Travel Journal, 1955-1968

Travelers Cheque Numbers

[column left to right: Den[omination] - Number - Date Cashed - Where Cashed] 1/27/55 300.00 $20 171-435-878 1/31/55 Greenville SC $20 171-435-879 2/8/55 Huntsville Ala. $20 171-435-880 2/8/55 Huntsville Ala. $20 171-435-881 2/10/55 Huntsville Bank $20 171-435-882 2/10/55 [Huntsville Bank?] $20 171-435-883 2/15/55 Chicago $20 171-435-884 2/19/55 Bonwit $20 171-435-885 2/25/55 Pearson - Chi

Trip

[two columns: From - To High Point - Greenville S.C. Greenville - Huntsville Ala Huntsville - Chicago Chicago - Huntsville Huntsville - Meridian Miss Meridian - Baton Rouge La B. R. - Sabine Pass Tex S. P. - Mandeville La Mandeville - Pensacola Pens. - Pan City Beach P. C. - Waycross Ga Waycross - Charleston SC Char. - Myrtle Myrtle - Wilmington Wilmington - S. S. S. S. - Edgewater

Summary

[columns:] Date - Mileage - By Car - By Train - By Water - By Air

1/31 - 180 [mileage] [by car] 2/1 - 364 [mileage] [by car] 2/10 [by train] 2/25 [by train] 3/13 - 258 [mileage] [by car] 3/14 - 572 [mileage] [by car] 3/15 - 790 [mileage] [by car] 975 [mileage] [by car] 3/19 - 1230 [mileage] [by car] 3/20 - 1438 [mileage] [by car 3/21 - 1558 [mileage] [by car 3/22 - 1824 [mileage] [by car 3/23 - 2104 [mileage] [by car 3/24 - 2221 [mileage] [by car 3/25 - 2064 [mileage] [by car 3/26 - 2745 [mileage] [by car 4/20 [blank]

Memoranda [handwritten: Signs] Louisiana: Dam Yankees Coffee Orange Tex - ASALES Gulf Coast Miss - Poor boy sandwiches Fla Gulf Coast - Come on in - we like everybody Fla East Coast - Scorpion Gulch - Don't go somewhere else to get stung. Come in, Don't drink but if you must, buy from us. Don't drink but if you must, buy from us. Fernandina - Good & bad furniture West Coast Fla real estate sign - We furnish your nest with a little down.

Events and Places Visited

Date: Mar 55 Place: Sun. 3/13 - Huntsville - Jonquils Tuscaloosa - Wistaria & Iris Eutaw - Fine stock farms. Cypress trees

Mon. 3/14 - Thru Vicksburg - groceries at Pt. Gibson. Drove around Natchez but too late for afternoon tour. Saw town houses. Natchez itself not pretty. Afton Villa a French Gothic home we went thru - fine garden. To Baton Rouge - Fine motel - Belmont, with pool & restaurant right there.

Tues. 3-15 - Janis troubles all day. At br. place starter went dead, boy fixed. Lunch beside road & nice park 1 mile ahead! Stopped for gas at Orange & J dead again. Spent 2

[written in margin by 3-15: ptomaine poison]