Wednesday, June 27, 1934

Daddy, Mother and I went up home (Clay Center, Kansas). Started at about 1:30 p.m. Stopped at a Manhattan tourist camp. Found a blanket.

1930s electric sign advertising tourist cabins



Saturday, August 19, 1933

Mart almost had a runaway, and hurt his leg. Went back up to Henry's. Rita Mae and I baked a molasses cake. It sure tasted good.

Molasses Cake
Eat it warm from the oven with a glass of cold milk

Molasses Cake Recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and flour an iron skillet.

To 1 1/2 Cups sifted flour
add 3/4 teaspoon baking soda,
1/2 teaspoon cloves,
and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.

Sift ingredients three times.

Pour 1/2 cup boiling water
over 1/2 cup butter
and stir until blended.

Add 1 cup molasses,
1 well-beaten egg,
and flour mixture.

Beat only until blended.

Turn into skillet.

Bake until cake springs back when pressed lightly in the center.

Sunday, August 13, 1933

Went to church at Parallel, then all of us up to Aunt Nellie's for dinner. Had fried chicken. Went horseback riding, then went home with Ruby's. Daddy came up.

"The Cousins"
L-R: Ruth, Rita Mae, Gladys, Ruby
Clay Center, Kansas

Saturday, August 12, 1933

Rita Mae and I and Mart's and Mother went to Clay (Center) today. I bought me a tablet and ice cream cone. Had ice cream for supper.

Detective Fiction Weekly - August 12, 1933
Issue #9 in The Compleat Adventures of Satan Hall
Starring: Detective Frank "Satan" Hall
Author: Carroll John Daly

Wednesday, August 9, 1933

We stayed all night at Henry's. Helen and I and Rita Mae went down to Ruby's, and Olive and them went to Rita Mae's. Went back to Henry's.

1933 Clay Center, Kansas Depression Scrip Set

Denominations: .05c, .50c, $1.00.

Issuer: Chamber of Commerce

Depression scrip was used during the depression era (1930's) as a substitute for

government issued currency.  Because of the banks closing temporarily and the

lack of physical currency, someone had to come up with another form of currency

to keep the economy going and a way for trade to continue.  Therefore the old idea

 of local currency was reborn.  Paper, cardboard, wood, metal tokens, leather, clam shells

 and even parchment made from fish skin was used.

Sunday, January 22, 1933

Had dinner up at Henry and Newt's. 20 of us altogether. Took pictures. Left at noon. Got home at 7 o'clock p.m.

The Parallel Presbyterian Church,now located in, a museum near Junction City, KS.

Saturday, January 21, 1933

Went to Clay Center. Me, Gladys and Rita Mae. Gladys went home. Had rain here.

Ruth and her beloved "country cousins"
(L-R) Ruth, Rita Mae, Gladys, Ruby

Friday, January 20, 1933

We went up home (Clay Center, Kansas). Stopped in at Joe's. Then I stayed all night at Mart's with Rita Mae and Gladys.

*Joe and Mart Thompson were Ruth's uncles. Rita Mae and Gladys were her cousins.

Clay Center, Kansas



Thursday, January 19, 1933


I think we're going to go up home (Clay Center, Kansas, where Ruth's mother was born). Tomorrow maybe but I sure do hope so. Had program at school.

Longfellow Elementary School
Kansas City, Missouri