November 28, 1932 - So tired today. Got teased today about the "business trip to Cushing Iowa" two weeks ago. That's what the Norfolk paper said about it a couple of days ago. Went to bed quite early, didn't even stay up to hear the minstrels.
November 29, 1932 - So nice and warm, just like a spring day. Harry H. was up at school this morning before school started. Mike, Mote, and Evie went to a committee meeting tonite.
November 30, 1932 - Nice again today. Rudolph and Raymond stopped at the school house tonite. I went home with them. We had supper at Raymond's and then went over to Ola's. We played Pitch. I got home at 12 o'clock.
What's this with folks just dropping by at the school house? And what minstrels were there around to listen to? I have more questions than answers.
I missed anything Thanksgiving-ish for 1932 (it was on the 24th that year, a couple of posts ago), but I stumbled upon this tidbit for today's post. The above is from the New York Times in 1932, pricing out the cost of a Thanksgiving dinner. The article read, in part:
“All the ingredients of the traditional Thanksgiving dinner are less expensive this year and families of moderate incomes should be able to afford the best on the market, it became apparent yesterday. Experts in the Bureau of Home Economics of the Department of Public Markets figured that a New York housewife would be able to serve an old-fashioned turkey dinner, with all the fixings, at a total cost of not more than $5.42.”
I was a bit thrown by the oranges and bananas, but shrugged it off. Then I found a menu for the USS Altair, a Navy vessel of some sort and their Thanksgiving dinner included . . . oranges and bananas. Also on the menu, cigars and cigarettes.
Who knew?
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