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- and then continued
on to the Boyhood Home; recorded.
2:15 Returned to the main house.
2. 3:34 - 4:42 To the birthplace for more recording with Liz.
3. Returned to the main house for tea. Guests: Mr. and Mrs. Art Kowert, Miss Esther Mueller,
Mr. and Mrs. Tyrus T. Cox
- with the President and Gus Wortham, Joe Califano.
2:30 Worked at desk with Marilyn.
3:40 Left the White House with Liz and Cynthia -- picked up Mrs. Chloethiel Smith en route -toured Dalecarlia Parkway, Frederick Douglass home, Ft. Stanton Park, and Eastland Garden
- house.
4. Another attempt to take picture on in front of living room.
5. 6:10 With the President, Marie, and Ginny in car; through Johnson City, picked up Jessie
Hunter at the Boyhood Home.
8:19 Returned to the main house.
Dinner.
Retired. *******
- with the President via car. Picked up the McHughs at their residence;
picked up Mary Margaret and Courtenay Valenti at their residence; looked at the
new Valenti home site; dropped off the McHughs and the Valentis at their
respective residences.
4:25 Returned
- and André Meyer.
10:24 Arrived Boyhood Home. Toured.
11:11 Arrived at AW's.
11:17 Boarded plane -- also with Mr. and Mrs. Engelhard, Secretary Smith, Mary Lasker,
Lynda, and Bess, and Krims.
11:58 Arrived LBJ Library site, Austin. Toured on foot.
12:24 Car
- with the Trumans at their home.
7:08 Returned to the White House.
Mr. Per for comb-out.
8:00 Mr. Per left.
CTJ left with Simone for the Old Patent Building for dinner and dedication of
the National Collection of Fine Arts.
The President and Lynda joined later.
10
- House -- second floor.
12:33 Left the White House with the President and Jake Jacobsen for lunch at the
Bill Whites' home.
2:42 Returned to the White House -- to the second floor.
Worked at desk.
4:52 Boat guests began to arrive -- Mr. and Mrs. Crook
- Carmel County Club for luncheon.
2:25 Left country club.
2:34 Arrived at President Polk's birthplace for dedication.
3:41 Arrived at the Belk residence.
4:13 To the Alexander Home restoration for tea.
5:19 Returned to the airport and departed from
- -- toured ranches.
8:05 To the Boyhood Home -- picked up Jessie Hunter.
8:30 Arrived at the Ranch House Restaurant; Round Mountain, Texas for dinner.
9:17 Left the restaurant -- dropped Jessie Hunter off.
9:58 Returned to the LBJ Ranch with Simone and Liz
- on the Malechek home to survey the furniture.
7:15 Returned to the main house.
7:50 Left the LBJ Ranch via Jetstar for Washington. Dinner: sandwiches on the plane.
12 midnight Arrived at the Andrews Air Force Base. Dr. Hurst met me three and we rode back
- the house again -- went to the Boyhood Home -- conferred with Jessie Hunter.
7:40 Left Johnson City; drove to Bergstrom Air Force Base.
8:40 Left Bergstrom with Simone.
12:20 a.m. EDST Arrived at Andrews Air Force Base.
12:49 Arrived at the White House
- Arrived at Warrie Lynn Smith's home -- joined Lynda and Luci -- party for Lynda
and Chuck.
4:35 Left Warrie Lynn's with Luci and Pat (the President had left for Washington a
few minutes earlier).
4:50 Arrived at the San Antonio airport.
5:16 Returned
- Home.
9:31 To the M. Winters residence, Johnson City.
9:58 Returned to the ranch.
10:47 Toured Martin Ranch.
11:11 Returned to the main house, LBJ Ranch.
Lunch.
1:47 Left the ranch to attend shower for Lynda at Jane Thomas's residence, Austin.
4:27 Went
- down for a few minutes. Worked on mail.
2:54 Bess left.
Read and worked on mail in bed.
4:45 MW to work on mail.
4:55 Bess returned -- wedding.
5:20 Bess left.
6:44 To the theater for home movies -- Lynda and Simone joined.
7:45 Returned to the second
- and Mrs. Charles Urschel joined me.
1:06 Left the Witte Museum.
3. 1:14 Went to Janet Shook Design Shop.
2:52 Arrived McNay Art Institute.
3:31 Arrived at the William Bristow home.
3:53 Went to the airport -- left San Antonio in small plane.
4. 4:19
- with Ashton.
3. 3:38 Went shopping with Lynda -- Saks -- stopped by Jean-Louis's shop on the way home
for a comb-out.
5:45 Returned to the White House.
4. 5:55 To the North Portico for wreath presentation by secretaries Wirtz and Weaver.
6:00 To the Blue Room
- to the second floor. Changed clothes.
7:20 Left the White House -- to Dorothy and Leonard Marks' home for cocktails -- Abells,
Drew Pearsons, and Merry del Vals.
8:30 Returned to the White House.
Entry
No.
Time
Activity
Played bridge with Lynda, Chuck
-
and Sam Houston Johnson.
6:15 Returned to the main house.
7:51 With the President, JC Kellam, Arthur Krim, Don Thomas, and Marie Fehmer, into
Austin via chopper -- picked up Luci and Pat at their home -- then went to
Frank Erwin's for a cocktail party.
10
- and Mary Davis -and Jessie Hunter -- getting ready for this afternoon's tea for hostesses.
1:58 To the living room to greet volunteer hostesses for the Boyhood Home and birthplace -reception in their honor.
2:55 To the hangar to present certificates
- for light fixtures.
3:19 Went to Neva's home.
3:57 Returned to Wells Design Co. -- dropped off Mrs. Wells.
4:52 Left with Neva.
5:45 Arrived at the Houston Airport -- called the ranch.
6:01 Left Houston.
6:42 Landed in Austin -- couldn't go to the ranch
- Ranch.
To Johnson City -- Boyhood Home.
7:02 Returned to the main house.
7:15 Cocktails.
8:00 Dinner in honor of the Eshkols.
To the living room for coffee and liqueurs. Jimmy Symington sang.
The Eshkols went upstairs to bed -- the President and I stayed
- and the Krims -- at the Riordans' home -- the McHughs
and the Deasons were there, too.
11:31 Returned to the White House.
11:45 Lynda and Chuck came over.
12:43 Lynda and Chuck left.
1:00 a.m. Retired.
******
House guests:
Mr. and Mrs.Arthur Krim-#303.
Sam
- the VFW.
9:35 To Dr. Burkley's office.
9:40 Returned to the second floor.
Recorded.
3:23 Left the White House -- toured the Buchanan School; then went to Lynda's home.
5:45 Left Lynda and Chuck's -- returned to the White House.
6:00 To the bowling lanes
- THE WHITE HOUSE
MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Daily Diary
WASHINGTON
Mrs. Johnson began her day at (Place)
Entry
No.
Luci and Pat's home, Austin, Texas
Date
Friday, February 2, 1968
Activity
Time
Breakfast.
12:12 Left Luci's.
12:21 Arrived
- . Left Mary Lasker's home.
12:47 a.m. Arrived Hotel Pierre -- retired.
******
- City, left
Jessie at the Boyhood Home. (We looked at housing project for the aged)
6:20 Returned to the main house.
8:00 Dinner with the President, Wesley West, AW, Mr. and Mrs. Krim, Mary Rather, Jim Jones,
Marie, Jessie Hunter.
Retired.
******
- Foyer for Ladies Home Journal photos with new state china.
10:34 Returned to the second floor.
Met with Douglass Hubbard, Dr. Alan Kent, and Mr. Hendrickson re: LBJ Park.
1:45 To the President's office.
1:55 Returned to the second floor.
4:25 Left
- .
To room -- recorded -- took nap.
4:50 Rode around with Bob Knudsen and Gary Gross to look for good filming
spots. Knetsch residence, Danz Ranch (behind Danz sisters' house),
old Sweeney home.
6:01 Returned to the ranch.
6:34 Left the ranch again -- drove
- fields of paint brushes -- Indian blanket.
5. 2:02 Arrived Gonzales -- speech on court housequare followed by tree planting.
2:48 Left Gonzales.
6. 3:13 Arrived Palmetto State Park -- delicious home-cooked buffet lunch in park.
Farewells to foreign press
- with Dorothy.
11:35 Arrived at Dorris Powell's home in Karnack.
11:50 Left with Dorothy and Dorris, and Mrs. Barnes for the Post Office -- visited with
personnel and discussed landscaping around post office.
2. 12:25 Returned to the Powell home
3. 1:43 Left
- . Went to platform. CTJ spoke and presented bronze plaque to school.
2:35 Departed school and drove to James K. Polk home. Large crowd in yard. Walked through
the rooms with the President. Dress by Worth
Portrait by J.P.A. Healy
3:00 Left Polk home
- Club. Mrs. Jomson
accepts a doll dressed in a replica of her
lnaugural gown
·
Monday, June 14
All day
White House Festival of the American Arts
Wednesday, June 16
12:30 P• m.
Tour for participants in Maryland's Home
Demonstration Week
Friday,
June
- "
12:48 With Mrs. Lasker left Union Carbide Building
12:53 Arrived Mrs. Lasker's home with Liz and Mrs. Lasker.
Luncheon guests: Mrs. Vincent Astor, Mr. Paul Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller, Mr. and Mrs. Laurance
Rockefeller, Mr. and Mrs
- party. Drove around Boyhood
Home area. Went to the bank where President went in. Returned to the ranch by park area.
8:45 Main ranch and then to Reagan Ranch
9:33 Back to house
9:43 Left house again and picked up Barefoot Sanders at the airstrip
- to Harriman party at their home.
Posed for pictures on arriving.
6:43 President
to
Harriman party. With Lynda.
8:05 With
President and
Jack Valenti, by Washington Hospital Center to see Mary Margaret
and baby,
Phoned Dolly
Shock carries
its own
anesthetic
5
- on South Grounds.
8:41 Back to second floor
4. 9:15 With Luci and guests to theater to see "Home From the Hill" and ABC and CBS film.
10:42 President came back with Mr. Nugent and Marvin Watson to theater. Saw the
"Gerry Nugent Story" by CBS.
12:20 Upstairs
-
to Campobello home. Took tour of the house. Reception in back
yard and met people at a picnic.
12:30 Luncheon in house by Roosevelt International Park Commission,
Mrs. Pearson, Mrs. Ritchie, Mrs. Butterworth, Mrs. Robichaud, Mrs. Reed,
Mrs. Muskie, Senator
- with Roy, Dick, and A.W. for stone houses and around Boyhood Home
to look at flowers
3:30 Return to Ranch
5. 5:00 By chopper to A.W.'s. Ride in cars. Got out and watched the sunset.
7:00 Returned to Ranch.
7:30 Dinner with President, Bill Moyers, Jim
- . Had refreshments, saw house
drove fast to Winters' strip. Met LBJ
then to Park - dedication special re: money from Yankees. Little boy _______ him up
L gave me Myrick's charts
_______ then on quick trip through Boyhood Home. Little Boy in swing
- for White House
12:43 w/ Liz, Dorothy Territo, Juanita Roberts
left Houston in plane
low pass over ranch - couldn't land, bad weather
1:45 Arrived Bergstrom
2:00 Left Austin by car w/ party above
3:07 Arrived ranch
9:30 To birthplace and Boyhood Home
