Week At A Glance, 1962
This is a daily dairy that
my grandmother, Mary Bailey Adair maintained. I am amazed on how many family
members she and my grandfather, Earl Adair, visited that year. There were many
miles put on the VW bus that year.
Highlights: Milwaukee, Chicago, home (Redding),
Centerville, Omaha, Grand Island, Bird City, Denver
Jan 1, in Milwaukee with
daughter Alice Adair Johnson. Other daughter�s family (Margaret Adair &
Marvin Kruse) drove up from Chicago area
Jan 4, Supper at Vernice�s (probably Vernice Bailey Wood, her first cousin)
in Chicago area
Jan 8, N.R. Miller funeral
(should be family, but I cannot find)
Jan 12, Steffen Adair (grandson)
started to walk
Jan 16, Called at Bert Defenbaugh (he married Dora May Miller, daughter of
Alexander Tardy Miller, nephew of H.T. Miller)
Jan 23, Went to Centerville
to see Uncle Billy (son of H.T. Miller)
Feb 2-3, Went to Denver to
see Sam & Jessie Adair (Sam is brother of Earl)
Feb 3, Maurice, June &
Edwin for dinner (Maurice is nephew of Earl)
Highlights: Denver, Raton, Albuquerque, Truth or
Consequences, Willcox, La Mesa, San Diego
Feb 26, Called
on Etheldean (daughter of Arthur Cartland Bailey,
brother of Mary) in California, probably San Diego
Feb 27, Followed Stuart
& Helen Hoover to Escondido (more relatives)
Mar 2, Overnight
with Denhart�s (maybe John & Vada,
she is daughter of Vergie Adair, Earl�s first cousin)
Mar 3, Evening at Bettys
(daughter of Arthur Bailey)
Highlights: Vista, Oceanside, Ramona, Los Angeles,
Whittier, San Diego, Vista, La Mesa, Tijuana, National City, Borrego Springs,
Salton Sea, Coachella, Palm Springs, Desert Hot Springs, Anaheim
Mar 10, Met Marian (probably
Marian Cartland, Mary�s first cousin) at hotel in Los Angeles
Mar 26, Supper with Ed &
Jo Mosher. The Mosher family married into cousin Kenoyer
family
Highlights: San Juan Capistrano ,
Mount Palomar, Oceanside, Vista, Escondido, Banning, Needles, Amboy, Kingman, Ashfork, Albuquerque, Clovis, Friona, Omaha
Apr 5, Back
to Vista, California and brother Arthur Bailey and his wife
Apr 13-20, In Friona, Texas
with Earl�s uncle/aunt, Arthur Drake/Bessie Miller and their family
Apr 28, Cousin Charlie
Hoover died yesterday
Highlights: home
May 7, Called
on Elbert Drake (brother-in-law of Earl�s aunt Bessie)
May 9, Called
on Jim/Myrtle Miller (Earl�s 2nd cousin)
May 20, Went to Quicks (another cousin)
Highlights: Chicago, home
Jul 1, Marvin/Margaret Kruse
left children and went to Mexico
Highlights: home
Jul 3, Dewey/Margaret
(brother of Earl) went to Arkansas
Jul 10, Saw New Jersey
caravan http://historylink.org/File/10130
in Creston
Highlights: home, Lincoln
Aug 6, Visit from Oakland
Adair (Earl�s cousin) & Jim Mahoney
Aug 9, Jennette
Bailey (Mary�s sister) & Chris Drescher left by
bus
Aug 9, Bessie (Earl�s aunt
Bessie Dot Miller, who married Arthur Drake)
Aug 12, Miller reunion (Lee Saville is Earl�s cousin. BTW Lee�s sister Ruth is alive in
Mt. Ayr, Iowa at age 90. Another sibling is Clyde.
Their father is Bernard Saville)
Aug 14, The Warden family
married into Miller family. The Arneal family married
into Hoover family
Aug 17, Floyd Adair is 1st
cousin of Earl
Highlights: Lincoln, home, Smithville, Carthage, Cassville,
Bentonville, Eureka Springs, Lampe, Branson, Springfield, Brookfield, home
Sep 3, Pioneer Park
(probably Pioneers Park Nature Center near Lincoln)
Sep 5, Wayne Miller is
another 1st cousin of Earl
Sep 14, daughter Alice
Johnson and family came
Sep 15, left for Ozarks
Highlights: home, Des Moines, Maryville, Omaha, Nebraska
City, Centerville, Muscatine, Melrose Park
Oct 4, Elbert Drake funeral
Oct 12, visited son John and
family
Highlights: Melrose Park, Milwaukee, Muscatine,
Centerville, home
Nov 7, Grace is neighbor of
daughter Margaret
Nov 25, Johnsons, Kruses and Grace for dinner
Nov 29, Breakfast with Uncle
Billy
Highlights: home, Ozarks
Dec 4, Laurence and Wilda Cartland (1st cousin)
Dec 31, Jennette
& Chris Drescher