Anne Thorner Stack
January 30, 1916—May 24, 2012
Upon her high school graduation in Biddeford Maine my mother was gifted with a five-year diary by her French teacher, Germaine Marie-Ange Bergeron.
June 21, 1933: Germaine Marie-Ange Bergeron gifting Diary to Anne Thorner
October 23, 1933: Anne Thorner Stack Diary: family friend Maine Socialist Ben Stern
October 25, 1933: Anne Thorner Diary: Socialism
November 2, 1933: Anne Thorner Diary: Aunt Esther (Esther Nelson Katz) came today.
November 5, 1933: Anne Thorner Diary: Cooks
November 12, 1933: Anne Thorner Diary: White Church lecture, Norman Dorloff
November 16, 1933: Anne Thorner Diary: Will I ever get out of Biddeford? Who is Ruth?
November 18, 1933: Anne Thorner Diary: Wish I could go to New York with Ma.
December 2, 1933: Anne Thorner Diary: Minnie Cook, Bob Cook
December 14, 1933: Anne Thorner Diary: I am not sophisticated.
December 16, 1933: Anne Thorner Diary: Skating at Doloff's
December 19, 1933: Anne Thorner Diary: Last night of Chanukah
December 24, 1933: Anne Thorner Diary: Miss Ma terribly.
My guess is that Becky went to Brooklyn to look after her sister Esther Katz who died in March, 1935.
December 29, 1933: Anne Thorner Diary: Pa came home
December 29, 1933: Anne Thorner Diary: Mrs. Polakewich prepared chicken roast for us.
January 4, 1934:
Anne Thorner Diary: Mrs. Ross sent us a chocolate cake.
January 10, 1934:
Anne Thorner Diary: How I missed Ma.
March 3, 1934: Anne Thorner Diary: Celia Stern
March 4, 1934: Anne Thorner Diary: Young Circle League, Arthur Stern
March 5, 1934: Anne Thorner Diary: Young Circle League meeting
April 10, 1934: Anne Thorner Diary: Danced at meeting
April 13, 1934: Anne Thorner Diary: Musical Unit: Celia & Saul Stern
April 24, 1934: Anne Thorner Diary Minnie's sister & daughter visit: Rose & Sadie Baumstein.
May 21, 1934: Anne Thorner Diary: Party for Sadie
June 5, 1934: Anne Thorner Diary: knitting
June 17, 1934: Anne Thorner Diary: Who are the Brills?
August 17, 1934: Anne Thorner Diary: Celia Stern's birthday
August 18, 1934: Biddeford Daily Journal, p2
October 18, 1934: Anne Thorner Diary: Pa had an accident. Got new truck.
November 11, 1934: Anne Thorner Diary: Sarah Nelson Schwartz got new rental.
December 30, 1934: Anne Thorner Diary: in NYC with Meyer Thorner family.
That sweet baby was George Katz!
January 2, 1935: Anne Thorner Diary: In New York with Esther Shlager/Nelson Katz and family. Bess Katz/Kates.
Molly is Molly Thorner, who married Allen Russek on 1/6/1935.
January 4, 1935: Anne Thorner Diary
June 15, 1935: Anne Thorner Diary: Sadie Abrahamson; Glen Gray and Casa Loma Orchestra at OOB Pier.
October 1, 1935: Anne Thorner Diary: Sterns and Rosses visit
October 8, 1935 Anne Thorner Diary: Mr.Cook's Funeral
November 3, 1935: Anne Thorner Diary: Sarah is not well; Uncle John looked kind of bad.
November 4, 1935: Anne Thorner Diary: Uncle John died suddenly.
November 5, 1935: Anne Thorner Diary: Aunt Sarah looks very bad. BTS note: miscarriage.
November 6, 1935: Anne Thorner Diary: Ma is taking it very much to heart.
December 10, 1935: Anne Thorner Diary: Sterns
December 14, 1935: Anne Thorner Diary: Jake Robinson visits Sarah;, who is much better.
April 6, 1936: Anne Thorner Diary: Sarah & kids come to Biddeford for Passover.
April 7, 1936: Anne Thorner Diary: Second Seder. Molly stole the aficomen..
March 31, 1937: Anne Thorner Diary: Barbara Cook Birth
April 1, 1937: Anne Thorner Diary: Mal (brother Melvin), Aunt Sarah Nelson Schwartz Cook, Milly Schwartz Cinamon.
April 24, 1937: Anne Thorner Diary: Meyer, Blooma, and Jerry Thorner visit. Fishing.
April 25, 1937: Anne Thorner Diary: visit to Dover, NH to see Sam, Sadie, and Barbara Cook
May 18, 1937: Anne Thorner Diary: Biddeford fishing
May 23, 1937: Anne Thorner Diary: Hung around at Isenmans. Jimmy Abrahamson very good looking.
June 24, 1937:
Anne Thorner Diary:Melvin wins Rensselaer Medal for excellence in math & science.
October 10, 1937: Anne Thorner Diary: New York visit with Celia Stern and Tina Simensky(?)
to Meyer & Blooma Thorner and their kids Molly and Pauline and Jerry.
Wild and crazy time at a dive full of Lesbians.