Tues, Dec 6, 1960

54°/68°

We didn’t get up till 8.45.  Larry and Lawrence were gone and Clara was up.  Charlene didn’t get up till 9.30.  Tillie and I had orange juice and an apple and coffee.  About 10.00 Clara went to work.  I took her in my car.  Then home.  Laurena brought a new battery for their Buick and put it in.  Then I went in and wrote in book.  Nice sunny weather. 

Charlene was up and watching T.V.

Clara came home and we had a light lunch.

Then Larry came home from school we two took a walk.

We played solitaire at the office, Larry, Lawrence and I.  Lawrence won.

Home and had pork chops and mashed potatoes, with salad.

Then Clara, Tillie, Lawrence and I went to Escambia High Schol and listened to speeches and at 7.55 we went around to the different schoolrooms and stayed a few min. in each.

Charlene and her boyfriend and another young couple went by themselves.  Larry stayed home and studied.

At 9.00 Charlene played the organ while refreshments were served.  Cookies punch and sandwiches.

Then home and sat talking till about 10.30 when we went to bed.

Slept fine.

Mon, Dec 5, 1960

34°/70°

Up at 6.00 and shaved.  Tillie up at 6.15.  Heated water for coffee and had a cup.  Frost on the ground.

Drove along 27 to Tallahassee where we stopped at a drive in restaurant and had a pork sandwich and a vanilla shake.  Tillie had a strawberry shake. 

No, it was in Pensacola where we had our lunch, it was beautiful country where we went, Route 20 to 231 to 98 in Panama City.  We followed to shore along the Gulf Coast, stretches of pure white sand and then mile or two of motels and cottages.  Nobody down no, as everything looked disserted.

I stopped and took two pictures of the beach.  Also the temperatures of the water, 62°.  A beautiful day.

Found Anderson Mobile Home, on Navy Blvd.  Clara was there.  Later on Laurence came in.  Stayed there till we went to their home on 2^nd St.

It is a nice brick house.  Larry sleeps in garage.  Went after Clara, Charlene and Larry at the store and their car wouldn’t start.

Had a nice supper, when Laurence came home.

Pensacola is in Central Tinee Zone.  In Eve. Charlene played the organ for us.  To bed at 11.00.

Slept fine.  Only had to get up once.

Sun, Dec 4, 1960

70°  6.55/5.26

UP at 5.00 and shaved and then back to bed.  Up at 7.00 and got oranges ready, then packed car and were off at 8.30.  Followed 710 to 441.  Followed that to 27.  Followed 27 to Perry.  Stopped by road side and had sandwich and coffee.  Near Chiefland, while Tillie was driving, the left rear blew, so pulled over to the side and changed it.  It took 25 min.  Two colored men stopped and helped.

Then continued till 5.30, when we stopped at “Irene Motel,” a couple miles south of Perry.  Nice room, heated, air conditioned hot and cold water, for $4.12 for the two.

Tillie cut my hair. Had a sandwich and coffee and apple for supper. 

Tillie irrigated.

To bed at 9.00.

Slept fairly good.

Sat, Dec 3, 1960

60°/76°

Up at 7.00 and got paper and read it.  Made breakfast and brought it in to Tillie.  Sunny and 66°.

Showers during night.

Tied up banana plants.

Flower is coming out on banana plant.  Also flowers on lemon.

Went to P.O. and mailed packages.  Went to Vachon Groves Office and had then ship oranges & grapefruit to Dick, Til, Carl and Frank.

Then home and watered yard.  Sun came out nicely in forenoon.  Had french toast at noon.  Sent some X-mas cards.

Tillie made molasses crinkles.  Went to store and got oranges and dried beef.

Home and heard Dixie had been in hospital with nervous breakdown.  Looked after Sheila while Nancy went to her home.

Tillie washed her hair.

Had nice supper.

To bed at 9.00.  Tillie irrigated in Eve.

Fri, Dec 2, 1960

50°  6.53/5.26

Up at 7.30.  Raining for an hour or so.  Got breakfast ready and read paper.  Tillie up at 9.00 and irrigated.  I went after Collangis to ask if he wanted to go in swimming.  He said no.  Sun came out once in a while, but mostly cloudy.  It was only 60° at 10.30.

Had rice for lunch & coffee.

Cloudy then.  At 1.00 we left for bank, bought some grapefruit, paid mortgage and went to Hildas, while there it poured quite a while.

Two men were working in her bath room, plastering it.  Sun came out before we left at 3.30.

Very windy.

Home and supper.  Ed came in about 7.00 and stayed till 7.30, when we went to Collangis.

The Mollienaux came about 8.00 and we played two games of canasta.  Had cake, ice cream and coffee later.  Nice evening.

Very windy all day, showers off and on.  Beautiful moonlight night.  Got home at midnight.  Read till 1.00.

Thurs, Dec 1, 1960

55°/77°  6.53/5.26

Up at 8.00 and got breakfast ready.  Watered plants and It was 55° outside at 8.00.  Tillie got up at 9.00.  Worked outside till 10.30 when Gus came and we went down for a swim.  We were the only ones down there except the Ostbergs.  Talked with him for a while.  We had a strong north wind blowing and it picked up while we were there.

Blue Heron Blvd. is open for traffic again after being closed for three days.  Home and had lunch, then went shopping and got insulators for the antenna.

Worked all afternoon putting up antenna and connecting it to T.V.  Had supper of lamb, baked potatoes, cranberries, rice pudding and coffee. 

Watched T.V. in Eve.  We got a telephone call from Clara Charoh, at Tobys.  Talked with her for a few minutes.

Tillie worked on hot pads.

Tillie watched T.V. till 12.00.  I went to be at 10.30 and read.

“Echo” went by at 6.20 but it was too cloudy to see it.

Wed, Nov 30, 1960

61°/81°  6.52/5.26

Up at 8.30 and got breakfast there watered plants and read paper then went after Collangis and we three went to the beach for a swim.

North wind and strong, but water 78° and quite calm.

Were home at 11.40 and had lunch at 1.00.  I washed car in afternoon after I had connected lead in wire to antenna.  Watched T.V. at 5.00 when Ed came in and stayed till 7.00

Beautiful moonlight night.