So that I don’t forget… I’m blogging “Lest We Forget”, pretty ironic!!…I scanned about 8 days worth of diary entries tonight to make it easier to stay on top of things. Hey! I’ve been busy!
Cullerne and Steve, again!
Cullerne and Steve were in town all day We were to go to work but Cullerne did not come back
Weather very warm with a little rain
Sun out all afternoon
Now, I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: This diary can be excruciatlingly BORING!! Aside from the nostalgic value to me or maybe it’s the historical value from a family history standpoint, it’s interesting. Interesting enough to take the time to post these blogs, anyway!! Clem died in 1955 at age 67. I was only about 2 1/2 at the time and my memory of him is more from the pictures that I’ve seen of him with my grandmother, or the picture of him holding me outside the house at 32-34 Tyler Street in Springfield, Massahcusetts. (That reminds me, I should track that one down and scan it for the blog) And, of course, this diary which is 100 years old this year! So for me, that’s where he lives…in the photos and this diary. In that respect, this diary is important to me, and I hope that some of the readers can get at least a little something out of it!
“LEST WE FORGET” February 28, 1913
Weather a little colder with a little snow. Cullerne and Steve went to town on the 1:30 AM. Steve left for Seattle.
I stay in the car and over in the office all day.
“Lest We Forget” Thursday, February 27, 1913
Weather a little warmer sun out all day
Steve and I lay in cat till 10 oc. I went up town and got a haircut. came back for dinner. got fooled they run out of water and we had to go up town for dinner. When we came back Steve and I made blue prints till 2:30
came back to car and had a sleep
“Lest We Forget” Wednesday, February 1913
Weather a little warmer The three of us stayed in the car all morning Cullerne working on a gravel Pit note Steve copyed note: I had a chance
In the afternoon I helped Steve to copy notes and check them
“Lest We Forget” Tuesday, February 25, 1913
Weather much the same I did a little work Carried water and filled the barrells
In the afternoon I went to the drafting room stay about 3 hr while Steve and Cullerne were working in the car. Stene went to the big Caldy [?] in the morning
Not much “construction” going on today…maybe too cold? If you can enlarge the photo, can you figure out what the “big Caldy” might be?
I’m getting caught up this morning on the past couple of days of diary entries in order to get ready for the next BU module. So far, everything seems to be going well with the course. But I’m also scheduled to be in Brimfield this afternoon to teach session 3 at the Hitchcock Free Academy. That’ll be 3 down, 1 to go!
Plenty of classes, lectures and series coming up:
1) Tonight I’m beginning another 5-week course at First Church in Ludlow with up to 12 participants. We’ll meet once a week for 5 weeks. That’s a good number so that I can dig into any interesting cases that come up.
2) I’m halfway through a lecture series at Hitchcock Free Academy.
3) The Western Mass Genealogical Society is sponsoring an open house in April celebrating the 40th anniversary of their founding. I’m been a member to a few years there but I’ll also be speaking at the event.
4) The first series of classes are now over at the Yellow House Center for Community Learning in Palmer. Apparently it was well received as they’ve booked me for 2 more series’. One will start in early June and the other in late July.
5) The weekly meetings at Chicopee Public Library will continue. March will bring an open house on the subject of genealogy with a number of speakers, myself including!
Please get in touch with me if you’re interested in attending any of these genealogical events! Comment here on the blog, call me at (413) 233-4866, or you can always check the web site: Old Bones Genealogy and Family Research. I’ll try to get everything updated on the site in the next day or so!
Weather very cold Cullerne did not come back. Frank Marimon came up from Edmonton and took Steve up to the big Eddy to run levels and back at noon.
I stayed in the car all day.
Weather little colder and Cullerne went to town with Starry to see Dunk
Steve and I were in the car all day alone. I sleep all morning. In the afternoon I took a walk uptown.
We arr. at Otley at 4 oc and had to stay on the bench till 7 oc and the sec foreman came and woke us up for breakfast we left items on the spreader at 8:30 am for Edson we got to Edson at 4:30 with levels all ok
We did not work today because Cullerne did not get up in time to get the train and we had to stay in Edson all day In the after noon I went to the big Eddie with Bill & Frank, Stormer and Con. got back at 5:30 PM.
Then Cullerne came and told me at 1 oc Pm that we had to go to work the next day.
[The words “next day” appear on the bottom of the next page, February 22]
