Journal of Mary Phyllis Fisher - Thomas Davies

Dan and Alma are getting their home fixed up little by little. They are so good to us. Alma is
expecting her 4th child in the spring.
Ellen and Anne are also expecting in April. Anne is 38 now and her leg bothers her. We have
19 grand children: Bobby, Lorianne, Dana Lynn, Calli, Wendy, Ricky, Doran, Gary, Clay, Jerry,
Renny, and Connie, Davy, Lynda, Noel, Harold, Carol, Kathy, and Danny. Lore has 4 girls,
Sara, one girl and 3 boys, Ellen, 3 boys, and one girl, Anne has 2 boys and 2 girls, Dan has 2
girls and 1 boy. They are all beautiful children.
Bow Island, Alberta
December 27, 1964
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This Sunday we didn’t have any meetings. Piepgrasses are away for Christmas. The road
between Berdette and Bow Island has been blocked yesterday and today. By going around by
Simpsons we were able to get to Dan’s. We brought Carol and Kathy back with us to stay for
the night. Tom and Rae were coming down to spend the day with us but Father phoned and told
them not to come because of the weather. Yesterday we couldn’t even see the barn for blowing
snow. The snow is dry and it is cold.
On Monday the 21st Father took me up to Lethbridge to see if I could help in preparing for the
wedding. He came home to do chores and to bring Dan and Alma back with him. Frank was to
be married at the 8 o’clock session on the 23 rd at the temple. I stayed with the children and Sara
helped with the decorating. Tuesday night Father phoned and said that he couldn’t possibly
come to the wedding because of the blocked roads. It was 32 below with a 50 mile an hour
wind. It was calm and cold in Lethbridge so Frank and Fay went up to Cardston Tuesday night.
Aunt Lynn phoned and invited them to come and stay at their house because it was beginning to
blow. So they went. The next morning Ted took Sara and I up. We made it through all right.
Tom and Rae were there. Fay’s stepmother and stepfather and her sister and husband were there
too.
We had a lovely ceremony. Frank and Fay both looked so grand. Fay had a beautiful wedding
dress and Frank wore a new black suite and shirt. It was so peaceful and happy. We all had
dinner at the temple and arrived back at Lethbridge safely.
The reception was nice too. Lore and Barbara were there. David Pratt, who Frank had asked to
be his best man, phoned that he couldn’t get there so Lore and Tom stood in the line. Tom was
best man and Lore took Father’s place. The decorations were beautiful with Christmas tree and
trimmings. The food was very good and everything was lovely. Only about 30 couples came
due to the bad road conditions and blowing snow and cold weather and possibly because it was
so close to Christmas.
Frank and Fay stayed in their apartment that night. We all went down to help take the gifts and
wish them well. On the 24th they went to Edmonton, [the highway was cleared by then] to
spend their honeymoon and have Christmas dinner at a friend of Fay’s. They are coming back
to Lethbridge today.
Father phoned to me on Christmas Eve saying that the snow plow had gone through and he had
the car going. He said he was tired, having shoveled snow most of the day so he would come up
to Lethbridge the next morning. He was there by 8 o’clock to see Sara’s children open their
presents. Tom and Rae and Lore and his family came for dinner so we had a lovely Christmas.
We left for home about 4 o’clock. Lore left for Magrath and Tom and Rae stayed at Rae’s folks.
We got home safely for it didn’t start drifting until about 10 AM the next morning. Tom had to
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