September, 1935, PJD enters Lawrence High School. 1935 Mussolini invades Abyssinia. Pastor of the Holy Rosary Church (Italian) collects parishioners' golden wedding rings to add to Mussolini's war chest. January, 1936 PJD Bar Mitzvah at Temple Emanuel. March 1936 Merrimack Flood. We got out of school for a week. My uncle who lived in the flooded downtown region went shopping in a row boat. June, 1936 Tilly Davis graduates from Radcliffe College. March 4, 1937 Roosevelt inaugurated for his second term. Summer 1937, Hy Davis and Rosalie Gallert's wedding in Boston/Newton. Champagne over a block of orange sherbet served in Dr. Ehrenfried's (Rosalie's uncle) garden. 1938 September 21, The Great Hurricane. Large nearby elm trees blown down, etc. Few personal injuries in Lawrence, though many deaths elsewhere. 1938 Christmas Vacation. PJD visits New York City for the first time. Stays with brother and roommates in their digs on West 103rd Street. Views the construction of the 6th Avenue Subway. Heard talk about the Spanish Civil War and the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Went to Radio City Musical Hall to see the Rockettes. June 1939, PJD graduates from Lawrence High School. Ceremony at the Lawrence High School Football Field . We sang Henley's Invictus:: "Out of the night that covers me as the Pit from pole to pole I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. " PJD awarded a couple of medals. July 1 - September 2, 1939. PJD with Hy and Rosalie in their apartment on West 20th Street and Seventh Avenue. Gets social security card in downtown NYC on Broadway. Sells Coca Cola at New York World's Fair of 1939. Wears a green uniform with red piping. Earned approximately $17.50 per week. July, 1939, Wedding of Barney Davis and Frances Kronstadt. In NYC. August 23, 1939, The "Hitler-Stalin Pact." September 2, 1939, Germany marches into Poland. Beginning of WWII.
September, 1935, PJD enters Lawrence High School. 1935 Mussolini invades Abyssinia. Pastor of the Holy Rosary Church (Italian) collects parishioners' golden wedding rings to add to Mussolini's war chest. January, 1936 PJD Bar Mitzvah at Temple Emanuel. March 1936 Merrimack Flood. We got out of school for a week. My uncle who lived in the flooded downtown region went shopping in a row boat. June, 1936 Tilly Davis graduates from Radcliffe College. March 4, 1937 Roosevelt inaugurated for his second term. Summer 1937, Hy Davis and Rosalie Gallert's wedding in Boston/Newton. Champagne over a block of orange sherbet served in Dr. Ehrenfried's (Rosalie's uncle) garden. 1938 September 21, The Great Hurricane. Large nearby elm trees blown down, etc. Few personal injuries in Lawrence, though many deaths elsewhere. 1938 Christmas Vacation. PJD visits New York City for the first time. Stays with brother and roommates in their digs on West 103rd Street. Views the construction of the 6th Avenue Subway. Heard talk about the Spanish Civil War and the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Went to Radio City Musical Hall to see the Rockettes. June 1939, PJD graduates from Lawrence High School. Ceremony at the Lawrence High School Football Field . We sang Henley's Invictus:: "Out of the night that covers me as the Pit from pole to pole I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. " PJD awarded a couple of medals. July 1 - September 2, 1939. PJD with Hy and Rosalie in their apartment on West 20th Street and Seventh Avenue. Gets social security card in downtown NYC on Broadway. Sells Coca Cola at New York World's Fair of 1939. Wears a green uniform with red piping. Earned approximately $17.50 per week. July, 1939, Wedding of Barney Davis and Frances Kronstadt. In NYC. August 23, 1939, The "Hitler-Stalin Pact." September 2, 1939, Germany marches into Poland. Beginning of WWII.