July 14, 1941, Monday

Nice cool pleasant morning to do a little yard work. Scripture read Acts 4. Mary is late about rising after being up late last night. It was midnight when she returned home.

Dad and I are both about sick with Summer Colds but we still manage to get around to do a little work. Mary and I finished house cleaning and dishes then she went after Ice and brought me a dish of Cherry Cobbler pie with new cherries. Frank come home since noon.

I have been spending my time doing little jobs that have been awaiting attention for some time. At night I drove to Clinton with Mary and Dad to get some fruit and melons for the Store.

Received a long letter from Essa Simmons. She still grieves about her son being gone so far on the High Seas, 2 months since he wrote her. She has had all her teeth extracted and suffers from Rheumatism too. Poor Woman! I sympathize with her as I've passed through all these trials even to last War when Cecil was across the Waters. I never heard from him for 3 months after the Army demobilized.