Thursday, 22nd Day - 343 Days to Follow
Diary written by Margie Arbuthnot
Another fine day. 16 degrees at 7 A. M.
The girls were here for dinner and we went to club this P.M.
Met with Agnes Kenter also a stork shower for her.
I rode home with Bakers.
Duane staying here [grandson].
Doris [Allen] here this evening.
Temp at 8P.M. 33 degrees.
The club that Margie mentions, that she attends with her daughters Una and Marjorie, is the Batchelder Neighbors Club.
Doris Allen Steele was very involved with the Altona Grange, holding many positions as a leader.
She lived with her mother and step-father at the end of Nelson Road at the farm with the big yellow barn. She cared for her mother until her death in 1945. Soon after that, she married Andrew Steele, the Altona Grange Insurance Agent. A very important job as farmers could not get insurance unless they were a grange member. What began as fire insurance for the farmers soon became farm insurance, car insurance, health insurance, etc.
The Steele family were very close to the Arbuthnot family. Their history together will be shared in a future post.
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| Andrew and Doris (Allen) Steele in the home of Don Arbuthnot circa 1950 |
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