Journal of Mary Phyllis Fisher - Thomas Davies

told him that morning, of a time when Ted was about 16 and was playing ball with the boys.
They were so involved in the game that Ted missed the bus home. Some of the boys wanted
him to stay all night but he said no his mother would worry about him and he must go home. So
he walked the 20 miles home. It was almost morning and his feet were sore and swollen when
he got there. Ted was always obedient. The Bishop also said that Ted had lived up to the sacred
covenants he had made. Ted had saved enough money to pay for the plane, and he was sure that
Grandpa Fisher was there with Ted and would be with him to help him perform the work he was
called to do.
1972. March 15 th
Planted my tomatoes in cans. Went to the temple in the evening. We went to Anne’s and saw
their new home. It is a lovely big home. Then we went on to Lore’s and visited them for an
hour.
1972. March 23 rd
It is Sunday morning. There has been 25 inches of snow fall since yesterday morning. When
we left to go to the temple yesterday morning at 6 AM., it was just beginning to snow. It
continued to fall all day and all night and is still snowing. The bishop, Don Shaw phoned and
said there would be no meetings today. The snow has drifted until the fences are drifted over in
places. But we have had two weeks of lovely spring weather for which I am thankful. The
drifts which were as high as the roof of our house in the back had almost melted away and the
peonies and mums where coming up and the grass beginning to show green spots. So it gave us
a lovely change after a white winter.
I do hope it will be good for Easter because we are expecting Tom and Rae. We haven’t seen
them since the baby was born in November. It was in August when we were up there since we
last saw them. We heard from Rae’s mother that they were coming down. We do hope it will
clear up and they will be able to do so.
1972. April 3 rd
It is Ren’s birthday. Sara invited us down to dinner and to go to the show with them. It cost Ted
$12. to take us all to the show. The main feature was a Walt Disney “A Bluebird on my
Shoulder” and it was just beautiful. We all enjoyed it so much. We had a lovely turkey dinner
after.
Lynn gave Ren a nice white shirt and we visited her in the evening. She also gave Ren a lovely
picture she and drawn and painted herself.
1972. April 4 th
Today was a busy day at the temple. We take the double part on Wednesday in the second
session and have done so for some months now. Brother Archibald and his wife went to
conference and Ren is looking after his responsibilities at the temple. He does a good job of it
too. Anne and Blair came to the 8 o’clock session.
We had another snow storm last week. The drifts were almost as high as they were before but
today they have gone down and the water is running everywhere.
1972. April 9 th
Today Barbara and Lore and their family were here. They came in time for our meeting and had
dinner with us after. They haven’t been to see us since before Christmas, The weather has been
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