Author: David Haldeman

Monday October 14th 1935
Louis and I rode down with Mr. Shelton. Walked from 3rd and Broad to car at High. 20 minutes late. This cold! Still lovely weather. Really too warm today.
Worked on my quilt while listening to Amos & Andy and Lum and Abner.
Read- bed. 9:00
I forgot to go up and kiss Wally goodbye this morning. Oh me!

Sunday October 13th 1935
Sunday School- my cold is so bad I shouldn’t have gone but. It almost got me after dinner but Louis Woollum and Bernard Brooks came and took us out to Rosina’s.*
Cracked nuts in the meadow. Ate pears. Had some cider. In town about 6:00. Louis at our house for supper. Played bridge. Louis staying with Wally all night.
Had a bath and so to bed about 11:30

*Rosina Starner lived in Morral, Ohio.

Saturday October 12th 1935
Such a beautiful day. Bernard Brooks down for a while.
Mary, Walt and I went to the dedication of the new stadium. Mansfield beat Harding 24-0.
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Walt took me to the show. Did a little shopping and then saw “Annapolis Farewell.”
Home for cocoa and rolls and then some lovin’. But I- we- always go to sleep. Sweet Wally.

Friday October 11th 1935
And I still feel rotten and have a cold starting.
Never ask for chili sauce when you mean chili soup.
Mary met the bus.
Daddy has started to build a garage.
Wally had to work until 3 AM.

Thursday October 10th 1935
Such a day. First Slim tipped me backward in my chair and sprawled me on the floor. Then I got sick and started for the restroom and nearly passed out until a couple of the shipping room boys caught me and took me up on the elevator. Went back to work at 2:00 & managed to stick.
Got a much nicer letter from Wally in answer to the one I wrote Monday.

Wednesday October 9th 1935
Mary broke a piece out of her birthday ring Sunday so I took it in to get it fixed. Slept for 1/2 hour. Took a bath and now I think I’ll go back to sleep.
Got sweetest letter from Wally.
Uncle Jim is going to marry Lucille next month.

Tuesday October 8th 1935
Bill went to Logan and I had to see that a shipment of laces from National got on a hand truck so I was a little late getting to Aunt May’s. Such a good supper. Then Floy and I went to the Placque shop. Got some the daguerotypes[sic] like I made D and Wilda.* Home about 9:30 and talked until 11:30.

*Cousins Don and WIlda Shuster

Monday October 7th 1935
Down down with Mr. Shelton.
Detroit won the World Series today.
Jane McCurdy rode home on the same street car with me tonight. Seemed terribly blue.
Sewed- radioed- read paper- washed my hair. Wrote a very important letter to Wally tonight and now I’ll turn in for some sleep.

Sunday October 6th 1935
Sunday school Bob Johnson invited us out this p.m. Got dinner for Daddy and Walt. Mother and Mary at Aunt Lillie’s with everyone else for dinner. Bernard Brooks came after Walt and I about 2. Got Rosina and then to Burtch’s. Mary beginning to look rather big all around. She asked us if Bernard Brooks had told us she was pregnant. Had lunch there and then all six of us went to BY. Bob and Mary up to our house afterwards. We took them home about 10:30.
They are truly happy even without anything but each other.

Saturday October 5th 1935
Up about 9 and fooled around until noon. Worked on budget. Walt, Daddy and I went to garden after dinner. Dug glad bulbs and cut corn. Beautiful day. Bathed- supper. Walt and I went over to Grandma’s to see Uncle Jim. Uncle Allen and family there too. Home about 9:30 wanted to go to midnight show but Daddy wouldn’t let us. So Wally just loved me.