Journal of Mary Phyllis Fisher - Thomas Davies

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home just across the road from us. They bought Alma Sommerfeldt’s home who have moved to B.C. They left as soon as school let out. His wife Delecta Sommerfeldt has been our Relief Society President since we moved to Cardston and she has done so much for me. She has been a lovely president and a good neighbor since we moved here. We will miss her. Of course it’s nice to have Glen and Holly to take their place. That means I have a sister and two brothers here now. Orrin lives here also. That makes four of us living in Cardston, Orrin, Glen, Emma and me. Now Ada’s husband is dead perhaps she will move here also. But Ada has the theatre to look after in Pincher Creek. Her daughter and her husband and children live in the top part of Ada’s home. They also have a part of the theatre job. Oh I’m so forgetful lately. I get so worried. I just can’t seem to remember anything lately. After meeting we had dinner. Then this evening we went down to Dan’s. He is working for Joe Keeler tending his cattle. They have a nice home there on the place. The man he works for lives in Raymond now. The children will go to school on the bus this fall at Magrath. It is late. I must go to bed. Joe Keller asked Little Danny boy if he’d like to work for him too and Dan said yes he would. He told Danny he’d give him $100.00 a month. I picked some flowers from my garden and put on the kitchen table but ever little while I see an ant crawling up the wall so I’ll have to throw them away before going to bed. 1975. July 7 th Been working on my afghan. It has taken a long time. I wanted to finish it but I am so slow. 1975. July 8 th Glen came over this morning and brought us some strawberries for breakfast. We had strawberries and cream. Ren read to me this afternoon while I was crocheting the afghan. I enjoyed it so much I wish he’d do it more often but he hates to read out loud. 1975. July 14 th Ren is mowing the lawn. It is such a big job. I should help him but it is such hard work for me. It is such a big lawn, front and back. I washed this morning, ironed this afternoon, and am tired. So I’ll do a few rounds on my cover for the couch. It is so big and heavy. I crocheted it with course wool. I hope it will be what I want. I do need a cover for it but is so very heavy. I don’t know. Ren has finished mowing and is getting ice cream and root beer from the fridge. He has fixed me a root beer float but he doesn’t want anything to eat. It is too hot he says. 1975. July 14 th Taber Alta. A Tribute to “Ren” and Phyllis Davies on your 50 th Wedding Anniversary We recall with pleasure our welcome to the Bow Island ward in 1964 by all the members there, among them of course the Davies Family. As we worked together in the ward the bonds of friendship increased. We learned more of the knowledge of the gospel as they expressed their testimonies of the truthfulness of it and we knew of their worth. Many times we have said that the best part of moving is that in another area we meet so many wonderful people and this was our experience when moving to Bow Island. Now as we meet with Bro. and Sis. Davies on our visits to the temple or elsewhere, it is like 92
meeting some of our family especially as we seemed to be one big happy family in the Bow Island ward and since we also have left the Bow Island area. May our Heavenly Father’s choicest blessings ever be with you and your fine family in the coming years. Sincerely Ellys and Helen Piepgrass and family 1975. July 15 th Ren has gone to the temple. I just finished eating some breakfast. I have finished my afghan and it is on the couch. I think it looks pretty, orange, tan, white and black, 8rows of each color. I am quite pleased with it. It looks like Glen and Holly have company. Some of his children come every day it seems. He’s building onto his house, a room and patio. They all want to help. The garden is coming good. I go to the temple Wednesday and Thursday morning doing sealings for the first session and go through the second session. I should go all three days but I have been having quite a lot of pain lately so I will rest today. Lloyd phoned this morning. They want us to come out and stay with the children while Jane goes to the hospital. She is expecting soon. I hate to think of traveling so far but would like to stay with them while she is in the hospital. Right now I have a pain in my back. I can hardly sit down. I hope it will soon get better. Maybe I sit too long crocheting. But I don’t like to stand on my feet either. Oh dear, I am getting old. It’s bad enough to have white hair but back aches are painful. Everything is so beautiful and green. I have such a beautiful view of the creek from my window. All spring I have been watching a little robin build its nest in the big tree on the south of our house. The tree is so tall. There are 5 trees just in front of Shaw’s place. This one stands in front of our lot. I hear the town is going to cut down all these big trees along the side walk and plant new ones as they have done in Lethbridge. I must make my bed, wash dishes etc. 1975. July I went to the temple this morning. It makes me sick to kneel at the alter and so when I got through with the ten names I went and lay down on the cot in the rest room. Edyth Wood came up to me and told me that I shouldn’t do it any more than what I was able to. Perhaps she is right. It makes me feel sick to kneel that long. Oh dear, I can’t do anything in the church anymore. Is it because I give up to quickly? But I’m still going to go as long as I can and takes names. 1975. July Went to the temple this morning and went through a session. I was supposed to do sealings but when I got there I forgot and went and got my name instead of going up to the sealing room. I enjoyed the session but now I have done something so wrong. I guess they won’t want me for sealings any more. Ren was very angry at me I know. Oh dear I get so confused and mixed up lately. I don’t know what to do at times. 1975. July Bob Fisher is here to see Orrin. I am sitting up waiting for him. I am working on my chair 93
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TO MY CHILDREN Journal of Mary Phyl
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us, and Tom and Lore, went down to
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When Tom was just a little fellow h
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gave me such a lovely blessing. He
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came out for the first time. I came
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milking cows. He also got a small t
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They wouldn’t take any thing for
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companion to come to Los Angeles an
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and seemed so homesick and discoura
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had been renting, so Ren and Lynn p
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Merrill, reading by Veryle’s 14 y
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Boy born at Utah Valley Hospital, J
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take. Dan and Ted went also. Anne d
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warm and quiet and clean. We got tw
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Christmas with Leatha and Aunt Dora
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1960. February 19 th Tonight Ren, F
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Sara phoned yesterday. Ricky was on
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Father bought a new car and we took
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e back to work Tuesday morning so t
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They had gone to Las Vegas a number
Page 41 and 42: Lynn had living quarters in part of
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Page 79 and 80: 1974. December 3 rd Today I went to
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Page 113 and 114: 1977. August 24 th This morning Ren
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Page 117 and 118: 1978. March 7 th I have been lookin
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Page 123 and 124: 1979. January Relief Society is at
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