Bill Lathrop Journal - Oak Grove School 1964-1965



Oak Grove 1964-1965

This journal includes entries made by Trixie Lathrop for the year 1965.  These were probably done after dad died.  They will be in italics followed by TL.

Thursday, Oct. 29, 1964
   Denis Heifner
   Donald Heifner

Friday Oct. 29, 1965 Suellyn, Sherry Lowery & I ate lunch at school today and watched the Halloween party.  Suellyn busted her lip and broke off a tooth. TL

Friday, Oct. 30, 1964
   None absent
   One visitor Sharon Tooley
   Jennie Miller’s daughter
   Mrs. Miller died.

   End of first 9 week term.  44 days.

Monday, Nov. 2, 1964
   All present

Tuesday Nov. 2, 1965, I pulled 2 teeth for Stephen this morning.  Baby teeth one up & one down. TL

Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1964
   All present, election day

Wed. Nov. 3, 1965 Suellyn got stung by a yellow jacket and had to have an allergy shot.  I got grade cards for Bill and saw Charlie Harris while on trial.  Got permanent.  Trixie TL

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1964
   All present

   We play Aden today.  Have a meeting at Geff tonight.  Trixie has a dentist appointment.

Thursday, Nov. 19, 1964
   All present

Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1964
   All present 

Helen Porter, Centralia, Illinois, Washington School, 517 West Broadway.  Suellyn was sick this morning.  Trixie kept the car to take her to the doctor.

Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1964
   Gary Ehrhart

Monday, March 29, 1965
   Ann Hutchcraft

   I bought 20 acres from H.H. Robertson Saturday for $4000.00.

Tuesday, March 30, 1965
   Gary Ehrhardt

Wednesday, March 31, 1965
   All present

   We sold Herman Smith the house and an acre of ground of the H.H. Robertson place for $500.00.

Thursday, April 1, 1965
   Darrell Anderson

Friday, April 2, 1965
   None absent

   I took three students and Herman to Fairfield today to get an x-ray.

Monday, April 5, 1965
   Darrell Anderson
   James Williams

Saturday I took Crystal Gammon and Donna Payne to Fairfield to the Spelling Contest.  Crystal received eight place out of sixteen.  We also had a coaches meeting.  We talked about track and set some dates.  We also decided to give each coach twenty dollars to use as he saw fit to buy things for the boys.

Monday, April 19, 1965
   James Williams
   (Carrell Stephenson brought a visitor today.)
   Donna Payne was sick this morning.  She called her mother and she came and got her at 11 o’clock.

We had a track meet at Wayne City. Thurs. April 15.  It was awful rainy, muddy and bad.  We are supposed to have another one tomorrow at 3:00 o’clock at Wayne city.  My sow had 13 pigs yesterday, Easter Sunday.  She lay on one last night and killed it.

Tuesday, April 20, 1965
   All present

We are suppose to have a track meet today at Wayne City at 3 o’clock.  Yesterday I got my school check and paid for driving the bus for Herman.  Trixie took the car and went to the doctor today.

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