July 3, 1932
Evelyn (Schenck) Marks came home on a visit. The 4th she went to Lincoln, Montana; 5th Mr. and Mrs. Owens (Elenora Vennes), Evelyn and I (Mrs. Schaffer) went to Butte for the Day.
July 4, 1932: A visit from Evelyn and a trip to Butte
Journal #1
Mary’s journal entries from June 1932: a mastodon tooth, a horse and buggy ride, and baseball
June 13, 1932
A mastodon tooth was found in Last Chance Gulch where the Police Station is at Helena in 1865.[1. A quick Google search turned up a book by Robert Vaughan, which contains what appears to be a reference to this discovery in either 1864 or 1865.]
John Rumping and Albert Schaffer went down near [illegible]’s tunnel trying a bit of prospecting and found a big crabapple tree all in bloom near the creek. It’s a beauty.[2. Photo credit: “crabapple tree,” from author’s collection, taken 22 March 2017.]
June 17, 1932
John Rumping and Albert Schaffer came from Rutlidges up on the Herman Weinriter boulevard with horse and buggy to the main road (or Marysville road). Nice for going one way.
June 19, 1932
Lincoln & Marysville played [baseball]. Lincoln 3, Marysville 2. Was good playing.[2. Photo Credit: “Old baseball on wooden background and highly closeup,” CanStockPhoto (http://www.canstockphoto.com : uploaded by joephotostudio 04 Jun 2014; downloaded 02 Jun 2017).]
NOTES AND PHOTO CREDITS
May 1932: “Emelia Erhardt Putnam”, cleaning the “dam house”, and Marysville baseball
May 20, 1932
Emelia Erhardt[1. Correct spelling is “Amelia Earhart” but Mary’s spelling of Amelia’s maiden name is interesting to note because she (Mary) had a cousin by the same last name, but spelled “Erhardt” instead of “Earhart”.] Putnam flew from Newfoundland to Ireland, 2000 mi. in 14 hrs. + 54 minutes. Col. Chas. Lindberg flew the same route 5 yrs. ago.
May 22, 1932
The Marysville Ball team played today. Christ Schenck, Gordon O’Connell, Clarence Beaver, Joe Color, Ralph Williams, Tom Williams, Herman Ingman, Lester Rudio, Thadius Smygie, Mr. Brown of the St. Louis Mine and Rob O’Connell were umpires. The day was cold & windy, I went home got my heavy coat & a shawl for my feet. There were near 30 cars around the grounds. Marysville 4 – Mont. Power 10. Margie Larson sure was encouraging them all.[2. This is a picture of the Marysville baseball team from about the same time period. I labelled the players based on Mary’s handwritten notations at the bottom of the photo. There are two names I was unsure of: the 2nd man from the left and the last man on the right, both in the back row. The players she listed are: Beaver, Murrio?, M. Rudio, Ingman, Smigaj, Cooper?, Colar, Schenck (Mary’s son Christie), T. Williams, Korting, O’Connell, Haley, R. Williams, D. Rudio.
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May 27, 1932
Christie did the dishes for me today. My back feels broken.
May 30, 1932
I cried . . . and swore terrible because Frances came up Saturday to take me down for Corpus Christie and Memorial Day but Christie and Albert found all kinds of excuses what I was needed home for. I was not needed home at all . . . I baked and cleaned the dam [sic] house but they both were out. Lincoln and Marysville played ball today.[2. I hope Mary made it to the ballgame that day!!] Mary’le[3. “Mary’le” is Mary’s abbreviation for Marysville.] lost.
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April 14, 1932: 3,000 yards of thread and “fierce foggy cold”
April 14, 1932
I finished Clayton Raymond Dalin’s[1. Clayton was about 5 months old at the time, having been born the previous November.] little bedspread, crocheted about 3,000 [yards of] thread. It’s fierce foggy cold and about 5 inches of snow.