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[[underlined]] July 31 [[underlined]] (Sunday).
^[[Very]] Warm sunny day, with little breeze [[strikethrough]] Ditto Aug 2. [[/strikethrough]] 
^[[Ditto Aug 1.]] Spent all day reading & writing
[[underlined]] Aug 2. [[underlined]] The "Yonkers Statesman published today a group photo of Dicky Middlebrook Baekeland in bathing suit lying on the sands of Bermuda [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] in company of Dr. Robert Baird, Rockefeller Institute. Her mother and youngest brother are staying in Bermuda while her brother is with [[strikethrough]] Celine [[/strikethrough]] Celine and her brother Brooksie and Celine Roll in Europe.
[[strikethrough]] Aug 1. [[/strikethrough]] 
Went to office. Hot sultry day
[[underlined]] Aug 2. [[underlined]] 
Same unpleasant weather
[[underlined]] Aug 3 [[underlined]] 
Stayed in Yonkers
[[underlined]] Aug 4. [[underlined]] Steamer Bremen of Hapag Germany arrives to day with Celine, Brooksie, Celine Roll and the 2 daughters of Wyman who was there with Nina Baekeland Wyman, Ninette Roll George & Mrs. G.B. and the son of Wyman.
Very hot and sultry. Steamer on time. All feel happy of their trip and Celine and children enjoyed their trip immensely. - Brooksie now a big cheerful boy who makes excellent impression and 
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is full of life. Celine B. roll is also a superior girl. Her sister Ninette has also grown up well. A fine family of which one can feel justly proud. - They all adore their grand'ma Celine
[[strikethrough]] Aug 6 [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Aug. 5. [[underlined]] Another very sultry day. [[strikethrough]] Yesterday [[/strikethrough]] Temperature in New York was accompanied by moisture 98% and no breeze! Just as bad in Yonkers.
[[underlined]] Aug 6. [[underlined]] All day talk about Celine's voyage with the young ones and friends they have met. Both Brooksie and Celine Roll have behaved admirably. Visits to England, Belgium, Switzerland and France.
[[strikethrough]] Au [[/strikethrough]] Very sultry day.
[[underlined]] Aug 7. [[underlined]] (Sunday)
Celine went to Georges house in Connecticut for luncheon.
[[underlined]] Aug. 8 [[underlined]] 49th Anniversary of our marriage. Drove to office had long talk with George about past present and future. Then about slightly improving business conditions as comparable to past months of the year. Also about grand'children and mostly about Brooks and Dicky.
Then about Cyanamid Co proposal as submitted by Whitaker. Advantages and disadvantages of a small corporation [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] as compared to larger orga-