Thursday, Jan 2, 1908

Drove downtown in the afternoon and got Della.  Talked with Will C. over the phone in evening.

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Transcriber's notes:

I searched the Corunna Journal archives around this date but did not find reference to anyone named Della coming to visit.

Will C. is most likely to be Will Cook.  Will Cook has been a friend of the family's for at least a few years now. I have letters written from Grace's paternal grandmother (Ann Crandall Rose) to Grace, in 1906, when Ann was living with her daughter Minnie Rose Towler.  Will is mentioned several times in those letters, and once, Grandma mentions that she would really like to see Will and Grace become closer.  Will lives in Vernon, about 8 miles away.  In the 1910 census, there is a William Cook renting a room in Vernon.  That Will Cook is about Grace's same age, so I assume he is our Will Cook.  In 1908 when Grace is writing this diary, it appears that Will Cook is also a boarder in Vernon, as she mentions once visiting him with friends, "in his room".