From Mom’s Diary… 1950 - Dec 19 - TV set at home

From Mom’s Diary… 1950 - Dec 19

TV set at home

Tuesday, Dec 19:

Mom came  & I set her hair. Cooley here in P.M. to collect for Advocate. Watched T.V.
Dad came, at nite wore Max’s square dance dress & went to Lohrville. Leo’s have T.V. Bendix.
To square dance. Really a lot of fun. Home at 2:00. Made a batch of penuchi for school.

Wednesday, Dec 20:

Made 2 cherry pies, white nut cake, got gifts ready & went to boys school play. They all three have colds & coughs. Bill was Santa, Robert Hunter - Mrs. Santa - Real good. Ate - they exchanged gifts & came home.

Thursday, Dec 21:

… Got supper & watched T.V.


My comments:

What fun to see when T.V. set first arrived.
Speedy Shirbroun had brought a T.V. out to the school house (on hill) some evenings, over prior year.
This Christmas of 1950 seemed to be the pivot point. We got ours, then found out Leo’s had gotten one also!! I do recall the thrill. Ours was a Motorola. Looked like this 19” - I have actual photos in later years.

Doors were rarely, if ever, closed!! ;-)


Families are Forever! ;-)

From Mom’s Diary… 1950 - Nov 5 - Roy Rogers at KRNT Theater

From Mom’s Diary… 1950 - Nov 5

Roy Rogers at KRNT Theater

 

As they looked then... ;-)

Sunday, November 5:

Made chicken, noodles, salad. Mom & Dad came, ate, got ready to go to D. Moines to Roy Rogers at K.R.N.T. Really good. Better than I tho’t. Trigger right out on stage. Dale cute, Roy handsome, fine orchestra. Cute square dancers & dresses. Acrobats, dancers & everything. Ate at Hotel Fort Des Moines. Fancy supper. Kids got gifts.
Daryle’s wash house burned at 12:00 just as Pete came to bed. He helped fight it.


My comments:

We had been to several Roy Rogers movie over past months, so seeing them all live, in-person, on stage, and outside, really made an impression that has lasted through the years!! I was a big fan!! ;-)


Families are Forever! ;-)

From Mom’s Diary… 1950 - Summers - Birthdays

From Mom’s Diary… 1950 - Summers - Birthdays

Wanted to get this photo in; probably from spring, when landscaping done.

Also a hedge, off to the left in photo, dividing front yard from garden area behind.
No diary entry on my birthday this year.

Thursday, August 3:

Did a washing. In town & had pickup fixed. Got cowboy doll for Nancy. Ate at D & D.
Home & got Bill cleaned up & he went to Nancy’s 11th Birthday Party. I went after them & had lunch. Folded clothes. Thought Ace would come after school books but he didn’t. Mom & Dad came. I fixed her hair. Drove in town & got cones. Got new jeans & sweater so I could go to cafe for dinner.

Wednesday, August 9:

Did up usual work. Made Pete an angel food. He’s 35 today. Left for Jeff. at nine. Got his driver’s license and hair cut. Talked to Irene Jacobsens. Did a little shopping, came home, cleaned a chicken, did dishes, went to Swimming Aquacade. It was good. Watermelon race, candle race, clowns. Had pop & ice cream & came home.
Bill to Helping Hands at LVene’s in P.M. She sent home roasting ears.


My comments:

Potpourri of items for this entry…


Families are Forever! ;-)

From Mom’s Diary… 1950 - Mar 30 - Allergic to Penicillin

From Mom’s Diary… 1950 - Mar 30

Allergic to Penicillin

Florey (pictured), Fleming and Chain shared a Nobel Prize in 1945 for their work on penicillin. 

Source: Wikipedia

Thursday, March 30:

…Billy’s hip was sore - is where he got penicillin shot. … Bill to Dr.
Temp is 99 1/2 degrees. Gave him allergy pill & sulfa. Allergic to penicillin, I guess.

Friday, March 31:

Billy’s hip all swelled hard & red. Didn’t send Jimmy to school either because he had a spot on his leg & 2 on his forehead. …

Saturday, April 1:

… Billy’s hip so sore he can hardly walk. …

Monday, April 3:

… Billy’s hip was better so he went to school. …


My comments:

I had just gone through a week or so of chicken pox… then, they (Dr. Johnson???) gave me a penicillin shot! Not the thing to do. I am allergic to penicillin! First experience recorded here! ;-)

Jim was getting chicken pox, but was real slow coming on… took several days…

P.S. In Louisville, in 1964, I'd apparently forgotten I was allergic to penicillin, and let them give me a shot... very same reaction!!! I've had big red letters 'Allergic to Penicillin' on all medical charts since! ;-)
Ah, Ha! April 21: Had penicillin from Doc Johnson for Tom. TOLD YOU SO!! 'Penicillin Pete' struck again... but, Tom was not allergic...  ;-)

Oh, and on March 17 - Mom and Dad celebrated 12 years of marriage; on April 20, Jim was 6. ;-)

Families are Forever! ;-)

From Mom’s Diary… 1950 - Mar 5 - Bayard house

From Mom’s Diary… 1950 - Mar 5

Bayard house

 

Grandpa and Grandma Kinnick on front porch of Bayard house, about 10 years later.

They apparently moved about March 1 to the little house in Bayard, from the farm, west of Bayard.

Sunday, March 5:

Really a spring day. Boys & Pete to S.S. & church. I fixed ham loaf, salad, carrots, cake, jello & we went to Mom’s to dinner. Leo’s there too. House is nice. It just needs water, furnace, paint, paper.
Kids played out doors & on porch & in school yard.
Real muddy in places.
Home & put kids to bed & did dishes. Paul & Helen, Morris came, stayed till 12:00.


My comments:

House just needed a ‘few things!’ ;-)

Was right adjacent to the Bayard school, to the east of the house.


Families are Forever! ;-)