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Clara Steen Skott diary, 1942-1946

May 16

1942 Painted bathroom door _ window; Shirley began her garden sign. Sig dyed green for her [illegible] + made cookies + gardened. I planted abt 100 celery, 50 more asters, 12 tomatoes, 12 peppers, etc. Nice day
Read in rosa Wilder Lane's "Free Land"
1943. Girls + Z + I went to church. Paul + Helen Pownall + Jay W + Hans came as church was out. [illegible] for dinner - young chicken, mashed spuds, new asp. To Weidemanns in PM and for supper. We looked at 60 A. tract of land - too wet to be desirable. 
90º 1944. Ironed. Battery dead, so was late to our last Canteen Mtg. Went with Mrs. Covlen to lunch and  hr. work on surgical dressings. Hans + I took car to Esso Sta then planted a doz. tomato plants. 
63º
88º 1945. At last finished up 3 green wool skirts + last stitches on Danish sewing and wrapped up pkg. Washed my hair and baked bread. 2 letters from Hans, still in London, to train some not yet arrived from U.S.
1946. Cut out my black nylon dress and worked on it. Frank in for dinner - we had steak. Wrote letters.

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1942 Painted bathroom door _ window; Shirley began her garden sign. Sig dyed green for her [illegible] + made cookies + gardened. I planted abt 100 celery, 50 more asters, 12 tomatoes, 12 peppers, etc. Nice day Read in rosa Wilder Lane's "Free Land" 1943. Girls + Z + I went to church. Paul + Helen Pownall + Jay W + Hans came as church was out. [illegible] for dinner - young chicken, mashed spuds, new asp. To Weidemanns in PM and for supper. We looked at 60 A. tract of land - too wet to be desirable. 90º 1944. Ironed. Battery dead, so was late to our last Canteen Mtg. Went with Mrs. Covlen to lunch and hr. work on surgical dressings. Hans + I took car to Esso Sta then planted a doz. tomato plants. 63º 88º 1945. At last finished up 3 green wool skirts + last stitches on Danish sewing and wrapped up pkg. Washed my hair and baked bread. 2 letters from Hans, still in London, to train some not yet arrived from U.S. 1946. Cut out my black nylon dress and worked on it. Frank in for dinner - we had steak. Wrote letters.