January 1, 1940 Monday Weather:fair & cold, temp at noon, +2F
up 10:30am dressed, read paper, out to shed & back, talked, breakfast, slept & read til 1;30pm, Norma Young here, read and played with her, had a nap til 4:40pm, listened to radio, played with B.A. for a couple of hours, read & dozed til 9:45pm, wrote in diary, had cocoa and ice cream and cake, bed.
January 2, 1940 Tuesday Weather: fair & cold, temp at noon, zero
Miss Johnson here from next door saying Erzinger's will be here in 15 min - Chuck here, told him I could not go right away account I had to do some things first here, he's gone, got fires going, Rhoda up, breakfast, talked, got wood in, to store to phone Erzinger's, Herb said not to come in, got Archie Sinclair's son there, home, got water for washing, lunch, started washing, laid down about 3:30pm, dozing, Mr Johnson here from next door said Erzinger's phoned, went next door to phone Erzinger's, Mr McCelland said to come in tomorrow, back, told Rhoda, washing finished, dumped water, Rhoda not feeling well, supper, read paper, Rhoda laid down and slept til 8pm, washed dishes, woke Rhoda, dried dishes, talked, went out and chopped wood, brought it in for morning, brought coal in, emptied ashes from both stoves, got water, listened to radio til 10:30pm, wrote in diary, bed, 11:30pm.
January 3, 1940 Wednesday Weather: cloudy and cold, temp at noon -1F
up 7am, dressed, breakfast, brought clothes horse in for Rhoda, left to corner streetcar to Erzinger's, talked, stock, got truck, mileage 28,856, Harold Baird's truck, he hurt himself bad, may be away for a couple of weeks, trips & orders til 6pm, to service station at Plighton (?) Ave. left truck there for night, home, supper, read paper, talked, laid down til 8:30pm, talked, brought in coal & chopped & brought in small wood, emptied water, read til 10:30pm, fixed fire for the night, bed.
January 4, 1940 Thursday Weather: cloudy, snow, temp at noon zero
up 6:50am dressed, breakfast, talked, KR, left to garage, got truck, to Erzinger's, stock, cashed in orders, Transcona trip, stopped at home at 11;20am, lunch, back to Erzingers, orders and stock til 5:20pm, 5 deliveries then to garage and home, supper, Hazel & Harold Morton dropped in as we were going out, talked, they left, in truck to Lennox's, left B.A. there, to Doctor's & hospital for Rhoda, back to Lennox's, talked, brought Rhoda home, took truck back to garage, walked home, chopped & brought in wood & coal, went for water, couldn't turn tap on, frozen, so didn't get any, home, read, had cocoa, wrote in diary, fixed fires, for night bed.
January 5, 1940 Friday Weather; cold, temp at noon -4F
up 6:45am, dressed, got fires going, Rhoda up, out for water, taps still buggered, back, shaved, breakfast emptied pail, ready, KR, left to garage for truck, to Erzinger's, talked, got boses & orders & stock trips, lunch, more deliveries, orders & so forth, left for home, took stuff to Lennox's, to garage, put truck in, walked home, supper, read paper, laid down, slept til 9pm, up got water, brought in coal & wood, read til 10:45pm while Rhoda sewed pants, wrote in diary, cocoa & cake, fixed fire, bed.
January 6, 1940 Saturday Weather; cold, temp at noon zero
up at 7am, dressed, breakfast, washed, brought clothes in, emptied water, KR, left to garage, got truck, to Erzinger's, cashed in, orders, 4 trips, took last trip at 3:30pm, finished 4:30pm, to Safeway, did shopping to Chalmers, talked to Lily & Art, left, got bread, home, talked, read paper, supper, out in truck to Lennox's to McPhersens, Randolph L. not there, to Chalmers, took door for cupboard to McPhersons, Randolph still not there, to Lennox's took truck to garage, home, laid down til 8:30pm, listened to radio, read, had cocoa & cake, wrote in diary, emptied water, brought in coal, bed.
January 7, 1940 Sunday Weather: not so cold, temp at noon +15F
up at 9:30am, dressed, got fire going, made breakfast, at in front room, took down rest of xmas decorations, took down stove pipes, cleaned stove & pipes & put them up again, never saw so much soot & ashes before, it must be that pine wood, went for water, got wood in, finished mopping floor, laid down and slept til 3;30pm, chopped wood & piled it & brought in small wood too til dark, read, radio, supper, radio til 8pm, out and got water, 3 trips and emptied water, read til 10, shaved & washed, wrote in diary, put coal on, bed about 10:45pm
January 8, 1940 Monday Weather: cloudy, mild, snow, temp at noon +12F
up 7am, dressed, breakfast, talked, emptied water, KR, left to garage, got truck to Erzingers, stuff & trips til lunch, central trip, home, took Rhoda & B.A. to Lennox's back to Erzinger's, orders trip, took Roy H & Harold Baird home, took truck in, home at 6:40pm, got fire going, changed, left with carriage to Lennox's, talked, supper, Randolph's birthday, left 11;30pm, got fire going, read, bed 11:50pm
January 9, 1940 Tuesday Weather: partly cloudy, cold, temp at noon, +11F
up 6:55 am, dressed breakfast, talked, ready KR, to garage, truck had flat tire, fixed it, to Erzingers, cashed in, orders trip, home for lunch, to Lennox's, Mrs, sick with flu, to Randolph updown, to Erzinger's, orders and central trip, back, orders and north trip, finished 6:30pm, to Lily's, to garage, put truck in, home, supper, Hazel & Harold Morton here, talked, they went at 9:30pm, laid down & slept til 10:30, got wood & coal in, diary, read paper, talked, bed, 11:45pm
January 10, 1940 Wednesday Weather: cloudy, mild, temp at noon +12F
up 7am, dressed, breakfast, washed, got water, KR, left to garage, got truck, to Erziners, swept offic, orders trip, home for lunch, store, back to Erzingers - central & Logan trips, back at 4:10pm. home, Harold Baird got an infection in his hand, may be away longer, supper, put bed in truck, to Chalmers, talked, Lily home, to garage, put truck in, walked home, brought in wood & coal, talked, played some records, had tea & cak, fixed fire, shaved & washed, time 11:45, bed.
January 11, 1940 Thursday Weather: cloudy, snow, temp at noon +15F
up 6:55am, dressed, talked breakfast, emptied pail, KR, left to garage, truck out to Erzinger's, this, that & the other, trying to cut down my mileage, home at 12:20pm, lunch, back at 1pm, hung around doing orders, to garage at 6:30pm, put 1940 plates on, home 7:30pm, supper, read, laid down til 9:30p, out and got water, wood and coal, in and read til 11:30pm, wrote in diary, locked up, bed, 12:20am (69 d.t.s)
January 12, 1940 Friday Weather: cold, temp at noon +8F
up 6:55am, dressed, breakfast, ready, emptied water, left to garage, wiped truck off, home, put ginger ale empties in truck, KR, left to Erzingers, talked, out for a trip, back again, orders, home at 12:15, lunch, left to Erzinger's, orders & deliveries and put stock away, left at 6:15 for last delievery, home, supper, read paper, brought wood & coal in, took Rhoda in to Rosies, Lily there, to Erzinger's, put wax on floor in office, orders til 10:45pm, to Rosies, brought Rhoda & B.A. home, to garage, put truck in, home, talked, read, bed, 11:25pm
January 13, 1940 Saturday Weather: cold,temp at noon +8F
up 6:50am, dressed, talked, breakfast, shaved & washed, emptied water, KR, left to garage, got truck, to Erzingers, talked, orders, Mr Mecalan of ITSC here, looked truck over, shook hands, 2 trips, back, Albert in, looks fine, left on last trip at 2;50pm, finished at 4:10pm, did shopping, to chalmers, talked, left, home, put stuff in, took truck to garage, walked home, Rhoda not doing so good, got meal ready, supper, slept til 9pm, raid and read til 10, coal and wood in, read, diary, bed about 12.
January 14, 1940 Sunday Weather: cloudy, snow, temp at noon +7F
up 9:10am, dressed, got fires going, made breakfast, got Betty Ann ready, Rhoda up, read for a while, chopped wood, thick & thin & brought it in, ate, laid down, read, slept til til 4:45pm, got water 2 trips, emptied water, played with B.A, read til 10:30pm, got box out of cupboard, fixed collections from Saturday, Rhoda sewing my pants again, diary, read, fixed fires for the night, changed underwear, bed, 12am
January 15, 1940 Monday Weather: fair, cold, temp at noon -17F
up 6:50am dressed breakfast, shaved, emptied water, KR, left to garage, truck's brakes stuck, hat to get towed to garage, got fixed, to Erzingers 9:20am, cashed in, trips, home at 2:30pm for lunch, left, more trouble, gas line kept freezing, to Erzingers, trip and back at 4pm, another trip, back at 6:30pm, left with 5 deliveries, finished 7:15pm, put truck in garage, home, supper, read paper, laid down, slept til 9:30pm, up and brought in wood - thick and thin & then coal. got water, had cocoa, fixed fires for night, talked, read, bed 11:30pm
January 16, 1940 Tuesday Weather: fair, cold, temp at noon -9F
up 7am dressed breakfast, talked, KR, left to garage, got truck out, gave Mr. Hoffley a lift to Erzingers, in, orders, to Austin Motor Sales, got trouble fixed, they asked me for 85¢, I paid them, to Erzingers, trips, home, lunch, back to Erzingers, orders & stuff til 6pm, left with 11 orders to Garage, home, 7:30pm, supper, read paper, laid down, dozed til 9, did washing, put them out, got water, brought wood in, wrote in diary, read, bed 12;10am
January 17, 1940 Wednesday Weather:fair, cold, temp at noon -18F
up 7am, dressed, breakfast, talked, shaved & washed, KR, left to garage, got truck, gave Art Canna a lift to Erzingers, cashed in -- put bars away til 11zm, out in truck, froze radiator, got it fixed, finished deliveries, home for lunch, took Rhoda & B.A. to Lennox's - 2 pick-ups, to Erzingers, trip, worked on country orders til 7pm, express & orders, to Lennox's, supper, took Randolph's table & chairs to suite on Home St., back to Lennox's, took Rhoda & B.A. Home, to garage, left truck, home, got wood and coal in, Rhoda fixing my pants, read, bed, time 11pm.
January 18, 1940 Thursday Weather: cloudy, snow, temp at noon -1F
up 7:10am, dressed, breakfast, talked, KR, left to garage, truck to Erzingers, orders & trips til 2pm, home, lunch, got water for Rhoda, left to Erzingers after a bunch of pickups, trips, back finished deliveries, to garage, home, supper, read paper, laid down, slept til 9pm, brought in wood, got coal, tot water & emptied water, read til 11;30pm, had coffee & bread & jam, fixed fires for the night, Betty Ann still got her cold, wrote in diary, bed 12:30am
January 19, 1940 Friday Weather: cloudy, snow, temp at noon +4F
up 7:10am, dressed, breakfast, ready, emptied water, KR, left to garage, battery dead, got towed, got truck started, to Erzingers at 8:20am, trips & so forth til 12, home, lunch, trips & pickups, left with 8 orders at 5:45, finished 6:35, to garage, home, supper, read paper, laid down slept til 10:30pm, up, got water, emptied water, wrote in diary, read, bed, 12:20am
January 20, 1940 Saturday Weather: cloudy, snow, milder, temp at noon +10F
up 7:05am, dressed, breakfast, emptied water, KR, left to garage, truck to Erzingers, orders & stuff til 1;45pm, went in a Imp Tab parade advertising Vogue tobacco til 3:30pm, finished, deliveries til 4:35pm, did shopping, to Lilys, talked, left for hom, put stuff in, to garage, fellow there drove me home, read paper, supper, radio, laid down, slept, radio til 10:45pm, got wood & coal in, cocoa & buns, Rhoda said her Mother was here, says her Mother blames me cause she doesn't get to see Betty Ann so much, as usual it is all my fault. Rhoda said we will leave Betty Ann with her Mother when she is in the hospital, wrote in diary, read, fixed fire for the night, bed 12.
January 21, 1940 Sunday Weather: partly cloudy, snow, temp at noon +19F
up 9:30am, dressed, got fires going, made breakfast & ate it, put castors on babys box, cleaned bottom cupboard out, swept snow from sidewalks, took Betty Ann out, but wind was cold so came in , got water, chopped kindling, & brought it in, brought coal in, emptied ashes from both stoves, emptied water, brought in more wood & coal, read & slept til 4:30pm, Mrs. Lennox here, she's gone, radio til 8pm had supper, washed dishes, read til 10:30pm wrote in diary, bed 11pm
January 22, 1940 Monday Weather cloudy, mild, snow, temp at noon +7F
up 7am, dressed, breakfast, shaved & washed, emptied water, KR, fixed water heater, left 7:45am, to garage, got truck out, to Erzinger's at 8:10am, cashed in, orders & trips, home for lunch, Lily was here to help with washing & ironing, left to Erzingers, told I am laid off again, the dirty so & so, finished deliveries, put stock away, left to Donald St streetcar, home, supper, Hazel & Harold Morton here, talked, they left at 9:10pm, got water, got clothes off line, Lily gone, wrote in diary, read, fixed fire for night bed. 58 d.t.s
January 23, 1940 Tuesday Weather: partly cloudy, cold temp at noon -1F
up 9:20am, got fires going, breakfast, talked, out and got water & emptied water, lunch, KR, left to Rosie's with glasses she left yesterday, to Johnston Ave Streetcar, to employment offices then to E. Kild Releif offices, got to go to River Ave tomorrow, met Charlie, he gave me a lift to McLeods, got tubes after going for them at another place, walked hyome, out to drugstore & to Lennox's, home, a Mrs. Moore was here, she's gone, read, supper, slept til 8:30pm, radio til 9:30pm, out to store & back, got wood & coal in, read til 10, I drove Erzinger's truck 709 miles while I had it. Bed 11:10pm
January 24, 1940 Wednesday Weather: cloudy, cold, snow, temp at noon -2F
up 9:20am, Many Happy Returns Rhoda, got fires going, Rhoda up, breakfast, talked, swept snow away from walks, brought both kinds of wood in, got water, shaved & washed, KR, to corner streetcar, tranfered to Park Line to 200 River Ave, registered & then they tell me that I have to establish a year without relief before I can get it, left - walked to Broadway streetcar, to Elmwood, to drugstore, to Lily's, got ironing, home, ate, laid down and slept til 4:20pm, read paper, supper, read til 8pm, Mr & Mrs Lennox & Norman & Randolph here, talked, had tea, they left about 12:30pm, had to run after them with glasses, back in, fixed fire for night, read, talked, bed 12:45am, 56 d.t.s
January 25, 1940 Thursday Weather: cold, temp at noon -5F
up 10am, to answer door, was the meter reader, lit fires & got them going, talked, breakfast, talked, fooled around all morning reading and what not, had lunch, read & slept til 3pm, put weather strippin on door, Rev. Mr. Ison, minister of St Stephens Church, here, talked, told him some of my troubles, seeing as he asked, swept snow from sidewalk, nurse from Metropolitan Insurance here to see Rhoda, nurse gone, Rhoda gone for a walk to Byes, brought in wood & coal and emptied ashes & water, Rhoda back, read paper, supper, laid down, listened to radio, did dishes, emptied water, read til 9:30pm, cleaned out drawers, read, bed 11:30pm
January 26, 1940 Friday Weather: fair, temp at noon +3F
up at 9am, dressed, breakfast, talked, swept, washed & waxed & polished front room, finished at 12, lunch, laid down til 3pm, put oil on front room furnitur, brought in wood, washed kitchen floor, charlie from Erzinger's came by to tell me to come in tomorrow, finished floor, read, supper, read til 9:40pm, Lily Rose, Norma, & Shirley here, talked, they are gone at 10pm, wrote in diary, shaved & washed, talked, bed 11:15pm
January 27, 1940 Saturday Weather: cloudy, mild, temp at noon +9F
up at 6:45am, dressed, breakfast, emptied water, got water, KR, left to corner to streetcar to Erzingers, orders & stuff til 2pm, swept up, in charlies truck to Elmwood, did shopping, to Lily's talked, to baker's for bread, home, got a headache, laid down and dozed til 5:45pm, supper, laid down slept til 7pm, washed and dressed, Rhoda & I and Betty Ann to Lennox's 7:50pm, talked, had tea & toast left for home at 12, lit fire in front room, wrote in diary, talked, bed 1am. 53 d.t.s
January 28, 1940 Sunday Weather:fair & mild, temp at noon +20F
up 10:30am dressed, got fires going, Rhoda & B.A. up, lunch, talked, fixed carriage, Norma & Joyce Barker here, they took Betty ann over to Lily's, chopped kindling and brought it in, brought in coal, talked, laid down, slept & read til 5:20pm, supper, got water 3 trips, ready, locked door after some trouble, to Lily's, talked & read til 10pm, had tea & cake, left for home at 11pm, got fire going, wrote in diary, read, fixed fire for night, changed underwear, bed, 12pm
Note: Hazel Morton had a baby boy Saturday at 12:20am 8 lb 1 oz, Congratulations
January 29, 1940 Monday Weather: partly cloudy, temp at noon +5F
up 8:45am, got water ready for washing, made breakfast and ate it, got clothes and clothes horse, did washing and took them out to hang, emptied washing water, lunch, laid down, read & slept the 3 of us til 4:45pm, read paper, supper, put carriage in shed, brought kindling in, got water ready for Betty Ann's bath, Harold Morton here, talked, he left at 10pm, somache of mine give me hell, took baking soda, laid down for awhile, up, diary, read, talked, cocoa, bed 11:30pm
January 30, 1940 Tuesday Weather: cloudy, mild, temp at noon +25F
up 9am, got fires going, dressed Betty Ann, set table, breakfast, talked, worked on basement til 12, while Rhoda ironed, she called Mrss Johnson in to ask about phoning, worked on bedroom box, lunch, finished box about 3:30pm, lining it with cardboard, Miss Johnson was back to say everything was O.K. got wood in, got coal in, brought carriage in, got water, talked, supper, stomache still giving me hell, radio & read til 9:30pm, had cocoa and cake, read & talked, bed 11pm
January 31, 1940 Wednesday Weather: cloudy, snow, temp at noon +16F
up 9am, dressed, breakfast, talked, Norma Young here, she's gone, shaved & washed, changed, left to corner streetcar to Chamber of Commerce for E. Kild relief, to City relief on Elgin Ave. investiator coming tomorrow, got a lift on a tow truck to Portage Ave streetcar, to Elmwood, talk to Frank Hunt, to barbers for haircut, to Snowdon's for radio tubes, to baker's for bread, home by 2pm, talked, ate, laid down, read & slept til 4pm, Mr Lennox & Norman here til 5pm, talked, they're gone, read til 8, ate, read til 10:15pm wrote in diary, talked, bed 11:30pm. 14 d.t.v
My weight is 155 lbs
Married 2 years and 5 months
Spent for month $36.03 earned $35.60