March 16, 1932 Wednesday
up 9:40 am , dressed, breakfast, cleaned the snow from the sidewalks, lunch, played crib, read, slept did writing, supper, out to Muirs with B. Shick to East Kildonan Rink, then home, bed.
March 18, 1932 Friday
up 12pm dressed, lunch, Rose here, read, shaved & washed, supper did writing, out to Muirs, walked around with B. Shick, froze one ear it seems, home, in bed.
March 21, 1932 Monday
Spring Begins. Up 9:30 am dressed, breakfast, read, lunch, read all afternoon, supper, washed dishes, out to Muirs, heard hockey game. Score Wpg’s 0 Ft William 1, Monarchs 0 Sudbury 2, home, read, played crib, had a drink, bed.
March 25, 1932 Friday
up 9:30am dressed, breakfast, washed dishes, played cards, lost, met B. Shick, to his Aunt’s house, talked played checkers then home, played crib, won 3 lost 1, did writing, time 6pm supper, shaved and washed, in all night, played cards, talked about Albert and Wife Bessie who gave birth to a girl at 10am today. Read, bed.
March 31, 1932 Thursday
up 10:15 am dressed, breakfast, washed dishes, played some records, fixed regulator, played crib, lost, lunch, Mum went out, read, did writing, supper, out, walked around heard hockey scores at Muirs, Monarchs 4 Sudbury 3 home, in bed.
April 3, 1932 Sunday
up early, breakfast, dressed, did a few things in morning, lunch, washed dishes, Albert & Bessie here, came to take Ronnie home, some kid, supper, out to Muirs, walked home with 2 young girls, kids practically, had a nice mixture of weather, snow, rain sleet. Home 11pm, Art home 1am, to bed.
April 4 1932 Monday
up 8am, dressed, breakfast, out 9am, walked uptown to Free Press, Eatons, ordered sugar, to Paulin’s, met B Elrich, home 12:25pm, feet sore, two blisters, lunch, in all afternoon, supper, out to Muirs, Score Monarchs 0 Sudbury 1, Bill came, talked home, bed.
April 6, 1932 Wednesday
up 6:30 am dressed, breakfast, out to Paulin’s worked in cream room til 12, lunch, saw Trixie, worked til 5:30 out, home, supper, walked out E. Kildonan & back, home 10:30pm read, bed.
April 15, 1932 Friday
up 6:40 am dressed, breakfast, to Paulin’s worked in bakeshop til 12, lunch, worked til 5:30pm out, home, supper, out to Muirs, walked out E, Kildonan & back with Bill S. Met Ann & Stella, to Prince Edward School, petted them but they were too young we thought, left them, talked, home, in, bed.
April 19, 1932 Tuesday
up 8:15, dressed, breakfast, out to uptown to Eatons, to Free Press, to the Mall Auditorium, to Paulins then home, Sat Bill Hartz uptown. Lunch, out, med Dick W. & Walter K and walked with them to Bergen Bridge & back, then home and supper, washed dishes, met Bill S. He went home, I went to show. Then to Muirs, to Harolds, to Muirs then home home, in, bed.
April 20, 1932 Wednesday
up 8:30am dressed, breakfast, washed dishes, out, cleaned out garage, took off storm windows, put on screens, took off front & 2 kitchen windows, fixed gate, washed front veranda, lunch, washed dishes, shaved & washed, did writing, time 1 pm, out, met B. Robinson, to sote to Melbourne Ave, home, read paper, supper, washed dishes, met B. Robinson, to his house, to Roberta, Bowman, met Mabel Anderson, sister to Esther & May, home with Mabel, make a date for show on Thursday, home, 11:20pm in read, bed.
This is the Journals of John Richard Barker of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The earliest entries are in 1929 and the last in April 1978. Journal entries are not in order by date or any other criteria. The entries are added when time permits and are typed exactly as he wrote them. The actual Journals are hand written and no copies are available.
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January 1, 1932 Friday New Years Day
up 12:30 pm, dressed, down lunch, A Dixon here, shaved & washed, out to downtown, to Capitol Theatre, after show to MacDondalds with Alex, then to his house, radio, talked, then home.
January 8, 1932 Friday
up 6:40 am dressed, breakfast, out to Paulin’s, 7:25am, worked til 12pm lunch, played cards, worked til 5:30pm, home, supper, out Muirs then went skating, home 10:30pm read, bed.
January 17, 1932 Sunday
up 8am, dressed, breakfast, out to Rose’s, got socks, met A. Dixon, then went snowshoeing, til 4pm, home, slept til 6pm, supper, out to Roxy then to Muirs, home, bed.
January 20, 1932 Wednesday
up 6:40 am dressed, breakfast, out to Paulin’s, worked all day & laid off til Monday, home, supper, read, bed.
January 21, 1932 Thursday
up 9am, dressed, breakfast, fooled around til lunch, out to Paulin’s, got pay, $11.15, to Lyceum Theatre with Sam Carr, saw Frankenstein, to HBC, to Donald St streetcar, home, supper, out to Roxy Theatre, saw Jean and I thought she wanted to say something to me but don’t know for sure, to Muirs then home.
January 28, 1932 Thursday
up 6:30 am dressed, breakfast, out to work by 7:15am, worked til 12pm lunch, worked til 5:30pm got pay $6.00, worked til 6pm, home, supper out to Roxy Theatre, then home, read, bed.
January 30, 1932 Saturday
up 9am dressed, breakfast, Dad home now from hospital, good, lunch, shaved and washed, out to Rose’s, there all afternoon, home, then out to Muirs, home, supper, in all evening, slept til 9pm read, played crib with Dad & Art, lost, Mum home, talked, bed.
February 4, 1932 Thursday
up 6:45 am dressed, breakfast, out to Paulin’s worked til 12pm, lunch, worked til 5:30pm got pay, $12:15, saw Harry, he says to come in Monday, Wpgs first in Olympics Score 2-1, out to Erzinger’s, then home, supper, met A. Dixon, to Roxy then to Muirs, then home, read, bed.
February 6, 1932 Saturday
up 9:45 am dressed, breakfast, did dishes, washed stairway and hall floors, lunch, basement, painted furnace pipes, had a bath, supper, out to Muir’s then home, read, bed.
February 7, 1932 Sunday
up 1pm, dressed, lunch, painted pipes, in all afternoon, supper, Bob & Lily, Rose & Harold here, played cards all evening, ate, they left, read, bed.
February 10, 1932 Wednesday
up 6:30 am, dressed, breakfast, out to Paulin’s , worked til 12, lunch, worked with Trixie all day, could have but didn’t try anything, though she gave out she wanted something, very nice girl though, worked til 6pm, home, supper, laid down slept, in all night, bed.
February 11, 1932 Thursday
up 6:30am dressed, breakfast, to work, worked til 12, lunch, worked til 5:30, laid off again, home, supper, in all evening, played cards, bed.
February 18, 1932 Thursday
up usual time, dressed, breakfast, fooled around all morning, lunch, out to Muirs, cigarettes, streetcar to uptown Paulin’s, got pay $9.00 to W.L Mckenzie Co. On Bannatyne, got cards, to bank, drew out $10 to Tip Top Tailors, ordered a suit, then home, supper, walked with Mum to Roxy Theatre, to Muirs, to Roxy, saw Jean, never got a chance to speak to her, to Muir’s had milkshake, bought book, home, read , bed.
February 22, 1932 Monday
up 8:45am, dressed, breakfast, washed dishes, fixed clothes line, then cleared snow away, lunch, slept most of the afternoon, out to Muirs, cigarettes, home, played 500, then to bed.
February 26, 1932 Friday
up 6:30 am dressed, breakfast, out to Paulin’s worked til 6pm, out streetcar home, supper, out to Muir’s, met B. Shick, talked, water valve broke, what a mess, walked out to Kildonan and back, home, played checkers, crib with Mum, bed.
February 27, 1932 Saturday
up 9am dressed, breakfast, now all water turned off because of valve breaking, to Muir’s , beat Carl at two games of checkers, home, cleaned snow away, lunch, read, drained water away, talked to Alf Shapr, read, laid down, supper, shaved and washed, did writing, only worked 2 days, never saw Trixie, out to Muir’s med B. Shick and A. Dixon, walked to Wpg Theatre, after show to MacDonalds, home, 11:50pm, talked, bed.
February 29, 1932 Monday
up dressed breakfast, to Paulin’s worked til 12pm, lunch played cards worked, laid off again, home, supper, out saw & talked to Ted Woods (cousin) out to Muirs, got tobacco, home, read, bed.
March 3, 1932 Thursday
up dressed, breakfast, in all morning, lunch, left at 2:30pm, streetcar downtown, to Tip Top, got suit, to Paulin’s got pay $4.00, streetcar home, showed suit to Art, supper, out to Muir’s to Roxy Theatre, B. Shick saw Jean but never spoke, home lit fire, Art home, talked, bed.
March 4, 1932 Friday
up 8:30 am dressed, breakfast, cleaned up basement, washed dog (Roddy) played crib, won 6 lost 2, lunch, out to Muir’s, to Meredith’s, home, cleaned snow away, in, read, supper, out to Muir’s then home, read, bed.
up 12:30 pm, dressed, down lunch, A Dixon here, shaved & washed, out to downtown, to Capitol Theatre, after show to MacDondalds with Alex, then to his house, radio, talked, then home.
January 8, 1932 Friday
up 6:40 am dressed, breakfast, out to Paulin’s, 7:25am, worked til 12pm lunch, played cards, worked til 5:30pm, home, supper, out Muirs then went skating, home 10:30pm read, bed.
January 17, 1932 Sunday
up 8am, dressed, breakfast, out to Rose’s, got socks, met A. Dixon, then went snowshoeing, til 4pm, home, slept til 6pm, supper, out to Roxy then to Muirs, home, bed.
January 20, 1932 Wednesday
up 6:40 am dressed, breakfast, out to Paulin’s, worked all day & laid off til Monday, home, supper, read, bed.
January 21, 1932 Thursday
up 9am, dressed, breakfast, fooled around til lunch, out to Paulin’s, got pay, $11.15, to Lyceum Theatre with Sam Carr, saw Frankenstein, to HBC, to Donald St streetcar, home, supper, out to Roxy Theatre, saw Jean and I thought she wanted to say something to me but don’t know for sure, to Muirs then home.
January 28, 1932 Thursday
up 6:30 am dressed, breakfast, out to work by 7:15am, worked til 12pm lunch, worked til 5:30pm got pay $6.00, worked til 6pm, home, supper out to Roxy Theatre, then home, read, bed.
January 30, 1932 Saturday
up 9am dressed, breakfast, Dad home now from hospital, good, lunch, shaved and washed, out to Rose’s, there all afternoon, home, then out to Muirs, home, supper, in all evening, slept til 9pm read, played crib with Dad & Art, lost, Mum home, talked, bed.
February 4, 1932 Thursday
up 6:45 am dressed, breakfast, out to Paulin’s worked til 12pm, lunch, worked til 5:30pm got pay, $12:15, saw Harry, he says to come in Monday, Wpgs first in Olympics Score 2-1, out to Erzinger’s, then home, supper, met A. Dixon, to Roxy then to Muirs, then home, read, bed.
February 6, 1932 Saturday
up 9:45 am dressed, breakfast, did dishes, washed stairway and hall floors, lunch, basement, painted furnace pipes, had a bath, supper, out to Muir’s then home, read, bed.
February 7, 1932 Sunday
up 1pm, dressed, lunch, painted pipes, in all afternoon, supper, Bob & Lily, Rose & Harold here, played cards all evening, ate, they left, read, bed.
February 10, 1932 Wednesday
up 6:30 am, dressed, breakfast, out to Paulin’s , worked til 12, lunch, worked with Trixie all day, could have but didn’t try anything, though she gave out she wanted something, very nice girl though, worked til 6pm, home, supper, laid down slept, in all night, bed.
February 11, 1932 Thursday
up 6:30am dressed, breakfast, to work, worked til 12, lunch, worked til 5:30, laid off again, home, supper, in all evening, played cards, bed.
February 18, 1932 Thursday
up usual time, dressed, breakfast, fooled around all morning, lunch, out to Muirs, cigarettes, streetcar to uptown Paulin’s, got pay $9.00 to W.L Mckenzie Co. On Bannatyne, got cards, to bank, drew out $10 to Tip Top Tailors, ordered a suit, then home, supper, walked with Mum to Roxy Theatre, to Muirs, to Roxy, saw Jean, never got a chance to speak to her, to Muir’s had milkshake, bought book, home, read , bed.
February 22, 1932 Monday
up 8:45am, dressed, breakfast, washed dishes, fixed clothes line, then cleared snow away, lunch, slept most of the afternoon, out to Muirs, cigarettes, home, played 500, then to bed.
February 26, 1932 Friday
up 6:30 am dressed, breakfast, out to Paulin’s worked til 6pm, out streetcar home, supper, out to Muir’s, met B. Shick, talked, water valve broke, what a mess, walked out to Kildonan and back, home, played checkers, crib with Mum, bed.
February 27, 1932 Saturday
up 9am dressed, breakfast, now all water turned off because of valve breaking, to Muir’s , beat Carl at two games of checkers, home, cleaned snow away, lunch, read, drained water away, talked to Alf Shapr, read, laid down, supper, shaved and washed, did writing, only worked 2 days, never saw Trixie, out to Muir’s med B. Shick and A. Dixon, walked to Wpg Theatre, after show to MacDonalds, home, 11:50pm, talked, bed.
February 29, 1932 Monday
up dressed breakfast, to Paulin’s worked til 12pm, lunch played cards worked, laid off again, home, supper, out saw & talked to Ted Woods (cousin) out to Muirs, got tobacco, home, read, bed.
March 3, 1932 Thursday
up dressed, breakfast, in all morning, lunch, left at 2:30pm, streetcar downtown, to Tip Top, got suit, to Paulin’s got pay $4.00, streetcar home, showed suit to Art, supper, out to Muir’s to Roxy Theatre, B. Shick saw Jean but never spoke, home lit fire, Art home, talked, bed.
March 4, 1932 Friday
up 8:30 am dressed, breakfast, cleaned up basement, washed dog (Roddy) played crib, won 6 lost 2, lunch, out to Muir’s, to Meredith’s, home, cleaned snow away, in, read, supper, out to Muir’s then home, read, bed.
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