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David’s Diary – 19 February 1971

Friday, 19 February 1971

[top panel: Black + white photos of Debbie]

Up about 8:30. Shaved, had breakfast. Did some desk work. About 9:30 walked to the P.O., then to Ornes’ house. Wanted to bring them up to date on the Joint Church Committee’s actions last night. Also wanted to tell them about the $10 (which) Ed Nutting will pay for our heating if the boys will come up with matching funds—since the Congregational church has no place for the boy’s band—but would still like to help. I got home about 10:30. The mail had just come, I spent some time with it. We called about the carpet which was supposed to be delivered yesterday—it won’t come til next Thursday. Bonnie made it clear that she thought it was pretty poor business to miss delivery date by a week. 11:15–12:00 we went on a walk down Bearskin Neck—took some B + W photos. When we got home we fixed lunch. When Bonnie left for work Debbie went down for a nap. Part of my afternoon was spent outlining my sermon, calling on the phone re: the drug program next Thursday—so many details! —also I spent some time stapling the Jesus Christ Superstar libretto together—Ed Nutting’s secretary made the copies—about 7 sheets. Started writing the sermon proper, fixed supper. We ate shortly after Bonnie got home. About 6:00 I went to the church hoping to find the boys there, but no luck. My evening was then spent on the sermon—up to 9:30 when we watched The Odd Couple—then back to the sermon; finished the rough draft. NT reading: Matt 21. OT: Ezekiel 22; Bathed OBLO 12:07.

Saturday, 20 February 1971

Up about 9:00 or so—phone call from Ed Nutting—we had a long chat as I was waking up. He had received a phone call (while eating breakfast) from Mrs. Lester Dow—wife of the fundamentalist minister of Pigeon Cove Chapel. She was trying to be bubbly about Christ, but Ed set her straight on just how he felt about fundamentalism. He wanted to know if I had any good books defending liberalism. After the conversation was over I had breakfast, shaved. Then I left the house. Stopped at the church, the boys were there. I proposed to them that they might do the janitorial work in return for using the building; they agreed. Went to see Ed Nutting, returned paint brushes and screen. We had a long chat. Got home about 12:30. Had lunch. Then about 1:30 visited Ornes; they are acceptable to having the boys as the janitors. About 2:00–3:00 I spent with the Hannibals. Then I stopped back by the church to confer with the boys—to let them know that the janitor business has been finalized. About 3:00–4:00 spent with Grace Harris and Louise Rich. 4:00-5:00 spent with Charles O’Reilley. Got home about 5:30. We had supper, then I turned to writing the final draft of the sermon. I lay down for a little while, but continued copying the sermon until about 8:15 when Margaret + Fred arrived. Showed them the Dead Sea Scrolls slides. They left about 10:30, at which time I returned to the sermon, finished it, worked on preparing the service; NT: Matt 22; OT: Ez 23; OBLO, c. 12:05 Θ+

Sunday, 21 February 1971

Up shortly after 8:00. Shaved, had breakfast. Had a full class today—5 girls. Class was over by 10:20, I went to the church. Average sized crowd—too much ice for many of the older folks. Preached part II in the series on the ten commandments—on the Sabbath. Got home about 12:30. Had lunch, relaxed, did a little work in my study, tried to nap a while. About mid-afternoon I sat down with the libretto of Jesus Christ Superstar and made some notes—for the purpose of giving a summary before playing each side tonight. About 4 o’clock I went down to the church and got chairs set up. Came home, read I.F. Stone, which had been setting around unread for several days, which is unusual. Also read 3 articles on COCU in the recent Xn Advocate. Fixed supper, since Bonnie was sacked out. Ate about 6:00. Then went to the church at 6:30. Got the record player all set up—I took it to the church in the back of the Squareback. About 30 people showed up. Mostly elderly! And they seemed to be very impressed. Sarah Orne’s reaction was typically conservative—Mary Magdalene she thought was too sexy—Sarah’s Jesus is quite sexless. Margaret Reilly was there with Fred. She was impressed too. Even asked me for my autograph! I changed the wayside pulpit, came home by 10:00. Relaxed after getting the record player back into place. Had snack, wrote letter to the editor, GD Times, re: Thursday’s drug (NUVA) program, bathed, wrote my Eagle article. OBLO c 12:05.

David’s diary, 21 February 1971

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David’s Diary – 16 February 1971

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Tuesday, 16 February 1971

[Top panel: finished roll of film—Debbie NT: Matt 15 OT: Ezekiel 18-19]

Up about 9:00 to answer the phone; then back to bed, Θ. Up about 9:30. Shaved, had breakfast. It was as if my week were just beginning—my morning was like Monday. I.e., I wrote my weekly letter to Mrs. Myers—sent her 5 photos. Also wrote an article for the Eagle. The mail man brought a package for Debbie—we knew it was coming—mother mentioned it in a recent letter. It was a red teddy bear. I took a couple of photos of Debbie with it. It was for Valentines day—but it was appropriate that arrived on the day that she was 2½ years old. About 11:20 I set off on errands, to the post office, then to the Eagle office, then to Ed Nutting’s office—picked up movie screen—took it to our church for use tomorrow evening, Also changed the wayside pulpit, announcing Jesus Christ Superstar being played next Sunday evening. Got home to eat lunch. After Bonnie went to work Debbie went to her room and slept most of the afternoon. I made bread, worked at my desk, re-read chapter 6 of the COCU Plan of Union. Debbie has an eye infection—her eye has a boo-boo as she says. After Bonnie got home we had supper, she brought medicine. We applied the eye drops, much against Debbie’s will. Watched CBS news. Then 7:30–9:30 I was leading the COCU group at the congregational church. Got home shortly after 10:00. Debbie has been ill—vomiting—we speculate it might have been the apple cider served at breakfast. I reviewed my Qumran lecture; had snack OBLO 11:50.

Wednesday, 17 February 1971

Up about 8 o’clock. One of the first things I did was to go to the church to turn on the heat—for making banners and for the Wesleyan Fellowship meeting in the evening. After I got home I shaved, and then we all had breakfast together. After eating I gradually got everything in order for going to the church to make banners. Also got the roll of film ready for sending to Mail-A-Way. The latter part of the morning was spent at the church cutting the paper, making the designs. Home about noon. Had lunch, then went back to the church about 12:50. Three of my sunday school class girls showed up. We all worked on the banners. But it really was time wasted, because I just wasn’t satisfied with the banners. Was making 2 sets of two, and neither pleased me. So about 3:00 I have up, cleaned up the mess and headed home. I was extremely weary. Bonnie was already on the verge of a nap. I read a while in Newsweek, but then napped too. The phone got me up about 4:30—but I tried again after that—not much luck, so I did some reading. NT reading: Matt 16; OT: Ezekiel 20. Relaxed, dressed for the evening. At 6:45 picked up Virginia Bate for babysitting, then Bonnie + I went to the church for the Wesleyan Fellowship. After eating and a business meeting I showed my Dead Sea Scroll slides. Home about 10:30. Bonnie gave me a HAIRCUT. Then I bathed. OBLO 12:20 Θ.

Thursday, 18 February 1971

[Top panel: NT: Matt, 17-20 OT: Ezekiel 21]

Up about 8:00; shaved, had breakfast. Left the house shortly before 9:00. Went to the Granite Savings Bank for 2 rolls of nickels, caught the 9:20 train to Boston. Arrived at BU shortly after 11:00. Had a conference with Beck—went over several questions. He gave me a revised reading list for the second exam—one which he and Richardson have worked out together. But he stipulated that this new list does not supercede the list given to me some time ago. However I shall certainly make use of it in preparing for the exam. I left Beck about 12:00. Then was able to catch Richardson for a few minutes while he ate lunch on the run. I asked him about Song of Solomon for a possible dissertation topic. He pointed out that Marvin Pope is working on a massive volume for the Anchor Bible—thus it might be dangerous for me to enter this area. But he liked the idea of my choosing a pericope [1] and writing on the history of its interpretation. Did xeroxing after seeing him. About 2 o’clock had lunch at a small place on Commonwealth Ave. Ran into Larry Carter in book store—we had a nice chat. Back to BU—finished xeroxing, caught 4:10 train home, arrived Rockport about 5:30. Had supper—relaxed before 7:30–10 o’clock meeting of the Joint Church Committee at St. Mary’s. When I got home about 10:00 Paul was on the phone with Bonnie. We chatted for about 15 min. Relaxed, had snack. Bathed about 11:45. Read briefly. OBLO 12:22.

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pericope

David’s diary, 18 February 1971

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David’s Diary – 13 February 1971

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Saturday, 13 February 1971

[Top panel: NT: Matt 12 OT: Ezekiel 14-15]

Up between 9:00 and 9:30. After breakfast I tried to push myself into sermon writing—but I really wasn’t in the mood and I knew it would take a while to get in the mood. I took time to examine the paper and the mail when they came. Finally late in the morning I began getting somewhere. About noon 3 young fellows appeared at the door—they wanted to get in the church to get some of the equipment that the rock band has been using. So I went down to unlock the church—I took the time to change the wayside pulpit. When I got home I shaved, put lunch on to warm. We ate after I finished shaving, then I returned to work on the sermon. And I made substantial progress. I had most of it done when I left to make a call shortly after 3:00. I went to see Mr. O’Reilley—I found him at home this time. We had a nice visit. While I was there his son Dan arrived with his fiancee Jill. They were in the process of getting an aquarium set up for his father, so we talked a lot about fish—but we share views on politics and got into that subject as well. I came home shortly before 5:00—worked on sermon until we ate at 6:00. Pouring rain today—Bonnie was explaining “umbrella” to Debbie, so Deb on her own got all garbed up to go outside—so Bonnie let her out doors with the umbrella for a few minutes! I had wanted to work on the doll house this evening. But I had to work on the service instead. Spent 40 minutes on the phone with Don McGaw. Had to work quite late. Didn’t finish transcribing sermon until after bathing about 1:15. OBLO c. 1:30.

Sunday, 14 February 1971

A long, full day. Last night I had a terrible time getting to sleep—this really wasn’t accomplished until about 3:30. Up about 8:30, had breakfast, shaved. I didn’t have class, because only Vicky showed up. So I used the time to practice the sermon. Today was Race Relations Sunday—we took a special offering, but Mac White spoke strongly enough on race last Sunday to last for a while! So I began a series of sermons on the Ten Commandments; small crowd—people knew it was Race Relations Sunday, so stayed away, e.g., the Marrs, 22 in church. Home by 12:45, had lunch, relaxed briefly, then got to work on the doll house. I devoted the afternoon to this: finished putting in the baseboards and completed the roof—and made one piece of furniture. But I was getting pooped. We decided to flop, nap. Θ —in honor of St. Valentine’s day I suppose! I got up about 6:30, worked on supper, then in the evening I turned to baking. I put together a batch of bread to take to Sestos tomorrow—it’ll be a birthday gift for Carl. Also baked two pies—apple crumb and blueberry. Also during the evening I had to do some phoning in connection with finding some chaperons for the JYF ski weekend. Also did some gluing on the doll’s house. By late in the day the morning and even afternoon seem so far away. NT reading: Matthew 13; OT: Ezekiel 16. We bathed together about midnight. I wrapped the loaves of bread—I wish there were more hours in the day—didn’t get around to several things. OBLO c. 1:00 AM.

Monday, 15 February 1971

Up shortly after 8:00. Shaved, had breakfast—this was the day for going to Sesto’s. As soon as we finished eating we prepared to leave. On the way out of town we stopped at Mals. Bonnie got some yarn and I got some small tools. Then we headed for Boston. A beautiful, clear day. The traffic wasn’t bad, and we got to Sestos before 11:30. If we sometimes think of ourselves as poor—we need only to think of the Sestos. There isn’t a decent chair in the whole place—and no sofa or couch. And about a month ago Carl was cleaning the refrigerator and punctured it—ruined it. So they don’t even have a refrigerator! They put things in a cold window sill or on the back porch. We ate lunch during the noonhour. I dropped Carl off at the taxi garage (he drives a cab) then went to BU, intending to work in the library at the school of theology. But everything was closed for the holiday. I bought the March issue of Playboy and read through it in a lounge at the Union. Then drove down to the Copley Square/Prudential Center area. I found a new record shop, bought a $1.98 record of David Steinberg [1]—satire on the OT. I returned to Sestos about 5:00. We had supper when Carl got home about 6:30. We were all very tired—so we didn’t prolong our visit. We left about 8:30—Carl had to go back to driving the cab. We got home about 9:30. Utterly bushed. Relaxed—enjoyed comfortable chairs! OT reading: Ezekiel 17; NT: Matt 14. Bathed; OBLO c. 11:05.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Steinberg

David’s diary, 15 February 1971

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David’s Diary – 10 February 1971

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Wednesday, 10 February 1971

[Top panel: NT: Matt 9 OT: Ezekiel 11]

Up shortly after 9:00. Had breakfast, then turned to working at my desk—Bonnie went to Gloucester to get our month’s supply of surplus food. I stayed with Debbie, who watched “Sesame Street”—I worked on composing a letter to the congregation concerning Race Relations Sunday and the upcoming Wesleyan Fellowship meeting. When Bonnie got home I unloaded the car—only one box-full. Her sciatica is bothering her a lot. I drove up to Hannibals—Rip has taken the job of addressing envelopes for me—I took him two batches. I didn’t stay long, was home by 11:30. Shortly after getting home I helped get lunch. Since Bonnie had taken off from work yesterday to go shopping for carpet, she had to work today. I spent the first part of the afternoon re-arranging furniture in Debbie’s room. Her new bed is so wide that it prevented the closet door from opening, so a lot of furniture changing had to be done—which involved attaching the shelves to another spot in the room. Soon after this was finished Debbie went to sleep, and I had the rest of the afternoon to work. I typed a rough draft of the letter to the congregation, but the main part of the afternoon I spent working on Hebrew. I’ve started a review of Weingreen’s Hebrew Grammar. Bonnie got home a little early. I worked on supper while she relaxed. After supper I got right to work on cutting out the pieces for the doll house. This occupied most of the evening, along with some TV. Then turned to Hebrew. Bathed while watching some of Johnny Carson. More Hebrew. OBLO c. 12:30.

Thursday, 11 February 1971

[Top panel: one picture of doll house pieces NT: Matthew 10 OT: Ezekiel 12]

Up shortly after 9:00—gotten out of bed by the phone. After eating I set to work on the letter to the congregation. I had the rough draft written; I typed the stencil, ran them off. Then I was occupied with folding, stuffing. This was interrupted by lunch. As soon as I was done eating I returned to this—Bonnie had to leave for her doctor’s appointment at 1:15—about 1:00 I was finally finished and made a quick trip to the Post Office. When I got back Bonnie left. I then shaved, did some desk work, had a long conversation with Carol Lewis. They’re going to New Haven for about 10 days—next Tues. leaving—so they won’t be leaving Chris with us Sat/Sun as they had planned (they had planned on going skiing). Studied Hebrew until Bonnie got home, then I prepared to make a call. I went to visit Mr. O’Reilley—but he wasn’t home. I returned, worked on Hebrew for a while, but then succumbed to the desire to nap—I did for a short while before supper. After supper I read through the newspaper—the[n] started working again on the doll house. We also kept the TV on all evening during this work, beginning with CBS news. Took time out to watch Ironside—then returned to cutting. Finally I finished all the cutting—80 some pieces. Then took the photo and cleaned up the mess. Bonnie’s sciatica was too bothersome. Relaxed, watched TV, read, bathed about 1:00. OBLO c. 1:15.

Friday, 12 February 1971

[Top panel: one picture of doll house; called Wendell Luke]

Up about 9:00 after Θ. Had breakfast. In the morning I worked at my desk, shaved—spent some time with the mail when it came. About 11 o’clock I walked over to the Building Center to get some brads for the doll house. They were having a sale on screwdrivers: 45¢ apiece—I got four different types—they’re magnetized. I went to the Building Center on foot—the temperature was about 40. Also walked over to confer with Homer Orne, but he wasn’t home—so I came on home. Had lunch. During the noon hour Rev. Wendell Luke called—he’s trying to find a home for a 12 year old girl who’s having family problems. I spent some time phoning about that in the afternoon, but no luck. Bonnie went to work, Debbie was in her room sacked out all afternoon. I did some sermon planning, which I’d been wanting to get to for some time now. I got about 9 sermon ideas together—I have a stack of the “sermon starter” pages from old Christian Advocates—I’m going through those to get ideas. We had supper when Bonnie got home, then after glancing through the newspaper I got to work on the doll house, watched TV as I worked: CBS news, junk programs, plus “They’ve Killed President Lincoln” which was really excellent—a documentary exploring the mystery around Lincoln’s death. Lincoln’s son Robert witnessed the assassinations of both Garfield and McKinley! —I worked on the doll house up til about news time—took a photo of the progress made. Relaxed, read, bathed c. 12:30. OT: Ezekiel 13: NT: Matt 11; OBLO. c. 1:00 AM.

David’s diary, 12 February 1971

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David’s Diary – 7 February 1971

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Sunday, 7 February 1971

Up about 8:15. Shaved. Had breakfast. Greeted my class of 4 at 9:30. I brought it to a close by about 10:15—left for the church. This was the Sunday of the D.S.’s visit—and Mac didn’t arrive until about 10 minutes til. Had a good crowd: 48 counting everyone. He preached for over 30 minutes and didn’t mince words about matters, on racism, changes for the church to make, etc. And predictably the Marrs were furious—at least George was—on his way out he said something to the effect that I should speak to my own people, i.e., the D.S. shouldn’t have been asked to preach—and he said it in front of Mac—thus demonstrating once again the capacity of the Marrs for rudeness and lack of kindness; they don’t understand the concept of disagreeing in love. After the service we had the Whites up here for noon meal—had a good time. About 1:30 they left for Gloucester—we followed at about 1:50. Vicky stayed with Debbie. The Annual Charge Conference c. 2:00–4:00 went well; at its conclusion Jim Bussey left—for Arizona. When we came home we rested. But I also had to read the play—since I had the lead role—I finally resorted to reading just my parts to get all the way through. We ate about 6:00. About 7:15 we took Debbie to the Patriquins, went to the Lash’s for the Play reading; the play was Mademoiselle Colombe [1]—I was Julien. We picked up Debbie about 11:00; came home, relaxed, NT: Matt 6; OT Ezekiel 7; OBLO c. 12:10.

Monday, 8 February 1971

[Top panel: called McGaw; NT: Matt 7, Ezekiel 8]

Up between 9:00 and 9:30—after Θ. Had breakfast, then got to work at my desk. I wrote my weekly article for the Eagle. Then I wrote to Mrs. Myers—also did some phoning. About 11:30 I went to the Post Office, then to the Eagle office, then to see Ed Nutting. I took him the libretto to Jesus Christ Superstar—he’s going to have it mimeographed—on the 21^st we’re going to be presenting it to the public—i.e., playing the record—and people have to be able to follow along. I got home shortly after 12:00. We had lunch, then Bonnie left for work. Debbie played in her room. I also put together one of the twin beds that we’d bought. Took measurements for the needed plywood and mattress. The rest of the afternoon I was in the dolldrums—after all the pressure and flurry of the last few weeks, I wasn’t about to push myself. I did work some at my desk, but I also picked up again the Perry Mason mystery, The Case of the Rolling Bones—which I hadn’t touched in days. I read in it, dozed. Also I read the chapter in the COCU plan of Union scheduled for tonight. I had supper just about ready when Bonnie got home—a few minutes early. After eating I went to Richdales for milk—when I got home I bathed Debbie. Bonnie is having such pain from sciatica that she can’t bend over. Bonnie went to community chorus. My COCU group was supposed to meet. Only 3 showed up—a miserable evening weatherwise. They left about 8:45. I read Perry Mason, relaxed; had snack when Bonnie returned. Finished Mason novel; OBLO c. 11:50.

Tuesday, 9 February 1971

[Top panel: called Sesto OT: Ezekiel 9-10; NT: Matt 8]

Up shortly after 9:00. Had breakfast, shaved—and then we left on our morning’s major errand: getting a mattress for Debbie’s bed. We went to Brown’s—no luck, then to Tompkin’s. There we bought (for $30) a foam mattress, and brought it home in the back of the car. Before leaving Gloucester I picked up photos at the camera shop. 5 slides—I had made into prints. When we got home we looked through the mail—then after eating I went to the building center—bought a 4X8 sheet if ½ in. plywood—to use in Debbie’s bed. Also screws. When I got home Bonnie went with Winnie Gamage to Salem to buy carpet—they were gone all afternoon. I was planning to work on the bed, but I soon discovered that I’d bought the wrong sized screws—so the afternoon was spent relaxing really. I dozed for a while, but also watched TV—i.e., the recovery of Apollo 14—perfect landing; but also saw some special coverage of the Los Angeles Earthquake which hit at 6:00 AM California time. 6.5 on the Richter scale—a lot of damage—death toll has been going up all day. Shortly before 5:00, since Bonnie wasn’t home yet, I left Debbie with Mrs. Paradis—went to the Building Center for the right screws. Bonnie was home when I got back; we prepared supper. After eating worked on bed, watched CBS news and other TV while completing work on the bed. Finally about 9:45—after doing some phoning—studied Hebrew for a while. Bathed while watching John Carson, whose show was in L.A.—slight tremor while on the air! OBLO c. 12:50.

David’s diary, 9 February 1971

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombe_(play)

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Gladys – 5 February 1971

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Gladys, 5 February 1971

118 Juniper Court
W. Lafayette, Ind. 47906
February 5, 1971

Dear David, Bonnie and Debbie,

Thanks (if a little late) for all the nice Christmas gifts. I am trying to read Ramsey Clark’s book, but have been swamped lately with other things. I find it quite interesting when I have time to read in it. I have been wearing the Peace Symbol and have been telling everyone that you made it (David-that is). I hope I am correct.

A package will come for Debbie for Valentine’s day. It is a red teddy bear. If you think the eyes can be pulled out by Debbie, take them out. I tried, but had no success.

Mark and Shirley and the children were here Sunday for David’s birthday. He was five Thursday, but we couldn’t be together on that day, so celebrated a little early. I still think he thought Sunday was his birthday-or at least he pretended pretty well that it was. I had baked a cake for him and gave him a package of pre-historic animal which delighted him (and Kirk). They seem to enjoy those little animals made of plastic.

The 3^rd was Lea’s birthday, so we called her. She said John was going to take them out to dinner to celebrate. They are coming over March 5^th to attend a P-I basketball game.

We took Cheng-See to Champaign while she was here during the Christmas holidays. She saw flat Champaign and all the flat country in-between. We also went to LaPorte to see the Janssen’s and she saw more flat country. Quite different from the country surrounding Jackson, Tenn.

The present project from the workshop of Dad is a cabinet for our projector and storage space for our slides. I will be so glad to get the slides organized and know just where to reach for any particular slide. He saw the design in a Popular — magazine and when he showed it to me, I said, “we should have that.”

Dad went to Kentland Sunday evening for bridge club at Funks. I didn’t go because I had a meeting to attend in Rochester the next day and couldn’t see myself getting up and starting out at 7:30 after coming home from bridge club the night before. Kentland is on Chicago time and we are on Eastern time and we lost an hour coming home.

Gary Myers parent’s address is 1827 E. Main St., Lafayette 47904. I had to get some salt for our conditioner and thought to ask the person who answered the phone if Curley was still with them and where he lives.

Since I couldn’t go to Kentland last Sunday, I called Mrs. Myers on the phone, because I knew she would be expecting me. We told the club to drop us because I am too busy with Conference meeting to try to entertain for a while, but they wouldn’t take that and said for us to keep coming and to entertain when we can. You can’t beat that for people wanting to have you with them.

We hadn’t seen the raccoons since last fall and last night RuthAnn (Annie) and Jim Mishler were here for a Steamboat dinner and we were sitting in the room with the fireplace when Jim saw the raccoon looking in the window. Of course, I got some bread and fed the little caller. They got quite a thrill out of seeing me give the beggar a piece of bread. Annie is Earl Yegerlehner’s daughter and is in training at St. E. She will graduate in June. Jim still has 2 years at Purdue.

Love, Mother

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David’s Diary – 4 February 1971

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Thursday, 4 February 1971

Up between 9:00 and 9:30—after Θ. After eating I got to work at my desk—also did some phoning. Called Lloyd Carr at Gordon—I want to go see him about the Dead Sea Scrolls slides which he has—John Trever’s set. I might be interested in buying a set; I arranged to go see him tomorrow morning. I worked at my desk all morning, i.e., in my room—doing various things. We had lunch about 12:30. Shaved. About 2:00 we went to a used furniture (junk, antiques) shop in Pigeon Cove. Bought two twin beds (i.e., the frames) for $40—we need a new bed for Debbie since the Lewises took their bed back. After we got the beds home, I went out to do some calling. I went to see Lucy Patience—stayed a little over an hour, then I drove over to the Den-Mar to see Esther Longley. About 5 o’clock I came home. Bonnie was just coming to from a nap—we began working on supper. 5:30–6:00 I worked at my desk—preparing post cards to send to the COCU group about time-place for the next meeting. Ate 6:00–6:30 watched CBS news etc. Part of Flip Wilson [1] Then we prepared to go to Patriquins. Got there about 8:00. Watched Ironside with them—then had “mug-ups.” Kay now knows that Bonnie is pregnant—it came out in a phone conversation this morning. We came home about 10:30. Kay had mentioned the new This is Your Life show. We watched it: Pearl Bailey [2] But then headed for bed—ie. Bonnie did—I did some reading: Matthew 3 and Ezekiel 4. Watched news. Bathed. OBLO c. 12:05.

Friday, 5 February 1971

[Top panel: two photos in Mill Lane—while moonwalk was in progress]

Got up about 3:30 in the morning. We turned on TV to watch the landing of Apollo on the moon. i.e., hear it—and everything went well—at least they landed safely about 4:20. Then we went back to bed. I got up again about 6:45. Had breakfast—then went to Magnolia to see Lloyd Carr. He has a set of slides on the Dead Sea Scrolls which he purchased from John Trevor. I wanted to see them—perhaps buy a set. I got to his home shortly before 8:00. Most of the slides were so similar to mine that it wouldn’t be worthwhile to get the set. But I did find 8 that I would like. And Lloyd will lend them to me to have copied when I get permission from Trevor—whom I’ll write soon. I was back home by about 9:00. About 9:30 went down to Patriquins to watch the moonwalk on their color set. Later Bonnie came down—we came home about 11:30. Looked through a pile of mail, then fixed lunch. After eating Bonnie left for work, Debbie went to her room—and I baked bread, i.e., got the process started—using yeast instead of sour dough. Between working with the dough I did paperwork and puttering. Late in the afternoon I napped. Fixed supper and we ate not too long after Bonnie got home. Watched CBS news, etc. Jerry Lewis came over briefly with an overcoat I might want, but it was too big. My main concern for the evening was to draw out the pieces on wood for making the doll house; watched The Odd Couple. Bathed about midnight. OBLO c. 12:30.

Saturday, 6 February 1971

Up about 9:30. Shaved (2 days worth) had breakfast. I worked in my room before the mail came. After it arrived I went to the dump. After I got home I went to the library to check on 2 books (whether they were in Books in Print)—they were, so I mailed a card to Cokesbury ordering them—2 volumes in OT library series, on Sam + Kings. Also stopped at the church to change the wayside pulpit—the boys were in the vestry practicing—what a racket! I don’t know how they stand the noise. Came home. Read for a while in the play that we’re having for play reading tomorrow. After 12:00 had lunch—actually after 1:00. Watched CBS coverage of the blast-off of Apollo 14 from the moon. After finishing eating I worked in my study. Bonnie went shopping. I was working on compiling the reports for the charge conference. About 3:30 watched the Apollo 14 docking—then turned the TV off. About 3:30 also got supper started—but continued working at my desk. Jim Bussey arrived shortly after 5:00—after I’d made a short trip to Richdales. We’d invited him over for supper. The movers had come today. He didn’t stay long after eating—he had things to do at home. And I had a busy evening. I had to prepare the reports—had a lot of typing and mimeographing. Debbie was so tired at supper that she didn’t eat—and didn’t protest when we put her back in her room. Went to sleep. Slept all evening—wonder what hour she’ll be waking in the morning?! Worked until well after midnight. Bathed about 1:00. OBLO c. 1:15.

David’s diary, 6 February 1971

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip_Wilson

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Bailey

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David’s Diary – February 1, 1971

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Monday, 1 February 1971

[Top panel: NT reading: Mark 13; OT reading: Ezekiel 1]

This was the big day. Up shortly before 8:00—feeling perfectly lousy. I had gone to bed last night about 1:00—but couldn’t get to sleep. Shortly before 2:00 I came downstairs to sleep. I certainly didn’t get much more than 5 hours sleep. Shaved after eating—dressed, prepared to leave. Caught the 9:20 train. Reviewed material, notes, all the way into Boston. I arrived at BU just about 11:10. I reviewed some more, plus read some brief articles. Then about 12:30 I went to the refectory and had lunch. Then at 1:00 I picked up the test. Had to write on four questions out of five. #1 on the documentary hypothesis. #2 on von Rad’s contributions to Deuteronomy; #3 on Ginsberg’s approach to Daniel; #4 on Lindblom’s treatment of ecstacy among the prophets. I took the full 4 hours which they allowed me, (instead of just 3 as is usually the case). It was a very fair exam—since largely these were the areas where my restudy had been directed. As soon as I finished the exam I left BU—caught the 5:50 train home. The clock of the Congregational church struck 7:00 just as I was walking home. Had supper. At about 7:30 Bonnie left for community chorus rehearsal—so I was left with Debbie for the evening. I was drained. Watched TV; paced the floor—the wind-down takes time. Bathed about 11:00; washed my filthy hair—had to sit under the dryer. OBLO c. 12:45.

Tuesday, 2 February 1971

[Top panel: NT reading: Mark 14; OT: Ezekiel 2]

Following the pattern of the last few nights, I wasn’t able to get to sleep. So I got up and read a while—finally about 2:30—went back to bed—downstairs, to avoid waking Bonnie. We were awakened about 8:30 by the phone. We didn’t get to it in time—I didn’t even try. Then about 9:00 it rang again—Terry Thomason, calling from Boston, returning Bonnie’s call (yesterday)—she had questions to ask him about tax forms. About 9:30 we had breakfast. In the morning I did some straightening in my study, shaved, wrote my weekly letter to Mrs. Myers. About 11:30 I went to the Post office, then to the building center—bought the materials to build the doll house for Debbie. Home about noon, ate lunch; then at 12:30 picked up Virginia. She stayed with Debbie while I took Bonnie to work, then made some calls: on Barbara Olson and her father Joseph Tarvis—who is elderly and ill. Also saw Mary Jane—for whom I’m to fill out a recommendation form. From there I went to see Charles O’Reilly—whose wife I buried just a few days ago. We had a very nice visit—he appears to be well read—after discussing his own personal adjustments, the conversation wandered into politics—we think very much alike. Went to see Rip Hannibal briefly. Home about 3:30. Prepared for C.O.C.U. group tonight; prepared supper. Read I.F. Stone. Jim Bussey was with us for supper; he brought Bonnie home from the hospital. He left about 7:00. C.O.C.U. 7:30–9:30—small group. Then relaxed, read. Bathed OBLO midnight.

Wednesday, 3 February 1971

[Top panel: NT: Mark 15-16; Ezekiel 3]

Up before 9:30 after Θ. After having breakfast I worked at my desk—a big backlog of papers. Bonnie went off with Carol Lewis to do some shopping—Debbie stayed here with me—watched Sesame Street—a regular morning routine. Late in the morning I shaved—just about noon I prepared an article for the Gloucester Daily Times re: Mac White’s visit this Sunday. Bonnie got home before 12:30. We had lunch, then I headed for Gloucester. Got to Jim’s shortly after 1:00. John Dunnach was supposed to arrive for a meeting re: arranging this Sunday’s Annual Charge Conference. He never showed up. But Merle Steva (the Baptist minister in Gloucester who’s shortly moving to Colorado) was there teaching Jim how to smoke a pipe! He stayed most of the hour and we had a nice chat, but then after he left Jim and I did some planning. I went from there to the Times office, then stopped in Gloucester to leave some slides off at the camera shop to be made into prints. Headed home, tended to getting the proposed budget mimeographed for the Board meeting tonight. Relaxed briefly before preparing supper. After supper went down to the church, chatted with the boys who have the rock band—several of the older folks object to their running up the heat bill. Shortly after I got home Dr. Beck called to say that I’d passed the exam! Administrative Board 7:30–9:30. Called Beck to arrange an appointment. Puttered in study. Straightened up.

David’s Diary, 3 February 1971

David’s Diary – January 29, 1971

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Friday, 29 January 1971

Up about 9:30 after Θ. Bonnie has been saying of late that she can feel the baby moving. This morning she placed my hand on her abdomen and I felt it to[o]—for the first time—right in the palm of my hand. Had breakfast as soon as I got up, then got to work reading: in Ginsberg. Finished before noon. Then began rereading, from start to finish, the whole of Daniel. Got two chapters done when we stopped for lunch. After eating Debbie played in her room, Bonnie left for work. I continued reading in Daniel. Dozed briefly in the chair. Finished Daniel mid-afternoon, then began reading Eissfeldts section on the book. Didn’t get this finished before Bonnie arrived home. We had supper. Then I had about 45 minutes to read before the news. Finished Eissfeldt on Daniel, turned to Weiser’s brief treatment of same. 6:30–7:30 watched CBS news, etc. Then back to the reading—this time D.W. Thomas’ article in OT + Modern Study on textual criticism. I then turned to reviewing Arthur Jeffrey’s articles in IB Vol 1 on Canon and text of OT. I compiled a list of the witnesses to the canon which he gives—such was asked on the first exam on Oct 1. Stopped at 9:30 to watch The Odd Couple. After this was over I returned to Jeffrey’s article, and this occupied me for the rest of the evening. I also compiled a study schedule for the next two days, reviewing the major areas that I’ve been studying for the last few months. OT reading: Daniel; NT: Mark 10-11. no bath; OBLO c. 12:30.

Saturday, 30 January 1971

[Top panel: NT reading Mark 12]

Had trouble getting to sleep last night—was awake off and on—consequently had trouble making it out of bed—wasn’t up til about 9:30. Shaved—two days worth—also: the can of shave cream which I started last July finally gave out! Had breakfast. Then when the mail came—was occupied with a letter—finally—from Gary Myers, and I.F. Stone’s Bi-Weekly. Also I used what was left of the morning to sift through all the papers on my desk and locate study notes—everything else I stacked in one huge pile. Finally before noon I began reading the article in OT + Modern Study on Wisdom. I was called to lunch before I got very far in this, so finished it after eating. Late in the afternoon the Lewises brought Chris over, they went for a drive with friends. I devoted most of my afternoon to reviewing Deuteronomy, i.e., Wright’s article in the IB and von Rad’s Studies in D, which I began before getting supper. Then the early part of the evening I spent with it. From 8:00 to 9:00 I prepared the bulletins for tomorrows service. I have spent an absolute minimum of time this weekend on church. At 9:00 I turned to Wisdom again, ie., read Blank’s article on Wisdom in IDB, then his article on Proverbs. Then bathed. Began review of Daniel material—D.N. Freedman’s brief article on Prayer of Nabonidus, Jeffrey’s Intro in IB, then Eissfeldts section in his Intro. But I ran out of steam before taking up that monster Ginsberg—it’ll have to be squeezed in sometime tomorrow. OBLO c. 12:50.

Sunday, 31 January 1971

[NT reading—count my ss lesson! Mark 6]

Up shortly after 8:00—feeling lousy. My night again was a bad one—I’m just too worked up about this exam. Shaved, had breakfast, prepared to greet my class: 4 girls came—we read Mark 6 and part of 7. Went to the church about 10:30 (Bonnie substitute taught in the Joint Sunday School this morning). Only about 25 in church—colds and flu seem to have taken their toll. I preached a sermon that I’d grabbed out of the file earlier in the week—on fear. My delivery wasn’t too hot—I was just so weary. I came home as soon as the service was over—began fixing lunch. I needed some rest. Stretched out, but sleep didn’t come. Θ. Got back to studying about 2:00. Allowed myself one distraction. Watched the launch of Apollo 14 to the moon about 4 o’clock. Before the launch I had read the article on the historical books in OTMS, and reviewed Daniel after the launch and before supper. Then after eating I worked on several areas which took the whole evening: Prophets, Pentateuchal criticism, then Psalms. It’s a very discouraging and frustrating process. The material is so massive, there’s so much I don’t know. Thus it’s also frightening [1] and depressing—because there are so many legitimate questions that I would be at a loss to answer. I’m no more optimistic about passing this exam [than] I was the first—although I do think I am better prepared in some areas. I bathed about 11:30, but then got back to reviewing on Psalms. Finally gave up about 1:10.

[1] No wonder I preached on fear that morning!

David’s diary, 31 January 1971

David’s Diary – January 25, 1971

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Monday, 25 January 1971

Up about 9:15. Had breakfast, shaved. Wrote my weekly letter to Mrs. Myers. Did a little desk work. The mail man arrived with a post card from Gary Myers! Finally some response out of him—he’s sick, and as soon as he’s well will write more. The post card was a thick one—heavier than cardboard, with a picture of Mae West, circa 1934! I had mentioned her in my letter to him. I went to the P.O., stopped briefly at the church, came home, read in C.O.C.U. Plan of Union until noon—got the assignment read for tonight. We then had lunch. Bonnie left for work, Debbie went to her room. She dragged out a bag full of clothes that Bonnie has never put on her, and spent the afternoon trying on clothes—had a real ball. [1] At one point I also built a house for her. She emptied all of the blocks out onto the floor, and we put them all onto the building. I worked on the prophets part of the afternoon, then turned to Qumran. I was occupied with [it], Cross and Milik, until supper. I had supper ready when Bonnie got home. We ate, relaxed, watched CBS news, etc, prepared to greet to C.O.C.U. group, which arrived about 7:30. It was over by 9:30. Bonnie had gone to Community Chorus Rehearsal for the evening. I studied until she got home and after—read Micah. Then did my daily scripture reading: NT I John 4-5, II John, III John; OT: Ezra 1 + 2—names, names, names! No bath. Began reading in Nielsen on Micah 4-5. OBLO , c. 12:30.

Tuesday, 26 January 1971

Up about 9:30. Had breakfast, turned to reading—in Nielsen’s section on Micah—continued my reading from last night. When I finished this I turned to reviewing Zephaniah. We had lunch at noon, Bonnie left for work, Debbie went to play in her room. I shaved, had a phone conversation with Sarah Orne—then finally got to studying—finished up with Zephaniah. Then turned to reading further on Qumran, i.e., in Milik’s little book and Frank Cross’ Ancient Library. These two volumes occupied me until it was time to be putting supper together. Read through the paper when it came. Bonnie arrived home, we had supper. 6:00-6:30 read in Milik, then watched CBS news. Debbie knows who Walter Cronkite is. We’ve been trying to acquaint her with “Walter.” She also knows “Soupy” [2]—on What’s My Line? CBS news reported renewed attempts by the military to get around Congress’ ban on ground troops in Cambodia. I prepared for the meeting at 8:00: Finance Committee: Kay Patriquin, Roger Smith, Homer Orne, Jean Crowell, Jack Wicky, Sydney Gamage were in attendance. No raise in salary—but the church will be assuming all of the medical insurance bill that we pay monthly—so in effect a raise of over $100—big deal! After the meeting was over (c.10:00)—I had to push Jean Crowell out of the icy driveway—studied. Read Nahum—and commentaries. Read NT: Jude; OT: Ezra 3 + 4; bathed OBLO c. 12:30. Θ

Wednesday, 27 January 1971

Up by about 9:30. Had breakfast. Turned to reading in Habakkuk and commentaries. When the mail came I spent some time looking through Newsweek. Shaved before having lunch at noon. After eating I returned to reading. Bonnie went shopping about 2:00 while I read—Debbie was playing in her room. After finishing the review of Habakkuk I turned to reading in Milik’s book on Qumran. Bonnie got home about 4:00—at which time I had to go to Ornes. The statistical reports for 1970 have to be in by the 31^st, so I had to take time to get them filled out. I returned home shortly after 5:00. Fixed supper. Relaxed. Just as we were preparing for supper we discovered that the female guppy had delivered: we have 6 live babies. We transferred the mother back to the main tank—immediately the babies came out of hiding. After supper watched CBS news, etc. Then turned again to studying after doing some phone calling that had to be done. This time I began work on Daniel—rereading Jeffrey’s introduction in the IB. As the date for the retake of the exam approaches I have mixed feelings—fear, dread, despair because of the mass of the material—yet at times I have high hopes that I’ll be able to pass. I now feel confident that I could have passed the exact same exam that I took on Oct 1—but the whole new set of questions is another story! Bathed about 11:30. NT reading: Mk 6-8; OT: Hab; Joel; OBLO c. 12:30.

Thursday, 28 January 1971

[Top panel: called Dr. Beck]

Up shortly after 9:00. After breakfast I had to tend to some church business. I had to prepare the final copies of 3 reports to be sent to the conference—also send out letters to members of the administrative board re: meeting next week and annual meeting. This occupied me til almost noon. Then shaved; we had our lunch. After eating I went to the Post Office to mail my morning’s work, then went to Richdales for milk. When I got back Bonnie and Debbie left—they went to see Carol Lewis. Sue Lee was also joining the party with daughter Diane. I began working on Review—rereading for the most part—Ginsberg book on Daniel. Shortly after 2:00 Margaret Reilley arrived, as planned, to help me with a French article by Milik on Prayer of Nabonidus found in Cave 4. We—rather she—translated the article aloud. We worked through it together. When she left about 3:30 I returned to work on Ginsberg. Bonnie and Debbie arrived home—and soon both of them settled to napping or relaxing. I continued with Ginsberg until about 5:15. Then we put supper together. Finished by about 6:30. Watched CBS news, etc. Then I studied for an hour before Ironside, after which I returned to Daniel. During the noon hour today I called Dr. Beck at BU—to confirm that I’m planning to take the exam Monday. He said it was all ready. I’ll be allowed 4 hours instead of 3. Must write on #1—then 4 out of 5. I’m getting more and more nervous! Worked on Ginsberg til about 11:30. Relaxed, bathed: OT reading: [???] 1,2,5,7,etc.; MT: Mark 9; OBLO 12:35

[1] The earliest record of a strong interest in costumes!

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soupy_Sales