Oct
Dorothy McK. Horne had twin girls around Sept 1st 1948. Thats 8 children under 8 yrs old.
Willie, May, & Belle were here one Sunday and Alvin, and Jean and Isobel & Errol Stetson & Calvin, Mr & Mrs Brown & Winnifred. Anne Lowther & family, Vern Macneill, Bea and Genevieve & Corinne Daisy and Velda were here in Aug. Marion & Beth Brinton didn’t come with the family to the Cottage but ‘twas wonderful to have Elaine & Myron for almost three weeks. Aunt Jen and Maynard came the last of August and were here a week. Ernest and I were both quite sick in August and Marion got a few days extension to her ticket. Pauline and family got out Sundays. Our well went bad and we had to have a new well bored and have water in the house and the electricity. Ernest not very well since his sick spell in August. Wonderful crops but wet in haying and harvest and made it hard for farmers to get work done. A great many potatoes rotten but some have good crops. The price very uncertain. We had Mr & Mrs Patterson to see us and Mr Swan. Mr Gough had a trip to Vancouver. Anita was cooking at a United Church Camp at Sparrow Lake and at Lake Scugog. Sadie Clark has been at Hunter River since before haying. Had an operation in July and isn’t home yet and this is October 29th.
Oct 31
Our garden was very good and we have plenty of vegetables for the winter. Will have almost 100 lbs of beans and have bushels of carrots.
Sept 1st Marion Brinton & Joseph Knowles were married.
Sept 15 Clemmie Simpson and Louis Campbell married.
Anna has been very miserable and is in bed with arthritis of the spine and may have to stay there for some time. Zelda Clark is there. Oh yes, Edwin Simpson was on the Island too and landed here one cold day when we were picking beans. Artie Clarke & wife were here to see Ernest after they came back from Vancouver. Mrs Lowther has been in the Hospital since August.
Nov 1 Very nice weather. Wind was cold and frost at night.
2 Presidential Election in the United States and Harry Trueman holds his job in spite of all the previous forgone predictions that Dewey would sweep the country. He didn’t. A nice day and we put on three outside windows.
3 Another nice day and I walked up to Grants and we put on three more windows in afternoon.
4 Not cold and farmers have had a grand week at there turnips and what a grand crop they are.
5 Fine day. Had George Cye here making storm door and fixed up shelves for the porch. Ernest feeling very miserable all day. Sadie Clarke got home Thursday. Maybe she will stay now.
