Today: 1979 March 19-25

This is Week 12 of my father's daily journal he kept in 1979. I do not remember what the 2005 "Incident" in the Polaroid refers to.

Monday 3.19.79

Daily Lottery: 688

Worked most of the day. Paul P. spent the whole afternoon

Washing his bike. Sure must be nice. I wonder if they feel like They earned their wages. I'm waiting for the Daily Number Then Mary and I

Will go shopping

For Jimmy's birthday present.

William Jennings Bryan,

American orator and statesman,

born 1860

Tuesday 3.20.79

Daily Lottery: 937

Work went well today. Paul P. spent a couple of hours

Changing the oil In his bike this afternoon. I had some trouble With my hip again today. Henrik Ibsen,

Norwegian dramatist,

born 1828

Wednesday 3.21.79

Daily Lottery: 308

Had enough work To keep busy today. Stopped at Fish & Chips And bought hot dogs for lunch.

Ate them on the picnic table. First this season. We all went up to Morgan's For Jimmy's birthday. We took Grammy and Grace with us. Cookie & Daryl were there also. Had a nice dinner. Turkey. Spring begins. Johann Sebastian Bach,

German composer, born 1685;

Benito Juarez, Mexican political leader,

born 1806

Thursday 3.22.79

Daily Lottery: 916

Planted lettuce

And three runs of onions

This evening. Was working when Paul P. came in

With a tie on. He told us that Ray Brunt (check spelling) Would be coming around

With Morgan and Lingfritz (check spelling)

I seen them coming. They came in the door to Lete's (?) garage.

Lingfritz (?) stayed quite clear of me. It was noticable.

Ray Brunt came over

And I said "Hi Ray" And shook his hand.,

Then kept on working. Chris was given the key To Paul P's car And told to wash it

And clean the inside,

And this he did On company time, After Brunt went out the door. Paul P. said to me That this is the bastard That has it in for me.

Randolph Caldecott,

English illustrator, born 1846

Friday 3.23.79

Daily Lottery: 843 This has to be the day of days

In the morning at work. Chris cut the fingers off a glove

Just for fun.

Then they took a new pair of gloves

And Vic held a 4x3 brick

While Chris rubbed one glove

On the edge

To see how long it would take

To put holes in it.

In the afternoon

Paul P. worked on his tape player

Most of the afternoon.

I went to the Acme

And bought 5-10-5

And cow manure for garden

Then plowed the rest of garden.

Just to work it up.

Will try to figure a winning number

For Sat. Daily Number.

Need it.

Patrick Henry's

"Liberty or Death" speech, 1775;

Fannie Farmer,

noted American cook, born 1857

Saturday 3.24.79

Daily Lottery: 953 Ivey to Hosp. (the following was scribbled out)

Work went well today Paul P. spent most of the afternoon

Putting (parts) on his tape player

But it didn't (work)

(on to the main portion of the entry)

Went to go to town

When Grace called

And Gramma was not good. We went down to Darb's

And a little later

Darb carried her to my car

And I took her to the hospital.

They admitted her.

And she seems to be good one minute

And mixed up the next.

All we can do is hope for the best.

It rained most of the day

So I got very little done.

William Morris,

English poet and artist,

born 1834

Sunday 3.25.79

Did not feel good today

But did manage to plant something

For the garden in the house.

Worked a little outside

Getting limbs cut up

And later I drove out to Elliott Park. Watched T.V.

And I went to bed. Mary went down to see her mother.

She says they found

Blood in her spinal fluid.

Doesn't look too good.

But you never know.

Arturo Toscanini,

Italian conductor, born 1867;

Bela Bartok,

Hungarian composer, born 1881