June 1, 1944 Thursday Weather: Thunderstorms, temp at noon +64F
up 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, til 11, emptied water, locked shed, bed 11:20pm
June 2, 1944 Friday Weather: partly cloudy, temp at noon +79Fup 7am, dressed, breakfast, ready, KR, left to corner, streetcar to Erzingers, stock and country orders all morning, had a row with Irene about the length of time she took for coffee so she took it to the boss and she got the worst of it - she may learn from that & she may not, out, lunch, back, stock and orders til 5:45, out to Donald St. Streetcar, home, talked, went to Max’s place & finished job, he gave me $5, had coffee & talked for awhile, left by bus & streetcar, home, talked for awhile, bed.
June 3, 1944 Saturday Weather: cloudy, cool, temp at noon +50Fup 6:50 am dressed, breakfast, ready, KR, left to corner to streetcar to Erzingers, in got trips away, stock and orders all morning, went for coffee and donut during the morning, left at 12:50 to donald street, raining to beat hell, home, talked, lunch, read, laid down, til 6pm, supper, shaved & washed, ready, left to Roxy Theater, saw Watch on the Rhine and Laurel & Hardy in Air Wardens, home at 10:50, ate, talked, bed.
June 4, 1944 Sunday Weather: cloudy, cool, temp at noon +42F
up 10:30am dressed, breakfast, wet and miserable out, can’t do anything so cleaned up back porch & washed it, also fixed a few doors & such til around 3pm, read, ate, laid down slept til 6, supper, filled woodbox & brought in kindling, locked shed, in, talked, read, played records, played with kids til 10pm, read, wrote in diary, had something to eat and drink, then bed.
June 5, 1944 Monday Weather: cool, temp at noon +42Fup 6:50am dressed, breakfast, ready, KR, left to corner streetcar, to Erzingers, in, Irene on holidays, Marge away sick, so I have to go on truck, trips ready, left at 10am, did central Elmwood and North End, home at 11;40, talked, lunch dozed, left to finish deliveries & then to warehouse cashed in, then orders & stock til 5:30pm, locked up, left to Donald st. home talked, read paper, supper, read, dozed, til 8:20pm read, brought small wood in, Rhoda and I worked on apron til 11pm, read, bed 11;20pm
June 6, 1944 Tuesday Weather: fair, cool, temp at noon +50F
American, British, Canadian troops entered Rome on Sunday June 4. Today the Allied Forces invaded Europe in France at Le Havre – all is going as planned.
Up 6:50 am dressed, breakfast, ready, KR, got water, left to corner, to Erzingers in at 7:50am, got trips ready, left at 8:40 with orders for Central, St. Boniface and St. Vital, back at 11, stock, out to café for lunch, back, talked stock & country orders til 5:20, left to Donald St streetcar, home, in read, supper, read, looked at strawberries, planted geraniums and other stuff, in, talked, read, washed & dried dishes, chopped & brought in wood, talked, read, bed. The newspaper called this D-Day.
June 7, 1944 Wednesday Weather: fair, temp at noon +45F
up 7am, dressed, breakfast, talked, ready, KR, left to corner, streetcar to Erzingers, orders & stock all morning, out to café for lunch, back, orders & stock all afternoon til 5:15, locked up, left to Donald st. streetcar, home, read, supper, talked, worked in garden doing one thing or another all evening, bed.
June 8, 1944 Thursday Weather: fair, warmer, temp at noon +68F
up 7am, dressed, ready KR, left to corner streetcar to Erzingers, talked, orders & stock all morning til 11:30, out to café, read, lunch, back, orders & stock all afternoon, worked til 7:45, made extra 50 ¢ for it, out to Donald st streetcar, home, kids met me coming from corner, nice, talked, out to Lennoxs, dug garden for them, home, put tools away, talked, bed.
June 9, 1944 Friday Weather: warm, temp at noon +72Fup 6:45, dressed, tea, shaved & washed, ready, KR, left to corner streetcar to Erzingers, order, left on first trip at 9, back at 11:45, cashed in, left on 2nd trip at 12:30, home, lunch took kids for ride in truck, back to warehouse by 3:30, cashed in, city orders & stock til 8pm, went out, & saw boss spying on us, the rat. To Donald St. Streetcar, home, to Lennox’s dug some more garden for them til dark, home, talked, read, bed.
June 10, 1944 Saturday Weather: fair, temp at noon +70F
up 6:40 am dressed, breakfast, talked, ready, KR, left to corner streetcar to Erzingers, in, got trips ready, left on St. Boniface and St Vital trip at 9am, back at 12, in finished up the city orders, left to Portage, streetcar to Redwood & Main garden store, bought some tomato plants and pansy and snapdragon, walked from there to Lily’s, talked, had something to eat, Lily & Norma gone out, laid down, fixed door for them, left, home, read paper, Rhoda and kids home, talked, planted stuff I bought, dug garden, supper, diary, read, bed.
June 11, 1944 Sunday Weather: partly cloudy, temp at noon +70Fup 9:15 am, dressed, breakfast, talked, got stepladder, took off windows, washed them then put on screens & painted them, put stuff away, talked to Don, borrowed cutters, cut grass around big garden, & raked it til 1pm, with Rhoda and kids to see Kenora (? transcribers note* this might be a river boat on the Red River ?) But missed it, back, talked, finished grass, put things away, talked, read, supper, shaved and washed and changed, out. Jack and I saw Kenora, but BA & Rhoda missed it on account of BA, we went for a long walk along river bank to Hiway and back, met Ackroyds, talked, looked at our garden, sat outside for awhile, put tools away, in, read, bed 10:40pm
June 12, 1944 Monday Weather: fair and warm, temp at noon +74F
up 7am, dressed, breakfast, talked, ready, KR, left to corner streetcar to Erzingers , left on trip at 9:30, home at 11;30, lunch, took kids for a ride, brought them back, KR, left, finished deliveries, warehouse at 1pm, orders and stock til 5:30, left to Donald St. Streetcar, home, talked, read, supper, read, out and puttered around in garden, digging & stuff til dark, in, read, bed.
June 13, 1944 Tuesday Weather: cloudy, rain, temp at noon +65Fup 7:10 am, dressed, tea, ready, KR, left to corner streetcar to Erzingers. Left on trip at 9:30, finished at 12:30, back, cashed in, talked, all warehouse staff gone at 3 except me, there til 5, worked on stock, talked to boss, left to donald street streetcar, home, read paper Toronto Star, out, looked at garden and sat around for awhile, laid down slept til 9:30, sat outside on verandah for awhile, put kids to bed, Rhoda gone to bed, read, locked up, bed.
June 14, 1944 Wednesday Weather: fair warm, temp at noon +72Fup 7am, dressed, tea, shaved & washed, ready, KR, left to corner streetcar to Erzingers took I.T.S.C order in and put away by 10:30, country orders & worked on stock cards til 2pm, stock til 4pm, city orders til 5pm, locked up, stopped at beer parlor, 1 beer, to Donald st streetcar, home, in, talked read paper, supper, weeded garden til dark. Mrs L was over & talked for awhile, Rhoda at sing song with Mrs A, Rhoda back from her mothers and says she is all worked up again, this time over how I dug the garden, nuts if I’ll do anything for her. Talked, diary, time 11:15pm, bed.
June 15, 1944 Thursday Weather: fair warm, temp at noon +73F
up 720am, dressed, teeth on right side still bothering me, tea, ready, got water for Rhoda, KR, left to corner, to Erzingers, in at 8:10, stock til 11:30, out to café for lunch, back orders and stock all afternoon, when and got truck, talked with Mr. McCellard & Cameron for awhile, locked up, left to eatons, got pictures, to Donald St. Streetcar, home, talked, read paper, supper, went to Rosies, walked back at 9:30pm, talked to Dows for awhile in the yard, 10:05, read, had a drink went to bed.
June 16, 1944 Friday Weather: cloudy cool, temp at noon +62Fup 7am, dressed, tea, ready KR, left to corner, streetcar to ERZ, in orders, got trips away, country orders and stock til 11:30, to café for lunch, read, back, orders & stock all afternoon til 5:30, talked, left to Donald st. streetcar, home, talked read, supper, out & cultivated & weeded garden til dark. Rhoda & BA gone to the show, put stuff away, put Jack to bed, laid down & dozed til 12, Rhoda home, talked, and so to bed.
June 17, 1944 Saturday Weather: cloudy, cool, temp at noon +52F
up 7am, dressed, breakfast, talked, ready KR, left to corner streetcar to Erzingers, in, put trips away, t&c orders til 12, talked, left 12:30, to Lilys she had her kitchen window fixed, talked, Rhoda came with her shopping, rolled up kitchen linoleum & put on verhandah, talked, left, home, put stuff in, read, supper, read, picked a few strawberries from garden for tomorrow, talked and so to bed.
June 18, 1944 Sunday Weather: cloudy, cool, rain, temp at noon +56F Up 10:30am, dressed, lit fire, breakfast, talked, looked at garden, too wet out, fixed light in bedroom, made a small shelf in pantry, laid down, slept til 4:30, up, washed dishes, shaved & washed, changed, went out to store & back, Lily & Norma here at 5:30, talked, supper, sat outside for awhile, they left at 12, talked, bed.
June 19, 1944 Monday Weather: fair, warm, temp at noon +72Fup 6:50am dressed, breakfast, washed, got water, back, KR, left to corner streetcar to Erz, got trips away, stock & a few orders til 11:30, out to café, lunch out to pay loan, gave in papers, to Erz, orders & stock til 4pm, left to Main st streetcar, to Lilys, talked, supper, Bob Young there, talked, just the same Bob, took lawnmower home, talked, picked strawberries, cut & raked all the grass in the front, Harold & Shirley here with crib, talked, theyre gone, borrowed Harolds pump, put tools away, had something to eat and a drink, talked, bed.
June 20, 1944 Tuesday Weather; cloudy, cool, temp at noon +67F
up 7am dressed, tea, ready, KR, left to corner after getting water, streetcar to ERZ, in, talked got trips away, nothing doing all morning, 11:30 out to café and then to bank, back, F.D. gone home, sick he says, country orders til 5:10, had to go and get exports, talked, locked up, lefthen then took girls home in bosses car because it was raining hard, back to warehouse, left keys, to Donald st, streetcar, home, headache, laid down, slept til 8:30 pm up ate, talked, looked out at garden, and then Rhoda and I tried to fix bicycle seat, then picked strawberries til dark, talked, bed.
June 21, 1944 Wednesday Weather: cool, temp at noon +59Fup 710am, dressed, shaved & washed, got water, back, tea, ready KR, street car to ERZ, in talked, F Dragon away, put MacDonald’s stock away, took IJSC put Tucketts away & thin I TSC til 11:30 out to café, back, stock and orders all pm til 5 left to Donald st. streetcar home, in, talked, read, supper, cut weeks down with hoe, cultivated some spuds, put stuff away, picked two small bowls of strawberries, talked, oiled washer, got wood and water in, and locked shed, time 10:20, read, writing, had a drink, bed.
June 22, 1944 Thursday Weather: milder, temp at noon +60F
up 7am, dressed, breakfast ready talked, KR left to corner streetcar, to Erzingers, orders and stock til 11:30, out to café, lunch, back read, talked, country & city orders all afternoon til 5:15, left to donald st streetcar home, talked, Mrs L. Here & gone, read paper, supper, talked, more trouble with Rhoda’s mother, nothing but, talked, out dug Mrs. L.’s garden and raked it, home, hoed up all the spuds & cleaned it up, talked, read for awhile, bed.
June 23, 1944 Friday Weather: fair & warm +53Fup 7:10 am dressed, tea, shaved & washed, ready, KR, left to corner streetcar to Erzingers, in, stock, got trips away, orders til 11:30, out to café, lunch talked, back orders and stock all afternoon til 5:30, out to Donald st streetcar, home talked, read paper, supper, dug some of Mrs. L’s garden, back, played around with my own garden, picked strawberries, talked, read til 11:30, then to bed.
June 24, 1944 Saturday Weather: partly cloudy, showers, temp at noon, +59Fup 6:50 am, dressed breakfast, ready KR, left to corner to Erzingers, in, got trips away, orders and some stock til 12, with F. Dragon to Towneys, got a bunch of stock, made 2 trips, finished at 2:10, beer parlor, two beers, home on streetcar, no one home, in, laid down, slept. Rhoda home, showed me a letter from recruiting office asking me to join, talked, Norma here, read paper, talked, out and picked strawberries, did the odd thing around the house, emptied wash water, got fresh waster, had a bath, read, & talked til about 12 or so, then bed.
June 25, 1944 Sunday Weather: fair but rain, temp at noon +60F
up 9:30am, dressed, breakfast, out, emptied water, cut & raked some grass, talked, looked at garden, Norma here & rode my bike, shes gone, cultivated, garden, sat on chesterfield and dozed, Rhoda lying on bed, too much noise, banging doors & aeroplanes, went and phoned W.E.R for Mrs. L, wire down, back, talked, planted more peas & radish, and also melons, Norma & Shirley came, talked, went, shaved & washed & changed, out to stores and back, Jack with me, got cream, home, read supper, talked, out to river, saw Kenora, back, picked strawberries but mosquitoes nearly drove me mad. In, help clean strawberries, got them ready and each had a dish of strawberries and cream and bread. Rhoda gone to Mrs. L’s, talked about it when she got back, bed.
June 26, 1944 Monday Weather; cloudy, rain, temp at noon +69F
up 7am, dressed, tea, ready, KR, left to corner streetcar to ERZ, talked, got trips away, orders & stock til 11;30, put Towneys away, & found an error in the shipment, told Mr McCellend about it & of course we had to go over it again and check and double check. He’s got a brain like a snail. To lunch, back, talked, read, orders & stock all afternoon til 5pm, locked up left to Donald street streetcar, home, supper, read, talked did this and that in the garden til dark, in, read, bed.
June 27, 1944 Tuesday Weather: cloudy, rain, temp at noon+58Fup 7am, dressed, tea, got water, back, KR, left to corner streetcar to Erzingers, in, talked, got trips away, checked stock, & the basement got flooded, orders & stock all afternoon til 5pm, got ost of the flood washed away, locked up, to Donald st. streetcar, home, talked, read, supper, rain off and on all night, so couldn’t do much, read til 11pm, bed.
June 28, 1944 Wednesday Weather: fair, thunderstorm, temp at noon +59Fup 7am, dressed, breakfast, got water, ready, KR, left to corner, streetcar to Erzingers, in, talked put Tucketts away, took in ITSC, put that away, til 11:30, out to café, lunch, read, back, order & stock til 5, ready, locked up, to Donald st. streetcar, to home, talked, supper, Rhoda & kids gone to J Lennox’s place in Ft Rouge for a party, out, picked 4½ pounds of strawberries, tied up tomato plants & hoed a row of weeds, read til 10:30, cleaned strawberries, Rhoda and kids home, put kids to bed, talked and so to bed ourselves.
June 29, 1944 Thursday Weather: cloudy, warm temp at noon +74Fup at 7am dressed, tea, shaved & washed, ready, KR, left to corner streetcar to Erzingers
in, talked, got trips way, city & country orders all morning, left to café, lunch, back, orders & stock til 2:30, talked, stocktaking til 9pm, with Bob M, to Oxford Hotel, 4 beers, to Princess St streetcar, home, Norma here, picked some strawberries, in, talked, read, bed.
June 30, 1944 Friday Weather: fair, warm, temp at noon +68Fup at 6:50 am, dressed, tea, shaved, got all the wash water for Rhoda, KR, left to corner streetcar to Erz, in, orders & stock after getting trips away, I brought some strawberries for the girls, orders til 11:30, out to café, lunch, talked to Roy H. Back, orders all afternoon, locked up, left to Donald st streetcar, home, talked, supper, went around fixing this and that, sat on front verandah. Mrs Dow came over and asked if we would play whist, so we did, my score 122, no prize, ate, had a drink, talked, came home about 12:30, bed.
Max Temp this month +85F
Min Temp this month +36F
My weight 159 lbs
Married 6 years 10 months
earned for the month $100.30
Spent for the month $100.90
This is the Journals of John Richard Barker of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The earliest entries are in 1929 and the last in April 1978. Journal entries are not in order by date or any other criteria. The entries are added when time permits and are typed exactly as he wrote them. The actual Journals are hand written and no copies are available.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
March 10, 1953 Tuesday Weather: cloudy, mild temp at noon +30F
up 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 car & back to work - same as morning - tea at 3 - the same til 5:15pm - out in car - home - in and talked, read paper, supper - dozed - washed, shaved, ready, out in car with Rhoda and I took her to Mum’s, uptown to go bowling, parked car, beer parlour, 2 beers, to bowling alley, bowled poor - 566, out in car to Lennox’s, talked had something to ead, drink, home by 12:30am, talked, bed.
March 11, 1953 Wednesday Weather: cloudy, mild temp at noon +24F
up at 7am, dressed, tea, washed, ready, KR, out to E. Kildonan, picked up EVE - to work, parked car, talked, orders and fixing, on & off til 10, tea- the same til 12:45, out in car, home, lunch, read, then in car and back to work - same as morning. 3pm had tea, orders til 5:15pm in car, home, read paper, supper, dozed, did some work on cupboard, needs to be painted now. Read different things til 11:30pm, out in car downtown, picked up Rhoda and home, bed.
March 12, 1953 Thursday Weather: cloudy, snow, temp at noon +10F
up 7:10 am, dressed, shaved, washed, tea, read, KR, in car, picked up Eve, stock til 10, tea, then same til 12:45pm, out in car, home, to store first for butter, lunch, talked, in car back to work, orders and stock til 3, tea, the same til 5:15pm, to Mall bowling alley, bowled fair, home by 7:15pm, Jack out and Bett & Linda at show, fixed fire, slept til 8, did bowling scores & writing, read and dozed til 12, out, got Rhoda, home, fixed fire and to bed.
March 13, 1953 Friday Weather: cloudy, mild, temp at noon +24F
up at 7 - dressed - tea, KR, out in car and down to work after picking up Eve - talked - orders til 10, tea, the same til 12:45, out in car & home, lunch, left back to work, same as morning, had tea at 3, ready & left at 5:15pm, to Empire Hotel with Dave & Marcel & Howie, had too many, out in car and got home, how I didn’t know - was very woozy, slept, vomitted, got ready, left to downtown, parked at bowling alley, bowled poor, home by 11:30, dozed, phone rang, out in car, picked up Jessie & Rhoda, took Jessie home, in, talked, bed.
March 14, 1953 Saturday Weather: cloudy, rain, temp at noon +20F
up at 10am, dressed, fixed fire, breakfast, talked, then out, sifted ashes, then cleaned walks of snow, in, talked, lunch, then to ShopEasy, got groc’s, home put stuff in, talked, ready, out and downtown - Chris with us, took Rhoda to work, the home, read paper, ate, slept til 6, read most of evening, on & off til 11:50, out in car to downtown, is it every slippery driving, snowing again, got Rhoda & Jessie, home, talked and so to bed.
March 15, 1953 Sunday Weather: partly cloudy, cool, temp at noon +18F
up about 9:30 am dressed - breakfast - got fires going - up fooled around, straightening up bench downstairs & helping Rhoda, emptied washer, washed kitchen floor, then talked about getting a mattress for our bed, decided to move things anyway so took sides off the davenport and moved it to dining room and put it together again - talked - lunch read - laid down til 4:30pm listened to radio, then in basement got springs down from where we had it died on roof, brought it up and put legs on it, talked, read, then put Chris & Linda to bed, Bett & Jack out, sat on chesterfield for an hour or so, then did writing while Rhoda ironed, Jack in, ate, talked, Bett in at 11:45pm bed, slept.
March 16, 1953 Monday Weather: partly cloudy mild, temp at noon +22F
up at 7:15am, dressed, tea, washed, KR, left in car & picked up Jessie & Eve, took them to work, parked car, talked, stock orders til 10 - tea and then the same til 12:45, out in car, home - in - read & had lunch, talked, KR, in car - back to work, the same as morning til 3pm - tea - Herb went home early - the same til 5:15pm, out in car, to barber shop in E. Kildonan, haircut, home supper, read paper, Chris & Linda to bed, Gail here, stayed til about 10 then left, fixed fires, read til 11:50, then out in car to downtown, got Rhoda, home, talked, bed
March 17, 1953 Tuesday Weather: fair, mild, temp at noon +33F
St. Patrick’s Day
up 7am, dressed, tea, washed, ready, KR, out in car, picked up Eve, Jessie, took them to work, then to work and parked car, talked, Herb still away, orders and stuff til 10, tea, same til 12:45, in car and home, lunch, read, talked til 1:20, out in car and bac to work, same as morning, tea at 3, orders til 5:15 out in car and home. Supper, Jessie here to get her hair done, dozed til 8, got ready, out in car & downtown, parked car, to beer parlour, had 3, to bowling alleys, bowled fair, talked, out in car, home, Jessie still here, read & listened to radio, tea & cake, Jessie gone, locked up, bed.
March 18, 1953 Wednesday Weather: cloudy & snow & rain, temp at noon +22F
up 7:10am, snowing out, dressed, washed, talked, ready, KR, out in car, Roads are rough from the thaw - picked up Eve & Jessie, took them to work, to work, parked car, Herb STILL away, orders, stock all morning, had tea at 10, phoned home at 12:30 - ready 12:45, out in car, home, lunch, talked read, til 1:25, out in car and back to work, same as morning, no tea, orders & stock til 5:15, out in car, took Eve home, then home, supper, read paper - dozed, took Rhoda & Jessie to Rebeka Lodge do at Malborough Hotel, Chris and Linda with us, home by 7:45, played records til 8:30, put kids to bed, read, dozed, did writing, went to be about 12.
March 19, 1953 Thursday Weather: clear, mild, temp at noon +28F
up 7:30 dressed, very tired on acct of Chris waking us up so much in night, washed, in car, picked up Eve, down to work, parked car, talked, Herb back at work, talked, orders, & stuff til 10 - tea- stock til 12:45, out in car, home, lunch, read, left, back to work, the same as morning til 3, tea - & again til 5:15, out in car to Mall Bowling alley, bowled good, out and home by 7:15, talked to Rhoda on phone, Bett & Linda gone to show, read, dozed, did writing & bowling scores, til 11:50, out in car to downtown, pretty slippery out, picked up Rhoda, home talked, read, bed.
March 20, 1953 Friday Weather: mild, temp at noon +32F
up 7am, dressed, tea, washed, talked, KR, left in car, picked up Eve & Jessie, took her to work, to work, in - talked about cig price war & such, orders all morning, had tea at 10, out at 12:45 in car, lots of water from thaw around, home, in, talked, lunch left paid bank & phone bill, then back to work, same as morning - tea at 3 - read to leave at 5:15, out in car, took Eve & ?Bender? Home, home, read paper, supper, dozed til 7:30, put chris to bed, got ready, saw that Linda was in bed, in car downtown & parked, to bowling alley, bowled good, out to chocolate shop, coffee with Phyll, then took her home, then home, in fooled at fire, its out, read til 12, left to downtown picked up Rhoda, home, in read, talked, bed.
March 21, 1953 Saturday Weather: cloudy, rain, temp at noon +38F
up at 9:30 dressed Spring Begins, breakfast, talked, light fire got ready by 12:30, out in car, won’t go, got a push, after making Jack stay in because of misbehaviour, left, picked up friend of Betts, to Hbay store via Salter St. Parked car there til 2, to Safeway on Salter, did grocery shopping, then home by 3, read, fixed fire, lunch, laid down, Rhoda came & woke me up by fooling around, so we petted a bit & then she says later - Bett home, out, sifted & emptied ashes, Chris in, fooled around, cleaning front sidewalk til 6, read paper, ate, got kinda peeved at Rhoda because of the remarks she made, phoned Rita, can’t bowl, radio, wiped dishes, cleaned kettle, Rhoda peeved & so am I, I wish I had gone bowling now - diary - read - bed..
March 22, 1953 Sunday Weather: snow, rain, temp at noon +32F
up at 9:30 dressed, breakfast, read, downstairs, lit fire, and swept basement floor, did the odd thing, down there til 12:30, dozed & read til 1pm, lunch - read & sat awhile, then out to car and it started so asked Rhoda if she wanted to go for a ride, even though she’s mad at me, ready, left at 2pm, out to city park via Wellington Cres, rode around park, then over bridge to Portage, to Arlington - north to Burrows to Main to bridge and out Henderson Hwy and back home by 3pm. Talked, did this & that, read, supper, talked, ate, read, then bed at 12.
March 23, 1953 Monday Weather: cloudy, colder, temp at noon +20F
up at 7:05am, dressed, tea, talked, Chris up, ready, KR, out in car, picked up Eve, down to work - parked car, talked, straightened up stock, put pipe stock away, then counted conf. Stock til 10, upstairs- tea, talked, the same til 12:45, out in car to home, lunch KR, to Hydro, paid last month’s bill, so back to work, counted conf stock til 3pm, between interruptions. Tea, talked, the same til 5:15, out in car, took Eve home, then home, read paper, supped, dozed, lit fire, finished writing & bowling scores, 9:25, read the rest of the night til 11:50, out in car, snowing & blowing bad, picked up Rhoda & Jessie, home, then home ourselves, talked & argued a bit about things, then to bed, slept.
March 24, 1953 Tuesday Weather: cloudy, cool, temp at noon +22F
up at 7, dressed, still peeved, washed & shaved, tea, ready, KR, picked up Eve, to work, talked, making up orders most of the time - tea at 10 - phoned Rhoda, stock til 11:50 out in car home, lunch, read, talked, left, back to work, practically the same as morning, at 3 went and played poker, broke even, orders & packing & checking rest of pm til 5:15, out in car to home, talked, read paper, supper, laid down for awhile, talked, shaved, & washed, go ready, asked Rhoda if she would like to come, she did, downtown, parked car, to bowling alley, bowled poor, talked in car, home, ate, read, bed.
March 25, 1953 Wednesday Weather: cool, temp at noon +27F
up at 7 dressed, tea & a bun, washed, ready, KR, left in car, picked up Eve, to work parked car, stock & stuff til 10, tea, the same til 11:50, out in car, home, lunch, read, talked out in car, back to work, orders & checking order all afternoon, tea at 3, left at 5:20, took Eve home, then home, talked slept, lit fire, supper - put Chris to bed, then read til 9:30, writing til 10:05, read til 11 or so, out in car at 11:50, downtown, picked up Rhoda & Jessie, home, and so to bed.
March 26, 1953 Thursday Weather: cloudy, milder, temp at noon +30F
up at 7, dressed, tea, talked, shaved & washed, ready, KR, out in car, picked up Eve, downtown, parked car, to work, talked, stock & some orders, tea at 10, 12:45 in car, home for lunch, read and talked, ready, KR, downtown, parked in practically same spot as in morning, til 3, then orders til 5:15, out in car, took Bob, Dale & Ernie Grant with me to Mall Bowling alley, bolwe good, out at 6:50 in car for home, but met Rhoda & Bett at Martin & Brazier & took them to Capitol Theatre, then home, talked to Jack, ate, read to Chris, put Chris to bed, dozed on & off til 10, Rhoda & Bett home 10:30pm, talked, bed, nothing doing, so slept
Queen Mary, Grandmother of Present Queen Elizabeth died - aged 85March 27, 1953 Friday Weather: fair & milder, temp at noon +32F
up 7am, dressed & washed & half shaved, ready, tea, talked KR, out in car, picked up Eve, parked car, talked, did a few orders, checked stock til 10, tea, make out orders til 12:45, read a bit, too, out in car, home, talked, lunch, read til 1:20, KR, out in car and back to work, parked, talked, not much doing, orders very light, 3pm tea, talked, back to work, same as before, til 5, they made a presentation to HB who is leaving, also to Gary Keats, finished, out to car, took Bender & Eve home, then home, read paper, supper, Jack gone out, lit fire, shaved washed changed, got Chris to bed, got ready, left in car, downtown, parked, to beer parlor, 3 beers, to bowling alley, bowled good, out with Phyll for coffee, took her home, then home, read til 12:05, out in car, picked up Rhoda, no Jessie, home, talked, bed.
March 28, 1953 Saturday Weather: cloudy, mild, temp at noon +46F
up 9, dressed, upstairs, water tank bust, Rhoda says. turned heater off & water, phoned a plumber, then breakfast. Art & Eleanor here, left kids, theyre gone, ate, drove car around the front and washed it, took me til 11am, tea & bread, Art & Eleanor are back, told us they were taking Double Mortgage to buy Lil’s share of Property on Chalmers, talked about different this for quite awhile, they’re gone, plumber here to fix tan, left and downdown, to bowl, did a poor job, out and took Van and Ken home, down to Whitey’s S. Stn. Got gas & oil & car checked, then home, in ate, talked, dozed for awhile, in car, Linda Chris & BA, did shopping then went for a ride, then took Rhoda to work, home, read paper, dozed, supper, lit fire, got kids in, read til 7:45, put Chris to bed, read til 9, writing and reading and dozing til 11:50, out in car, picked up Rhoda & Jessie, home, ate, bed.
March 29, 1953 Sunday Weather: fair, warm, temp at noon +42F
up about 9, dressed, talked, breakfast, read, sifted ashes, too windy, so quit, talked, read, lunch, dozed, took Rhoda over to Lil’s then back, sawed some wood, lit fire, read, over to Lil’s got Rhoda, home, supper, read, fooled around most of evening, reading and such, Rhoda’s never in the mood for loving anymore, its sortve hopeless & one sided trying, Ill just have to give it up then, bed.
March 30, 1953 Monday Weather: fair, mild, temp at noon +40F
up at 7, dressed, tea, shaved & washed, ready, KR, out in car, picked up Eve & Jessie, parked car, in, talked, orders and a few other things, 10 am tea, talked, back to working til 11:45, out in car, home, lunch, talked, read, out in car back to work, in same as morning, got a woman working in cigarette room now, tea at 3, then back to work on orders & stock in cigarette room til 5:15, out in car and home by 6, supper, dozed, read, put chris and linda to bed, read til 9:30, then washed kitchen floor, hall and basement stairs, waxed kitchen floor, dozed til 11, made bed ready, out at 12 downtown and picked up Rhoda, home, she never noticed til I pointed out to her all the cleaning I did, talked, bed.
March 31, 1953 Tuesday Weather: mild, temp at noon +45F
up at 7, dressed, tea, washed, ready, KR, out in car, got Jessie & Eve, to work, in talked, so to work in cigarette room most of the morning, tea at 10, out in car at 11:45, home, in talked, lunch, read, so back to work, parked car, same as morning, mostly orders & some stock, tea at 3, ready at 5:15, out in car, out to Lil’s on Melrose, got chris, home, supper, shaved, washed, changed in a hurry, out at 6:50, Rhoda & I in car to Melborne, got Randolph at CNR station, fount the Aunts from the east, out to Lil’s, talked there til 8:30, out in car, downtown parked car, to bowling alley, bowled good but too much fooling around, out at 10:50, to Lil’s by 11pm, talked for awhile, then home, talked & read, til 12:15, fixed bed, then to bed.
up 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 car & back to work - same as morning - tea at 3 - the same til 5:15pm - out in car - home - in and talked, read paper, supper - dozed - washed, shaved, ready, out in car with Rhoda and I took her to Mum’s, uptown to go bowling, parked car, beer parlour, 2 beers, to bowling alley, bowled poor - 566, out in car to Lennox’s, talked had something to ead, drink, home by 12:30am, talked, bed.
March 11, 1953 Wednesday Weather: cloudy, mild temp at noon +24F
up at 7am, dressed, tea, washed, ready, KR, out to E. Kildonan, picked up EVE - to work, parked car, talked, orders and fixing, on & off til 10, tea- the same til 12:45, out in car, home, lunch, read, then in car and back to work - same as morning. 3pm had tea, orders til 5:15pm in car, home, read paper, supper, dozed, did some work on cupboard, needs to be painted now. Read different things til 11:30pm, out in car downtown, picked up Rhoda and home, bed.
March 12, 1953 Thursday Weather: cloudy, snow, temp at noon +10F
up 7:10 am, dressed, shaved, washed, tea, read, KR, in car, picked up Eve, stock til 10, tea, then same til 12:45pm, out in car, home, to store first for butter, lunch, talked, in car back to work, orders and stock til 3, tea, the same til 5:15pm, to Mall bowling alley, bowled fair, home by 7:15pm, Jack out and Bett & Linda at show, fixed fire, slept til 8, did bowling scores & writing, read and dozed til 12, out, got Rhoda, home, fixed fire and to bed.
March 13, 1953 Friday Weather: cloudy, mild, temp at noon +24F
up at 7 - dressed - tea, KR, out in car and down to work after picking up Eve - talked - orders til 10, tea, the same til 12:45, out in car & home, lunch, left back to work, same as morning, had tea at 3, ready & left at 5:15pm, to Empire Hotel with Dave & Marcel & Howie, had too many, out in car and got home, how I didn’t know - was very woozy, slept, vomitted, got ready, left to downtown, parked at bowling alley, bowled poor, home by 11:30, dozed, phone rang, out in car, picked up Jessie & Rhoda, took Jessie home, in, talked, bed.
March 14, 1953 Saturday Weather: cloudy, rain, temp at noon +20F
up at 10am, dressed, fixed fire, breakfast, talked, then out, sifted ashes, then cleaned walks of snow, in, talked, lunch, then to ShopEasy, got groc’s, home put stuff in, talked, ready, out and downtown - Chris with us, took Rhoda to work, the home, read paper, ate, slept til 6, read most of evening, on & off til 11:50, out in car to downtown, is it every slippery driving, snowing again, got Rhoda & Jessie, home, talked and so to bed.
March 15, 1953 Sunday Weather: partly cloudy, cool, temp at noon +18F
up about 9:30 am dressed - breakfast - got fires going - up fooled around, straightening up bench downstairs & helping Rhoda, emptied washer, washed kitchen floor, then talked about getting a mattress for our bed, decided to move things anyway so took sides off the davenport and moved it to dining room and put it together again - talked - lunch read - laid down til 4:30pm listened to radio, then in basement got springs down from where we had it died on roof, brought it up and put legs on it, talked, read, then put Chris & Linda to bed, Bett & Jack out, sat on chesterfield for an hour or so, then did writing while Rhoda ironed, Jack in, ate, talked, Bett in at 11:45pm bed, slept.
March 16, 1953 Monday Weather: partly cloudy mild, temp at noon +22F
up at 7:15am, dressed, tea, washed, KR, left in car & picked up Jessie & Eve, took them to work, parked car, talked, stock orders til 10 - tea and then the same til 12:45, out in car, home - in - read & had lunch, talked, KR, in car - back to work, the same as morning til 3pm - tea - Herb went home early - the same til 5:15pm, out in car, to barber shop in E. Kildonan, haircut, home supper, read paper, Chris & Linda to bed, Gail here, stayed til about 10 then left, fixed fires, read til 11:50, then out in car to downtown, got Rhoda, home, talked, bed
March 17, 1953 Tuesday Weather: fair, mild, temp at noon +33F
St. Patrick’s Day
up 7am, dressed, tea, washed, ready, KR, out in car, picked up Eve, Jessie, took them to work, then to work and parked car, talked, Herb still away, orders and stuff til 10, tea, same til 12:45, in car and home, lunch, read, talked til 1:20, out in car and bac to work, same as morning, tea at 3, orders til 5:15 out in car and home. Supper, Jessie here to get her hair done, dozed til 8, got ready, out in car & downtown, parked car, to beer parlour, had 3, to bowling alleys, bowled fair, talked, out in car, home, Jessie still here, read & listened to radio, tea & cake, Jessie gone, locked up, bed.
March 18, 1953 Wednesday Weather: cloudy & snow & rain, temp at noon +22F
up 7:10am, snowing out, dressed, washed, talked, ready, KR, out in car, Roads are rough from the thaw - picked up Eve & Jessie, took them to work, to work, parked car, Herb STILL away, orders, stock all morning, had tea at 10, phoned home at 12:30 - ready 12:45, out in car, home, lunch, talked read, til 1:25, out in car and back to work, same as morning, no tea, orders & stock til 5:15, out in car, took Eve home, then home, supper, read paper - dozed, took Rhoda & Jessie to Rebeka Lodge do at Malborough Hotel, Chris and Linda with us, home by 7:45, played records til 8:30, put kids to bed, read, dozed, did writing, went to be about 12.
March 19, 1953 Thursday Weather: clear, mild, temp at noon +28F
up 7:30 dressed, very tired on acct of Chris waking us up so much in night, washed, in car, picked up Eve, down to work, parked car, talked, Herb back at work, talked, orders, & stuff til 10 - tea- stock til 12:45, out in car, home, lunch, read, left, back to work, the same as morning til 3, tea - & again til 5:15, out in car to Mall Bowling alley, bowled good, out and home by 7:15, talked to Rhoda on phone, Bett & Linda gone to show, read, dozed, did writing & bowling scores, til 11:50, out in car to downtown, pretty slippery out, picked up Rhoda, home talked, read, bed.
March 20, 1953 Friday Weather: mild, temp at noon +32F
up 7am, dressed, tea, washed, talked, KR, left in car, picked up Eve & Jessie, took her to work, to work, in - talked about cig price war & such, orders all morning, had tea at 10, out at 12:45 in car, lots of water from thaw around, home, in, talked, lunch left paid bank & phone bill, then back to work, same as morning - tea at 3 - read to leave at 5:15, out in car, took Eve & ?Bender? Home, home, read paper, supper, dozed til 7:30, put chris to bed, got ready, saw that Linda was in bed, in car downtown & parked, to bowling alley, bowled good, out to chocolate shop, coffee with Phyll, then took her home, then home, in fooled at fire, its out, read til 12, left to downtown picked up Rhoda, home, in read, talked, bed.
March 21, 1953 Saturday Weather: cloudy, rain, temp at noon +38F
up at 9:30 dressed Spring Begins, breakfast, talked, light fire got ready by 12:30, out in car, won’t go, got a push, after making Jack stay in because of misbehaviour, left, picked up friend of Betts, to Hbay store via Salter St. Parked car there til 2, to Safeway on Salter, did grocery shopping, then home by 3, read, fixed fire, lunch, laid down, Rhoda came & woke me up by fooling around, so we petted a bit & then she says later - Bett home, out, sifted & emptied ashes, Chris in, fooled around, cleaning front sidewalk til 6, read paper, ate, got kinda peeved at Rhoda because of the remarks she made, phoned Rita, can’t bowl, radio, wiped dishes, cleaned kettle, Rhoda peeved & so am I, I wish I had gone bowling now - diary - read - bed..
March 22, 1953 Sunday Weather: snow, rain, temp at noon +32F
up at 9:30 dressed, breakfast, read, downstairs, lit fire, and swept basement floor, did the odd thing, down there til 12:30, dozed & read til 1pm, lunch - read & sat awhile, then out to car and it started so asked Rhoda if she wanted to go for a ride, even though she’s mad at me, ready, left at 2pm, out to city park via Wellington Cres, rode around park, then over bridge to Portage, to Arlington - north to Burrows to Main to bridge and out Henderson Hwy and back home by 3pm. Talked, did this & that, read, supper, talked, ate, read, then bed at 12.
March 23, 1953 Monday Weather: cloudy, colder, temp at noon +20F
up at 7:05am, dressed, tea, talked, Chris up, ready, KR, out in car, picked up Eve, down to work - parked car, talked, straightened up stock, put pipe stock away, then counted conf. Stock til 10, upstairs- tea, talked, the same til 12:45, out in car to home, lunch KR, to Hydro, paid last month’s bill, so back to work, counted conf stock til 3pm, between interruptions. Tea, talked, the same til 5:15, out in car, took Eve home, then home, read paper, supped, dozed, lit fire, finished writing & bowling scores, 9:25, read the rest of the night til 11:50, out in car, snowing & blowing bad, picked up Rhoda & Jessie, home, then home ourselves, talked & argued a bit about things, then to bed, slept.
March 24, 1953 Tuesday Weather: cloudy, cool, temp at noon +22F
up at 7, dressed, still peeved, washed & shaved, tea, ready, KR, picked up Eve, to work, talked, making up orders most of the time - tea at 10 - phoned Rhoda, stock til 11:50 out in car home, lunch, read, talked, left, back to work, practically the same as morning, at 3 went and played poker, broke even, orders & packing & checking rest of pm til 5:15, out in car to home, talked, read paper, supper, laid down for awhile, talked, shaved, & washed, go ready, asked Rhoda if she would like to come, she did, downtown, parked car, to bowling alley, bowled poor, talked in car, home, ate, read, bed.
March 25, 1953 Wednesday Weather: cool, temp at noon +27F
up at 7 dressed, tea & a bun, washed, ready, KR, left in car, picked up Eve, to work parked car, stock & stuff til 10, tea, the same til 11:50, out in car, home, lunch, read, talked out in car, back to work, orders & checking order all afternoon, tea at 3, left at 5:20, took Eve home, then home, talked slept, lit fire, supper - put Chris to bed, then read til 9:30, writing til 10:05, read til 11 or so, out in car at 11:50, downtown, picked up Rhoda & Jessie, home, and so to bed.
March 26, 1953 Thursday Weather: cloudy, milder, temp at noon +30F
up at 7, dressed, tea, talked, shaved & washed, ready, KR, out in car, picked up Eve, downtown, parked car, to work, talked, stock & some orders, tea at 10, 12:45 in car, home for lunch, read and talked, ready, KR, downtown, parked in practically same spot as in morning, til 3, then orders til 5:15, out in car, took Bob, Dale & Ernie Grant with me to Mall Bowling alley, bolwe good, out at 6:50 in car for home, but met Rhoda & Bett at Martin & Brazier & took them to Capitol Theatre, then home, talked to Jack, ate, read to Chris, put Chris to bed, dozed on & off til 10, Rhoda & Bett home 10:30pm, talked, bed, nothing doing, so slept
Queen Mary, Grandmother of Present Queen Elizabeth died - aged 85March 27, 1953 Friday Weather: fair & milder, temp at noon +32F
up 7am, dressed & washed & half shaved, ready, tea, talked KR, out in car, picked up Eve, parked car, talked, did a few orders, checked stock til 10, tea, make out orders til 12:45, read a bit, too, out in car, home, talked, lunch, read til 1:20, KR, out in car and back to work, parked, talked, not much doing, orders very light, 3pm tea, talked, back to work, same as before, til 5, they made a presentation to HB who is leaving, also to Gary Keats, finished, out to car, took Bender & Eve home, then home, read paper, supper, Jack gone out, lit fire, shaved washed changed, got Chris to bed, got ready, left in car, downtown, parked, to beer parlor, 3 beers, to bowling alley, bowled good, out with Phyll for coffee, took her home, then home, read til 12:05, out in car, picked up Rhoda, no Jessie, home, talked, bed.
March 28, 1953 Saturday Weather: cloudy, mild, temp at noon +46F
up 9, dressed, upstairs, water tank bust, Rhoda says. turned heater off & water, phoned a plumber, then breakfast. Art & Eleanor here, left kids, theyre gone, ate, drove car around the front and washed it, took me til 11am, tea & bread, Art & Eleanor are back, told us they were taking Double Mortgage to buy Lil’s share of Property on Chalmers, talked about different this for quite awhile, they’re gone, plumber here to fix tan, left and downdown, to bowl, did a poor job, out and took Van and Ken home, down to Whitey’s S. Stn. Got gas & oil & car checked, then home, in ate, talked, dozed for awhile, in car, Linda Chris & BA, did shopping then went for a ride, then took Rhoda to work, home, read paper, dozed, supper, lit fire, got kids in, read til 7:45, put Chris to bed, read til 9, writing and reading and dozing til 11:50, out in car, picked up Rhoda & Jessie, home, ate, bed.
March 29, 1953 Sunday Weather: fair, warm, temp at noon +42F
up about 9, dressed, talked, breakfast, read, sifted ashes, too windy, so quit, talked, read, lunch, dozed, took Rhoda over to Lil’s then back, sawed some wood, lit fire, read, over to Lil’s got Rhoda, home, supper, read, fooled around most of evening, reading and such, Rhoda’s never in the mood for loving anymore, its sortve hopeless & one sided trying, Ill just have to give it up then, bed.
March 30, 1953 Monday Weather: fair, mild, temp at noon +40F
up at 7, dressed, tea, shaved & washed, ready, KR, out in car, picked up Eve & Jessie, parked car, in, talked, orders and a few other things, 10 am tea, talked, back to working til 11:45, out in car, home, lunch, talked, read, out in car back to work, in same as morning, got a woman working in cigarette room now, tea at 3, then back to work on orders & stock in cigarette room til 5:15, out in car and home by 6, supper, dozed, read, put chris and linda to bed, read til 9:30, then washed kitchen floor, hall and basement stairs, waxed kitchen floor, dozed til 11, made bed ready, out at 12 downtown and picked up Rhoda, home, she never noticed til I pointed out to her all the cleaning I did, talked, bed.
March 31, 1953 Tuesday Weather: mild, temp at noon +45F
up at 7, dressed, tea, washed, ready, KR, out in car, got Jessie & Eve, to work, in talked, so to work in cigarette room most of the morning, tea at 10, out in car at 11:45, home, in talked, lunch, read, so back to work, parked car, same as morning, mostly orders & some stock, tea at 3, ready at 5:15, out in car, out to Lil’s on Melrose, got chris, home, supper, shaved, washed, changed in a hurry, out at 6:50, Rhoda & I in car to Melborne, got Randolph at CNR station, fount the Aunts from the east, out to Lil’s, talked there til 8:30, out in car, downtown parked car, to bowling alley, bowled good but too much fooling around, out at 10:50, to Lil’s by 11pm, talked for awhile, then home, talked & read, til 12:15, fixed bed, then to bed.
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