December 1947

 Built a fire in the Living Room fireplace today for the first time. Really is wonderful. We are very pleased.

John went to court on manslaughter case. Postponed to Feb '48.

Weaver ordered front door. Redwood on outside, combed plywood on inside.

Christmas is a worry. No money, as usual!!!

Had dinner out in the house for the first time Sunday, Dec 8th also Monday, Dec 9th. Cooked it on a coal oil stove and sat in front of the fire. We all had fun.

The bulldozer came and dug the hole and trench for the septic tank.

Bud and Weaver hung all three doors. They sure are nice. Maggie is painting them. 

Electricity is supposed to be put in this week(Dec 16) Happy day!

Today (17th) is Weaver's 37th birthday. He has the flu and feels pretty bad. 

Went to Farmor's for birthday dinner. Nice! Pretty wool shirt from Farmor, sox from Jackie, bread (6 loaves) from Lee and Lenore.

Maggie, Sue and Mike went on a turkey hunt today. Stepped outside, saw a turkey, so started hunting. He's ready to cook right now. 

Children's Christmas play was tonight (18th). Pretty good! Both Sue and Johnny knew their parts and Santa even remembered Mike and Milo. 

Christmas Eve was fun. Put up tree in new house. Stayed up until 3:00am. Johnny, Mike, Cannonball (Milo) and John spent the night out there. The moon was full and the night warm.

Christmas day was fun too. Went to Bea's first. Her house looked swell with all the new furniture. Susy got a lovely coat. At Farmor's Mike got his jeep. Oh, but he is thrilled. It's a honey. Susy got her stove, baby and bassinet. Such a lot of toys. Johnny got his radio. It has a wonderful tone. Weaver and I got linen. Beautiful, beautiful linen. I'm tickled to death. We all had a wonderful Christmas but we sure wish that we could give for once, instead of receive. Mom gave me a honey of a dress. I love it. 

Put our pole in for electricity (also meter) on Dec 26th. May be connected by New Year's Eve.

29th of December '47- Electricity all hooked up! Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! Exciting, eh, wot? Maggie's going to iron with her new iron that she's had for 3 years and never used, and Weaver's going to hook up his new saw.

Regarding paragraph above- Both articles mentioned worked fine. We were very pleased. 

Susy is staying at Bea's for a few days. We all miss her. 

"Cannonball" got lots of nice toys for Christmas from Porterville, L.A. and San Diego. Also Oxnard. Everyone remembered him.

No rain as yet. Bad!