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Clara Steen Skott diary, 1942-1946

July 11

1942.  Picked [first?] pies from rows 5 + 6 + gave them + some flowers to the Ray children who have whooping cough.  To bank.  baked bread + cake made batch of gooseberry jelly + canned 3 pt.  Hans wrote he can't leave Washington for  2 more weeks.
1943 Up at 7 to pick beans for dinner and make ice cream.  40 at S. S - Meth. Preacher from Oregon preached.  Wayne + Doris here for dinner at 2 - Warm.  Prof + Mrs. Roberts + Mary Loud here in eve.
94°  1944.  Got more corn + beans from garden, nice apples etc. from market.  K. up for breakfast then slept till nearly noon.   Hans went off with car key, so I stayed home - Cut out flowered [Ames?] divinity, devised maroon + white ric-rac trim for it.  Wrote 2 on porch in AM.
1945 Slept at Velma's.  Velma + girls took us to Melba's, there to our old farm.  13 for dinner :  Olga + Sondra, Melba + Beverly + Allen.  Velma's + [we?].  Chicken, pie, peas, etc. for dinner.  Washed uniforms for Frank.  Sat under maple in late P.M. Donnie + Amanda took us to Oskar's in '20 model T Ford.
1946.  On time at every meal on board the SS "Gen. Gordon".  Good food.  Just a little dizzy at times.  Sat in crowded lounge, in [sun?] [on?] [illegible] with Winifred Allan of Los A.  then hap hr or so  1000 Chinese aboard, 3 or 4 Hindus, 324 first class passengers.  12 in our cabin.  Community sing in lounge in eve.

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1942. Picked [first?] pies from rows 5 + 6 + gave them + some flowers to the Ray children who have whooping cough. To bank. baked bread + cake made batch of gooseberry jelly + canned 3 pt. Hans wrote he can't leave Washington for 2 more weeks. 1943 Up at 7 to pick beans for dinner and make ice cream. 40 at S. S - Meth. Preacher from Oregon preached. Wayne + Doris here for dinner at 2 - Warm. Prof + Mrs. Roberts + Mary Loud here in eve. 94° 1944. Got more corn + beans from garden, nice apples etc. from market. K. up for breakfast then slept till nearly noon. Hans went off with car key, so I stayed home - Cut out flowered [Ames?] divinity, devised maroon + white ric-rac trim for it. Wrote 2 on porch in AM. 1945 Slept at Velma's. Velma + girls took us to Melba's, there to our old farm. 13 for dinner : Olga + Sondra, Melba + Beverly + Allen. Velma's + [we?]. Chicken, pie, peas, etc. for dinner. Washed uniforms for Frank. Sat under maple in late P.M. Donnie + Amanda took us to Oskar's in '20 model T Ford. 1946. On time at every meal on board the SS "Gen. Gordon". Good food. Just a little dizzy at times. Sat in crowded lounge, in [sun?] [on?] [illegible] with Winifred Allan of Los A. then hap hr or so 1000 Chinese aboard, 3 or 4 Hindus, 324 first class passengers. 12 in our cabin. Community sing in lounge in eve.