Thursday, October 11, 1934

Went to school. Daddy worked today.

Shawnee Indian Mission Historical Site
3403 West 53rd Street
Fairway Kansas 66205
(913) 262-0867

The Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway, Kansas served as a manual training school for children from the Shawnee, Delaware and other Indian nations from 1839-1854 and continued as a school without manual training until 1862. The territorial governor, Andrew Reeder, established his offices at the mission in 1854. The first territorial legislature met at the mission in 1855 after adjourning from the first territorial capital at present day Fort Riley. During the legislative session the "bogus laws" were passed in an attempt to further slavery in Kansas. The mission was also a supply point on the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails and an Union camp during the Civil War. Thomas Johnson, the Methodist missionary who founded Shawnee Indian Mission, is buried in the nearby Shawnee Methodist Mission Cemetery. He was killed in 1865 for his antislavery sentiments.

Wednesday, October 11, 1933

I went swimming today. Bought my lunch. Yesterday we changed our seats in English. Washed the dishes.

Too Much Harmony (1933)

Musical comedy starring Bing Crosby and Jack Oakie
Co-starring Judith Allen and Lilyan Tashman
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Writers: Joseph Mankiewicz (story), Harry Ruskin (dialogue)

Plot Summary:

A singer is involved with two women in his life, one a "good" girl and one a "bad" one."

Soundtrack:
Quite extensive and includes "Thanks" (written by Arthur Johnston and Sam Coslow and
sung by Bing Crosby) and "Buckin' the Wind (also by Johnson and Coslow and sung by Crosby).