Goes on a date with Sonny [Marion (Bill) Peterson] to the Maplewood to see a movie followed by a visit to Chippewa Drug in Kirkwood. Goes with Edith to see a play by the Mummers at the Wednesday Club. Enjoys a phone conversation with Be [Byron English]. Goes on a date with Hal Clark [Harold Clark] to the McKendree vs. Washington University football game followed by a visit to the new Jewel Box and the Parkmoor. She discusses why she does not want to go to school at Washington University. On Saturday night, she visits Washington, Missouri, with Sonny, Herbie [Herbert Larson], Boy, Julie, Ann Ludlow, and Sam. Mentions Caspar LeFort, Madelyn LeFort, Woody, Dale Johnson, Joe Tanaka, and Vic Mansor. (printed dates on diary pages: November 14-19), [1936 Nov 12-14]

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The diary of Lois Eileen Kelley primarily describes her social life, dating, and student life at Fontbonne College. Also includes several accounts of attending events at Washington University and socializing with friends who are Washington University students. In the front of the diary is a card announcing the marriage of Lois Eileen Kelley and Russell Vincent Ellinger on March 30, 1940. The diary entries are written in a preprinted five-year diary that includes one page for each day of the year. The first entries in the diary were recorded in August 1936. The dates of the entries in the diary do not correspond with the dates at the top of the preprinted pages. At the end of the diary entry summaries in this finding aid, the date(s) at the top of the preprinted diary have been provided at the end of each summary to facilitate locating a particular entry in the diary.