Wednesday, December 25th, 1940 Had to go to High Mass and Eddie and Zosh came home with me. The Nat came. We exchanged gifts and Stretch and Jake came. We had a drink and went to Stretch’s, drank there, went to Eddie’s, drank and ate supper there, came to Jake’s had two or 3 drinks,…
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December, 1940
Sunday, December 15th, 1940 This afternoon Jake and I went skating and met Nat and her brother, Billy, Frank, Etc. It was warm and even the ice was good. Ate supper, which I prepared, and Peach washed the dishes. Eddie, Zosh, and we saw “Trial of the Vigilantes” and “She Couldn’t Say No”. Had ice…
Tobogganing, December, 1940
You cannot go wrong with a few passages celebrating winter sports, and the reality that when tobogganing, someone is always going to get hurt. Thursday, December 5th, 1940 The city hall crowd, Jake, Fila, and I went tobogganing at the Spfld. Country Club. We got there early and went down twice by the way of…
What I Do For a Living is Love You
This is the transcription for early December but it feels so warm (and it actually was a bit warm, haha!): Sunday, December 1st, 1940 It was warm today and the snow got soft so we couldn’t go skiing. Mom and Dad went to Bondsville. Jake and I read the funnies by the stove and then…
Sept 22, 1940
Sunday, September 22nd, 1940 Didn’t fall asleep till one last night. Nellie, Caz, Jake and I played tennis and then had a picnic at Mt. Tom. Jake knew I was peeved but he offered no explanation. He tried all the time to be pleasant but I treated him politely and that’s all. I know he…
Redo! March 3, 1940
I just updated a post from a while ago with more pictures that I put together with the date. Here they are again: Sunday, March 3rd, 1940 We slept till nine this morning. Had breakfast and Ernie, Jakey, and I went skiing. The hill was quite steep. I swore I wouldn’t go down it but…
Physical (and Mental) Exams
The rest of October is well documented in this post: Enlistment At the same time that Babu was calculating the measures, budget, balances, and calories of love and relationships, Jake was making plans for something else as well. This something else would have its own ramifications on the fore mentioned. Jake and Chet are continuing…
October, 1940: The First Week
It takes a while to get recalibrated. I have posted about November, but not October, of 1940. So I dove back into my transcriptions and felt immediately transported. Now, here I am! Wednesday, October 2nd, 1940 Chester and Jake came up right after supper and wanted to go to the show so they waited while…
April A-Z: World War tWo
And to think I thought I’d have a hard time finding something for “W” Monday, December 9th, 1940 I don’t mind working at the office when things are going well. Lots of times I feel as if the girls don’t like me. Today was all right. Went to choir rehearsal. Jakey must be getting rested…
April A-Z: Franklin D.
Wednesday, October 30th, 1940 The president of the U.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Springfield today and we all saw him. We were hanging out of our office windows as he went by and he looked up at us, smiled and waved. It was a thrill and I waved and shouted with the rest. Jake and…
April A-Z: The Blow Up, September, 1940
I would bet some of you will be able to relate. I currently have 19 posts in various forms of no where near publish-ready hanging out at the top of my screen. What a great mine for posts when looking for gold during the April A-Z Challenge. This is a post I began a while…
Andy Jablonski, Give It Up!
Monday, September 30th, 1940 After supper I took a bath and got dressed for choir. We gave a party for Mary Cyron who is to be married soon and what a time we had! Had fun with most all the boys but Andy Jablonski kept pretty close to me all evening calling me darling and…
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