John's Journal, 1909

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62074812012-02-08T15:51:50.929-08:00John's Journal, 1909 - 1978My father-in-law wrote a journal for most of his life and I have been transcribing his writings to typed form and saving them for the decendants and members of his family. *** If you have a question, leave a comment and we will try to find an answer for you***Susan Being Snippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05706646375716992138noreply@blogger.comBlogger531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207481.post-4786142990670096262011-09-02T17:06:00.000-07:002011-09-02T17:06:11.905-07:00The Illness and Death of Elizabeth West

* Recently found on some loose notepaper in John's Journals is the following description leading up to the death of his mother on June 1, 1934. In his journal he never usually went into this much detail, so this was a surprising find * She went to hosp Jan 11, was operated on and came home Feb 13. Moved to the hosp again April 21st and came home again, then was admitted to the hospital May 5th

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Here are two pages from the Henderson Directories that verify not only where John Barker resided in 1947 but also his place of employment as of 1952Difficult to read here, but you can find and save these pages for yourself by going tohttp://peel.library.ualberta.ca/search/?search=follow&qid=peelbib%7C%22Rock+City+Tobacco%22%7C%28peelnum%3A000921.*%29%7Cscore&index=peelbib&rawQuery=Erzinger

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April 8, 1977 Good Friday Weather: sun, some cloud, warm, temp at noon +16C up at 6:30am, dressed, washed, breakfast, read, talked, sat a while, at 9:30am Linda and Rhoda went for a walk, then I went out and worked on the front lawn and garden til L&R got back. talked, sifted earth & put on flower bed at front. in, sat awhile, talked, had tea & cookies, looked in cartons for things. Phil and

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Dear Readers: I would like to interrupt John Barker's writing just for this post to explain a few things about this journal, and I have included photos of one of the journals so you can see what I mean... Just above, you will see the outside of one of the last Journals that John wrote in. This is a Blueline 790 office standard journal, some of the older journals are black with red binding.

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April 3, 1977 Sunday Weather: sunny and cool, temp at noon +4C 19th day at Greenacres up at 4:30am to bathroom, back to bed,dozed, finally got up at 7:40 am, dressed, washed, breakfast, tea and toast, talked, sat awhile, Phil phoned and will be picked up at 12pm, so out & I put plywood sides on truck & covered in back, finished at 10:30am, sat around, talked, had lunch, laid down, dozed til 1

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March 31, 1977 Thursday Weather: partly cloudy temp at noon - +3C up at 8:15, dressed, up and washed, never got a thing ready for me like she usually does read awhile, packed and locked my wooden case and other things, read, Rhoda on the phon all the time, finally had lunch at 12:15, read, talked, slept til 1:40pm, Rhoda gone to visit Quigleys, across the street. Susan and Neil here, then

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Not sure of the Year in these Photos , possibly Christmas 1965.

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Family picnic at DeVisser Farm 1973 , maybe. Family Picnic at DeVisser Farm same year as previous picture House on Green Acre, probably after the big storm, winter of 74-75? Family trip/adventure in the Chevy II John R. Barker with dog in front of house on Green Acre

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March 25, 1977 Friday Weather, Mild temp at noon +3C 10th day at Greenacres up at 6:30 am to bathroom, back to bed, dozed, made love to Rhoda but we never finished, got up, washed, dressed, breakfast, sat around awhile, packed pole lamp, saws and blades, and stools in a carton. Upstairs read, lunch, talked, slept, up at 1:30, talked, then out to buy gardening tools I want. Lawnmower still

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November 6, 1977 (this list was found between pages of his journal) 1. fix shelf under kitchen cupboard 2. fix florescent lite over sink 3. put in new florescent lite in bathroom 4. fix light in pantry, need light switch 5. fix divider wall in lr 6 get 25 ft elect wire outside Things to get to fix things florescent bulb wire, batteries pen holder for desk pens, 3 black ink, 3 red ink peat

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Monday, December 1, 1969 Weather: sunny and mild temp at noon +40F60 Years Youngup at 6:45am, dressed and shaved, washed, breakfast, talked, listened to radio, started car and back in for tea, KR, left to P.O. to work, in, orders til 10:30, tea, orders til 12, out in car to home, lunch, read, talked with Rhoda, KR, left to work , orders til 3:30 pm, tea, orders til 4:30, out in car to P.O. then

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Sunday, September 9, 1973 Weather: warm +70F at noonup once to bathroom, to bed, slept. up about 8:30, dressed washed, breakfast, read, talked, out, picked up the apples from the tree. also picked strawberries, did a few things about the house, talked about floor for bedroom, den, kitchen, then had lunch, dozed awhile, then cleaned, washed, changed, put food in car, chairs, etc, things ready,

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May 7, 1968 Tuesday cloudy, cool, temp at noon +52FUp at 7:05am dressed, shaved, washed, breakfast, talked, sat around til 8, KR, out in car to PO, to work, orders til 10:30, tea, orders til 12, out in car, home, lunch, read, dozed, back still bothering me some, left to work, orders til 3:30, tea, orders til 4:30. Out in car to PO, to CNIB, Rhoda came, left, home at 5:20pm, read paper, supper,

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April 1, 1968 Monday Temp at noon +26F partly cloudy and coolup at 6:50am, dressed, washed, breakfast, talked, sat around listening to radio unitl 7:55, out, KR, in car to work after PO, orders til 10:30, tea, orders til 12, out in car, home, lunch, talked, left back to work, in orders til 3:30 tea, orders til 4:30, out in car to PO, then home, talked, read paper supper, talked laid down and

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March 17, 1968 Sunday Temp at noon mild +42Fup at 8am, dressed washed, breakfast, read and talked, did a few things downstairs, up and out, washed front Windows with squeegee and sponge, not a very good job, had to go over with alcohol, shovelled snow a bit, in, took down the rod for the drapes and shortened it, and put if up. Looks and works okay now. Lunch, laiddown for awhile, up and did a few

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This photo was taken on the shore of Kalamalka Lake by John Merry of John and Rhoda Barker during a visit to the Barkers. John and Rhoda's Mobile Home, Rhoda out front, on Kalamalka Lake Drive not too long after they had moved into the home. The road leading up to the Barkers home The "back" yard and driveway of the Barkers home, with their car a 1972(?) Dodge Dart.

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March 1, 1968 Friday Temp at noon +31 cloudy, mildup at 7:10am. dressed, washed, breakfast, read awhile, then shaved, out and started car, had tea, KR left at 8am in car to PO then to work, Mr Lloyd in town, Bryan away, orders and trailer til 10:30, tea, orders til noon, out in car to home, lunch, read left to bank then to work, orders til 3:30, tea, orders til 4:30, out in car to PO then to

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March 14, 1968 Thursday Temp at noon +14F snow , cloudyup at 6:48am, dressed shaved washed, breakfast, don't feel so good with backache, etc.talked, sat around awhile, started car and back in for tea, KR, left at 8am for PO and to work, talked, orders til 10, tea, orders til 12, out in car, still snowing, home in car, lunch, read, back to work by 1pm, orders til 3:30, tea, did a little cleaning

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March 9, 1968 Saturday Temp at noon +20F partly cloudyup at 7:15am, dressed washed breakfast, talked about paint and who much money we had for Grocerys, sat around, out at 8:40am, started car, left at 9am took Rhoda to work at CNIB then to bakery and to IGA spent $12, talked with Bob Hammerston awhile, then home and put stuff away, put bread in freezer, sat awhile then did writing, put books away

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January 1, 1940 Monday Weather:fair & cold, temp at noon, +2Fup 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

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January 1, 1938 Saturday Weather:clear, mild, temp at noon +14Fup 10:30am, chopped kindling, fixed fire, lit fire, breakfast, washed, wrote in diary, fooled around all day til 4pm, laid down til 6:15pm, Rhoda woke me up, washed, changed shirts, supper, turkey stuffing, corn, spuds, cranberries & pudding & tea -- feel bloated, laid on chesterfield, Bob here, we fixed furnace, listened to radio,

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December 8, 1939 Friday Weather: cloudy, colder, temp at noon +34Fup 7am, dressed breakfast, talked, shaved & washed, KR, left to corner to streetcar to Erzingers, orders & stock til 11:20am, lunch, orders & stock til 6pm, out to cafe for supper, to Erzinger's, stock & christmas orders til 11pm, Charlie brought me home in truck & I thank him very much, home at 11:20pm, Lily & Norma here, talked,

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November 10, 1939 Friday Weather: cloudy, cold, snow, temp at noon +12Fup 7 am, dressed, breakfast shaved & washed KR, left to corner streetcar, Erzingers, stock & orders til 11:30am, lunch 12:20pm, orders til 5:45pm, out to cafe, supper, talked, stock and orders til 10:45pm, rid in truck to Lennox's, Herb drove, talked and had toast and tea there, left at 11:10pm, home, got fire going bed

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September 12, 1937 Sunday Weather: fair & cool, temp at noon +61Fup 10:05 am, breakfast, Art & Lily up, talked til 11, read, been married 16 hours 15 min, fooled around, cut some flowers; Al Henderson back from mines was here to see me, talked, gone at 4:45pm, read, supper, radio, shaved & washed dressed, with Rhoda to her home - talked there til 10, met Mr. Andrews who brought us home in his car

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August 1. 1937 Weather, cloudy & warm rain, temp at noon +80Fup 11:10am dinner, laid on couch, read, walked around in garden, slept, ate, read, wrote in diary, straightened everything for the month. Lilly called me and said she felt so lonely and was crying. Read, supper, talked to Art, dressed, Rhoda here at 8:15pm, to store & back, laid on chesterfeild, Rhoda here til 11;30pm, Walked to Rhodas,

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July 1, 1937 Thursday Weather: fair & warmup 6am breakfast, up shaved & washed, fooled around, out to streetcar to Arctic Ice on Ross Ave, Bob came at 9am, got the car to Service station, gas, to Rhoda's, left at 9:30am to Gull Lake at 11:20am, started back to Lockport then to Kildonan Park and back at Rhoda’s at 4:45pm, supper, took car back then Bob said I coulda had it til 9pm, home, read

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June 1, 1937 Tuesday Weather: cloudy, temp at noon +72Fup 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,

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May 1, 1937 Saturday Weather: cloudy & mild, temp at noon +55Fup 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

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April 1, 1937 Thursday Weather: cloudy, snow, temp at noon +27Fup 8:30am, lit fire, breakfast, Lily up, did dishes, emptied ashes, brought in wood, swept floor, Dad gone out with Lily & Norma, played cards, dinner, radio, did dishes, music teacher here for norma, peeled spuds, tooth aching, read paper, took asprin, supper, shaved & washed, out over to Rhoda’s, she said she was glad I came, sat on

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June 1, 1944 Thursday Weather: Thunderstorms, temp at noon +64Fup 7:10am, ready, KR, left to corner, streetcar to Erzingers, orders & stock all morning til 11:30, out to café, lunch, back, talked, orders & stock til 4:30, left to Donald st. Streetcar, home, talked, got water, supper, out, worked around in garden & planted rest of the spuds, sat and talked & played with kids for awhile, read,

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March 10, 1953 Tuesday Weather: cloudy, mild temp at noon +30Fup 7am, dressed, tea, washed, fixed fire, ready, KR, out to pick-up Eve, but no go, sick, to work and parked car - in- talked-orders - counted conf. Stock most of morning, tea at ten, out for lunch at 12:30pm, in car, home, talked, Rhoda better but I whish she would go and see Dr. So we know whats wrong instead of guessing - left in

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April 1, 1951 Sunday April Fool’s Day Weather: clear, mildup about 10am dressed, lit fire, got breakfast ready, talked & read, got pump going, washed up & stuff, piled wood til 1:30pm, lunch, laiddown for awhile, chopped wood, Jessie & Gail here, talked, Betty Ann’s ears going again, supper, sat around & talked til 10, kids to bed, read & talked, bed.April 2, 1951 Monday Weather: clear & mildup

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October to December 31, 1931October 1, 1931 Thursdaygot pay $11.70October 2, 1931 Friday no record keptOctober 3, 1931 Saturday no record keptOctober 4, 1931 Sunday no record keptOctober 5, 1931 Mondayup 6:45 am, *, Harold here, out to Paulin’s, in, changed, worked til 12pm, lunch, worked til 5:30pm, changed, out to streetcar, home, in supper, out, went for a walk, home, in, read and to

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August and September 1931August 1, 1931 Saturday weather: cloudy, coolup 8:30 am * out to garage, chopped wood, Ray C gave me 25 ¢, 11:30 am in lunch, # in all the afternoon, supper, in all evening, Harold & his Father & Rose here, played crip til 8:30 pm, out to barbers, haircut then home, in, played crib again, ate, talked, they are gone, bedAugust 2, 1931 Sunday weather: cloudy rainup 11:30

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July 1, 1931 Wednesday weather:At Grand Beach - up usual time, dressed, breakfast, out met Kelly, talked to her friend, Harry’s cottage, went out with him, met 2 women, talked, left to his cottage for awhile, to dance hall, women ditched us, to cottage, in, to bed.July 2, 1931 Thursday weather:At Grand Beach - up 9 am, dressed, breakfast, out, got ice, water, milk, to cottage, put stuff in, out

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June 1, 1931 Sunday weather: no recordup 8:30 am * out got flower box holder up & painted, painted eavestrough, in lunch, out, to Bill’s, home 4:30pm, in, finished painting, supper, #, met Bill, to Park and saw ball game, talked to Ferris, to Kelvin, met Olga, Rooke, F. Hauser, out to Kildonan, to Monroe, back, met Oscar Hanson, talked, to Johnson, then home, in read, bedJune 2, 1931 Monday

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May 1, 1931 Friday weather; coolerup 8:30 am, * Dad up & out by 9 am, I put screen door on & cleaned windows, Rose here, played crib with Art, won 5 lost 3, Nurse here & gone, lunch, up, did writing, down, out to Bills, there til 4 PM, home, in, peeled spuds, up shaved & washed, down, supper, washed dishes, out to Kelvin, met Bill, out Kildonan, to Green Ave, home, in, beer here, had one, Dad

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April 7, 1931 Tuesday weather:Up usual time,*, Mum has gone to the hospital today to have growth removed from her fore- head, looks bad, no writing morning or afternoon, supper, out to Vinter’s, to Macintosh Avenue, met Bill H., to Johnson Avenue, sat around, met Kelly and Winnie, but the book from Kelly, Winnie sore as I wouldn’t lend it to her, to Pete’s place, to Talbot, to Harbison, met

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March 01, 1931 Sunday weather: mildUp 10:30 AM* , washed dishes, went out for a walk , home, in, lunch, played records for a while, read problem supper, Doug here, washed dishes, out to, walked out to East Kildonan, back at 9:30 PM, fixed records and played some, mum home, talked and so to bed.March 02, 1931 Monday weather: mildUp 10:30 AM,*washed dishes, folded Mrs. Portland for mum, lunch, #,

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March 1, 1937 Monday Weather: cloudy, mild, temp at noon +19Fup 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 11:45pmMarch 2, 1937 Tuesday Weather: clear & mild, temp at

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October 15, 1934 Mondayup 8:30 am breakfast, washed and dried dishes, sat around then helped Lil, Dad up, did some writing, out to rink, helped dig post holes for the lights til 4:30pm, home, read a letter from Rhoda, read paper, supper, washed dishes, wrote a letter to Rhoda, out to drugstore, got stamp and posted letter, To Rose’s , Bill H. With me, got some beets, home with them, then out

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April 8, 1934 Sunday Weather: temp at noon +36 Fup, dressed, ate, nothing else for morning, lunch, out, saw Kay Inkster, home, in, supper, out to E. Kildonan, met Kay & Rhoda, to train bridge, walked to Roberta Ave, to Winterton Ave, and good night to Rhoda, home, read, bed.April 11, 1934 Wednesday Weather: temp at noon +35 Fup 9:15 am, dressed, breakfast, chopped wood, out to store, home, played

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October 18, 1939 Wednesday Weather: Fair and Mild temp at noon 46+ Fup 6:50 am dressed, breakfast, shaved and washed, ready KR (kissed Rhoda) left to corner, streetcar to Erzinger’s, orders, office staff pulled a good one on me this am, pretending they were shoe store where we get slw boys – the nuts. 11:30 am, lunch read, talked, orders and stock til 5:30pm, out to Donald St. Streetcar, home, 6:

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March 16, 1932 Wednesdayup 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 Fridayup 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

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January 1, 1932 Friday New Years Dayup 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 Fridayup 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,

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November 13, 1962 to March 22, 1963**note to readers concerning these journals – because most days writings by John were repetitious and the reading and transcribing of them would be tedious and boring, I have chosen to only transcribe selected days that vary from the normal everyday things. I have transcribed the everyday life for about the first two weeks that are written in this book to

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September 17, 1939 Sunday Weather: Fair & Warm, temp at noon +70 Fup 9:20 am, dressed- got wood in, talked, Breakfast. Out, got water, talked, looked at garden, wiped dishes, trimmed tomato plants & got water, let the spider go this morning, in, laid down and slept til 2:30 p.m. Norma Young here, up, fooled around with Bo-Lo thing of Norma’s, ate, got water & chopped wood. To store with B.A.,

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February 1, 1931 Sunday Weather; colder Up 10:30 am * peeled spuds, dinner, up shaved & washed, washed dishes, in all afternoon, supper, Rose & Harold here, played crib & court whist & lost both, ate. February 2, 1931 Monday Weather cold Up 8:40 am * out 9:45 am walked downtown to Eaton’s, went in car show, met Kelly, Winnie and B. Robinson, talked, walked home with Bill R. home 12:45 pm in

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NEW YEARS DAY January 1, 1931 Thursday Weather: ----- Up at 2 pm, slept late after last night. * in all afternoon, read mostly, supper, did contest, played Judo with Buce S & Art, Bed 12:30 am January 2, 1931 Friday Weather: cold Up at 9:45 am * Mom mad at us. Did writing, in all afternoon, supper, out and walked out E. Kildonan to Helmsdale, back, met R. Dixon, talked home in played records

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December 1, 1930 Monday weather cold My Birthday, 21 years old; Wish I was sixteen, went uptown in the morning, never saw Lil, met Flo Steele and Marge Farghson, talked awhile, left to Eatons, FreePress, met B. Nicols, to H Bay, Kresge’s, Eatons restroom, streetcar, Met Lil my sister & daughter Norma, talked they are going to Roses, home 12:30 pm, lunch, went to Roses, got razor blades, home

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January 1, 1930 Up usual time, hung around home most of the day, supper then went out with the Dixon Bros. Had a few drinks and felt a little high, home 12am. February 1, 1930 Nothing unusual happened all day, in the evening went uptown with A & R Dixon played snooker and I won 2 cames, home 11 pm, talked , bed. February 2, 1930 - May 31 1930 no record kept, Somewhere in the period Albert

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1919 I am 10 years old, I remember seeing the police ride their horses on sidewalks at the time of the General Strike 192314 years old, in grade seven and failed so don't want to go back to school. Mom said if I got a job I don't have to go back. Finally did in August at Russell Lang's Bookstore. Delivery boy and answer phones for $5 a week. I got the job with the help of Bessie, Albert's wife

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There is a consistant format to John's Journals, but they do change over the years. He started to write on a regular basis in 1929, but in times of stress, often did not write on those days. This Blog consists of his daily life and some of the world events and family tragedies that occurred over the years. John was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada and lived most of his life there. To learn

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