We went Shopping in Downtown Cedar Rapids - Monday, August 9, 1965

We spent the day shopping in Cedar Rapids as Mom, Phyllis, Virginia and Ann have been doing once each summer for three years now. I was working before, so this was the first time I've ever been downtown in Cedar Rapids. At a wholesale store I bought a Kodak Instamatic camera from which I should get good use, and a Madras blouse. I got a black clutch purse and a cute red raincoat in Armstrong's. A "family shoe store" gave me a special price on a pair of low heeled red patent pumps and black stacked heels.

Read in Book, The Elementary Teacher in Action - Sunday, August 8, 1965

We went out to Grandma's tonight for more horseback riding and visiting. It has gotten quite cool. In fact, Grandpa has their furnace going. This afternoon I read more of The Elementary Teacher in Action that Mr. Fuller gave me to read this summer. It has a lot of good ideas covering most areas connected with teaching. I've decided it might be fun to arrange for pen-pal correspondence with some other third grade class. Goodness, a month from now I'll be teaching - school starts September 7th! The girls and Leets went to Kalona to play tennis this afternoon.

Finished Empire Style Dress with Long Darts - Saturday, August 7, 1965

I finished my dress today. It should be a good one to have - dressy and in the empire line style with long darts the entire length of the front. Luckily (I'd forgotten to plan for it) the print matches exactly at the seams. Last night Virginia and I lay out in the yard covered up with blankets on the picnic benches from 11:30 to 1:00 looking for UFOs. About 12:30 we saw something move across the sky that caused us to  call the rest of the family's attention to it. It was bright yellow and faded at one point to dim white. It seemed to be too low, a little large, and moving too fast to be a satellite. Who knows!

Brad is Very Interested in a Quill and Scroll Article - Friday, August 6, 1965

Edward called me this evening as he said he would in the letter I got yesterday. It was a good chance for me to tell him it would be better if he didn't come to Kansas City when I'm busy getting ready for school and going to teachers meetings. Brad was here from 8:00 till 10:30 to discuss the Quill and Scroll article. He is very interested in it and has me all the more enthused. This just has to be good, for all the interest that has been created. I worked some more on my dress - decided to make it sleeveless.

"UFOs" are Seen by Daddy, Phyllis, Ann and Others - Thursday, August 5, 1965

We had a family supper down at Parcells tonight. This afternoon after Rosemary got home from her work at the Journal office I went to talk with her about my journalism article. The big excitement of the week has been UFOs. Some were seen over Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico last weekend, Tuesday night at Sioux City, and now last night police officers in Washington, Iowa City, Grinnell, Oskaloosa and Centerville all "confirmed" an "object" moving east to west. People are finally beginning to realize the possibility of "space" visitors. And Daddy, Phyllis and Ann saw something while horseback riding Tuesday. It "matched" an artist's conception in the paper of one seen in Oklahoma!  

Cut out Dress, Sewed while Virginia was Swimming - Wednesday, August 4, 1965

Lorahs came for supper tonight. Bob got to Grandma's from Ohio last night. Schwartzes left this morning to go to DeKalb, Illinois where George thought he might be able to look up some people. I cut out my paisley print dress this afternoon. I thought I should grab the sewing machine while Virginia was swimming. She thinks she will be sewing quite a bit in the next three weeks. Our summer is suddenly to the place where it is about to get away from us - I don't see how it went so fast!

Mom was in Charge of Ceramics Exhibit at the Fair - Tuesday, August 3, 1965

This afternoon we all went in to the fair for a while. Mom was in charge of the ceramics exhibit all afternoon. Some of the ladies have some nice things - most of the interest in it seems to be in the West Chester area. Mom's set of eight small Christmas angels that she made for me in a brown stain (they look like hand-carved wood) is there. Phyllis and I looked around the rest of the fair, watched part of the lamb judging contest, and came home with George and the kids at 3:15. Everybody went out to Grandma's so they could ride horses.