Aug 5 Sunday Lost to Shakhet [?] at Woodlawn where we had arrived ab't 1 o'clock to have lunch and supper. Played Eugene chess. Pop came over and found us in the woods again picking berries. Pop played Sylvia and myself checkers then took us home again. It was a beautiful weekend with temperature in the seventies. Gen. Ridgway called off peace talks on the grounds that the conference city of Kaesong'[s] neutrality had been violated by the presence of 'red' armed soldiers. Ninety West Point cadets have been dismissed for violating the Academy's honor system. Many football stars were included.
Aug 6 We went down to the 72ND st Translux Theatre to see Bunin's "Alice in Wonderland" in technicolor. On the way home we walked through Central Park finding many interesting places there. The kids picked up scores of Planters Peanut wrappers for which they hope to get drawing books, etc. We brought up chop suey and egg roll for supper. Many policemen have signed up with Quill's T.W.U. which will charter a police local. Communist and "Democratic" Youth are holding World Assemblies in East Berlin and Ithaca respectively. We both read Schulberg's "The Disenchanted".
Aug 7 Lost a game of chess to Eugene. Also played anagrams with the kids. Later Eugene helped Lillian make cookies. Eugene's trunk came from Ten Mile River in bad condition. Sylvia watched "Magic Cottage" and Eugene "Captain Video". They've dropped most of the other programs. Communists admitted they had been wrong in having an armed force in Kaesong.
Aug 8 Eugene drew "Jackie Robinson" - Bill Roeder "Adventure Stories from Boys Life", "From the Earth to the Moon" - Jules Verne and "Magic in a Bottle" - Milt Silverman (Discovery of the drugs). Sylvia drew "The Dutch Twins" - L.F. Perkins, "Little Women", "Here's a Penny" C. Haywood and "Benjie's Hat" M.L. Hunt. While Sylvia and her friend put on a play in the yard I took Eugene to Walton for some tennis. Lillian made a great peach pie which we had a la mode for supper. Cops were ordered to get out of the Union by Monaghan. Five more "Reds" were arrested - R & Phil Frankfeld, Roy Wood, Dot Blumberg and George Meyers.
Aug 9 We spent the afternoon at St James snapping some pictures and the kids in the playground. They played Nok-hockey and went on the see-saw and bars. Lil got Sylvia some sneakers and a sport shirt for me. The C.R.C. finally surrendered its records to the state. The Radio Artists Union voted to ban "leftists" by a 5-1 vote.
Aug 10 1951 We went to Tibbetts Brook today. Lillian slightly indisposed did not go in. Sylvia frolicked in her tube. Eugene managed to duck his head for the first time and also lay in the water while I held him - after much persuasion. Afterwards we ate on a picnic table but had to rush home before finding a place on the grass, as the weather was threatening. Lillian read "Tevye's Daughters" Rabinowitz.
"Rabinowitz" wrote under the pen name "Sholem Aleichem", and that book was later adapted as the musical "Fiddler on the Roof".
Note that there are only 6 days in this post, as Book 7 of the diary ends here. That's presumably why Dad wrote the year in the date of this entry.
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.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Sunday, March 12, 2017
7/29-8/4/51
July 29 Sunday We went over to mom's for delicatessen this afternoon. We walked all the way playing a word game. Lil Harry and the kids were there too. Afterwards we took a ride to Douglaston where Lil & Harry apartment is to be built. When we got back pop took us for another ride to White Plains.
Someone, presumably Dad, wrote a question mark over the word "apartment", not sure if that was because they actually moved to a house, which was in Bellerose.
July 30 We went to the Grand to see Mel Ferrer and Miroslava in "The Brave Bulls" an authentic story of bullfighting and "Valentino" with Tony Dexter and Eleanor Parker. At night we taught Sylvia poker and other gambling games to her delight. We played with pennies.
July 31 We went to the Broadway wading pool where Sylvia's build in a bathing suit amazed me. She looked like an Amazon. She weights 81 lbs. Later we went to the library where Sylvia drew "Little Eddie" - C. Haywood, "The Shining Shooter" - Marion Resnick [Renick] and two by E.F. Lattimore "Junior - A Colored Boy of Charleston" and "Three Little Chinese Girls". The House passed a "Control" Bill which is expected to raise prices 10%. Field and Green were given new 6-month terms for refusing to furnish records. Truce talks were snagged again this time by a truce line.
Aug 1 Beat Hotez. Lil went to see Dr Rosenfeld who examined and discharged her. We met at 167th & Cromwell Ave to meet Eugene's bus coming in from Camp. He was in good health and spirits and filthy. He appears to have grown being 59 inches tall. He weights 87 - lost five pounds.
Aug 2 Split with Goldberg. Eugene is an unofficial 2nd Class scout. He went to summer school with Sylvia this morning and played ping-pong. In the afternoon we met mama at the Gun Hill Rd. rendezvous. Later we went to see Lil and the kids and pop. Barmine testified that Russians had called Lattimore and Joe Barnes "ours".
Aug 3 We went to Orchard Beach in Stanley's car but it was a cloudy cool day. We sat on the beach for two hours then went home as it started to rain twice. The kids had a couple of dips. Stanley came up and had coffee with us. In the evening we left the kids and went out to Fordham until 10 o'clock. The gov't opened a new drive against Alien radicals.
Aug 4 Took the kids to Walton in the morning where I gave them tennis lessons. In the afternoon to Woodlawn where I played with Hotez. We picked our first can of berries. Then pop came over and Eugene beat us both in chess.
Someone, presumably Dad, wrote a question mark over the word "apartment", not sure if that was because they actually moved to a house, which was in Bellerose.
July 30 We went to the Grand to see Mel Ferrer and Miroslava in "The Brave Bulls" an authentic story of bullfighting and "Valentino" with Tony Dexter and Eleanor Parker. At night we taught Sylvia poker and other gambling games to her delight. We played with pennies.
July 31 We went to the Broadway wading pool where Sylvia's build in a bathing suit amazed me. She looked like an Amazon. She weights 81 lbs. Later we went to the library where Sylvia drew "Little Eddie" - C. Haywood, "The Shining Shooter" - Marion Resnick [Renick] and two by E.F. Lattimore "Junior - A Colored Boy of Charleston" and "Three Little Chinese Girls". The House passed a "Control" Bill which is expected to raise prices 10%. Field and Green were given new 6-month terms for refusing to furnish records. Truce talks were snagged again this time by a truce line.
Aug 1 Beat Hotez. Lil went to see Dr Rosenfeld who examined and discharged her. We met at 167th & Cromwell Ave to meet Eugene's bus coming in from Camp. He was in good health and spirits and filthy. He appears to have grown being 59 inches tall. He weights 87 - lost five pounds.
Aug 2 Split with Goldberg. Eugene is an unofficial 2nd Class scout. He went to summer school with Sylvia this morning and played ping-pong. In the afternoon we met mama at the Gun Hill Rd. rendezvous. Later we went to see Lil and the kids and pop. Barmine testified that Russians had called Lattimore and Joe Barnes "ours".
Aug 3 We went to Orchard Beach in Stanley's car but it was a cloudy cool day. We sat on the beach for two hours then went home as it started to rain twice. The kids had a couple of dips. Stanley came up and had coffee with us. In the evening we left the kids and went out to Fordham until 10 o'clock. The gov't opened a new drive against Alien radicals.
Aug 4 Took the kids to Walton in the morning where I gave them tennis lessons. In the afternoon to Woodlawn where I played with Hotez. We picked our first can of berries. Then pop came over and Eugene beat us both in chess.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
7/22-7/28/51
July 22 Sunday Lillian went to see Eugene by bus. Eugene is in a new cabin in the lower berth. He likes the boys better there and seems happier. He has had a slight cold but seems none the worse for it. I took Sylvia to the zoo. First she went on some rides in a carnival opposite the zoo. Inside she fed a fish to the seals and animal food to some of the animals. She went to the Children's zoo. We had peanuts, popcorn and ice cream. At home pop came over to see the Giants win the second game over the 'Reds' to split. The Board of Ed. voted to bar "leftists" from use of the schools. The overflow of the Missouri has cased one of the most disastrous floods in our history.
The boys in the new cabin, especially the cabin leader, whose name I cannot now remember, were very welcoming to a homesick Scout, and I had a much better time from then on.
July 23 Navy Chief Admiral Sherman who has just worked out an agreement with Franco, is dead at 54.
July 24 Truman asked for $30 Billion more for arms and a larger army. Petain is dead at 95.
July 25 Practiced with and beat Hotez. Lil accompanied the playground school on an outing to Van Cort. Park. Korean mediators met for the ninth time today with the only snag the withdrawal of foreign troops. The latest in basketball scandals involves the great Bradley team. Four stars: Melchiorre, Preece, Mann and Grover confessed to taking bribes to fix games and implicated four other teammates. W. [sic] J. Flaherty is dead at 67 and Kelcey Allen at 75.
July 26 Lil Madeline and Sylvia and Norma went to the wading pool at Bdway and 242nd st. A Communist proposal at the Korea parley said to offer to defer discussion of withdrawal of foreign troops until an armistice is signed is under study by the UN. Three Toledo cage stars confessed to fixing games. Costello Adonis and Erickson were indicted on contempt charges. Field Hammett and Hunton were denied bail pending their appeals by Supreme Court Justice Reed.
July 27 Beat Warner. Lil and Madeline went to the Broadway wading pool again where the kids have a great time. The girls take their chairs along and sit in the shade. The F.B.I. seized 12 more C.P. leaders led by W. Schneiderman. An agenda was agreed on by the cease fire negotiators. Dirk Struik refused to talk to the inquisitors.
July 28 Two weeks vacation. We got a letter from Eugene today relieving us greatly as we had no mail all week. He passed map reading, wild life, trailing and hiking methods. He also went on an overnight hike with four other boys. He is a member of the order of the bagels. Abner Green was jailed for contempt when he refused to produce records of the A.C.P.F.B. The Institute of Pacific Relations is being investigated by Sen. McCarran's Internal Security Comm.
I do not remember the "order of the bagels", but it sounds like something we made up, as the "Order of the Arrow" was (and is) the Boy Scout honor society, and a big deal at camp.
The boys in the new cabin, especially the cabin leader, whose name I cannot now remember, were very welcoming to a homesick Scout, and I had a much better time from then on.
July 23 Navy Chief Admiral Sherman who has just worked out an agreement with Franco, is dead at 54.
July 24 Truman asked for $30 Billion more for arms and a larger army. Petain is dead at 95.
July 25 Practiced with and beat Hotez. Lil accompanied the playground school on an outing to Van Cort. Park. Korean mediators met for the ninth time today with the only snag the withdrawal of foreign troops. The latest in basketball scandals involves the great Bradley team. Four stars: Melchiorre, Preece, Mann and Grover confessed to taking bribes to fix games and implicated four other teammates. W. [sic] J. Flaherty is dead at 67 and Kelcey Allen at 75.
July 26 Lil Madeline and Sylvia and Norma went to the wading pool at Bdway and 242nd st. A Communist proposal at the Korea parley said to offer to defer discussion of withdrawal of foreign troops until an armistice is signed is under study by the UN. Three Toledo cage stars confessed to fixing games. Costello Adonis and Erickson were indicted on contempt charges. Field Hammett and Hunton were denied bail pending their appeals by Supreme Court Justice Reed.
July 27 Beat Warner. Lil and Madeline went to the Broadway wading pool again where the kids have a great time. The girls take their chairs along and sit in the shade. The F.B.I. seized 12 more C.P. leaders led by W. Schneiderman. An agenda was agreed on by the cease fire negotiators. Dirk Struik refused to talk to the inquisitors.
July 28 Two weeks vacation. We got a letter from Eugene today relieving us greatly as we had no mail all week. He passed map reading, wild life, trailing and hiking methods. He also went on an overnight hike with four other boys. He is a member of the order of the bagels. Abner Green was jailed for contempt when he refused to produce records of the A.C.P.F.B. The Institute of Pacific Relations is being investigated by Sen. McCarran's Internal Security Comm.
I do not remember the "order of the bagels", but it sounds like something we made up, as the "Order of the Arrow" was (and is) the Boy Scout honor society, and a big deal at camp.
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