Painting R.K.?

 

August 8, 1931 - I worked as usual this morning.  Tonite Ray, Pete, Clara, Edwin, Florence, Ralph and I went to a barn dance east of Norfolk.  We had a real good time.
August 9, 1931 - Mother stayed up until 11:00 last nite cutting quilt blocks from scraps of outing flannel.  She pieced the entire quilt on the machine today.  Edwin, Florence and Ralph came up tonite and we went out to Raymond and Alice's.  We had lots of fun looking at the catalogues and painting R.K.
August 10, 1931 - Mother started making herself a new dress today but Mrs. McIntyre came up with some sewing, so she had to quit working on it.  To bed early tonite.  We washed clothes this morning.

Was Mrs. McIntyre likely the wife of the doctor in Winside?  It seems I remember hearing about a Dr. McIntyre.

That is some mad quilting . . . staying up until 11:00 cutting and then piecing an entire quilt in one day.  Of course, maybe it wasn't a particularly intricate quilt pattern, but still.

I read it twice, she says "painting R.K."  I wonder what on earth that was all about.