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.
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