Journal of Mary Phyllis Fisher - Thomas Davies

Boy born at Utah Valley Hospital, January 27, 2PM. Mother and son doing fine!
Only one but nice enough for two.
Love from three.
Veryle
March the 7th this one
Baby Girl born March 5th, 11 PM.
Barbara is well as can be expected.
Baby nine weeks early, in incubator.
Fifty- fifty chance. Lore
Yesterday after Primary I went to Lethbridge with Evan Harker to visit Anne who is in
the hospital with her new baby... He stopped in Barnwell to do some business. It was fifteen
minutes to 8 when I got to Sara’s [hospital hours close at 8 PM.] She drove me to the hospital
and we got there just at eight but we found Anne sitting up in the waiting room with Blair and
his mother. She says she feels fine. We went to see the baby in the nursery through the large
glass windows. He is a lovely baby, dark hair.
Sara’s baby has grown so since I came the day she left the hospital and stayed with her
for a week and a half. He weighs nearly 12 pounds now, has big dark blue eyes and is just a
darling baby, so fat and sweet.
Lore and Barbara came to Sara’s. They had thought the visiting hours closed at 8:30 so
were too late to see Anne. They said their little baby had gained 3 oz. She weighed 3 lbs. and
so many oz. when she was born, then she lost 5 oz. after but had gained 3 oz this past week and
the Doctor thought she would live unless she caught cold. Barbara pumps the milk from her
breast and then feeds it to the baby.
1956. March 18 th
What an eventful year this has been. I should have been writing in my book every day. One day
in September some one knocked at the door and when I opened it Dan was standing there. He
had on a new sport shirt and gray trousers, no luggage. He arrived at Lethbridge the night
before, stayed at Anne’s, and then hitched a ride to Bow Island. I could hardly stop crying I was
so glad to see him. It was good to feel that he had been able to complete his mission
successfully. He stopped in Salt Lake at Ethel Jeppsons for two days hoping to see Ellen before
he came on home but she didn’t get there. He passed her on the way. She and Veryle went
down to Provo where Veryle is attending BYU.
Dan went to work on the Magrath Canning Experimental Farm and helped send money to Tom
for his mission.
Anne had helped keep Dan on his mission until he got home and then Dan sent money to Tom.
Ren was able to get up his grain. He had been haying and working to help keep Dan and Tom
during the summer months. Then Dan got a job in the sugar factory until the middle of
December and was able to get him a few clothes that he was badly in need of his best suit having
faded so in the Calexico sun. He is such a grand boy. He played ball with Tabor MMen and
they won and went to Salt Lake. He saw Ellen for the first time in 3 years. They just returned
about a week ago. I have not seen him since.
1955. In September Dan arrived in Bow Island from his mission. I was so surprised and happy
to see him. In the spring he worked for Fooks and Milne Architects in Lethbridge. That fall he
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