Author: David Haldeman

Tuesday April 19 1938
Stan in Lancaster & Logan again today but nothing unusual happened at all. It took us about 35 minutes to drive home tonight. Got caught in traffic going between Broad & Spring on Water.
Bath & then over to Mack Hall to spend the night with Marcella Risch. She & Bob had a fight & they both acted funny because of it. I hope I wasn’t too peacemakerish.
To bed about 10:50.

Monday April 18 1938
Street car strike! Got a lift from a State Street warehouse worker while walking ove from Broad & Third.
Stan in Logan & Lancaster today checking on new schedule. So everything happened. Car scrap to unload & car leatherboard to load. Ed Lauer wanted an extra truck to Logan & tried from 10:30 to 2:00 to get one started when Stan called & said we didn’t have to have one.
Stan brought me home in the truck. Nice!
Marcella Risch called again tonight asking me over. Told Davis I was to be married June 18.

Sunday April 17 1938 Easter
Up at 5:30 – Easter sunrise service at Trinity at 6:15. Picked up Mrs. Snyder & Frances & Carl Macken. Then to Harding Memorial. But it started late so we didn’t get to stay for it all.
Sunday School
Harold Seiter & Jean Quick, Mary, Walt & I went to Delaware & then Granville. Walked around a little, took some pictures, home through Mt. Vernon & Mt. Gilead. Stopped at Wilda & Elwin’s church for BY & then to their house for parlor tricks. Home at 9:00. Wally popped corn & so to bed.

Saturday April 16 1938
Fought a headache all day. So pretty out. – Warm. Planted some forsythia along the north side of our house. Uptown late in afternoon to get purse for Mary & flowers for her hat and Easter candy. Wally outdid himself.
In the evening they delivered a corsage for me from Wally. Double violets and 2 red roses. So sweet.
To bed early.

Friday April 15 1938
Wally met me on Mary’s bike & then as we started down State St. Mary came in the car. So they took my bag & I rode home on the bike. They clocked me at 12 miles per hour.
Wally took me to the Palace to see “Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs” the first feature length animated. In color and very clever. We took a short ride in the moon light afterwards. So nice out/
To bed about 12:00

Thursday April 14 1938
Stan pinned me down today so I told him I would be quitting June 10. He still thought it was October. Seemed a little disturbed and said he’s see what he could do about a vacation.
Mrs. Davis gets no better fast. Nobody eats and mealtimes and life is disrupted as sickness usually disrupts it.
Suddenly decided to start packing so cleaned out everything of stuff I won’t be needing. Cleared out a little anyway. – And so to bed.

Wednesday April 13 1938
Stan has been too nice lately. It’s fun to work when he’s like that.
Caught up on filing today, typed about 30 copies of a new one truck daily to Lancaster Schedule, checked and entered Natl Freight and the day was about over.
Saw a sweet nightie at Lazarus this noon so I got it. Peach & lace & embroidery.
Finished my pink broadcloth house dress except hem. Bath & to bed.
Swell weather – about 74° – sunny and a sweet breeze.

Tuesday April 12 1938
Very warm with my winter coat sitting on the sunny side of the street car.
Stan went to Lancaster at noon and we hardly missed him.
Got busy on my house dress 35¢ total cost. Nearly finished it.
Wrote a letter to Wally.
Got “Unit 1” of silverware at Kroger’s tonight. Nice, I think.

Monday April 11 1938
Forgot my candy, so had to go back but made the bus ok. Good thing I went back – sold 50¢ worth today.
Carl’s dad died this morning. Hadn’t eaten for 12 weeks. Cancer of the stomach. Carl feels so badly that his dad suffered so.
Helen Wook down this evening. Just talked. Wedding plans- house decoration – her dates – etc.
Bought my Easter shoes at Miller Jones store. Picked them out & was afraid they would be $4 but they were only $2 so I bought the house slippers I’ve admired so long. But I’m afraid they’ll cut.

Sunday April 10 1938
Down to Walt’s mothers for dinner. Such a pretty day but rather cold. Home about 4:30. To BY early to get ready to dramatize the Easter empty tomb scene for Glenn. But the key to the property box was lost with nothing but angel costumes and one other out. So we used angel dresses on our heads. And the June – the angel – (not really) snickered when we came out.
We (Walt & I) went out to BB’s after. He had invited us but hadn’t told Rosina. So I helped her with dishes. The boys read magazines & we listened to the radio. – Is that entertaining?