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. | |
Date | Highlights |
Jan. 7, 1947 | Off to Warren Michigan via Holland Tunnel |
Jan. 9, 1947 | Visited Aline in Toledo |
Jan. 15, 1949 | Off for Florida, Wyoming PA 1st night. (See Florida Vacation.) |
Feb. 12, 1949 | R. 1st prize in carnival race |
Feb. 16, 1947 | Warren baptized |
Feb. 20, 1947 | Mrs. Furlong announces "no return"! |
Feb. 28, 1948 | Off for California in snowstorm. (See California Trip.) |
March 4, 1949 | Commencement in Pembroke, Betty in tango and Glee Club, M. Neilson valedictorian. |
March 17. 1948 | To San Diego Naval Base with W. and Aunt Addie |
April 2, 1949 | Eve giving party for Sid |
May 7. 1949 | W. off to Philadelphia |
May 8, 1945 | VE Day, Doug carried flag, B. sang at Whitby Park program |
May 10, 1945 | Jim discourses imaginatively, i.e. see "mouses" with 12 in. legs |
May 14. 1947 | W. off to Toronto |
June 5. 1948 | Fishing trip to Presqu'ile, C.W.D.R.J. |
June 11. 1950? | Met by Etheridge at Oak Bank |
June 16, 1947 | Trip to Winnipeg by bus |
June 30, 1948 | Alice, Bert, Judith, & Hector Cowan arrive |
July 3, 1948 | Doug sails dinghy alone in yacht race and comes in last |
July 3, 1949 | Fishing, swimming, painting at Presqu'ile, C.W.R.J. |
July 7, 1949 | Motorboat trip with C.W.R.J. |
July 10, 1948 | Fun and Fancy Free C.W.B.D.R.J. Lame Duck last in sailing race. |
July 13, 1946 | W.C.B.D. 2 days in Ottawa |
July 15, 1947 | Wn & C. to Whitby with Reislers. Wn walking. |
July 17, 1947 | Met Bert and Alice in Toronto |
July 18, 1947 | On to Simcoe. Wesley drove us to Delhi. |
July 21, 1948 | To Toronto for medical exam for Wilford |
July 21, 1949 | C.W. spend 7 hrs picking 14 qts of blueberries |
July 26, 1948 | C.W. picked 6 baskets of cherries |
July 27, 1946 | Doug 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, 1947 | Trip to Ottawa & up Gatineau. Bought radio phonograph & records. |
Aug. 9, 1947 | Wilford away to Port Hope (fancy hotel room). |
Aug. 12, 1949 | Wesley arrives |
Aug. 13, 1949 | Wesley on Sid's sea flea |
Aug. 21, 1946 | Official opening of Deep River Hospital. W. showed me through. |
Sept. 3, 1948 | Canned 14 qt peaches |
Sept. 5, 1948 | Doug off to North Bay |
Sept. 6, 1946 | Father, Mother, Evelyn arrive for visit |
Sept. 8, 1946 | W.C.R.J. & 3 guests have motorboat ride to Bass Cove and Echo Cove |
Sept. 9, 1946 | D.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, 1947 | Wesley arrives 3 a.m. |
Sept. 18, 1946 | Wilford addresses Women's Club |
Sept. 18, 1947 | R.-chicken pox |
Oct. 1, 1947 | Wn chicken pox |
Oct. 2, 1947 | Jim chicken pox |
Oct. 17, 1946 | Car accident near Delhi. Father and Mother in Simcoe Hospital! |
Nov. 30, 1946 | W, to Chicago Convention on Atomic Energy Control |
Dec. 25, 1949 | Joined Pop & Jessie for Xm'as Eve in Toronto |
Dec. 29, 1946 | Gwen and Joyce Marshman arrive for visit |
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