My grandmother's diary -- word for word, spelling for spelling, thought for thought, idea for idea -- just as she originally wrote it back in 1944 and '45. I hope you enjoy this glimpse into the life of an 11-year-old Swiss girl in Berne, Indiana.
10/26/08
Nov. 20
I got up at 20 till 7. I didn’t work a bit in the morning but in the evening I had to work very much.
10/19/08
Nov. 19
I went to Sunday School and Church. Edith Elsie and John Mark S. came to our house overnight. In the afternoon Edith and I went to a Sunday School class party. I won 3 prizes. A motto, a mirror, and a pencil.
10/12/08
Nov. 18
Mary Ann came home on the 8:55 bus. Elmer and Florence Anita R. came home in the afternoon. We had fun teasing Florence.
10/5/08
Nov. 17
It was frozen. There was a little ice in the water. Grandma is coming home for Supper and so are Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Fannie, Barbara, and Marilyn were it in black man.
