1960

My grandmother wasn't quite ready to give up writing in a diary - we should have bought her a new one!  I'm not sure that anyone ever knew she kept this one.  The rest of the entries are on a Memorandum page and written around the margins of the calendar in the back. When there was no more room, she stopped writing.   As the new year began, she was in Van Buren, staying with Grandma Comstock.

1960

Friday – New Years Day.  Watched Rosebowl Parade and ball games.

Saturday.  Razorbacks beat Georgia Tech in Gator Bowl game.

Thanks to the Internet - here is a bit more about that game:

The 1960 Gator Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between theSouthwest Conference co-champion Arkansas Razorbacks and the Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech representing the SEC. Arkansas defeated Georgia Tech, 14-7, in front of 45,104 spectators.  There were two players named Most Valuable Player:Jim Mooty of Arkansas and Maxie Baughan of Georgia Tech

Sunday, 3^rd.  Maude came home from Faustina’s.

Aunt Maude's daughter

Monday, 4^th.  Came home from Van Buren.  Kay’s birthday dinner at JoEllen’s.  I ate with them.

I was 20.

Tues. 5^th.  Snowing.  Did go to Missionary Circle.

Wed. 6^th.  Choir practice

Thurs. 7^th, went to bank to deposit Interest checks

Fri. 8 – Jo Ellen’s 3 to 6 p.m.

Must have been babysitting with JoAnn and Laurie

Sun. 10 – Nora’s & my party at Maude’s

That was surely in Van Buren - she didn't say how and when, but must have just gone down for the event. Nora Comstock Rainwater was 71 - she and I share the same birthday - January 4th.  My grandmother's birthday wasn't until January 16th and was two years older - age 73 that year.

Tues. 12 – Wed.  Anniversary.  1 to 6 p.m. at JoEllen’s.

My grandparents married January 12, 1908.  Until you are widowed, you don't realize that the Anniversary still occurs - even when no one else remembers it.

Wed. 13 – Shopped with JoEllen. Lunch at Coffee Cup.

Thurs.  Club party at Mrs. Nix.

Fri. 15 – Went to Rogers.  P.M. at JoEllen’s 1 to 6.

Sat. 16 – Eddy Hight funeral.

Eddy Hight was killed on a motorbike he got as a Christmas gift - I think he was about sixteen..  Eddy's Dad had worked for my Dad; they went to church with us; his brother had helped my grandmother with yard work.

Sun. Mon. Tues.  Baby sat at McKim’s.

I'm not sure why she was needed at Mom's so much at this time.  I wonder if Mom was having to work some at the office.

Thurs. 21 – Baby sat 6:30 to 9:30 P.M.

Sat. 23 – Graydon spent night.

Mon. 25 – Mattie called.  John died.

John King, Aunt Mattie’s son.  Six of Aunt Mattie’s eleven children had died before her death in 1961.  Four of them were her four youngest; her three sons all died before Aunt Mattie did.  Nora was visiting her sister in Tahlequah, 16 Feb 1962.  Mattie got up in the night and went to the bathroom but didn’t come out – when Nora went to check on her, she found her dead.

Sun. 24 – Dinner at McKim’s

Mon. 25 – Bought Car License

Tues. 26 – My birthday.  Baby sat at JoEllen’s all day.

Wed. 27 – Got hair done.

Thurs. 28 – Went to Burleson’s

Probably Clare's mother's.

Fri. 29^th – Went to Van Buren with K.M.

Sat. – Went to Siloam Springs with Clare.  She & Graydon spent night with me.

I wonder if this is about the time Graydon’s family moved to Siloam Springs.  This was the last entry.

There was nothing else.  The diary was finished as is this Blog.

December 1959

This was the last month for the diary but she added notes which I'll put in a final post.

December 1

A.M. Worked on aprons.  P.M. Missionary meeting at Merle Littrell’s.

I'm not positive but I believe this was the year she made matching aprons for the young granddaughters - Mary Jane, JoAnn, Mary Alice, and Laurie - for their Christmas gift. They had cross-stitch patterns on checked gingham.  Wonder of any of them still have them?

December 2

Wednesday.  Caught up on paper work, attended to business down town.  Choir practice.

December 3

Thurs.  A.M. washed and worked on pajamas and aprons.  Drove to Rogers, afternoon.

December 4

Friday.  Went to Rogers to get glasses fixed up.  Cooked lunch and baby sat at JoEllen’s.

December 5

Saturday.  Worked on pajamas.

December 6

Sunday.  Had dinner with K.M. & LaVonne.  A called choir practice at night.

December 7

Monday.  Sewed and baked.

December 8

Tuesday.  Got food ready for Christmas pkgs.  Stayed at JoEllen’s from 3:30 on – spent night there.

She always packed Christmas goodies for her sons that lived away - even if they were planning to be in Springdale for Christmas.. I believe she had started that when they were away in World War II.  After she died, my mother continued to send a box of goodies to her brothers.

December 9

Wednesday.  Mailed pkgs to Jay & to Becky and Ike.  Got shampoo & set.

Her hair was important to her - I don't believe she ever failed to note a beauty appointment.  I know that she was frustrated with her own attempts and really enjoyed having someone else wash and set her hair.  I started getting some gray in my dark hair by about age 35 - she asked me one day, "Why don't you do something about that?"  I responded to her, "You didn't color your hair and it's beautiful now, why would I bother?" She responded, "Oh yes I did, I colored my hair for years.".  I was stunned - still never colored my hair, tho....

December 10

Thurs.  Worked at Handwork sale A.M.  P.M. went to Fayetteville Club Christmas party at Bessies’s

Have no clue about the Fayetteville Club or Bessie.

December 11

Friday.  Opened up for CWF sale.

This must have been the Christmas bazaar that the church held just before Christmas every year.

December 12

Started sale again.  Drove to Rogers to get my glasses.

December 13

Sunday.  Ike’s birthday.  Gave Christmas Cantata.

Ike was 35.  No, she didn't give him the Christmas Cantata!  The choir at First Christian Church gave the cantata.

December 14

Monday.  Closed up our bazaar sale.  $102.60.

December 15

Tuesday.  Mrs. Cloer and I gathered up hand work.  Went to CWF meeting.  P.M. Helped McKims decorate.

December 16

Wednesday.  Helped JoEllen get ready for Garden Club.  Kept Laurie from 11 till 6.

December 17

Thurs.  kept Laurie from 11 till three.  Made holiday house tour with JoEllen and the girls.  Got glasses and hearing aid.

December 18

Friday.  Night, Graydon’s folk came.

December 19

Saaturday.  Had Clare & Mary for lunch.  Kept G’s children & McKim’s at night.

Guess she stayed with Don, David, Mary Alice, JoAnn and Laurie.  Don would have plenty old enough to stay alone but probably not reliable enough to take care of the young ones.

December 20

G.C.’s went home.  I went to VB for Grandma’s Christmas Party.  Spent night at Letty’s.

Translation:  the Graydon Comstocks went home to Tulsa.  Mammaw went to Van Buren, but spent the night with Aunt Let and Uncle Cy who lived in Fayetteville.  She probably drove to their house and rode with them to Van Buren.

December 21

Monday.  Came home from Letty’s

December 22 - Tues.

December 23 - Wednesday

December 24

Thurs. night.  Becky and Ike came.

From Kansas City

December 25

Friday.  Christmas.  21 for dinner.

Now we know why she didn't have time to write much in the previous days...

December 26

Sat.  Becky, Ike and I went to V.B.  Stopped at cemetery.  Had dinner with Ira & Minnie.

December 27

Sunday.  Went to church.  JoEllen & Joe took us to Country Club for dinner.  P.M. Becky & Ike went home.

December 28

Monday.  Went to V.B. to spend a week with Grandma.

So Aunt Maude could spend time with her own family.  None of Grandma's other children ever did this.

December 29 - Tuesday

December 30

Wed.  P.M. Grandma and I went to Nora’s to sew and to pick up milk at market.

December 31 - Thursday.

She never had time to write much when she stayed with Grandma - but maybe she didn't take her diary and caught up later.

Rest of the notes are on a Memorandum page and written around the margins of the calendar in the back.  The book was full, but she didn’t seem quite ready to stop!  We should have bought her another diary!

November 1959

November 1

Sun.  Dinner at Mrs. Burleson’s home with Graydon & Clare

Clare's mother - she lived in Fayetteville across the street from Washington Elementary School

November 2

Monday.  At Graydon’s.

In Tulsa.

November 3

Tues.  In Tulsa.  Rained all day.  Dinner with Eva & Joe.

Eva was my grandmother's niece, daughter of her sister Mattie.  Eva's husband was Dr. Joe Fulcher, a urologist.  They lived in Tulsa.

November 4

Wed.  Clare & I went to Utica Square.  Lunch there.  Graydon & Clare took me to dinner at the Louisiane.

Utica Square would have been the newest and greatest shopping in Tulsa at this time.

November 5

Thurs.  Graydon’s birthday.  Rode bus home.  12 noon.

Graydon was 51.

November 6

Friday.  9:30 Meeting of council & church women at our church.

November 7 - Sat.

November 8

Sunday.  A.M. Sunday School & Church.  Practice with Junior Choir. P.M.

November 9

Monday.  A.M. made pies at church.  P.M. Rode bus to Mattie’s.

To Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

November 10

Tues.  Mattie & I were alone.  Made aprons & pillow cases.

November 11

Wed.  More sewing.

November 12

Thurs.  P.M. Called on Mrs. Pendergrass.  Lunch at Jack’s.

November 13

Friday.  Mattie got word John was back in hospital.  Condition critical.

John was Mattie's son.  He had Hodgkin's Disease and he died in January of 1960.

November 14

Saturday.  Mattie on the way to see John and I came home.  Terribly cold.

November 15

Sunday.  S.S. & Church.  McKims had supper with me.

November 16

Mon.  What a gloomy Day.  Stayed in with my sewing.  Cleta Nelson passed away.  Had supper with K.M. & LaVonne.

November 17

Tues.  A.M. CWF meeting.  JoEllen had devotional.

November 18

Wed.  Choir practice with Jr. Choir

November 19

Thus.  Baked pies at church for bazaar.

November 20

Friday.  Made peach cobblers for bazaar.  Mr. & Mrs. Elmore took me there for lunch.  11 P.M. Becky & Ike came.

November 21

Saturday.  Took Becky & Ike to lunch at Bazaar.  P.M. Ike watched ball game with K.M. while Becky shampooed and I baked frozen pies.

November 22

Sunday.  Becky, Ike, & I went to church.  Children sang with big Choir.  P.M. Birthday party at Letty’s.  B. & Ike left for home at 5:30.

Not sure whose birthday - not Aunt Let or Uncle Cy's - party must have just been at their house.  Paul Comstock had a November birthday, as did Aunt Minnie.

November 23

Monday.  Worked on clothes.  Putting away summer things.

November 24

Tuesday.  A.M. raked leaves & wrapped Christmas packages.  P.M. Got a new permanent.

November 25

Wednesday.  All day at JoEllen’s.

November 26

Thurs.  Thanksgiving.  Had turkey dinner with McKims.  I Baked pumpkin pies.

November 27

Friday.  Went to Van Buren with the K.M. Comstocks.  Finished Christmas shopping.

November 28. 

Usual Sat. routine.

November 29.

Kay & Donny had dinner with me and spent the afternoon here.

My cousin Don spelled his nickname "Donny" and that's how she always spelled Donnie's.

November 30

Monday.  Spent all day at JoEllen’s while she and Joe went to Booneville to funeral of Bob Remy’s mother-in-law.

The Remy's were in the propane business and long-time close friends of JoEllen and Joe.

October 1959

October 1

Thursday.  Clare & Mary spent afternoon.  Drove my car to Fayetteville.

October 2

Friday.  P.M. Graydon and David came.

October 3

Sat.  Sat thro U of A and TCU game in rain.  Score:  U of A   3  – TCU  0

October 4

Sun.  Graydon & family had dinner with me.

October 5

Monday.  Payed bills & watched Dodgers & White Sox.

October 6

Tuesday.  P.M. Missionary meeting and led program.  Mrs. Kelley and I called on Mrs. Fischer & Mrs. Cloer – shut-ins.

October 7

Wed.  Put out washing.

October 8

Club luncheon at Mrs. Emerson’s.  Visited with Letty.  Thurs.

October 9

Friday.  JoEllen & I went to Rogers – Dr. Pickens.  Picked out glasses.

October 10

Saturday.  Another gloomy rainy day.  Listened to U of A & Baylor game, P.M.  Score 23 to 0 – U of A

October 11

Sunday.  Sunday School & Church.  Alone rest of day.

I think she didn't like being alone very much!

October 12

Monday.  Dr. Pickens again.

October 13

Tuesday.  Helped clean the church.

October 14

Wednesday.  Worked at Home.  Went to flower show.  LaVonne had lunch with me.  Called on Mrs. Gill – new neighbor.  Choir practice night.

October 15

Thurs.  Stayed at McKims

October 16

Friday.  Went to Van Buern.  Spent night with Grandma & Maude.

October 17

Sat.  Put quilt in frame at Minnie’s.  Lunch with Grace Farmer.  PM.  Lacked Comfort.

Not sure what she meant but apparently spent a rather bad night.

October 18

Sunday.   Sunday School & Church.  Heard Ray Lambert preach a fine sermon.

At Wood Memorial Christian Church in Van Buren.

October 19

Nora, Maude & I spent the day shopping in Ft. Smith.  Saw Sonotone man.  Spent night with Ira & Minnie.

Sonotone was the brand of her hearing aids.

October 20

Tues.  Nora had the bunch for lunch.  Spent night at Grandma’s.

October 21

Wed.  A.M. drove home.  McKims & I had flu shots in the afternoon.

October 22

Thurs.  Worked all day on curtains for fellowship hall.

October 23

Friday A.M.  Finished making curtains.

October 24

K.M. & I hung curtains in Fellowship Hall

October 25

Sunday.  Dinner at McKims.   P.M. Called on Mrs. Kelly & Miss McQuade.

October 26

Monday.  Kept Laurie and cooked dinner for family at my home.  P.M. Kept children – Committee meeting.

October 27

Tues.  Cooked dinner at McKims & baby sat all P.M.

October 28

Wed.  James shampooed and set my hair.

 I wonder who James was - I presume worked in a beauty shop.

October 29

Thursday

October 31

Home Coming at UofA.  Razorbacks beat A&M -  12 to 7

She didn't say but this would have been a Saturday.  Obviously this was a good season for the Razorbacks!

September 1959

September 1

Tues.  Entertained Missionary Circle.  15 adults present.

September 2

Wed.  Choir practice.  Stayed with children while Jo & Joe made call.

September 3

Thurs.  Spent PM with Laurie.  Gave K.M. sport shirt.

It was K. M.'s 45th birthday.

September 4

Friday.  All day at McKims.  JoEllen went to Tulsa.

September 5

Saturday.  Yard work and general routine.

September 6

Sunday.  S.S. and church.  Graydon’s folk came and spent the night.

September 7

Monday.  Church Committees met at night.  Stewartship & Finance.  Jim Littrell Chairman.

September 8

Tuesday.  I went to Grandma’s.  Maude left for Prague.  P.M. Nora stayed with Grandma and me.

Off to Van Buren to stay with Grandma Comstock and give Aunt Maude a break!

September 9

Wednesday.  Looked after Grandma.  Took Nora to grocery store.

September 10

Thursday.  Ira and Neva’s birthday.

September 11 - Friday.

September 12

Saturday.  Made plans for birthday party.  [for Ira and Neva]

September 13

Sunday.  Birthday party at Nora’s.  She kept Grandma while I went to church.  Heard Ray Lambert for first time.

September 14

Monday at Grandma’s.

September 15

Tuesday.  Aunt Ola H., and Zella and Gratis had dinner with us.  P.M. We went to cemetery and to Nora’s.

Ola was Ola Wood Haggard, Grandma Comstock’s younger sister, Zella, was another sister of Grandma's who was married to Gratis Comstock, my grandfather’s second cousin.

September 16

Wednesday.  Wash day for everybody.  Grandma and I had dinner with Nora.  I bought new dress & Nora and I made myself a wrap-around.

September 17

Thursday.  Cleaned house and got ready to come home.

Of course - she would leave the house spotless for Aunt Maude to come home to.

September 18

Friday.  Drove home from Van Buren.  Left Nora with Grandma.

September 19

Saturday.  9 A.M. got a permanent.  P.M. saw U of A beat Tulsa U.  28 to 0.

September 20

Sunday.  Sunday School & church.  Ate at home alone.

September 21

Monday.  Regular routine & Getting winter clothes ready.

September 22

Tuesday.  Went calling at night with Joe’s Committee on membership cultivation.

September 23

Wed. night.  Choir practice.

September 24

Thursday.  Spent day at JoEllen’s.

September 25

Friday.  Lunch with JoEllen and we did some sewing.

September 26

Saturday.  Baby sat and cooked dinner at McKim’s.

September 27

Sunday.  Sunday School & Church.  P.M. went picnicking at War Eagle with McKims and Comstocks. 

I'm guessing the "Comstocks" were K. M. & LaVonne and children.

September 28

Monday.  Jo and Joe Anniversary.  Gave pkg. and JoEllen facial.

Mom and Dad had been married thirteen years.

September 29 - Tuesday

September 30

Wednesday.  Stayed at McKims.   P.M. Choir practice.

August 1959

August 1

Sat.

August 2

Sunday.  Sunday School & church and Letty’s party.  Ate in my summer house.  Grandma and Maude stayed for few days.

August 3

We spent night at Letty’s.

Guess you are never too old for a sleep-over!

August 4

Clare and children & Mrs. Burleson had lunch with us in summer house.

Mrs. Burleson was my Aunt Clare's mother - she lived directly across from the Washington Elementary School in Fayetteville.

August 5

My Dad’s birthday

John Jefferson Hays had died in 1950.

August 7   [Actually August 6 – she’s off a day]

Thurs. [Friday]  I took Grandma & Maude home.  Spent night with Ira & Minnie.

They would have been going down that two-lane treacherous stretch of the old Highway 71 and over Mount Gaylor.  I can almost see every curve in that road!

August 8

Friday. [Saturday]  Dinner at Nora’s.

Nora Rainwater

August 9

Sunday.  Sunday School & church.  Supper at Maude’s.

How she must have enjoyed being back in Van Buren.  I never thought of that at the time.

August 10

Monday.  Came Home.

August 11

Tues.  Stayed with McKim children

August 12

Wed.  At home.  Getting ready for trip to Tahlequah

Now she's off to see her sister Mattie.

August 13

Thus.  Had hair set.  Club luncheon at Mrs. Parsons.  5:30 PM – caught bus for Tahlequah.  Mattie, Winnie and Karen met me.

Winnie & Karen were Mattie's daughter and granddaughter.  They had all been over to see Mammaw a couple of months earlier.

August 14

Friday.  Having visit with Mattie’s family.  John’s family came about 9 PM

John Hays King was Mattie's son.  He was born in 1913 - so a little older than my Mom. John died in January of 1960, only a few months after this visit.  John and family lived in Hayti, Missouri, where he managed what had been one of his Uncle Arthur's businesses. The last contact I had with family, grandchildren of John still worked in some of those stores.  Hayti is in the Missouri bootheel just across the Missouri/Arkansas line from Blytheville and several of the stores were located in this area.

August 15

Saturday.  Had fried chicken dinner.

August 16

Sunday.  Mattie’s family together.  Sad reunion because of John’s illness.  Ira & Minnie brought me home and stayed over night.

John King had cancer - Hodgkin's Disease.

August 17

Monday.  Catching up on things at home

August 18

Tues.  CWF 9 O’clock meeting at church.  Stayed at JoEllen’s rest of the day.

Christian Women's Fellowship

August 19

Wed.  Supper at JoEllen’s.

August 20

Thurs.  A.M. canned apples & peaches at church.  Busted my finger in car door.  Went to hospital & had stitiches taken.  P.M. Went calling with Mrs. Elmore

I remember when this happened.  JoEllen slammed her Mom’s hand in the car door in our driveway. I had just arrived.  Mammaw in great pain, Mom sick from what she'd just done.

August 21

Friday.  Worked in yard with Jimmy & washed.  P.M. Grocery shopped.

I think this was Jimmy Hight that helped Mammaw.  His dad Walter went to our church and had worked for my Dad for several years.

August 22

Saturday.  Mattie Came.

August 24

Monday.  Ira & Minnie took Mattie & me to Sarah Grove Cemetery – also to Dripping Springs Church where Mattie first saw Dave.  We bought material for skirts.

Sarah Grove Cemetery is outside Uniontown, north of Van Buren,;the Dripping Springs Church a few miles away where Mattie met her future husband, David King.  Little Sarah Woolsey, age 7, was the first person to be buried in this cemetery - her brother William, who died from wounds he received at the Battle of Prairie Grove in the Civil War, is buried near her.  My great, great grandparents, Elias and Martha Frances (Crutcher) Hays are buried in this cemetery as are two of their children, and a baby of Aunt Mattie's that died when he was less than a month old in 1905 - his name was Arvil Edmond King.  Elias and Martha were Mammaw and Aunt Mattie's paternal grandparents.  Elias died of consumption (tuberculosis) likely contracted during the Civil War, in 1979 before they were even born, so they never knew this grandfather. Martha died in 1896 when Aunt Mattie was about 14, Mammaw about age 9.

The church at Dripping Springs is now a residence - and there is a cemetery on the hill behind.  There are Kings buried there - probably David's kin.  Another set of great, great grandparetns rest here - Joseph Christopher Wood and wife, Letitia Ann Mayberry - Mom remembered them because they lived long lives. Letitia "Tisha" died in 1926, age 81, Joe Wood died in 1927, age 86.  Joe Wood's mother is also buried at Dripping Springs - hers one of the earliest graves.  His mother, Nancy (Winkler) Wood, had died soon after the family came to Crawford County in 1853 when he was twelve.  Some of his half-siblings that died young are buried nearby.  His father, William Wood and stepmother, Manda Biswell, are buried in another Crawford County cemetery.

August 25

Tues.  Mattie & I drove home.  Made pictures at Cemetery on way home.

This would have been at Grace Lawn Cemetery in Van Buren where Mammaw and Kenney, his parents, Ira and Minnie, and many of the Comstocks rest in peace.

August 26

Wednesday.  Went to town to shop & get medicine

August 27

Thurs.

August 28

Friday.  Mattie gave me towels.  Had supper at JoEllen’s.

Wonder if when Aunt Mattie was visiting, she noticed a few threadbare towels - Mammaw used everything until the last possible moment.

August 29

Saturday.  LaVonne fixed mine & Mattie’s hair.  Baked cake & grocery shopped.

August 30

Sunday.  K.M.’s family and McKims had dinner in Summer house with Mattie & me.

August 31

Monday.  Mattie went home.  I spent the day getting ready for Missionary Circle.

I think this must have been a wonderful visit with her sister!

July 1959

Mammaw was in San Francisco with Jay and Scotty at the beginning of July.  There were several days she noted nothing beyond the day the of the week - I have omitted those days...

July 2

Thurs.  Downtown with B’s and lunch at the Poodle Dog

The B's, I think, were Mr & Mrs. Borges - Jay's friends.

July 3

Friday.  Shopped at GETS.  Scotty and I bought birthday presents for Jay

Department store in San Francisco.  Jay's birthday was the 17th

July 4

Sat.  The boys, the B’s and I went to Ice Follies

They had gone to the Ice Follies two years before, too.

July 5,

Sun.  Barbecue dinner with Bill & Ruby

Bill & Ruby - were Bill & Ruby Banks.  That's why it's always difficult to know if she meant Borges or Banks when she referred to the "the B's"

July 7

Tues.  Went to Stonestown with the B’s

Shopping Center, I think.

July 8

Wed.  Dinner at Kenwood.  Picked up my plane ticket.

And now my plane ticket is on my iPhone.  Times have changed....

July 9

Thurs.  Went driving and shopped at GET’s and looked at houses

July 10

Friday.  Dinner with Cecil & Artis Pryor.  Beautiful old home.

July 11

Sat.  Lake Tahoe

Road trip!

July 13

Monday.  Kenney’s birthday.  Celebrated Jay’s birthday, Mr. & Mrs. Borges, Scotty, and me.

Now as a widow, I understand these quiet birthday celebrations in your heart.  

On the 14th, she must have flown to Kansas City.

July 15

Wed.  At Ike’s.  coffee at their neighbors.  Showed my pictures.

July 16

Thurs.  Had coffee with Ike and went back to bed.

July 17

Friday.  Jay’s birthday.  Becky & Ike brought me home.

July 18

Saturday.  Ike mowed lawn.  Night – had family here for cake & ice cream

July 19

Sun.  Becky and I went to church.  McKims took us to Country Club to eat.

July 20

Monday.  Cooked dinner and took care of McKim children.

July 22

Wed.  Choir practice.  Ball game

I wonder what ball game?  Seems an odd time of year...

July 24

Friday.  Had hair cut and set.

July 26

Sunday.  No birthday party for Letty.  Cy had eye operation.

July 31

Friday.  Cleaning & getting ready for party.

I peeked ahead.  On Sunday, August 2nd she'll have the birthday party for Aunt Let.