Journal of Mary Phyllis Fisher - Thomas Davies

Rae showed a locket with a picture of her and Tom when they were 12 years old. She told how
her Uncle Paulson had said he knew grandmother before she was married. She had beautiful
hair and was a wonderful actress and was very sweet and nice.
“Where did you meet grandma, Grandpa?”
“Well I always felt so sorry for your grandmother because her father wouldn’t let her go to
dances or parties at the Lakes that I asked her to marry me.
Callie said, “What are you memories of Christmas grandpa?” He told her how one year he went
into the mountains for a tree. He was hauling timber from the mountains at that time and
decided to get a tree to take home for our Christmas. There was a round hole under the tree and
all around it was brown. He put his shovel into the snow and lifted it up and there was a big
bear asleep all covered over with the snow except for that one hole where he was breathing
through. He didn’t get that tree!!
Sara said that when she was little we always went to Grandma Fisher’s or Grandma Davies’ for
dinner and that it was always her job when she got older to trim the tree.
Blair played a record on his record player for the closing.
After the program it was getting late so everyone gathered up their things and went home.
Fay and Rae gave me some lovely bowls for an anniversary gift.
1970. December 25 th
Frank and Fay came from Edmonton to spend Christmas with us. They arrived on the 23. Fay
hung up all the stockings and filled them with little gifts she bought during the year at sales. In
mine was a small bottle of hand lotion, a small box of candies and a shoe brush. The stockings
were full. And for our Christmas gifts she brought beautiful white curtains for all 8 windows on
the east of our big room which you can open by just pulling a string instead of blinds that are
wearing out. They also gave us some beautiful covers for our chair and couch. Fay needed a
new dress but instead she bought the curtains and covers for us. She said she thought we needed
them worse than she needed a Christmas dress. She went to a party for all the old people in the
ward in Edmonton before coming down and would have liked a new dress. We all had fun on
Christmas morning opening the presents. They gave father a lovely shirt. I got a sweater from
Tom and Rae to wear in the temple with a lovely new white dress. Dan gave us a card saying
‘bon voyage to England’. Veryle and Ellen gave me a picture album, also frozen meat for the
winter, and a few days before Christmas they all came to see us and brought us a lovely tree.
Lore gave us $35 on the car he got from us. We had told him that he didn’t need to pay it but he
gave it to us for a Christmas present. Father got three shirts, something he really needed and I
gave him a pair of pants. Frank and Fay gave him a box of candy and Lynn, a jigsaw puzzle.
Lynn also gave us eight beautiful tumblers.
Jimmy had the measles and Katura the flu so we had a quiet day with Frank and Fay, Billy and
Boyd.
Yesterday father and I went to Lethbridge. Frank and Fay came to Sara’s on Wednesday.
Billy was sick with the Red measles so Frank took their furniture to Edmonton and stored it in
Tom’s garage until they can find a place to live. Boyd went with his father. He just wouldn’t let
his father out of his sight. Frank took the trailer he had hired back as far as Coutts the next day
and Boyd went with him. They are not going back to Provo. Yesterday, June 9 th , when Father
and I arrived they were there at Sara’s. Dan and family were also there. It was Gary’s birthday
so Sara had invited us to come to dinner and see Gary baptized. They had a lovely service. One
of the High Council spoke to the children. He told them about his great grandfather John Watts
who was the first person to be baptized in England. He was baptized by Heber C. Kimball in the
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