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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Journal of Miss Lottie M. Davis

Miss Lottie M. Davis

May 1933 – June 1933

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May 1933

  1 May 1933 - Limb open & drilled in bone and kidney treatment Dr. Deyerle & Dr. Miller.

  1 May 1933 – Miss Shacklett nursed me.

  3 May 1933 – Mrs. Liskey died lived at Moses Powell House.

  4 May 1933 – Came home from hospital.

11 May 1933 – Sold Jersey and calf.   [Please note that Miss Lottie would have spent many heart wrenching hours searching her soul while she was in the hospital and also during her recovery at home before reaching the conclusion that this step was absolutely necessary for the well-being of her animals as well as for her own well being.
  
In 1933, most women in the Shenandoah Valley treasured their milk cow as a beloved animal that was a valued part of their family.  A milk cow had to be hand milked twice each day regardless of the weather or whatever other calamities that may have occurred within a family. 

It was quite an accomplishment as well as a matter of pride to find and raise just the right sort of calf and train it to meet a family’s dairy needs: milk, butter, buttermilk, cottage cheese, and yogurt as well as various other sorts of cheese.  These diary products even affected the various types of breads produced in the home. Good biscuits require quality dairy products to make them "mouthwatering."

For any woman to recognize and come to terms with her own physical limitations is difficult during the best of times, but having to face this reality and having the courage to take the necessary steps to deal with reality so soon after serious surgery is to be admired.

In 1922, a milk co-operative was formed to collect raw milk from local farms as it had been discovered that many local families had an excess of milk from their family cow.  This raw milk also included cream.  A Jersey cow was a very special breed of diary cow that produced richer milk with a higher quality of butterfat. Milk was collected in both five and ten gallon tin cans and cream was separated from the milk into smaller two - three gallon cans. After the cans were collected and returned to the milk processing plant, the milk was then pasteurized and distributed to towns which had already imposed an early form of zoning laws restricting cows being maintained within emerging cities. This dairy co-operative eventually became known as Shenandoah’s Pride, but even in 1933, milk was not delivered to the Town of Elkton which had only been formed twenty-five years previously in 1908.]

10 May 1933 – Mrs. Lena Davis goes to Hospital.

11 May 1933 – Mrs. Daniel Powell died seventy-one years old.

  9 May 1933 – Mrs. George Breeden new baby.

14 May 1933 – Rev. Smith first sermon.

  9 May 1933 – Ray hair cut the first time.

     May 1933 – Elmer Leap get new car.

     May 1933 – Harold Morris moves.

     May 1933 – Ashby McVeigh moved.

     May 1933 – Lilly Whitfield mad spell.

23 May 1933 – Mrs. Ruth Plum Eppard new baby.

21 May 1933 – Mrs. Gilbert Plum operated on.

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May 1933

     May 1933 – Mrs. Ben Orey new baby.

     May 1933 – Mrs. Virgil Cook new baby.

24 May 1933 – Miss Dorothy Lam & Turpin Dean married.

20 May 1933 – Mr. Olin Knootz married to Miss Mauck.

26 May 1933 – New carpet on dining room $10.00.

25 May 1933 – Mrs. George Bruce fifty-six years and Lin Sandridge sixty years old married.

28 May 1933 – Mrs. Whitfield & Lilly stop church.

     May 1933 – Earl new car.

     May 1933 – Mr Tom Monger hurt at mill.
June 1933
  1 Jun 1933 - Miss Ruby Hammer married.
  2 Jun 1933 - School closed.
  2 Jun 1933 - Mr. Dave Shifflett died fifty-nine years old.
  4 Jun 1933 - Mrs. Shifflett F.
  6 Jun 1933 - Mrs. Baugher's brother's funeral age eighty years old.
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June 1933
 9 Jun 1933 - New floor in kitchen.
10 Jun 1933 - Mabel get P.
 9 Jun 1933 - Mr. Frank Kyger dies at dinner table seventy-four years old.
 9 Jun 1933 - Fire at Harrisonburg.
10 Jun 1933 - Police Logan died age sixty-two years.
11 Jun 1933 - Willie Cave baby died eighteen months old.
12 Jun 1933 - Robert Hammer new baby.
     Jun 1933 - Earl build to home.
17 Jun 1933 - Mr/ Parr married.
22 Jun 1933 - Play given by Ladies Auxiliary made $22.00.
21 Jun 1933 - Mrs. Green Armentrout died seventy-eight years old.
20 Jun 1933 - Miss Louise Macomb operated on.
 3 Jun 1933 - Robert Lough operated on.
 4 Jun 1933 - Hubert Lee Cover operated on.
24 Jun 1933 - Miss Lambert married.

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Journal Of Miss Lottie M. Davis

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September 1932

September 1932 came in on Thursday-

 2 Sep 1932 – Clarence Rogers hurt.

 4 Sep 1932 – Mr. Jim Rhodes operated on Sun[day].

 4 Sep 1932 – Elected new officers and Teachers.

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September 1932

 4 Sep 1932 – Mrs. MV Leap went to Mr. Charles Leap.

 7 Sep 1932 – Mrs. Harold Morris new baby.

 8 Sep 1932 – Mr. Harry Woodard came home from Hospital.

 8 Sep 1932 – Mrs. Gale Leap new baby, Gale Ann.

    Sep 1932 – Rev. Coffey hurt in fall.

12 Sep 1932 – Mrs. Kyger new roof on house.

10 Sep 1932 – Mrs. Lester McGuire came home [from] hospital.

12 Sep 1932 – Helen Lamb new baby 7 lbs.

16 Sep 1932 – Mrs. Jim Breeden fell in bath room broke hip.

18 Sep 1932 – Mrs. Harold Morris taken to hospital.

21 Sep 1932 – Daddy taken to Charletville [Charlottesville] Hospital.

19 Sep 1932 – Taylor boy dies age 19 years.

21 Sep 1932 – Mrs. Walter Hammer went to Hospital.

22 Sep 1932 – Miss Annie P. Kite taken to old Folks Home.

22 Sep 1932 – Mrs. Maggie Life died 72 yrs old. Richard

21 Sep 1932 – Fire at Shenandoah Shop building.[N&W Railroad Shop in Shenandoah.]

24 Sep 1932 – Went to see Daddy in Hospital.

28 Sep 1932 - Went to see Daddy in Hospital.

27 Sep 1932 –  Coffman car stolen burned at will wood.

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September 1932

Mrs. Robert Ayre died 80 yrs at Ingham.

23 Sep 1932 – John R. Rothgeb died 65 yrs. yard conductor.

27  Sep 1932 – Taken X-Ray of Daddy.

26 Sept 1932 – Miss Vasthite Hammer and Bennie Good married. 

Sep 1932 – Stearn came home.

October 1932

2 Oct 1932 – Went to see Daddy.

2 Oct 1932 – Mr. Jett Monger went to hospital.

1 Oct 1932 – Mr. Brown operated on.

   Oct 1932 – Mr. Funkhouser left R.M. Hospital.

4 Oct 1932 – Daddy goes to bed with T.F. Germ. [T.B. Germ? meaning Tuberculous?]

13 Oct 1932 - Put up 22 cans of beans.

16 Oct 1932 -  Dr. McCullack hurt taken to Hospital by Dr. E. B. Miller.

 9 Oct 1932 – Lura [Laura’s?]baby taken to Washington Hospital.

19 Oct 1932 – Miss Pearl Ware married.

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October 1932

22 Oct 1932 – Daddy came home from Charl[ottesville?] Hospital.

23 Oct 1932 – [Alian or Alaer] Baugher 21 years old.[Could this be Allen Baugher?]

21 Oct 1923 – Mr. McGuire started painting.

21 Oct 1923 – Reu Van Deaver came to Elkton, Virginia.

22 Oct 1923 – Mr. Joe Leap died age 43 years.

24 Oct 1923 – Mrs. Poe Hensley new baby.

24 Oct 1923 – Mrs. George Shifflett new baby [____?]

31 Oct 1932 – Mrs. Sites baby dies 9 months.

18 Oct 1932 – Mr. L.E. Long taken over the light.

29 Oct 1932 – Trip on Skyland Trail [Drive?]

A Journal - Elkton - McGaheysville Area

1932
Page Seventy -two
July 1932
  1 Jul 1932 - Mr. R. C. Carrier taken over Produce.
  3 Jul 1932 - Got Ray['s] picture one year old.
26 Jul 1932 - Harner child killed on Tuesday.
22 Jul 1932 - Mr. Clara Steward died in Richmond.________ Life.
16 Jul 1932 - Mr. C. W. McGuire Class had a party. $91.04.
30 Jul 1932 - Mr. Walton's Class had Barbecue and Lawn Party.
22 Jul 1932 - Bud Fultz killed on railroad track.
    Jul 1932 - Mr. E.W. Deal in Hospital.
    Jul 1932 - Brill new Electric Stove.
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August 1932
  2 Aug 1932 - Went to camp on top of mountain at Hotel Monday.
  2 Aug 1932 - Taken Charles Fitzwater to Hospital.
  6 Aug 1932 - Ladies A[ide?] had lunch over at Longley's.
  2 Aug 1932 - Miss Ruth Wyant married Grubb.
  7 Aug 1932 - Came home from camp.
  8 Aug 1932 - Miss Minnie Plum operated on.
  4 Aug 1932 - Mrs. Helen Monger Rogers operated on.
     Aug 1932 - Mrs. Emanuel Morris new baby 10 lbs.
   9 Aug 1932 - J.T. Heard Sale.
 10 Aug 1932 - Erwell Shugrue drowns. Sixteen years old twenty-five days.
 10 Aug 1932 - Mr. Ed McGahey died age seventy-seven years.
 12 Aug 1932 - E gal produce started coming.
 10 Aug 1932 - Hasler boy drowns. twenty-one ears old. Son of Mr.[Ascas?] Hasler.
 12 Aug 1932 - Tom Ware fifty-three years old goes to pen for ten years.
  8 Aug 1932 - Mr. Andy Codey died.
 18 Aug 1932 - Mrs. Eua Fisher Stanley new baby girl.
 18 Aug 1932 - Mrs. Helen [Monger] Rogers came home from Hospital.
      Aug 1932 - Mrs. Hubert Dean twins boy Mensel Lee and Hirsel Luther Dean.
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August 1932
 23 Aug 1932 - Mr. Dovel house burned.
 22 Aug 1932 - Mrs. Charles Zetty died Age seventy-one years. Monday.
 25 Aug 1932 - Mrs. C. E. Patric funeral at Mrs. Cora Virgie.
 27 Aug 1932 - Frankie Hammers came home from pen.
 26 Aug 1932 - Mrs. Lester McGuire operated on.
 28 Aug 1932 - Mrs. Leap came down.
 30 Aug 1932 - Mrs. Lester Baugher operated on Tuesday.
 29 Aug 1932 - Mr. Harry Woodward operated on Monday.
 31 Aug 1932 - Eclipse of Sun on Wednesday.
 21 Aug 1932 - I got wool hose from hangers.
     Aug 1932 - Mrs. Laura Hensley Lam in Hospital.
     Aug 1932 - Paul Hitt moves to Pence House.
 20 Aug 1932 - Round trip to Roanoke for $1.00.

A Journal - McGaheysville - Elkton, Virginia Aea

Miss Lottie Davis

August 1931
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 3 Aug 1931 - Mr. Williams died 50 years old.
 20 Aug 1931 - Annie and Frances Brown tonsils removed.
14 Aug 1931 -  Mr. G Brown hurt at Fertilizer P[lant].
15 Aug 1931 - Fields Day.
   Aug 1931 - William Richards had blood poison.
15 Aug 1931 - Irene Baugher married to Dean.
21 Aug 1931 - Mrs. Janet Monger Curtis new baby on Sat.
23 Aug 1931 - Mrs. Janet Monger Curtis baby died Monday.
17 Aug 1931 - Mrs. Lura Frazier new baby 3# [three pounds].
25 Aug 1931 - Mrs. Reba Turner new baby - Tues.
15 Aug 1931 - Miss Vada Lam married on Sat.
27 Aug 1931 - New top on Harold's truck.
     Aug 1931 - Margie Williams married.
     Aug 1931 - Rob Lam goes to pen for life.
     Aug 1931 - Farm Bureau opens in Elkton, Virginia.
 27 Aug 1931 - Garage at Ferlitzer Plant burned.
 27 Aug 1931 - Guy [Monger's] Birthday Party - eleven years old.

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August 1931 
 3 Aug 1931 - Fire at Mrs. Vernie Powell.
22 Aug 1931 - Calf sold $13.75.
26 Aug 1931 - Eula Fisher married to Bernard Stanley.

Sept.  1931 came on Tues.
  1 Sept  1931 - Emajean Davis married Meadows.
  1 Sept. 1931 - Mrs. J. W. Stearn resigned from President of Ladies Aide.
     Sept. 1931 - Morris checks came back.
  2 Sept. 1931 - Lee Opal vaccinated on Weds. Dr. Miller.
  1 Sept. 1931 - Mrs. Bessie Rodgers went to hospital.
  6 Sept. 1931 - Mrs. M.V. Leap Birthday Party Sun.
  7 Sept. 1931 - Lillian Gaynor tonsil taken out Mon.
  8 Sept. 1931 - Rev. Stearn moved Tues.
  9 Sept. 1931 - Miss Lydia McAllister kills self Wed.
13 Sept. 1931 - Elsie Dean killed in car wreck Sun.
13 Sept. 1931 - Minnie Plum wrecked near Warrenton.
20 Sept. 1931 - Hubert Shifflett shot in arm Sun.

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Sept. 1931
21 Sept. 1931 - Moved Adia Snyder to Harrisonburg Hospital.
30 Sept. 1931 - Mae Van Pelt and Hensel Lam married Wed.
24 Sept. 1931 - George Sandridge died at Hospital -McGaheysville 24 years.
23 Sept. 1931 - Mrs. Conrad Long new baby.
26 Sept. 1931 - Mrs. Bob Hammer new baby boy.
21 Sept. 1931 - Marie Armentrout starts to TSC Harrisonburg, Va.
25 Sept. 1931 - George Dean killed at Baltimore Railroad Crossing 22 years old.
 8 Sept. 1931 - Myrtle Lam new baby.
24 to 27 Sept. 1931 - U.B. [United Brethern] Conference met in Martinsburg WVa.
    Sept. 1931 - Rev. Smith came to Elkton, Va.
17 Sept/ 1931 - Mr. A. J. Hammer died 71 years old.
27 Sept. 1931 - Mrs. Ethel Putain operated on Mon.
30 Sept. 1931 - Blate Shifflett child died.
30 Sept. 1931 - Mrs. John L. Leap new baby  8# [eight pounds].

October 1931 - Came in on Thurs.
 1 Oct 1931 - Lewis Workman broke arm Thurs.
 2 Oct 1931 - Supper for new preacher Rev Smith Fri.

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Oct 1931
  3 Oct 1931 - Linwood Flory married Sat.
  3 Oct 1931 - Bill car wreck down river  With B Sat.
  4 Oct 1931 - Bill Fisher Fred Bowen car burned up.
  4 Oct 1931 - Senator Durght W. Marrows died 58 years old. Father of Mrs. Charles Lindburgh.
  5 Oct 1931 - Busy Bees met at Plums.
  7 Oct 1931 - Mrs. Pauline Dutrow in Hospital.
 10 Oct 1931 - Harold [Davis] get new stove on Sat. C. Heater.
 16 Oct 1931 - Graney goes to Roanoke on Fri. Eula.
 16 Oct 1931 - Miss Margaret Turner married Fri.
 20 Oct 1931 - Mrs. John Wyant operated on Tues.
 23 Oct 1931 - Ladies A[ide] Silver Tea at Mrs. McGuires $30.
 18 Oct 1931 - Edison died.
 21 Oct 1931 - Ruth Baugher tonsils taken out on Wed.
 20 Oct 1931 - Pounded new preacher Rev. Smith. ["Pounding" is another name for a party where household gifts are given to an individual or family.  This type of party normally occurred when someone settled into a new home. Today, many people also refer to this type of event as a "shower."]
 27 Oct 1931 - Made Apple butter, 27 1/2 gall [gallon].
 27 Oct 1931 - Virginia Hill moved from Cook's Store to Elkton.
 30 Oct 1931 - Miss Ruth Cover married Mr. Hollman.at M.E. Church Fri eve[ning] at 6:30 o'clock.
 30 Oct 1931 - Gooden Bros sold out.

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 29 Oct 1931 - Busy Bees supper taken in $14.10. [Note: This was during the Depression.  The ladies made more money at this "supper" than what a calf brought on the 22 Aug 1931 - see above entry under that date.]

 31 Oct 1931 - Mr. Ira Brill dies of blood poison at RMHospital 44 years old.  Mr. W.C. Brill brother.