June 1, 1937 Tuesday Weather: cloudy, temp at noon +72F
up 7:05 am, breakfast, washed, talked to Lily, to streetcar to Erzinger’s at 8:07am, swept & mopped office, orders til 12:30pm, lunch, city and country orders til 5:30pm, swept up, out to Donald st. streetcar, talked to Lenore Seames, home, Lily out, supper, worked in garden til 7:45pm, up in daisys, everybody out, shaved & washed, diary, read, worked in garden til 8:30pm, sent Norma to store for magazine, Rhoda here, we made up, lots of love, made cocoa and bread and jam, out to Rhoda’s, talked, home, saw & talked to Mr & Mrs Law & Lily at gate til 12:10am, waited til 12:30am for dog to come in, bed. Spent 21¢
June 2, 1937 Wednesday Weather: cloudy, rain, temp at noon +66F
up 7am, breakfast, washed, out to streetcar, talked to Mr. Lennox, to Erzinger’s, swept up & mopped, orders til 10am, helped Albert put up awning til 11:30, city orders til 1pm, lunch, orders & fooled around till 5pm, country orders til 5:45pm out to streetcar, home, supper, read paper, diary, 6:40pm, put on shoes & socks and out to work in garden, planted snaps, dahlia, marigold, balsam, til 9:30pm. Watered it. Over to Rhoda’s, with some geranium slips, talked to her brother then her mother, left, saw a man looking, got worried, waited for Rhoda, boy was I relieved, to her place, talked, left at 12:15, home, 12:30am. (3 years since Mum died, ever remembered by your son John, Mum would have been 66 years)
June 3, 1937 Thursday Weather: clear, temp at noon +77F
up 7:05am, breakfast, washed, out to streetcar to Erzingers, worked til 1:10 on city orders, lunch, country til 4, swept up and out to Donald st. streetcar, home, supper, read paper, planted geraniums, watered them, Insurance Man here for 15 mins, shaved & washed, dressed, diary, read, out to Rhoda’s took more geranium slips, talked & went for a walk to Oakview, dropped in on Hazel & Harold, there til 10:20pm, Hazel & Harold walked with us back to Rhoda’s place, talked, outside kisses, Kid brother started hollering so I left, home 11pm, bed. Spent 51¢
June 4, 1937 Friday Weather: cool, rain, temp at noon +53F
up 7:05 am, called Lily down, breakfast, washed, out to streetcar, talked to H. Morton, Erzinger’s, swept & mopped office, orders til 12, to Lawyer, he’s out, back, lunch, back to lawyer at 1pm, signed paper, to Erzinger’s, orders & put away stock til 6:10pm out to Garrick café, supper, put away stock & orders til 10, swept up, home in truck, Bob here, read paper, diary, pay $12.60, bed. Spent 36¢
June 5, 1937 Saturday Weather: cool, rain, temp at noon +53F
up 7:20am breakfast, out to streetcar, Erzingers, swept, city & country orders til 2pm, out to streetcar home, ate read paper, brought in wood, looked at garden, lit fire, diary, read, laid down til 6:00pm, supper, did dishes, shaved & washed, dressed, out to store, to Rosies, there out, to Rhoda’s, talked to Mr. Lennox til 10pm, with Rhoda on porch til 12am, had tea & cake, left there at 1:10am, home, talked to Art, bed. Spent 56¢
June 6, 1937 Sunday Weather: cool, rain, temp at noon +50F
up 11:10am, dinner, out in garden, did dishes, washed kitchen floor, had a bath, discovered a rash on left foot, some kind of skin disease, I guess. Finished at 1:25pm, dressed, read, brought in wood, supper, radio, read, did dishes, Rhoda here, played cards, to store & back, had ice cream, Lily gone to bed, I on chesterfield, talked, left to Rhoda’s, back home 11:20pm, bed 11:30pm but had to get up to let Art in. Spent 45¢
June 7, 1937 Monday Weather; cool, rain, sleet, temp at noon +40F
up 7am, lit fire, breakfast, shaved & washed, out to streetcar to Erzinger’s, swept & mopped office, city orders til 1, lunch, orders til 5pm, swept up out to streetcar, home, read paper, Jean Harlow screen star died today, supper, read, radio, diary, out to dentist, to store, home, stayed in all night, read played 5 games with Art til 11:30pm,last up bed 11:45pm, spent $4.62
June 8, 1937 Tuesday Weather: fair, temp at noon, +54F
up 7am, woke Lily, breakfast, washed, out to streetcar, Erzinger’s, swept & mopped office, city orders til 1pm, lunch, city orders til 4:30pm, put away stock til 5:30pm, swept up, piled cartons, out to streetcar, talked to J Levendale on streetcar, stopped at barber for haircut, home, supper, Lily out, read paper, looked at garden, diary, read, shaved, out to store, to Rhoda’s, she was doing dishes, waited, out to Roxy Theatre, out at 11:45, to Rhoda’s, tea & bread, left, home, bed. Bob slept here tonight. Spent $1.16
June 9, 1937 Wednesday Weather: fair, temp at noon +60F
up 7am, breakfast, washed, out to streetcar to Erzinger’s, swept & dusted, orders til 1pm, out to store, lunch, orders til 4, country orders til 6, swept up, out to streetcar, talked to Eva Horton, home, supper, diary, read, out in garden, planted snaps & featherfume, watered garden, out to store, 10pm, walked to Kildonan, met Rhoda at Trent, over to Rosies, a dog came after us, did we jump & how - to Rhoda’s, talked to her mother, left 11:15pm, home, bed, spent 42¢
June 10, 1937 Thursday Weather: clear, warmer, temp at noon +68F
up 7am, breakfast, washed, out to streetcar, Erzinger’s, swept & mopped, orders til 1pm, lunch 1:45pm, city & country orders til 4:45pm, put some stock away, swept up, Albert says there is no chance of me getting on steady , out to streetcar, home supper, read paper, laid down, changed socks, diary, read, shaved, out in garden, planted some more things, Rhoda here at 9pm, over to Rhoda’s, sit outside for awhile, then tea & cake, left 11:50pm, home bed 12:10am
June 11, 1937 Friday Weather: cloudy, warm, temp at noon +72F
up 7:05am, breakfast, washed, out to streetcar to Erzinger’s, swept & mopped, orders til 12:30pm, lunch, city and country orders til 4pm, put away stock til 5:30pm, out to Donald street streetcar, talked to Miss brandeau, my school teacher in grade 4, home, supper, read paper, diary, out in garden, over to Rosies, talked, to Rhoda’s, left for home, 1:20 am, bed.
June 12, 1937 Saturday Weather: clear, hot, temp at noon +73F
up 7am, breakfast, washed, out to streetcar to Erzinger’s, swept up & orders til 2pm, ate on the run, swept up, out to Afflecks with Albert & I bought a hat, home, read paper, Rose & Jessie here, talked, laid down til 5pm, shaved & washed, diary, read, watered garden, washed, dressed, out to Rhoda’s she was not at hom, & that crazy brother of hers, had to fool around with my new hat, hung around there til she got home at 9pm, talked outside, ate, met her uncle, talked, home, bed 11:45pm
June 13, 1937 Sunday Weather: cloudy, warm, rain temp at noon, +78F
up 12:30pm, dinner, out, looked at garden, cultivated garden, in, read & slept, til 5pm, down pouring rain storm, set table, supper, diary, read, washed & dressed, to store & back to Braiser & Johnson & Kelvin,talked with Art & E Hunt around train Bridge, Kildonan Park - Main St south to Redwood to Kelvin and back home, snack sleep. 11:20
June 14, 1937 Monday Weather: cloudy and warm, temp at noon +67F
up 7:05am breakfast, washed, out to streetcar to Erzingers, swept & mopped office, put stock away, orders til 12:15 pm, Lunch 1/45, city orders& put away stock til 5:20pm, swept up and out to Donald St. Streetcar, home supper, read paper, Norma got a cat, read, out in garden (Albert on Holidays for 2 weeks) worked in garden til 10pm, cocoa and pie, bed 10:45pm spent 56¢
June 15, 1937 Tuesday Weather: fair, temp at noon +76f
up 7:05am, woke Lily, breakfast, washed out to Erzingers, swept & dusted, orders til 11:45am, lunch, orders city & country til 5:30pm, put stock away til 6pm, washed, out to streetcar & home, supper, read paper, laid down til 7:15pm, shaved & washed, dressed, read, cleaned shoes, out to store, to Rhodas, talked, out went for a wal out to Lieghton and Brazier and back home here, talked, laid on chesterfield, Lily & Bob here, Bob let me have his car, drove out to Kildonan to subway and back to Rhoda’s, car won’t star, home, told Bob, back to Rhoda’s, 3 fellows helped to get it going, home, bed 12:35 ( Note - Wally Peterson - friend of schooldays died at 4pm today, Funeral on Friday, Art is Pall Bearer), spent 26¢
June 16, 1937 Wednesday Weather: fair & warm, temp at noon +80 F
up 7am, Bob gone, breakfast, washed, out, a fellow gave me alift, he thought he knew me, I guess, Erzinger’s swept & mopped office, city orders til 11:30am, lunch, 12;30pm, city & country orders til 5:30pm, swept up, washed, streetcar home, supper, read paper, laid down til 7:30pm, read washed, walked around in garden & watered it, talked to Mr. Sharp til 9:30pm, laid on chesterfield, played one game with Art, lost, big rain & wind storm, Lily home, bed 12am. Spent 16¢
June 17, 1937 Thursday Weather; fair, rain, temp at noon +76F
up 7am, breakfast, washed, out streetcar to Erzingers, swept & mopped helped Herb with windows, city orders til 12:20pm, lunch, up city & country orders together til 4pm, put away stock til 6:30pm, swept up out to streetcar, met B. Hartz, talked, home, supper, read paper, upstair, shaved & washed, read, out to Lennox’s , gave Mrs Lennox’s brother a bleeding heart plant, talked to Jones, to store, back to her place out for a walk, she made me mad, she said I am to blame for it because I can’t control myself & she kept on about this guy were she been working since Saturday to her place, told her everything was okay, there til 11:50pm, home, bed, spent 56 ¢
June 18, 1937 Friday Weather: cloudy, rain, temp at noon, +73F
up 7am, breakfast, washed, out to streetcar, Erzinger’s, swept & mopped, talked to albert, orders til 11:35pm, lunch 12:30pm, orders til 5:30pm, out to Garrick café, supper, back, put up orders & put away stock, swept up left at 10;35pm, met H. Andrews on streetcar, home, ate, read paper, Art talked about funeral (Wally was buried today), Lily home, bed. Spent 76¢
June 19, 1937 Saturday Weather: cloudy, rain, temp at noon +76F
up 7:15am breakfast, washed, out to streetcar, talked to R. Sargent, to Erzingers, swept up, orders til 2:30pm, in Austin with J. Baird, delivering, home, planted some stuff in the garden & while I’m on the subject, the Bleeding Hearts bloomed May 17, Columbine on June 17, Balsom June 17 and the Iris on June 17, rained, went in, finished dishes, slept, supper, diary, read, shaved, washed, dressed, out to store, to Rhoda’s, met her at Martin Ave, to dry goods store on Kelvin with her then to her place, walked out Kildonan to Oakview and back to Melrose and down to river bank, sat there til 10:55pm, to Rhodas, read paper, had tea& cake, left 12:20am, home, bed
June 20, 1937 Sunday Weather: fair & warm, temp at noon +80F
up 8:45am breakfast, washed, out in garden til 12:30, bath, shaved, dressed, out to Rhoda’s at 2:10pm, talked, walked to Harbison Ave and took streetcar to City Park, walked around til 5pm, sat on grass til 6:30pm, streetcar to Donald st. Met Mr. Randolph Lennox, Rhoda’s brother, to Rhoda’s, supper, everyone else out, dishes, Rhoda’s brother back with wife, parents home, left 11:15pm, home bed, 11:30pm spent today $1.05, on Rhoda 20¢
Notes- Rhoda starts work tomorrow at Holt Renfrew. Lily told me that Rose & Jessie went to Lawyers & the Will might not go – I it doesn’t it will be divided 6 ways, can’t blame them – but could’ve told us.
June 21, 1937 Monday Weather: fair, temp at noon +71F Longest Day
up 7am Breakfast, washed, out to streetcar, Erzingers, swept & mopped– orders til 12pm, lunch, walked around, back to Erzingers at 12:P45pm, city orders til 4pm put away stock til 5:35pm swept up and out to Donald St streetcar, home, insurance man here, read paper, diary, out to dentist, back, watered, & worked in garden til 9:30pm, laid on chesterfield, Bob here, had cocoa & pie, shaved, bed. Spent $1.67
June 22, 1937 Tuesday Weather: cloudy, warm, temp at noon +81F
up 7am breakfast, washed, Art up, out to streetcar, talked to A. Mulvey, Erzinger’s, swept & mopped, orders til 11:30am, lunch, orders, city & country til 6:30pm, swept up out to streetcar, talked to D. Inkster, home, supper, read paper, shaved & washed, diary, read, dressed, out to Rhoda’s, out to Roxy Theatre, saw “Old Hutch” & “Career Lady” back to Rhoda’s at 11:10pm, tea & bread, talked, home 12:10am, spent 86¢
Joe Louis knocked out J. Bradock in 8th round, now he is heavyweight champion.
June 23, 1937 Wednesday Weather: clear & hot temp at noon +80F
up 7:05am breakfast, washed, out to streetcar, Erzinger’s swept & dusted, orders til 11:45am Lunch, out to Eaton’s, met B. Hartz, talked, back into Eatons, met Rhoda at The Met accidently, walked her to H. R. To Erzingers, worked til 6, swept up, out to Donald St. Met Rhoda, walked towards Broadway til streetcar came, home, supper, read paper, diary, out, looked over garden, watered it, Lily home, Art home, Big Storm, Boy did it rain and blow & how! Set on Verandah til 10:30pm, set clock, bed, spent 46¢
June 24, 1937 Thursday Weather: clear, warm temp at noon +72F
up 6:50am, woke Lily, breakfast, washed, out to streetcar, talked to D Lebson, Erzingers, put stock away & orders til 11:50am, out to store, back, lunch, out to Eatons, met Rhoda, walked around to Erzingers 12:50pm, city and country orders til 5:30pm, swept up out to Donald Streetcar, Rhoda came, home supper, read paper, up, slept til 7:15pm diary, read, shaved & washed, dressed, Rhoda came at 9:00pm, laid on bed, down to chesterfield, Lily & Norma gone to bed, 11:00pm, walked Rhoda home, back at 12:15am, bed. Spent 25¢
June 25, 1937 Friday Weather: fair, cool, temp at noon +72F
up 7am, breakfast, washed, out to streetcar, erzinger’s swept & mopped, orders til 11;50am, lunch, met Rhoda, out to Central Park, sat down til 12:50, talked, to Portage, to Erzinger’s, orders til 5, put away stock til 6:30pm, to Macks Café on Main street, supper, placed machine, back to Erzingers at 7:30pm, put away stock & orders til 11:00pm swept up, got a ride home in Austin truck, bed. Spent 95¢
June 26, 1937 Saturday Weather: fair, temp at noon +75F
up 6:45am, breakfast, Art working, to Erzingers, swept up, orders til 2pm, out to streetcar, home, read paper, laid down, Albert here, talked, wants to settle everything tomorrow as will is no good, Jessie & Rose made sure of that, he’s gone, Lily came, talked, I wished to hell it was all over. Diary, read, down, watered garden, supper, shaved & washed, dressed, to store, to Rhoda’s, talked, mooched around, what a evening, tea & cake on front porch, left, home bed 12:45am, spent 35¢
June 27, 1937 Sunday Weather: warm, rain, temp at noon +80F
up 9:30am, breakfast, washed, worked around in garden til 1pm, on sun porch til 2, whole gang her in front room, talked, decided to put our money in together and sell house after all debts are paid, but Lil, Art, & I have other plans, this was decided after a few rows & bothers. They left at 2:45pm, we talked, played 3 games with are won 1, Art skunked me on 2, read til 6pm, supper, read, dishes, diary, read til 8pm, watered garden, laid on chesterfield, slept til 11pm ate, bed.
June 28, 1937 Monday Weather: fair, cool +64F
up 7am, breakfast, washed, out to streetcar, to Erzinger’s swept & mopped, orders til 11;30, lunch, out to bank, found out about transferring account, met Rhoda at Eatons at 12:25, had a walk, back to Erzingers, city & country orders til 6pm, swept up, to Donald streetcar, Rhoda did not wait - the so & so, talked to D. Inkster, home, supper, read paper, laid down til 7:30pm, diary, read, out to Dentist, made an appointment for Tuesday (Impressions) home, worked around in garden til 9:30pm, watered it, sat on verandah reading til 10:45pm, bed, spent 35¢
June 29, 1937 Tuesday Weather: fair, warmer , temp at noon, +71F
up 6:40 am, breakfast, woke Lily, shaved, washed, out to Erzinger’s, packed orders & put away stock til 9am, city orders til 11;45, lunch, out to Eatons, back at 12:30pm, city & country orders til 6:30pm, swept up, out to streetcar, forgot Art’s pants, talked to D. Inkster, home, supper, told Lily that Dad’s cousin died yesterday, washed, dressed, over to Rhoda’s helped her with dishes, out, walked out to Kildonan, on Brasier to Dunrobin Ave. & back, in, read, talked, xxx, left 11:30pm, home bed, spent 25¢
June 30, 1937 Wednesday Weather; fair, temp at noon, +76Fup 6:45am, breakfast, washed, out to streetcar, Erzingers, put stock away til 9am, city orders til 11:45, out for milk, back, lunch, talked with boss, city orders til 6pm, put stock away, swept up, out to Garrick café, supper, back, stocktaking til 10:30pm, out to streetcar home, talked to Lily, diary, read, washed, bed. Spent 51¢
Have been with Rhoda 619 days out of 1186
Have not seen her 567 days
Have been going with 3 years & 3 months, up to June 27
Did not see Rhoda 12 days this month, Last year in June it was 8 days
Spent on Rhoda this month 70¢
I have spent this month $22.38, Total for 6 months 72.35
Grand Total $179.61