May 1, 1937 Saturday Weather: cloudy & mild, temp at noon +55F
up 7:05am, lit fire, breakfast, washed, dressed, out to streetcar to Erzinger’s, worked til 2:20pm, McClellan told me to come to work on Monday – cleaning and painting - to Donald street streetcar, home 2:45pm, read paper, painted back door, Lily home, laid down til 6pm, supper, dishes, diary, read, shaved, took wagon to Rosies, talked, to Rhoda’s - out for a walk to Oakview back to Brazier, to her house, sat on front porch til 10pm, played cards til 11:30pm, had tea & cake, talked, a few kisses, very few, Left 12:30 to home, She was telling me she wondered if she could stay away from me for a week to see if it would help us. If she started that it might lead to a finish between us. Bed 12:45 am
May 2, 1937 Sunday Weather: cloudly, mild, temp at noon +52F
up 10:10am breakfast, took dad up some, fooled around with light, dishes, diary, out to corner or Johnson & Brazier, talked, to Fraser Place, played golf til 5:30pm, home, supper, radio, shaved & washed, dressed, met Rhoda at Martin Ave, to Regans, home, tried on Art’s new had, too small, went for a walk to Rossmere Ave, back to Rhoda’s, talked til 11pm, a few kisses, wound clock, bed, 11:30pm
May 3, 1937 Monday Weather: clear, temp at noon +69F
up 7:10am, breakfast, Lily & Art up, out to Erzinger’s, back home for Vacuum with Bob M., to Albert’s on William Ave - to Erzingers, washed and dusted all day, helped Bud weep up, to Donald St. Streetcar, talked to Betty Legree, home, supper, read paper, diary, laid down til 7:30pm, out to Dr. Metzler,paid $5.60, owe $23, talked, home, to store for tobacco, home, cocoa & bread, Bob here, gave Lily a gift, to bed, 11:15pm
May 4, 1937 Tuesday Weather: clear, temp at noon +72F
up 7:15am, breakfast, woke Lily, Dave Gravested here for Art, out to streetcar, talked to Mr. Legree - to Marshall Wells for paint, to Erzingers, finished dusting with vacuum, started to paint til lunch, helped the boys putting away stock til 3:30pm, did some more painting til 5:30pm, put away paint, to Donald st. Streetcar, home, supper, read paper, diary, shaved & washed, dug garden til 8pm, out to Rhoda’s, she did not go to sing song, she was ironing, talked, sat outside, Mrs Lennox borrowed 15¢ from me, had tea & bread, a few kisses, left at 11:45pm, home, talked to Lily, bed at 12:10am, spent today 25¢
May 5, 1937 Wednesday Weather: clear, temp at noon +74F
up 7:10 am breakfast, Lily up, read, out to streetcar to Erzinger’s at 8:10am, painted til 12:15, lunch, painted til 5:10pm, helped putting up orders til 6pm, out to streetcar, home, supper, read washed, changed, dug garden til 8pm, laid on chesterfield til 11pm, had cocoa and bread, bed. Spent 25¢ today
May 6, 1937 Thursday Weather: warm, rain, temp at noon +74F
up 7:10am (teeth out for 1 week) breakfast, washed, out to streetcar to Erzingers, painted til 12:30, lunch, painted til 2pm, helped in warehouse til 3pm, painted til 5:30pm, put stuff away, washed up, talked, out to streetcar, home, read paper, supper, diary, (P is sore again, why can’t I leave it alone - I’ll have to try real hard in the future) shaved & washed, worked in garden, Rhoda here, changed, went for a walk out Kildonan, on Brazier Ave & back to Rhodas, had tea & cake, left at 11:30pm, home 11:45pm
May 7, 1937 Friday Weather: fair, rain, temp at noon +57F
up at 7:10am, breakfast, Art up, washed, to streetcar to Erzinger’s, painted til 12:30, lunch, painted til 5:30pm, got pay $11.00 & 60¢ for supper at Garrick Café, back to Erzinger’s painted til 9pm, Albert helped, cleaned up, helped them with orders til 9:30pm, Harold brought me home in the Austin, read paper, woke up Art, Bed 10:30pm
May 8, 1937 Saturday Weather: cloudy, cool, temp at noon +35F
up 7:10am, breakfast, washed, streetcar to Erzinger’s helped with orders til 1:30pm, Enamelled railing, out to streetcar, home at 4pm, read, brought home razors & tobacco, laid down & slept til 5:30pm, read paper, Von Hindenberg - German Zeppelin, crashed in the USA, 35 known dead - my weight is 148½ lbs, ate, brought in wood, played 2 games, supper, shaved & washed, out to Barbers, too busy, did not wait, to Jones with Rhoda, to Rosies til 9pm, back to Rhoda’s, talked & read, ate & tea, left 2:30am, home, bed, 2:35am, spent 56¢, gave Rhoda $2.00 to save.
Coronation Week
May 9, 1937 Sunday Weather: fair, temp at noon +38F
up 10:30am, breakfast, washed dishes, worked in garden & took off storm windows, bath at 2pm, dressed, laid on chesterfield til 5:30pm, supper, shaved & washed, diary, did dishes (Today Mother’s Day - Mum, ever remembered by your son John, & wishing you were here, Love JRB) listened to radio, Harold, Rose, Mr Andrews here, washed up, to store, to Jones with Rhoda til 12:30am, walked home with Rhoda, home, ate & glass of milk, bed 1am. Spent 15¢
May 10, 1937 Monday Weather: fair, temp at noon +72F
up 7:05am, breakfast, washed, out to streetcar, Erzingers, swept office, helped with orders for awhile, washed walls, out to Ashdowns, back, whitewashed, walls til 12:30pm, painted til 5:15pm, put some stock away, painted rails, out to streetcar, met Rose & Lily, talked to L. Lennox, to barber, haircut, home, supper, read paper, shaved & washed, diary, read, dressed, out to dentist, then to Rhoda’s, she was painting, watched her, she was finished, 10:30pm, had tea & bread, talked, xxxx, left 11:30pm, bed 11:45pm, raining to beat hell. Spent 71¢.
May 11, 1937 Tuesday Weather: cloudy, rain, temp at noon +69F
up 7:05am, Dad not feeling well, breakfast, washed, out to streetcar to Erzinger’s, worked on orders til 12:15pm, lunch, country & city orders til 5pm, put all the stock away, finished at 5:35pm, enamelled railing, finished up, brought home brushes, supper, laid down til 7:30pm, diary, read, out to dentist, talked with him for awhile, to Rhoda’s, they had just got home, Rhoda had bought a hat, not bad, outside, a few kisses, left, she got the pants for me, home, Lily said Dad had been taken to Deer Lodge Hospital, talked, bed. Spent $1.80.
May 12, 1937 Wednesday Weather: cloudy, cool, temp at noon +65F
up 7:30am, Art gone, breakfast, worked & dug garden in front til 11am, Lily gone, Rose here & gone, talked to Mr. Coleman, did a little painting til 12pm, my shoulder & neck sure is stiff, laid on chesterfield, Rose back & gone, Art home, then Lily, had something to eat, laid down til 5pm, read paper, supper, listened to Cornation program, heard King George VI speak, he was crowned King of British Empire today at about 5:30am CS time, Long Live the King, time 6:45pm, marked socks & changed, tried pants on, supper, radio, read, watered plants til 10pm, 10:45pm bed.
May 13, 1937 Thursday Weather: fair & warm, temp at noon +49F
up 7:10am, breakfast, washed, shaved, ready, out to streetcar to Erzinger’s, worked in warehouse all day, no painting, city order til 12pm, dinner, out to Eaton’s, changed pants, cost 45¢ more, back to Erzinger’s, city & country orders til 5pm, swept up, out to donald st. streetcar, home, supper, read paper laiddown til 7:10pm, shaved washed, dressed, out to Rhoda’s, talked, back to our place & we did dishes, Bob Y. Here, Lily & Norma out. To Rhoda’s at 10pm, I was mad, she had her nerve saying such stuff about me - had quite an argument, she’s got to take that back, left, home, bed 12am
May 14, 1937 Friday Weather: cloudy, cool
up 7:10am, breakfast, to Erzingers, taken out to Boss’s house, enamelled bathroom white, finished at 12:15, phone Albert, street car to Erzinger’s, helped in warehouse til 3pm, painted til 5;30pm, supper, painted & varnished til 8:15pm, helped them with orders til 9:30pm, streetcar to Jones on Jameson, talked, she wouldn’t say she was sorry, she nearly cried, I think & I stood ther like a damn fool I was, Jones back at 10:40pm, out to Rhoda’s, dozed, had tea & toast, left at 12:30pm home, bed 1:10am
May 15, 1937 Saturday Weather:cloudy, warm, temp at noon +60F
up at 710am, breakfast, took Lily a cup of tea, out to streetcar to Erzinger’s, worked on orders til 2:15pm, put stock away, out to streetcar to home, had to climb in veranda window, diary, Rose & Lily here, gone to see Dad, read, worked in garden, planted Mr. Perkins garden, cut lawn, (first time) raked, watered back yard, planted dahlias, Lily gone to Rosies, shaved and washed, Rhoda here, laid on chesterfield, had tea & cake, out over to Rhoda’s, talked, fooled around, left there 11:30pm, home, bed, 12am, spent 65¢
May 16, 1937 Sunday Weather: clear & warm, temp at noon +55F
up 10:30am, breakfast, Bob here, took lily to farm, Harold here, talked til 3:30pm, Art gone out, Harold gone, dug up garden & planted zinnias, finished at 3:55, watered at little, sitting outside Rhoda here with her brother Norman, talked, had tea, they left at 4:50pm, laid on chesterfield til 6pm, Art back, supper, shaved & washed, did dishes. (Winnipeg goes on daylight saving time at midnight tonight) watered back yard, Lily & Bob back, dressed, Bob gone, out to drugstore for magazine & cigarettes, walked to Kildonan to Melrose & back, met Rhoda & Kay, to Kay’s house, home 11:pm, bed 11:45pm
May 17, 1937 Monday Weather: cloudy, temp at noon +51F
up 7:10am, breakfast, Mrs. Postman her Lily gone to hospital, washed, streetcar to Erzingers, told Albert, went to Deer Lodge hospital, Dad pretty low, to Erzingers at 10:10, worked til 2:30, out to hospital, Dad died at 2:30pm, Bob got car, back to hospital, picked up Albert, drove to Minto Armaries, to his house, to Legion in Elmwood, home, Albert gone, then Harold & Rose & J Young here, slept til 6:30pm, supper, Doug & Jessie here, diary, shaved & washed, 7:15pm, read, talked, stayed in all night, Bob here, & gone, bed. Spent 61¢.
May 18, 1937 Tuesday Weather: fair & warm, temp at noon +64F
up 7:05am, breakfast, streetcar to Erzingers, worked til 11:50, lunch, worked til 6:50pm, to streetcar, home, supper, Jessie, Harold, Rose, Mr Andrews here, diary, read (7:49pm) laid down on chesterfield, Rhoda here at 8:30pm, & she did not know, talked, everybody gone, we laid on chesterfield - kissed & loved & so forth til 11:30pm, out to Rhoda’s talked, home 11:45pm, bed 12am
May 19, 1937 Wednesday Weather: cloudy, rain, temp at noon +62F
up 7:10am, breakfast out to Erzingers, country orders til 11;50am, out to streetcar, home, shaved & washed Rose & Harold here, car here, to Thomsons Undertakers, Dad’s funeral, Elmwood Cemetary, home 3pm, talked, laid down, everybody gone, read paper, supper, dishes, diary, 7pm, read, talked, 2 women came to see Lily, talked, Bob here, took his car to Rosies, rode out to E. Kildonan & back to store twice, sat out in car til 10:15pm, fixed clock, had milk & cake, bed 10:30pm
May 20, 1937 Thursday Weather: cloudy, rain, temp at noon +46F
up 7:10am, breakfast, 3 weeks no teeth, talked to Lily, out to streetcar to Erzinger’s swept office, orders til 12:20, to Garrick café, dinner, back, worked country & city orders til 5pm, swept up, streetcar home, boss said I made a good job of bathroom, Lily says, art not home yet, went to hospital to see W. Peterson, supper, shaved, washed, diary, changed, out to Rhoda’s back, talked, dishes, talked til 10:45pm, took out a policy 15¢ a week, to Rhoda’s, she said she did not want me to go over to Jones tomorrow night because we always do the same thing & its no good, which I admit, she also said she was sorried because her regular had not come, she got me worried a little, had tea & cake there, left 12:20am, home, bed 12:45am
May 21, 1937 Friday Weather: cloudy, cool, temp at noon +49F
up 7:10am, breakfast, Lily up, washed, streetcar, talked to H. Morton, Erzinger’s, swept & mopped office, city order til 12;30, got a bottle, chcolate milk, lunch, orders til 4pm, put away stock til 6pm, got pay $12, out to streetcar, home, rose here, supper, read paper, Rose & Lily gone, dishes, brought in wood, looked at garden, diary, laid down, out to store, to Jones on Jamieson with Rhoda, talked, she seems to think it’s so & worrying about it to beat the devil & it seems to me to. Talked, slept, Jones back 12:20, to Rhoda’s, home, bed 12:45am spent 45¢
May 22, 1937 Saturday Weather: partly cloudy, temp at noon +71F
up 7:50 am cake & milk, out to streetcar to Erzinger’s, I was late, dusted, orders city & country til 3pm, swept up, out to streetcar, talked to Mrs. Woods (Ted Woods wife - my cousin) home, Rose here, took 2 asprins, laid down til 5pm, headache & sick feeling gone, Lily not back yet, supper, diary, read, shaved & washed, dressed, read paper, over to Rhoda’s, talked, out to show “The Plough” and “Tarzan Escapes”, out at 11:10pm, home, read paper, had tea & cake, talked, Everything is ok she said were worried for nothing, out, back for rubbers, home, bed 1am spent 96¢ (on Rhoda 25¢)
May 23, 1937 Sunday Weather: clear & warm, temp at noon +76F
up 10:15am, breakfast, Lily up, puttered around in garden, Lily & Rose gone to see Parade, diary, read, dishes, washed & dressed, out to store, to Rhoda’s waited for her til 1:45pm, out to Dufferin Ave, saw parade, to Higgins streetcar, Portage ave - Stafford, out to city Park, saw flowers in hot house, to Pavilion to Zoo til 5:15pm, walked & sat on grass til 6:10, Portage Ave streetcar to Rhodas at 7:30pm supper. Randolph L & his wife there, talked, left 10:30pm, home, bed 10:45pm spent 85¢ on Rhoda 30¢
May 24, 1937 Monday (Victoria Day) Weather; cloudy, rain, temp at noon +81F
up 7:40am, breakfast, woke Art, talked to Mr. Coleman, worked in garden all morning, dinner, continued work on garden til 3:30pm, Rhoda and her young brother here, planted dahilias in front garden, talked, went over to Rhoda’s, dug their garden til 6pm talked, home, Rose & Lily, supper, laid on chesterfield - sore neck & arms, slept, cleared table, diary, shaved & washed, Rhoda here, laid down on bed, both of us, petted & love, 9:30pm, raido til 11pm, Lily home, talked, out to Rhoda’s home 11:50, home, bed 12am
May 25, 1937 Tuesday Weather: cloudy, cool, rain, temp at noon +54F
up 7:05am breakfast, washed, out to streetcar, talked to H. Morton, swept up & dusted, orders til 4:05 pm put some stock away til 6:30, out to streetcar, home, supper, read paper, Lily had a row with Art, diary, read, worked in garden, read til 10:30pm talked to Lily, bed 11pm
May 26, 1937 Wednesday Weather: clear, warm, temp at noon +62F
up 7:10am, breakfast, washed, ready, out to streetcar to Erzingers, swept & mopped, put stock away til 12pm, lunch worked on orders til 5:30pm, swept up, waited for Albert, home supper, Albert here, cut lawn, worked on Garden, Albert, Lily, Jessie, Rose, myself & Art here, talked of what we are going to do, came to some decisions - fairly satisfactory, out, put stuff away, watered garden some more, everybody gone home, diary, read, changed socks, bed 11:15pm
May 27, 1937 Thursday Weather: cloudy, warm, temp at noon +67F
up 7:10 am breakfast, washed, out to streetcar to Erzinger’s, swept & mopped, put up orders til 12pm, lunch, orders, city & country til 3:30pm, put away stock til 5:30pm, brought home some gum samples, supper, read paper, diary, read, dressed, out to Rhoda’s, went out for walk to Oakview, Hazel & Harold out, back by Brazier, to Rhoda’s, Kay Inkster there, to store & back, Kay at last is gone 10:20pm, I wished she’d go for good. Talked, was mad about it too, laid on couch, kisses, left 11:20 pm home, brought up clock, bed 11;45pm spent 46¢
May 28, 1937 Friday Weather: clear, rain in morning, temp at noon +78F
up 7:10am, breakfast washed, ready, streetcar to Erzinger’s, swept up, orders til 11, Albert gone to see lawyer, he came back told me that Will was good, I, Art, Lil get the works, which is good news, I guess, worked til 5, city & country orders & put away stock, took in Imperial TSC- swept up- out to streetcar, home, supper, diary, (7:15pm) read washed, worked in garden, planted geraniums, worked & watered garden, finished at 9:30pm, out to store, to Jones on Jamieson with Rhoda, love for awhile, she read & I slept, there back at 1120pm, to Rhoda’s home, home, bed, 12am spent 35¢
May 29, 1937 Saturday Weather: clear, warm, temp at noon +78F
up 7:15am, breakfast, washed, to streetcar to Erzinger’s, dusted, orders til 2:30pm, swept up and out to streetcar, talked to Mrs Law, Rose here, ate, laid down, slept til 5:15pm out, watered garden, Rose gone, supper, dishes, diary, shaved & washed, dressed, over to Rhoda’s with tobacco for her dad & peanuts, talked, out to show, saw “Don’t turn ‘em loose” and Libelled Lady, out at 11:45pm, to Rhoda’s talked, ate, xxxx, left at 1:20am, home, bed 1:45am, could not sleep account of coughing a lot. Spent 81¢, on Rhoda 25¢
May 30, 1937 Sunday Weather: clear, temp at noon +78F
up 10:45am, breakfast, hung a few pictures, looked at garden, read, oiled & cleaned washer machine, played cards with Art, won, had something to eat, diary, time 3:55pm, read & slept til 5:30pm, Albert here, supper, talked, dishes, shaved & washed, dressed, talked til 8:50pm, Jessie & Doug here, out to Rhoda’s, she’s out, talked with Mr. & Mrs Lennox til 9:50pm, walked out to Trent ave, Met Rhoda, to her place , she asked me to stay, we start to Love each other & she asks me to go, so I got sore & then she says I have been getting peeved to easy the last few months, that settled it, I left without saying goodnight & I won’t be over there again, she’ll come after me first. Home, two aspirins, bed.
May 31, 1937 Monday Weather: clear, temp at noon +62F
up 7:20am, breakfast, out to streetcar to Erzinger’s, 10 minutes late, mopped floor, dusted, orders til 12:30pm, lunch, orders til 4pm, straightened up stock, swept up, out to café for supper, back sat around til 7:15pm, took stock, finished at 8:40pm, home, med Lily, diary, read, bed, spent 86¢
Have been with Rhoda 601 days out of 1156
Have not seen her on 555 days
Have been going with her 3 years and 2 months as of May 27
Did not see Rhoda 9 days this month, for 1936 it was 11 days
Spent on Rhoda this month 80¢
I have spent this month $16.77
I have spent this year $107.26
My weight is 148 lbs