets shoes. |
| Aug. 24 | U. Douglas takes girls to Pines. Folks take rest of kiddies. Earl & Gene come out about 9:30 or 10. Reeds, U. Douglas, & Mrs. Reed here for supper. Fried chicken. Bob runs stand for Harry. |
| Aug. 25 | Bob hauls wood for Mrs. Fisher in A.M. Go up to Jim’s to catch Bill (horse) Mike, Gene, &Bob. Earl goes to town. Nite Bob & Earl go for ride. Play golf. |
| Aug. 26 | Make hay. Earl goes away at nite. Bud Koontz comes out. Bob takes load of wood to town. Brings toilets out. Takes them down at nite to school. Harriett, Helen & Myrtle go along. |
| Aug. 27 | Take another load of wood. Earl rides along. Comes home with G-father. Bob & Earl go to Thompson for melon. Father & Mike make cider up to Warner’s in P.M. Boy home around 9 bells. |
| Aug. 28 | Ruby comes out for supper. |
| Aug. 29 | Go to town. See Mrs. Abbott Take Harry. |
| Aug. 30 | Work real much. Fried chicken. Ruby, E, Bob & I go to dance at Pine Tree Inn. Have good time. |
| Aug. 31 | Shell & Gertie come out in P.M. Rains. Bob & Gene take Lake, Buster & Pansy to Fairgrounds. Shell & Gertie stay for supper. Have a good old time. Carolyn along too. Sing, etc. |
| Sept. 1 | Emma & Al Uncle Tom out for dinner. All go to the Fair in the P.M. Mother & kiddies stay home. Helen & Harriett go to Fair. Earl I Harriett leave for Chicago. Rains & storms. R. rides in with them. |
| Sept. 2 | Mother goes to town to get haircut. Bob & Gene up all day. |
| Sept. 3 | Take kiddies, Mother too. |
| Sept. 4 | Mother, Father & Mrs. Warner take Ruby dinner too. Boys bring horse home. |
| Sept. 5 | Everett stays all day. Boys do quite a few different things. Kenneth Gearhart & Donald Beck here. Gene & E go down there. Go to town at nite. Bob goes to show. |
| Sept. 6 | Picnic Reynolds. Have good time. |
| Sept. 7 | Go to school. |
| Sept. 8 | Take Jerry to Dr. Get kiddies books. See Mrs. Abbott. |
| Sept. 10 | Go to town at nite. Mother & Father go up for grapes in P.M. |
| Sept. 11 | Ruth comes at nite. |
| Sept. 12 | Bob goes to town in A.M. Folks in P.M. Take Myrtle. |
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Oct. 4 |
AutumnHelen, Jerry, Bob & I take nuts to Rockford. |
| Oct. 12 | Have Rodeo. Home talent. |
| Oct. 19 | Another Rodeo |
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Dec. 31 |
WinterShip hogs. Grandfather goes in with them. Bob get load of grist ground |
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