Journal of Mary Phyllis Fisher - Thomas Davies

We have surely been blessed this fall.
We are so grateful that Rae is better and for the little new grandson and granddaughter.
…..Sara and family gave me a new warm dress. It is green with large leaves. They gave Father
money for a new hat. Lore’s family gave me a lovely cake pan. Tom gave us a $20.00 bill,
Anne, bottles of jelly. Blair has been out of work. He quit his job to sell insurance and he
doesn’t make much on it. But he is now working for Lynn Rice. He has been trying to get a job
in Lethbridge where they can be near his mother as she is getting feeble.
Dan and family gave me a writing kit. Ellen, some cream for my face and also they gave us one
hundred pounds of sugar for storage. Frank gave us an electric carving knife, Lloyd and Jane
some melmac dishes. Our family always gives us so much! We had a wonderful Christmas.
This year I made up 14 pounds of chocolates. I made eight pounds of it for Ellen. She furnished
the chocolate for 10 pounds of the amount I made. So we gave chocolates and a book of
Mother’s life and a jigsaw puzzle to each of the family. Frank and Lloyd didn’t come home this
year. We missed them. Sara, Dan and Lore were here for dinner. We had an enjoyable time
together.
On the 27 we had a big party at the Welling chapel. Barbara and Lore were in charge and it was
all so lovely. The programs get better every year, I think.
The weather has been beautiful, just a little skiff of snow and not cold. Yesterday we went to
Lethbridge. Sara went with us to buy a hat for Father. We couldn’t find one Father liked. They
all have such small brims. Sara is so good to us. We visited at Dan’s home. Lore and his family
were there too. The children are growing up and are such fine boys and girls. I am so proud of
them.
Tom and Rae came down on the 27 th and stayed over Sunday. We enjoyed their visit so much.
They have three lovely children. Megan is such a big little girl for 4 and Teddy is such a sturdy
little fellow. He said to me, “My Father loves me.
1969. December 4 th
Today, Father and I went to Lethbridge to a surprise party for Dan on his thirty-eighth birthday.
He was really surprised. Sara and Lore’s families were there. Alma had prepared such a lovely
supper and a beautiful chocolate cake with 38 candles on it. She had such an interesting game.
Sara had helped her. She wrote a question on a slip of paper, wrapped it in cellophane paper for
each one. The questions were so interesting. One of them was, “Mother, what did we always do
the week before Christmas?” I couldn’t answer that so she said, “Calcimine the house. We had
coal stoves and what I wanted most was a clean house so at Christmas time Ren would buy
some calcimine and paint. In the spring and fall I’d go over the walls with water and so by
Christmas they were badly in need of a new coat of calcimine again.
There was a question for each one that made it very interesting. The children ate down stairs
and everything was so nice and clean in their new home.
Father has been working at the genealogical library and has found the record of his great
grandparents that they have been searching for so long. His name is William. Father was
pleased when he learned that Frank had named their baby William after his great great
grandfather.
1970. August
It has been a busy month. On the 27 th of July Lloyd and Jane came home with their two babies,
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