“Douglas is Sask CCF Premier by a large majority..“ Thursday, June 15. 1944
10 Sat. Slept til ten this morn. Mom, Isabelle & I went over to Freemans this morn. Isabelle got some little chicks. We talked & talked, as Bernice and Marge were there. Wilma got dinner. We had a sleep & I gave Wilma a lesson this afternoon. Doris, Eveline and Emelia came up & asked me to go to the show with them tonight. I did. Doris took us all. It was “The North Star”. The war in Russia. Was grand & also horrid. In Bed a little after twelve.
11 Sun. Studied this morn. Rode bike to Stutts to borrow Doris’s History notes. Church was grand today. The organ was good. There were 42 there, and everything seemed so nice. McGugans were here for supper, also Doris, Evelines & Emilia. Did we ever have a wild time playing anti-I-over, softball, taking pictures, etc. The girls left about 8. We played two or three pieces, & then McGugans went home.
12 Mon. Eveline, Doris & I came to town with Dean. It rained this afternoon & tonight. Lutz’s came in, so Doris went to the show with Eveline. I studied for quite awhile then went to bed about 9.30. Woke up when Doris came home.
13 Tues. Rained again today. Were were up in the aud. Last period before dinner. Miss Clark spoke to us. Got out about ten to twelve were both down town after four. Doris peeled potatoes, studied etc. Made cold cocoa, took it to Pats & had it.
14 Wed. Recommends came out this morn. I didn’t get any. Doris got a full one. My glasses frames broke at noon, so I had to miss school & get them fixed. Called on Aunt Mena, then came home & studied. Doris got supper. She, Jean W. & I went to the show “The Sullivans.” It was grand. We had lunch at her place after. Bed about twelve thirty.
15 Thurs. Douglas is Sask CCF Premier by a large majority. Doris did all the work. I went to school. She had dinner ready for me when I got home at noon. Mom was in too with Stutts, so I came home for supper. Then we all went back to town this evening. I had the longest talk with Pat, then slept with her. Didn’t get to sleep til 11.32.
16 Fri. Pat had breakfast with me, & then got my dinner. I just went to school for the first period, then came home & studied. Chris & Pat went down town with us after four, then they came over & we cooked supper together at my place. I played with Charlie & Bob at the Mental tonight. The piano was good, but the crowd was small. Home at 2.30
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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. In these days before school busses she, and her sisters, each had to move from the farm into town to attend school for Grades 11 & 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 …
