February 5, 1933 - We slept rather late this morning. Took Mr. Lautenbaugh's dinner to him. The street car was late this p.m. We had to call a taxi, just got to the depot in time to get on the train. Ray met us at Winside. We took Alma to Bojens. Ray and I went to the dance at Hoskins. I surely had a good time.
February 6, 1933 - Cold and windy. 8 degrees below zero. All except Nurnbergs were at school. Got colder and windier. Dismissed school at 2:30. We were "blown" home. Laurence stopped at Walkers until his dad came after him. We listened to the radio and played cards. Bud popped some popcorn.
February 7, 1933 - 21 degrees below zero. So cold and windy that we didn't have any school. I embroidered on one of Evie's quilt blocks. League was postponed until Friday nite. I wonder if Uncle Hans' had their dance tonite. We played 500 and Over the Top this evening.
Embroidery is the first craft I remember learning. The thing I don't remember, however, is whether I've mentioned that here already in posts past. In any event, I have recently re-discovered embroidery and wish I had more time to be able to do it. Counted cross-stitch is fun, but there is a lot of looking back and forth between work and pattern; not so with stamped embroidery. That makes it a bit more relaxing in my mind, even though I sometimes get caught up in whether my stitches are all the same length.
Seems like Grandma had a lot of energy to spend her birthday weekend out of town, ride the train back to Winside, and then hot-foot it to Hoskins for a dance. Good for her!
I am related to the Lautenbaughs referenced in this post and below. My grandparents-- Henry and Frieda Lautenbaugh lived in Sioux City, but we had family from Winside. I'm not sure to whom dinner was delivered or why, but it was interesting trying to puzzle this out. I'm afraid I'm not much help though.
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Nice to have your comment. My grandmother, Marian Andersen Iversen, the one whose diary this is based on was good friends with Alma Lautenbaugh. Miss Lautenbaugh was also my mother's piano teacher, school teacher and Sunday School teacher. She was my Aunt Nancy's piano teacher for a short time. Apparently, Alma was good enough friends with Grandma to tell her after having Nancy as a student for a time, that Grandma should quit sending her and just save her money. (Nancy has no qualms about sharing this story with a laugh, so I'm not being unkind.) Again, happy that you commented. Perhaps there will be more Lautenbaugh references in the future that might prove interesting to you.
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