13 - Wed. We washed this forenoon. Fred had dinner at half past ten and then went Boos's. I finished the was & decorated the pulpit at church & then went to the funeral. Old Mrs. Nettz had dinner with us. Cecil Boos was one of my S.S. scholars last year. When I got home I did the scrubbing & rolled up the clothes. Then we went to a school program. Basket (?) social are here. They made $14 for the school 7 $18 for Red Cross.
14 - Thur. This morning I recanned over twenty quarts of tomatoes. They froze & forced the lids loose. So I cooked them up and recanned them so they would not spoil. This afternoon I ironed.
15 - I finished ironing today.
16 - I did up my Sat. work & did some of the mending.
17 - We went to church to day. I did some reading this afternoon & went to church this evening.
18 - Mon. I finished mending & then did a little sewing. Fred went to Taylor and traded the Chevrolet for a Ford car because Albert wrote & said he must have his money.
19 - Tue. I did some more sewing. We got home late last night & couldn't get the car started today because it was so cold. That's a Ford for you.
20 - I made pillow slips - 2 pair - for the Red Cross & then went up a while & I did not stay long because I was baking, but I brought a hospital shirt along to make or finish which I had started there. This evening I work at it yet & would have finished it, but I thought the ready made the pattern I brought along with me had the sleeves put in wrong so I waited to ask the Pres. about it first.
21 - Thur. This afternoon I went to the Lady's Aid at the church. We had dinner there. I took the shirt pattern along & asked Mrs. Nettz about it & we found out that they were put in wrong. This afternoon Ross Eppelsheimer came to the basement to inquire for Mr. Pfaltzgraff & I told him he was not at home. He said someone outside wanted to see him, so I asked if I would do & he said so & so I stepped out. He said he wanted Fred to perform a wedding ceremony for him that evening, so I was to get him home in time. So he & Alma Meyers, a Lymanite, were married that evening.
22 - Fri. Fred got a letter from home today that Albert was going to leave for training camp & he was wanted at home Sunday for dinner so as to have all the children together once more. So Fred made up his mind to go tomorrow.
23 - Sat. Today is dear Fred's birthday & a sad one as it turns out to be, but yet very lucky. He left in the Ford about 9:30 for Atlantic, this being the 3rd time he'd run it. I & Hazel watched him go as far as we could see him & then went in the house. I went at cleaning off the shelves in the pantry. And I was not through yet when a knock came at 10:15 at the door & a strange man came & said, " Don't be scared. Mr. got hurt with his care & we are bringing him home!" I don't know how I felt. Then I saw them bringing him to the house. His clothing was covered with mud & his head & face covered with mud & blood. But he was conscious & could walk of which I was very glad. They helped put him to bed & then waited & pretty soon Mr. H.C.Schuler came & stayed & then Dr. Montgomery came & wehn he saw how bad Fred was he sent for his nurse so he came & then they put him on the table & tried to fix him up. His shoulder was dislocated & the ligaments were torn but he thought a bone was broken & he put 5 stitches in his head where he had a gash. Then he worked a couple of hours on his arm trying to set it & then Fred was very weak & faint & put him to bed & gave him some broth. They all had dinner here & then went home. I read to Fred a while. Poor fellow he had so much pain. M.V. Rudig & Verl & Harold Schuler brought his car home & then came in to see him. The car was badly smashed. I stayed up with Fred that night. Ina came over to help me this afternoon.
24 - Sun. Dr. Montgomery came again this forenoon. H.C. Schuler came in to see Fred & so did John. John stayed & helped the Dr. Dr. worked over his arm for a couple of hours again. A lot of people came down to see him but Dr. was just working over him so they couldn't see him. Mr. & Mary Rothe came down & tried to get Alice for a week but couldn't get her. Rudig's & George Rose's came up to see Fred this afternoon & when they were gone again, I had to call the Dr. Fred had so much pain. Dr. came & worked over him again a couple of hours. After services Dr. was still working over him. Ed Bourcks came down to see him & George Rose & Verl Rudig & Harold Schuler came down, too. Verl & George Rose stayed up with him all night.
25 - Mon. Today Dr. came again this forenoon. Mr. Rudig came up & was here a while & then he got faint & went home. He faints so easy. Dr. tried again for two hours to reset it & then went home & in the afternoon we had to call him again. Fred had so much pain he couldn't stand it & so he & the nurse came both & Henry Schuler came too. Mr. Weaver & Mrs. Schuler & Harold came to see him but Dr. was just working over him so they couldn't see him. Mr. Schuler & Mr Rudig came & stayed up all night with him.
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