Mittie's Journal, 1941: August 8, 1941, Friday

Oklahoma Pioneer Mittie Stephens Cobb enjoyed family, home and garden. Mittie's 1941 Journal shares weathered pioneer experiences and every day life in Arapaho, Oklahoma. Mittie and Rufus "Dad" lived west of Arapaho with daughter Mary and son Frank and owned the Cobb Store in Arapaho. Cecil and Lena Cobb, Fannie and Richard Bland lived nearby. George, Jack, Loys Cooper, Randall and Mildred Shankland moved out of state and stayed in touch by letters. Mittie turned 73 years in 1941 outliving three of her children, Rexie, Rollie and Harvey.

It was serendipity

to have Mittie's Journal to read and share in 2008. The calendar days of 1941 are the same as 2008. Richard received the Journal from his mother, Fannie, and gave the Journal to his cousin Betty in spring 2008. This great-granddaughter first had it in hand in July 2008. For a few weeks it was transcribed to email for family. Mittie's Journal blog began October 12, the anniversary of the day Mittie and Rufus landed at Gip, Oklahoma 1892 in open prairie. Check out that Journal entry. It is a blessing to share this Journal with others. To stay in the matching year the remaining Journal days appear in the Journal Archive as they are posted. Thanks for stopping by. The 1936 journal and part of 1937 is also available for transcribing. Work in progress.

August 8, 1941, Friday

Cool and partly cloudy this morning. The girls are resting in their room taking it easy after the heat and stress of hard hot work. A passing Shower of Rain is now sprinkling the Dust and cooling the Atmosphere by washing the dust from it. Very Pleasant. There is more Preserving to be done today. Hope the coolness continues during the Progress and the Process of making of the same. Scripture reading Matt 12:9-14.

Have 7 jars of Watermelon Preserves that have liquid thick and Clear as Honey. So Good! and So Pretty! That finished my Preserving for the week, maybe for the season. Mary and Josephine went to Clinton to spend the Evening. Frank and I soon retired. He had been fixing up fences around Pastures and was tired.