7/4-7/10/54

July 4 Sunday Molly and Sam came over with ice cream as usual. Sam & Eugene watched the ball game. Reginald March is dead at 56. 

July 5 Mom and pop took us riding to the "Adventurer's" first where we had hot dogs, french fried and hamburgers. The kids played the machines but were limited to about 50¢. Sylvia won a little sewing purse. Eugene got life savers and a pencil. Then we rode to the Kensico Reservoir. We went back to mother's where we had supper including blintzes. Mom and pop took us home and came up for a while. 

July 6 Played some tennis with Eugene this morning. In the afternoon Sylvia went to Walton for swimming after failing to get in twice in the morning with Susan Kaufman. She met us at St James where I beat H. Levitt. Lillian came over from Alexanders and we all played the Post word game.

July 7 Lillian saw Dr Holzman because of her stomach upset. He found only a great deal of acidity, but recommended a gall bladder Xray. Gabriel Pascal is dead at 60. 

July 8 Lillian had the first in a series of gall bladder Xrays at Dr Schechter's in the Royal Hospital Building - $15. This was through the Federation Plan. Eugene went to the library with Sylvia and drew "Sports Golden Age" - Danzig and Brandwein, "Rider of the Midnight Range" W. Ermine, "The History of Astronomy" - G. Abetti, "The Story of Pro Football" H Roberts. Sylvia drew "Victory for Jill" A.E. Walden, "Meet the Malones" L.M. Weber, "Mystery of the Hidden Book" H.F. Orton, "Take a Call, Topsy" E. Headley, "Bright College Year" E.B. Sherman, "Kathie, the New Teacher" LG Rosenheim. 

July 9 Lillian had more Xrays of her gall bladder. Sylvia went to Jerome Pool with the Kaufmans. I played some tennis with Eugene and Irving. The Porto [sic] Ricans who shot up Congress got sentences of 16-75 years in prison. 

July 10 Sylvia & Susan Kaufman bicycled up to Woodlawn and met us there. I played with Eugene and split with Warren B. Pop came up and lost a chess game to Eugene. 

6/27-7/3/54

June 27 Sunday Over to Woodlawn where I beat Warren Burd. The kids played with each other and I played with Eugene. Molly & Sam came over as did pop and Peggy who was staying at mom's since yesterday. Pop took us home. 

June 28 Lil and I walked to Tremont where we got a camp trunk $7.49. President Arbenz of Guatemala resigned under pressure and turned over power to Col. Diaz chief of the Armed forces who promised to fight on against the rebels. 

June 29 Returned to work today. Lillian has had an attack of belching and distress for several days. She ... and gone on a diet. Played some tennis with Milt Levy today. Eugene went to Emerson Radio with Larry and another boy. The ruling junta in Guatemala banned the C.P. 

June 30 Went out with Eugene and had a catch with him. He got an 84% average in his studies. In regents he got 90 in math and 80 in science. A new junta in Guatemala announced a cease fire had been arranged with the rebels. Communist officials arrested and political prisoners freed. Oppenheimer lost his last appeal to the A.E.C. 4-1. Churchill's five days of conferences with Eisenhower resulted in statements calling for reduction of armaments, use of atomic power for enrichment of mankind and world peace. 

July 1 At St. James, while waiting for Fred Johnson, Sylvia came around on her bike. I sent her home for her tennis clothes. She came back with everything but her sneakers. She went home again but this time, Fred had arrived and Sylvia was fit to be tied. I beat Fred. Lynn Riggs is dead at 54. 

July 2 Lost to Al Berman. Sylvia went to Jerome Pool with Susan Kaufman and her mother. The French in a drastic move evacuated the entire Southern zone of the Red River delta. This is a bigger victory for the Vietminh than Dienbienphu. 

July 3 Wimbledon: Ken Rosewall d. T Trabert 2-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 J. Drobny d. B. Patty 6-2, 6-4. 4-6, 9-7 Drobny d. Rosewall 13-11, 4-6, 6-2, 9-7 M. Connelly d. L. Brough 6-2, 7-5. Hartwig & Rose d. Seixas & Trabert 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Seixas & D. Hart d. Rosewall & Mrs. duPont 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. L Brough & Mrs. duPont d. S. Fry & D. Hart 4-6, 9-7, 6-3. Eugene visited Bobby at the Rosenberg's new home and had a good time. Lil & Sylvia saw "Dial M for Murder" at the R.K.O. Fordham with Grace Kelly, Ray Milland and Robert Cummings and "The Boy from Oklahoma" with Will Rogers Jr. A 'red' purge is on in Guatemala. Sen. Hugh Butler is dead at 76. 

6/20-6/26/54

June 20 Sunday Fathers Day I got a pink shirt and liquor from the family for Fathers' Day. We gave pop the same, stopping off there on the way to Woodlawn. I lost a set to Warren Burd and played with both kids. They also played with each other. Mom and pop, Lil Harry and the kids and little Peggy Ann came up to join us later in the afternoon. The kids romped and played ball. Senator Lester Hunt took his life at 62. 

June 21 We all went down stairs to sit across the street for an hour and a half this evening as the temp reached 88°. We read and talked. The UN voted a cease-fire in Guatemala. J J McNaboe is dead at 60. Ed Furgol won the Nat'l Open with 284. 

June 22 Played some tennis with Harriet. The Guatemalan gov't announced its first contact with the invasion army. The rebels meanwhile announced an anti-communist gov't had been set up. John Landy, Australian ran the mile in 3:58 beating Bannister's record. We went to the Martin Beck Theater to see "The Teahouse of the August Moon". Although we had mislaid our tickets, we got in. 

The Playbill for The Teahouse of the August Moon was taped in on this page, and scanned in below. 

June 23 Karl Compton is dead at 67. Don Hollenbeck took his life at 49. Eugene drew "The Puppet Masters" R. Heinlein, "Best Science Fiction Stories of 1950" Bleiler & Dikty, "Men, Mirrors & Stars" G.E. Pendray, "Riders of the Purple Sage" Zane Grey, "Bob Matthias" [sic] Jim Scott. 

June 24 Played some tennis with Eugene this morning. After the Giant game we went to Pop's and played him some chess in the park. Mama was also in the park. I dropped in to see Molly who was in good spirits. Sylvia went to the Library with Norma and drew "Front Page For Jennifer" JS McIlvaine, "She's My Girl" E. Headley, "Jane Hope" E. Gray, "Goal to Go" J Scholz, "Tomboy Roy [sic]" R.I. Holberg. 

June 25 Played tennis with Eugene. Rita Weiman is dead. We went to the R.K.O. Fordham to see "Three Coins in the Fountain" with Dorothy Maguire [sic], Clifton Webb, Louis Jordan [sic], Jean Peters, Rossano Brazzi, Maggie McNamara. Then we ate in the A.B.C. Chinese restaurant. 

June 26 We went to Thelma & Harold's today. Lilly and Sam were there, also Evelyn & Isabel, Sidney & Maryusha. We brought a present for Andrea's third birthday and one from Molly who could not come. Andrea played with a mechanical toy and a large ball.