Had the sewing machine fixed today (Mollie's) and the charge was $2.50 for fixing the stitch - Ten Minutes work. They charge all the market can bear these war days. Sylvia huddled in a chair while the man was there but Eugene as usual watched very carefully. Sister Lillian came over in the afternoon. She's due soon.
"Mollie" was presumably my Aunt Mollie, married to my mother's brother Sam Modelson. Although the complaint about "all the market can bear" cost seems amusing, remember that, at the time, a NYC subway ride cost a nickel, and a first class stamp cost three cents.
My father started a "diary" in 1945 (more accurately, a journal, covering both family and current events), and I'm going to see if this is a decent way to publish it. Since I'm doing it as a blog, to get to the beginning of the journal, you have to go to the beginning of the blog.
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