Item Metadata Collection: Glover (Robert E.) Papers Author: Glover, Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth) Title: 1981, copies Date: 1981 File Name: WREG03012.pdf Date Transcribed: September 2020 Editors: Trista Barker Transcription Platform: Microsoft Word BEGIN TRANSCRIPTION 1981 AT HOME: 1/1-31 1/1-6 MORRIS VISITING PRESIDENT REAGAN SWORN IN: 1/20 1/14 VWWI MEETING JAN 1/1 MARJORIE AND MOE WERE WITH US TODAY. MARJORIE TOOK MOE TO A SHOW IN THE AFTERNOON AND TO ANOTHER IN THE EVENING. CAROL DID COOKING AND PREPARED MEALS. MARJORIE AND MOE WENT TO THE STORE FOR US AND GOT SOME “ARBIE’S” FOR THE NOON MEAL. I WROTE CHECKS TO PAY A COUPLE OF BILLS. MUST GET STAMPS TOMORROW 1/2 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THREE MEALS, AS A VISITOR, MOE SPENT THE NIGHT WITH US. IN THE MORNING HE TOOK THE RAMBLER AND WENT OUT TO THE “BEATHKIT PLACE” ON WEST 28TH. HE WAS BACK WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL, THEN TOOK THE RAMBLER TO CINDERELLA CITY. THE GARBAGE MEN CAME TODAY (FRIDAY) AND WE HAD EVERYTHING READY FOR THEM. 1/3 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR THE NOON MEAL AND SUPPER. MARJORIE AND MORRIS GOT GROCERIES FOR US. CAROL MADE SOME JELLO AND BROUGHT THE TURKEY UP TO DEFROST (CAROL SAYS MORRIS BROUGHT IT U FOR HER) MARJORIE SPENT THE NIGHT WITH US. 1/4 MARJORIE AND MOE WERE WITH US FOR SUNDAY BREAKFAST. CHARLES BROUGHT GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO IN FOR THE NOON MEAL. PREVIOUSLY, MOE AND I WENT TO CAMERON METHODIST CHURCH FOR THE MORNING SERVICE WHICH INCLUDED COMMUNION SERVICE. WE MET REVEREND HAMLYN (MORRIS FRIEND) AND TALKED TO HIM A FEW MINUTES. GINGER LEFT EARLY AND CHARLES, CHASE AND MARGO LEFT ABOUT 2:30 PM. CLEAR, WARM DAY. 1/5 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH AND IRONED MOE’S THINGS. SKY OVERCAST DOAY, TEMPERATURE 42[degrees fahrenheit] AT 3:00 PM. HAD GOOD VISIT WITH MOE. MARJORIE STAYED THE NIGHT WITH US. 1/6 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. MARJORIE TOOK MOE TO THE AIRPORT ABOUT 10:30 AM. MOE CALLED FROM HERMITAGE TO SAY HE HAD ARRIVED OK. CAROL TOOK DOWN THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE CHRISTMAS CARDS. WE TOOK THEM DOWN TO THE BASEMENT AND PUT THEM AWAY. I MADE A CALL TO SENATOR ANDERSON. HE WILL CALL BACK. 1/7 BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR, WARM DAY, MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. GINGER WAS WITH US FOR THE EVENING MEAL. CAROL WROTE THANK-YOU NOTES, PAID BILLS AND FIXED UP OUR CHECKBOOKS. I DISPOSED OF TRASH, CAROL TOOK ME TO THE PEARL AND JEWELL INTERSECTION AND I GOT A HAIRCUT. I WROTE LETTERS. 1/8 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. I FINISHED A CHECK OF MY AREA DISCUSSION AND SENT IT BACK. I RETURNED A QUESTIONNAIRE TO THE COLORADO ASCE. I READ OVER A RESEARCH PROPOSAL FRO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. RUSS DARR CALLED ABOUT SOME PUMP DEPLETION DETAILS (MARJORIE REPORTS A RAISE IN PAY). TRASH MEN CAME TODAY. 1/9 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS (SHE BROUGHT NEWS OF A PAY RAISE). CAROL WROTE LETTERS AND PAID BILLS. I TOOK THEM OVER TO THE MAILBOX. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER RAY WINGER RETIRED TODAY. I DID NOT GO TO THE FEDERAL CENTER BECAUSE OF MY LEG INJURY. 1/10 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL AND I WENT TO EVANS SAFEWAY FOR GROCERIES. I WROTE LETTERS TO JEAN AND FAMILY AND WENT WITH THEM TO THE MAILBOX IN THE AFTERNOON. WARM, SUNNY DAY. THERE WERE SOME CLOUDS. CAROL BAKED SOME PIES AND MADE US A CABBAGE AND HAM HOCKS STEW. GORGEOUS SUNRISE THIS AM. 1/11 WARM, SUNNY, CLOUDLESS DAY. MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH US FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL CHARLES AND FAMILY LEFT ABOUT 2:00 PM. MARJORIE HELPED CAROL PREPARE THE DINNER AND AFTERWARD HELPED WASH THE DISHES. MY HIP WAS MUCH BETTER TODAY. 1981 JAN (CONTINUED) 1/12 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL DID THE WASH AND CLEANED UP THE WORKSHOP ROOM. I SPENT THE DAY WORKING ON A REVIEW FOR NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. CAROL TYPED UP THE FORM AND I MAILED IT. WARM, SUNNY DAY. 1/13 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL DID THE IRONING AND STRAIGHTENED OUT HER RECORD BOOK. I WENT DOWN TO THE LAW LIBRARY TO GET COPIES OF TWO ENACTMENT AND TO THE CITY LIBRARY TO CONSULT SOME BOOKS ON CHEMISTRY. I WORKED ON A LETTER IN THE AFTERNOON. CLIFF JENKINS CALLED IN THE EVENING 1/14 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. GINGER WAS WITH US FOR SUPPER. CAROL CLEANED OUT THE BUFFET DRAWERS. CAROL FIXED A CASSEROLE FOR ME AND I WENT TO THE BARRACKS 3149 MEETING. MARJORIE TOOK WASSENNAUER AND ME TO THE VFW HALL. BILL SMITH CALLED. HE WILL SE ME TOMORROW. 1/15 MARJORIE WAS WIT HUS FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WROTE LETTERS I TOOK THEM TO THE MAILBOX AND MAILED THEM. CAROL AND I PUT TRASH OUT TO GET READY FOR TOMORROW. CAROL AND I CLEANED MY STUDY ROOM, WM SMITH CAME AND WE STRAIGHTENED OUT SOME COMPUTATION DETAILS. MARJORIE WASHED THE SUPPER DISHES. LEFT ABOUT 7:00 PM 1/16 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL WROTE LETTERS. I SHOVELLED SNOW. CAROL AND I GOT TRASH READY FOR THE TRASH HAULERS. MARJORIE GOT GROCERIES FOR US. SUN ONLY CAME OUT FOR A BRIEF PERIOD IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW ALL MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. 1/17 MARJORIE BROUGHT SOME “ARBY’S” FOR THE NOON MEAL. THE SUN CAME OUT TODAY, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A THIN OVERCAST. MARJORIE BROUGHT US A NEW “WARDS” CATALOG IN THE AFTERNOON AND SOME GARMENT PURCHASES. 1/18 CAROL AND I WERE HERE ALONE ALL THIS SUNDAY. I WENT TO THE “JACK-IN-THE-BOX” FOR HAMBURGERS. CAROL CLEANED OUT THE DESK IN THE DINING ROOM. JACQUE COCAGNE (NEIGHBOR BOY) FOUND A BROWN CREEPER AND CALLED MY ATTENTION TO IT. 1/19 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR 3 MEALS. CAROL PUT OUT THE WASH. I WENT DOWNTOWN TO THE LAW LIBRARY AND TO THE CITY LIBRARY. CAROL PAID BILLS AND I MAILED THEM. 1/20 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE MORNING. I WATCHED DTHE INAUGURATION ON TV AND SAW PRESIDENT REAGAN SWORN IN. BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR DAY. CLOUDLESS SKY. 44[degrees fahrenheit] AT 1:00 PM. CAROL IRONED. I WENT TO THE MAILBOX. I STARTED THE EXPERIMENTS TO LEARN TO CONVERT WOOD INTO [ILLEGIBLE] ALCOHOL 1/21 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. CAROL DID THE IRONING. BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR DAY. 54[degrees fahrenheit] AT 2:00 PM. I READ AND POSTED. I CLEANED UP MY WORK BENCH AND STRAIGHTENED UP THE MEDICINE CABINET WITH CAROL’S HELP. 1/22 MY BIRTHDAY - BECAME 85 YRS OLD AT 3:00 AM TODAY. MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CHARLES AND FAMILY CALLED EARLY TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME. CALL CAME FROM DOROTHY. BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR, SUNNY DAY. NO CLOUDS IN THE MORNING, A FEW THIN CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON. AT 1:30 PM, LETTER FROM STATE ENGINEER’S OFFICE SETTING DATE FOR CLASS IN GW MOVEMENT. CAROL TOOK ME TO STATE LICENSE RENEWAL OFFICE AND RENEWED MY DRIVER’S LICENSE. (I TOLD THEM THE DOCTOR DOES NOT WISH ME TO DRIVE). CALLED DR FEAD. 1981 JAN (CONCLUDED) 1/23 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. WE GOT A CALL FROM MOE. BIRTHDAY CARDS CAME FROM KATHY AND BILL BIGELOW AND FROM RUTH. CAROL AND I WENT TO THE DRUG STORE AND GROCERY STORE IN THE MORNING. WE BOUGHT GROCERIES. I NEEDED MY PRESCRIPTION FILLED, BUT THEY COULD NOT GE A HOLD OF A DOCTOR. CAROL AND I WENT BACK IN THE AFTERNOON TO GET THE PRESCRIPTION. A CALL CAME FROM DR FEAD. I WILL WRITE LETTERS TO DANIELSON ANDERSON. 1/24 MARJORIE WAS NOT WITH US TODAY. I WROTE A LETTER TO DANIELSON WITH A COPY TO FEAD. I WENT TO THE MAILBOX TO SEND LETTERS TO “HARLEQUIN” TO MOE AND TO KERRY. I MAILED A CATALOG TOMOE. JEAN CALLED, SHE AND TRACY AND KIRK SANG “HAPPY BIRTHDAY.” WARM, SUNNY, CLOUDLESS DAY. SUNDAY (DAY EARLY) SAYS 63[degrees fahrenheit] AT 2:00 PM (SAT) 1/25 MARJORIE, CHARLES, GINGER, CHASE AND MARGO WERE WITH CAROL AND ME FOR THE SUNDAY NOON MEAL. THEY SANG “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” TO ME. CHARLES AND FAMILY BROUGHT A LINK OF SAUSAGE AND 3 TICKETS TO THE WRESTLING MATCH ON FRIDAY, FEB 6. MARJORIE STAYED TO HELP CAROL WITH THE DISHES. SHE LEFT ABOUT 4;00 PM. SUNNY, WARM DAY. 46[degrees fahrenheit] AT 4:00 PM. A FEW CLOUDS IN THE SKY. 1/26 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL DID THE WASH. I WROTE LETTERS TO DANIELSON AND SENATOR ANDERSON. CAROL TYPED THEM AND I MAILED THEM. I WENT TO ENGLEWOOD TO GET PHOTO STAT COPIES OF A LETTER TO SEND TO DR FEAD. LIGHT OVERCAST IN THE AM. SUNSHINE TO ABOUT NOON. HEAVIER OVERCAST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. 40[degrees fahrenheit] AT 3:00 PM. THE SINK STOPPED UP WHEN WE WERE WASHING THE SUPPER DISHES. WE APPLIED THE “PLUMBERS HELPER” BUT NO LUCK. 1/27 MARJORIE WAS WITH US FOR BREAKFAST AND NOON MEAL. CAROL WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER IN THE AM. I CALLED BELL PLUMBING ABOUT 8:15, JOE MARTINEZ CAME AT 9:30 AM, AND LEFT BEFORE 10:24 AM.