1932. We all hope for a good and prosperous year.

January 1---spent the last few hours of the old year at Hazel's, the ocassion being Emma's 12th birthday. the new year was usuered in with sleet covering everything.

2---warmer snow began to melt

3---warm S.E. wind a little snow left. Grace, Merretta and Hazel were here today, had coffee with me

4---finished washing, dryed clothes indoors some snow flying, by p.m. it is raining some at night about 11:30 has been raining hard. East wind.

5---cool

9-10---snow, S.W. wind

12---misting butchered hog weighed 314 lbs. spring pig. got it from Youngs

the night of eleventh rained all night snow gone not any frost in the ground.

13---cloudy, wind from s.w.

14---cloudy. sleet at night

15---went to Ludington sold beef, pork and also butter wasn't such a bad day streets were slippery

16---cloudy, cold

17---not such a bad day sun grinned out in p.m. we went to Grace and Orel's stayed for supper

18---wind in north by night it shifted to the west

19---wind in the south, thawing in p.m. not any snow

20--- the same as the day before

21---very foggy and damp

22-23---cloudy, warm grass is green went to Fountain to Nell and Oscar's Saturday evening was freezing some

24---cold, south west wind Bert and family were here in the afternoon stayed for supper

25---ground frozen this morning hauled one load of corn fodder by noon was thawing

26---white frost this morning, wind from south, cloudy in a.m. snow in p.m.

27---the ground was covered with snow in the morning. by noon it was almost gone! warm sunshine ground all thawed up. Grace and Merretta were here all day. enjoyed it very much.

28---cold south east wind frozen ground in morning. white frost clear and windy by noon then turned warmer 36 tonight was 52 above in Chicago this afternoon

29---thunder, rain and hail at 4:45 in the morning Foggy all forenoon, then by noon the wind began to blow, turned much colder

Saturday 30---two above at Freesoil. it was 2 below early in the morning. was going to Ludington but gave it up fine snow blowing all day plants froze down had them upstairs in the south room covered with papers.

31---cold wind

Feb. 1---went to Ludington with butter, etc. still cold, about 11 above in the morning. has been cold and cloudy all week. Just enough snow to haul the corn stalks from field with sleighs.

7---cold s.e. wind during the night. it blew a regualar hurricane wind changed to n.w.

8---wind blowing cold, sunshines out occasionly

9---cold, s.e. wind, by noon it began to get warmer, about 5 oclock rain, snow and some fine hail. kinda slippery

10---a very nice morning birds chirping around in the trees cloudy, a warm looking horizon at night a thunder storm came up. disconected the radio must have rained in torrents

11--- very foggy in the morning, then rained hard, foggy until noon clouds broke, sunshine part of p.m. wind s.e. and s. about 3:30 wind began to blow a real hurrycane and is still at it at 9:30.

Changeable all week.

16---warmer, misty, by night, it rained, rained at night

17---colder, snow flurries

18---e.s.e. and s. wind not thawing at all

19---cloudy with snow flurries cold n.w. wind

20---sunshiny, in the morning 14 above. ground frozen hard

21---Sunday, lovely warm day. top of the ground all mushy. sunshine all day. had an old time Sunday. just as we were starting lunch, Bert and family drove in then we put on more dishes, when wer were washing dishes, Harry (Ulrich), Dave and Tillie (Young) came. then Grace, Orel and Merretta. Bert and family went to Hazel's. the rest stayed for supper. had a good visit. lovely moonlight at night. about 9:30 Millie, Mike and Bernard (Kusebuski) came to spend the evening.

22---cloudy, wind changed to the north, ground froze up again.

23---wind from north 10 above zero this morning. cold all day snow flurries. ground feed today.

24---north wind, cold

25---in the morning the wind had changed to the s.e. rather cool, sunshine most of the day a very nice day. ground all thawed sold 2 cows, Klem and Polly, to M. Schoenberger

26---a beautiful day, white frost this morning, went to pay taxes then on to Ludington, got car numbers 1-059-928 also got 2 B.-batteries $5.44 by night it rained a nice shower

27---cloudy, wind from west shifting to the north. by morning it had gone to the south. went to Youngs at night after chores were done up. stayed until 5 o'clock Sunday morning.

28---foggy in a.m. then wind came up and was just cloudy. sprinkled a little wind from s and s.w.

29---cloudy, not much change in temperture

March 1---a nice day, sunshine

2---snowed a wet, soft snow in a.m. e. wind by noon it was almost rain in p.m. not such a bad day, cloudy and quite warm. Floyd and I went to Ludington with butter etc. then we called on Bert and Adle. had coffee with them. when we got home Grace, Orel and Merretta were here, stayed for supper.

3---cloudy, a little snow on the ground. Hazel came up, had dinner here

4---a beautiful day, sunshiney all day. could see the snow disapear we sat on the back step in the sun, was just like spring.

5---cloudy, wind from s.e.south started to snow, then wind changed to n.w. blowed some

6---blizzard from n.w. went over to Grace and Orel's had coffee then came back Floyd got kindling

7---cold, blizzard from n.w. stormed all night before and all day. not very much snow but what there is, is piled up

8---still storming, 6 above this morning

9-10---blizzard, but not much snow on the ground wind keeps it going.

11---not quite so much wind in forenoon, in afternoon it was real decent

12---sunshine, snow flurries and just enough wind to turn the mill. men hauled up wood poles have a nice pile of them wind n.n.w and west

13---Sunday, west wind until afternoon then shifted to the north again. snow flurries all day, some sunshine, Grace and Merretta came across the field in the afternoon. then at 5:30 Orel came and we all ate supper.

14---stormy north wind

15---partly cloudy moon change

16---quite a nice day

17---cloudy and cold in the morning, we went to Ludington, Floyd got his shoes in the afternoon some warmer. West wind

18---a lovely forenoon sunshine and warm afternoon started to snow from south at night the fog horn is blowing it is snowing from the east

butchered Andrew H(a pig) 24th then 25 cut it up in verious cuts

26--- went to Ludington sold it all but a few pieces of boiling meat.

in the evening we went to Mildred and Mike's (Kusebuski) had a good time playing Pinocle and visiting, had lunch, got home at 3:00 o'clock in the morning.

27---Easter Sunday, wind from East, we saw a robin in the top of the poplar tree this morning. also saw a killdeer and mud hen spring must be around the corner. We were at Grace and Orel's home for easter dinner. stayed the afternoon very sleepy ground is almost bare. wind change from e. to s. to w. then by evening to north.

last week in March very changeable

30th---we went to Bertha's(Ulrich) for her birthday stayed until 3 o'clock in the morning

April 1---cold north west wind in the forenoon, partly cloudy in the afternoon, s.w. wind not so cold. about 5 p.m. began to sprinkle, by 8:30 a soft snow was sifting straight down. Grace and Merretta came in the afternoon stayed about an hour.

2---rain and snow sleet nearly all day crust covers the earth and trees. Hazel and Rasmus made a change and got the Deed to their farm.

3---cold and cloudy, wind from n.e. some snow falling

Sam Genson died April 1. to be buried April 3. We are planning on going to the funeral. has been quite decent all week, road has become dry and dusty.

10---nice, sunshiny day we went to visit T.E. Moore's in the afternoon.

11---cool north wind in the forenoon, Ferd took the hoe and cut quack grass on the field to be seeded. in the afternoon it began to blow and snow and got much colder. stormed all night.

12---still storming, but not much snow what little there is, is piled up

20---Drilled 3 acres oats in the afternoon seeded with common alfalfa. cloudy this morning, but cleared again. real warm and dry East wind

21-22-23-24-25---cold, east and north east wind. sunshine most of the time real dry we need some moisture

26---in the morning at day break the ground is covered with snow and still snowing like winter 28 above. snowed off and on all forenoon sometimes real bizzardy cold north wind at noon the sun came out snow about gone.

27---sowed 3 3/8 acres oats on field south of the house, seeded with Grinn alfalfa. froze hard at night of 26th. sunshine all day 27 wind changed to the south. left cows out all day didn't feed them for dinner.

28---south wind and warmer. Floyd draged the 6 acres new ground then started to plow it in the afternoon.

April 30---went to Ludington. cool wind

May 1---sunshine, but cool wind. Phebe, Will, Lewis Marcellus and family came in p.m. stayed until about 9 oclock

5---sprinkled some most of the day. Merretta stayed here while Grace and Orel set raspberry plants. Rose (Elliott) sent 150 plants from Buckley, rec'd them the 5th at night we had a hard rain with thunder, wind from south east

6--- real hot and thrifty, set raspberries in a.m. in p.m. dressed hens and made butter during the night we had another thunder storm. it must have poured, water everywhere

7---real foggy, and cooler went to Ludington, rained by showers

24---planted 4 acres corn on the south field sprinkled just a little at night it looked very much like rain

25---in the forenoon I went to Grace's and finished papering her kitchen at noon Orel came over and helped Floyd mark another 4 acres then we planted. it started to thunder and rain so we went to supper and chores. Then in the morning of 26th Ferd finished so that makes 8 acres planted by May 26. showers off and on all day at 6:00 there was a heavy black fog came drifting over from the west.

June 1---plowed 3 acres new ground started to cultivate morning of 8th cold north wind has been cold north wind all week. cold at night and hot and very dry during the day. finished cultivating corn one way by June 13

14---working on the new plowed ground, preparing for potatoes and fodder. wind from the west and south west, some cloudy it may get to rain some day.

June 29--- has been very dry, some frost reported evening of 23. this morning we had a wonderful rain, seems to be a life saver for all the crops. planted tomato and cabbage in p.m.

30---a very thrifty morning. light clouds over the sky. it may rain again.

July 24---hot, south wind everyday. Grace, Orel and Merretta came for dinner

25---hot, south wind, very dry.

July has been very dry. hoppers have been bad, destroyed lots of crops, oats cut for feed as hoppers damaged them to much for threshing. they were very thin on the field, to dry

August---we had a nice rain the first week in August. then another the 9th. corn is growing good. we are cleaning thistles and grass out of it. sun has been very hot the last two weeks. finished hoeing corn 19th.

Aug. 16-17 cut what alfalfa dared to grow and piled it up.

the night of 21st had a good rain and is still warm. perhaps it will rain again. went to Grace and Orel's for dinner. we looked for Rose and Phil all forenoon, but they did not come.

August 31---sunshining all forenoon. very warm. Eclypse of the sun began about 2:15 p.m. shadow gradually crept over the sun then when 2/3 covered it passed upward the sun looked like a quarter moon not very much brighter, the atmosphere looked dull, not much warmth from the little disc of sun. about 4 oclock a thunder storm came up almost directly after the eclypse we went over to Grace and Orel's and looked at the eclypse with them. then Grace and Merretta came home with us. rained while we were there.

September 1---rather cool wind shifted to the north some cloudy.

2--- warmer 71 in the shade at noon wind from south east

7---started corn cutting in the afternoon Vera (Mrs. Walter Sutton) and family were here for dinner and supper.

Sept 15---finished cutting corn haven't had frost yet but it is kinda chilly wind from the north

18---Rose and Phil came at 10:20 stayed here for dinner then as soon as table was cleard off, we took them in the Ford and went calling. first to Hazel's (Rasmus Hansen), stayed about 15 minutes, then to Grace and Orel's, made short stay there, then to Tillie's (Dave Young), then on the Bertha's (Harry Ulrich) for a little while stopped to Milred's (Mike Kusebuski) but they were gone to ball game so didn't see them. then home again but they wouldn't stay for lunch so at ten to four they left for home. drove it in 2 1/2 hours.

the week as been crowded with work.

Wednesday 21---Leonard and Lillian Dow, Gladness and husband called in to see us for about one half hour.

24---cloudy all day with a little shower s.e. wind men are hauling clay along path to barn

Arthur (Miller) and Margeret were married at Ludington, at Rev. Lemon's residence Dec. 10th, 1932.

Dec. was a very cold month thermometer registered just above and below zero for about three weeks

xmas not much account

1933

January---very mild with mostly south wind, ocasionally a day of snow flurries. ground freezes and thaws, trees seem to take on a yellow-green look.

Feb. 1---thawing in the forenoon, wind from s.e. then in p.m. wind changed to s.w. and started to snow and freeze

2---"Ground hog day" cloudy all day

3---wind from west thawing a little down town

4---wind from north cold and fine snow flying at 3:30 it's 6 above

5--- cold and blustry wind from the north wind shifted to the west by next morning

6---warmer wind in s.w. and west and north not much snow on the ground. Grace and Merretta came across the field this afternoon started to snow before they started home. Floyd went home with them.

7---snowing and blowing snow don't stay any where only in drifts

8---Wednesday storming, water pipe froze and burst in the cellar

9---Thursday in the morning a fierce blizzard, 20 below, west wind I'll say it is cold. stayed cold all day and all night---put the gas lantern and lamp down cellar, and also the kerosene lantern, left them burning from noon until the next morning, don't know just how much was frozen but when I got a can of soup for dinner it was all crystals also a can of plums but did not break the cans.

10---a trifle warmer west and s.w. wind snowing and blowing

11---wind changed to the north during the night has been blowing and snowing all day, an ocasional glimpse of the sun tonight it was at zero again is blowing from the north.

12---cold south west wind, roads all blocked with snow. cloudy

13---sunshiney a.m. Rasums (Hansen) with his team did snow plow. Ferd, Floyd, Orel, John, Bob, Mike cleaned the drifts out of the road from Rasmus corner to the highway in the afternoon it clouded up and began to snow a light, dry snow from the n.e. and east, at night the stars were shining, about 2 below

14---cold and cloudy wind from the north went to Ludington with butter, etc. all banks of the state were closed this morning for an 8 day legal holiday. J.S. Sterns died 7:30 this morning at his home on east Ludington Ave.

15---sunshiney day but cold wind from north and n.w. by night changed to south

16. cloudy, cold south wind until noon, then turned warmer, soft snow all afternoon. at night wind changed to north, cloudy.

17---cloudy, cold s.w. wind white frost

18---clear and sunshiney all day, very fine wind from s.e. and s. thawing in p.m. used first green wood.

26---real sunshiney, thawing wind from north

27---white frost this morning, clear sky by noon it began to thaw, at night it froze up again. Floyd helped Mr. Christmas and family move onto the Gaines farm, fires are both out and its quite cool. hope the plants don't freeze they are still green and growing.

28---sunshiney

March---cold wind with a little snow flying in the air, just enough to see ti on the ground, up to the 4th

3---Rasmus, Ferd and Emma left here about 4:30, drove to Manton to see Mother Gurnsey. stayed until Saturday evening 4th, got home 20 min. to 10

5---Bert and family, Bee and Floyd Eckley drove up, stayed for dinner and had lunch before they went home about nearly seven. cold south west wind

6---S.E. wind, cloudy, by evening the wind is warmer

7---cloudy, wind changed to the north but hasn't got colder yet.

Elizebeth Gurnsey passed away March 18 7:30 p.m. was buried March 21st we drove up there for funeral at 2:30 from the home was laid in the Manton cemetery. We got home about 6:30 p.m. a very bad day was a real blizzard out there as we were on our homeward way, road very bad with snow.

March has been very changeable and cold

April 1--- not a bad day in p.m. sun was shining. road very muddy. came home from town by way of Freeman School. so at night took team and wagon, drove out to Arthur's for Bertha's birthday party. stayed until a little after two. was I tried yes!

2---a changeable day, sunshine, showers and cloudy, wind from ____, Grace, Orel and Merretta came over for dinner. brot cinnamon rolls and boiled rice, about 5:30 they went home. is a little colder but not freezing.

3---election day but we did not go. wind from west. misty by spells then nice again wind is cool.

4---cool

5---s.e. wind in p.m. started to rain, repaired car top

6---rain all day, with some snow flurries in p.m.

7---cloudy, cold wind

8---cold in a.m.

9---rained and thundered with some sleet nearly all night grass was covered with sleet in the morning. Grace, Orel and Merretta came for their fifth wedding anaversery dinner

dinner over and were sitting visiting, Phebe and Will walked in stayed for supper, road so muddy they left their car in Messenger's yard and walked

10---thunder and rain showers then sunshine all day, wind from s.e. & s.w. and n.w. hailed while wind from n.west

11---cloudy until noon. then cleared, wind from north by night from west, quite cool, will be frost tonight trees are beginning to look heavy in tops grass on the hill is green, looks quite spring like,

snow covered the ground for several days. cold north wind white frosts for three mornings, demotes rain.

16---a very nice day (Easter Day) sunshine all day. we were at Grace and Orel's for dinner.

17---cloudy, wind from n.e. then by noon began to sprinkle by 2:30 is raining hard from n.e. Floyd began plowing this morning, now its all off again. cold wind

an ocasional warm day.

25---cold north wind got fruit trees from Scottville

26---cold north wind with snow fluries froze hard the night before. ground stayed frozen until after noon. was 20 above in the morning by night the wind changed to the west, but cold

27---a heavy white frost wind from s.w. cloudy by night was raining at 3:00 in morning of 28th, sowed seeding in p.m. 26 lbs alsike 26 lbs medium clover 20 labs timothy on 8 acres. drilled oats wind from all directions at night it is back in the south very nice outside, stars shining

29---am going to Ludington with products.

Oct. 1, 1932----Rose and Phil drove down today stayed a few hours called on the rest of family cold wind but sunshine

2---Floyd started fall plowing

4---wind in north blowing cold

12---first frost to kill

29-30-31---very hot days, around 70. Floyd was plowing, horses had flecks of lather like in the hot weather in the spring.

Nov. 1---has been cold and rainy

8---finished plowing then at night it started to snow.

9---ground covered, about 6 inches of snow

12---thawed all day then during the night wind changed to the north

George Messenger died at 6 oclock Sunday morning, Nov. 12

13---all froze up again wind flowing hard from north

1934

Bert Marcellus died at hospital of pneumonia, January 17, 1934, was buried Jan. 20

March---night of 16, morning of 17th---rain, hail, snow, thunder and lightening rained all forenoon of 17, then turned cold and driving snow

18---a real nice day sunshine and even thawed some

21---spring began, was real nice this morning, then in p.m. wind blowing from north, freezing. made a nest for Jenny, put it in the cage. she is examing it thorrly.

April 1---Easter Sunday. Rained hard in p.m. lots of water ground frozen

2---a good day, road soft wind from s.e.

3---thawing and cloudy, started to rain hard about 8:30 wind from East, then turned to n.e. and north stormed rain, hail, thunder and lightening and more rain, then changed back to e. blowing hard is still in that quarter at 9:45 at night.

April is a very cold and backward month. April 24, Floyd started plowing. snow flurries all day

25---sunshine but cold west wind 24 above this morning

27---ground was frozen about 1 1/2 miles from Orel's, Dr. Fry's radiator froze up

drilled 2 1/4 acres oats, seeded with alfalfa, alsike and timothy, wind has been blowing hard from the south for nearly a week.

28---wind blowing hard all day cold south wind

May 1---wind still blowing from south and s.w. sowing 5 1/2 acres oats seeded with alfalfa, alsike and thmothy must go now and turn cows out for a drink

May 10---left here at 10 oclock arrived at Harold's (Elliott-son of Rose and Phil)about 1 oclodk. stayed there about an hour then went to Rose and Phil's. left there May 11 about 2:30 stopped in Buckley to visit Anna (wife of Clifford, Rose and Phil's son) and family. wind very cold from north froze hard night of 11.

turned cow out on grass May 13

July 6---bot 2 pigs from Mr. Christmas $4.00

Oct. 3---filled silo

31---first snow

Nov. 7---relatives came for my birthday. had a very nice party. visiting and lunch

Nov. 12---opened silo fed cows for dinner a real cold wind flowing from the west. ground was covered with snow this morning.

has been cold all week, moon changed Nov. 13, weather changed sunshiney and warmer s.w. wind

Nov. 14---bot pitman for the wind mill, price $2.00 plastering the outside cellar wall.

January 1935

January has been a very changeable month. cold one week then next it turned warmer with rain or sleet

27---cold s.e. wind 2 below this morning

28--- wind still blowing from s.w., not quite so cold. looks as tho it might be thawing soon.