Category: Trella Diaries

Saturday January 24 1931
Worked on doilies, my dressing table and ect. Made covers out of dimity. My rook looks so fresh and pretty now. While uptown Mother got some drapery creatonne. Red heavy for between the bedroom & dining reoom. It makes it look lots better.

Friday January 23 1931
Tody & I visited a Science class of Mr. Baker & got a big kick out of it. Quite different from being a member of the class We went to the game togehter but Tody played in the band & I sat with Bob, e. & Stanley. And when it came to going home Tody backed out & I had aaaaaaatwo. Imagine. They both came clear home with me. Harding won from Galion 17-13.

Thursday January 22 1931
Not to be parted. Trella & her Caesar book. Studied all morning and took the exam in P.M. It cold have been a little harder.
Our family went to the Mimes presentation of “East Lynne”, a play of 1890 & the clothes looked it.

Wednesday January 21 1931
Exams started. I am exempt from all but Caesar. I slept this morning. We got some dimity* the other day & I made curtains for my room.
And got coal in Mary’s job.

*a hard-wearing, sheer cotton fabric woven with raised stripes or checks.

Tuesday January 20 1931
Stanley and Doris came out. Made them crack nuts & ect. For the nutroll. Stanley took my uke home the other night to fix it. He brought it home & we played it, cards, games, looked at pictures & talked.

Monday January 19 1931
G.R’s sponsored a show at the Marion, “Tolerable David.” Tody & I went. Like it & especially the southern brogue they used.

Sunday January 18 1931
S.S. in the morning. Mother and daddy went to COl. to see Uncle Miles and he is better. That hospital & diet mus have helped him. Pauline C. asked me over in the aft. We made nutroll & played Euchre. Pauline went to B.Y. with me. Daddy and Mother came to church but sat with Stan. Doris & Pauline & I rode home on Stan’s lap.

Saturday January 17 1931
Just a routine Sat. Cleaned the front room (needed it after last night, altho Stan always reds up! Up town, ect.
Ruby* came here to stay for a few days.

*Ruby Fetter, Aunt Lillie’s daughter

Friday January 16 1931
Bob, Stanley Fogelson, Doris [Shuster?], Pauline, Tody, Mrs. Welch & Buddy were over. Played cards, cootie, ect [sic] like we always do. I had a good time. Bob took Pauline home. From latter reports she was thrilled to death.

Thursday, January 15, 1931
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