May 1938
17 Just one wretched day all day with temp down to 36 and an east and NE gale and rain. Everyone fed up with the bad weather. Mrs Fred Clark very sick. Girls washed.
18 Cleared up and got wash out and ironing done. Ernest working around the place. Mrs Fred very sick and Marjorie came over and Dr. Houston here this evening. Institute at Mrs Dolph Fleming.
19 Just a lovely warm day and Ernest & I did some planting in garden, onions, shallots, parsnips, carrots, beets, and one row of beans. Sat out on swing most of afternoon. Girls walked to shore. In evening I went down to see Alec & May. Alec is sick again. They had Stevenson to-day. Choir practice here to-night. Charlie & Anita & Waine went for smelts.
20 Another lovely warm day. In bed with furious headache. Mr McKay & John Coles here in forenoon with fire notices. Nasty fire at Ernest Myers woods this afternoon. Poured.
21 rain all last night and this morning. Girls finished cleaning pantry. Anita helping at school grounds. Keith & Margaret and kiddies called for a little while. Not feeling very good.
22 S. Lovely day. Absolutely helpless in bed all day. Preaching at night. Ham pretty mad over some people fishing in pond.
23 Blowing to day. Girls washed. Gave school kids ice cream Thyra, Fred, and Jessie here for night. Girls, Anita & PJ went to Freetown.
Boy no. 2 at Ernie McLures
24 Lovely day all day. Feeling better and got up in afternoon. Alvin and Jean arrived. Mr Smart, Mr Thompson
May 24th 1938
and Mr Woods here for a few days.
25 Very nice day, quite warm. Men looking over the grounds for a golf course. Mr Thompson took us to town at night, to a show. Room 18.
26 Temp 72. Another perfect day. Men busy. Mr Smart and some Gov. officials interviewing Mrs Wyand at shore. Went down to see May and Alec to-night.
27 A nice day but much cooler. Premier Campbell, Graham Towers Governor of Bank of Canada, Robert JC Stead and Mr Smart here this afternoon. The Premier got his car stuck in a spring hole over in the field. Went in to Ch. Town to hear Mr Stead and see his moving pictures of some of Canadas National Parks. Had a flat tire going in.
28 Waine 21 to-day. The three girls took Mr Thompson and Mr Wood to town this AM and put the car in garage for overhauling. Claud Graham has pneumonia and Mabel Woolner nursing him. Anita went to Kingston to visit Mr & Mrs Wilbur Willie.
29 Cloudless morning but fog clouds in afternoon and very cold wind. First tourist car to register. Church in morning. Mrs Tillie has pneumonia. Margaurite Graham here for dinner.
30 Nice day and Dad, Pauline and I did a big washing. Mr McKay here in afternoon and to supper. Mrs Wyands buildings are to be moved back from shore field.
31 A lovely day and much warmer. Ironing in morning. Had to
