July 18 Sunday The kids and I went down to the reservoir. Sylvia rode her bike. Eugene and I had a catch with our hard ball. We then did the double-crostic for a while.
July 19 We took the kids to the annual Gershwin concert at the stadium. We came at 7 PM to make sure we got in but the very threatening weather kept people away and we were among the first in (30¢ seats). Sylvia managed to tolerate the concert and Eugene said he enjoyed it. We had ice cream sodas after the performance.
Interesting that he says "the stadium". It was Lewisohn Stadium, and I remember the concert, but not whether I really enjoyed it. And the program was taped in over this entry.
July 20 We went to Lil's with mom and pop for Peggy's sixth birthday. We brought a piece of wearing apparel and a golf game. Most of us played golf on the lawn.
July 21 Eugene played tennis with Larry then went to the Yankee game with him. Sylvia went to the Walton pool with Susan. Roy Cohn resigned as chief counsel to the McCarthy subcommittee. France and the Vietminh signed an armistice in Indochina ending the eight year war. Vietnam will be divided into two equal parts. Maureen Connolly smashed her leg while horseback riding and will be unable to defend her title at Forest Hills. Ex-Senator Blair Moody is dead at 52.
July 22 Sylvia went swimming then went downtown with Lil to be examined by the "Y" doctor. Eugene played ball with Larry in the afternoon. I beat W. Burd at St James.
July 23 Mildred W. took Lil and the kids to Wilson's [sic] Woods where they had a nice time swimming and bathing.
July 24 We went to Tibbetts Brook today and had a nice time. First we ate on a hillside, then swam and bathed in the pool. Eugene swam a few strokes for the first time. Sylvia showed off her prowess including the 'dead man's float'. Homeward we walked the two miles to the #4 bus and picked strawberries on the way which Lil made into jam.
The Yankee game we went to on the 21st was glued (not taped) in here, and the last two entries were written around it. Dad wrote "(the game Eugene saw)" under it.
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