January 2

Sunday
     "Today is Sunday & I got up at 11:45a.m.  Went after Betty at 12:30.  We both came back to the house and had a swell dinner.  Mother can sure cook for a king. 
     Doodie and Vera where here for dinner, but had to leave to see Uncle Homer. about 3:00.
     Mother fixed my jumper this afternoon, tightening and shortening it.  It fits now.
     We all sat around listening to the radio and talking, all afternoon.  Ate supper and Betty and I did the dishes.  We all played cards the rest of the evening, laughing and joking.  I believe I had laughed more this evening than I had for a long time.  They made me forget everything, war and all.  Dad came home and we stopped and talked till he ate his supper.
     I took Betty home at 10:00.  Got home at 11:30.  She is sweet."

Charlie, Doodie and Vera are cousins of Dad.  Charlie played the clarinet in a band.  When I was in 5th grade my dad suggested that I learned to play the clarinet.  Which I did until high school.  I then quit the band to take art.

Noel Bell, my grandfather was a train engineer.  He was gone for days at a time driving freight trains all over the country.