Week of November 8, 1960--Kennedy elected!

Tuesday, November 8, 1960

Fair and Cold, Big Frost this AM

½ inch of ice last night.

Picking peanuts completed Norville at 3 PM

Combining soybeans—David and Harper

Picking corn.

THIS IS ELECTION DAY: NIXON AND KENNEDY at 7PM it is very close.

Wednesday, November 9, 1960

Cloudy to Fair

Picking peanuts Henry Lyon’s Field.

Made very slow progress.

Combined beans and picked at cabin.

Some corn #1 field.

KENNEDY WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT: I don’t think much of him and did not vote for him.

Thursday, November 10, 1960

Light rain last nigh and today. Warm.

Hauling up peanut hay.

Bailing hay left in field.

Two loads soy beans sold to Super Grain at @.00

1 load peanut sold at $11.25.

Friday, November 11, 1960

Cloudy and Cold.

Scattering picker beds on field # 4 (Norville) and sowing multigrain oats in stack rows

(other part the oats [?])

Picking corn.

Started picking peanuts; completed field on road to Manning and started on east side of road @ the cherry tree.

Lewis came in from Raleigh for the weekend.

Saturday, November 12, 1960

Fair and cool.

½ day only.

Scattering picker beds so that can so oats.

Picking corn.

Sunday, November 13, 1960

Fair and warm.

Sarah, Turner and Lewis and I at home and spent at Farm as had expected to

Get someone to combine. No such luck. My help knew that I wanted this and left before I got out.  Sarah went out to see Whit Powell, B.W. B Sr. and Jimmie came by to see us.

Monday, November 14, 1960

Big fog this AM and fair and warm after fog raised.

Started picking peanuts late with three men from town.

Picked three loads of corn.

Sowed oats in stack rows. Fertilized with 5-10-10 (400).