Journal of Mary Phyllis Fisher - Thomas Davies

Janene and Denise. Lloyd had finished his schooling. He spent most of his time here finishing
his thesis. Then he returned. He was gone two weeks. Last week he returned and helped Blair
for two days get up his potatoes. Jane and the children stayed with us. I enjoyed having them so
much. It was so nice getting to know Lloyd and Jane’s children.
I have put up a lot of vegetables.
On the 6 th of September Jane and Lloyd will go to Perdue in Indiana to the university where he
will get his doctor’s degree in Agriculture Economics.
1970. June 10 th
So many things have happened since I last wrote in my book. It has been a lovely mild winter.
The storms came in March so it was the 24 th of May before we got our garden planted. But we
have had warm weather for June. It was 92 degrees one day this week and things have come up.
In late march Frank phoned and said that Fay was going to be operated on for kidney trouble and
that the doctors thought she would have to have one kidney removed. She had so much trouble
with the caesarian incision after Billy was born in November. They had been waiting for the
infection to leave before she was operated on again and she has been in a lot of pain. The doctor
said she must have one month at least of complete rest after the operation. So during the last
week of March and the first week of April when the temple was closed during general
conference Father and I went down to Provo to get the children while Fay was operated on. We
stayed there for two weeks. The operation was not as serious as they had supposed and they
didn’t have to take out the kidney. But they removed a large stone that had lodged in the kidney
tube. We took the children to the hospital to see their mother before we left to bring them home.
I enjoyed visiting with Frank and the children and Fay while she was there at the hospital very
much but was tired when I got home.
I was very glad that Sara and Mrs. Baxter, Fay’s stepmother, took turns in taking care of Bill,
and Barbara and Sara took turns in taking care of Boyd. Boyd was here with me over the one
week end and I enjoyed him so much I felt like time had turned back and I once more had my
little boy Frank. Boyd is such a fine little fellow. He seems more than 4 years old. He is a
smart little fellow. Billy is a lovely baby too and has such a sweet smile and a good baby too.
He was sick the last week I was here with a bad cold and I didn’t get much sleep. For when I
woke it was hard for me to go back to sleep.
Sara came up one day and cut out the new white temple dress she is making me but she didn’t
get it finished. Sara has been so busy and so have I. While we were at conference Anne and
Blair moved into our house. They brought part of their things and stored them in the garage and
granary. Blair has not had any work since Christmas and was unable to get a job in Edmonton.
Work is very scarce now. So they sold their home and decided to come to Lethbridge and try to
get work. They had fasted and prayed in March that they might be able to sell their home. That
evening, a man phoned and said he had seen their ad in the paper and would like to look at the
house. He said he had to be back to work the next day and would like to come right over. He
came and paid cash for what they asked for. So Blair went to Magrath and bought 50 acres of
land and is planting a potato garden and is going to buy a cow and some chickens. He has built
a large trailer house for them to live in until they can build a home. They stayed here for six
weeks until they had the place built enough to move in. They are planting 12 acres of land into
potatoes. They hope to be finished this week. Anne rode back and forth taking the children to
school and helping Blair during the day. Some days when I was not at the temple, Scotty and
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