Wed., September 18, 1935 - We said the flag salute outside this morning. They finished grading past the school house today. Irene and Helen came up after school. We finished our orders. Went to town with Goodlings for about an hour tonite. Mom wasn't at home. She was at the free movies.
Thurs., September 19, 1935 - We put the flag up and had the flag salute outside again this morning. Hot today. We played ball again. Washed and waved my hair tonite.
Fri., September 20, 1935 - Partly cloudy this a.m. Played Indian baseball with the girls. Tonite Mom and I went to Hoskins to see the "Womanless Tea" with Howard and the girls.
The school flag, like the one above, would have had 48 stars. And here's a little trivia about that from USFlag.org:
On July 4,1912, the U.S. flag grew to 48 stars with the addition of New Mexico (January 6th, 1912) and Arizona (February 14, 1912). An Executive Order of President Taft dated June 24, 1912 - established the proportions of the flag and provided for arrangement of the stars in six horizontal rows of eight each, a single point of each star to be upward. This flag was official for 47 years, longer than any other flag, through two World Wars and the emergence of the United States of America as the leading nation of the world. Eight Presidents served under this flag; William H. Taft (1909-1913), Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921), Warren Harding (1921-1923), Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929), Herbert Hoover (1929-1933), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945), Harry S.Truman (1945-1953), Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961).
The flag aside, I see there was another Womanless Tea. Must have been quite the deal at the time.
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