Wandering Through My Roots

1942 Dad slept I Did Nothing only crochet on a pr. pillow cases.

1943 Rent Day again we are thinking of moving Mrs Stevens & Mrs Olson had big fight today over using machine

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1942 Went To Santa Maria with Mrs Baird. Marie came home with us we took her back tonight Looked at house already rented

1943 Bud is in Hospital at Miami Beach Fla with a Boil on his Arm. Says otherwise he is fine.

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1942 Dad slept all Day Just got up & ate He went Back To Bed No Mail today Labor Day.

1943 Slept late Dad still on afternoon Tour. Homer H is working with him this week.

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1942 We went To S.M. Saw Marie she was attentent for Marge she looked so Nice all Dressed up.

1943 Slept late went To Town everything closed. Jessie was here for awhile I went & had Desert with Marie & Mable.

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1942 Daddy worked Day lights again I’d love to have gone To Marg wedding tomorrow at 3 at presputerian church.

1943 Sunday – slept late Dad went to work at 4 Oclock. Homer H came by & went to wok with him

1944 Didn’t sleep so good got up at 9- went to Lakeside park. & Back to room staying at

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1942 Daddy woked Day light & worked over untill Midnight I was afraid some thing had happened to him.

1943 Dutch slept till Noon we went to pismo for dinner & came back to SM. to show got home at 10 Oclock

1944 Denver. Got up at 10:30 Ate Breakfast with Bud. went To park & took pictures. Visited with Bud till 9:30 He went To Camp Lowery No 2.

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1944 entry – Lowry Field (1938-1948) was a U S Army Air Force training base during World War II located in Lowry Colorado right outside Denver. Lowry Field was named for 2d Lt Francis Lowry, the only Colorado pilot killed in WWI combat; It was established on the site of a TB hospital. The sanatorium’s main building became the Army post’s headquarters, and the largest single barracks (3,200 men) was completed in mid-1940. We have no way of knowing if Bud was actually assigned to that barracks but the odds are good. Lowry seemed to have focused on Boeing B59 training. We know Bud was a gunner from his own accounting of the war.

1942 Day light again this week. today. we Never go anywhere any more Just to bed early. or read awhile.

1943 Dad slept from Nooon till 5 oclock He worked till Noon. Marie came by for dinner Dad took her on into Town

1944 Cleaned house & made cake wash & ironed some.

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1942 First of sept Nearly time to start To school. Guess we will half to get a house trailer can’t find a house in Santa Maria

1943 I washed yesterday & ironed all evening. Dad went hunting with George & the girls They got 12 Doves.

1944 Daddy worked Days Marie had dinner with Mike so we Took her clothes in & I packed went To Bed early.

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Transcription of loose sheet of paper found in diary. I believe it is 1944 based on later diary entries:

Sept 1 – Came To La by chair car from Guadelupe What a trip & then waited in LA till 6.35 started To get ticket at 20 till 6 Gee terrible Now on pullman some where Between L.A. Salt Lake City

1942 The pipe is still stuck they are circulating with oil. Most of the Men are working Rigging up other well. Going to bed early

1943 I got My hair fixed Dad slept & then got up & took Me to B. shop. Marie came by Dad went out at 12.

1944 I finished ironing Marie came by & sent Telegram To Bud Dad & I went To show again Not so good

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