Journal of Mary Phyllis Fisher - Thomas Davies

Lynn has been living in an apartment house in Lethbridge this winter but came up for the
Christmas week. She sleeps here at night but goes home during the day. She has been washing
and baking and getting ready to leave after the New Year.
The children are all growing up so fast. Ricky, Jerry and Barbara will soon be 17 years old. The
weather has been so lovely these last two weeks. The big storms and cold weather we had the
first of the month of December and last of November left us with Chinooks and warm weather.
The snow has almost melted away except for the drifts that were so high. Father is working on
the jigsaw puzzle so I will help him. On Friday, Ellen and her family are coming for dinner.
Anne and her family are coming Sunday and Lore on New Years.
January 1, 1973
It is New Years Day. Anne and Lore and families were here for dinner. It was a windy day.
The snow was blowing in drifts around the house. We had turkey and lemon pie and salad
dressing, potatoes, gravy and candy and nuts. But I’m not good at handling such a big crowd
any more. There were 18 of us. Ellen and Veryle and their family were here for Sunday dinner,
New Years Eve. It was much better to have one family at a time I think.
1973. January 11 th
This week Father put an ad in the paper, “House for Sale” and yesterday he sold our house to
Garry Reamsbottom. His wife is from Salt Lake and he was from Grassy Lake or near Bow
Island. They sent the land title to the Land title office to be checked and we will be able to get
the money as soon as it returns from Edmonton.
Lynn has been living in Lethbridge at an apartment house since fall. She feels that she cannot
stay in her home alone and she can’t have anyone to live with her because she is just not able to
wait on them. Dora was living with her but in December she went to Ileens in Laten to stay with
her. At Christmas time Lynn gave her piano to her sister in law Sister Quenna Marsdon and
other things to her friend. She said she wanted Ren to have her place if he wanted it but if he
didn’t she was going to sell it to someone else so we put our house up for sell and quite a
number had called to see about it before we sold it. We have asked Lynn to come and live with
us.
On Monday Blair and Anne came over. They told us that Lynda was going to be married on the
9 th of February to a Thompson boy in Magrath. They felt that if they objected she would do it
anyway so perhaps it would be for the best. The boy is about 20 years old and has a job. We do
pray that things will work out for them.
1973. January 21 st
On Monday January 24, many of the children Dan, Lore, Veryle, Ted, Sara, Barbara, and
Wendy came to help us move. Teddy, Jerry and Doran were here to help too. They had 2
trucks, Lore’s and Veryle’s. The women packed and the men carried and took the things to our
new home that we bought and paid Aunt Lynn for. It will be a nice place for us. For a while I
felt that she would be sorry she sold the home that she had put so much time and effort into, but
she has made up her mind that it is better for her to get an apartment in a house where there are
other people living. She is afraid to stay alone any more and so we are grateful to her for selling
it to us when we are sure she could have got more money for it if she had sold it elsewhere.
Father is going to try to fix up the basement and buy us a davenport and chair as Lynn is taking
her things from the front room. Aunt Dora also has her things here. We have put both their
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