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June 17 Rain all day. Late afternoon wen to Ion. After supper met Hamaniche our Japanese cook carrying to his boy a well proportioned model of a schooner [[strikethrough]] sloop [[/strikethrough]] which he had made. Paint was still wet. The man is an artist in his profession of cooking but I perceive that he knows quite something of [[underlined in red]] boats [[/underlined in red]] too - otherwise he would not have made himself a so well proportioned toy. where beam draft sail area and position of masts was so accurate as in that model.
June 18. Beautiful weather. Drove to [[underlined in red]] Ion [[/underlined in red]] with Rudolf [[underlined in red]] Schkermeyer [[/underlined in red]] who stayed on board while we tried that troublesome clutch on the Hudson. Finally
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managed to get it going after replacing the new fingers by the old one. Filled in 135 gals of gasoline and water at Ludlow. Gulf Gasoline station. Drove back about 6 P.M.
June [[strikethrough]] 20 [[/strikethrough]] 19 (Sunday) Another very beautiful day. Celine and myself rewrote our wills to be signed and witnessed tomorrow. [[underlined in red]] Cornelia [[/underlined in red]] and her two children expected here tomorrow. [[underlined in red]] Nina [[/underlined in red]] went picknicking with the Zeeryps and the Livermore's while Celine and I have our lovely [[underlined in red]] grand child [[/underlined in red]] all to ourselves. Little [[underlined in red]] Celine [[/underlined in red]] is developing beautifully a [[underlined in red]] goodnatured [[/underlined in red]] healthy child, which seldom