3/14-3/20/54

 Mar 14 Sunday Lillian went up to the temple yesterday. The dance was a failure although previous ones had been successful. A great many boys came who just milled around and would not dance. Eugene danced a few of the group dances but was quiet otherwise. Eugene drew ":Mr Midshipman Hornblower" C J Forester, "David Starr Space Ranger" Paul French, "Gridiron Grenadiers" Tim Cohane (West Point Football) "The Twisted Trail" Paul Evan [Lehman] "Men Against the Stars" M. Greenberg (Anthology). The Tenth Inter American Conference adopted today a U.S. sponsored Anti-Communist resolution 17-1, Guatemala opposed. A pier strike involving the two rival unions reached its ninth day.     

Mar 15 Lil and the kids visited mom and pop yesterday. They all went to Ida Guzman's afterwards. 

Mar 16 The Vietminh in a big drive are gaining in French Indo China although losing thousands of men.  

Mar 17 Eugene's class won runner up in the volley ball tournament. He was on the team. 

Volley ball was my best sport. That year, when choosing up sides, I remember someone saying to one of the captains "Pick Edelstein, he's pretty good". Never said in any other sport. 

 Mar 18 Sylvia went to the library with Gail and drew "Everybody's Island " A. M. Lillie, "Linda Kent Student Nurse" D. Deming, "Future for Sale" J A de Leeuw "Joan Foster, Sophomore" A R Colver. Eugene went out to play ball with Larry and came home soon after as a quarrel had occurred. After hearing the Nats beat the Knicks in a play-off game I went out with Eugene for a snappy 15 minute catch. 11 Israelis were slain on a bus in an ambush on a Negev road. Violence broke out in the pier strike. George Grantham is dead at 53. 

Mar 19 Lillian went to A&S to exchange the dishes which had come damaged. She also got the bath room set for Anne and a gift for Joyce. I played some scrabble with Sylvia who gave a good account of herself. Charles Yale Harrison is dead at 55. 

Mar 20 Eugene went out to the park with Bobby and Danny and they picked up Jackie, William and others of last year's punchball crowd, resuming the season again. Sylvia went to Fordham with some friends and came back with a comic book and a drawing book. We went to Anne and Mac's. We found they had a beautiful house, furnished in lovely taste. Lil & Harry, Mary and Hy and Lester & Ruth Wald were also there. We had a nice bite and pleasant evening. Lester and Ruth took us home.

3/7-3/13/54

 Mar 7 Sunday The family went over to Sam and Molly's for their anniversary gathering. I went downtown then stopped at mom's where I filled out mom's social security form then on to Molly's. All the sisters were there. Milton and I went home ot get the scrabble and Hi-Q games which we played while the card games went on. Eugene won the Scrabble games. We had a delightful meal of 'gefilte fish' 'kugel' and coffee and cake - all delicious. 

Mar 8 Sylvia baked cookies with Lillian's help for the Girl Scout bazaar to raise money for the Washington trip. Lillian was busy morning and afternoon helping at the church. Communists were rounded up in Puerto Rico to check any connections with the Nationalist Party - a factor in the Congress shootings. Will Hays is dead at 74. 

Mar 9 At the bazaar Sylvia bought a baseball picture for Eugene - 1¢, popcorn (which she loves) 5¢ and many other things. She also contributed a sweater she made. Mrs. Tannenbaum, her leader, praised her for he many talents. 

Mar 10 Sylvia made the SP class and was mighty proud of it. Eugene tried out for the soft ball team but did not make it. 

Mar 11 Eisenhower continued to criticize McCarthy but failed to break with him completely.  

Mar 12 McCarthy has been criticized by Edward R. Murrow, newscaster, the Army, Republican Senator Flanders and Adlai Stevenson, lately. Eugene failed to make the tennis team. 

Mar 13 Eugene played with Bobby. He also went to the monthly dance of the teen age club at the temple. Bob Quinn is dead at 84. 

2/28-3/6/54

Feb 28 Sunday I met the family at Evelyn's where Isabel's birthday was celebrated. The rest came by Milton's car. Present were Celia, the Schwartzberg family, Julia & Sam, Lilly and her two kids, Lil Thelma Harold & Andrea. The two Lils, Sylvia & Eugene & Isabel played piano. Seth and Andrea crawled all over the floor. Eugene and Charles Schwartzberg played games read comics and teased the girls. Marilyn, very adorable looked for ways to help. Naguib was restored as Egypt's leader in a sudden switch. 

Mar 1 A fire at Grossinger's caused the death of seven employees in a staff cottage. Greatest H-Bomb exploded near Bikini. 

Mar 2 Three fanatical Porto Rican nationalists Lolita Lebron, Rafael Mirand[a] and Andres Cordero, started shooting in the House of Representatives, while shouting for freedom for their country and wounded five Congressmen. Reps. Alvin Bentley - critical Ben Jensen - serious, Clifford Davis, George Fallon and Kenneth Roberts - leg wounds. 

Mar 3 McCarthy has been criticized by both Leonard Hall, Republican National Chairman and President Eisenhower. 

Mar 4 Sylvia got 100% on a geography test and was very proud of it. Eugene asked Lillian if she thought he should try out for the tennis team. In [a] shocking reversal, the Board of Higher Education voted to oust Nat Holman from City College for conduct unbecoming a teacher and neglect of duty, a few days after a trial group had voted 2-1 to clear him of charges growing out of the 1950 basketball scandals. We both read former Police Commissioner Valentine's "Night Stick". Lillian read "The Sundowners" Jon Cleary, "This is the Hour" Feuchtwanger "Stars on the Sea" F Van Wyck Mason. 

Mar 5 Lillian went to a meeting at "Science" where parents were advised not to drive the children to study as they would refrain as a protest against nagging.

Mar 6 Sylvia went to a Girl Scout rally at the Seventh Reg. Armory. She had been chosen to represent her troop there. Lil and Eugene went to the Lido to see Martin & Lewis in "The Caddy". Also "So Big" with Jane Wyman. I met them in the movies. They went home to be there when Sylvia got home. They saw the whole show. Eugene stopped off to pick up the Scrabble game I had bought. Police here seized an arsenal intended for shipment to Cuba and arrested two Cubans. In a sensational bout, Paddy DeMarco a 4-1 underdog defeated Lightweight champ Jimmy Carter to win the title.