Datebook 1924: Sunday, January 6, 1924

SCHENECTADY: -- Bright and cold. Arose 8 A.M. Marion expected M.L. on 8:35 A.M. train but she missed it. Blizzard west put all trains behind 6 or 7 hours. She came about 5:30 P.M. To Church and Sunday School Plymouth Rock dinner. Marion at our house. Talked, played & sang. Met Mary Leah. Lunch. To E.L. & Church. Gertrude Anthony led E.L. [Epworth League] Frick preached on "Growth--How big will you be"? Home for while. To Benedicts for lunch. Took H.H. to 11:25 train, then M.M. & M.L. to 6:30 Hamilton St. Home. To bed 12:15 P.M. Thankful.

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I think that the "6:30 Hamilton St" must be a trolley or some other type of local transportation. I'm picturing the blizzard that delayed the trains from Ohio carrying Mary Leah. So I guess Mary Leah is visiting for a little while before they both go east, back to college. And apparently she is staying with Marion at her house. Just a reminder: "lunch" in Stanford's day meant a small meal, so it could occur at any time of day. It's interesting to me that in our day lunch means a specific mid-day meal, replacing the word dinner, which then migrated to the evening meal, replacing supper. I wonder how and when that transition occurred?

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 and friend. This is the sixth installment of Date Book, covering 1924 (the first five cover 1919-1923). For as long as seems practical, I will record subsequent years (they continue into the 1970s). I'm matching the days--January 1, 1924 to January 1, 2018, 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, including pictures and other information gleaned from the internet.

And this year, as Stanford continues his studies at Boston University, he becomes engaged to Mary Leah and has his first preaching assignment. I will, therefore, be including some of his and Mary Leah's letters as a way of fleshing out the rather brief entries he includes in his diary.

Through the diaries, the letters and other 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 1924

Sunday, January 6, 1924

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