June 24 - 30, 1948

Nothing old about this recent photo. Traveling home from Portland

we drove through Yellowstone National Park on Route 20. This

bison herd held up traffic for fifteen minutes.

June 24: "Went to farm early this morning. Painted most of the morning. Wasn't feeling very good. Sprayed corn after dinner. Rockholds were in after supper. Kids went to show."

gro.  1.25

popcorn  .20

June 25: "Went to farm early this morning. Sprayed 20 acres of corn till noon. Then plowed corn after dinner. Picked three quarts of raspberries. Was very fine day. Looked like rain this afternoon. Kinsy was down home papering their front room. Tick and Byrl, Vic and kids were here to listen to fight. Louis won in knockout in 15th round (over Jersey Joe Walcott)."

June 26: "Went to farm early this morning. Plowed corn all day till it rained about 3 o'clock. Then worked on binder rest of day. Came home about 6:15. Dan and Elsie were up this evening. Had a bad storm last night. Helen canned 3 quarts of raspberries."

gro. 2.43

paper  .20

ice cream  1.23

June 27: "Got up late this morning, was raining. Laid around all day till we went to farm about 5:30. Picked 3 quarts of raspberries. Ray Alt's were down, they are leaving for Oregon Thursday. Came home early, stopped at Adcox's to see June as she is leaving for Alaska on Thursday."

paper  .15

June 28: "Went to farm late this morning. Worked on binder till noon. Cut 10 acres of wheat after dinner. Dan helped all day. I shocked all afternoon. Wheat is very heavy. Looked like rain this afternoon. Canned 3 quarts of raspberries and 7 pints of beets."

gro.  .98

June 29: "Went to farm early this morning. Tried to plow corn but was too wet. Shocked wheat till noon. Cut wheat after dinner. Shocked awhile in evening. Picked 3 quarts of raspberries. Got home about 10:00."

June 30: "Went to farm early. Charles went down to help Grandma. Worked on chicken house most of morning. Shocked wheat after dinner, came home early. Went to Kahler's this evening. Was a fine day."

gro. 1.40

June 17 - 23, 1948

Harriet Adcox (older sister of Helen) is somewhere

in this photo. Again year wasn't recorded.

June 17: "Went to farm early this morning. Hoed potatoes awhile, then greased car. Sprayed some weeds also chicken house. Went to Delavan after dinner and got tractor, seen the new "49" Fords." Ordered 150 chickens.

popcorn   .20

June 18: "Went to farm early this morning. Mowed weeds along road first thing. Then made fence in timber til noon. Put sprayer on tractor after dinner. Will spray corn tomorrow. Was very warm today. Still no rain."

Nancy Koch  1.50
groc. 1.23
paper  .20

June 19: "Went to farm early this morning. Looked like rain, but cleared up late in the afternoon. Cut weeds most of morning. Fixed some fence after dinner. Schmidt's cows were in the corn. Came home early. Went to card party at Zimmermann's."

groc.  1.38
polident  .67

June 20: "Got up late morning. Kids went to Sunday School. I picked 2.5 gallons of cherries up at Hodgsons. Pitted them after I got home. Took 6.5 quarts down and put them in deep freeze. Grandma had a big lunch."

June 21: "Went to Pekin this morning. Had about one inch of rain early this morning. Got my hair cut. Went to farm about 11:00, helped Ruth paint a couple of hours. Then made fence til evening in timber. Came home early, 6:45."

rompers  2.04
strainer  .60
barrettes  .20
candy  .44

June 22: "Went to farm at 7:00, had another shower of rain. Worked on threshing machine all morning. Went to timber after dinner and put cows on other side of timber. Picked about a quart of raspberries. Came home early, went to Rockholds for evening visit. Brought home puppy."

beer  2.85

June 23: "Went to farm this morning, sprayed weeds most of morning. Went to Delavan after dinner to get a gate, also stopped at Ford garage. Had showers most of the day, came home early this evening."

Traveling

 Historic Buffalo, WY, Busy Bee is a great place for breakfast. If camping, stay at the KOA, the people are the best. Quality, service and cleanliness, second to none. Buffalo also has a "thing" for Longmire. 

 Camped in the Lake Coeur d'alene National Forest campground. Not well taken care of, trashcans were packed, firepit was full of garbage, water supply near our campsite was off and the nightly fee....$20 if you weren't a senior citizen. Columbia River view taken from a dry area.

 This picture and next two are from Phillips Lake National Forest Campground in Oregon. Wonderful spot, well maintained, hiking, it was cool and windy but we loved the location. There is hiking right from your campsite.

 How we now travel, truck camper is gone and we travel in a 2001 Dodge Roadtrek. 

 Bison herd slowed our drive through Yellowstone as we followed Route 20. We had a great trip and discovered Route 16 in Wyoming is also a beautiful drive with many campgrounds if you are planning on camping.

June 10 - 16, 1948

Helen Adcox is 6th from left in row 2.

Year of this picture is not known. Helen married

Henry Schurter the day after high school graduation.

June 10: "Went to farm early this morning. Worked on sprayer all day. Was very hot today, still no rain. Everything is drying up."

gro. .60

ice cream  .72

popcorn  .20

paper  .20

June 11: "Went to William Scotts to make hay this morning. Stayed till 4:00, then went to Eichers to help Dan. Got one load of bales. Came home late. Went up to Grandma's (Adcox) for awhile. Was very warm today."

June 12: "Went to farm early. Unloaded bales at Dan's, then went and got another load of bales. Had a shower of rain. Stopped baling rest of day. Came home early was going to pick cherries but was too damp. Went to Dan's on picnic."

gro.  1.61

gro.  1.89

cleaners  1.50

June 13: "Got up late this morning. Went to Hodgsons to pick cherries about 9:30. Fell out of cherry tree. We picked 8 gallons of cherries, put 8 quarts in our freezer. Vic (Adcox, brother to Helen), helped me pick them."

ice cream and paper  .88

June 14: "Went to farm early this morning. Helped Dan get 52 bales at Eichers and put them in his barn. Then plowed corn up in timber till noon. Rained most of the afternoon. Went to Peoria to get pump for sprayer. Had a nice rain today. Helped the gardens a lot."

gro.  2.32

ice cream  .24

June 15: " Went to farm late this morning. Helen and kids went along. Worked in garden and helped Grandma with cherries. We made fence this afternoon. Tractor started giving trouble. Went to Delavan to see when they could fix it.Picked cherries this evening. Put 6 quarts in freezer along with 1 pint of peas."

June 16: "Went to farm early this morning. Took tractor to Delavan. Got home about noon. Hoed some potatoes. Went to Peoria after dinner. Came home early. Helen washed and cleaned basement."

ice cream  .37

Friends

A few pictures from yesterday. We had friends overnight and visited local landmarks.

June 3 - 9, 1948

June 3: "Went to farm early this morning. Raked hay most of morning, put hay rack on rubber tires. Worked in hay field most of afternoon. Was very hot. Sure need rain."

gro .60

June 4: "Went to farm early this morning. Worked with hay till noon. They started baling at 11:30. Got 402 bales of hay. Got it all put up by 7:00. Didn't get home till very late. Bought 2 chickens from Dan."

June 5: "Went to farm late this morning.Took rake home to Connell's. Unloaded rest of baled hay. Used rotary hoe on patch of corn after dinner. Came home early. Went to Betty Edwards wedding and reception this evening. Got home before midnight. Had a very lite rain last evening."

June 6: "Got up late this morning. Mowed lawn before dinner, also painted screen. Had light shower of rain this morning. Kids are at Ertmoed's to a birthday party. Went to Dan's to picnic about 3:30. Had a shower of rain.

June 7: "Went to farm early this morning. Plowed corn most of day. Was very cool this morning. Had very little rain over the weekend. Went to Morton at noon and got half of baby beef, about 140 pounds. Started to cut it up this evening."

June 8: "Went to farm early this morning. Plowed corn till about 8:30 then went to Peoria. Got back at 11:00, plowed all afternoon, was very cool all day. Finished cutting up meat. Mom put up 9 pints of spinach."

gro  1.89
cards  .10

June 9: "Went to farm early this morning. Plowed corn most of day. Was cool this morning, still no rain. Came home early this evening."