Author: David Haldeman

Sunday, July 18, 1943
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Saturday, July 17, 1943
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Friday, July 16, 1943
Made Kathy a dress for her birthday this afternoon. Had fixed my hair in an upsweep hairdo & it made me sick besides making my head sore.
The Staffords stopped by in the evening & delayed our going to a movie. Wally had passes. Saw “Tennessee Johnson”, story of Andrew Johnson.
I forgot my glasses though & I really had a headached when we got out. Picked up Kathy at mother’s & did I fall in the second we got home!

Thursday, July 15 1943
Up at 7 & baked ice box cookies. Mildred Gorby & her 2 girls came about 8:30 & about 9 we took Kathy to mother’s & picked up Mr. Bibler & Mrs. Brooks & headed for quarterly meeting at W. Mansfield. Our little skip on the house party went very well. Mrs. Engwall was grand again. Home about 5:00 & got ready to go to Upper Sandusky for Young Adult Fellowship Picnic. After starting & coming back for Mary Johnston found out picnic was postponed until next week! But we all went up & served & ate by ourselves & had a grand time.

Wednesday, July 14, 1943
Wrote out the skit for tomorrow on the house party. Mrs. Gorby, Spring, LeMasters & I will take part. It’s laid as if we were just planning what we were going to say at the meeting.
Cut out a dress for Kathy. Mrs. Moorehouse who is a personal friend of Mrs. Engwall of the Belgian Congo had several of us out for a hamburg fry in Mrs. Engwall’s honor. Then they all went to prayer meeting to hear her but I came home & hoed weeds.

Tuesday, July 13, 1943
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Monday, July 12, 1943
Washed after going over house pretty well. Had letter from Mary saying definitely she will be home the 23rd for 10 furlough.
Reception at church for Rev. Holloway. He looked very splendid in his white Navy uniform. He will go to Williamsburg Va. for training.
Wrote Mrs. Marshall asking for return of our deposit on cottage as Mary doesn’t want to go up for the week naturally.

Sunday, July 11, 1943
Mary Johnston invited us over to share a ham with them. Bob got dinner while we were at church. It was Holloway’s last before going into the navy. In P.M. we took a drive north & got some wild shrubs. Back to Mary’s for ham sandwiches & then played croquet & home just before a thunder shower.

Saturday, July 10, 1943
World Book Encyclopedia arrived today. Takes a little more room than the one shelf I allowed it.

Friday, July 9, 1943
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