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Clara Steen Skott diary, 1942-1946
August 1
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1942. Baked a fresh cake, dressed a chicken from [Meicher's?]. Rained all forenoon + again a hard rain in the eve while we were in bus station. Went in for car - no done - saw "Mrs. Miniver". [Out?] on bus. Tired.1943. Took bouquet of 7 roses, + basket of blue, yellow, + white flowers to church. 52 at S.S. HOT Kathryn home to fill up on veg - scare in city. I made cherry pie. Wrote letters 86° 1944. Humidity 94. Finished ironing, wrote letters. Worked 3 hrs. at Red Cross. Tried to find rooms at U.S.O. for Geo. [Machean?], who will be studying Radar. Haus not home till 9. Read in "Assignment USA" by Selden Menefee. 90°. 1945. A difficult day. High humidity. I finished Helen's seersucker dress, did the washing. In eve, Florence + Marie came in truck for me. Magda Petersen helped me finish the danish assignment! 1946 "A difficult day - high humidity". Really did nothing but go to 10 o'clock class. Walked from Cathay Hotel corner to Park Hotel, window - shopping. Napped, rested. Joy Lund + I dinner at Pacific Hotel, $9600. Took walk. Saw group of Chinese women at dinner.
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1942. Baked a fresh cake, dressed a chicken from [Meicher's?]. Rained all forenoon + again a hard rain in the eve while we were in bus station. Went in for car - no done - saw "Mrs. Miniver". [Out?] on bus. Tired.1943. Took bouquet of 7 roses, + basket of blue, yellow, + white flowers to church. 52 at S.S. HOT Kathryn home to fill up on veg - scare in city. I made cherry pie. Wrote letters 86° 1944. Humidity 94. Finished ironing, wrote letters. Worked 3 hrs. at Red Cross. Tried to find rooms at U.S.O. for Geo. [Machean?], who will be studying Radar. Haus not home till 9. Read in "Assignment USA" by Selden Menefee. 90°. 1945. A difficult day. High humidity. I finished Helen's seersucker dress, did the washing. In eve, Florence + Marie came in truck for me. Magda Petersen helped me finish the danish assignment! 1946 "A difficult day - high humidity". Really did nothing but go to 10 o'clock class. Walked from Cathay Hotel corner to Park Hotel, window - shopping. Napped, rested. Joy Lund + I dinner at Pacific Hotel, $9600. Took walk. Saw group of Chinese women at dinner.
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