August 19, 1950 "My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it." -Mark Twain

Bonnie's mother arrived by train early in August and stayed, waiting another 2 weeks for the baby to be born on August 17.  After much discussion and debate, B & Bonnie finally settled on a name.

The next day, Bonnie filled in the announcements and wrote to her Daddy.

Many years later when Bonnie was asked about the weather that day, she said, "It was real hot."

The August, 1950 Ladies Home Journal special feature was "A Primer on the Cold War".

The top hit of the day was still Nat King Cole's "Mona Lisa", but it fell the next day when "Goodnight Irene" took it's place. 

Truman's press conference of Aug. 17, 1950 covered the typical range of current events, and an impending railroad strike in particular.

The daily news coverage was beginning to include sketchy news about the Korean Conflict.  A big story was the indictment of Julius and Ethyl Rosenberg on charges of espionage for leaking information to the Soviets on nuclear weapons technology.  http://www.coldwar.org/articles/50s/TheRosenbergTrial.asp   It would be another 2 weeks before Truman addressed the nation on the status of the war.  http://www.trumanlibrary.org/audio/tunesCast.rss

 

  Bonnie and Ann were back home on Aug. 22.  Bonnie's mother stayed a couple more weeks, then returned home to Richland.  Asked what it was like to have 2 kids, Bonnie replied, "It was always real fun."

Ann, August, 1950