March 1, 1937 Monday Weather: cloudy, mild, temp at noon +19F

up 8:30am, breakfast washed dishes, started to clean up basement, down there til 12, read, dinner, listened to radio, played 3 games crib, won 1, read all afternoon, supper, out to rink, keeping time for game with Transcona 2 Aces 6, talked to Hazel & Harold til 10pm, home, bed 11:45pm

March 2, 1937 Tuesday Weather: clear & mild, temp at noon +14F

up 8:45 am Breakfast, washed dishes, continued work on basement, cleaned it all up, swept up, read, dinner, radio, dozed, over to Mrs Perlman’s, phone for boss at Erzingers, diary, shaved & washed, read all afternoon, supper, dressed, out to Rhoda’s helped her with dishes

March 3, 1937 Wednesday Weather: Clear & Mild, temp at noon +25F

up 8:05 am, breakfast, washed, out to Regans on Martin Ave. Straightened it out about tickets - back home, read, played 3 games of rings, won, dinner, listened to radio, played 3 more games, won, dishes, wrote in diary, read, made bed, washed socks, read all afternoon, supper, listened to radio, dishes, rings, 9:30pm Bob Young here, out to rink til 10:20pm, out to Kildonan, met Rhoda at Melbourne Ave. She tells me she has taken another job & I wanted her to stop all together, I guess it is damn near hopeless trying to stop her, the way her mother thinks, well, something’s got to be done & I’ll tell her so Friday. Home, milk and pie, bed.

March 6, 1937 Saturday Weather: partly cloudy, mild temp at noon +30F

up 6:55am, lit fire, breakfast, washed, met G. Hunt on streetcar, Erzingers, worked, put orders up for country and city til 1:30pm, swept up, closed up, stopped at store, couldn’t find what I wanted, got tobacco 15¢, streetcar home, talked, sold both books of tickets, slept, wrote in diary, to Petersons, got my watch, cost $1.00, paid 50¢, out to Rhoda’s, Hell of a row over a overcoat. Went to Rudolph’s tailor, there til 8pm, to Rhoda’s, every damn time, her mother put a kink in things, I’m getting plenty fed up, believe me, to Hazel & Harolds, ate there, left 12:20 am, walked Rhoda home. Left ther 1:40 am home, bed. Spent 90¢ today.

March 8, 1937 Monday Weather: clear & cold, temp at noon +14F

up 8:50 am, breakfast, feel pretty low, got a bad cold, I guess, every part of me aching, laid on chesterfield, help empty washer, set table dinner, dishes, read & slept all afternoon, supper, read paper & listened to radio til 7:30pm, wrote in diary, shaved & washed, Rhoda here, I was mean to her, talked, listened to radio, everybody gone to bed, laid on chesterfield- Rhoda and I til 12:05, out to Rhodas to walk her home, home again, took 3 aspirins, bed.

March 9, 1937 Tuesday Weather: cloudy & mild, temp at noon +2F

up 9:15am, breakfast, feeling low, aching in every bone, chopped ice from around garage door, inside, sat around, dinner listened to radio, 1:30pm took 3 aspirins, laid down and slept til 5:30pm, read paper, set table, supper, did dishes, wrote in diary, will not go to play hockey tonight, I think I’ll go over to see Rhoda {Howie Morenz star centre of Montreal Canadiens pro hockey team died Monday night in Montreal, heart is is said} out to Rhoda’s, Rhoda out at new place, she didnot tell me Monday, talked to Mrs. Lennox & Mr. Lennox til 8:45pm. Left to that place on Munroe Ave with Rhoda til 9:45pm home, played 3 games of Rings with Art, won 1, bed.

March 11, 1937 Thursday Weather: cloudy & cold, snow, temp at noon +8F

up 8:55 am, breakfast, washed, dishes, swept floor, out to garage, chopped & piled wood til 10:45am, read, set table for dinner, listened to radio, dozed, did dishes, swept floor, played rings, lost, wrote in diary, out to rink at 2:45pm shovelled snow off rink, home 4:30pm read paper, supper dishes, swept floor, ready for game tonight, out to rink at 8pm played 1st game, playoffs, lost 15-3 - 1pt me, total 27 pt. home with B. Hartz, gave him his records, talked, he left, bed 12pm

March 13, 1937 Saturday Weather: clear & mild temp at noon +18F

up 6:55 am, lit fire, breakfast, brought up Dad aspirins & water, woke Lily & Art, down and out to streetcar, saw F.Hunt, Erzinger’s, worked orders, country & city til 1pm, swept up, got papers, talked to Albert, to Donald St, streetcar, home, laid down & slept til 5;30pm read paper, supper, radio, dishes, swept floor, shaved & washed, wrote in diary, watch broke again, read, out to Rhoda’s, talked, out to Roxy Theatre, saw "The Great Zigfield" out at 11:30, to Rhoda’s, had tea & cake, feel tired, left at 12:30 home, bed.

March 14, 1937 Sunday Weather: cloudy & mild, temp at noon +23F

up 10:30am, dinner read til 2pm, dishes, out to rink, watched game, then played, lost 6-3 2pts me, total 29pts–home–talked, supper, listened to radio til 6:30pm dishes, brought in wood, shaved & washed, dressed, Rose & Harold here, played cards til 10pm, fixed furnace, walked over to Rhoda’s, talked, read her diary up to date, pretty nice, no wonder she hesitated in letting me read it. Home 12:30pm, talked to Art, bed.

March 16, 1937 Tuesday Weather: clear & mild, temp at noon +29F

up 7:55am, feeling low, lit fire, breakfast, bought cocoa and toast for Dad, read, washed & wiped dishes, radio, dinner, radio, played rings with Art, won all 3 games, outside & got the drains running, inside at 4pm on chesterfield, dozed, read til 5pm, supper, shaved & washed & dressed, went to Henry’s got two loaves of bread, home, out to drugstore, got pictures showed them to Lily, out over to Rhoda’s, read & talked til 11, tea and toast, left there at 12:20, home, bed.

March 17, 1937 Wednesday Weather: partly cloudy, mild temp at noon +31F
St. Patricks Day

up 9:30 am, feeling better, breakfast, dishes, brought in wood, chopped some, read til 12, dinner, listened to radio, read, played rings, won 1 game, laid down & dozed in afternoon, played some records, Rose here, read paper, supper, listened to radio, stayed in all night, I simply cannot get rid of this cold.

March 20, 1937 Saturday Weather: cloudy & cooler, snow, north wind +20F

up 7am, feel pretty low, breakfast, washed, out to streetcar, worked til 1pm, took Donald St. Streetcar home, took 2 aspirins, laid down dozed, read paper, had cup of tea, laid on chesterfield, feeling better, wrote in diary, time 5;58pm, read, did dishes, shaved, dressed, out to Rhoda’s, out to Roxy Show, saw Laurell & Hardy in Our Relatives, pretty good show, to Rhoda’s had tea & toast, left 1;45 am, took some soda & tartar - had a both, bed, 2:30am – spent today $1.41, on Rhoda 30¢ – (Monarchs put Portage La Prairie out of Abbott cup playdowns tonight, score 3-2, now to play St Boniface)

March 21, 1937 Sunday Weather: clear & cool temp at noon +18F
First day of spring – 12th week in 1937

up 11:50 am, still got the cold, dinner, dishes, washed floor, brought in wood, played rings, won 2, laid on chesterfield, Lily & Norma are going out to Jessie Youngs for the day, read & slept til 5:45 supper, listened to radio, Shirley, Rose & Harold here, washed and dressed and played cards, Rhoda came over at 8:15pm, played cards til 10:15, Lily and Norma home, ate, walked Rhoda home, talked & kissed goodnight, home, bed 12:10am

March 22, 1937 Monday Weather: fair and cool, temp at noon +24F

up 8:50 am, cold better, dressed breakfast, did dishes, painted flower pots, cut Dad’s hair, took out ashes, emptied washer, set table, dinner, listed to radio while doing dishes, played 3 games of rings with Dad, won 1, wrote in diary, read, changed socks, washed, Mrs Law here, laid on chesterfield, read and slept til 4;30pm, read paper, seems they found remains of Julia Johnson who disappeared 9 years ago - 1928) set table, supper, did dishes, stayed in all evening, bed 10:45pm

March 24, 1937 Wednesday Weather: fair & cool, temp at noon+17F

up 11:50am, dinner, radio, dishes, played 3 games rings, won 1, chopped wood & kindling, insurance man here but Lily was out. Read, looked for a book, Rhoda’s brother Randy was over at Lennox’s last night and offered Rhoda a job, if she takes it, I won’t be seeing her so much, she’s to make her mind up & phone him today – I won’t know until tonight or tomorrow night. {results of NHL games Tuesday night – Detroit 4 Canadians 0, Maroons 4 Boston 1, Rangers 3 Toronto 0} laid on chesterfield and read, peeled spuds, Lily home, supper, dishes, read paper, played game, locked up, bed 11:45pm

March 26, 1937 Friday Weather: cloudy & cool, temp at noon +16F
Good Friday

up 9:45am, ate, took Dad some tea, read, did dishes, played rings til 12, skunked Art twice, read til 2:45pm, dozed all afternoon, supper, read paper, Rhoda here at 8pm, Bob here, Dad went to bed at 10pm. Bob went home, Rhoda & I talked til 11:30, make cocoa, left to walk her home at 11:50pm, good night, home, talked to Lily, bed. (St Boniface Seals were Eliminated by Monarchs, score 3 - 2 Monarchs now play Pt. Arthur beginning Saturday)

March 27, 1937 Saturday Weather: clear & cool temp at noon +29F

up 6:45 am, lit fire tea & breakfast, took Dad up a cup of tea, washed dressed, ready and out to streetcar, talked to Mr. Simpson on streetcar, Erzingers swept up, orders, til 2pm, talked to Albert, gave me cigarettes, out to Donald St. Streetcar, home, read paper, shaved & washed, supper, read, played games won them all, put thermogene on Dad’s back, out and met Rhoda at Washington Ave, to Roxy, saw "Charge of Light Brigade" and Bunker Bean, good show, out at 11:20 , to Rhoda’s place, talked to Mr & Mrs. Lennox, had tea & cake, left at 12;20, spent 70¢.
Wpg Monachs 8 Port Arthur 2 first game
EK Bisons won midget title
NHL – Detroit 1 - Canadian 3 - 3rd game

March 28, 1937 Sunday Weather: fair & mild, temp at noon +32F
Easter Sunday

up 11;15, dinner, dishes, swept floor, played 7 games of rings, won 4, read, talked, out for a walk by my self to Brazier St. To Kelvin and out to Trent St. Went to Robbes Café and had a coke, talked to Nelson Murray, out and met Janet Morris, went for a walk with her to Talbot along Nairn and back to Brazier, Stood talking at Brazier & Chalmers til 5pm, home, supper, Harold & Rose, Shirley, Doug & Jessie here for supper, Rhoda never came this Sunday. Played cards til 10:30pm, Art played 2 games, won, bed. Spent 5¢.
Ft William 5 Battlefield 2 2nd game, seniors
Maroons 4 Boston 1 - Boston eliminated

March 30, 1937 Tuesday Weather: partly cloudy, mild, temp at noon +34F

up 8:15am, breakfast, read til 9:30, dishes, fixed furnace for Dad, Lily & Norma gone for the day, brought in wood, read, Art pressed my pant, dinner, played rings til 2pm, shaved & washed, changed socks, read & slept til 5:15pm, read paper, supper, out to Peterson’s and got Art’s watch, home, rolled cigarettes, out to Rhoda’s – Kay Inkster there & boy did she snub me & how. Kay Inkster should stay away from Rhoda & I wish she would cause every time she’s been around Rhoda changes towards me. There til 11, home bed at 11;15.
Canadiens 3 - Detroit 1 two games each for league championship

March 31, 1937 Wednesday Weather: clear & mild, temp at noon +26F

up 8:45 am breakfast, Art gone uptown, brought in wood, read, to Safeway store & back, Dad gone uptown, laid on chesterfield & read, got dinner ready, ate, Art home, dishes, played 2 games ring, won, wrote in diary,read paper , supper, listened to radio, looking at seed catalogue, Rhoda here – her brother Randolph there & he’s going to tell his mother tonight so she came out, we went to Regan’s, home, played cards til 10:30pm, out to Rhoda’s, talked til 12, I guess Randolph did not tell his mother, or was Rhoda slinging me a line? Home 12:15.
Have spent this month $5.35, total for 3 months $19.42
My weight is 154½ lbs.