Journal of Mary Phyllis Fisher - Thomas Davies

worked in the sugar factory in Taber. In the winter he went to work on a cattle farm in Warner.
It was at Warner he met his future wife, Alma.
1956. May 6 th
On the 16th of April we received a telegram from Tom saying he would be in Hawaii on his
flight home from his mission, and could we wire some money to him there? The church paid his
way home but he would need some warm clothes when he reached Vancouver. When we
received his letter late in March saying he was coming home, Father cabled him $40.00, and
Dan had sent him $35.00 but he didn’t receive it before he left so we decided we should meet
him in Vancouver. Father sent him a telegram on the boat that we would meet him. I put up
enough lunch to last us 4 days. We started on Saturday morning at 6 AM, April 21. Frank,
Lloyd, Father and I picked up Aunt Dora Coleman at Fort McLeod. It was snowing in
Lethbridge when we left for McLeod but was beautiful all the way back to Lethbridge where it
was snowing again.
We had a lovely trip. We reached Spokane about 6 PM Saturday. Edyth my sister gave us
supper and then Curly Woolf and Laurie and Chuck Harker came over. Laurie took us and
showed us their beautiful new home.
We listened to television and spent a lovely evening. The boys slept at Curly’s and we slept at
Edyth’s. Mary and Bobby are sweet children. Edyth and Lynn have such a nice home. It was
lovely visiting them.
We started for Vancouver early Sunday morning. Everything was so beautiful and green at
Winachee. The fruit trees were all in blossom so up and down the valley was pink and white
and gold. We reached Carols at 4 o’clock Sunday. Carol and Janet and Carol Anne were all that
were home. Ren phoned to Vancouver to find out the time the boat docked and they said 10 PM
that night. We got into the car, took Carol with us and continued our journey. We reached
Vancouver at 8 o’clock. Dan helped Aunt Dora get on a boat for Vancouver Island. She was
going to see Fay, her daughter and stay for awhile. At the immigration office they told us the
boat would dock but the passengers couldn’t get off until the next morning.
Tom landed in Vancouver the evening of April 22, 1956 but could not get off the boat until
morning. We stayed and watched the boat come in. It was a beautiful sight with the boat all lit
up and the ocean and the lights of the city in the background. I didn’t dream it could be so large.
The wind blew cold off the ocean but we couldn’t leave. It took about 1 hour to dock after we
first saw it come into sight. Then we got two rooms in a motel. Carol and I slept in one bed and
the two boys in the other and father on the cot. We had a good rest. Tom didn’t get off the boat
until about ten that morning. He hadn’t changed, just thinner, and he had a crew cut, which
doesn’t suit him very well. We were so glad to see him.
Father, Frank, and Lloyd and I were there when he was finally let off the boat.
I shall never forget what a thrilling trip we had or how glad we were to see Tom after two and a
half years. I received a letter from President Snow, Tom’s mission President, telling us of the
fine work he had done as Supervising Elder and then as the Principal of the School at Pesega.
It was 12 o’clock before he got his trunks and all checked off the boat. We only stopped at
Carol’s long enough to eat a bowl of soup and reached Edyth’s in Spokane that night at 11PM.
She had beds ready for us. The next night we reached Anne’s about 6PM. Sara and Ted and
Dan came over to Anne’s and we had supper together. We were very tired but happy when we
reached home about midnight.
We brought Sara and her baby home with us and we enjoyed visiting the next week. Then on
Sunday we all went to Cardston for Tom to report his mission. Sara fixed the lunch for us to
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