Author: David Haldeman

Friday February 19 1943
Worked on Sunday School lesson this morning.
Meeting of Council of Church Women this P.M. about “Foster Home” nursery care for working mothers. Civic angle disturbed some of the women & they wanted to act childish about it. Admire Mrs. Holloway’s* ability to conduct a difficult meeting
Worked on cupboard in Jr. room & made up record cards for Mary to mimeograph.

*[Rev. Judson Holloway’s wife]

Thursday, February 18, 1943
[No entry]

Wednesday February 17 1943
Had flu today but started taking pills right away & felt better by night/ Although it’s developing a cold. Kathy has one too. Runny nose & a little cough.
Mother came home tonight. Daddy & Walt had a rather sketchy meal of Macaroni & Cheese that I managed to get with Walt’s help but couldn’t eat.

Tuesday February 16 1943
Mother went to Columbus on bus this noon to visit grandma & Aunt May.
I went shopping after Walt came home & then got supper for Daddy here. Had meat loaf- creamed carrots, browned potatoes & gravy, muffins & upside down gingerbread. But sure did rush me to be ready for Leadership T.C.

Monday February 15 1943
I have cut up the old coat & skirt that was my first purchase of any amount after I went to work 9 years ago & made a jacket from it.
I bought green wool for a skirt & have made it up too. – Maybe the war will help me to wear out some of these good old things.

Sunday February 14 1943
Over to Mother’s for dinner & in afternoon brought Kthy over home for her picture. Sent an order to Sears tonight for Kathy overalls- skirts- pants, etc.

Saturday February 13 1943
Snow so pretty & Kathy wants out in it so badly that I had Walt get her the smallest pair of boots in town but they are size 8 ($1.50) and way too big. But is she proud of them. Had a grand time out with Neal & Evelyn this afternoon.

Friday February 12 1943
Wally off for Lincoln’s birthday. Hauled stone for a fellow that helped Daddy. We went downtown about 3:30. I bought hose for me & gadgets for Charlotte Ann Davidson Miller who was married a few Saturday’s ago. Her sister had a shower for her tonight. Madge Curl picked me up & met all of Charlotte’s new sister-in-laws. Nice people. Madge goes to Emmanuel & assures me there is an opposition to Finkenbein who wants to sever the church from the Denomination. Regular blizzard coming home.

Thursday February 11 1943
Wally has taken our old typewriter up to the bank & they will give him $17.25 for it. (Ceiling price. They would have given more but for that). Peg Basehart & her husband both have portables & she’ll sell hers for $20 so we’re going to buy it. And at the same time the bank is glad to get ours even thought they did have to put about $15 in repairs on it.
Mary Johnston & I went to an auction- she bought a silver tea set0 I bought some picture frames.

Wednesday February 10 1943
Went over the house. Wally not home for lunch. My Azalea is about gone. A months bloom isn’t bad. My amaryllis has had 6 blooms on it & the narcissus (paper white) are blooming but they don’t seem to come out full & pretty.
Raining terribly but we went out to Rhulman’s. They hadn’t see Kathy for a while- grandma K had quilted Shari a lovely blue & gold quilt, something like Kathy’s. Ruth gave me a pink satin blouse that Mrs. Nichols had given her. Really lovely.
Came home & cut out blouse for Kathy. Got it pretty well made.