“Snowed again most of the day & really hard tonight.“ Wednesday, November 20, 1946
17 Sun. Real cold. We were alone all day. Did some Christmas planning & ordering. Wrote a letter, practiced. We kids went down to the dug-out to get a little fresh air. Wilma & I talked again tonight. I was asleep before 9.45, thank goodness.
18 Mon. Felt very good all day today. Pretty good business. I went to the Oil after dinner. Played lazy tonight & loved it. Set my hair (all of it) & took a luscious bubble bath. Read a short while, & was in bed by ten.
19 Tues. Snowed all day again. I didn’t go to Oil, as we had the work at the Store. So miserable we couldn’t go out to Mables as had been planned for a C.C.Y.M. Meeting. Stayed home. I read. Was asleep in pretty good time.
20 Wed. Snowed again most of the day & really hard tonight. I was kept real busy at work this morn. Didn’t get home from singing lesson until after 2.30. Set some of my hair & rested awhile but couldn’t sleep. Is., Doris & I went to Harpers. Gladys, Marjorie, Kay & Marie were there too. We had a whale of a time. Nearly died laughing. Gossiped about everything. Nine of us girls there including Erma. Had coffee, sandwiches & coke. Kids were a lot of fun.
21 Thurs. Didn’t go to Oil, but was sure busy at the Store all day. Did Rosses cash sales. Set part of my hair tonight. Read “Trent’s Last Case.” It is getting very interesting now. Was in bed at 9.40, but Doris came home then, and I got to sleep after 11.
22 Fri. Went to the Oil Station. Got the Sales entered. Rode back with Pete. Supper was late, so hurried like the dickens. Bowled Western Grocers (Mr Powers) team. Had a lot of fun, but got only one point, as we won the first game. Is. went & watched. She & I had pumpkin pie a la mode & were home at 9.40. I set all my hair, took a sponge bathe etc. Had a general clean up.
23 Sat. Was beautiful this morn for a change so we expected a good business this aft, but snowed again to beat sixty all aft. Dad brought Isabelle, Wilma & I home tonight. Wilma showed me how to crochet. I half expected Keith to come tonight, but he didn’t. The wind rose & it is still snowing.
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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.