1918
January 1 - This morning the first we heard of Hazel she was singing up the stairs and she sang all the way down an all the while she was being dressed. I mad a New Year's resolution. I wasn't going to let anyone get ahead of me wishing me a Happy New Year, so when Ina Weaver came down after a pail of waters I was going to wish her a Happy New Year & when I stuck my head out of the door, The screen on the back porch was so frosty I couldn't see through it, so I did not see her right away & she saw me first & wished me a Happy New Year. There went my resolution all to nothing & when I got to church, they heard about it thru Fred & so they all got ahead of me, too. "No More New Year's resolutions for me. ha! Henry Schuler was re-elected S.S. Supt. & Verle Rudig Secretary & Menerva Frank Treas. Laura Eppelsheimer was appointed Cradle Roll Supt. & Mrs. Knoke Home Dept. Supt. The S. S. was reorganized & graded. I got the real Little tots The Beginners to teach, Ina Weaver the primaries and Mary Rothe the Juniors & Mrs. O. D. Furila the Intermediate. Mrs. G. P. Schuler the Y.L.B.C. & Emery Eshelman the Y.M.B.C. & Frederick the new class of Young Married People & Mr. Newman the Old Women. In the afternoon we went to C. Wasmers for supper & got the W.M.S. report read.
2 - Frederick hauled two loads of wood today from John Rose. I ironed a little & mended a little. I did not feel very well so I did not get much donw.
3 - This forenoon I baked bread & Fred went calling. He had dinner at Knokes & in the afternoon we went to Henry Schuler's to the W.M.S. Meeting.
4 - Today we went to Taylor County to preach & from there we went to Visit Mother Moser & then came home.
5 - This forenoon Fred had a funeral, a little Debus girl who died of spinal meningitis. I did not get to go as I have not been feeling very well & was behind with my work. I finished my ironing this afternoon. Fred went to Boos's to get another swarm of bees while I got supper.
6 - Today we had services and Mr. Schuler came along for dinner in the afternoon. Verle Rudig came up and they arranged the classes & appointed the teachers a stated in recort for 1st. In the evening we all went to church again.
7 - Today I mended most of the day. Fred when to Griswold this afternoon with Bruce Rudig. Mr. Rudig brought us some Beef & Liver. My it was good. Ina came in for a while after school to Hazel's delight.
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9 - Fred went to a sale at Carl Wasmers and then came home & we went to Gridwold to get something for the Ladies' Aid meeting tomorrow. In the evening we organized our red cross at the church.
10 - I had the Ladies Aid this afternoon It was awfully windy & cold but there were 10 members here. Ina came in after school and it was so cold we persuaded her to stay all night.
11 - I swept and dusted in the forenoon in the afternoon I read & mended a little.
12 - I did up the Sat. work and did some mending.
13 - We all went to church. I taught my new class for the first time. There was one scholar there. We had services again in the evening.
14 - We washed clothes today and got thru about noon. I washed my hair in the afternoon.
15 - I did all the ironing today & did some mending.
16 - Today I mended all forenoon. In the afternoon there was a red cross meeting at the church. They distributed some work.
17 - Today I mended all day.
18 - I mended most of the time today. This evening we went to H.C. Schuler's to the Y.P.A. Business meeting. Russel Schuler was elected Pres. Ina Weaver Vice Pres. Beulah Weaver Recording Sec. Harold Schuler Corresponding Sec. and Verl Rudig Treas. Emma Knister (Kuester?) Pianist. They served Ice cream & cookies all you could eat.
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