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Clara Steen Skott diary, 1942-1946

September 19

1942.  Baked bread + cream cake, did some cleaning, then mudded around in garden - got 1/2 bu. lima beans, etc.  Cold - had furnace fire.
1943.  Fine AM.  To bed about 1 - slept till 8.  Hilda + Frank slept - rest of us to church. 58 at S.S. 3 Bells + 2 Schaeffer's rode out with us.  Melon chicken, roasting ears for dinner.  rain in late P.M. called on Mrs. Henkel.  Made cocoa + [send?] cookies to Frank + 7 other boys playing 500 in his room in eve.  K went back on last bus.
77° 1944  Still rainy,  but O.K. for our trip to Beltsville, Md.  First we checked K's 3 suitcases thru to Madison, then took Hans to 515 22nd St - FEA.  We went via Rhode Island Ave.  Back by 1 to Union Station.  Home - to begin lunching alone again.
1945.  A glimpse of sunshine.  Headache from yesterday's mushrooms for lunch.  Nap.  Helped finish up fourth scrapbook.  Wore coat for 1st since June.  In eve Hans + I drove to Fairfax and spent eve with Mrs. Helen Hill Miller.  Met her boys Andrew + Robert.  She is just home from Eng.  Member of Nat'l Planning Council.  Husband Francis a Col. in Berlin.
80°  1946  Washed, pressed some.  Began writing the acct of the Danish missionaries' dangerous trips both in English and Danish.  Miss Anna Bøg Madsen helped me in eve.  In late PM, sat in sun with Mrs. Babas, Mrs. Stejlbjerg + Mended, discussed world affairs - particularly Hungary + watched 6 or 7 children play : Swedes, Danes, Hungarians, could only talk together in Chinese.  Sweater comfortable all day.

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1942. Baked bread + cream cake, did some cleaning, then mudded around in garden - got 1/2 bu. lima beans, etc. Cold - had furnace fire. 1943. Fine AM. To bed about 1 - slept till 8. Hilda + Frank slept - rest of us to church. 58 at S.S. 3 Bells + 2 Schaeffer's rode out with us. Melon chicken, roasting ears for dinner. rain in late P.M. called on Mrs. Henkel. Made cocoa + [send?] cookies to Frank + 7 other boys playing 500 in his room in eve. K went back on last bus. 77° 1944 Still rainy, but O.K. for our trip to Beltsville, Md. First we checked K's 3 suitcases thru to Madison, then took Hans to 515 22nd St - FEA. We went via Rhode Island Ave. Back by 1 to Union Station. Home - to begin lunching alone again. 1945. A glimpse of sunshine. Headache from yesterday's mushrooms for lunch. Nap. Helped finish up fourth scrapbook. Wore coat for 1st since June. In eve Hans + I drove to Fairfax and spent eve with Mrs. Helen Hill Miller. Met her boys Andrew + Robert. She is just home from Eng. Member of Nat'l Planning Council. Husband Francis a Col. in Berlin. 80° 1946 Washed, pressed some. Began writing the acct of the Danish missionaries' dangerous trips both in English and Danish. Miss Anna Bøg Madsen helped me in eve. In late PM, sat in sun with Mrs. Babas, Mrs. Stejlbjerg + Mended, discussed world affairs - particularly Hungary + watched 6 or 7 children play : Swedes, Danes, Hungarians, could only talk together in Chinese. Sweater comfortable all day.