July 24, 1941 (Thursday)
- Jill Johnson Tewsley
- Jul 24, 2021
- 1 min read
The Dirty, Wet Clothes of Hank and Orlo
Another hot day.
Hank and Orlo setting up oats.
Washed this P.M. - The dirty
wet clothes of Hank & Orlo
that they got setting up
oats.
It was a hot day. Edna documents that. She doesn't mention any rain but she does mention that Hank and Orlo's clothes were dirty and wet. They must have been drenched in sweat after spending the hot day in the fields setting up oats.
I haven't had much luck finding historical weather data on the internet unless it was for a major weather event. I did find mention of a heat wave, with temperatures in the 90s and 100s in Indiana from July 24 - August 11, 1941.
July 25-August 11 saw 90s & 100s separated by only one 88-degree day to split them into two distinct heat waves (July 25-August 4 & August 6-11). Every day July 23-31, but one, saw lows in the 70s. It also brought higher humidity that drove the heat index +105 for days.
Over these same days in her journal, Edna remarks on the hot temperatures so I imagine they were experiencing similar temperatures in Bowne Center as they were in Indiana.
I am not sure Edna enjoyed washing those dirty and wet clothes but I think she was glad to do something for Hank and Orlo after they worked all day in the heat.
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