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[image of 1928 calendar by month] Monday Nov 5-1928, Norm & I had a real scare after supper, 2 dogs barked and barked. Preprinted inside title page YEAR BOOK 1928 A.F. WHITE AGENT UNIONVILLE, ONT. BOX 29 PHONE 1201 Kenwood 2525W, Toronto 2 Thornton Avenue UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY R. HOWARD BLAND, President BALTIMORE . . . MARYLAND 1 �[Note: each dated page has various footers representing insurance. For example “Accident Insurance” or “Automobile Liability Insurance”] [Note: someone has underlined random sections of text in red throughout] Sunday, January 1 1928 Weather, North West wind cold & blasting Eggs - 68 Attended S.S. & church in morning and spent the rest of day at home resting & reading, Bille & Jimmie here for dinner. Monday, January 2 Weather, fine & cold Eggs-70 Fred took a load of furniture to Richmond Hill for Russ Bullinger Voting took place at Jack Thompsons for council Spent the afternoon at aunt Ellens Tuesday, January 3 Weather, Fine, srong west wind & cold Eggs-73 Butchered two hogs first thing Threshed clover in afternoon John brought his battery up at night Wednesday, January 4 Weather, Cloudy, Strong West wind cold Eggs-65 Cut up the hogs first Threshed clover in morning,(Finished) six bags Repaired the hay press in afternoon Les took seven hogs to city (all select) cut up pork & made lard & sausage Thursday, January 5 Weather-Cloudy-Milder, strong S.W.wind by night Eggs 75 Laura stayed over to help Gertie Norm & I went over to bale at B.Stevens and first as we started smashed things up again. Then brought outfit home In afternoon I went to Unionville first then on to Richmond Hill. Fred drew manura Gertie churned 46 lls butter in Morn at night Gertie attended meeting of Young Peoples & S.S. combined at church Friday, January 6 Weather, Fine, & mild strong wind Eggs-51 Mr Lunan & I went to Hamilton for repairs for Baling machine also had bowl of separator changed men drew manura Gertie went out to Mrs Craigs at night to audit W.M.S books Saturday, January 7 Weather, Cloudy & Mild Eggs-52 Market day Produce from farm Cream-102 pts Butter-45 lbs Eggs-37 doz Apples-4 bu Norm repaired press with Craig all day, Fred did chores Salted pork at night Sunday, January 8 Weather, Cloudy, Calm & Mild Eggs-65 Attended S.S. & Church in morning Rev Mr.Auld conducting the service. Mr. Woods exchanging pulpits with him Attended Young Peoples in the evening. Mr Wisher, took the topic for the meeting 2 �Monday, January 9 Weather, Cloudy & Mild Eggs-70 Norm & I baled hay at B.Stivers Fred did chores & went to sale at R.Hill. Gertie did a big washing Les took two veal calves to city 410 lbs & 13 1/2 cts Tuesday, January 10 Weather, Cloudy & mild Eggs-70 Norm & I baled straw & hay at Rodicks Fred did the chores Hydro men strung the wires along the fourth to-day John & Laura came up at night Wednesday, January 11 Weather, Cloudy & mild (showery in afternoon Eggs 68 Baled hay at Rodicks. Casting broke and had to go to Richmond Hill to get it welded. In the evening The rink at Unionville was opened but no ice to make it a real opening Gertie & I called in at Russells on our way home Thursday, January 12 Weather, Cloudy & mild showery Eggs-65 Baled hay at Rodicks Gertie churned 40 lbs butter in morn. In afternoon Gertie went to Mrs Yeo. Padjets to W.M.S meeting I went over for her at night Art White brought two calenders in at noonnFred made cider for market Friday, January 13 Weather, Cloudy & mild, Threatening rain Eggs. 81 Baled straw at Rodicks all day. Laura came up to help Gertie get ready for Institute meeting Sat. Norm went to Victoria Square at night Saturday, January 14 Weather, Cloudy & mild, rain turning colder Eggs-72 Market day produce from farm Cream 110 pts Butter 38 lbs Eggs 39 doz Apples 7 bu fair market Norm finished baling at Rodicks and moved to C. Boyington Junior Institute was held here to day good attendance, lasting on unto the night Sunday, January 15 Weather, Fine & cold Eggs-80 Attended S.S. & Church in morning Rev Mr. Ramey took part in service as representative from prespretray spent the rest of day at home Mr & Mrs Padjet called in in afternoon Monday, January 16 Weather, Cloudy & cold east wind light Eggs 88 snow & sleet by night Baled hay at Charly Boyingtons Les had an operation performed on his head by Dr. Mc Kay & Dr. Mc Donald he salted the pork at night Tuesday, January 17 Weather, Cloudy & milder Eggs-92 Baled hay at Mr. Pratts in morning then moved the press to Armond Vanhoms for some future time brought the engine home 3 �Men drew up some limbs in afternoon to be sawn up soon Gertie & I went down to visit Walter & Mary Hood at Agincourt at night Wednesday, January 18 Weather, Cloudy & mild Eggs-80 Gertie & I went to city for the day Laura also went along Men drew manura all day Annual business meeting of the church was held at night in the basement of the church Thursday, January 19 Weather, South east wind rain & mild wind shifting to west by night Eggs-105 churned 50 lbs butter in morning men filled chop bins in morning & picked over apples & made cider in afternoon. I went on trip north for Les in afternoon Friday, January 20 Weather, Strong west wind show flurries & cold Eggs-103 Men picked chickens & two ducks Prepared seeds to be taken to Unionville to be re-cleaned went on south trip for Les in afternoon and prepared load in afternoon for city by night Saturday, January 21 Weather, Fair, Cold, & strong winds Eggs-91 Market day Produce from farm Cream-115 pts Butter 49 lbs Eggs-51 doz Apples-9 bu Chickens 10-2 ducks Laura went to city with me Men cut up pine tree that had blowndown Sunday, January 22 Weather, Strong S.W. wind Cloudy & cold but milder Eggs 116 Attended S.S. & Church in morning spent the afternoon at home in the evening attended Young Peoples Monday, January 23 Weather, West wind partly fair cool Eggs-101 Men piled wood in morning. In afternoon we all were sawing wood with circular saw. Gertie washed in morning and in afternoon attended class at Victoria Square on First Aid In the evening John came up with his battery Mr. French was down and got some chicken feed Tuesday, January 24 Weather, South east wind snow at first turning to rain by night Eggs 100 Fred took saw home first Nom went to Unionville with Les, taking seeds over to be cleaned and bringing salt home Fred & I helped Browns plant hydro pole at the road in morning Fred went home in afternoon I went to Richmond along with J Brown & Wm Brods to see about getting Hydro in church by Sunday,Gertie attended class at Victoria Square again to-day Wednesday, January 25 Weather, Colder with strong N.W.wind Eggs.105 Nothing much doing in Morning In afternoon men went with Les to help load a load of straw from John 4 �Boyingtons Gertie attended class at Victoria Square John Glendenning was in with 4 {Chrysler?} at nigh we went over to Pinders for a visit Thursday, January 26 Weather, Fine & cold (snow in morn). Eggs 90 Men drew manura in afternoon. Churned 47 lbs butter in morn. Gertie attended class at Victoria Square Tim, asked me to go to Unionville in evening to try curling Friday, January 27 Weather, Fair & cold, light snow in afternoon Eggs 108 I kept house and got thing ready for city all day as Gertie went to S.S Convention at Markham all day Men drew manura & made cider Saturday, January 28 Weather, Fine & decidedly cold Eggs-107 Market day Produce from farm Cream 117 pts Butter - 45 lbs Eggs - 58 doz Apples - 9 bu Men cleaned saw dust out of ice house Byron John died today Sunday, January 29 Weather, Fine & decidedly cold Eggs-90 attended S.S. & Church in morn Gertie went down to Mrs. Youngs in afternoon & Della came up here from mission band Attended Young Peoples at night Slides on views of India Mrs. H. Hooper died this evening Monday, January 30 Weather, Fine & cold Partly cloudy Eggs-72 Les took five hogs to city Filled chop bins in morning Men put snow in ice house & pulled down barn yard fence John Brown took my car to city and Gertie went down home at night & brought it home Hydro was turned on to corner Attended hockey match at Unionville at night, first game Buttonville 0-7 & Loruat Hill second game, Milkken & Markham 4-1 Tuesday, January 31 Weather, Fair, cold & dull Eggs-98 Fixed tire in morning & attended funeral of late Byron Yohn in afternoon Men picked over apples & drew manura. Gertie attended class at Victoria Square in afternoon & night Went curling at Unionville with Jim Paterson Memoranda N, Y’s Menu shredded cabbage-lettuce leaf & beets cold sliced meat loaf. mayonnaise. Celery, pickles. Bread & butter, biscuite - nut bread. drop cakes. light layer cake. xmas cake. glass water, tea. candy baskets. & dishes of candy. Wednesday, February 1 Weather, Strong wind blustery & cold Eggs-80 Norm went with Les to get a load of straw at John Boyingtons in morn & went up to see thickness of ice in 5 �afternoon Fred went away for the day Gertie & I attended funeral of Mrs. Hooper in afternoon Thursday, February 2 Weather. Cloudy at first but clearing & cold with east wind Eggs 80 Churned 42 lbs butter in morn. Gertie attended class at Victoria Square in afternoon & I went down to Uncle Jim Hood for curling stones Went too Unionville at night to curle Friday, February 3 Weather, Fine & milder Eggs-76 Busy getting produce ready for city Gertie attended class at Victoria Square in afternoon and at night Jim & I joined them for a supper given by the class then we went to Unionville to Hockey match Locust Hill 4 Milliking & Buttonvile 3 & Rinkydinks 2 Hydro was turned on from corner up Saturday, February 4 Weather, cloudy & mild cooler by night Eggs-93 Market day Produce from farm Cream 125 pts Butter 41 doz apples 10 bu Norm went to city with All. Myers Went to Unionville to scate at night Sunday, February 5 Weather, Fine & cold Eggs-93 Attended S.S. & church in Morning Sertie went home with Mrs Brooke for the afternoon William John came up with Fredat night while doing chores Attended Young Peoples at night first night to have Hydro lights Monday, February 6 Weather, Cloudy, Easterly wind clearing & cool Eggs 93 Started cutting ice got a good start Katie Craig came up for a visit in afternoon & Edith came up for supper & spent the evening Tuesday, February 7 Weather, Cloudy mild light rain by night Eggs- 89 Cutting & drawing ice all day Mr.Woods came over from Vaughn to see about baling In afternoon I went over to put tongue on baling machine Wednesday, February 8 Weather, Showery & mild east wind Eggs-99 Cut & drew ice in between showers Jim & Jean called in in afternoon sowed new light in rear of car top attended Young Peoples social gathering in basement of church main feature was a debate on the batchaler & the married man Thursday, February 9 Weather, Cloudy blustery colder with North west wind Churned 42 lbs butter in morning. Fred did not come up today Nom picked over apples in morning Friday, February 10 Weather, Fine & cool Eggs 134 Norm went over in Vaughn to Henry Friehelber to bale with Woods Fred & I made cider & filled chop bins and prepared load for 6 �city In evening. Norm & I went to Unionville to Hockey Match, Millikin 2 Rinkyd 1 & Unionville 5 Buttonville 2 Saturday, February 11 Weather, fine & comparitibly mild Eggs-93. Market day Produce from farm Cream 118 pts Butter 39 lbs Eggs 55 doz apples 11 bu Norm went baling a gain to Firiehellers Gertie attended Junior Institute at Rodicks R.J. Cunningham went to city with me Sunday, February 12 Weather, fine & cold north wind Eggs 105 attended S.S. & Church in morning In afternoon we went up to visit John & Margerite at Shenon, Laura & Dorothy went along also got home around 11 o.clock Monday, February 13 Weather, Fine & moderating, S. East wind Eggs - 112 Cleaned up over one hundred bags wheat for market Attended hockey match between Markham (2) & Bellville(1) fast game Gertie went down home for a while at night Tuesday, February 14 Weather Fine and mild Eggs 104 Les took cow down to market $83.50 Fred and norm drew manura and got one load of ice and went over to Charley Boyingtons in afternoon Wednesday, Febuary 15 Weather fine and mild rain in afternoon Eggs-106 Men put saw dust on ice in morn Oil truck called and left 60 gal gas Jim Allen called and took a load of wheat away 102 sugar bags = $1.42 bu attended skating carnival at Unionville at night. Thursday, February 16 Weather Cloudy &rain in afternoon Eggs-110 Norm went away baling Fred & I put up load of wheat in morning In evening attended practise for drama at Al. Myers churned 37 lbs butter in afternoon. Friday, February 17 Weather Cloudy and colder Eggs-94 Norm went away baling Fred went for load of wood for class to be held at the church preparing for load to city attended hockey matches at Unionville at night Unionville and Locust Hill played this game of two goals with 20 min over time Buttonville 3 and Milliken 2 was second game. Saturday, February 18 Weather Fine North wind and cold Eggs-110 market day Produce from farm Cream 122 Butter 36 Eggs 5-8 1/2 day Apples 10 Mr. Hoopers went to city with me Not much doing Fred went away in afternoon In evening we went to skate at Unionville rink. 7 �Sunday, February 19 Weather South West wind blustery & cold Eggs 111 Attended S.S. & Church in morning Gertie went down home in afternoon and stayed for Young Peoples meeting at night, I went to meeting also Monday, February 20 Weather Strong West wind light snow Partly fair & cold Eggs 95 Jim Allen came first thing for load of wheat Men cleaned up load of wheat attended hockey match at Unionville Buttonville 3. Markham.1 Tuesday, February 21 Weather, Fair, Strong Westwind and cold Eggs 94 Walter Lilly came down for fat sow Men picked over apples Attended practice for drama school at night Gertie went out to Craigs in evening Wednesday, February 22 Weather, Cloudy, Mild, light soft snow & rain Eggs - 76 Filled chop bins in the morning Men drew manura Young People held a skating party at Unionville in evening good attendance. Thursday, February 23 Weather, Cloudy, Mild, turning colder at night Eggs 69 Churned 37 lbs butter in morning Norm helped cut wood at the church in afternoon for Junior Institue class Friday, February 24 Weather, Partly fair strong west wind & cold Eggs - 76 Preparing for load for city market I went on trip south for Les in morning attended hockey match at Unionville at night between Milliken (3) & Buttonville(0) Saturday, February 25 Fair & decidedly cold Eggs - 77 Market day Produce from farm Cream 112 pts Butter 38 lbs Eggs 52 doz Apples 8 bu Norm went away for the day baling Fred looked after chores Sunday, February 26 Weather, Fair Strong west wind & cold Eggs. 67 Attended S. S. and church in morn. Jean came home with us for dinner and stayed till four o.clock. Gertie went with her and called on Mrs. Malton for a little while Spent the evening at home Monday, February 27 Weather, Fair & little milder Eggs. 82 Jim Allan came up for another load of wheat Les took veal calf to city 199 lbs & 15 cts Norm went baling Fred & I cleaned up load of wheat Gertie attended class which started at the former Methodist church Tuesday, February 28 Weather, Fine & mild Eggs - 80 Men were working around barn all day, Fred was cleaning mixed grain in afternoon Gertie attended class in afternoon Laura & 8 �Edith Craig came home with her for tea I went to Unionville to curl three visiting team's were there Wednesday, February 29 Weather. Cloudy & little cooler Eggs - 82 Men pruned apple trees attended a curling game at Unionville in afternoon four visiting teams were there one from Thornhill & three from Stowville Gertie attended class in afternoon At night we went to Carnival at the Unionville rink big turn out Thursday, March 1 Weather partly fair and cool Eggs-90 Churned 36 lbs butter in morning men pruned apples trees all day Gertie attended class in afternoon and went to Stevensons for the rest of the evening Norm and I attended practise at the school house for drama Friday, March 2 Weather Partly fair strong wind and cool Eggs -85 Men pruned apple trees I picked over apples and went on the trip south for Les and prepared for load to city. Saturday, March 3 Weather-Mostly fair with skifs of snow and moderately cold Eggs 104 Market day produce from farm Cream 112 pts Butter 34 lbs Eggs 45 doz Apples 10 bu Men pruned apple trees Dorothy came up in afternoon and stayed for supper Jean came home with me from city Sunday, March 4 Weather, Partly fair strong wind and light snow cold Eggs 98 First goose egg today Attended S. S. & Church in morning and went to Browns for dinner coming home about four o.clock Spent the evening at home Monday, March 5 Weather, Mostly fair strong winds & light snow, cold. Eggs 100. Men drew manura most of day Gertie attended class in afternoon Put a ring in the young animals nose Dell. Stevenson & Miss Hopkins came over for supper and spent the evening Attended hockey match at the arena between New Market(1) & Marlbora’s (2) along with Les. Tim &Nels this was the first game of the round of the Junior finals Tuesday, March 6 Weather, Fair & cool Eggs - 118. 1 goose egg Men pruned trees most of day Filled chop bins in afternoon Gertie attended class in afternoon attended practise at school house at night for drama Wednesday, March 7 Weather, Snow in early morning then strong winds, partly fair mild turning colder by night Eggs 110 Men scraped apple trees most of the day Attended sale at Ms. Hugh Clark's Gertie attended class in afternoon 9 �Thursday, March 8 Weather :- Fine and cool Eggs - 110 Churned 44 lbs butter in morning Gertie attended class in afternoon Went to Stofville to curl in afternoon with J. Millies rink Played at night at Unionville at night Fred finished his year today Friday, March 9 Weather, Snow & strong East wind Eggs 120 worst storm of the winter Went on trip for Les. got stuck in the snow on the fifth con. Prepared for town load in afternoon Gertie attended class in afternoon The banquet was cancelled on account of the storm Saturday, March 10 Weather, Fine & cool Eggs - 126 - 1 goose Market day Produce from farm Cream 120 pts Butter 42 lbs Eggs - 25 doz (29 doz to Mr. H. Apples 10 bu Laura & Della went to city with me & Jean also came home with me Sunday, March 11 Weather. Fine & mild Eggs 119 Attended S. S. & Church in morning In afternoon John, Jean & Della came up for a short visit then Jim & little Jean called for a visit also We spent the evening at home as we were late getting through with chores on account of separator belt braking Monday, March 12 Weather, Fine & mild Eggs - 137 - 1 goose Norm drew manura in morning & went baling in afternoon to Richmond Hill at Robinsons Gertie went to the church to help clean up after the class in afternoon In evening we went over to the Hellems at Markham for dinner & Then spent the evening playing bridge Tuesday, March 13 Weather, Cloudy & Mild, showers in afternoon & rain by night Eggs 135 Norm was away all day baling at Fred Clarks, Headford Gertie attended W. MS. meeting at Mrs Craigs I went over to meet a committee from Richmond Hill Lodge at Teo Padget in afternoon Play off at Unionville for the cup in the Euchre Wednesday, March 14 Weather, Fine & mild Eggs - 128 Norm went baling in morning and drew manura in afternoon Gertie went down home in afternoon We went over to Pagjets at night for the evening Thursday, March 15 Weather. Snow flurries all day colder & partly fair Eggs 138 1 goose Norm went baling all day at F Clarks Churned 47 lbs butter long Time coming Attended poultry lecture & morning picture at Unionville put on by Quaker Oats. John Brown W. Brooke & Norm went also Friday, March 16 Weather, Fine & little milder again Eggs - 141 Norm went baling to Tom. Thompsons busy day getting ready for market as Gertie & I were all alone 10 �Saturday, March 17 Weather, Fine & mild Eggs - 145 - 2 goose Market day Produce from farm Cream 118 pts Butter 45 lbs Eggs - 12 doz - Mr Hellens 63 doz Apples 6 bu 1 chicken Jean came out with me from city Ordered sprayer to-day at market Sunday,March 18 Weather Cloudy light snow east & North wind and cool Eggs - 159 Gertie attended S.S. & Church in morning Jimmy came home with her for dinner In afternoon Della Stevenson came up for a visit Then She and Gertie went to Young Peoples meeting. I was feeling on the brink with cold Myrtle Boyington's little boy born today. Monday, March 19 Weather, Mostly fair and comparatively mild Eggs -149 -2 goose Norm went baling to Mr. Tim Thompsons Gertie washed in morning I filled chop bins in afternoon Les brought 514 lbs baling wire home Edith Craig was here in the afternoon Tuesday, March 20 Weather, fine and mild Eggs 153 - 2 goose Norm was away baling all day Margerite's little girl was born today Wednesday, March 21 Weather, Fine & Mild Eggs - 172 Norm drew manura in morning and pruned trees in afternoon Gertie went down home in afternoon Della came in after school and stayed for supper I picked over apples in afternoon Thursday, March 22 Weather, cloudy and mild in morning clearing in afternoon Eggs 164 2 goose Fred started work again this morning Les brought up 130 bu boxes in morn Norm went away in morning then men pruned trees in afternoon Gertie went up to New Market along with her folks to see the new baby, in the afternoon Churned 41 lbs of butter in morning Friday, March 23 Weather- Fine and mild Eggs - 164 1 goose Norm took Baling outfit down to Arnold Vanhoms in morning Fred drew manura in morning and they bothe pruned trees in afternoon I went to city in morning to get a spring for the truck In the evening we took the load to the corner in the wagon on account of the roads Saturday, March 24 Weather, Fine and very mild turning cloudy by night Eggs 170 Market day Produce from farm Cream 119pts Butter 40 lbs Eggs Mr Hallems 45 dox. 11 apples 7 Billy went to city with me, Jean came home with us Laura and Isabell Scott spent the afternoon with Gertie and stay for the evening and over night. 11 �Sunday, March 25 Weather, Cloudy East wind with light rain Eggs-195 2 goose Gertie, Laura and Isabel walked down to S.S. & Church in morning,.I went down later to church,we walked on account of the roads Spent the afternoon and evening at home. Monday, March 26 Weather - Cloudy. S. E. wind, thunder by night. wind shifting to north turning colder a rough night. Eggs. 167 Men greased harness in morning Fred went to Unionville in afternoon to get spray material & Norm pruned trees. I pruned the ontario trees & had Norm help put the light sleighs away for the summer Tuesday, March 27 Weather, Cold north wind, with snow flurries Eggs 166 2 goose Men greased harness all day & I was repairing harness in morning & wrapped the meat in paper & put it in sacks Wednesday, March 28 Weather, Mostly fair and cold with light snow Eggs -190 Duck started to lay today Norm andi were baling hay at Vandoms all day Fred did the chores and scraped trees Gertie went to city along with John Gertie and I attended a concert & dance along with Padjets at the Masonic hall at Richmond Hill Walton's boy born early this morning. Thursday, March 29 Weather Mostly fine and cool Eggs, 153 Men pruned trees in the morning Jim & children were over in the morning Fred went with Les on the north trip with the team on account of the roads I picked over apples in afternoon. Friday, March 30 Weather. Cold, Stormy with East wind Eggs - 165 Churned 41 lbs butter in morning I went two trips for Les in morning gathering up eggs, and spent the afternoon preparing for sat market Men worked in Orchard first then greased some harness & cleaned seed barley in afternoon Allen Myers was operated on for apendicetis at night Saturday, March 31 Weather, Mostly fair & cool Eggs - 176 Market day, Produce from farm Cream 120 pts Butter 39 lbs Eggs - 58 doz & Mr. Hellens 75 - doz Apples - 8 bu Men drew manura all day Gertie went down to see Mrs. Young in afternoon Memoranda {page left blank} Sunday, April 1 Weather, Fine & mild Eggs - 156 Attended S. S. & Church in morning Jean came home with us for dinner and stayed for afternoon & supper Bob Thompson came in for her at night & Gertie & I went to Young Peoples meeting as Gertie had a paper to read 12 �Monday, April 2 Weather, Fine & mild Eggs - 160 - 2 duck eggs to-day Norm went to city to day Filled chop bin in morning Fred pruned apple trees in afternoon Presented with 14 little pigs Tuesday, April 3 Weather - showery in morning, then fine. Leslie & Douglas took gentleman cow to city in morning, sold for #135.00 men cleaned barley in morning & pruned trees in afternoon. Douglas cleaned up milk house (a little). finished spread to-night. Wednesday, April 4 Weather - fine - mild a real spring day. Douglas went to city for the day. Gertie attended W. M. S Quilting at Church in afternoon, Pre- service at 8 Oclock men pruned trees. Douglas left car in church shed - called to see Allen Myers at the Wellesly Hospital. Thursday, April 5 Weather - Showery & cloudy most of day. men clipped horses this morning Fred took team and went on north trip for Leslie in afternoon. churned in morning 55 lbs butter. Douglas took eggs out to store at night Gertie went out to Craigs for a short while. fixed farm coat to-day. Friday, April 6 Weather, Fine & warm First thing went to meet Mr Spears with team & wagon for eggs called at Books, Browns & Youngs Men pruned trees in morning In afternoon Fred took team to {apop?} to get their front feet shawed Then we made three trips to corner through the mud to get the load all down Saturday, April 7 Weather, Cloudy mild rain all afternoon Market day Produce from farm Cream 120 pts Butter 53 lbs Eggs - 34 doz Mr Helllems 60 doz Apples - 10 bu Fred went to corner with me and then over to Padjets for grader to clean seed grain and then went down to Browns for seed oats Jean came up with him to spend the afternoon. Mrs. Burn went down to city with me. Sunday, April 8 Weather, Windy blustery & cold Jean stayed over till this morning and went down with Gertie when she went to S.S. & Church As Mr. Woods was called away for a few days, Mr. Malcome from Agincourt took the service today and communion was postponed till later Spent the afternoon & evening at home Monday, April 9 Weather, Strong wind, & cold Fred went down to the corner to bring up the load from the truck then cleaned barley. Norm turned up brush John Brown came up for bad of laying mash Set three hens on goose eggs 13 �Tuesday, April 10 Weather, Mostly fair & little milder Fred cleaned up seed grain Norm trimed up brush I went down to fix the car in afternoon Gertie & Della Stevenson went over at night to see the baby at Waltons Set one hen on goose eggs Wednesday, April 11 Weather, fine & milder East wind Fred went to the corner to meet the Markham Mills truck for half ton of laying Mash and then cleaned seed grain, Norm worked in orchard at night, Jim & Teddy along with Gertie & I went down to city to see Harold Loyd at Up Town Thursday, April 12 Weather, mostly fair & mild Fred trimed brush & cleaned grain in morning & went on trip north with Les in afternoon Norm trimed brush. Churned 53 lbs butter in morning Friday, April 13 Weather, Mostly fair & cool Fred finished cleaning oats then took the grader home Norm scraped trees then they clipped horses I picked over apples & went two trips south for {Liss} in morning Prepared for city in afternoon and took part of the load to the corner at night Saturday, April 14 Weather, Strong East wind snow turning to rain clearing by night & very strong S.W. wind Market day Produce from farm Cream 120 pts Butter 51 lbs Eggs 27 doz. Mr. Hellems 75 doz Apples 7 bu Men run seed oats through the mill & scraped trees Gertie attended Institute meeting at Mrs. Stivers in afternoon Jean came out from city with me Sunday, April 15 Weather, Strong north wind light snow and quite cold Attended S.S. & Church in morning spent the afternoon at home and in the evening attended church which was arranged by the women of the church, Mr. Sellars took the service Monday, April 16 Weather, Mostly fair, North wind and a little milder Filled chop bins first thing. Gertie washed in morning & made a dress in afternoon Men burned brush all day along line fence in orchard Tuesday, April 17 Weather - Fine & same temperature Fred was up in morning and went home for the rest of the day Norm burned brush all day Gertie & Mrs {Saddie?} Brook's went out to Richmond Hill to visit Mrs. Clark Wednesday, April 18 Weather, fine & mild Men finished burning brush & the picked stones off meadow Repaired a tire on the car in morn, & went to city for store suplies in afternoon 14 �for Les. as he had mumps and could not go Laura came up in afternoon and stayed for supper Newt Brown came up for chop & oats Thursday, April 19 Weather, Heavy rain in early morn then very strong west wind all day and turning very cold by night Men cut down dead apple trees and picked stones Churned 51 lbs butter in morning & went on north trip for Les in afternoon Gertie washed bottles in afternoon Victoria Square folks gave a drama “The cheerful Liar” in the former methodist church Friday, April 20 Weather, Fine & cold milder by night Men scraped apple trees & gathered up limbs in orchard in morning and picked stones in afternoon Went on south trip for Les in afternoon Teddy came over for seed barley in afternoon Saturday, April 21 Weather, Fine at first East wind and snow by night Market day Produce from farm Cream 122 pts Butter 49 lbs Eggs - 9 doz 60 doz Mr Hellems 8 doz Mr Raymond Apples - 10 bu Gertie & I looked after the market as Les was not able to go Norm brought Gertie down with the cream Men picked stones & drew-down wood from pine tree which had blown down Sunday, April 22 Weather, Cloudy East wind & very muddy after snow Attended S.S. & Church in morn Comunion service to day Spent the rest of day at home Monday, April 23 Weather, Cloudy Southerly wind mild Men finished picking stones off meadows & then white washed apple trees the rest of the day Mr Padget came over at night for post hole auger Tuesday, April 24 Weather, Cloudy. Misty & rain at first then clearing & cooler with occasional showers White washed trees, Norm ploughed a bit of ground for potatoes in little sand field I went to Unionville to get three cases of Maple Syrup and went on over to Markham Gertie finished her rug to-day Wednesday, April 25 Weather, Waked up to see about 2in snow, Mostly fair and cool Men cut & picked over potatoes till snow melted then white washed trees Gertie & I went to city for the day brought home supplied for store also Thursday, April 26 Weather, fine & cool Churned 50 lbs butter in morning Men white washed trees in morn In afternoon Fred kept on with trees & Norm & I planted some early potatoes and then went on North trip for Les. Gertie washed bottles in afternoon 15 �Friday, April 27 Weather, Fine & Cool Men finished white washing trees in morning & ploughed in sand field in afternoon Picked over apples, washed eggs in morning went on trip south for Les. Saturday, April 28 Weather, Fine & cool Market day - Produce from farm Cream 122 pts Butter 48 lbs Eggs 48 doz & 60 to Mr. Hellems Apples 11 bu Men ploughed in sand field for a while then started seeding in field south of the orchard Sunday, April 29 Weather. Fine & little warmer Attended S.S. & Church in morning good turn out Gertie went down to Mission Band in afternoon Attended Church at night Mr. Benturn took the service Monday, April 30 Weather, Showery at first strong wind & cool Filled chop bins first Men finished ploughing sand field Fred went home in afternoon & Norm harrowed Gertie washed in morning Mr & Mrs. Harrold Weir came over at night Memoranda {left blank} Memoranda {left blank} Tuesday, May 1 Weather, Fine & warmer Men were seeding all day I fixed barn door in morning and had the tractor on cultivator in afternoon Clayton & Wier were over at night with a 52 Cryother{?} Wednesday, May 2 Weather, Very fine & warmer Seeding all day A. Mr. Winger brought eight fruit trees in at noon & I planted them in afternoon racked up leaves at night Gertie went to Unionville after dinner & then attended missionary meeting at the church Thursday, May 3 Weather, showery at first then clearing south east wind & cloudy Seeding in afternoon sowed alfalfa seed on part of fall wheat ground Mr. Irish came in for his wagon Racked up leaves in evening Churned 47 lbs butter in morning Friday, May 4 Weather, Fine & very warm Men were at the seeding all day. Picked over 16 bu apples in morning Dug out apple tree stumps & planted another young tree in its place & then racked at the lawn till chore time Saturday, May 5 Weather, Mostly cloudy warm showery at noon & turning colder by night Market day Produce from farm Cream 122 pts Butter 45 lbs Eggs 35 doz Mr Hellems 60 doz 16 �apples 14 bu Men were seeding all day Mr. Cunningham went to city with me & Jean & Miss Lawry came out with me Laura came up for a while in afternoon Sunday, May 6 Weather, Fine & cool Gertie was under the weather to day I attended Church in morning Newt brought Mr & Mrs Brown Jean & Miss Lowry up in afternoon and in evening Gertie & I went for a little car ride for some fresh air Monday, May 7 Weather, Fine & cool Men were seeding all day Gertie was in bed all day Laura came up in afternoon Tuesday, May 8 Weather, Fine & warmer Men were seeding all day and finished sowing to day Gertie still bed fast & Laura came up for the afternoon Wednesday, May 9 Weather, Fine & warmer Norm was harrowing all day Fred chored sowed some garden peas in wheat field & cultivated summer follow in afternoon Moved the brooder house after dinner Gertie still bed fast, was out south veranda for good part of afternoon Harrold Wier came over at night with a Whipped coach Laura was up most of day, Eava came up in morning for a little while Thursday, May 10 Weather, Cloudy scattered showers warm & cooler by night Churned 56 lbs butter in morn Men worked on summer follow & root ground all day Laura was here all day Took Gertie to hospital in afternoon John took his car & Laura went along Friday, May 11 Weather, Fair & cool Men ploughed in little field north of barn Laura was here all day Picked over apples for city Saturday, May 12 Weather, Fine & cool strong wind Market day Produce from farm Cream 124 pts Butter 55 lbs Eggs - 52 doz & 45 to Mr Hellems Apples 15 bu Men ploughed Jean came home from city with me Sunday, May 13 Weather, Fine & cool strong wind N.W. Stayed home in morning & went down to city to stay with Gertie in afternoon called on Mother at night Uncle Charlie Gibbs & family called in afternoon Monday, May 14 Weather Fine & warmer Men worked at root ground Fred sowed alfalfa seed on new seeds to patch it up for another year Les took cow to city - $115.00 Went down to see Gertie at night Mrs Brown went along also 17 �Tuesday, May 15 Weather, Fine & warmer Went to Markham with repairs to get fixed for better carrier in morn. Got sprayer home from Unionville put it together then men started ploughing in orchard Getting brooder house ready for chicks Laura came up to-day Wednesday, May 16 Weather, Cloudy Warmer & light shower by night Norm ploughed in orchard all day Fred pulled out stump & cultivated little field twice & sowed mangels in afternoon I was at 101 Jobs Laura came up again to-day Mr Woods called in at night Joe Glover was married to-day. Thursday, May 17 Weather. Cloudy. Rainy & cooler East W. Filled the chop bins in morning Fred went to Richmond Hill for shingles & then picked over potatoes in afternoon Churned 53 lbs butter in morn Mr Hellems brought 450 chickins over at noon Laura stayed over for to-day John called in at night Friday, May 18 Weather, Cloudy & mild Men finished ploughing orchard finished sowing mangels Laura & I went to city in afternoon to see Gertie Saturday, May 19 Weather, Cloudy. showery & mild Market day. Produce from farm Cream 125 pts Butter - 51 lbs Eggs - 92 doz & 4 doz for setting Apples - 13 bu Men drew manura & harrowed orchard, & partly white washed milk house Laura cleaned kitchen Sunday, May 20 Weather, Very fine & warm Attended church in morning spent the afternoon at home Les & Bill came up to help with chores Went down to see Gertie at night along with Jim & Teddy, Eva went also Monday, May 21 Weather, Fine & warm Men drew manura Cleaned milk house Laura came up at night Les ordered a new truck from Delane Tuesday, May 22 Weather, Fine & warm Men drew manura all day Laura & I went down with Newts car to bring Gertie home from hospital* Cut the grass & shot three ground hogs *Since May 10 Wednesday, May 23 Weather Fine & warm cooler by night Men ploughed in little field north of barn all day Mission Band gave a play in the former methodist church at night Thursday, May 24 Weather, Fine & cool Holliday for men Churned 37 lbs butter in morning In afternoon Gertie had Ruka, Scott, Mary Rodrick, Mrs Craig, Alice Wilkinson & Ada Thompson up to call on her 18 �Friday, May 25 Weather, Cloudy & cool partly fair Men finished ploughing Norm went over to Vanhorns for hay press in afternoon Finished picking over apples for the season Saturday, May 26 Weather, showery and cool Men picked over potatoes and took them out to barn harrowed orchard & little field Market day Produce from farm Cream 115pts Butter 48 Eggs 90 doz Mr Hellems 45 doz Apples 13 Les went fishing along with the gang, so I stayed at the Market Edith & Florence Craig came up at night for a few minutes Saturday, May 27 Weather Fine and cool Attended church in morning In afternoon, we went down to Browns for afternoon and evening Alex and Marion were out for the day Gordan and Lillian Gibb called in but we were not home Jack, Marguerite, and Babe were home to. Monday, May 28 Weather, Cloudy and cool East wind Fred worked root ground in Morn Norm picked over potatoes in afternoon bothe{?} cut potatoes Put in the garden seeds today attended Young Peoples litterary meeting at the church Mr Howey gave the address on poetry Tuesday, May 29 Weather, Mostly fair warmer Men cut potatoes in morning and planted in afternoon Worked in garden in morning & cultivated orchard in afternoon Is Laura came up and helped Gertie with washing and cleaned front bed room Walter and Mary, aunt Ellen, and Lizzie called in for a little while to see Gertie Wednesday, May 30 Weather, Mostly fair & cool cloudy in afternoon Men finished planting potatoes at the back of farm Started ploughing summer follow in afternoon Thursday, May 31 Weather, Mostly fair & cool Churned 57 lbs butter in morning Fred ploughed in summer follow all day Norm worked on root ground A man came to fix up sprayer in afternoon and took part of it away. Aurelia Reaman was married to-day Memoranda {left blank} Friday, June 1 Weather, Fine & little warmer Fred ploughed in morning, finished summer follow and sowed the beans in afternoon Norm was at odd jobs in morning & harrowed summer follow in afternoon Cleaned sellar in morning & helped the man to get the sprayer in working order in afternoon Katie & Edyth Craig were up for a while in evening Picked seven roosters at night Saturday, June 2 Weather Fair partly cloudy, and cooler again Market day Produce from farm Cream 111pts Butter 55 Eggs - 86 doz Roosters 6 Mr. Brown went to city with me Men 19 �worked at several odd jobs Went down to St. John’s cemetery at night and down to Aunt Ellens but no one home Sunday, June 3 Weather Fine and cool Attended S.S. & Church in morning a good attendance were present Mr. and Mrs. Brown came up for dinner and Newton came up for them in afternoon, Dorothy and Dellanwere along also In the evening attended Young Peoples meeting Monday, June 4 Weather, Cloudy South East wind Norm was away for the day Fred cut potatoes in morning Planted Gladiolas & Dalias, sunflowers in morning & planted potatoes in afternoon Tuesday, Jun 5 Weather, East wind showery, warm Finished planting potatoes started ploughing corm ground again Fred went home in afternoon Gertie attended institute meeting at Thompsons Wednesday, June 6 Weather, East wind, rain all day Men were working at the grain binder in morning, and in afternoon we all went to fish but we did not get any Gertie attended W.M.S meeting at the church in afternoon Markham Mills Truck came in with chicken feed Thursday, June 7 Weather, Clearing & cool Men, ploughed corn ground and Fred & I started spraying orchard in afternoon Churned 63 lbs butter in morning Friday, June 8 Weather, Fine & cool Norm worked at corn ground all day, & Fred sowed corn & started cultivating mangels Finished spraying orchard Laura came up to help Gertie Saturday, June 9 Weather, Partly cloudy & cool Market day Produce from farm Cream 107 pts Butter 61 lbs Eggs - 80 doz Potatoes - 2 bags Men worked at mangels potatoes & harrowed summer follow Sunday, June 10 Weather, Fine & cool Attended S.S. & Church in morning went home with Padgets for dinner & then Jim & Teddy went up to Jack & Margurites, for the rest of the day Mr. Auld of Markham took the service on Sunday Monday, June 11 Weather, Fine & warmer Men hoed mangels all day I worked in garden most of day Gertie washed Went over to Padgets to practise at night Gertie went down to see Mrs Young in afternoon Les got the New Truck to-day 20 �Tuesday, June 12 Weather, Fine & warm Men baged up load of buckwheat and then worked at mangets all day Les took load of buckwheat to Unionville $1.10 bu Gertie went to city with Teddy for a new out fit Wednesday, June 13 Weather, Mostly fair Thunder storm in afternoon heavy rain Men hoed at mangels all day Dug in garden & did some chopping Kate Russell died this afternoon Laura came up to day and stayed over Thursday, June 14 Weather, Mostly cloudy & cool Churned 46 lbs butter in morning Fred hoed all day & Norm hoed in morning & harrowed summerfollow in afternoon Friday, June 15 Weather, Fine & warm Fred did not come till noon Norm hoed in morning & bothe were spudding thistles in afternoon Attended funeral of Kate Russell in afternoon went over with John Brown Saturday, June 16 Weather, Fine & warm Market day Produce from farm Cream 100 pts Butter 74 lbs Eggs - 74 doz – 6 duck Men were spudding thistles all day Mother came home with me Squree{?} garden party attended S.S. meeting at night Sunday, June 17 Weather, Fine & warm Attended church Morning & evening at St. Johns church. Mr. Sellars took service in morning & Mr Rae at night Gertie & I went to aunt Ellens for dinner Mr & Mrs Gordon Gibb called in the evening and went to church with us Monday, June 18 Weather, Cloudy & light rain Men were spudding thistles all day attended concert given by Mr. Parks at St Johns, in evening. Mother went also Cultivated summer follow in afternoon Tuesday, June 19 Weather, Partly fair Tin smith was hear & put a new trough on little barn in morning Men thinned mangels all day took mother to the street in afternoon Les went to Duncans sale bought a sow with ten pigs ($60.00) Tim & Teddy called at night, and they took Gertie down to see Mrs Young Wednesday, June 20 Weather, Mostly fair Men thinned mangels all day Les brought the sow & pigs home Earle Mason was up with a six Whippet for demonstration Went to Markham in afternoon Louise Ash married to day Thursday, June 21 Weather, Rain at first & then clearing Churned 69 lbs butter in morning Jim came over to repair spreader Fred helped Jim & Norm white washed the milk room in 21 �morning & they thined mangels in afternoon Mason brought the new car up at night and took the other one away Attended session meeting at Mr Stevensons at night Friday, June 22 Weather, Fine in morning with thunderstorm in afternoon Men finished mangels in morn. & went down to Scotts to bale in afternoon. Went down to Browns at night for a little while Saturday, June 23 Weather, Cloudy with light showers Market day Produce from farm Cream 90 pts Butter 65 lbs Eggs 82 doz Potatoes 3 bags Men baled at Scotts all day Sunday, June 24 Weather, Fine Started off with Tim & Teddy for Wheatly to visite Earle for a few day's had a nice trip arrived there about six o-clock and there was no one home so had to brake in Monday, June 25 Weather, mostly fair Men ploughed orchard & worked at roots Spent the day sight seeing, got down to see Jack Miner place but it was not open to the publick Then went down to see the onions on Pellie Point Tuesday, June 26 Weather, Mostly fair Men worked at thistles & roots Spent the day at Wheatly went down to see the fishing and then for a drive in afternoon out to Windfall to ice cream social at night Wednesday, June 27 Weather, Fine & warm Started for home from Wheatly by way of Chatam, London, St. Marys, Stratford, Kitchener, Galt, Dundas Hamilton, to Toronto had a fine trip home, found every thing O.K. at home, John Laura & Dorothy came up at night Thursday, June 28 Weather, Fine & warm Men hoed in morning. Norm cultivated summer follow in afternooon till draw bar broke Fred & I sprayed the orchard in afternoon Gertie went down to see Mrs Young in afternoon Attended preparatory service at church at night Friday, June 29 Weather, Cloudy and rainy most of day Men hoed for a while in morning and worked at various jobs in afternoon Churned 69 lbs butter in morn Jim called in for a while in morn got two bu buck wheat Went Saturday, June 30 Weather Fine & warm rain at first Market day Produce from farm Cream - 84 pts Butter - 67 lbs Eggs - 80 doz Potatoes - 3 bags Jean came home with me from city Men hoed corn after drying up Went to Markham at night with cutting box knives & lawn mows 22 �Memoranda {left blank} {different handwriting} Memoranda June 17/28 dinner - cold roast pork (shoulder bone taken out & dressing put in) nice potatoes, corn, peas, gray, Beets, cucumbers chile sauce, tea biscuits, scones & cheese, oatmeal cookie, & mixed pies (with apple currants, spice. cold water & tea (white & brown bread) Sunday, July 1 Weather, Mostly fair & warm Attended S.S. & Church in morning Mr Woods held communion service Mr & Mrs. Woods & Marguirite & John. are hear for dinner, John & Isabel. Mr & Mrs. Brown were hear for supper & evening Norm. went to Niagara Falls Monday, July 2 Weather, Fine & very warm Fred was away for the day Norm hoed all day Pat hoed beans & cultivated potatoes in afternoon Attended trustees meeting at church at night Gertie went down to youngs' at night. Tuesday, July 3 Weather, Partly fair very warm with thunder storm & heavy rain Norm harrowed orchard till rain came on & Fred cultivated corn Not much doing rest of day Dorothy was up helping with the work to-day. cut hedge in small lawn Wednesday, July 4 Weather, Fine & warm Fred worked at potatoes & cut weeds around pond bottom Norm. Gertie & I attended S.S. picnic at High Park good turn out about 140, all had a good time Thursday, July 5 Weather, Partly fair, cloudy, clearing by night Men hoed potatoes, then started corn Churned 56 lbs butter in morning Hoed beans in garden & then some choping Laura, Della Dorothy & Hellen Little came up in after noon, (Laura had the car) George Shaver Aunt Annie & Mrs Erale Shaver called for a while in evening Gertie had a meeting about institute work in evening Went to Richmond Hill for repairs Tim & Rub. Stiver [?] went along also Friday, July 6 Weather, Very fine & warm Started haying this morning Norm cut four acres, hoed corn in afternoon Fred cultivated corn & scuffeled potatoes in afternoon Laura drove the car up again today and stayed to help Gertie Saturday, July 7 Weather, fine & very warm Market day Produce from farm Cream - 80 pts Butter 54 lbs Eggs - 75 doz Norm cultivated summer follow in morn Fred scuffled mangels & beans & They bothe worked at hay in afternoon Jean came out from city with me Horse shoe tournament started in village to night 23 �Sunday, July 8 Weather, Fine & very hot Attended S.S. & Church in morning Gertie & I went down to visit Alex & Marion from church, spent the afternoon & evening Monday, July 9 Weather, Mostly fair very warm & light rain towards evening Started at sweet clover today cutting, and set up cutting box and put one load through sharpened two knives at night Tuesday, July 10 Weather, Fine & warm Cut a few loads sweet clover into silo & then Norm & I went to Padgets to fill silo & Fred cut clover went to Unionville at night for meat Peeled the last apples to-day Wednesday, July 11 Weather, Light rain during night & then fine & warm Filled silo in morning & Fred cut clover in afternoon & Norm & I drew in alfalfa Laura came up to help Gertie Institute held a straw berry social at Burn's at night Thursday, July 12 Weather, Fine & warm Finished filling silo in morn & went over to help Padgets refill in afternoon Laura came up to help Gertie & they churned 50 lbs butter in afternoon Friday, July 13 Weather, Fine & warm, rained at night Finished drawing in alfalfa & cleaned up sweet clover field Gertie went down to young's in afternoon came back and stayed at Craigs for tea Mrs Brown & John were up for a while. Saturday, July 14 Weather, Big rain during night then clearing Market day Produce from farm Cream 64 pts Butter 48 lbs Eggs - 50 doz Men - were at odd jobs then started hoeing mangets in afternoon Jean came home from city with me & Bob. came up for her at night Gertie viled {?} kitchen floor to - night Sunday, July 15 Weather, Fine & cooler Attended S.S & Church, Mr Mills took the service as Mr Woods was away on hollidays spent the afternoon at home & in the evening, Gertie & I went down called & Aunt Ellens & Took them on down to call on, Aunt Lizzie Hood at Agincourt Monday, July 16 Weather, FIne & warm Finished hoeing mangels & corn Norm cut some hay in afternoon Gertie had a big washing & went down to Stevensons for a basket of peas Tuesday, July 17 Weather, Fine & very warm Norm got up early to cut hay Fred & I finished hoeing corn in Morning & we al worked at the hay in afternoon Went to Richmond Hill at night called in at Russ. Brillingers for a little while 24 �Wednesday, July 18 Weather, Fine & very warm Finished coiling hay & drew in hay in afternoon Laura came up to help Gertie W.M.S meeting at the church at night Jim came over at night to plan for fishing trip Dorothy went up to Marguerite’s to night Thursday, July 19 Weather, Fine & very warm Norm got up early to cut hay Finished drawing in one hay field and then worked at another Major McLarens barns were burned Went to Markham at night for pump repairs but did not get them Jean came up for the day and stayed over Dusted potatoes at night Friday, July 20 Weather, Heavy rain and dull all day Churned 58 lbs butter in morn Men ploughed for a while in morn but had to quite on account of rain Baled six ton of oat straw in afternoon. John & Newton came up to help with it also Mr. Cunning- Went to Markham at night for the pump repair, Jean & Bob went along, Jim was over for a short while John & Mrs Brown called in also. Saturday, July 21 Weather, Fine & warm Market day Produce from farm Cream - 62 pts Butter - 56 lbs Eggs - 62 doz Men ploughed in morning & put up hay in afternoon Came home from city early and about three oclock, Tim & Teddy, Rhea Scott & Gertie & I. started for Halls lake, had fine trip got there about ten oclock (134 miles) Sunday, July 22 Weather, East wind rain in morning clearing in afternoon Spent the day at Hawk Lake along with the gang. Monday, July 23 Weather, fine & warm Men ploughed & Turned hay Spent the morning at Hawk Lake and started for home after dinner had a nice trip home called in to see Jack & Margerite on our way Tim & I went up to Sharm Temple and trimmed the burn of the {?} pitching horse shoes. Got home about ten o.clock Les took load of straw to city Tuesday, July 24 Weather, Fine & warm Norm cut hay first then scuffled potatoes till dinner time Fred molded up potatoes in morn all worked at hay in afternoon Laura came up to help Gertie Wednesday, July 25 Weather, Fine & warm Cut hay & dusted potatoes first thing in morning Drew in hay with two wagons Laura was up to help Gertie Gertie attended meeting at the church & I went down to see Earle Mason Thursday, July 26 Weather, Mostly fair & warm, Thunder storm at night Norm cut hay first & then we drew in three loads in morning Started cutting wheat in afternoon Ploughed 25 �summer follow in afternoon and late at night Laura & Dorothy were up helping Gertie with berries, they heard spooks in the bushes Gertie churned 40 lbs butter in Morn. Friday, July 27 Weather Cloudy, rain in morning odd jobs in morning Men spread pile of manura in afternoon repaired barn flour & picked 18 chickens in afternoon Laura was hear to day Saturday, July 28 Weather, Heavy rain in early morning cloudy, clearing & cooling Market day Produce from farm Cream - 71 pts Butter - 38 lbs Eggs - 55 doz chickens 18 Jean & Dorothy went to city with me Men ploughed in morning & cut & shocked wheat in afternoon Washed car at night Laura was here all day Sunday, July 29 Weather, Fine & not so warm Attended S.S. & Church in morning A Mr. Aikman took the service in Mr. Wooks {?} absence. Mary Rodick & Minister came home with us for dinner. In afternoon we took the minister to St. Johns and then went for a little drive calling on Mr & Mrs Bullinger, Marguerite & John called in at night & then we took Mary home and called in at Browns for a little while on our way home Monday, July 30 Weather, Fine & warm Norm cut hay & turned some over in morning Fred & I shocked wheat in morning Norm & I worked & hay in afternoon & Fred cut wheat Laura & Gertie were at the berries Gertie went down to see Mrs Young at night Les took two loads of straw to city Tuesday, July 31 Weather Fine & warm S.W. wind We all worked at hay all day Norm finished cutting Les took one load of straw to city Laura & Gertie washed & picked some cherries for Marquerite Memoranda {left blank} Wednesday, August 1 Weather, Light showers at first then clearing & warm Stocked wheat & drew in six loads of hay. Laura & Gertie picked berries & canned same Thursday, August 2 Weather, Mostly fair, & very warm Finished haying to day Gertie churned 36 lbs butter Friday, August 3 Weather, Cloudy, showery rain bow in morning, heavy rains in afternoon & night Ploughed between showers Picked 22 young roosters 26 �Saturday, August 4 Weather, Cloudy & warm Market day Produce from farm Cream, 65 pts Butter 34 lbs Eggs - 53 doz Chickens 22 Fred went away in morning Norm ploughed in " Men cut & stocked wheat in afternoon Laura was here all week went to Richmond Hill at night Sunday, August 5 Weather, Cloudy with showers in afternoon & warm Attended S.S. & church in morning Mr & Mrs Ram and Brillinger & baby came over for dinner & in afternoon called for Russ. Reba & little one and all went up to J. Ashes {?} for the rest of the day, Monday, August 6 Weather, Cloudy & misty, all day Men ploughed all day Pulled weeds in bean patch & took the car down to Masons garage in afternoon Tuesday, August 7 Weather, Clearing & warm Men cut & stocked wheat all day Ploughed sweet clover stubble all day Les took one pig away to city along with another load Jack the horse came in from field sick & died in a very short time Wednesday, August 8 Weather, Fine & warm Men buried horse first & then finished wheat in morning & started barley in afternoon Went to Richmond Hill in morning for repairs & ploughed summer follow in afternoon. Gertie went down to Mrs Young's and made berry jam. W.M.S. meeting at church to-night to busy to go down. Thursday, August 9 Weather, Fine & warm Men cut & stocked grain all day Ploughed with tractor outfit Gertie churned 33 lbs butter in Morn Friday, August 10 Weather, Cloudy & warm Cut oats & barley with tractor on binder, (oats one way) Norm shocked grain & drew in Two loads of wheat Gertie & Dell. picked 20 chickens Saturday, August 11 Weather, Fine & cooler Market day Produce from farm Cream 60 pts Butter 31 lbs Eggs - 45 doz chickens 20 1 bu apples Men cut & stocked grain all day came home from city early & worked on threshing machine went to Richmond Hill at night took Katie Craig Dorothy, Ada Thompson & alice Wilkinson along with us Sunday, August 12 Weather, Fine & cool Attended S.S. & Church in morning spent the afternoon at home & went for a motor ride at night Mr. & Mrs Brown went along Monday, August 13 Weather, Fine & little warmer Men finished cutting a field of oats in morning. white I finished getting machine ready for threshing Les. came up in afternoon & 27 �we threshed 9 loads of wheat Attended a meeting at the church at night about the decorating of same Tuesday, August 14 Weather, Fine & little warmer Threshed 18 loads of wheat today Miss. Gough brought Mr & Mrs. W. Bull of Stratford, Aunt Ellen & Lizzie up for a short visit in the afternoon Dell was up to-day Wednesday, August 15 Weather, Fine & warm Threshed wheat all day. Went to Richmond Hill at night for valve spring for tractor Garden party at Coll Hood at night Dell was here today Thursday, August 16 Weather, Fine & warm Finished threshing wheat first Fred started cutting mixed grain Norm & I filled chop bins in morn Had tractor on binder in afternoon Gertie churned, 32 lbs butter in morn Dell was here again to-day Friday, August 17 Weather. Fine & warm, cloudy by night Had tractor on the binder most of the day in field over by the fourth had two hold ups and could not finish on that account, Picked 22 chickens in afternoon Dorothy was up to day Saturday, August 18 Weather, Mostly fair & cooler Market day Produce from farm Cream 62 pts Butter 29 lbs Eggs - 37 doz Chickens 22 4 bu apples Men finished cutting to day and we threshed oats in afternoon Mrs Young died early this morning age [blank space] yrs. Gertie was down to Youngs part of the day helping. Dorothy was here today {Different handwriting on bottom of page} Tues Nov 12, 1940 Billy Young seriously hurt at Newmarket military camp. Thurs Nov 21 he died Nov 23 Sat. buried from Wright & Taylors age in 58 year. Flowers Royal Canadian Engineers, Mr & Mrs J Russel, Mr & Mrs K. Gray Sunday, August 19 Weather, Fine & warm Attended S. S. & church in morning. Went down to Youngs in afternoon. Went down to Uncle Jim's in evening. {Different handwriting at bottom of page} Flowers for Billy 1 Royal Canadian Engineers 2 Mr & Mrs J Russel 3 Mr & Mrs K Gray 4 Earl & Drew 5 Masonic Lodge 6 Curling Club 7 Craig Family 8 Aunties 9 Brothers 10 L Hood 11 Brown Family 12 Roy Boyington Monday, August 20 Weather, Mostly fair shower after dinner Threshed oats in morning Attended funeral of Mrs Young in afternoon 28 �Tuesday, August 21 Weather, Cloudy & cooler Men stocked grain in morning Pat ploughed, finished sweet clover Threshed mixed grain in afternoon another young son born at the store Dell Stevenson came up at night Mr & Mrs. Woods called in for a little while also Wednesday, August 22 Weather, Fine & warm Finished threshing a field of mixed grain & then moved machine out to field to thresh barley Mrs Brown & Laura were up for a little while in afternoon Gertie & I went over to the Horticultural show at Unionville at night, Mrs Brown went also Thursday, August 23 Weather, Mosty cloudy S.E. wind Finished threshing barley about 3 o,clock Then moved machine to barn again & started at oats Went to Richmond Hill at night for plough shares Laura was up to day Gertie churned 26 lbs butter in morn. Friday, August 24 Weather, Cloudy with rain about ten. oclock, clearing in afternoon & cooler Threshed for a little while in morn Picked 22 chickens, then men cut weeds in orchard & I ploughed in afternoon Dell was up to-day Saturday, August 25 Weather, Fine & little cool Market day Produce from farm Cream 61 pts Butter 24 lbs Eggs 35 doz Chickens 22 Men, cleaned out silo in morn. & cut weeds, In afternoon we threshed oats Gertie went to city with me in Morn, & then she went down to Young Bros in afternoon Sunday, August 26 Weather, Fine & little cool, Attended S.S. & Church in morning Jean came home with us for dinner In afternoon, Florence & Edith Craig & two friend came up for a little while, about five o.clock, Walter & Mary. & the three aunties came in & stayed for supper & the evening Monday, August 27 Weather, Fine & warm Threshed all day, all hands Ada Thompson & Alice Wilkinson were here for tea at night & we heard the reception to olimpic stars at night over radio Tuesday, August 28 Weather, Partly fair, windy & light rain Threshed till 2, oclock stoped by rain for rest of the day dug out stones in summer follow Wednesday, August 29 Weather, Fine & warm Norm cut alfalfa first thing. Bernie Padjet came up to help with harvest, started about 9oclock and then we threshed the rest of day Dell Stevenson came over to hear the big swim at exibition over radio 29 �Thursday, August 30 Weather, Fine & warm Finished harvest to-day (in morning) did some chopping, Gertie & I went to exibition in afternoon Men drew manura in afternoon Churned 24 lbs butter in morn Friday, August 31 Weather, Fine & cool Norm went to exibition Started cultivating wheat land Fred drew manura in morning & cultivated in afternoon Gertie & I picked 22 chickens in afternoon Memoranda {left blank} Saturday, September 1 Weather, mostly fair, cloudy & cool Market day Produce from farm Cream 64 pts Butter 21 lbs Eggs - 35 doz Apples 3 bu 22 chickens Men drew in alfalfa hay 5 loads I went to ball game in afternoon Sunday, September 2 Weather, Cloudy & light shower Attended S.S. & church in morning J. Ash was bringing Dorothy home got in a smash up so had to go back. so we went up to get Dorothy Mr. & Mrs. Brown, Bill & Jim went along, had a hard time bothe ways as the gas would not feed into carburator in car Monday, September 3 Weather, Partly fair with few showers Baled straw all day (between showers) Went to church at night to help take seats out ready for painters Laura was up to-day stayed all night Tuesday, September 4 Weather, fair & cool Baled straw, finished about 4,oclock Then Norm took machine down to Youngs Laura was here to-day & went home at night Les took one load of straw to Thorncliff Wednesday, September 5 Weather, Fine & little warmer Fred went to Exhibition Norm cultivated wheat ground Gertie & I went to ex. along with John & Isabell Dorothy & Dell. went to Royal. Alex. at night to hear Dumbells Big swim at Ex. 15 miles water was so cold no one could finish Thursday, September 6 Weather, Fine & warmer Gertie churned 18 lbs butter in morn Fred finished cultivating wheat ground in morning Norm & I baled hay at Young Bros in morning Picked apples in afternoon Friday, September 7 Weather, Fine & warm Fred went home to day Norm & I picked apples in morning & picked chickens in afternoon 30 �Saturday, September 8 Weather, Fine & warm Market day. Produce from farm Cream 70 pts Butter 16 lbs Eggs - 34 doz Apples 19 bu 22 chickens Fred was home in morning Norm pulled beans all morning Picked apples in afternoon [different writing at bottom of page] Jean left Office to-day Sunday, September 9 Weather, Fine. Attended S.S. & Church in morning Church was held in former methodist as the other one was being decorated Jean came home with us for dinner & then we went for a drive in afternoon, Gertie & I went out to the store for a little while in evening Hand boy died during night Monday, September 10 Weather, Mostly fair, rain by night Fred cut the corn with binder Norm & I were getting things ready for filling silo & then he picked pears, also did some chopping J. Atkinson brought Mr & Mrs Bob Gibb & Mother over for a short visit in afternoon Tuesday, September 11 Weather, Mostly fair, little shower in afternoon Ploughed in summer follow all day with horses & in afternoon with tractor Practise at Stevensons at night Wednesday, September 12 Weather, Rain during night, misty then clearing, with another shower towards evening Fred cleaned up seed wheat in morn Norm ploughed in morning & harrowed in afternoon Fred ploughed in afternoon Went fishing with Jack Lunaw North of Goodwood caught 14 trout Attended Young Peoples corn roast at Browns at night Gertie attended W.M.S. at house of Mrs Craig in afternoon Ted. Hands was burried to-day Thursday, September 13 Weather, Fine, strong wind, cool Filled silo in morning worked on wheat ground in afternoon ploughing & harrowing Gertie churned 20 lbs butter in afternoon Friday, September 14 Weather, Fine & warm, east wind Finished ploughing wheat ground in morning. Norm cultivated in afternoon while Fred picked apples & drew in beans & Gertie, Jean & I picked chickens Saturday, September 15 Weather, Rain in early Morn then clearing with strong wind Market day Produce from farm Cream 60 pts Butter 18 lbs Eggs 30 doz Apples 16 bu 22 chickens Fred re cleaned wheat & picked apples Norm worked on wheat ground Gertie attended institute at home of Mrs Burrs in afternoon Practice at Stevensons at night 31 �Sunday, September 16 Weather, Fine. No service in morning to-day as the service was changed till evening Went down to Browns in afternoon & stayed for tea Attended service at night in former Methodist church Monday, September 17 Weather, Fine Norm was cultivating & packing wheat ground all day Fred started sowing wheat to-day Halled gravel with horse & cart on lane most of day Gertie went down to help clean the church after being decorated Tuesday, September 18 Weather, Fair & cool Men were cultivating & sowing wheat all day Halling gravel on lane with the dump cart most of day Gertie went down home for a while in afternoon Attended meeting at former methodist church conducted by an evangelist Rev J.L Brown Wednesday, September 19 Weather, Mostly fair, strong East wind Finished sowing wheat in morning Norm. harrowed wheat all day Fred picked pears & apples in afternoon Ploughed with tractor plough in afternoon attended corn roast at home of Mr & Mrs Stivers at night Gertie's aunt Lizzie died to-day Thursday, September 20 Weather, Rain & cloudy all day Fred went home for the day Churmed 20 lbs butter in morn Repaired potato digger during day Gertie was laid up all day (sick) Friday, September 21 Weather, Fine fall day, strong wind at night Filled chop bin in hog pen Fred & I picked chicken in morn. & Norm picked apples Men picked potatoes in afternoon Gertie & I attended funeral of Gerties aunt Lizzie Practice at church at night Saturday, September 22 Weather, Fine Market day. Produce from farm Cream 78 pts Butter 18lbs Eggs - 27 doz Apples 14 pears 3 bu 15 chickens 6 old hens Men finished picking potatoes pulled rest of beans & then ploughed Jean went to city with me Sunday, September 23 Weather, Fair & cool Reopening of church after decorating and anniversary services combined Mr Mc Loud preached in morning & Mr. Sellar at night a record crowd at night Ilean Hood & Mary Rodick came home with us for dinner Monday, September 24 Weather, Fair & cool Men went to Jno. Calverts to fill silo all day Ploughed with tractor outfit all day School fair at Unionville today 32 �Tuesday, September 25 Weather, Cloudy & cool Fred ploughed all day Norm cut off corn stubble with potatoe digger in morn & ploughed in afternoon Ploughed all day with tractor out fit Jean came up to help Gertie Bob. Thompson called at night Wednesday, September 26 Weather, Fair in morning Cloudy in afternoon & cool We all ploughed all day Norm picked a few apples & I had to go to Markham for shares for plough Jean was up again to day Thursday, September 27 Weather, mostly cloudy with a few cold fall showers Men helping Rodricks fill silo all day Les took load of straw to city Gertie churned 24 lbs butter in morn Ploughed with tractor out fit all day Laura came up in afternoon Friday, September 28 Weather, fair & cool Men were filling silo at W. Brooks till three oclock came home & got rest of beans in & picked old hens Ploughed most of day with tractor outfit & got apples & pears ready for city Markham livery brought in 9 barrels of oil for company Saturday, September 29 Weather, Fair & cool eat wind Market day Produce from farm Cream 80 pts Butter 22 lbs Eggs 16 1/2 doz Apples 12 bu & 5 bu pears Old hens 15 Men were filling silo at John Boyington Gertie, Mrs Brown & Laura went to city with me Sunday, September 30 Weather, Showery, looking in morning & clearing in afternoon E. Wind Attended church in morning, Rally day was held service in the church & Mr Gale of Markham spoke Went over to Scotts in afternoon & attended services at Zion Cedar grove, afternoon & evening Memoranda {left blank} Monday, October 1 Weather, Fine & warmer Men were filling silo at Youngs & W. Boyington Cultivating most of day, chopping & dug out stones Les brought, gas pump & Tank home Gertie walked down home for a short while in afternoon to get dress Jean was fixing for her Tuesday, October 2 Weather, Cloudy & showery Men were filling silo at Hoopers Cultivating & filling silo & Allens Wednesday, October 3 Weather, Fine & warm Men filling silo & Allens in morn & Norm went to Rodrik's in afternoon to re-fill, Fred ploughed Cultivated, 7 acres sod twice & then took the hay press over to Padjets John Went over to Padjets to get bale blocks & then on out to Richmond Hill Gertie attended W.M.S at Mrs Craig's packed fall to day. ($32.75) 33 �Thursday, October 4 Weather, Fine & very warm Norm & I baled straw at Wm John's Broke the press in morning and had to come home to fix it Fred ploughed & started to pull mangels Gertie churned 32 lbs butter in morning Went down to Browns at night Friday, October 5 Weather, Cloudy with showers in morn clearing in afternoon Baled straw at Wm John's till rain started Fred ploughed in afternoon & Norm picked old hens Picked over apples in afternoon Mission band packed bale to-night Saturday, October 6 Weather, Fine, Market day Produce from farm Butter 30 lbs Eggs 9 1/2 doz Hens 10 Apples 15 bu Norm was off all day Fred worked at mangels in morn Tim & Teddy went to city with us at night Sunday, October 7 Weather, Fine, Attended S.S. & Church in morning Luella Atkinson came home with us Jim called in afternoon & we all went for a drive. George Frost called for Luella Uncle Charly & Aunt Susie & Alex Gibb called later & stayed for tea & the evening Monday, October 8 Weather, Fine during day with wind shifting to east & showery by night All worked at mangels in morning & Fred stayed at it in afternoon Norm & I went over to Wm John's & finished baling straw & came home & filled chop bins Social evening at the church at night Tuesday, October 9 Weather, Fine. Strong W. Wind little cooler All worked at mangels all day Della came up for a little while in afternoon Mrs Craig came up in evening Wednesday, October 10 Weather, Fine with shower by night Finished mangels to-day Thursday, October 11 Weather, Fine & very warm Fred cultivated in morning Norm picked apples Took tractor front wheels axels to Markham picked potatoes in afternoon Friday, October 12 Weather, Fine & warm, rain by night Finished one piece of potatoes in morning Picked chickens in afternoon Gertie attended funeral of the late Mrs J. Paterson at Hagerman Jean's friends from city surprised her with a shower in the evening {different handwriting bottom of page} Mr H Hooper died this morning (Thornhill) Saturday, October 13 Weather, showery & cooler Market day Produce from farm Butter 40 lbs Eggs 6 doz Apples 9 bu Hens 15 Men swept down cobwebs dug hole for gas tank & picked apples 34 �Sunday, October 14 Weather, Very fine fall day Gertie attended S.S. & Church in morn Had a flat tire on car and was later getting it repaired and had to get a sermon on radio In afternoon we got Dell Stevenson and went for a motor trip as far as Port Hope & Rice Lake Monday, October 15 Weather, Partly cloudy & warm Les took two loads of straw to city We all picked potatoes all day Inspectors were here looking over lightning rods on building & house Tuesday, October 16 Weather, Showery & misty, mild Men ploughed in morning Repaired tractor; filled chop bins & cleaned silo off in afternoon went to Markham in morning for repairs & bought emery stone & frame from G. Paterson Wednesday, October 17 Weather, Cloudy all day with rain by night, mild Men ploughed all day Ploughed with tractor out fit in afternoon. Attended supper conference of Markham group at Ebenezer church Gertie went over to Stevensons and I called for her on my way home Thursday, October 18 Weather, Cloudy with ocasional showers Men ploughed all day Churned, 34 lbs butter in morning Set up gas pump & dozen other jobs in afternoon Attended preparatory service at the church at night Friday, October 19 Weather, Cloudy & shower, at dusk mild Ploughed all day with tractor out fit Men ploughed in morning & picked old hens in afternoon. started to clip cattle Saturday, October 20 Weather, Fine & cooler Market day. Produce from farm Butter. 32 lbs Eggs - 6 doz Old hens - 15 1 bu apples Pumpkins 3 doz Men ploughed all day Gertie attended institute at Browns Sunday, October 21 Weather, Fine & little warmer Attended S.S. & Church in morning Comunion service was also observed John & Margerite came down for dinner & spent the afternoon & evening Jean & her friend from city called in afternoon Monday, October 22 Weather, Cloudy & warm Finished picking potatoes in morning Fred & I ploughed in afternoon & Norm went to Padjets to thresh grain In evening we all went to church The Young Peoples society were holding a literary program with refreshments Tuesday, October 23 Weather, Cloudy with rain in morn & cooler Men clipped cows in morning & ploughed in afternoon cleaned stove pipes & cleaning up garden in afternoon Gordon Scott called in in evening to pay for baling & we had a game of cards 35 �Wednesday, October 24 Weather, Cloudy & cool showers Men ploughed all day Worked in garden finished ploughing field with tractor outfit & did some chopping Practice at store at night Della brought some wild grapes up for Gertie to make wine Thursday, October 25 Weather, Mostly fair, cool Churned 35 lbs butter in morning Men ploughed in morning & picked apples in afternoon finished cleaning up garden in afternoon Friday, October 26 Weather, Fine. windy & cool Picked 23 hens in morning Men ploughed in afternoon Picked over 5 bags potatoes and burned some leaves in afternoon Put year old hens in the old hen house at night Saturday, October 27 Weather, Mostly cloudy, Cool east wind with showers by night Market day Produce from farm Butter 35 lbs Eggs 6 doz Potatoes 5 bags 1 bu apples & Pumpkins Fred went home in morning Norm repaired litter carrier track & chored in morning & bothe picked apples in afternoon Gertie went to city with me & Dell came up to keep house Called in to Alex Browns on way home Sunday, October 28 Weather, Partly fair, cold Attended S.S. & Church in morning In afternoon, Gertie & I went away first called in at Browns & then went over to, Wm Boyingtons for visit & stayed for tea. Orval & Myrtle were there also Came home & attended church service and on coming out were found Det. Gibb & her fiancie we all came home & spent the evening by fireplace Monday, October 19 Weather, Mostly fair with snow flurries Men drew manura in morning picked apples in afternoon till snow came & then clipped cattle Cleaned hen house out in morning & ploughed in afternoon Gertie went down to church in afternoon Attended W.M.S. thank offering meeting at night. Mr & Mrs. Shantz gave us an idea on life in Africa Les took two loads of straw to city Tuesday, October 30 Weather, fine & cold (coldest yet) Men ploughed in morning & picked apples in afternoon One hundred & one jobs in morning & ploughed in afternoon Gertie was house cleaning Les took calf to city 145 lbs 14 cts attended practise at church at night Wednesday, October 31 Weather, Fine and milder Fred drew manura all day & Norm picked apples & did the chores Les took a load of straw to city Ploughed most of day had the tractor fast up the bank of flatts & had to get Fred to pull it out Dell was up this morning & Gertie went down home with her for afternoon. 36 �Memoranda {left blank} Thursday, November 1 Weather, Cloudy & mild Men drew manura in morning & burned rubbish on potatoe ground in afternoon Ploughed in morning up till one o clock then put plough away & burned leaves Jean & Laura came up in afternoon Friday, November 2 Weather, Cloudy & mild Norm cultivated with spring tooth most of day & then drew out some manura Fred cultivated in morning with tractor outfit & in afternoon burned Twitch grass & dug out three stones Churned 43 lbs butter in morning Filled chop bins, after dinner Oil truck was in & filled up cans Jim Allen brought four ton of coal Keith & Bettie stayed for supper Saturday, November 3 Weather, East rain & cloudy all day Market day. Produce from farm Butter 43 lbs Cream 10 pts Eggs - 4 doz horse radish Poulty 2 roosters Pumpkins Norm went to city with me also Bill & Jim Fred did chores & ploughed Helped pack up at the store at night for hunting trip Sunday, November 4 Weather, Fine & cooler Attended S.S. & Church in morning John & Jean came home with us for dinner, Les.s children came up in afternoon & we all went down to Browns for a little while At night B.C.Louis {?} lead the singing at Box Grove anniversary services Came home & prepared for hunting retiring about midnight Monday, November 5 Weather - fine & cool easterly winds. Wash day Fred helped Mr Cunningham with their moving all forenoon, Norman ploughed, both men ploughed all afternoon, then we all helped with chores at night. After supper Newton brought Jean & Laura. up for the evening & Jean stayed all night, Norm & I had a good fright just after tea time. Tuesday, November 6 Weather, first a lilttle showery, then clearing with very high south west winds. I went out & helped with milking in morning. Jean still here went to the store in morning. in the morning men drew manure afternoon drawing manure Fred did and Norman cultivated. I churned 32 lbs butter in afternoon. Jean picked up Bellflower apples as the strong wind blew them down. Wednesday, November 7 Weather - Fine & warm turning cooler with showers at night Fred drew manure (honey) all day. Norm cultivated in forenoon & went to the ploughing match with Newton in afternoon. Jean & I walked down home & I went to the W.M.S. at church then 37 �Isobel & Laura brought me up and stayed all night Newton John B. & J. came up for the evening. Thursday, November 8 Weather - rain all night cooler in morning with snow flurries for a while & cooler. Men ploughed all day. Isobel went home in morning. John was up for clippers. Laura stayed all day with me. New calf up the flats was brought down to stable. Friday, November 9 Weather - fine & cool Men drew manure all day, Norman repaired car between loads. Laura went home this morning. I churned 27 lbs butter in morning, planted tulip bulbs, took up dahlias, and went out to Craigs for a root of honey suckle & california poppy. Jean & Dorothy came up to stay with me. Saturday, November 10 Weather, - cloudy - cool (white frost) Market day for Norman & Billie - Produce - Butter 58 lbs. Eggs 3 doz. Fred chopped some in forenoon & ploughed all after noon. Jean over with me Dorothy went home in after-noon. Laura came up short while. Mr French had house & cart all day. Atlo McGuay came up for 1 doz pt (6oz) {?} bottles. Norman got home at six Oclock. Had fire in furnace (wood) to day (first) Sunday, November 11 Weather - dull day. rain at night. attended S S & church (quartette sang) I went home with Mary Rodrick for the day. attended young peoples at night Miss A. Wilkinson president, sledes {?} good. I went over home & Bob brought Jean & I up home. Monday, November 12 Weather - (Thanksgiving) rained all day. Fred went home after breakfast came up and got horse to plough his garden in afternoon. Norman read all day between chore time. Jean & I cleaned pantry in forenoon & Sewed all afternoon. Mrs H. Hooper (Thornhill) died this a.m. Newton came up at night played 500 etc. Tuesday, November 13 Weather - cloudy & mild. men finished ploughing in back field to day & ploughed garden & started in south orchard. Mrs Craig was up in forenoon. Jean & I cleaned kitchen. Edith Craig came up in afternoon & stayed for the evening. Mr Hellems over today. dogs after Hoopers sheep. Wednesday, November 14 Weather - Mild & cloudy. Men ploughed in south orchard all day. I churned in morning 31 1/2 lbs. Mrs Craig up in morning. Norman took me down home after dinner I took got Newton's car & took Mrs Padget Mrs Brooke {?} Mother Mary Rodrick down to Aunt Ellens. Thank Offering meeting in after noon usual speakers Mrs Rae the main one. It was a wonderful meeting & a good crowd. 38 �Thursday, November 15 Weather - bright - with strong winds. men ploughed in south Orchard to - day and finished it. Della Stephenson came over in after noon and stayed for tea. B. J. came up at night. Norman went away. Friday, November 16 Weather - cloudy & rainy Norman cultivated in morning & chopped in afternoon. Fred went on North & South trips for Leslie. then helped norm with chopping. Lelsie & newton Burr arrived home in afternoon from hunting trip. Edith Craig up in morning. John came up at night & took butter & eggs out to the store for us. Arrived home about 9 o.clock from hunting trip Saturday, November 17 Weather, Cloudy & Showery Market day Produce from farm Butter 31 lbs Eggs. 3 doz Fred went home in morning Norm started to take up drain in back south field Went down to Browns at night & took Jean home Churned 31 lbs butter in morning Sunday, November 18 Weather, Cloudy & unsettled Attended S.S. & Church in morning Mr. Woods being laid up on account of sickness. a Mr. Mills took the service. Spent the rest of day at home Monday, November 19 Weather, Cloudy. Turning to rain & sleet Men started some second ploughing in morning but had to stop on account of rain Les came up for a barrel of oil Nothing doing on account of weather Gertie washed in morning Tuesday, November 20 Weather, Cloudy North wind & cooler Les took load of straw to city Churned 30 lbs butter in morning Fred took the day off Norm ploughed in afternoon Put the young cattle in for first time But the deer up at night Wednesday, November 21 Weather, Cloudy & milder soft snow by night Les took two calves along with Browns hogs to city, calves & 15 1/3 cts came to over $60 Took load of straw in afternoon & Gertie & Mrs Brown sent over to Mrs. Tuckers home in afternoon Men ploughed all day I went over for Gertie at night called in at Browns on way home Started to re build loading shoot for hogs & cattle Thursday, November 22 Weather, Cloudy & milder very slushy by noon Men ploughed in morning & part of afternoon I went to city with seven hogs of Hoppers for Les in morning Finished rebuilding loading shoot with Fred's help in afternoon Norm cleaned hen roost Attended picture slides of Northern Ontario & explained by Mr. Craw & a social afterwards 39 �Friday, November 23 Weather, Mostly fair & cooler Churned 30 lbs butter in morning Men ploughed all day Picked ducks in afternoon Saturday, November 24 Weather, Mostly fair & cold Market day Produce from farm Butter 90 lbs Eggs 3 1/2 doz Apples 2 bu Potatoes 2 bags ducks 4 Men ploughed all day We went down to Browns at night to hear the electric radios Dell was up to day. Sunday, November 25 Weather, Mostly fair & colder Attended S.S. & Church in morning went to Yong St. to meet the minister Mr. Ramsay. who was taking Mr. Woods place in his illness Mr Ramsay came home with us for dinner & then we took him down to St. Johns in afternoon In late afternoon, Dett. Gibb & her mother came along with Mr. Anderson came out & stayed for supper & the evening Monday, November 26 Weather, Partly fair & quite cold Filled chop bins first thing Les took seven hogs to city $ 9.65 {?} J. Atkinson came over in morning & stayed for dinner. Men drew manure all day after the chopping At night I went over to Frank Stivers along with Les & Jim Paterson Gertie cleaned the sitting room {different handwriting} Edith Craig was here in afternoon. Tuesday, November 27 Weather, Fine in morning Turning cloudy in afternoon & milder Men drew manura all day Les took load of straw to city in afternoon Filled the car rad with anti freeze Jean was up to day Wednesday, November 28 Weather, Cloudy & Mild light snow in morn Churned 62 lbs butter in morning men manura all day but norm went to fair in afternoon went to Unionville for Les in afternoon Went over to see Mr. Woods in the evening. Thursday, November 29 Weather, Fine and mild Men drew manura in morning & clipped young cattle in afternoon. Gertie &I went to fair in afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Brown went along also Les took load of straw to city. Friday, November 30 Weather, East wind. rain all day Nothing doing all day on account of rain Memoranda {left blank} Memoranda {left blank} 40 �Saturday, December 1 Weather Mostly cloudy little cooler Market day Produce from farm Butter 61 lbs Eggs - 6 doz Cream 1 can Men started to white wash stable & cleaned hen roost Laura went to city with me Saturday, December 2 Weather, Partly fair & much same temperature Attended S.S. & Church in morning. A. Strang Layman took the service in place of Mr. Woods on account of him being confined to his home Mr. & Mrs. Brown came up with us for dinner & stayed the afternoon Spent the evening at home. Monday, December 3 Weather, Strong East wind rain in morning mild wind shifting to west & clearing Men white washed in morning & a filled chop bins in afternoon & cleaned hen house & brooder house Gertie washed in morning & went out to Craig's in afternoon Tuesday, December 4 Weather cloudy and mild rain by night Threshed beans most of day Les took last load of snow away Mr. & Mrs. brown came down at night for game of 500 Wednesday, December 5 Weather Windy, Cloudy and colder Took the wire away from the bridge at side road Fred went home till chore time Norm cleaned up some of old wood around the yard W.M.S. annual meeting and quilting at the church in afternoon & in evening. slides & talk on life of Christ & social afterwards Thursday, December 6 Weather, Fine & cool Churned 57 lbs butter in morn Men drew manura all day Gertie went over to see Mrs. W. Boyington in afternoon Made a sparrow trap in afternoon Friday, December 7 Weather Fine & cool Fred drew manura all day Norm Fixed his tyre & went to Unionville this morning & helped Fred in afternoon Trapped about 90 sparrows to day Picked two ducks Bob Pinder came over & got some wheat & two dozen milk bottles & stoppers High school commencement to night Saturday, December 8 Weather, Fine and cold Market day Produce from farm Butter 55 lbs Cream 1 can Eggs - 12 doz Ducks 2 Apples 3 bu Big time starting the car to go to city, however, succeeded in the end Laura went with us, and Dell Stevenson came home with us Men drew manura all day Sunday, December 9 Weather, Cloudy & cold Attended S.S. & Church in morning Spent the afternoon at home In evening attended Young Peoples Meeting The Pike Family were present and gave us some music & Miss Pike spoke on her work in South Africa 41 �Monday, December 10 Weather, Cloudy & little milder Men drew manura all day Damed the water up by the bridge Took Gertie & Dell. Stevenson down to Practise at the church and then went over to Unionville to pay Dr. McKay his bill Tuesday, December 11 Weather Fine & milder Men drew manura all day Harvey Colson left five milk cans to try to get us on regular Attended meeting at the church at night Wednesday, December 12 Weather, Cloudy and mild and misty Men drew manura all day. I was laid up all day with cold Gertie went down home for a little while to see Jean and Bob off as this is their wedding day Drove to the manse at Markham. Thursday, December 13 Weather Cloudy. mild and misty Men drew manura all day Churned 65 lbs butter in morning. Gertie feeling punk with the cold Trimming hedge for a while in afternoon Friday, December 14 Weather, Cloudy & mild, little colder by night Picked fowl in morning Billy the horse took sick & had to have Kelly's up to see him Filled chop bins in afternoon Cleaned hen houses out Saturday, December 15 Weather, Cloudy & milder again by night Market day. Produce from farm Butter 62 lbs Eggs 27 doz Fowl 2 ducks & 11 chickens Apples 4 bu Men drew manura & in morning Norm took hay press over to B. Stivers Gertie attended institute & Mrs. J. Calvests in afternoon Sunday, December 16 Weather, Cloudy and mild Attended S.S. and Church and morning. Laura came home with us for dinner and stay till evening. Monday, December 17 Weather, Showery all day & mild Churned 77 lbs butter in the morning Cleaned milk house in afternoon Fred took Billy out & got his teeth filed in the morning. Tuesday, December 18 Weather. Mostly fair, cold with snow flurries Norm went to city Sent calf to city with Les Fred and I worked at trimming the hedge all day Gertie went over to Mrs. Stivers in afternoon took Mrs. Padget and Mrs. Brooke stayed for tea. made a quilt with names for Mr. Seller. Wednesday, December 19 Weather, Mostly fair & cold Picked 14 geese to day J. Lunau called in for a visit 42 �Thursday, December 20 Weather, Fair & milder Norm & I went to B. Stivers to bale straw Fred did the chores & picked two geese Jim & children were here for a short visit in forenoon. Della was here helping Gertie in morning Friday, December 21 Weather, Fair & cold Gertie churned 56 lbs butter in morning Norm & I baled hay at B. Stivers in “{morning} Fred did the chores & picked 3 ducks Prepared for market trip this afternoon Xmas Tree at the school house at night Saturday, December 22 Weather, Fair & cold Market day. Produce from farm Butter. 150 lbs Cream 20 pts Eggs - 50 doz Fowl 15 geese & 2 ducks Apples 5 bu Fred took the day off but helped with chores Norm did chores & played hockey Gertie & Laura went to city with me & Bill John came out with us Sunday, December 23 Weather, Fair & milder Attended S.S. & Church in morning In afternoon got started away to go to Sharon but met Jack & Margerite on the road. so changed plans and went down to see. Alex & Marion. Alex was away at work Monday, December 24 Weather Fine & mild Filled chop bins in morning. Men drew manura in afternoon Gertie went down home in afternoon I went to city in afternoon Tuesday, December 25 Weather, Cloudy & mild Norm went over to Burrs to skate in morning & helped with chores Gertie & I Went down to Browns for Xmas dinner, came home to do chores at night & then went back for supper & spent the evening Wednesday, December 26 Weather, Mostly fair & mild Men drew manura all day Gertie & I went to city in afternoon along with Mrs Stiver. Mrs. Brooke & John Brown. the women were getting S.S. Presents for S.S. pupils Thursday, December 27 Weather, Cloudy & mild Men drew manura Churned 80 lbs butter in morning Tryed to dam up the krick again Gertie went down to the church in afternoon as the S.S. was being entertained & the the annual meeting of the Young Peoples was held in the evening Friday, December 28 Weather, Partly fair & mild Fred did the chores Norm & I baled eleven ton straw at W. Wellmans Gertie went up with Newton to Bob & Jeans place in afternoon Saturday, December 29 Weather, Mostly fair N.W. wind & colder Market day Produce from farm Butter 78 lbs Cream 20 pts Eggs 55 doz Apples 4 bu Men drew manura in spare time E.T. Stevens barn burned this morn Laura went to city with me. 43 �Sunday, December 30 Weather, Partly fair & not very cold Attended S.S. & Church in morning Spent the afternoon at home & afterdoing the chores and getting supper we went over to Stevensons for the evening. 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Title A name given to the resource Douglas Earle Hood Collection Subject The topic of the resource 20th Century Rural Ontario Diaries Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas Earle Hood Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Markham Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1927-1929 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th Century, York County, Markham Township, Ontario Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Douglas Earle Hood Diary, 1927 Douglas Earle Hood Diary & Transcription, 1928 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Douglas Earle Hood Diary, 1927 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas Earle Hood Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Markham Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1927 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 20th Century, York County, Markham Township, Ontario Date Created Date of creation of the resource. Jan 1st, 1927 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Douglas Earle Hood Collection Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Scanned Manuscript UG Transcription Progress Scripto transcription progress Done transcribed