Bake Sale Issues - Friday, April 14, 1961

I just got a little bit done on my research paper. I spent most of the evening making caramel candy and frosting a boughten angel food cake (our oven won't work) for our FHA bake sale tomorrow. Each town is having one, and here [the president] took off for the weekend to visit Drake. The weather report's for cold weather and Mr. Jones "predicted" snow. I feel pretty proud of myself so far about my chemistry test. I surely got at least a B.

Play Practice Turns into Spring Fever - Thursday, April 13, 1961

Play practice again tonight and what a riot. When they weren't on stage they jumped rope with jump ropes and with the tennis net. They went downtown to get pop, but it was kind of warm. Virginia set my hair last night. I just hope I can do half as good tonight. A stupid mistake caused me to miss one of the three chemistry problems he gave me. Grr! Mom had a check-up after school at the doctor's. She's okay. It was real nice today.

Halogens Unit is More to Liking - Wednesday, April 12, 1961

Tonight we had choir practice and youth fellowship. I did Phyl's FHA bake sale posters for her during choir. I worked on my chemistry review exercise. I've gotten the most out of this Halogens unit of any for a long time. But if we have a test on weight-weight, weight-volume, and volume-volume (as has been hinted for two days) I'm liable to spoil my record--fairly good so far. I ate dinner with Mary Ellen and Billie early so we could type yearbook pages at noon. We're reading A Tale of Two Cities in English class. I like it.

Victor Borge Takes Place of Play Practice - Tuesday, April 11, 1961

This feels about like Thursday instead of Tuesday. After I thought we weren't having play practice, I went over when Mrs. Frazier said we were, only to find out we wouldn't after all. Too many kids went to hear the pianist Victor Borge in Iowa City. I thought we shouldn't try to have it in the first place! At least I had a yearbook meeting. Mary Ellen sure doesn't please me when it comes to yearbook. (It couldn't be that I'm unconsciously jealous that I'm not the editor, could it?) We had a sociology test. I wonder how I did. Virginia and Ann visited Kalona with the West Chester junior high kids--where they'll be going next year.

A Solo Trip to Wellman and Back - Monday, April 10, 1961

Play practice again tonight, Act II this time. This was my first trip to Wellman by myself. I called and said "I'm coming" before I started home so they would come to my rescue if I got a flat tire or something. Mrs. Frazier has a nephew or someone at Park, but when I tried to find out the name I couldn't remember it. I'll have to find out. Really quite a few people know something about Park--especially teachers. Grandma and Grandpa brought us souviner pennants from the Kansas turnpike.

Grandpa Has Resigned from School Board - Sunday, April 9, 1961

I only did about a page on my paper, not much in view of all the things coming up in the next few weeks. It looks like spare time will be scarce. Phyllis and I are home and the rest of them are over at Stouts. By the way, Mr. Kephart and Mr. Oyer, math teacher at Kalona (I hadn't known him), were here yesterday morning. They were seeing about Grandpa who resigned from the school board. Berny has pups. The play requires a pup, but I've got so much to do I don't think I'll volunteer one.

Criminology Paper Research at Library - Saturday, April 8, 1961

I worked on my research paper this morning in spite of the temtation to sleep. This afternoon we went to town and I made my typical trip to the library to take notes from criminology books. I think I re-entered the library one week later to the very minute. Only this time I sat on the opposite side of the same table. I had the same three books. There were several Mid-Prairie kids in town. Tonight is the junior-senior prom, but I am not there--in spite of the fact that my formal invitation "requests the pleasure of your company."