Thursday, January 2, 1941

A GLOOMY AND DISMAL DAY

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Gloomy dismal day.

Rained part of day.

Sewing an apron this P.M.

and evening.

Henry home all day.

Hank and Orlo did chores

and sawed wood.

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I feel a bit of foreboding in Edna's remarks about a gloomy and dismal day. It is only the second day of the new year and she seems to be feeling the weight of what is to come.

In less than a year's time, the United States will enter into World War II.

For now, things are business as usual on the farm. Edna is sewing a new apron and Hank and Orlo went about their chores.

Orlo Hostetler worked on the farm for several years as a hired hand. Henry is aging and is busy with his position as a commissioner for Kent County. Hank will eventually take over the farm but in January of 1941he is just 17 and still in high school.