Note: This "Five Year Diary" contains a 3-5/8 x 5 inch page for each day of the year with 5 sections under each date. The top section was largely left blank, with one entry for July 21, 1939 during the Brownsville years and a few entries from the Whtiby years in May of 1945 in the top section. The other 4 sections were used for 1946 to 1949 during the Deep River years. Family members were identified by W for Wilford, B for Betty, D for Douglas, R for Robert, J for James and Wn for Warren.
DateHighlights
Jan. 7, 1947Off to Warren Michigan via Holland Tunnel
Jan. 9, 1947Visited Aline in Toledo
Jan. 15, 1949Off for Florida, Wyoming PA 1st night. (See Florida Vacation.)
Feb. 12, 1949R. 1st prize in carnival race
Feb. 16, 1947Warren baptized
Feb. 20, 1947Mrs. Furlong announces "no return"!
Feb. 28, 1948Off for California in snowstorm. (See California Trip.)
March 4, 1949Commencement in Pembroke, Betty in tango and Glee Club, M. Neilson valedictorian.
March 17. 1948To San Diego Naval Base with W. and Aunt Addie
April 2, 1949Eve giving party for Sid
May 7. 1949W. off to Philadelphia
May 8, 1945VE Day, Doug carried flag, B. sang at Whitby Park program
May 10, 1945Jim discourses imaginatively, i.e. see "mouses" with 12 in. legs
May 14. 1947W. off to Toronto
June 5. 1948Fishing trip to Presqu'ile, C.W.D.R.J.
June 11. 1950?Met by Etheridge at Oak Bank
June 16, 1947Trip to Winnipeg by bus
June 30, 1948Alice, Bert, Judith, & Hector Cowan arrive
July 3, 1948Doug sails dinghy alone in yacht race and comes in last
July 3, 1949Fishing, swimming, painting at Presqu'ile, C.W.R.J.
July 7, 1949Motorboat trip with C.W.R.J.
July 10, 1948Fun and Fancy Free C.W.B.D.R.J. Lame Duck last in sailing race.
July 13, 1946W.C.B.D. 2 days in Ottawa
July 15, 1947Wn & C. to Whitby with Reislers. Wn walking.
July 17, 1947Met Bert and Alice in Toronto
July 18, 1947On to Simcoe. Wesley drove us to Delhi.
July 21, 1948To Toronto for medical exam for Wilford
July 21, 1949C.W. spend 7 hrs picking 14 qts of blueberries
July 26, 1948C.W. picked 6 baskets of cherries
July 27, 1946Doug to Laurentian Scout Camp
Aug. 2, 1946"Blues" but avoided humiliation of asking for help and being persuaded my ideas were wrong again.
Aug. 6, 1947Trip to Ottawa & up Gatineau. Bought radio phonograph & records.
Aug. 9, 1947Wilford away to Port Hope (fancy hotel room).
Aug. 12, 1949Wesley arrives
Aug. 13, 1949Wesley on Sid's sea flea
Aug. 21, 1946Official opening of Deep River Hospital. W. showed me through.
Sept. 3, 1948Canned 14 qt peaches
Sept. 5, 1948Doug off to North Bay
Sept. 6, 1946Father, Mother, Evelyn arrive for visit
Sept. 8, 1946W.C.R.J. & 3 guests have motorboat ride to Bass Cove and Echo Cove
Sept. 9, 1946D.R.J. Father, Mother and Evelyn go to Clyde Beattie Circus near Pembroke. Crokinole in evening. "Blues"
Sept. 13, 1946"Blues" but a fine weather day. To bed 7 p.m. Company away.
Sept. 17, 1947Wesley arrives 3 a.m.
Sept. 18, 1946Wilford addresses Women's Club
Sept. 18, 1947R.-chicken pox
Oct. 1, 1947Wn chicken pox
Oct. 2, 1947Jim chicken pox
Oct. 17, 1946Car accident near Delhi. Father and Mother in Simcoe Hospital!
Nov. 30, 1946W, to Chicago Convention on Atomic Energy Control
Dec. 25, 1949Joined Pop & Jessie for Xm'as Eve in Toronto
Dec. 29, 1946Gwen and Joyce Marshman arrive for visit
See also Some of Warren's Milestones from this diary
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