Evening star., 1961-10-29
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NOutAuucu EEOAu E1rSt rag
full. I'm keeping my fingers
crossed, I expected her to be
my biggest problem but she's
very good.
It's now II am. We have
been here Is hours. I'm re-
arranging the shelves just like
at home. I have a slight head
ache-I guess we need to pump
some air. We find the radio q
big help in being confined. To
hear other noises is soothing in
a place Of confinement such as
this Is. Sharon and I have
been playing with modelling
clay. Rick is working on his
model plane, Ed is reading the
encyclopedia that the Compton
people gave US; they are just
lovely.
It's almost lunch time. I was
sitting here playing with
Sharon. I find she wants me
to play with her most of the
time. This definitely brings
you closer to your children.
You can't say, I'm too busy to
play with you," because there's
hardly much else to do. They
said on the radio that it's cold
and damp out. I find myself
wishing I could see out. In a
way I'm glad I'm not missing
beautiful weather today .
We just finished lunch. We
had soft drinks for our bever-
age. I'm amazed that you don't
seem to mind that you don't
have ice for your drinks. They
seem to keep cool. Sharon is
going to take her nap now. We
are running a little behind our
planned schedule but not too
much. Space is still the big
problem but we are managing
quite nicely, today. 1t seems to
be going more quickly than
yesterday.
3 pm.-We just talked to the
Rev. Squires Drank L. Squires,
retired Baptist minister) ; it was
quite inspiring. Not only that,
but you don't realize how you
take for granted talking to diff
ferent people during your
everyday routine. It was sure
good to hear someone else's
voice. I have been noticing that
you seem to have a quite a
thirst most Of the time, so it's
a definite necessity to have
enough water in your shelter.
We have been reading. The
children have been playing.
There are no children's books,
I think I would read to them
If I had some books for them.
It's now TOO. Dinner and
exercises are over. Bad news
again-the toilet stopped up
again. (The toilet. a device
which operated on propane gas,
batteries and chemical action,
was designed to destroy wastes
by burning, said CD officialsO
Ed is trying to fix it.
We don't want to have to
call anyone if we can help It.
but If a part has gone bad, I
don't know II we can help it.
Ed took it completely apart.
used adhesive tape, cleaned 1t
out. It was q mess. I am dis
couraged. He finally fixed 1t
but I am keeping my fingers
crossed.
I'm getting a little down and
this is only the second day.
Everything is cluttered and
getting dirty. ! don't have any
place to put things. Dirty
clothes are piling up, and the
trash can is full but that is
because we had to clean the
toilet out. What a mess. I
wish this was Friday. I'm
signing off for now. It's 1000;
the children are still going
strong.
I hope no one ever has to
live in a bomb shelter-maybe
it's just me but when some
thing goes wrong it throws"
me. I have to have things go
smoothly.
MONDAY, OCTOBER %
900. Arise. We are getting up
later than we had planned. We
are all sleeping like logs. When
we first tried to use the toilet
it wouldn't work. I was all up
set; then we remembered we
didn't have the gas on. Ed was
getting ready to take it apart.
He is really getting good at it.
The shelter is really getting
crowded-everything seems in
a turmoil to me. We are eating
breakfast-it's now 10:00-late
eaters.-Oh well we have
all the time in the world, there's
no rush.-Ricky is starting his
first day at school and Sharon
is playing with her new
Christmas" toy.-Ricky is hav-
ing a hard time concentrating
on his homework. He said he
could do better in school.-It is
rather difficult with Sharon
she talks so much.
We just talked to Mr.. Silyers
(R. Hal Silvers, Civil Defense
director). 1t was good to hear
his voice. ! do hope and pray
that we are helping people in
some way by this experiment,
that people will get more out
Of it-and will realize the i'm
portance Of building their own
shelters.
It's now 1885. Rick is still
working on his studies. It's