May 1940
1st Service. Dorothy Toombs got telegram too. Everyone tired to-night.
2 Quite warm and rained a little in afternoon. Men got a nice catch of trout. Everyone busy & tired. Letter from Maud.
3 70A. Some warm day with strong south wind. Annie here and she and Pauline cleaned three rooms. Not feeling very spry.
4 Another very warm day and some rain. Annie here again and they cleaned the west (Rest Room) bath room and the room over the Kitchen.
5 A perfectly lovely morning but foggy in afternoon. Reuels brought Lorraine out to Ben Woolners and Ernest met her there. Charlie and David here this evening. Leigh Warrens little girl Joyce has pneumonia. Mrs Albert McNeill not very well.
first cars
6 Foggy all day. Annie here and washed and cleaned the back porch. Mr Smith and Heber came at noon Dad & I went down to see the sick Mrs Albert and May.
7 Quite damp all day and rained hard in afternoon. The carpenters wont be here any more to meals and we are not sorry tho’ they were nice men. Mr Smith and Mr Chappelle here about the wiring for electricity. CGIT at Manse to-night, Lorraine went. The plumbers were down from S. Side and will be here to-morrow. Elton Woodside here and fixed up our radio again.
8 A miserable day all day and a gale and rain. NW wind. Plumbers came but didn’t stay long. Lorraine getting her belongings packed up. Pretty hard to keep smiling with a lump of lead in your throat. Wretched cold at night. Cleaned
May 1940
my bed room and about all in at night.
9 Not such a bad day and we went to Town, took Mary McN along with us. Got Lorraines trunk and some curtain stuff for my bed room. Cemetery Hill not so good but with help we got there.
10 Nicer to-day and not quite so cold. More men here working at cement. Rolling and seeding the lawn. Ground wet and cold. Mr Smith Mr Twin[?] & Mr Cannon here to dinner also Abe Hiscott. Dorothy Toombs got her telegram to go to Ottawa.
11 A nice day and awfully busy. Girls went to Creek in afternoon and up for Mother. We went to town in evening and saw rather a poor picture “Fast and Furious.” The Prince Edward has been fixed up nice in the last winter. Crippled leg and sore all night.
12 Got a lovely locket from Lorraine & PJ and a box of chocolates from Anita. Went to church in morning and Reuel & Enid & Walter were here for afternoon and supper. Reuels have a new 1940 Chev.
Mothers day
13 A lovely northeast storm all day. A terrible downpour of rain all afternoon. In bed with sciatic and a hot water bottle. CGIT at Manse to-night. Lorraines girls gave her pen & pencil set and Community gave her $17.50.
14 Finer to-day. Men waited for plumbers who didn’t come. Heber and Dad started for Pownal and Clarence Gallant put a brush fire on top of hill so we had a fire scare that put me on my back.
15 Sciatic bad again. Fine day and not so cold to-night. Dad and Heber got away to Pownal to-night. Annie Lowther
