Mar 27 Sunday Al Edith and the kids over. Then Esther Arons and the kids arrived followed by Joe after work. We had a lovely dinner of turkey and trimmings. Norma spent the day with us as Jerry & Madeline went to see Madeline's mother who had had an attack. The kids played monopoly and scrabble. Eugene beat Danny & Al at chess. Eugene played a lot of piano. Toby did some dancing as did Norma then the three danced. Esther coached Norma a little. Debby wandered, played checkers with the girls and washed her hands, with salt. Jerry & Madeline came home and joined us, having supper also. Eugene complained of a sore throat and headache at night. He gargled and took aspirins.
Mar 28 Eugene stayed home from school although he had [no] temp. He gargled, took aspirins, privine in the [nostrils], argyrol swab, etc. France approved German rearmament. "The Pajama Game" and "The [Desperate Hours]" won "Tonys" as the best musical and [play] respectively for Mar '54 to Mar '55. Alfred [Lunt and] Grace Kelly were picked as the outstanding actors. We received word that my cousin Pauline [died].
The words in brackets above were either fully or partially missing, as this page had come out of the diary, and it's edges were torn.
This is the end of this diary book. At the end of each book, dad included a section called "Events", which was a very brief summary of what he apparently considered the most significant happenings covered in the diary, both family and world events. He also included a "Deaths" list, which, in this case, and others, he ended up not having space for, and continued listing them on the inside back cover. Since all of these things were already in the diary, I have chosen not to blog them; therefore, this is the end of Book 9 of the diary.
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