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Always Virginia 51

1933
Age 14 This Day

July 12. Grace ate my 14th birthday dinner with me. I got this
diary from her, and a birthday card. Went uptown in afternoon.
Went down to State [Jacksonville State Hospital and School for
the Blind and Deaf] to dance and play golf in evening [with teen
patients who taught her American Sign Language and empathy].

July 13. Went to library and dentist in the morning with
[younger brother] Harold. Went uptown in afternoon. Sold a pair
socks in evening. [Her first job was selling hosiery and socks.] Took
a walk with Grace and Paul in evening.

July 14. Dorothy set my hair in morning. Went uptown in
afternoon and got all kinds of birthday presents. Sent off my hose
order in evening, and Grace and I played with Charles [Ford].

July 15. Played with Charles in morning. Went uptown and
got 3 Musketeers [candy bar] in afternoon. Went to Church [Our
Saviour’s Catholic Church]. Went shopping with Fords in evening.
Mrs. Ford got new living room suite.

July 16. Got sick at 4:20 in morning. Sick all day. Grace and
Catherine came in afternoon, but I was asleep. Went with Daddy
in evening. Got my hose order. Stayed home rest of evening.
July 17. Went uptown with [oldest brother] John in morning,
and I also delivered hose. Went to see Oliver Twist at Majestic in
afternoon. Went with Daddy in evening. Had lots of fun.

July 18. Played with Charles in morning. Went uptown in
afternoon with Grace and Charles. Saw Beulah Draper and Gertie
and her husband. Went down to State [Hospital] in evening, rode
merry-go-round 6 times. Teetered with Jimmie Templeton.

July 19. Went to Grace’s in morning to sell hose. She bought