Virginia’s Transcript

Below is a transcript of the whole diary with my annotations along the side. If I was unsure of a word, I used the * symbol. I always kept the spelling that she used. This diary is very visual, so it was difficult to capture it.

IDENTIFICATION

THIS BOOK BELONGS TO Virginia Clift

ADDRESS Strawberry Plains

IN CAMP AT Barbara Blount N.J.

FROM Thur 21 to Sat 23

IN CASE OF ACCIDENT PLEASE NOTIFY (scratched out)

ADDRESS Fountain City Knoxville, Tenn

TEL. NUMBER 2-6219

LINE A DAY DIARY

July 17

Sun. H.L. wanted to bring me home

Mon. went swimming with Dode

Tues. McPeters house was burned

Wed. Got ready to go to camp

July 21 Thurs. went to camp. Met Walter W. that night. M.B. came home with me.

Fri. went swimming. Frank Green came home with me.

Sat. came home FT City. boys carried suitcase to car.

Sun. Took ride + got a “brown cow”

Mon. went to stand that night. Got wet.

Tues. met Charley Petty. Remember the letter.

Wed. Went on a picnic to carter cave.

Thurs. Went to Grandma’s. Reuben tore my collar off.

Fri.

Sat. went to ballgame at Underwood.

BIRDS I SAW AT CAMP

COMMON NAME STRIKING CHARACTERISTICS

Polly                            Funny redhead

Willie Mae                   Crazy

Walter Wheatsby         Sweet + nice

Ken Portwood              Good looking

Frank Green                 Cute

“Jon” Johnson              Smile

Earl Smelner                 Hair

Joe Somebody Singing fool

Joe Maynard                Swell

INSECTS I FOUND AT CAMP

COMMON NAME STRIKING CHARACTERISTICS

Ken Portwood             “Be Good, Blondie”

Walter W.                    “Glad to know you”

Jon J.                         “Meet my friend”

Earl S                          “Heres my girl”

Allan Powers               Charming

Milliard Stipes             I’d like to beat his time

Clearance Chiles

Tom Shipe

BIRDS AND ANIMAL TRACKS

Went to church at Straw Plains.

Went to the revival out at Lyons creek. Rem. who brought me home

Rem fishing trap

“ Singing in the rain

Rem. Going to the strand one Sat night

(On the blot paper)

Always remember commencement day

May 19, 1933. Louise

James, Guy + I on the bus also that night.

Let’s go! Ha ha

It’s a pain

Always rem the Sep picnic. Guy + I went riding.

What a time!

USE THESE BLOTTER SHEETS TO CARRY YOUR FLOWER SPECIMENS TO CAMP

Always remember:

Easter Sunday, 1934

Joe + I, Beulah + S.C., Louise + Fae (In the Hup)

Mother’s day I was also in the Hup again but with another boy (Guy) both of us had on white. (scratched out). Thatop* was down. Rem the garden + pond + the petite cottage. 

O that sunset ride home!

What a thrill!

(On the blot paper)

Always remember

Henry VIII

Rem my first quarrel with Guy “I’ll get over”

Rem. the Sunday afternoon that Clay brought me home + Guy came while he was ****

Always rem the good time Beulah + Louise + me had at the show “Going **ally**”

FLOWERS I FOUND AT CAMP

COMMON NAME     SCIENTIFIC NAME

Rem the time we rode all over town hunting something. In the Hudson.

Rem. all the good time I had at the tournament

Rem the night it rained + we were in the rumble seat + the light went out.

TREES I FOUND AT CAMP

COMMON NAME

The Dance at Jimmy’s

Above all rem the night of Guy’s birthday party when we played “old Doc Jones.” “Did we put on the dog?” Jo + I

HIKES TAKEN

TO                          MILES

Humes Hall            1 Mi

Booth Theatre        2 Mi

Around Campus     2 Mi

Football field          ½ Mi

Down Steps, ooh!  4 Mi it seems

Over to Annie Brewers 

BALL GAME

FISHING

NAME OF FISH CAUGHT      NO     WEIGHT

Rem. July 30 “the woman in Red” _ Mutt + Jeff

“Dames” Lolita Elmer- VA. W

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20 Million Sweethearts

Allan + Houston Tuesday night at Ree. meeting

THINGS THAT MADE ME SMILE AT CAMP

“The argument that Louise “Lon” Walter + me had. It ended in our favor.” “The night Mayford brought me home.” “The boy I had to march with” Ft City boys sitting behind us. Dan tied my sash in a hundred knots. “Blondie” is my new name.

Ken Portwood

Frank Green

Earl Smelner

“Polly” Prince

“Lon” Johnson

Walter Wheatsby

Always remember the fuss with the Mascal girls

MEMORANDUM

Remember the first night. The “Chewing Gum” boys. Curly hair.

Rem. the first night in bed.

Rem the last day how we sat by Ft City boys.

Hot dogs.

“Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do “Blondie””

MEMORANDUM

Singing in the Bathtub.

July 19, 1934- always rem Bob (the little boy).

“Old Doc Jones”

Are you?

Rem_ election night 

Aug 2. A.P. wanted to bring me home.

Aug 12, 1934

The dam G.J_ V.C.

R.R._ J.C.

Dom information here.

And they lived happy ever after.