Helen Korngold Diary: September 1-7, 1919

This year I am sharing the 1919 diary of Helen Korngold of St. Louis, MO. Helen graduated from Washington University and is now teaching.

Helen Korngold, December 1919, New York City

September
Monday 1
Started teaching at Wellston.

Tuesday 2
Have 7th grade. This is some room! Went out with Si Russack. He’s pretty nice.

Wednesday 3
The kids are just too cute, but oh, such a lunch

Thursday 4
There were such kids as Jimmie Murphy & James Daniels – oh!

Friday 5
Then there were nice girls & such biddies – real gals! Temple.

Saturday 6
But on the whole, they were a rotten bunch

Sunday 7
I generally spent Sundays wishing for the next Sat.

Notes:

Sept 1

Wellston High School, located at Ella and Green, had its first graduating class in 1911 with four students. In 1923 a new building for upper grades was constructed. The school relocated in 1940 and again in 1962 and was renamed several times. It was closed and torn down in 2010. http://stlouis.genealogyvillage.com/hsws.htm
http://www.builtstlouis.net/northside/mlk07.html

Sept 2
Helen mentions Mr. Russack in January as warning her against a boy who had proposed to Helen. I can't find a Si Russack in the records.

Sept 5
Article from the Sept 1. Jewish Voice



Russack Family
June 22, 1906, The Jewish Voice:


In the News:

An interesting article on WWI soldiers receiving 'new faces' with the help of a woman portrait painter.


And next to this article is an advertisement about 'the most thrilling words' a woman can hear--