May 1938
Robert Lamont died.
2 Lovely fine day for a change but turned cold in afternoon. Out all day. Girls washed and cleaned car and got it out. Preston here for dinner. All went to bed early. Tired.
got car out
3 Fine morning wind north and cold. Planted hot bed and sweet peas and some lettuce. Concert at Hall at night and Tex Cochrane sang. We took him back to town after the show. Made $35.00 at concert.
4 Cold wind and blowing hard all day. Mr McKay came to dinner. We went to town for car license 2-841. Had supper at Enids. Car working very good.
5 Cold grey day with snow flurries. Ernest planted early potatoes. Put Lorraines wedding ring quilt in frames. Oliver Bernard here for supper. Snowed and rained in evening. Mrs Phemie[?] Marshall.
Mrs Marshall
6 53A and as cold as ever. Foggy and bitter cold wind all day. Quilting and Ernest and Anita transplanted some perenials and nearly froze. Group at BB Grahams.
7 Fine in morning. Girls and Mrs Lowther went to Carleton in forenoon and brought Keith and Ina home at night. Had Mother down for day and it rained at night so she couldn’t get home.
8 Bitter cold and fog in morning but cleared off in afternoon. Norman McFarlane brought Ellice, Margaret, and Annie and Louise up so we were together for dinner except Marion. Reuels out for first time to-day. Going to church at Stanley tonight.
Mother’s Day
May 1938
Softball going strong.
9 Nice morning, cold but sun shining. Girls washed. Afer dinner we went to Summerside in afternoon and Kensington at night. Took Mr & Mrs Tillie. Had a nice day and got home around midnight.
10 Still cold. Ernest opened up Bonnell House and Helen and Annie Earl Simpson cleaning it. Quilting in afternoon. D[?] Keeping at school. Dad and I went up to see Hester. CGIT here this evening.
11 Not too bad a day. Rained a little in afternoon. Very little sunshine for three weeks. Out for a while in afternoon. Dad and I went to Rustico in evening and to Ben Woolners.
12 Nice day. Mr McKay here in afternoon. Ernest burning rubbish down in hollow and the fire took to the grass. Tex Cochrane and YP put concert on at Stanley and Nan, Waine, & Mrs Lowther took Tex to Town afterwards.
13 Quilted most of day. Poured rain in the forenoon and early morning. Brook red as mud. YPS at Church.
14 Nice day with wind south and S. West. Made marmalade. Quilted in afternoon and went to Town in evening. Pauline finished Enids sweater and took it to her.
15 S. Very dense fog in forenoon and such a downpour of rain as we have had this afternoon. No one went to church. Nice quiet restful day. Rained all night
16 and nearly all day today. Finished the wedding ring quilt. Bad roads and still raining and dark as Egypt. Girls and Edward went fishing and Elmer Pluck came back with them with a nice string of trout for lunch.
