26 - We dressed Fred up & took him to Red Oak. Mr. Schuler & Harold took him in their car. We had an x-ray picture take & it showed all the ligaments in his should were torn. I washed clothes while they were gone.
27 - I rolled up the clothes but didnot iron. I was pretty tired. Knokes were here last night & kept us up so late.
28 - Today was the Ladies Aid. I did not go. Mrs. Eshelman & Mrs. G.P. Schuler & Mrs. Sime Sondermann,& Mrs. H P. Neitz & Mrs. Frank Wohlenhaus came in to see him. I ironed all day but did not get done. Frank Knoke & George Bicking came in in the afternoon & Emery Eshelman, Mrs. Eshelman came in too. Said they (Ladies Aid) were going to serve dinner at Gene Eshelman's Sale in a week & I should bring a cake if I could &she said I did not need to have my sewing done for the Red Cross for the next meeting if I couldn't. People are very sympathetic.
March
1 - I finished ironing & did some mending. Mrs. Walter Eppelsheimer & Mrs. W. W. came in to see us a little. She brought us some sausage & head cheese.
2 - I did up my Saturday wash. Mr. & Mrs. Weaver came over in the afternoon & I cleaned up the front rooms & scrubbed the front porch after they were gone.
3 - Fred went to church and preached. I taught my class again & also had a Message Bearer meeting. We talked about getting up a program. There were services at Lyman Lutheran Church. But we did not go.
4 - We had an early dinner & while Fred was getting ready to go to Grant. Mr. Weaver took him down so he could straighten up his accounts & then brought him up to G. Kuester's where the Dr. was (Elda was sick) & I cleaned up his clothes for his trip then is was nearly 3 o'clock when he got home & he asked me to get ready to go along & so I did. Mr. Weaver took us to Atlantic & by 7 we were in Atlantic. The roads were pretty bad. I was afraid we would upset. We got to Des Moines alright but our train was gone so we went up to Brother Faust's to stay over night. Hazel slept on the way to Atlantic a little & then on the train she kept awke all the way until we go to Brother Faust's, & then she went right to sleep.
5 - We had breakfast at Brother Faust's & then went to Depot & got a train to Hampton & there Uncle Henry Marty was there to meet us & he took us all out there for dinner & supper. Then we visited Brother Preachers in Hampton a while & then walked to the depot & left for Dumont. There Philip & Wilma & Florence met us and took us to Brother Carvelteis's where he stayed all night.
6 - Fred visited with Carveltis after breakfast while I washed out a few pieces for Hazel. Then we went over to home. Mother was a little beter but she did not know what she was saying any of the time. We all had to be very quiet as that would make her nervous. Albert was home from Camp Dodge, too. We went back to Carveltis again for the night.
7 - After breakfast I ironed 7 then we went back again. Mother was about the same. They have a very good nurse.
8 - We played at Carvelti's last night again & today we went over to Fred's home again. This evening when we got there Mrs. Carvelti was getting redy to leave for her Mother's at Naperville, Ill. who was very sick. But she said we should stay there all night anyway. She left on the non o'clock this evning.
9 - We went over again after breakfast. Mr. Carvelti & the boys are so handy about the work you don't miss Mrs. at all where it comes to the work. Hazel did not sleep so very well last night. But she is better again today.
10 - We got ready for church after breakfast & after the work was all done. Then we went over to Fred's home & waited until after Sunday School & then went to church. Then we went to Nita Boeckemiers for dinner. We stayed there until about 3:30 & then went home & were there for supper. Then we went to church & then back to Carvelti's.
11 - We went back again after breakfast. And then after dinner Hazel got sick. I think she had the mumps. She cried all afternoon & part of the evening. But she slept pretty good. Mother is kind of suspicious we are here.
12 - Hazel was some better today, but we thought we better not take her out yet to take her home. So we decided to stay another day. We stayed here last night because Hazel was too sick to take her over to Carvelti's. I stepped in to see Mother a little this evening. she did not look natural at all. Her face was so red & bloated & her eyes so starry from the erysipikelas.
13 - This morning we packed up our grips & then we went in to see mother a little. She looked a little better. Then we took the 9:50 for Minden & we got home about 8 o'clock in the evening. Fred phoned H.c. Schuler from Minden and they came to meet us. Mrs. Eshelman was along, too. We got a little supper when we got home & then went to bed.
14 - Ina came in to see us this morning & Frank Wohlenhaus came in to fix our phone. I cleaned up & unpacked our suitcases.
15 Today I made a dress for Hazel. I did not get it quite finished. Fred started out for Grant but just as he was starting the Dr. came by & told him he would not have time to se ehim. He should come tomorrow so he walked to Lyman with butter.
16 - I did up my Sat. work & finished a dress for Hazel. Fred went to see the Dr. & he told Fred he would not think of letting his arm out of the sling bandages yet for another 4 weeks at least.
17 - We went to Sunday school. Fred came up in time for church. There was a good attendance.
18 - I put out a three weeks wash today & two bed blankets. Fred ran two machine fulls & then his arm hurt him so he had to quit.
19 - I did my ironing today.
20 - Today I did my mending. I did not get quite done.
21 - I finished mending & made a dress for Hazel out of one of my old ones. Didn't quite finish it.
22 - I raked part of our front lawn today.
23 - Fred had the care taken to Grant to be overhauled. I did up my Sat. work.
24 - WE had services both morning & eve. I gave a talk in YPA on "What would Jesus Do to abolish intemperance."
25 - I made over my Mate...dress. Started to rather. I washing Hazel's hair. Fred went to Grant.
26 - I finished my dress. Fred went to Grant to look after the car.
27 - I was going to wash my hair this afternoon but just as I was going to start, Fred came home with Cass Wasmer from Grant. They were going to Atlantic, wo I got myself & Hazel ready in 15 minutes & went along. On the way we met Edith Walkinshaw. She was just coming from teaching school & she went along to Atlantic.
28 - I did up my Fri. work today & did a little baking. About 11 o'clock Mr. Boos came over after us & we spent the day with them & about 4 they brought us back. We ad the black raspberries for dinner. They were so good.
29 - This morning we got up at 4:30 & got ready to go to Atlantic to meet mother. We did not leave here until 5:40 because Russel Schuler couldn't get his car started. But we got there in time for the train. Then we came home & had breakfast. Hazel sang for Mother all afternoon & Mother washed & pressed Fred's clothing for Conf.
30 - Fred went to Grant today to do a little painting on the car. I baked a couple of cakes & did some of the Sat. work this forenoon & this afternoon I had my Sunday School picnic for my class. There were 29 here out of 42. The had a big time. After they were gone, I swept & dusted the front rooms & mother got supper & I did the chores. Fred came home from Grant. He had been to see the Dr. and the Dr. took the bandages off his arm & put it in a sling so he is some better.
31 - This is Easter. Hazel got ten Easter eggs. I started fire int he church furnace & taught my S.S. class. It was very interesting. Knoke's took us home to dinner in the afternoon. Fred went to see the Dr. I & Hazel rode along. Mother stayed at Knoke's until services in the evening. Then Fred & I stayed home. I lay down & slept & went I work up Fred had milked the cow with one hand. Does he love me? We went to the Lutheran church in the evening to hear Rev. Orth, a Presbyterian minister speak on the war. U. G. Weaver brought us home.
