Friday, September 23. Shopped with Oertel. As I did not sleep well last night slept late this A.M. My blood pressure is up some again. I am so glad to have some help in my home again. The newspapers are filled with threat of War and Authorities in the seven afflicted states and at Washington, D.C., mobilized every available resource. Most pressing of the problems in mopping up after Wednesdays hurricane a scimitar of wind and tide that cost half a billion dollars in property damage was the housing and feeding of 12,000 distressed families in New York, New Jersey and New England. Emergency Measures. In 7 U.S. States Herricane lives of 500 people and property damage in the millions in N.Y. & New Eng States. Saturday, September 24. Junior is thirty nine yr old. Oertel & Oscar gave a nice dinner at the Country Club for him. Those present were Jean & Wallace Ellis Talith Ellis Dorothy Patterson, Joe and Myrene, Royal & Cleone Dr, Blanch and I. We all went up to Juniors home after dinner to see his late pictures in color taken from the airplane. This afternoon Zula R. Cole and Wendal Rich spent most of the day here working on Rich Geaneology of Rich family with Oscar G. Russell who has worked extensevly on it in Europe and America. John S. Lewis Jewler a friend and acquaintance of forty yr will be buried tomorrow he died Thursday.