Thursday, May 22, 1919

Rain in morning and during day. To college 9 to 12 M. Latin Exam. To Uncle John's with Hudson. His 70th birthday. Most of relatives there. Fine time. Picnic dinner inside. Bowled at star. To bed 10 P.M.

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Stanford takes the Latin exam for which he had studied the night before--no mention of how difficult it was.

After some digging, John and I were able to determine that Uncle John is John Henry Closson, Stanford's great uncle, the youngest of Thomas and Sabrina's ten children. He died in 1922. I'll write more about him in later posts. Below is a newspaper account of the party, with lots of interesting detail about who attended. It was common practice in those days to report on residents' social occasions.

Uncle John apparently lived far enough from the Clossons to warrant using one of their cars to get there. I don't know what year the Closson's Hudson was, but here is a picture of a 1919 Hudson Super Six.

A pretty snazzy car, wouldn't you say? This picture comes from the website Old Cars Weekly.