Monday, October 19, 1936

ALICE AND HELEN SORT APPLES

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Cool. Nice Day.

Washed.

Helen started sorting apples

at John Timpson's orchard.

Mr. Timpson went after

Alice to help sort apples

this P.M. — Roger and Shirley

stayed with me this P.M.

Bergys took the kids to G.R.

for their music lessons.

Sold to V.L Watts

8 11/12 doz eggs

Rec'd for last weeks eggs

9 10/12 doz at 24¢ - $2.85

Henry gave Hank $1.00 for lessons.

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In 1858, Edwin Timpson started a family-owned and operated business by planting 123 acres of apples. Four generations later the Timpson family still runs the business but what began as an orchard grew and evolved into a trucking company, Timpson Transport.

When searching for documents and records to support the things that Edna writes in her journals, one of my favorite things to read are the "community news" articles that let you know who has been doing what.

The South Bowne news appears weekly in The Lowell Ledger. I don't always see a byline with the news, but this week the author is Jennie Pardee. Jennie is Edna's sister-in-law (Henry's sister).

Jennie, herself, appears several times in this edition as do several other members of her family. I love this as I was always curious how people appeared in these articles. Did they submit their goings-ons to the reporter? Did the reporter call them up or pay them a visit to get the news? Or maybe, like Jennie, a lot of what they wrote was about themselves and their family members.

I stumbled on this article because I was looking for information about Timpson's Orchard. The Timpson name appeared in the South Bowne news article for this week because Stanley Coles and family (Alice is married to Stanley) dined with the elder Mr. Timpson.

Later that week, noted in Edna's journal and not the South Bowne news article, both Helen and Alice helped to sort apples on Timpson's orchard. While they sorted apples, Roger and Shirley (Alice's children) stayed with Edna.