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.
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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