Journal of Mary Phyllis Fisher - Thomas Davies

weeks before. She came to the temple with people from Warner and we met her there. After the
wedding we all went to Magrath to Lore and Barbara’s for dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Eagleson were
there. Mr. Eagleson is not a member of the church. Alma’s brother, Wilbur and his wife Evelyn
and their two children were there also. We had such a lovely dinner. Then we all went to
Lethbridge to the reception. The house was decorated with flowers. They had pictures taken of
the wedding by a hired stenographer.
Denny Steed gave a reading and Frank sang a song. Tom was master of ceremonies. The
bridesmaid was Jackie Boomer and best man was Lore. It was the largest crowd I have seen at a
wedding. Mr. Eagleson had put on a turkey supper sponsored by the Relief Society in
Lethbridge.
Alma is such a lovely girl. Dan met her in Warner where he went to work for a Mr. Conrad on a
farm and cattle ranch. Dan helped his father on the farm the first fall after he returned from his
mission. In October he went to work in the sugar factory. After it closed in December he went
to Lethbridge and worked for the architects, Fooks and Milne but left there in the spring to work
out in the open at Warner for nearly a year. In the fall he brought the cattle he had earned,
home. Dan’s father went in with him on a quarter section of land bought from Mr. Halpen. He
would not sell the land to Dan until his father went in with him. Dan sold his cows and paid
$1000 down. Then in June he worked for Propane Driving and farmed in his spare time.
Dan and Alma have now a beautiful little girl, Carol Dawn, nearly seven months old.
She is so plump and sweet, smiles whenever Grandma talks to her. Dan loves them both so
much. Alma is very patient and kind to Dan. She has taught music lessons ever since she was
married. They are living in a 3- room house in Bow Island. He teaches a Sunday school class.
Lloyd, Bobby Crawford, Ren Atwood, Norman Westergreen and Dan and Alma are in the
Mutual.
1959. Frank is taking grade twelve and Lloyd is in grade eleven. They go to school on the
bus. Frank has been chorister of the Sunday school ever since he was thirteen years old. He
sang in the music festival in Taber and was second place in his entry. He also came second in
the MIA speech festival in Lethbridge in 1959. Lloyd is our champion ball player. He is small
but moves quickly. It is so fun to watch him play.
1959. October
Father and I went down with Mr. Hamilton and his wife in their car to general conference. They
were so thoughtful and kind to us. We had so many stops to make before we got on the road to
Salt Lake. One of these stops was at the CHEC in Lethbridge while Max reported an accident
about 4 miles west of Grassy Lake. A car and truck had collided. The back of the car was all
mashed in and another car with a long trailer had taken to the ditch.
In Great Falls they took us around the city and out to the falls. It was a wonderful sight to see.
Brother Hamilton took us along the great Missouri River for several miles to a smelting plant.
The lights were placed in tiers about a yard or two apart all up the side of the hill and their
reflection on the patches of ice in the river was beautiful. Indeed it was a sight to see as we
followed the river along. We came to the great springs from which Great Falls gets its supply of
water. The water was so clear you could see the foliage growing in the bottom. A little farther
on we came to the great formation of rock over which the water fell to form the Great Falls. On
a plaque we read Lewis and Clark’s description of the falls. Here they had to leave the river and
travel over land. The course of the river has now been changed.
Max then took us back to a hotel that we had passed in the main part of the city. It was
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