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Margie Arbuthnot looks on. Lined up in birth oder are her children
Ken, Marjorie (married to Wallace Campion), Una Albert, Don |
A Christmas gift that my Grandmother received in 1941 was a small diary. It contained many reference pages and a blank page for each day of the year. Dutifully, my Grandmother filled it out. At the time she wrote this, she had four grown children, and several grandchildren. Along with her husband, Fred Arbuthnot, she lived on a farm on Niwot Road, just east of 63rd, in Boulder County, Colorado. All of her children were born on this farm. While her son Ken lived out of state, the others lived near by. Marjorie and Una in Boulder, and Don and his wife and children lived west on Niwot Road, on a farm he rented from the Erickson family. All were members of the Altona Grange No. 127.
Now, 77 years later, I am sharing what her daily postings included for that day. One post a day. Here is her post for Jan 1, 1942:
"A cold day, 18 below at 7 o'clock A. M. Marjorie, Wallace, and Baker here for the day, Una went home from work then. Grange [Altona Grange] had a New Years dinner at hall. Marjorie had car trouble so all had dinner here. Had planned on going to the Grange Hall for N. Y. dinner."
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