Category: Trella Diaries

Tuesday February 12th 1935
[shorthand] more fun. Caravan- Gypsies- Kansas City Princess Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell. [Shorthand]

Monday February 11th 1935
Had planned to eat uptown and [shorthand] it was called off [shorthand] met me after work and walked to Broad and 3rd. Saw Helen Ferguson and the car. Worked on my quilt and studied rules of the Consolidated Classification and so to bed at 9:30.

Sunday February 10th 1935
Up at 10:30. Took a bath- Yardley’s bath salts and did my nails. I got some new creme polish.
After dinner read the Sunday paper. Floyd came over about 3:00 and we visited in my room. She is making a flower garden quilt too. We stopped for a soda on the way to the car.
I went to church and afterwards Wally and I went to Fireside hour. Then home. He didn’t even stop.

Saturday February 9th 1935
Worked on parcel post and Express cards until 1.
Had lunch at Liggett’s and met Wally at 2. We went to scout exhibit at Southern Hotel. I bought a few little things and some plain colors for my quilt $0.25. Home at 4:30. Washed some things, pressed some things and spent the evening cutting out Quilt Block
Wally didn’t call. Got the family a box of candy for Valentine’s

Friday February 8th 1935
[shorthand] Wally. [shorthand] really just found it out tonight. [Long shorthand] other boys are losing their attraction for me.
We talked about old times. He left at 11:30. [Shorthand]

Thursday February 7th 1935
Paid $5.50 at the Fashion and that closes my account again. This ice is terrible to walk on. Has made me all sore.
Bill has been terrible to work with this week. Everything so messed up and then so awfully busy too.
Mrs. Davis asked me if I had been washing things in the bathroom. I told her “No nothing but me.”
Messed around guess I’ll go to bed early.

Wednesday February 6th 1935
Well it looks more like an office now but the noise from the shipping room is getting me down.
It was almost zero this morning. Froze all that slushy snow and there is an inch thick on everything.
Wally brought me my Valentine tonight. A box like I’ve been hunting filled with candy. He went home early cause “When a man has to go”.

Tuesday February 5th 1935
Have part of the walls up. 5 foot sure will make a difference.
Started snowing this afternoon. A sticky snow. Everything looks so pretty.
Took a bath. Wally called and I called Aunt May and ask her to come down Sunday afternoon.

Monday February 4th 1935
Up at 5:30, breakfast and out to meet B. Shelton. When I got to work our office had no walls at all. Just a couple of desks in a corner of the shipping room.
Left the only dollar I had at home so I had to borrow some money from Bill for lunch and tickets.
Wally hitchhiked back this afternoon and came down this evening. He brought my dollar. Cutout quilt blocks.

Sunday February 3rd 1935
2 SS. Made an announcement for Life Service League. Stayed for church then BYB. Walt & I met Rosina and she took us to her house for dinner. Duck and chicken. We kids had fun learning talks for LSL and singing “No, no, a thousand times no” with actions.
Came in at 4:30 and went to tea & BY. Then the kids came to my house for popcorn. Gave the $0.50 we would have spent at Islay’s for Missions. Wally stayed all night.