Journal of Miss Lottie M. Davis January - February 1934

Miss Lottie M. Davis 

 Journal of Miss Lottie M. Davis

January 1934 = Came in on Monday.

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  1 Jan 1934 - Checks received from Lawrence.

  1 Jan 1934 – Charles E. O. Rear funeral.

  1 Jan 1934 – Got hogs from Uncle Luther 170# $12.72.

  1 Jan 1934 – Harold got hogs from Uncle Luther 170#.

  2 Jan 1934 – Finished butchering.

  3 Jan 1934 – Mr. & Mrs. F. Leap , Stella, Maggie M. were here for dinner.

  2 Jan 1934 – Lewis Herndon went to Shenandoah to work.

  5 Jan 1934 – Womanless Wedding play over.

  6 Jan 1934 – Beulah Lewis and his mother went to Luray, Va. Saturday night.

     Jan 1934 – Buck Taliaferro sent to Walter Reed Hospital.

15 Jan 1934 – Mrs. Joe Black new baby girl 9 1/2 pounds.

  4 Jan 1934 – Started piecing Grace quilt. 

21 Jan 1934 – Mr. Hosa Shifflett died age [____?]

     Jan 1934 – Jail gang fix road.

26 Jan 1934 – Sent gold money back to bank. [Note: Can you imagine that it is now only 82 years since Miss Lottie sent her GOLD money to the Elkton bank??? I do not remember ever having gold money. Yes, I most certainly do remember having solid silver, but never actual gold.]

 24 Jan 1934 – Mrs. Cellie Leap get her work.

 25 Jan 1934 – Started Beulah quilt.

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January 1934

  26 Jan 1934 – Mrs. Sanford Windgard new boy 8 ½ #.

  28 Jan 1934 – Mrs. Herndon Lewis & Beulah went to Hagerstown, Md [Marylamd].

  28 Jan 1934 – Mr. & Mrs. Ruldolph B. Huffman new boy 6 ½#.

  30 Jan 1934 – Bill get heating stove for $400. [Note:  Still in Depression and $400.00 seems a bit high to me, but if you look at the entry for 16 Feb 1934, Mr. Lester Meadows bought home [farm] for what appears to be $16,000.]

  21 Jan 1934 – Harold let Bill have dining room suite.

 30 Jan 1934 – Bill first night in new home.

 30 Jan 1934 – Mrs. Lynnwood Flory new baby girl.

 30 Jan 1934 – Miss Mildred Louise Strickler to marry Claude Wyant  Mable’s girl.

 February 1934 came in on Thursday.

  1 Feb 1934 – Harold first day working for self.

  1 Feb 1934 – Jean Heatwole taken to hospital.

  2 Feb 1934 – Jean Heatwole operated on.

  6 Feb 1934 – Taken Mrs. Baugher to hospital.

  6 Feb 1934 – Dr. Miller brought my account up.

  9 Feb 1934 – Mrs. McGuire Class had supper.

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    February 1934

   8 Feb 1934 – Mr. & Mrs. Willard Michael new boy in Mrs. Leaps house.

  10 Feb 1934 – Harold takes over grocery.

  10 Feb 1934 – Reese Cover had wreck.

  10 Feb 1934 – Lawrence finished striating the estate.

   6 Feb 1934 – Victor Greens house burned colored.

  12 Feb 1934 – Mrs. Amanda Baugher operated on Monday.

   7 Feb 1934 – Bob dog died 14 years old.

 13 Feb 1934 – Beulah and Marie goes to Marjie B.

 13 Feb 1934 – Started Eula work.

 13 Feb 1934 – Mr. Orey died Bill Father age 65.

 12 Feb 1934 – Henry Monger died age 90 years.

 12 Feb 1934 – Mrs. and Mr. Bowman new baby   Nina Monger.

   3 Feb 1934 – Beulah got new ring.

 16 Feb 1934 – Twins found in empty house.

 18 Feb 1934 – One of Mildred Davis children broke arm.

 18 Feb 1934 – Served lunch at Mrs. McGuires.

 16 Feb 1934 – [Line blank]

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February 1934

  9 Feb 1934 – Miss Lucille Hanson & Mr.Robert E. Scammell married.

 21 Feb 1934 – Nellie Herring moved in Powell house.

   9 Feb 1934 – Mr. Harry Woodward limb taken off.

 16 Feb 1934 – Mrs. Wilmer Rinca came to Mrs. Baugher.

 23 Feb 1934 – Mr. Ben Good died age 68 years at McGaheysville.

 17 Feb 1934 – Lelia got [____?].

 16 Feb 1934 – Mr. Saul Hensley sold home to Mr. Lester Meadows $16000.

 23 Feb 1934 – Let Mrs. Nealie have books.

 21 Feb 1934 – Mr. Samuel Edward died age 83 years.  Mrs. Smith’s father.

 25 Feb 1934 – Nine inches of snow fell on Sunday.

 28 Feb 1934 – Fourteen degrees below zero.

 26 Feb 1934 – Bessie Field died.

 22 Feb 1934 – Mrs. O Brown spinted arm.

      Feb 1934 – Harry Robinson 5 & 10 store open.

      Feb 1934 – Ma [?] Eaton place sold to Deans.

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Braddock's Campaign

Braddock’s Campaign

Major General Edward Braddock [Etching] The British Government decided to take the threat posed by the French and their Native American allies more seriously after appeals from the colonial governors, including that of Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia.  The King sent Major General Edward Braddock to North America with two regiments of infantry. Braddock, a career soldier, had risen through the ranks. After forty-five years of military service, he became commander-in-chief of all British forces in North America. The British plan for 1755 was to simultaneously attack many of the French forts in North America. Braddock was to lead the expedition against Fort Duquesne personally. That spring, he disembarked his army at Alexandria, Virginia. After adding colonial troops and a few Indians to his force, Braddock had about two thousand four hundred men. George Washington joined the campaign as a volunteer aide to General Braddock. In 1754, the Virginia Regiment was under the command of Colonel Joshua Frye when it left Williamsburg for the “Forks of the Ohio.”  Lieutenant Colonel George Washington was second in command.  The army assembled near Fort Cumberland, the present site of Cumberland, Maryland.  On the 31st of May 1754, Colonel Joshua Frye fell from his horse and died. Lieutenant Colonel George Washington received a field promotion to Colonel and assumed the command while at Willis Creek where the army had assembled. Braddock had previously decided to follow the road which Washington had blazed over the mountains on his way to Fort Necessity to speak with the French stationed in that area the previous year. Due to the fact that this trail was inadequate for the army's artillery and large wagons, it was widened to twelve feet, after great effort and expenditure of time.  The British force seemed to move at a snail's pace. Finally the army was split in two with Braddock moving ahead with the bulk of the men and a few pieces of artillery. The remainder was to follow under the command of Colonel Dunbar. In early July, the advance group approached the “Forks of the Ohio.” On July 9th, they made a second crossing of the Monongahela River.  From this point it was but a short march to Fort Duquesne. The woods in front of the British column exploded with musket fire and the whooping of Indians with their French allies as they collided, head-on, with the British soon after the river crossing. Adding to the confusion, the advance British units fell back upon the main body as the rear units continued to move forward, adding to the total confusion. Both fear and disorganization seized the British. Discipline all but ended as many British officers were killed early on in the battle. The Battle lasted three hours even though the smoke of the battle made it impossible to see the enemy. As Braddock was finally carried from the field severely wounded, the surviving British soldiers fled. Out of the one thousand four hundred British soldiers participating, a British loss of more than nine hundred casualties was horrendous. They were completely beaten by a force which they could not see in a wilderness where they did not want to be. Their retreat to the safety of Dunbar's camp was hasty and disorganized. Washington reported, "The shocking Scenes which presented themselves in this Nights March are not to be described.  The dead, the dying, the groans, lamentations, and crys ... of the wounded for help were enough to pierce a heart of adamant". On July 13th, the British camped about one mile west of the Great Meadows which was the site of Fort Necessity.  That evening, General Braddock died. Colonial Washington officiated at Braddock’s ceremony the next day. The General was buried in the road which his men had built. After his ceremony, the army marched over the General’s grave in order to obliterate any traces of it to keep his body from being mutilated by the Native Americans who were allied with the French. Washington with the remains of the British army continued to eastern Pennsylvania. It is impossible to imagine the horror that must have went through Braddock’s mind after the battle. He had commanded what was considered to be an invincible army which was not ambushed. How could disciple have broken down with just an unexpected encounter? This rout was a total disgrace. Doctors later reported that anxiety was more the cause of General Braddock’s  death than were his wounds. George Washington in his British Uniform Washington later wrote "...Thus died a man, whose good and bad qualities were intimately blended. He was brave even to a fault and in regular Service would have done honor to his profession. His attachments were warm, his enmities were strong, and having no disguise about him, both appeared in full force." The French used this British retreat to their advantage. Soon afterwards, French-inspired Indian attacks occurred throughout the entire frontier.  As war spread, terrorized settlers streamed eastward.  In the ensuing decade, France lost all her North America colonies. The removal of external threats to colonists and the increased cost of governing the British Empire set the stage for the American Revolution.

Journal of Miss Lottie M. Davis - November - December 1933

Miss Lottie M. Davis 

November 1933
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   1 Nov 1933 - Mr Kyger starts new mail route.
   1 Nov 1933 - Mr. Eaton made punkin  [pumpkin] butter.
   2 Nov 1933 - Sold eggs to Funkhouser.
   4 Nov 1933 - Went to hospital and operated on.
   6 Nov 1933 - First M put in.
  11 Nov 1933 - Bill and Elaine married on Saturday.
  12 Nov 1933 - Mr. Sam Flick died age 65 years.
  14 Nov 1933 - Carl Brill and Lillian Gaynor married.
  15 Nov 1933 - Adel Scruggs and Taylor married.
  14 Nov 1933 - Second time M put in.
  19 Nov 1933 - Edna Stonebarger and Armentrout married.
  19 Nov 1933 - Mrs. Nellie Herring new baby.
  19 Nov 1933 - Mrs. Minnie Plum new baby 12 lbs.
  19 Nov 1933 - Margie Gooden operated on.
  23 Nov 1933 - Cleaned out wound Dr. Miller.
  26 Nov 1933 - Came home from hospital.
  28 Nov 1933 - Mr. McDonel died,
      Nov 1933 - Reu Bolin Hobson moved new home.
  25 Nov 1933 - Harold get cow.
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November 1933
       Nov 1933 - Mrs, Harold Workman came home.
  28 Nov 1933 - Had flu.
       Nov 1933 - Harold had door fix in hall.
  25 Nov 1933 - Put tire on truck.,
December 1933
     2 Dec 1933 - Mrs. Millard Monger House new baby.
     7 Dec 1933 - Mrs. Dewey Life new baby.
        Dec 1933 - Miss Margie Pence operated on.
     9 Dec 1933 - Grany went to Dr. Preston about eyes.
     8 Dec 1933 - Russell Life died 38 years old.
     5 Dec 1933 - Miss Meadows came home.
     8 Dec 1933 - Play at School House womenless Wed [Womanless Wedding].
   14 Dec 1933 - Mrs. Nellie Herring operated on.
   15 Dec 1933 - Taken first dose of medicine Clark got me. [Clark C. Monger was her brother-in-law.]
   13 Dec 1933 - Mr. Harry Blosser hurt by bull.
   16 Dec 1933 - Harold sold calf 49.30 on Saturday.
   21 Dec 1933 - C.C. Monger lost $48.00.
   24 Dec 1933 - Killed Turkey for Christmas.

Turkey Dinner for Christmas

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December 1933
   8 Dec 1933 - Elizabeth Dean and P.C. Hawkins married.
  27 Dec 1933 - Harold Grace Ray and Beulah went on trip.
  26 Dec 1933 - McGaheysville Bank closed and transferred to First National at Harrisonburg.
  27 Dec 1933 - Mr. Bob Huddle dies.
  26 Dec 1933 - Mr. Henry Blosser died eighty years old. Hurt by bull.
  20 Dec 1933 - Lucille Grimm and [James Frank] Lilly married.
    7 Dec 1933 - Carl Brill operated on.
  27 Dec 1933 - Mrs. G. [C.?] D. Sellars [Sellers] operated on.
  29 Dec 1933 - Harold Grace Ray and Beulah came home sixteen [16] bushels of oysters.
  29 Dec 1933 - Hangers takes care of Hammers Mument [Monument] for limb.
  19 Dec 1933 - Mrs. Ralph  Eppard left family.
  24 Dec 1933 - Mrs. Nellie Herring came home.
       Dec 1933 - Floyd Frey married.
  26 Dec 1933 - Turner [?] Filling Station at McGaheysville. [Note: Filling Station is a name for what we know of today as a gas station.]
  30 Dec 1933 - Charles E. O. Rear died eleven years two months eight days.
       Dec 1933 - M.M. Jarman Farm sold.