Sock Party

On Tuesday, February 22, 1916 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Cool-Sunshine. Geo. Washington's birthday. Skin and I went to W.L. Battle's office to talk about chauffeur's job. Talked Mr. Pitman. Indexed mail. Andrew Beaver took supper with us. Mary went to Renner's sock party. Ms. Steele et al up. I shaved. Talked to Everett, Jake, McDermott. Worked until 4 o'clock. Retired at 10:30 p.m. Indeed today is General George's birthday. I have recently done a lot more reading about the Revolutionary war because of my interest in family things. My paternal grandfather's side of the family and my maternal grandfather's side of the family have connections to that war. I have a lot of new found respect for George and what he stood for, so Happy Birthday to the first President of the United States. Bonnie is helping his brother Skin, find a job and chauffeur's job sounds pretty cool. The Andrew Beaver fellow must be more of a family friend than a celebrity. Sometimes it is hard to tell with the way Grandaddy writes. I would love to know more about the sock party that Nanny went to. My daughter loves crazy socks and has had a few sock party's herself, as long as we are talking about the same thing. Since this is a blog about family and history and marking dates etc. I should point out that today is the 2nd anniversary of my father's death. Bonnie was my dad's maternal grandfather. We spent some time with Mom this evening, ate supper at her house and visited. We miss Dad a lot, especially his silly, goofy times. He did have a great sense of humor. But I am also extremely thankful that Dad was a Jesus follower and for the promise of heaven. I would not have wanted him to stay here in the condition he was in at the end of his life. Today, he is healed and in a much better place thanks to what Jesus did for us on the cross and his resurrection!