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Clara Steen Skott diary, 1942-1946

August 1

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.