April 1981
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Went
on calls with Pete, breakfast with Hutchinson’s – Kerry, Jessica > lunch at
Ohlinger’s > dinner at Nancy Bonnett’s > home 2 am
·
Pete,
Barbara Seigel on calls, heavy rain
·
Pete
home 2:45 am > took Puff to check gate at end of long field > to Church,
OU Inn lunch, dropped vitamins off at Alice M’s > worked at clinic, heavy
rain, read by fire
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To
Wellston, signed papers, Phillip’s Place > Ray, J. Jones, Mexican
restaurant, Parkersburg
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Pete
to Charleston > dogs on hill, black/white > Lunch with Pat at Hungry
Mouth, bought him a hat, buckle, etc. > 2:30 Eslocker gas/oil lease > Jessica
made yogurt
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Newt
brought Alrod up
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Hitched
Junie to cart, harness broke; Tina/Curt (fiancé) rode Apple > Dinner at CJ’s
saw Will Tevis there, Larry Smith
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Church,
OU Inn > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, nice ride between storms
·
Went
on calls with Pete > dinner at CJ’s
·
Howard
Strode, son, sheared sheep
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Pat
drove me into HS meeting > Pete, worked late
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Pat
took me to Good Friday services, then Perkin’s > Bred Persimmon to Alrod
·
spent
long time getting wild black yearling ewe, new lamb in pen; feeding goat’s
milk, milking ewe, etc. > Mom/Dad called > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, checked
out Indian Mound
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To
Church with Jessica, Pat, Pete, me, Jan Crall, OU Inn lunch > rained, Pete
worked in garden
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Bred
Persimmon to Alrod > Karl Meeks trimmed Alrod’s feet, shod Junie, Apple
·
Dewormed
ewes/lambs, Alice McCracken/phone > Pete and Buddy slaughtered 5 lambs >
Pete palpated ewes, etc., > Hartley’s dinner, watched Lion in Winter
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Sissy
out, killed 2 chickens > went after freezer paper, salt for hides > Dean,
Croxford’s, picked up 4 lambs > Pete, Pat, me, put lambs in freezer
·
Treated
lamb, pneumonia > Pete to Charleston > Church, prayer group, talked to
Mike, talked to Katherine Foster, proofread cage cars, talked to Alice
McCracken, fed at barn, tried to feed lamb unsuccessfully
·
Dave
Smart cut Pete’s, my hair
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Church
> rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, Peach Ridge, back down Twp road, checked
Indian Mound, rode on home, rain (nice sound in woods), Pete rode Apple around
past Eddy’s, etc.
·
Cut
Junie out of fence on bottom > checked Buddy’s fence repair, took Puff >
worked at clinic, bad checks
·
Washed
saddle blankets > 7:30 Tony, Zehara C., CJ’s dinner > to Hartley’s,
watched movie
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Prayer
group, lunch with K. Foster > got gas lease for Phillip’s place, listened to
Eslocker
May 1981
·
Alice
McCracken’s funeral, sat with J. L’H
·
Worked
at clinic, took pictures of dog > watched Kentucky Derby, churned butter
·
Early
church, to clinic, oiled saddle/bridle > rode up Hooper Ridge, Wrightstown
Road, back down Hooper Ridge, beautiful day (about 20-25 miles) > ate at
Perkin’s with Bookman’s
·
Pete
on calls > Bullet ill, temp 104, 3cc penicillin
·
Left
Bullet at clinic
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To
Charleston on calls with Pete > went to see Fred Leslie’s new horse, Bonnett’s,
dinner > home 3 AM
·
Took
Faline, Persimmon down to clinic > Bryan Miller here for dinner >
Finished Faline’s treatment > Sherry brought Alrod back > horse call, Barbara
S. along
·
Rode
down thru bottom along 550, back past Indian Mound, rode Apple, led Junie, Pete
jogged back, rabbit surgery; saw 3 deer below Locust grove > Pat brought me
flowers for Mother’s Day
·
Church
with Jessica, Pete, Pat; saw Sheila Thiess outside Walgreen’s > with Hartley’s
watched Black Stallion, Greg, Liz Linscott; Pete, Jerry, watched Star
Trek
·
Rode
Junie, took Puff, took pictures of Indian Mound > Mike Morgan, Pat, Pete, me,
CJ’s dinner, 2 calls
·
Pat,
Pete here for lunch > all here for dinner > baby chicken in barn alleyway
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On
calls with Pete > Bob Noll’s, lunch, Shoney’s, Huntington > to John Leslie’s,
Nancy Bonnett’s, home 3 am
·
Sherry
brought Alrod back
·
Rode
Junie, Pete rode Apple
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Early
church, Perkin’s lunch > Put Alrod up in red barn/sheep shed > rode to
top of Fritz’s hill, brittle moss, rode around behind Eddy’s, back up 690 >
turned Alrod out
·
Checked
2 horses at Hartley’s > Alrod out across cattle guard, back in with Apple,
put him back in red barn
·
Turned
Alrod out > Buddy took snow tires off > put Alrod back in barn, out
across cattle guard
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Met
J at library (Yogi there)
·
Clinic
calls, Coen’s, Jerry, Jolen > 2:30 Luther H. > Pat, Pete, Teresa here for
dinner
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On
calls with Pete, Rock Springs, Charleston > lunch, steaks, Linda Wyatt’s
barn > Dinner with Hopkins, Nancy Bonnett went with us
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On
call to Amish farm, 3-5 year old boys, old shoes > Buddy helped put rabbit
cage up in alleyway > Carl, Pat, Pete here for dinner > put cats (Alice
McCracken’s) up in barn
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Rode
Apple, hit branch, cut lip
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Early
church > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, Dutch Creek, Scatter Ridge
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Went
on calls with Pete > dewormed sheep, detailed, castrated
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Pet
on calls > Pete helped me bed down sheds in rain
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Turned
Alice McCracken’s cats lose at barn
·
With
Pete to Charleston on calls, dinner at Nancy Bonnett’s, went on calls with us
·
At
clinic, fresh perch, delicious, got information about Marie Phillip’s property
·
Pat,
Pete, Gene Perry, jogged, here for breakfast; Nannette, I, brought steers back
from Windy Hills > worked at clinic, mailed info to Star Jones, got planter
for Nicki Barger’s birthday party > J, I, brought Apple, Alrod back from
Windy Hills, put rope over cattle guard
·
Got
Alrod, Apple, back from Windy Hills again (left car there, led Alrod back, Apple
followed) > 10:30 church, coffee hour > Pete worked in garden > rode
Junie, Pete rode Apple, rode Apple, led Junie, Pete jogged up Dutch Creek
June 1981
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Clinic
– insurance salesman
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Rode
Alrod, washed Alrod, bedded down sheds, Luther H.
·
Worked
at clinic > Athens Co Fairgrounds, ate lunch at Sizzler’s
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With
Pete to Charleston, calls
·
10:20
Church > 5 mile run, Hocking Tech > Bonnett’s here, rode Laddy, Alrod on
bottom > bred Alrod to Persimmon > rode around woods > ate at Sizzler’s
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String
water gap across small stream, turned Alrod out, worked at clinic, J here for
dinner
·
Bedded
down barn sheds, checked water gap, took Puff and Bullet on light line > Ralph
Guthrie, Pete, swabbed well
·
Carl
Meeks shod Apple behind, ran out of barn, worked at clinic
·
Nannette’s
birthday > went with Pete to Charleston on calls > Finks, Bob Evan’s
restaurant > got pads (saddle), t-shirt, crop at Colonial’s tack shop
·
Worked
at clinic > took deed into Eslockers for filing > picked up Pete’s
wedding ring, talked with Pat G.
·
OU
Inn, Jon W’s graduation party > pizza at Claire West’s
·
Gene
Perry, bulldozer, bedded down sheds
·
Pete’s
birthday, went on a picnic
·
Wrote
letters, worked at clinic
·
Slept
in > answered phone at house while Pete did surgery > with Pete to
Charleston on calls > dinner at Nancy Bonnett’s “Book” birthday cate, I
drove most of way home
·
New
black lamb, white star, Shrop-type ewe > dewormed horses, burros, VEW,
Lepto, tet > Karl Meeks shod horses, trimmed burros feet
·
Wrote
letters > Star Jones’ office, loan application > dinner with Stan, Rusty
Jones, Italian restaurant > stopped at Mauraths, postponed call
·
Pete
jogged down to 690, back > went to Church, took K. DeWitt to lunch with us,
OU Inn > to clinic > bad storm, lightning struck sycamore tree by clinic
drive > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple
·
Ate
at Perkin’s (Pete, Pat, me) > Warmke deposition, Dave Starlin testified >
lunch at CJ’s > Pete began testimony
·
Pete
jogged > ran errands > moved Sissy > on calls with Pete to Laird’s
·
Pete
jogged > worked at clinic, K. Foster picked up drugs > checked Sissy at
barn
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To
WV on calls, Meigs Co Fairgrounds, Nancy Bonnett’s dinner, she went on calls
with us
·
Took
J over to Windy Hills to get oxen > took deed to lawyers, showed John B. survey
agreement, stopped at Jan’s, no one home > put up No Trespassing sign on
gate
·
Groomed
dogs, cats, flea spray > to clinic, took change down, talked to Miller’s,
their Collie dying > Jerry H. raked hay, Pete baled > drove Silver,
Brent, Pat, Gene, Carl, Brent’s roommate etc. hauled hay in, Carl broke
radiator on his truck
·
Early
church, coffee hour > to clinic > drove “Rover”, Buddy Sycks’ and wife
helped with hay > J here for dinner, cat ill, Pete and I went riding
·
Took
Persimmon down to clinic > Pat, Gene Perry took my car to Mansfield, Pat
wisdom teeth removed > Jan, David, John B., wife (Connie), realtor Hannah
Walsh, walked survey lines
·
Slept
in, Pet took Pat’s truck to Russell’s, I picked him up, he ran back from
Dividing Ridge > long discussion (argument) about selling all frontage to
John Banyan > Hartley’s bean soup