Jan 1930
1 Lovely day. Very pretty. Quite cold and sparkly. Ernest went over for Mother. She doesn’t get far from home this winter. Feeling pretty tired this evening.
2 Mild again. The young fry, K., Anita, & Lorraine went to New Glasgow last night to skate and are pretty tired to-day. Mary Stewart here sewing, making Marion’s velvet dress. Got up before dinner. Not feeling anything extra.
3 Poured rain all day. Ernest and Clarence on the line until 2 o’clock. Feeling much better to-day and able to do a little. No Young People to-night.
4 Fine and little colder. Bad place at our gate. Ernest away on the telephone line again to-day.
Finer to-day and colder to-night. Ernest away all day. Finished telephone line and got central to-night. Mary Stewart here sewing last three days. Annie Lowther here all night.
5 Sunday. Cold but fine. Family went to church. PJ and I wrote letters and got dinner. Elmer down in evening. 2B at night.
6 Cloudy, looks like storm. Sawing wood. School started with Mary Stevenson as teacher.
Jan 30
6 Thawing by evening like smoke. Girls went with Jerrys to Mr Bishops to a surprise party for them. Blair Andrews quite badly hurt at Stanley at a horse race. Keith and Cecil went to Stanley to hockey practice.
7 45A. Still thawing and the fields showing up bare. Roads bad to-night. Ernest went to New Bridge to pay school coal bill. Mrs Alex Toombs very poorly. Alma McN married.
8 50A. Lovely day. Fields all bare. Ernest went to Stanley this afternoon for his watch that Marnie sent him. Cut Lorraines dress. Marion has a sore throat. Terrible roads now.
9 Colder and freezing a little all day, snowed a little.
10 Colder and snowed hard all day. Girls invited to the manse to tea and had YP meeting at night. Finished Lorraines dress.
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11 6B. Pretty sick all day, bitter cold and blowing hard. Ernest with me most of day.
12 2A. Moderated a little, calmer. K Anita & Margaret went to New Glasgow for the day. Marion sick. Mrs Wyand out in afternoon and Mother down at night. Snowing a little at night.
