Datebook 1923: Sunday, April 1, 1923

EASTER:-- Cold, windy and raw but bright and clear. Arose 8:30 A.M. Shaved etc. Breakfast. D. with family. To Church & S.S. Church full. 60 received by transfer of letter, confession of faith and preparatory membership. Marion here to dinner. Helped with dishes, played piano and read. To Epworth League. Mildred Lewis led. 50 present. To Church. Called on Uncle Charlie. Walked home with Nellie Gallup. Home. Lunch. Letter to M.L.Y.

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So, he's writing to Mary Leah but walking Nellie Gallup home. Hmmm . . . .

About this blog . . .

I've created this blog to make a record of the hand-written journals of Stanford Stillman Closson (1900-1982), who was in his life a Methodist Minister, grandfather, father, brother, husband, son, cousin, nephew and friend. This is the fifth installment of Date Book, covering 1923 (the first four cover 1919-1922). For as long as seems practical, I will record subsequent years (they continue into the 1970s). I'm matching the days--January 1, 1923 to January 1, 2017, for instance--with one entry per day.

The daily entries are pretty short, though, so in addition to recording the diaries, I'm also annotating them, giving additional information about the people, places and events mentioned by Stanford.

And this year, because Stanford is living in Boston, attending Boston University School of Theology, I will be adding information about early 1920s Boston as well as Schenectady.

Through these annotations, I hope to convey a sense of Stanford's life and times. And of course, I'm also hoping to give his descendants a fuller picture of who he was as a young man.

Datebook 1923

Sunday, April 1, 1923

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