Sunday, June 25, 1922

Beautiful, bright, & warm. Arose 9 A.M. Breakfast. To Church & S.S. Class of boys from Cobleskill our guests. Dinner. Ed. Gemlich & I out walking. Called on B's at Rexford. To E.L. 35 present. To Church. Ran lantern. To Scotia with R.E.P. To bed 12:30 A.M.

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Cobleskill is a town southwest of Schenectady (see map below). Not sure why boys from that town would have been visiting Schenectady.

Saturday, June 24, 1922

Beautiful, bright & warm. Arose 7 A.M. Breakfast. Out on business. H.H. & I down [t]own. Bought brown trousers etc. Shower at Y. Dinner. To S.S. picnic at Rustic bridge. Fine time. Home. To bed 10 P.M.

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Since there was a structure called Rustic Bridge in Central Park back in 1922, I'm guessing that's where the Sunday School gang went for their picnic, although looking at a picture of the bridge (below), they probably didn't picnic right on the spot.

Taken from Grems-Doolittle Library Photograph Collection

Friday, June 23, 1922

Fair, cool, breezy day. Arose 6:30 A.M. Breakfast. Out on business 8-12 A.M. Dinner. Father & I to country. Cultivated. Picked 1/2 bushel strawberries. Home. H.H. & I out for walk. To bed 10 P.M.

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I wonder if they were selling those strawberries, and if so, where and to whom?

Thursday, June 22, 1922

Overcast, cool, with some rain. Arose 7:30 A.M. Breakfast. Mowed lawn at corner. Painted porches 108 and 110 P.P. Out on business. Supper. Home in evening. Read. Wrote letters etc. To P.O. To NOTT after cream. To bed 10:30 P.M.

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Wednesday, June 21, 1922

Overcast and mild with rain. Arose 9 A.M. Out on business after breakfast. Dinner. Greased Ford etc. Took nap. Sprouted potatoes. Supper. Looked over E.L. records. Out in evening. Walked about town. Home. Wrote in diary. To [bed] 10:45 P.M.

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Tuesday, June 20, 1922

Overcast cool day but no rain. Arose 7 A.M. Breakfast. Mother, Father, H.H. and I to Uncle John's. Mixed concrete for foundation of porch. Good dinner. To Park Site. Picked half bushel strawberries, mowed lawn etc. Home. Talked etc. To bed 9:30 P.M.

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Monday, June 19, 1922

Overcast, cool. Arose 7:30 A.M. Breakfast. Out on business 9-12 and 1-2. Wrote in diary. Shower at Y, got dress suits etc. Nap. Supper. In evening with Eldyth Proper to State College Senior Ball at Ten Eyck Albany 9-2. H.H. & M.M.B. also. Fine time. To bed 3:30 A.M.

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Well, the Senior Ball is part of the Commencement Exercises for the State Teachers College at Albany. Below is an excerpt from the publication giving the schedule for those exercises, including the Senior Ball.

Eldyth Proper is a girl Stanford knew. She evidently graduated from Teachers College that year, as she later became a teacher, as I note in a 1921 diary entry annotation: Eldyth Proper.

Sunday, June 18, 1922

Overcast, mild, and close. Arose 9:50 A.M. Made toilet. To Church & S.S. Children's Day. In P.M. State College Baccalaureate Service. To Epworth League and Church. Ran stereopticon lantern for slides on China. To Scotia with R.E.P. To be 12 P.M.

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China was in the news this week; I wonder what the slide show was about?

Saturday, June 17, 1922

Rainy, cool, dismal day. Arose 7:30 A.M. Breakfast. Read paper etc. Out on business. Dinner. Mother, father, H.H. & I to Delanson to look over H.H.'s church. Supper. In evening to Rexford to H.H.-M.M.B. announcement party. Fine occasion. To bed 12;30 P.M.

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Delanson must be where Hanford will be working that summer as an intern preacher.  Hanford and Marion are having their engagement party that evening. They will not be married for two more years, however. I wonder if long engagements were common in those days?

When Stanford read the paper at breakfast, I wonder what he thought of the below item?

Friday, June 16, 1922

Fair, bright, cool with little rain at night. Arose 6:30 A.M. Breakfast etc. Out on business. Dinner. H.H., M.M.B., E.M.P. and I to Albany a la Kissell to State College Class Day. Exercises. Very Good. Supper at Sirkers. To Proctors. Home. Talked. To bed 11:15 P.M. FATHER'S 69TH BIRTHDAY.

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Stanford doesn't say if he stayed for the whole show, but here are the various entertainments offered on June 16th at Proctor's in Schenectady:

The movie sounds kind of interesting; here is the TCM summary of the film: The Sleepwalker

Thursday, June 15, 1922

Overcast, mild, damp day. Arose 6:45 A.M. Breakfast etc. To Uncle John's A.M. to 4 P.M. Cut logs in woods, drew to mill, drew sand etc. in preparation for porch. Home. Washed Kissell. To Eldyth Proper's for call. Home. Talked. To bed 11:30 P.M.

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Wednesday, June 14, 1922

Overcast, mild day. Arose 9:15 A.M. Breakfast etc. H.H. & I down town. Got dress suits etc. Dinner. In P.M. father & I pointed up cellar wall at 144 P.P. Supper. In evening to call on D.W.S. To bed 12 P.M.

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