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Clara Steen Skott diary, 1948-1952

April 26

APRIL 26
1948 Rainy, baked bread. We cleaned up house. I canned 3 qt. Rome Beauty apples. Hans out all this week on rural interviews for BAE, home overnight. Busy library day. Made out book order.
1949 My nursery school for Sophs. to [suf?] began in P.M. with 4: Jimmy Walsh, Charleen Gray, Joey Mitchell and Russell Rubisch. They played and girls told and read stories. Hans and I bought Philco Deep Freeze.
April 27 33 degrees 1950 Awake awhile then slept till 6:30. So I still had my hair in braids when Sig and Marian Dunn brought Kathryn home about 8. She is thin. Flew from Delhi via Karachi, Basra, Damascus, Brussels, Shannon, Boston to La Guardia Field from 5:30 AM. Tues. She slept P.M. Hans home at noon. I ironed, baked bread, apple pie. Got 7
1951. Fine day. I drove to Madison - took Deone. We were at Ext. [Div?] and Mem. Union to find a Guest Night speaker. She shopped for remnants for bazaar aprons and got 15 sacks for towels. Got box (1/2 hr.) oranges Sig sent from Florida. Nap. Worked in garden.
1952. K here in AM but no help to me. I did the ironing, vacuumed rugs, directed Ron Raemisch at my Mdltn Hts. garden plowing and discing, put in early seeds, peas, carrots, salsify. Worked at Branch 3 hrs. Turned furnace fire off.

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APRIL 26 1948 Rainy, baked bread. We cleaned up house. I canned 3 qt. Rome Beauty apples. Hans out all this week on rural interviews for BAE, home overnight. Busy library day. Made out book order. 1949 My nursery school for Sophs. to [suf?] began in P.M. with 4: Jimmy Walsh, Charleen Gray, Joey Mitchell and Russell Rubisch. They played and girls told and read stories. Hans and I bought Philco Deep Freeze. April 27 33 degrees 1950 Awake awhile then slept till 6:30. So I still had my hair in braids when Sig and Marian Dunn brought Kathryn home about 8. She is thin. Flew from Delhi via Karachi, Basra, Damascus, Brussels, Shannon, Boston to La Guardia Field from 5:30 AM. Tues. She slept P.M. Hans home at noon. I ironed, baked bread, apple pie. Got 7 1951. Fine day. I drove to Madison - took Deone. We were at Ext. [Div?] and Mem. Union to find a Guest Night speaker. She shopped for remnants for bazaar aprons and got 15 sacks for towels. Got box (1/2 hr.) oranges Sig sent from Florida. Nap. Worked in garden. 1952. K here in AM but no help to me. I did the ironing, vacuumed rugs, directed Ron Raemisch at my Mdltn Hts. garden plowing and discing, put in early seeds, peas, carrots, salsify. Worked at Branch 3 hrs. Turned furnace fire off.