June 1st 1942 Blowing a gale and I nearly froze hanging out clothes. Did part of ironing. PJ went over to Erns in the evening.
2nd Frost last night but we hadn’t anything freezable up except a few beans. PJ went to Town this AM and didn’t come home to-night.
3 A lovely day. Mr Smith here to dinner. Pauline got home just after dinner with her new china clippers. Went to the shore this afternoon. Not feeling very good.
Doris Stirling & Allen (Bud) Jenkins married.
4 Nothing strange or startling happened. Mrs Bernard not so well. They had the doctor. She is suffering with pain in leg.
Louise is six to-day
5 Mrs Bernard died about 10:30 this morning. A nice day but weather has been much cooler than in May and its dry again too. Pauline and I went up to see the Doc Fleming and got tablets for Mother.
Mrs Oliver Bernard
6 Busy all day. Waxed floor in Mothers room and scrubbed etc &. PJ took May and I down to Mr Bernard to-night. Very foggy all day.
7 A nice day all day. Mother pretty weak in forenoon. Funeral in afternoon. Art Henry and Kate Leavitt in after funeral. Roy Toombs’s up in evening. Cecil Leona and the boys down this evening. Heber out to-day.
June 1942
Mary McNeill & Edward Lowther married June 13th
8 A perfect day. Washed in AM. First fresh mackerel. Pauline over at Erns this afternoon. Mrs Stirling and Doris here this afternoon. Wim Wilson RCAF came in this evening and is staying all night.
9 A lovely day all day but very dry. PJ at Erns. I finished the ironing and didn’t do much. Just terribly dragy these days.
10 Quite warm this morning but cooler to-night. Wim went with Bobby this morning and Joe Clayton was here to supper and Rev Ewan arrived after supper. Dad & I alone for dinner to-day.
11 Pretty warm to-day. PJ went to Ern in the forenoon and we went to S. Side in afternoon, took Fred & Hester along. Went out to Keiths and back to S. Side. Dr Claude wants Ernest to go into the Hospital for a few days.
12 88. A desperate hot day, 88 here and 94 in Hope River. Terribly dry and rain is needed very much. Mother felt the heat pretty bad. Ernest pretty mean to-day. Eric Bell here this evening. Ella Houston died in Hospital.
Mrs Frank Houston
13 Very hot again to-day but cooler and a thunder storm with not much rain to-night. Edward Lowther married. Pauline there most of day. Ernest not feeling very good. Mrs Ben Woolner here this afternoon. Keith sick and not able to come to the wedding.
Mary McNeill
