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1960

Jan

 [LaPorte HS grade 10]

[Lincoln Elementary 6th grade; 11y]

8) Stuart gave me a "teen-language" note & told me to cut my hair; "won't"
9) saw 1001 Arabian Nights with Mr Magoo, rode on bus
16) another cold
20-22) made bead bracelet; lost gold bracelet
27) don't have to wear glasses to school;

 

1) got Zorro & horses for Channukah
16) Dad got us beads to make bracelets with
24) Mom has gorgeous quilt bathrobe. Griddle cakes.

 

11) Ishmael Farmer & Linda Johannes join our class
12) went to concert with class; CO on bus
27) E (flunk) in Geography test
28) Iowa tests
29) only one to get A in Arithmetic

 
Feb   5) frightened; Dad wants me to cross Clifton every day; didn't; he got mad.
12) Stuart gave me heart-box candy, fuzzyvalentine
20) made table of contents for Only Good Guide to Horses
22) dentist, few cavities that don't need filling
24-26) outlining Age of the Tail (Thorne Smith)		 7) waffles
22) ate at The Virginian; burgers pink.
Shar got new shoes.
27) Dad taught us to use compass and protractor		 9) in Honor Reading Club after school at Grant School; need to read Ben Franklin  
Mar   3-30) lost diary
10) can't read film strip due to nearsightedness
11) sick again
14) "doing" Dr Spock
15) MD rx meds for me
23) more meds from MD
25) had chocolate parfait
29) crocuses budding		 9) Shar at Brownies'
26) man fixed stove		 7) Ben Franklin report; not done
9) Don Heddishimer sent to principal's for talking back.
25) Lincoln Log came out		  
Apr   2) "Played outside. Met awful girls."
12) played dolls to 7 wk.
13) played dolls to 5 mo
14) played tolls to 11 mo
19) Broadbent (orthodontist) gave me (& Shar) exercises to do
23) divided lawn into squares		 1) saw 1,000,000 BC on TV
11) seder
13) Shar won marbles game
14) Shar won marbles game;
Dad scolded Mom
16) went to Library (Lakewood) alone with Shar;
16-17) > Detroit with family
; Nana has lake in back yard
.17) went to Grandma's house and Grandpa's store; got Visible Man, comix
21) Dad scolded us
23) Shar lost her best marble (in lawn)
24) played croquet
30) family went to doc's, toy store, then Jim's Steakhouse; watched boats		 4) don't like Reading Club
6) tried to quit Reading Club (talked to Becker)
18) misspelled meant  as ment ; humiliated
21) I will sing in Spring Festival
27) rehearsed at Civic Auditorium
29) sang in Spring Festival, multi-school choral concert in Lakewood		  
May   2-6) sick again
3) lost 12 of Dad's good playing cards
11-13) got sick in school
24-26) sick again		 1) saw Mouse that Roared with family
12) Shar making good luck bracelet
19) Murton blew his top at Shar
28-30) >Detroit with family
.29) visited Grandma; went to Grandpa's store; saw Alberta's baby
.30) went to Cheese Haven on way home		 9) Science Explorers Club dissolved
10) tried to quit Reading Club (talked to Holmes)		  
Jun   11) scraped shin at park
13) car didn't start; ran to school
17) reading the Yearling;
hurt myself on rocker in intestine
21) Found worm on bed
23) reading Methuselah's Children; starting to like Ed Besserglick
26) drawing with compass and protractor
28) making Sears Catalog scrapbook
30) reading Around the World in 80 Days		 4) saw The Fly with Shar & Dad at Detroit theater
9) Shar invested as Girl Scout
10) went to Gruber's for Mom's birthday; had roast, éclaire; sparkler
14) Assembly of Recognition, Shar got Blue Certificate of Spelling
19) looked at house on Essex
24) Mom took us to Lakewood Park
25) looked at house on Superior, another;
went to Park, Library
26) looked at house on Ormond
27) Mom rearranged our room so beds next to each other
29) looked at houses; woman sick in one, so Mom washed our hair		 6) "Won't go to Reading Club"
8) gave Reading report to Sue Cergol (couldn't get in touch with Holmes, the leader)
9) Becker mad at me for not presenting at Reading Club
14) Assembly of Recognition, got Library Committee Certificate & mention of Lincoln Log
15) gave 6th grade pgm for little
kids; class gave going away presents to Miss Becker (music, homeroom) & Miss Barber (art)
16) parents' program;
got Certificate of Passing;
school picnic at park		  
Jul   11) noticed breasts, pubic hair
18) tooth fell out
21) "don't love Stuart any more"
23) dentist: I will need braces
30) sick on hamburger from Jayson's. Tornado siren. Strawberry Quik.		 1) dad teaching me physics
2-5) >Detroit with family
.3) Grandma's house; Grandpa's store; got chemistry set
.5) Brought Nana back home with us
6) Lakewood Park with Nana;
told story with book castle
7) Dad mad at me for being lazy. He said I had a Cadillac of a brain + put in the garage + never used it.
8) went to Lakewood Park
9) plumbers came; went to park, library
Mom & dad went out to Chinese house, got back 1:45
10) Dad teaching us chemistry
12-14) Dad goes to Washington DC
15-17) Lonnerstaters come to visit
.16) Grubers with Lonnerstaters; pink beef
30) Cranston or Superior
31) Dad bid on Cranston		    
Aug grade 11 9) TV showing 3 pictures at once
14) Sunday funnies didn't come
16-18) write Guide to Nudists w/ Shar
19-22) > Detroit w/ Family
.20) made LambChop puppets
.22) > CLE with Nana
24) drew sex pix
26)

20) Jerry & Esther visit at Shirley's; Milt took pictures. Grampa gave us yoyos.
20) Esther
22--) Nana came with us to Cleveland
26) Ma freaks about coughing painter; Nana gets on her nerves
   
Sep   3) move to Cranston
6) Shar read my diary [I am humiliated and want to run away]
7) start Wiley Jr High grade 7; met Mary Duffy & Barbara Zucker (from street)
8) Terry has same schedule
9) Mary Duffy teaches me basic dance steps at Renee's.
14) Hts library card		 2) saddle shoes
3) move to Cranston; mom & Nana fight about washing things
--4) Nana back to Detroit
7) shar starts Taylor Elementary grade 5
22) Shar went to shul with Miriam for Rosh Hashana
16) only one in 150 kids w/100 on sci test
28) "X" on French test
30) only 7thgrader w/ 100 on sci test		  
Oct   11) got new chest of drawers
15) made "Weekly News" with Shar
18) Dr Blondis: need new glasses
21) got toy chest
22) stove caught fire; green / white rugs in our room
31) sore throat

12-15) Dad > Colorado; brought us totem poles
18) got curtains in hall; grey living room rug pad; radiator covers
23) Dad cancels the Cleveland Press
28) Shar skeleton at Miriam's Hallowe'en party

31) Spooktacular on radio; Dad tapes it

 14) only one exempted from detention
24) French teacher lost gradebook
27) Wiley Pow-wow (fair)
  
Nov 29) 17y 1-2) sick, fever
4) finished Dr Spock
9) book fair at Press building
13) Dad taught me to convert to/from metric
16) saw Peck's Bad Boy
19) 12y
22) finished Circular Staircase; Dr Kyman for cough; birthdaycake w/candles all in bunch, covered due to cough; rounded blue glasses frames chosen
25-27) > Detroit with family
30) insincere? love note from Larry Krell		 4) new curtains,rug dining room
12) Dad took first set of PhD exams
18) Nana (Bessie Rose Wolf Sirota) dies
--19-20) >Detroit ; funeral home, Dayna crying for Shirley
--20) >London (burial); stayed at Uncle Issie's with rec room.
--21) >Cleveland
25-27) > Detroit with family
.27) Ma & Shirley divided Nana's things
29) gave Dad paper maché vase		   9) JFK won election
Dec   2) one of 2 in art class allowed to use charcoal (think other was Joel)
7) art teacher wants me to take lessons
8) wore new glasses
9) drew perfect likeness of Joel in charcoal		 4) daddy gave us 8 Rules
13) building Gizmo set for Channukah
14-15) Dad > Washington
16) got "Johnnie" bendable dolls in wicker baskets
17) got Pogo Stepmother Goose
25) built snowman & igloo w/Shar		 5) got all A's (Honor Roll) first time ever 21) 8" snow

*info largely from blue "Daily Doings" diary