Journal of Mary Phyllis Fisher - Thomas Davies

Larry stayed with me. They are such good obedient little fellows and I enjoyed them very much.
I do hope and pray that things will work out for them and that they will be able to build
themselves a new home by winter. Davy is such a nice boy, so anxious to help and make a
success of the farm. They all seem happy and feel that God has heard their prayers and blessed
them.
1970. June
This past week Lawrence and Mary Leavitt have been here. Lawrence came up to the
dedication of the plaque he had made in memory of his Aunt, Mrs. Sanbacker, who did so much
in nursing and caring for the sick when he was a boy. The plaque was set upon the Leavitt
church house grounds. The services were lovely. Lawrence and others told many stories of
going to care for the sick in the blizzards and how the Lord answered their prayers. Lawrence is
not feeling very well since his operation.
1970. October
It has been 46 years today since Father and I were married and it has been a lovely day. All the
children and grandchildren were here except Lloyd and his family. Frank and Family and Tom
and family came down and went to the temple in the morning and at 6 o’clock all the rest of the
family except Connie was there and she had the flu. Ellen furnished the turkey and Sara a lovely
wedding cake. There were potatoes, gravy, salads and everything that goes with a big turkey
dinner. Sara was in charge of the program and it was such a happy program.
Prelude music by Wendy
Opening prayer by Blair
Song by everyone accompanied by Wendy on the piano.
Then came a most interesting game. Each one was given a genealogy tree with little men to
stick on it. “I am the granddaughter or grandson of Ren and Phyllis Davies. My father…,” then
they stuck the little men on their father whose name was on the tree.
Then each grandchild was given a slip on which was written a question to ask some of my
family. Kathy’s question to me was, “Where did you first meet grandpa?”
Grandma “When I was just 8 years old my father bought some land on the Cochrane Ranch
where Hill Spring now is and we moved there in April 1910. About this time Ren moved to Hill
Spring with his parents. He was 3 years older than I was and was one of the ‘big’ boys. It was
not until he came home from his mission from Easter Canada that I went out with him and about
2 years after we were married. We had 8 wonderful children. We now have 35 grandchildren.”
Then Grandpa finished off for me by saying “Mother’s grandfather gave her a patriarchal
blessing when she was a girl and it says that as she obeyed her parents, her children would obey
her.
Sally told how Grandma Fisher had sent her wedding ring to her when she went away to school
in Calgary. Ann’s boys, Larry and Scott, sang for us “Good Morning Merry Sunshine.” Tom
was asked what he remembered. He told about Dan when he was showing off his gun. He
thought it was empty and discharged it and it made a hole in the plaster in the ceiling of the
kitchen. The shell came down and fell in Anne’s plate. She was still eating at the table. Dan
had finished his and had sat down to try out the gun father bought the boys for Christmas. Dan
was so shocked he didn’t want to touch it after that.
Anne told how we had an outside toilet at the end of the lot. We didn’t have one in the house
and whenever the dishes were to be done, Sara would get a book and disappear. But Anne knew
where to find her.
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