Datebook 1924: Tuesday, January 8, 1924

Fair and cool. BOSTON. Arose 6:45 A.M. Washed, shaved etc. Gave an account of myself to Hanford. Letter home. Down to Ginter Company for breakfast. Classes and chapel 8:30-11:35 A.M. Dinner. Worked 12-2. To School. Nap. Unpacked and cleaned up. Supper. Prayer Meeting. Boynton Merrill of Old South spoke. Studied. Frank Williams, H.H. & I bowled 68-92-112. Studied. To bed 11:45 P.M. Thankful for all blessings.

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Ginter Company is where Stanford worked part time during his time in Boston; it was also a favorite place to eat.

Boynton Merrill is actually Elmer Boynton Merrill (and sometimes Boynton Elmer Merrill); he was in 1924 the Associate Pastor at Old South Church in Boston, and a Navy veteran of WWI. Below are some particulars in a brief biography. He was an accomplished man.

By 1930 he was married with three children: two daughters and a son, Boynton Jr. He died in 1984.

Unless Stanford was reporting everyone's bowling scores, it would seem Stanford's gotten a little rusty in his time away from the game. Maybe he'll get back into it now and his scores will rebound. We'll see.

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

Tuesday, January 8, 1924

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