Ephemera: Library Conference

Back to the epic Diary post tomorrow, but I thought this note from Elizabeth Blackall should be posted here since Calla mentioned it in the section I transcribed yesterday.

May 16, 1918

Thurs. May 16, 1918
Perfect Weather. Lilacs in bloom. Drilled play after school. After super, I put out my gladiolas, father spaded up the place. My pansies are pretty. Tonight I’m going to bed early.

Ephemera: Flag Article

May 14 & 15, 1918

Tues. Beautiful day after storms.

Rec’d letters from Cora Watson Derick & Edna J. Bedell. Wrote to Don, Kate, & Lottie. These are Clandine and Catharine Bedell.

Bought this little tag today. The Children at school are selling them for the Red Cross. Helped Flora tonight.

Wed. May 15
A beautiful day. After school Catherine Goodrich, Donald & I walked to see the big land slide on the Sage farm. A piece of an oat field along the river broke off & went to the river below. The piece was about 1000 ft long and 12 to 15 wide. It carried trees & bushes with it. The abutment of the D. & H. R.R. Bridge were moved 5 miles. Mrs. Storm sent mother a bouquet of purple lilacs. To-night I met Georganna at the Movies. The play was splendid.

Notes: Mrs. Storm is likely Ada Storm, wife of Jacob Storm of Sidney.

Ephemera: Map

I can't place where this map is. Most of the names are common for the region, and it could be any of several cities that Calla lived in or visited during the period of the diary.

Ephemera: Liberty Lunch

I can't for the life of me figure out what these are. I know they are part of some War Effort, but I can't figure out what they are, or what they mean. Does anyone know what a "Liberty Lunch" was?

Arithmetic Grades

I am guessing at the date and placement for this item, but I consider it to be one of the prizes of the diary. I am not going to transcribe the document, since it is pretty easy to read for yourself, but this appears to be Calla's class' grades for arithmetic. So that the names are searchable by search engine I'll list them here: Ralph Benedict, Ada M Blevis, Helen M Bloxham, Lucy Campbell, Emily Cunningham, Margaret Higgs, John Hubbell, Ruth Johnston, Frederick Kirby, Clifford Laraway, Harry Lewis, Marguerite Palmer, Eugene Palombo, Andrew Patrick, Nellie Seeley, Ethel Smith, Russell Struble, Alethea Tilford, Arthur Truesdell, Esther Wilber, and Henry Yarter. A good many of these names appear on the 1923 Alumni Roster for Sidney High School.

Military Census Enumerator License

Notes: Between June 11 and June 25, 1917 New York State conducted the Military Census that had been announced by the National Government. Every citizen between the ages of 16 and 51 was counted, in preparation for the World War 1 military draft, among other reasons. You can see a broadside announcing the event to residents of the state in the NY State Archives, here. Calla was an enumerator for the census. Frank M Tyson was the county Captain of the census, he is listed with is wife Cora Tyson on page 7A of the 1920 Unadilla Census.