“It rained & had to run home.” Saturday, July7, 1945
July 1 Sun. Hawtons (Jacks) came after church, for supper. We girls made ice-cream. They left at a reasonable hour. We girls rode to the corner with them, and walked back home.
2 Mon. Public Holiday! So I went to town with Giroux’s and worked. Mr. Powers helped me, and we got a balance about 3 o’clock. Mr. Stewart & Ross came down town about 5, & we went to Old Timer’s Picnic at South Weyburn. Met the folks, & then Stutts, Carpenters, Freemans and us ate supper together. Cheered until I was hoarse for the boys against Auburn Pepper’s Team. They lost. Came home with the folks tonight.
3 Tues. Mom brought us to town. Went to C.C.Y.M. tonight. Doris was in. The girls came in with her and went to the show. Had wieners and buns for lunch. Doris brought me home about 11.45.
4 Wed. I phoned Eriel after supper to see if she’d go to the first show with me, but she had to go to the hospital, so we went to the second one. “Winged Victory.” Cute, but I didn’t get to bed until midnight.
5 Thurs. Had pancakes for supper. They were swell! Ross & Mr. S. went to the first show. I did the dishes, then bathed, pressed, did my nails, cleaned shoes, & was in bed by 9.30. Really slept.
6 Friday. Had Pork Chops for supper! Mr. S. went to a ball game, and I did dishes, cleaned up, and played the piano, until Walters called for me to go to South Weyburn to our C.C.Y.M. Dance. I went down with Carl and some other kids to our place to get the wieners for lunch. Played for first three dances after supper. Real big crowd. Had just a fair time. Back to town with Mays.
7 Sat. Fairly good day at work. Got off early, at 4 o-clock, & walked up to Bennings where there was a shower for Florence. Isabelle, Wilma & I sang “Lullaby Time,” and “Drifting & Dreaming,” in harmony. Had presentation, lunch, then I walked back to work at 5.30. I stood in the theatre from 9.30 to 10.10 but couldn’t get in to the show. It rained & had to run home. Went to the farm at 12 with Dad, Doris & girls.
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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 …
For more information on BCATP see a blog site dedicated to “Paying homage to those who stayed behind to train those who fought overseas.