Dec 13 Sunday When I got to the hospital I found pop had had chills and fever all night due to an infection of the operational wound. Pop felt as ill as [he] had been after the operation. Dr Orkin came this morning and cleaned out the infection. The kids had their Chanukah plays at the Temple this morning. Lil is eating almost everything and feels much better.
Dec 14 Lil went to a "Science" meeting then out to the hospital where pop was feeling better.
Dec 15 Pop felt a little better today.
Dec 16 Pop felt fine but could not urinate and must undergo a minor operation Friday. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings is dead at 87 and Ed Barrow at 85. 3 hours O.T.
Dec 17 Dr Orkin did the little operation on pop and he felt fine 3 hours O.T.
Dec 18 The kidnap murderers of Bobby Greenlease died in the gas chambers 81 days after capture. 2 hours O.T. Eugene drew "Dodger Daze and Knights" - Tommy Holmes, "The Glass Giant of Palomar" D.A. Woodbury, "The Man Who Sold the Moon" R.A. Heinlein, "Ring Around the Sun": C.D. Simak "Sands of Mars" A.C. Clarke. 2 hrs O.T.
Looks like Dad recorded his overtime, which postal workers always had plenty of near Christmas, then added more to the diary entry and forget he'd already put in the overtime amount.
Dec 19 The kids went to Mrs Nadler for a party and recital for the pupils only. Lil & Sylvia first went over to 228th & Bailey to see a bike advertised in the Post. They bought it for $15 from Matzker. 8 hrs. O.T.
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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