Feb 7 Sunday 350-500 Hindus were trampled to death as millions rushed to bathe in holy waters in a religious rite in India. Paul Althouse is dead at 64.
Feb 8 Maxwell Bodenheim 63 and his wife were found murdered. Battling Nelson is dead at 71.
Feb 9 Lillian kept Sylvia out of school today and took her to Dr Holzman's. He found she had an acute sinusitis. He gave her a shot of penicillin. ...
Feb 10 Sylvia was very tired this morning and slept till 9:30 AM which is very unusual.
Feb 11 ... Eugene had his patrol here as he has returned to the "Scouts".
Feb 12 There is a crisis in French Indo-China as the left wing Vietminh troops are marching on Laos. There is discussion on the use of U.S. troops.
Feb 13 Sylvia was still in and missed her piano lesson. Eugene played with Bobby.
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.
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Sunday, July 26, 2020
1/31-2/6/54
Jan 31 Sunday Sylvia received a letter from her pen pal to whom she has written previously. She made contact with this little girl, Shirley Kennedy of Quitman Louisiana through "Playmate". 'Emanuel Bloch is dead at 52 and John Murray Anderson 68.
Feb 1 Eugene lost another hat. Sylvia is reading my diary. Florence Bates is dead at 65.
Feb 2 Mr Hoffman came up and got Eugene to return to the Boy Scouts. Those who do not cooperate will be removed from Eugene's patrol. '51 hero Bobby Thomson was traded to the Braves with Sam Calderone for Johnny Antonelli, Don Liddle Ebba St Claire Billy Klaus and cash. Maj. E.H. Armstrong, FM inventor, committed suicide at 63.
Feb 3 Eugene is home again with a sore throat but no temp.
Feb 4 Eugene was a little better. Vito Marcantonio announced the organization of a new "Good Neighbors Party". We both read "The Public is Never Wrong" Adolph Zukor and "With a Quiet Heart" Eva LaGallienne. Lillian read "The Greyhound in the Leash" Joyce Horner and "This is the Hour" Feuchtwanger.
Feb 5 Eugene returned to school. Both kids still have stuffed noses. Sylvia drew "Good Luck Mary Ann" A.L. Dean, "The Latch Key Club" E. Clymer, "Understood Betsy" Dorothy Canfield, "Magic for Mary M" C. Baker, "The News is Good", Marie MacSwigan. I was installed in the W.C. although we could not attend.
"W.C." was the Workmen's Circle, a Jewish community organization, recently renamed the Workers Circle.
Feb 6 Bobby played up here with Sylvia and Eugene at Scrabble. Sarah came up later for a chat. Lil and I went to the library, then we did a little shopping.
Feb 1 Eugene lost another hat. Sylvia is reading my diary. Florence Bates is dead at 65.
Feb 2 Mr Hoffman came up and got Eugene to return to the Boy Scouts. Those who do not cooperate will be removed from Eugene's patrol. '51 hero Bobby Thomson was traded to the Braves with Sam Calderone for Johnny Antonelli, Don Liddle Ebba St Claire Billy Klaus and cash. Maj. E.H. Armstrong, FM inventor, committed suicide at 63.
Feb 3 Eugene is home again with a sore throat but no temp.
Feb 4 Eugene was a little better. Vito Marcantonio announced the organization of a new "Good Neighbors Party". We both read "The Public is Never Wrong" Adolph Zukor and "With a Quiet Heart" Eva LaGallienne. Lillian read "The Greyhound in the Leash" Joyce Horner and "This is the Hour" Feuchtwanger.
Feb 5 Eugene returned to school. Both kids still have stuffed noses. Sylvia drew "Good Luck Mary Ann" A.L. Dean, "The Latch Key Club" E. Clymer, "Understood Betsy" Dorothy Canfield, "Magic for Mary M" C. Baker, "The News is Good", Marie MacSwigan. I was installed in the W.C. although we could not attend.
"W.C." was the Workmen's Circle, a Jewish community organization, recently renamed the Workers Circle.
Feb 6 Bobby played up here with Sylvia and Eugene at Scrabble. Sarah came up later for a chat. Lil and I went to the library, then we did a little shopping.
Saturday, July 25, 2020
1/24-1/30/54
Jan 24 Sunday Eugene has quit the Boy Scouts.
Jan 25 The Hemingways crashed their plane in Africa but escaped unhurt. The "Big Four" opened a conference in Berlin.
Jan 26 Eugene and a group of boys went to the Sutton on discount tickets to see Walt Disney's "The Living Desert".
Jan 27 Lillian got shoes for Eugene at McCann's [sic] $7. Eugene drew "The Red Peri" SG Weinbaum, "The Currents of Space" I Asimov, "The Green Hills of Earth" RA Heinlein, "Baseball's Greatest Lineup" Christy Walsh, "Baseball Personalities" Jimmy Powers.
Jan 28 Eugene stayed home with a cold. Russia's demand for a seat for Red China in the UN is stymying [sic] the foreign ministers conference.
Jan 29 Eugene was still home but felt better.
Jan 30 Mom and pop came over for dinner. We watched the Lakers-Milwaukee basket ball game, then the children and Lil played piano. After mom and pop left, Lil and I went to the Kingsbridge to see "From Here to Eternity" with Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed and Deborah Kerr. It is the prize winning picture of Army life in Hawaii before Pearl Harbor.
Jan 25 The Hemingways crashed their plane in Africa but escaped unhurt. The "Big Four" opened a conference in Berlin.
Jan 26 Eugene and a group of boys went to the Sutton on discount tickets to see Walt Disney's "The Living Desert".
Jan 27 Lillian got shoes for Eugene at McCann's [sic] $7. Eugene drew "The Red Peri" SG Weinbaum, "The Currents of Space" I Asimov, "The Green Hills of Earth" RA Heinlein, "Baseball's Greatest Lineup" Christy Walsh, "Baseball Personalities" Jimmy Powers.
Jan 28 Eugene stayed home with a cold. Russia's demand for a seat for Red China in the UN is stymying [sic] the foreign ministers conference.
Jan 29 Eugene was still home but felt better.
Jan 30 Mom and pop came over for dinner. We watched the Lakers-Milwaukee basket ball game, then the children and Lil played piano. After mom and pop left, Lil and I went to the Kingsbridge to see "From Here to Eternity" with Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed and Deborah Kerr. It is the prize winning picture of Army life in Hawaii before Pearl Harbor.
Thursday, July 23, 2020
1/17-1/23/54
Jan 17 Sunday Sylvia's temp. ranges from 99.8° to 101.6°. I went over to see pop who had a little cold. Mr Sandler, Mrs Keller and Ida and Max came over.
Jan 18 Lillian had another mild attack of her gall bladder. Dr Holzman came for Sylvia as her temp remained up. She has a virus of the chest. She gets a mustard plaster, agromycin every 4 hours, light diet, ... Her temp was 101.2° at 4 o'clock and the same at 8. The Yugoslav C.P. ousted M. Djilas from top positions for his opposition to the 'party' line. Lil bought Eugene a jacket for his birthday $14. pyjamas [sic] $6. for mama's gift. Sylvia got the Jon Gnagy sketch book she wanted. Eugene repaired the telescope which had broken when knocked over. In Guggenheim, Eugene won while I was second and Sylvia last. The temp hit a low of 9°.
Jan 19 Sylvia's temp. ranged from 98.8° to 100.5°.
Jan 20 Sylvia's temp was normal. Molly came over in the afternoon. Sydney Greenstreet is dead at 74.
Jan 21 Eugene got a jacket from us, also a pen and pencil holder, a book from Sylvia, pyjamas from mom, shirt from Madeline, cash from Mollie, Evelyn & Lillian. Sylvia was out of bed.
Jan 22 Lillian has a cold. John D. Rust is dead at 61. Maranville, Terry and Dickey made the Hall of Fame.
Jan 23 Eugene went down to play with Bobby who came over to his father's office. The UN released the 21000 Chinese and Korean POWs who had refused to return to Communism. North Korea charged this violated the armistice.
Jan 18 Lillian had another mild attack of her gall bladder. Dr Holzman came for Sylvia as her temp remained up. She has a virus of the chest. She gets a mustard plaster, agromycin every 4 hours, light diet, ... Her temp was 101.2° at 4 o'clock and the same at 8. The Yugoslav C.P. ousted M. Djilas from top positions for his opposition to the 'party' line. Lil bought Eugene a jacket for his birthday $14. pyjamas [sic] $6. for mama's gift. Sylvia got the Jon Gnagy sketch book she wanted. Eugene repaired the telescope which had broken when knocked over. In Guggenheim, Eugene won while I was second and Sylvia last. The temp hit a low of 9°.
Jan 19 Sylvia's temp. ranged from 98.8° to 100.5°.
Jan 20 Sylvia's temp was normal. Molly came over in the afternoon. Sydney Greenstreet is dead at 74.
Jan 21 Eugene got a jacket from us, also a pen and pencil holder, a book from Sylvia, pyjamas from mom, shirt from Madeline, cash from Mollie, Evelyn & Lillian. Sylvia was out of bed.
Jan 22 Lillian has a cold. John D. Rust is dead at 61. Maranville, Terry and Dickey made the Hall of Fame.
Jan 23 Eugene went down to play with Bobby who came over to his father's office. The UN released the 21000 Chinese and Korean POWs who had refused to return to Communism. North Korea charged this violated the armistice.
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
1/10-1/16/54
Jan 10 Sunday Lillian had another attack of the neuralgia in her cheek. It comes in the evening and is relieved by bufferin.
Jan 11 Chester Wilmot is dead in a plane crash at 42 and Rocky Kansas is dead at 58. Jack Molinas Fort Wayne Pro basketball rookie star was suspended for placing bets on his team's games. He claimed he always bet to win but this is illegal now in New York. Lillian read "A Woman Named Chaye" R.K. Keil, "The Golden Watch" Albert Halper, "The Old Bank House" Angela Thirkell.
Jan 12 Lillian cut Sylvia's hair a little shorter than she wanted and Sylvia cried. She looks very cute however. At the dentist recently Euyge had three fillings - $17. Lillian had a crown where her filling came loose $30.Sylvia had. Viscount Simon is dead at 80 and Oskar Strauss at 83.
Jan 13 The City's biggest snowfall in five years, 9 inches which started Sunday has brought freezing weather and an end to the heretofore mild winter. Lillian shopped at May's A&S and Gimbels and bought pajamas for Eugene $2., two shirts for me at $2. each, a coat for Sylvia $13. and a set of dishes $60. (at A&S. service for 12). Admiral Blandy is dead at 63.
The May Company, which owned department stores, existed back then, and dad clearly wrote "May's", but I think it's much more likely that he meant to write "Macy's".
Jan 14 Sylvia had a temp of 101.8° this afternoon. Lillian gave her aspirins, vaporizer, ... and rubbed in Vicks. Christian Dem. Fanfani became the Italian premier.
Jan 15 Sylvia's temp was 101.5° again but Dr Holzman wouldn't come. He ordered juices and no aspirin. Her temp rose to 102°. Eugene went to the monthly dance at the temple. He danced the tango, foxtrot, square dance, etc.
I don't remember knowing the tango. Maybe they taught it there.
Jan 16 Sylvia's temp was up to 102° again.
Jan 11 Chester Wilmot is dead in a plane crash at 42 and Rocky Kansas is dead at 58. Jack Molinas Fort Wayne Pro basketball rookie star was suspended for placing bets on his team's games. He claimed he always bet to win but this is illegal now in New York. Lillian read "A Woman Named Chaye" R.K. Keil, "The Golden Watch" Albert Halper, "The Old Bank House" Angela Thirkell.
Jan 12 Lillian cut Sylvia's hair a little shorter than she wanted and Sylvia cried. She looks very cute however. At the dentist recently Euyge had three fillings - $17. Lillian had a crown where her filling came loose $30.
Jan 13 The City's biggest snowfall in five years, 9 inches which started Sunday has brought freezing weather and an end to the heretofore mild winter. Lillian shopped at May's A&S and Gimbels and bought pajamas for Eugene $2., two shirts for me at $2. each, a coat for Sylvia $13. and a set of dishes $60. (at A&S. service for 12). Admiral Blandy is dead at 63.
The May Company, which owned department stores, existed back then, and dad clearly wrote "May's", but I think it's much more likely that he meant to write "Macy's".
Jan 14 Sylvia had a temp of 101.8° this afternoon. Lillian gave her aspirins, vaporizer, ... and rubbed in Vicks. Christian Dem. Fanfani became the Italian premier.
Jan 15 Sylvia's temp was 101.5° again but Dr Holzman wouldn't come. He ordered juices and no aspirin. Her temp rose to 102°. Eugene went to the monthly dance at the temple. He danced the tango, foxtrot, square dance, etc.
I don't remember knowing the tango. Maybe they taught it there.
Jan 16 Sylvia's temp was up to 102° again.
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