11 Sat. Gave Wilma a lesson. She went to town with Stutts, Dad with Harry & Isabelle & Shirley with Jean. I had a very short snooze. Bathed, did homework. Peggy & Ruth & Mrs Farrell came for supper. Jenny didn’t get here until about eight. Barbara didn’t come home & Doris was sick. We looked a snaps, played & sang, Ruth & Peggy had trouble starting a truck. Alex came home from town & we had lunch.
12 Sun. Slept in late. I didn’t do anything but homework all morn. Walked down to Stutts about one. Had lunch. Lay down when I got home & slept from 3.30 till 20 to six. Homework & listened to radio this evening.
13 Mon. Mr McGugan brought us in. We went down after four & got punctured again in the arm. Waited 20 mins. in doc’s after. Went to show tonight. “Northern Pursuit” with Errol Flynn. Perfect picture. Waited a half hour to get in to theatre.
14 Tues. Doris washed dresses tonight. We were busy as bees after four & every dish in the house dirty. I made puddings also dessert for supper. Put in a very dry night of homework. I wrote a play.
15 Wed. Weather certainly is warm! Thawing to beat sixty. Came right home after four. Russ G called in for a minute while we were eating supper. We walked to the mill with Delia & Herald. Tour inside the place. Grand evening. Homework. Bed at 10.15.
16 Thurs. I have to sell tickets in our room for the Dramatic Society. I stayed a few minutes at four to check H.Ec. Paper. Had supper went to Sorrells this evening. I did homework. Doris studied algebra.
17 Fri. Put an exam on the board in the nine room. Dad & Mr S. each had their cars in today we stopped at Kyle’s, Adophe’s & McGugans to get lunch for tonight. Mom is sick & Dad & we girls went to the novelty dance tonight. I played. It was a fairly good time & large crowd though rougher than the last.
(Index To All Diaries)
(scroll to the end of this post for a picture of the original diary entries in Mom’s handwritting)
These are the diaries of a seventeen-year-old teenager from a farm near Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Her name is Lorraine. She eventually was a church organist in Colgate. In 1944 she was the piano player for a dance band in Weyburn. She had to move from the farm into town to attend school for Grade 12. This is the darkest time in World War II. Weyburn hosted an airbase for BCATP (British Commonwealth Air Training Plan). In other words, the town is filled with eligible young airmen from all over the world …
I assume “gave a lesson to whomever”, means she was teaching piano lessons to her sisters. Also, it is interesting that, like all of us, she begins using the whole space for the start of the comment for each day and then has to add more and more information so that the ending comments are often squeezed three into one space by the end. (That was not very thoughtful for the transcriber in future years!)
It sounds as if you have some experience