1945 (Tuesday) – At 5 p.m. word was received from White House in Washington D.C. where President Truman (Harry S. Truman) announced the surrender of the Japs, said all government employees could have two days vacation, but that V.J. Day would not be proclaimed until the documents had all been signed.
The man came and fixed our fridge. It sure seemed a long, hard time since it went out of commission.
Evening – Eva (Eva Ruth Lunt), her girls (Darlene Lunt and Sharon Alice Holman) and me went up town and stood by the Tabernacle fence to watch the crowds who were trying to get through the congestion. It is claimed there were 20,000 people in Main Street celebrating.
Loony Lunts and Company 