Friday, September 21, 2012

Grandma's 1934 Diary, the rest of February

(To read entries from my maternal grandmother's 1933 and 1934 diary, please click on the tab "Posts by Topic" and then go to the topic "California." All posts are listed there.)

Key:

The writer is Ethel Ranney Tapley.
Alice is her sister.
Kenneth is her brother.
Her parents.
H = her boyfriend, Hazel Avery Plumlee
Delma = Hazel's little sister
Earl = Hazel's brother
Verda = Earl's wife
Dorothy Lee = Hazel's niece (Earl's child)
Otho is Otho Hesser, her father's cousin.
Viella is Mary Viella Crites Hesser, Otho's wife.
Ruth & Kathryn are Otho and Viella's daughters.
Uncle Jont is Jonathan Hesser, Otho's father and her father's uncle.
Aunt Kate is Sarah Katherine Hall Hesser, Jonathan's wife and Otho's mother
Herman (Williams) is Alice's husband.

  
Sunday, February 18:  "I stayed all night with Hazel last night.  Hazel cleaned out the basement.  Came home & got dinner for dad.  Trowbridges called in the evening." 

Monday, February 19:  "I went to school.  Dad worked on the C.W.A.  It rained at night so I didn't get to see Hazel."

Tuesday, February 20:  "I went to school.  Dad worked on C.W.A.  In the evening Hazel went & called on Dietrichs.  They gave us ????? glasses for wedding present."

 Wednesday, February 21:  "I went to school.   Dad worked on C.W.A.  He had a flat tire.  Hazel & I called on Trowbridges.  I stayed with Hazel at his house."

Thursday, February 22:  "I went to school.  It rained most all day.  Hazel worked through it all.  Clara waved my hair.  We went to one acts."

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Wednesday, February 28:  "I went to school."

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