Vada Paris' Diary

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October - 1938

(This is the last month that Vada wrote in her 1938 Diary. That only lasted for 5 or 6 days. I would like to like to add your version of Vada's Trek through 1938, especially after October until the time that Vada and Gene got married in 1940.)
1, Saturday - Boy! Oh! Boy! What a big day at the store. Got off at 11 o'clock. Merle was waiting for me. Rather nice. [Are we getting a bit serious here, Vada?!]

2, Sunday - Slept all morning. Went over to Alvin and Naomi's. Date with Merle.

3, Monday - Busy day. Got home about 6:30. Date with Merle. We played Chinese Checkers.

4, Tuesday - Worked pretty hard today - pledged 9 girls in Sorority tonite. Merle came up. Went riding.

5, Wednesday - Guess I've found someone I love.

No more writing in this book . . . The End!

I think it is beautiful! It gives me another insight into Vada. She never really opened up and talked that much about her past. That's one of the reasons that I've decided to go online and share this with you all.

I would hope to at least connect with at least one person whose family member might have known Vada back in her younger years of "twenty-something." Vada would have been twenty-two years old in 1938. I see from the diary that she had a few dates with John B. Doolin. There is allot of history between the McGills and the Doolins (John B. in particular). My Dad, his brother (Bob), Don Wilton, and John B. Doolin hung around together a lot when they were young boys growing up.

John B. Doolin went on to become a Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. And, Vada, after not speaking to John B. for at least 30 years, saw him again and spoke to him on the day John B. swore Vada's daughter (Dorthy McGill) in with the other Oklahoma new lawyers admitted to the practice of law in 1988. John B. Got tears in his eyes and bent down his head over her hand as she said, "Hello!" He replied how much he had always admired, respected and cared for her.