The farm that Esther Lilly Hundley and her family lived on in Gales Creek
Cast of characters
--Esther Lilly Hundley & Charles Hundley (written as Charley/Chas), the author of the diaries and her husband.
--Bill (written as Billie) and Elsie, Esther and Charles firstborn and his wife.
--Ted and Thelma, Esther and Charles second-born and Teds wife.
--Gladys and Roy Bills (written as Mr. B. or Mr. Bills), Esther and Charles third-born and her boyfriend.
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Thur Apr 16 - A nice day. Gladie put out a wash, got it out before 8. I did up the work. Gladie & I went fishing down on Clear Water, started at 8:30, got back at 3:30, she got 6, I got some rock for my rock garden & some fox gloves. Charley hauled manure. Freddie ate supper here. Gladie went some place after supper. Fri Apr 17 - A nice day. We ironed, cleaned the up stairs and churned & what not. Worked out in the flowers. After noon, Gladie & I went over to the old Geo McCoy place, got a lot of wild daisies & some rock along the creek to fix around flowers. Sat Apr 18 - A nice day. We did usual work, took a bath, put out early garden in p.m. Charley went to town. Gladie went fishing, got 4. Leon & Puk Ryan came for awhile from Tillamook. I put out sweet peas and other flower seeds. Sun Apr 19 - A beautiful day. I made a pineapple cream cake and did other cooking. Billie Elsie & Ronald came about 11. Charley got a calf from Sutherlands, Jimmie Valentine. After supper, Billie, Elsie, Baby Gladie and I all went for a ride up to H.P. Lumber Co. at Pike, stopped in at Mrs. Kendalls awhile. Ted & Thelma were there. Then we went on around by Newburg and back past Hill School & Springhill Farm, got home at 6:30, had lunch. Gladie went to a show. The kids stayed till 8 oclock.Mon Apr 20 - A beautiful day. Did our usual work. Grandpa Herrick came over real early, stayed till 8 oclock. Gladie & I fixed and went to town, got back before eleven. I sent to Wards for window curtains, got kalsomine for front room. After noon, Gladie went on Hallie up by Geverts woods to pick ladie slippers, I put out onion sets, then worked in flower garden. Charley hauled manure. Troy came a little while after supper. Got a letter from Uncle H. Tue Apr 21 - A beautiful day. Did our usual work. I fixed Gladies & my summer coats. Afternoon, we went to Grandma Laffertys funeral at G.C. church, she was 87 years old, Rev O. Curtis preached the funeral. Then Gladie & I went on to town, took our coats to the cleaners, got home at 4:20. Awful windy all day and nite. Wed Apr 22 - A nice day, only real hard wind, had a big dust storm in Portland and the dust blew up here, was so dusty we could hardly see for several days (Editor's note: this event was a severe storm that swept across Washington and Oregon, and was written about in newspapers all over the region. You can read more about it
at this link).
I washed today and wrote some letters, fixed Gladies satin coat to a jacket. Gladie & Hilda went flower picking in p.m. I sewed some.
