Thursday, June 12, 1919

Up 5:30 A.M. To work at 144 P.P. [Park Place] from 7 A.M. to 4 P.M. laying sidewalk. Out on joy-ride with K.S.P. to look for camp site. Finch, Norris, Wagner, Larkin, Gemlich, Thorpe, H.H. & I went with Hudson. Fine time. To bed 11 P.M.

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I looked at Google street maps to get a picture of 144 Park Place and its sidewalk, and here it is:

I don't know if this is the sidewalk Stanford laid in 1919, but parts of it do look kind of old. It's possible! On the other hand, the sidewalk may have led to a front door that seems now to be gone along with its building. In 1920 there was a residence at 144 Park Place that housed four families.

Why was Stanford doing this work? It could have been a summer job, or perhaps, as John suggests, it was church work, some kind of community service. Stanford doesn't say, so we can only guess.

Another friend appears in the narrative: Gemlich. This may be Edward Gemlich who in 1920 lived with his parents about 3/4 mile from Stanford at 13 Close Street. In 1919 he was around 15 years old, which would be appropriate considering the boy Stanford mentions is probably a member of Kappa Sigma Pi, the Christian boys' organization.