6/13-6/19/54

June 13 Sunday We were home all day as the tennis courts were wet. Eugene came home at 4 PM hot and dirty. The early morning rain had swept them out of their tents and tarpaulins. Premier Laniel lost a vote of confidence on the Indo Chinese issue and resigned. Senator Flanders demanded McCarthy be deprived of all his committee posts because he will not testify on his financial manipulations. 

That overnight trip was very memorable; I and another kid had our tarpaulin set up over our sleeping bags, and wanted to tough it out. But we were forced by the Scout leaders to go to a cabin; I ended up sleeping on a wood floor (with my damp sleeping bag, I think) under a bench. I don't think I slept much. 

June 14 Sylvia who has a stuffed nose woke with a stomach ache and skipped school this morning. She went back in the afternoon and then to her Scout meeting as she was better. She is writing stories on the typewriter these days. Eugene went out to play baseball with Larry. We saw "Tea & Sympathy"

The Playbill for Tea & Sympathy was taped in on this page, and scanned in below. Also taped in on this page was a box score, with the note "Played on June 12"; the reason for the box score's appearance is left as an exercise for the reader.

 

June 15 We visited mom and pop and had supper there. Pop was all right except for a cold. Dr Perry Lichtenstein is dead at 57. 

June 16 ...

June 17 I beat Herb Levitt today. Eugene played with Larry. 

June 18 Lil went over to visit Molly who is in pain again. Eugene played some ball with Larry and Jerry B. I played tennis with Sylvia. The McCarthy hearings ended on the 36th day. In a bruising fight Heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano won a unanimous decision over Ezzard Charles in 15 rounds at Yankee Stadium before 47,585 fans. It was the champ's 40th victory without a defeat. Pierre Mendes-France was chosen Premier of France on his peace in Indo China pledge. 

June 19 Sylvia and Susan Kaufman went on a bicycle trip again, taking sandwiches. They went as far as 161 St. Eugene and Larry went to the Giant-Card game. Lil and I went out to the Botanical Gardens. We saw the rose gardens and had drinks in the new restaurant at the old mill. We all met at home and after supper went to the Lido to see Appointment in Honduras with Glenn Ford and Ann Sheridan and "The Glenn Miller Story" with Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson. The Left-Wing Guatemalan gov't was invaded by land and bombed by air by forces of Central Americans led by Guatemalan expatriates. 

The box score of the game Larry Rubenstein and I went to was taped in here, and scanned in below. 

6/6-6/12/54

 June 6 Sunday Met the family at Al & Edith's. Danny is much better. He is very quiet and reserved. He read most of the day. Debby is adorable, she speaks continually and understands everything. Eugene and I won a game from Al. We also played basketball and the kids played some piano. 

June 7 Lil and the kids went to Evelyn's to attend Isabel's confirmation party. I played my first tennis of the season, beating Herb Levitt. 

June 8 The kids played tennis together this morning for the first time. Later I went to the library with them. Eugene drew "Fahrenheit 451" Ray Bradbury, " Best of Science Fiction" Conklin, "Galileo" E.E. Levinger, "The U.P. Trail" Zane Grey, "Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction" Boucher&McComas. Sylvia drew "Dot for Short" F. Friedman, "A Date for Diane" E. Headley, "Run Away Home" E. Lyon, and American Girl magazine. Maury Maverick is dead at 58. We saw "Carousel". 

 The Playbill for Carousel was taped in on this page, and scanned in below.

June 9 Lillian went downtown to get some girl scout pins for her closing affair. She also got shorts and briefs for Eugene and me, slacks and cooking utensils for Eugene, girdle for herself. Lillian read "Saratoga Trunk" Edna Ferber, "Neely" [?] by W. Kary [?]. We both read "The Sword, The Scalpel" [sic] Allan & Gordon - the story of Dr N. Bethune. I won a close chess game from Eugene.  

June 10 Sylvia painted on the "Y" roof today at her class. Lillian had her closing party at the "Brownies". There was a "safety" play "Mr. Fix-It". Eugene and I played some tennis. Arthur Greenwood is dead at 74 and Alain Locke at 67. 

June 11 Lillian went over to Molly's. 

June 12 Eugene left early this morning on another overnight camping trip to Alpine. He is now Senior Patrol Leader. Lil, I and Sylvia went down to A&A Watch Co and got a Roto Broil 400 - $26.56, portable Emerson $22.50 and Vornado fan $32.50. Later I went out to St. James with Sylvia and gave her a tennis lesson. I lost a set to Phil Goldberg. In the evening pop came over and watched television with us. Charles Francis Adams is dead at 87 and Johanna Lindlof at 81.

5/30-6/5/54

May 30 Sunday Sylvia spent most of the day in the park. Mrs. Anne O'Hare McCormack [sic] is dead at 72. 

May 31 Sylvia and Norma went to watch the parade. Lil went to Mt. Sinai to see Molly with Sam. Later Sylvia went to Bronx Park with the Gallins' where they did some rowing. Eugene came home about 4:30 safe and sound. Several of his utensils were stolen in the rain, including his frying pan. 

June 1 McCarthy's defiance of Eisenhower and the country in asking gov't employees to supply him with secret info has brought him denunciation from Democrats & Republicans. 

June 2 Dr Oppenheimer was called 'loyal' and discreet by the A.E.C. but rejected by a vote of 2-1 as a gov't consultant because of his associations and less than candid testimony and early opposition to the A-bomb.   

June 3 I started three weeks vacation today. Lil and I visited Molly at Mr Sinai. She was out of bed. We met Sam and Pauline there. Sylvia took her painting lesson at the Y. She gets paint over her arms, clothes and whatnot. Eugene is doing some boxing at his Scout meetings. He had his school field day at Van Courtlandt today. He and some friends played some basketball with a spaldeen, some soft ball, watched the faculty-Senior games and ate their lunch. 

I don't know if this was the event, but we did have boxing "tournaments" at the Scout meetings. I was not much of a fighter, but one time, I ducked out of the way of a right hand, and blindly stuck out my own right hand. It hit something, and there was an audible "Oooh" from the rest of the Scouts. I was declared the winner of that fight.

June 4 Lillian took Molly home from the hospital. Eugene stayed after school for the auction of lost and found articles and came home with 21 assorted fountain pens, ball point pens and mechanical pencils for 70¢. Lil and I went out to Fordham and looked at dinette sets, bought some books for Danny Pope, compact, tennis balls, candy, cake etc. The City Council passed the five per cent Amusement tax over the vigorous protests of the industry. 

June 5 Sylvia & Susan Kaufman went to the Grand to see "The Native [Naked] Jungle" with Charlton Heston and "Red Garters" with Rosemary Clooney. Eugene & Larry played their first tennis of the season. Lillian went to Rye with her Brownies. In the evening we all walked along the reservoir on a beautiful evening to Sam & Molly's. We played games along the way. Sylvia found a soda bottle for which I gave her two cents and Eugene found a good baseball. Heavyweight boxer Clarence Henry was arrested on a charge of trying to bribe Bobby Jones to lay down on his fight with Joey Giardello for $15,000. Former Gov. Harry Hoffman is dead at 58.

5/23-5/29/54

 May 23 Sunday Lillian went to Zev's unveiling and met us at Lil & Harry's where we had driven with mom and pop. Eugene played plenty of ball. The kids romped and rode the bike. Peggy sang and strummed her guitar. Chief Bender is dead at 71. 

May 24 Lillian went over to Molly's.

May 25 Lil went over to see Molly again. We finally got Eugene out of the house by a severe talking-to by both of us. 

May 26 Robert Capa was killed at 41. Lillian took the kids to Fordham and got them shoes, dresses, slacks, socks, etc. 

May 27 One of the worst peacetime naval disasters in our history saw the aircraft carrier Bennington explode killing approx. 100 and injuring 2000. For the second time the racket ridden I.L.A. won an election from the new A.F.L. longshoreman's union by a close vote. A 5000 year old ship built by the Pharaoh Cheops was discovered near Cairo. Lionel Conacher is dead at 82. 

May 28 Lillian took Mollie to Mr. Sinai Hospital today. 

May 29 Eugene left early this morning on an "[????]" camping trip at Alpine. Only six boys are going with Charlie Jr. in charge. Sylvia went to the Kingsbridge with Susan Kaufman to see "Money From Home" with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and "Alaskan [sic] Seas". McCarthy. in defiance of the gov't invited Federal employees to pass him classified information regardless of security regulations. Poultney Bigelow is dead at 98.