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I was lucky enough to be a part of my Grandmother Elizabeth Carsey's last 40 years. We played countless card games, read books, played dress-up and many other games at her house. My family spent almost every holiday with her and Grandpa (until his death in 1985.) She was loved by the entire neighborhood and was often referred to as the Neighborhood Grandma. I held a special pride in the fact that I could call her mine! Through her simplicity, she taught me the basics of life and the things which make you happy. Love your family, your church and music. The only thing worth crying over is beautiful music. And above all else, approach life with a sense of humor. I have done my best to live up to her expectations and pass those lessons onto my children. View all posts by Shanna Vicker →

Sunday August 9, 1936

August 9, 2016Posts1936 Olympic Games, Edward VIII, FDR, Hindenburg, Jesse OwensShanna Vicker

diary 2 The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more

Have a ride with Mr. Moore (Payton Meat Co.) to Van Horn this afternoon. Am reading ‘Goya” by Schneider – Rather like it. Finished ‘Winding Lane’ by Phillip Gibbs and A Story of Henry VIII ‘The King Rides’ or something like that, last week. Have discovered I like P.E. Wadehouse better than Benchley as a steady diet. Got home about 6 p.m. The family was expecting me on the train – Fooled ’em!

Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today

Day 7 of the 1936 Olympic Games

African American track star Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal of the Games in the 4×100-meter relay

The Battle of Mérida began.

Edward VIII left Šibenik on a cruise of the Adriatic Sea. Wallis Simpson was among his guests, but the British press refrained from writing about their relationship

The Hindenburg flies over Philladelphia

Saturday August 8, 1936

August 8, 2016Posts1936 Olympic GamesShanna Vicker

diary 2 The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more

Letter from Lenore – apt. is out of the question with her too. Heard Rozella Kropp (Latin) is married. Brought brown suit from Popular for Mary Jo.

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Day 6 of the 1936 Olympic Games

The US men sweep the Decathalon

1	Glenn Morris	24	United States	USA	Gold	7,900	7.254	WR
2	Bob Clark	23	United States	USA	Silver	7,601	7.063
3	Jack Parker	20	United States	USA	Bronze	7,275	6.760

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Ferenc Csik Hungary	Masanori Yusa Japan	Shigeo Arai Japan
400 m freestyle details	Jack Medica United States	Shunpei Uto Japan	Shozo Makino Japan
1500 m freestyle details	Noboru Terada Japan	Jack Medica United States	Shunpei Uto Japan
100 m backstroke details	Adolph Kiefer United States	Al Vande Weghe United States	Masaji Kiyokawa Japan
200 m breaststroke details	Tetsuo Hamuro Japan	Erwin Sietas Germany	Reizo Koike Japan
4×200 m freestyle relay details	Japan (JPN) Shigeo Arai Shigeo Sugiura Masaharu Taguchi Masanori Yusa	United States (USA) Ralph Flanagan John Macionis Jack Medica Paul Wolf	Hungary (HUN) Oszkár Abay-Nemes Ferenc Csik Ödön Gróf Árpád Lengyel

A new Saturday Evening Post and New Yorker magazine.

The French government changed its policy on the Spanish Civil War again, announcing that it was closing its border and stopping all further shipments of arms to Spain

Friday August 7, 1936

August 7, 2016PostsShanna Vicker

diary 2 The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more

No post today.

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Day 5 of the 1936 Olympic Games

Basketball begins in Berlin – the first time ever at the games.

The Battle of Almendralejo and the Battle of Sigüenza began.

The body of gangster Dominick Didato, also known as Terry Burns lies where he fell outside a restaurant on Elizabeth Street

Thursday August 6, 1936

August 6, 2016Posts1936 Olympic Games, Archie WilliamsShanna Vicker

diary 2 The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more

No post today.

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Day 4 of the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany

The U.S took gold and bronze in the 400 meter

Gold:	Archie Williams
Silver:	Godfrey Brown
Bronze:	Jimmy LuValle

American Charles Leonard won silver in the Olympic Pentathlon

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men’s Individual	Gotthardt Handrick	Charles Leonard	Silvano Abbà

58 died in a pit blast at Wharncliffe Woodmoor 1,2 & 3 Colliery in Yorkshire.

Francisco Franco moved his headquarters to Seville.

Despite the French government’s attempt to keep its aid to the Spanish government secret, the right-wing press ran articles exposing and denouncing it.

The first volunteers of the Luftwaffe arrived at Cádiz to fight for the Nationalists. To keep Germany’s involvement secret the volunteers were officially discharged from the Luftwaffe so they could go to Spain as “tourists”

Wednesday August 5, 1936

August 6, 2016PostsShanna Vicker

diary 2 The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more

No post today.

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Day 4 of the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany

Jesse Owens won gold in the 200-metre dash. His time of 20.7 seconds would have easily been a new world record, but the IAAF did not recognize records set on a turn at the time

Earle Meadows won the pole vault for the United States.

The naval battle known as the Convoy de la victoria was fought in the Strait of Gibraltar, resulting in a Nationalist victory.

Chicago and Southern Flight 4: A Chicago and Southern Airlines plane crashed on a farm near St. Louis, killing all 8 aboard.

Tuesday August 4, 1936

August 4, 2016Posts1936 Olympic Games, Greece, Italy, Jesse OwensShanna Vicker

diary 2 The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more

No post today.

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Day 3 of the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany

Jesse Owens won gold in the long jump.

Young members of the Greek National Organisation of Youth (EON) hail in presence of Ioannis Metaxas

4th of August Regime: Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas staged a self-coup and established an authoritarian regime.

Monday August 3, 1936

August 3, 2016PostsHitler, Jesse Owens, Olympic Games, TaftShanna Vicker

diary 2 The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more

No post today.

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Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash in front of Adolph Hitler. This was his first gold medal of the Berlin Olympics, and he equaled the world record of 10.3 seconds

Jesse Owens breaks the 100m tape to win the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics.

U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull said at a press conference that the government would do all it could to evacuate Americans still in Spain who wanted to leave, but warned that conditions may develop which would make it no longer possible for American ships to reach them

Robert A. Taft is on the cover of this weeks Time Magazine

The first swordfish ever caught with rod

Saturday August 1, 1936

August 1, 2016Postsheat wave, opening ceremony, Spanish War, Summer GamesShanna Vicker

diary 2 The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more

No post today.

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The opening ceremony of the 1936 Summer Olympics was held in Berlin. As with the Winter Games in February, there was confusion between the Nazi salute and the Olympic salute. Most countries gave one salute or the other as they passed Hitler in the viewing stand. The British and Americans did not salute at all and gave a military-style ‘eyes right’ instead. The Americans were also the only country not to dip their country’s flag while passing Hitler, in keeping with the U.S. custom of only dipping to the President of the United States.

France took a public stance of neutrality in the Spanish Civil War by announcing that volunteers would be allowed to go and fight as long as they did not carry arms on French soil.

The Nationalists captured Guadarrama

The heat wave shifts to the South from its position over the northern Plains and is now anchored over the southern Plains

Friday July 31, 1936

July 31, 2016PostsFDR, shirley temple, Tokyo 1940Shanna Vicker

diary 2 The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more

Wrote Lenore saying I couldn’t rent the apt with her this year. Wrote Mrs. Morris that I would stay with her. Glad to have that settled!

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The International Olympic Committee awarded the 1940 Summer Olympics to Tokyo.

President Roosevelt made his first visit to Canada in an official capacity and met with Governor General John Buchan in Quebec City

Shirley Temple vacations in San Francisco

Thursday July 30, 1936

July 30, 2016PostsFDR, International Olympic Committee, Mary of Scottland, Rangsdorf, Sardinia, Tour de FranceShanna Vicker

diary 2 The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more

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Two days before the Summer Olympics were set to start in Berlin, Ernest L. Jahncke of the United States became the first person ever expelled from the International Olympic Committee. He was removed for his outspoken opposition to holding the Olympics in Germany.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt and first lady Eleanor Roosevelt attend a picnic with Allison Dysart, left, premier of New Brunswick in New Brunswick.

Twelve Italian bomber planes, their markings and numbers painted over, took off from Sardinia heading for Spanish Morocco where they were to join the Nationalist side under the banner of the Spanish Legion. Nine completed the flight but one crashed at sea and two were forced down on the French side of the Moroccan border. Italian military markings still visible under the fresh paint, as well as documentation that French authorities found aboard the planes, exposed the Italian scheme. The next day, newspapers around the world published the revelation that Italy was providing military assistance to the rebels.

The historical film Mary of Scotland starring Katharine Hepburn premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York City

Reichssportflughafen Rangsdorf airport opens in Germany on the eve on the Olympic Games.

18th stage of the Tour de France rolls through Bordeaux-Saintes

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