DIARY OF BOB TIVY - Rivers Manitoba 

<p>Book 1, Version 3  Edited 2008.12.23 

<p>November 30th 1937, Tuesday 
<br>The day passed slowly at school except for the football at recess. I have the job of keeping our room at the right temperature during school hours now. After school I delivered my magazines which took all the time. I studied for the literature drama exam which we have tomorrow when I had finished supper. 

<p>December 1st 1937, Wednesday 
<br>I figured I did well to get up at 7 am which I did to study English for the exam. I got an extra half-hour besides because the school has gone back on the regular winter hours beginning this morning. I also figured I did well in the exam I wrote during the afternoon especially since I have neglected my English a great deal during the year. After school I took a look at the rink which now has all 4 corners rounded off but which has terrible ice so far. Everyone is sore because the rink hasn't opened yet. Naturally I went to work after supper. 

<p>December 2nd 1937, Thursday
 Again by setting the alarm I forced myself awake at 7:00 but as I ran up against a stubborn trigonometry question I might just as well have stayed in bed. As it was Bill's birthday he had his gang in after school and for supper. Because they occupied my room to play after the meal I got little homework done. 

<p>December 3rd 1937, Friday 
<br>After 2 early rising I fell back to my usual "soon after 8" schedule. It was fine all day but a wind sprang up during the afternoon. I passed away the time after school and after supper without doing anything in the line of school work. I made a trip to the rink around 8 o'clock to see if the rink was open but it wasn't of course. 

<p>December 4th 1937, Saturday
<br>Although I rose late, around 9 o'clock to be exact, I by no means wasted my day, as I worked the whole of it, both morning and afternoon, catching up what I lost in "Analytics" while I was sick. After supper I found that the rink was open at last so I got into my skates for the first time this season. The ice was fair except for the north edge of the rink. Mary went to number 3 to meet mother who went to Winnipeg for the day. In the paper dad found the announcement of Abe and Amy's marriage in Winnipeg which took place on Wednesday the 24th of November. In a letter from Holmsfield a few days ago Ruth said she believed they had gone to Minneapolis for their honeymoon. 

<p>December 5th 1937, Sunday
<br>Every day my rising time seems to get later as today it was 10:30 when I got downstairs. Soon after breakfast I went to the station with dad for a bath which we finished just before number 1 came in towed by engine 6048. I went through one of the new air-conditioned day coaches which was in the train and I found them to be very finely furnished inside. I had barely time to dress before Sunday School. "Cookie" came up for a Sunday chat about this and that soon after I got back. After the evening meal I walked to church where I partook of Communion. I listened to a radio drama and a hockey broadcast from Chicago before I lay me down to sleep. 

<p>December 6th 1937, Monday
<br>I again rose myself at 7 o'clock to do homework until 9. I got a pleasant surprise from Miss McDonald at noon when I learned from her that I got the highest mark which was 87 of anyone in the class on the English paper we wrote last Wednesday. After school I returned the senior hockey club uniform which I used last year. When I got back to the house I made a start on catching up in Algebra which lasted until 10 pm. It snowed during the day so I figured there was no hockey although I didn't know for certain. 

<p>December 7th 1937, Tuesday
<br>I was cold all day but not too cold for football at recess. I tried to catch up more in Algebra during the evening but got stuck on a hard question. I delivered my Liberties after school. I took a short piano lesson before Miss Brandon the music teacher went to the train. 

<p>December 8th 1937, Wednesday
<br>It was a real cold day being 20 below when I started for school. I paid a visit to the roundhouse just before supper where I saw the 3587 just fresh from the backshops. I got no Algebra to speak of done after supper and we write an exam on it tomorrow morning. 

<p>December 9th 1937, Thursday I got downstairs in time to review my Algebra before school but my review wasn't very good because on the exam I forgot an important formula so I had to leave 5 questions untouched. After dinner I was late for the first time in many weeks. I homeworked all evening in the usual way. I saw the new curling rink formally opening with Mayor Dinsmore throwing the 1st rock amid the cheers of the crowd. It went over the 1st hog. 

<p>December 10th 1937, Friday
<br>It was one of the finest days for some time with a clear sky, no wind, and an above zero temperature. The football at recess was plenty of fun. After the last ell in the day I got my skates sharpened at Foster's and rooted out my hockey equipment for the night. I enjoyed the 1st practice although I didn't turn in any dazzling performance. 

<p>December 11th 1937, Saturday
<br>After I made and ate breakfast I settled down to do Algebra. Of necessity I continued for the best part of the afternoon. This year I will only be able to skate on Saturday nights because of homework so after supper I hit for the rink. As it wasn't too cold I enjoyed my outing. 

<p>December 12th 1937, Sunday
<br> Although I intended not to repeat last Sunday's late rising I almost did repeat it. After a late breakfast I went for my bath with dad as usual. During the afternoon after Sunday School I got around to doing homework. I remained home from church to do more. 

<p>December 13th 1937, Monday
<br> I found it hard to toss myself from beneath the sheets as I only allowed myself enough time to get to school before I walked downstairs. I got a pleasant surprise at school on learning that I got 72 in Algebra instead of my expected 60 odd. It was warm all day making it nice for hockey after supper. I was real tickled over the performance I turned in on defense but I didn't really know if it was good or not. 

<p>December 14th 1937, Tuesday 
<br>I got insufficient sleep last night so I let Mary get up to light the fire. It was so warm during the day that the snow on unprotected roofs began to melt. While I was uptown after school I learned that Melville is sending a hockey team down on Saturday next. I went in to Forman's store to help decide on a new design for the club's new hockey uniforms since they were unable to make the first design. After my evening meal I worked until number 3 whistled in Analytics. Everyone in town is making the most of the privilege of free light while the town is having the meters tested. 

<p>December 15th 1937, Wednesday
<br> The weather continued warm so we enjoyed football at recesses. After school I delivered my magazines. There was no hockey after supper because of the hockey club's holding a whist drive and dance to which I went with mother. Because of good cards I won the gent's 1st prize much to my surprise. It was a shaving cream outfit which I guess I shall soon need. I enjoyed the dance considerably. The hamper ticket was pulled out in the middle of the dance a fireman from Melville getting the hamper. 

<p>December 16th 1937, Thursday
<br>I studied for the Physics exam before going to school. The morning passed as usual but the Physics exam after dinner was the toughest I ever wrote although I got an answer for every question. It was warm enough to melt during the day and the temperature in the direct sun was actually 55o above zero. I did absolutely no homework after school and after supper spending my time reading. I received a nice Christmas card from cousin Bob in the mail. 

<p>December 17th 1937, Friday
<br>The day rolled slowly by because I was anxious to get to the hockey practice which we held after 4. The Sunday School Christmas Tree was held after supper but I didn't go. I stayed home to listen instead to the radio. 

<p>December 18th 1937, Saturday
<br> I stayed in bed late to rest up for the game with Melville. I had time to make a trip uptown before dinner. After dinner I watched Rivers and Bradwardine curl. I was at the station when Melville came off number 2. After helping select club hockey sticks at Forman's I went home for supper. I got a letter from Ralph Groves in the mail. When I got to the rink after donning my uniform borrowed for the occasion from the seniors I found that as we were playing a younger team than expected I would play the whole game on defense with Sinclair. Collingwood played forward in Perce Bellamy's place. Because Mellville teams players were nearly all only 14 or 15 years old we defeated them easily 7-0. It was snowing gently during the whole game but it wasn't cold. I got a penalty for pushing in the 2nd period. On the whole there was little for our defense to do. Because of the lack of tense moments the game seemed terribly short. Although we won I didn't feel particularly elated over the victory because I guess I didn't distinguish myself by scoring a goal when I wanted to. After changing at home I returned down town to be greeted by the amusing scene of two strangers in front of Dyer's with a case of full beer bottles around them on the sidewalk. They had dropped the case breaking one bottle and had removed the rest in finding the broken one. I visited the new Chinese Restaurant in Wiegand's old store before train time. It is the second new one this fall an uncle of Jimmie Frain's having started one in the old post-office earlier. When the train came in I got on with the Melville gang until the conductor pulled the air whistle signaling the start. We intend to play them a return game at Melville on either the 30th or 31st of this month. Mother has decided to go to Holmfield for Christmas so if I go I'll have to return before then. 

<p>December 19th 1937, Sunday
<br> Mother made breakfast so I wasn't up any too early. I intended to go for a bath alone as dad worked all day but I couldn't get the key at Young's. While lighting the Sunday School fire around noon I foolishly lost Johnston's hall key in the snow. After Sunday School I made out a writeup for the Gazette on yesterday's game as "Cookie" came up for it. Around 6 pm I commenced to study English for tomorrow's exam. 

<p>December 20th 1937, Monday
<br>We began the annual carol singing in the halls at 9:30. It lasted a whole period. After dinner "Danny" and I were alone most of the afternoon he writing Latin and I, English while the rest of the class unpacked new laboratory apparatus upstairs. It was warm enough to melt most of the day so the ice was sluggish for hockey practice. 

<p>December 21st 1937, Tuesday
<br>For the 1ast time the boys have joined in the carol singing but as the singing got over-hearty Mr. Stewart had to clamp down. Although I got a disgusting 55 on Composition for yesterday's English paper I managed to stand first with a 76.1 average. This is my 1st time standing first since I was in grade 6. the weather was colder during the day than yesterday. I delivered my Liberites after 4 but devoted after supper to Analytics except for the writing of a letter to Jack Corbett. 

<p>December 22nd 1937, Wednesday
<br>I was up early enough to do a fair amount of homework before school. I thought as I sang carols during the first period that it was my last time because tomorrow we leave for Holmfield and next year I hope I'm not at school. I did very little all day except play football at recess. After school I took a bath at the roundhouse and had a haircut. I attended the hockey practice after supper but turned in a disgusting performance. 

<p>December 23rd 1937, Thursday
<br>Bill was in a hurry to get me up and down to the station but his hurrying was not needed as the train was twenty minutes late. By dint of fast traveling it brought us to Winnipeg on time whereupon we ate at the "Metropolitan". Then mother and I ordered a new pair of skates for me, the first new pair I have ever had. I casually looked over Eaton's and Hudson's Bay during the day. The main part of the afternoon I spent touring the Fort Rouge shops, roundhouse as well. I saw about 60 engines during the day altogether. Just as I finished walking once around the backshops containing more machinery than I ever saw before a guy asked me for my permit and as I hadn't any I left the premises regretfully. After supper I went to a show with Mother in the Playhouse theatre where I saw some good vaudeville the chief wonder of which was a boy who could slide down a greased tight rope standing on his head. We slept at Gregory's. Before I went to bed however I went to the bus station with Clarence Folson who was expecting a visitor from the United States. 

<p>December 24th 1937, Friday
<br>After a not too early rising a taxi conveyed us to the CP station where we took the train for Holmfield. Just as we left the station I caught a glimpse of one of the CP's new streamliners just built this year. I read a book most of the way out. Wesley Nelson was on the train all the way to Pilot Mound where Aunty Eva and her three children got on. I talked to Mark while the train was stopped. At Clearwater I had a short chat with Jack Corbett whom I wrote two days ago. I changed to go to the mill soon after we arrived at Holmfield. After supper I tried out my new skates but I wasn't able to skate very well not being used to them. It seems queer not having Abe around now that he is married and living in his own house. 

<p>December 25th 1937, Saturday
<br>I sat around the house all morning but went for a skate after dinner. Dad came in the train while I was skating. We had a grand Christmas dinner before 5 0'clock with Abe, Amy, Laurence, and Hilda present besides the rest. After that and a rest we all played cards until late. We opened the presents early in the afternoon whence I got two pair of socks a swell new tie and a box of chocolates. I enjoyed a little game of hockey at the rink during the morning. 

<p>December 26th 1937, Sunday
<br>Although the girls went to church after breakfast I didn't. However I went in the afternoon with the rest. At Abe's place after church we kids ate up a whole plate and a half of candy. After supper I looked at the old postcards and "chewed the rag" with the women Eva being a great arguer. 

<p>December 27th 1937, Monday
<br>Dad woke me up to say farewell so I jumped out to go to the train to see him off. I passed nearly the whole day at the curling rink as I was in a school bonspiel on "Scotty" Jamieson's rink. We lost our game in each event, the Grand Challenge in the morning and the Consolation in the afternoon. Eva and Mary also curled Iva being on the rink which won first in the Consolation. Lawrence spent the whole day at Rolla where he went to play bowling. After supper the bunch played "bridge" but I played "Hearts" with Mert, Bill, Enid and the others. Beforehand I enjoyed myself skating. 

<p>December 28th 1937, Tuesday
<br>Again I went to meet a train early only this time it was to see Eva, Mert, Enid and Iva off home via the CP. I also saw Bill Colpitts while I was there as he is still braking on the old "Turkey Train". For the first time in my holiday I spent a day at the mill where there was naught to do but talk in the morning and chopping for Alec all afternoon. I visited the curling rink after supper where I watched a couple of games in the open bonspiel.

<p>December 29th 1937, Wednesday
<br>For the 3rd morning I met a train only this time I stayed on it. We left early because I want to play hockey at Melville tomorrow. I saw Jack Corbett at Clearwater again. When we arrived in Winnipeg I immediately went to the Dominion Theatre with Mother and Mary, and Bill to see the John Holden players in "Penny Aunty". We had to wait in line to buy tickets but were extremely fortunate in getting the last four seats in the house. I enjoyed the performance tremendously. After a good supper in a Main street café we rode home on number 3. 

<p>December 30th 1937, Thursday
<br>I enjoyed a good sleep in before I got busy preparing for the trip to Melville. I had my skates sharpened and got one of the new blue and orange club uniforms which I like a great deal. On the trip up I spent most of the time admiring the scenery from one of the new air-conditioned day coaches. Soon after our arrival we ate at the King George hotel. As soon as we were finished we walked to the rink where we put on our duds. Jack Crittendon acted as coach because Cowan was unable to come. After the game, we defeated them 6-2 I being able to play about half time, I sought out Elsie Reid my last year's gal and spent the rest of the time skating with her. She and her sisters took me to up to their house after skating was over. I found dad, who came to Melville with us, all ready there listening to a hockey game over the radio. After some eats dad and I walked to the station to catch the train I never slept a wink all the way home but talked with the guys in the bunk below me. 

<p>December 31st 1937, Friday
<br>Due to the trip yesterday I had a notoriously bad cough all day so mother made the New Year's Dance "taboo" as far as I was concerned. Contrary to my expectations I wasn't the least bit disappointed. I slept so soundly that I didn't even hear the whistles and bells at midnight. I spent my day reading or listening to the radio. I had a rest on the davenette during the most of the afternoon because I needed sleep after the trip and hockey game yesterday. 

<p>January 1st 1938, Saturday
<br>The year 1937 has passed so quietly that I am scarcely aware of its having passed. My first day of 1938 I spent in bed trying to rid myself of the cold I have. Of course I had nothing to do but read and dream of Melville's game. I remodeled a toy log cabin of Bill's before I willingly dozed off. 

<p>January 2nd 1938, Sunday
<br>After breakfast in bed I commenced to build a boxcar with my meccano set. This kept me busy all day. My cold seemed no better at the end of the day then previously. The shadow of school again begins to loom over my otherwise lazy existence. 

<p>January 3rd 1938, Monday
<br>For some reason or other the powers that be gave us the day for a holiday school not commencing until tomorrow. I passed the day building away at my boxcar which at the end of the day was yet incomplete due to various rebuildings. Llyod came to visit me before supper bringing me some reading matter. I got up to eat supper as staying in bed doesn't appear to be aiding my cold at all. 

<p>January 4th 1938, Tuesday 
<br>I stayed under the covers most of the morning but I went to the big brick building after dinner thinking of the hard grind between now and Easter. "Danny" didn't show up at school all day as he is cleaning snow out of switches fo rthe railroad which I wish I were also doing. After 4 I delivered the Liberties. I read a fair while before I reluctantly did any homework after supper. 

<p>January 5th 1938, Wednesday
<br>I believe I smashed all my former records by remaining in bed until 9:15 on a school morning. I merely sat around looking stupid all day not playing football at recess because of my cold. After school I tried to get some foolscap to use in my notebooks for school work not being able to pinch school stuff any more. I did my daily bit of homework before retiring early. 

<p>January 6th 1938, Thursday
<br> I was downstairs a few minutes earlier than yesterday so I had time to eat some porridge."Danny" and I spent both recesses setting up a physics experiment. We took part in a Chemistry experiment after recess. I spent my after school time in reading but worked at school work after supper. 

<p>January 7th 1938, Friday
<br>I managed to arrive on time at school but I thought of nothing all day other than the fact that the hockey team is going to Moline tomorrow. We in the Physics class had an experiment after recess. There ws hockey after supper. 

<p>January 8th 1938, Saturday
<br>Of course I permitted myself to stay under the covers until quite late as per usual for Saturday. When I got down town I found we were to leave for Moline about 1pm so I came back to the house to pack my kit bag. It was about 1:30 when we left the pool room in Elliot's small cream truck in which we rods as far as Wolstenholme's farm. It was a chilly ride because the truck was open. From the farm we completed the journey in an open sleigh having a great time pushing each other out. We played as soon as we got dressed on arriving at the rink. Moline held their own fairly well for the first two periods as we were not used to the small rink but after the third period with score was 8-3 in our favor. I was pleased with myself for having effectively "taken out" the best and biggest opponent twice in succession. After the game we were served with a lunch in the rink after which we al piled into the sleigh for the return trip to Wolstenholme's. We kept warm by punching each other or running behind the sleigh. We traveled the remainder of the way home in Taylor's truck which picked us up at the farm while returning from Brandon. We had to wait nearly an hour and a half for it which time we spent listening to Wolstenholme's radio and enjoying a lovely pot of coffee made by Mrs. Wolstenholme. We had to walk a short distance to meet the truck but I enjoyed the walk on such a beautiful snow white starry night. As the truck had a heavy load of furniture and gas on it almost got stuck a mile from the six-mile corner so we had to get out and push. I didn't realize how tired I wa until after I got between the sheets.

<p>January 9th 1938,Sunday 
<br>As is usually the case I had little time before Sunday school after which I did no homework as I should have done. I attended a poorly attended church service after supper listening to the radio after that. 

<p>January 10th 1983, Monday 
<br>After a drowsy day in school I wrote up the game at Moline afterwards taking it to the Gazette Office for publication. At the hockey practice after supper I learned that there will be a return game from Moline on Wednesday and one from Cardale on Thursday. The weather was lovely and mild for this time of the year rendering the hockey practice more comfortable than the average one. 

<p>January 11th 1938, Tuesday
<br>School days have become particularly shiftless since I have begun to have no homework done. It is hard to remain interested in the work when I haven't it done. Everyone treats football at recess as a great joke much to Mr. Stewart's annoyance. After school until bedtime I laboued at homework managing to catch up in Analytics for the first time since my sickness.

<p>January 12th 1938, Wednesday
<br>The weather remained warm and calm much to the boys gratification because Moline came to play a return game of hockey after supper. We played sloppy but Moline played sloppier so we beat them 10-4. They were given a lunch afterwards but I went home to do a little Trigonometry before turning in. The hockey game was first home game for our new uniforms. 

<p>January 13th 1938, Thursday
<br> I spent a humdrum day at school playing recess football as usual. I delivered my magazines after school. Cardale sent a hockey team over to play us in the evening. Our team had beaten them 7-2 at Cardale when I was away but in the game here they tied us 3-3. I only played in the first and second periods. Our team helped them east a lunch put up by us after the game. I went to the train with Jack Hanlon before I came home to bed. 

<p>January 14th 1938, Friday
<br> The school part of the day was uninteresting even to a Physics experiment before closing time. Because we took the ice last night for hockey skating was held to-night instead. I decided at first not go but because of the warm evening I did go. It was my first skate at home in quite a long time. Jack Hanlon stood me to a drink at Pooles' on our way home. 

<p>January 15th 1938, Saturday
<br>Although unable to rise before 10 o'clock I had enough gumption to start doing homework before dinner. After the meal, however I walked to the station and thence to the roundhouse in order to collect engine numbers. I also visited a dead engine later in the day. Even if after supper, the weather was stormy, I enjoyed my skate as much as last night, remaining as I did until "Lights Out." I wrote up the two hockey games of last week during the afternoon so they would get a good place in next Thursday's "Gazette". 

<p>January 16 1938, Sunday
<br> There was plenty of snow around when I first looked out but the weather was still marvelously mild for January. I started at Trigonometry directly after breakfast managing to catch up before the end of the day. It was my turn to light the Sunday School fire and as I forgot the hall was cold for Sunday School. I worked on more Trigonometry as soon as I arrived at home again continuing after supper until 8 o'clock when I began listening to the radio. 

<p>January 17th 1938, Monday
<br>It felt good to be up in at least one subject but when we had a Trigonometry test after dinner I didn't do so well. We had a fair hockey practice after supper. 

<p>January 18th 1938, Tuesday
<br>Everyone at school was talking of our team proposing to enter the juvenile playoffs as told us last night by the executive. We also got a good bawling out last night for not behaving as a hockey team should. We decided also to get numbers on the back and CNR of the front of our uniforms before Saturday's game with Transcona. I got a good bit of homework done after supper tonight. 

<p>January 19th 1938, Wednesday 
<br>The "Mounties" have caught the fellow who broke into several stores here last week and everyone is relieved that he is a stranger. I delivered my Liberties after school taking my time about it. Instead of regular hockey practice in the evening we played the seniors getting licked 5-2 in a slow game. Jack Tivy who was at our place for supper played for the seniors. He is going to Edson tomorrow where he will remain until the show at Elkhorn is reopened when he will run it. 

<p>January 20th 1938 Thursday
<br> I was up around 8 o'clock as I have coaxed myself away from 9'oclock rising on school mornings. Mother went to Hanlon's in the afternoon to help put the numbers on our hockey sweaters. She brought my number 10 home with her. As I didn't like the position of the number she changed it for me during the evening while I plugged away at Algebra. 

<p>January 21st 1938, Friday 
<br>Although the sky was cloudy all morning the sun raised the temperature almost to the melting point in the afternoon. We had a light practice after school but I found it heavy on the wind as my skates were newly sharpened and there were cinders on the ice. After the evening meal I did a little homework before listening to Braddock beat Farr on points in a 10 round boxing bout over the radio. 

<p>January 22nd 1938, Saturday
<br> The day dawned clear and warm for our hockey game with Transcona who arrived on number 1. I met then at the station. After they had eaten at the hotel "Danny and I took them around to where they were to be billeted for the night. Two named Dick Turner and Art Hepworth came to our place. All around the visiting team looked pretty good to me, I felt a little bit funny after supper when while we were dressing in my room I found out that Heporth played for the Manitoba Midget Champions two years ago. The game however was definitely the best of the season although we were beaten 5 to 3. I played a little in each period. After the game I changed to go to the dance. There was a short heavy snowfall between the game and the dance which would have made an ideal ski. I enjoyed the dancing in the hotel even though there was a poor turnout. I slept on the lounge for the night letting the visitors sleep upstairs. 

<p>January 23rd 1938, Sunday
<br> As the two Transcona fellows at our place had a game at home in the afternoon they left on the early train so mother and I got up at 10 after 5 to get their breakfast. I went with them to the train to see them off. Both seem quite nice fellows. When the train pulled out I followed Hoddy Cowan to the roundhouse where I stayed until he quit work at 8 am. I got quite a bit of running the turntable at 6:30 to get 1st 403's engine out. I also rode her up to the coal dock while she got more coal. When I finally did get home I turned right back after breakfast to take a bath. As Johnny Lusney happened along at the same time we bathed together. Before Sunday School I walked to the station with "Hanny" and the Trnasona fellow who stayed at his place. He didn't return to Transona until number 2. After Sunday School I of course did some homework but I went to church in the evening. 

<p>January 24th 1938, Monday
<br> School was its usual dull self with plenty of extra homework piled on. After supper we ha a good hockey practice at the conclusion of which I worked at homework. 

<p>January 25th 1938, Tuesday
<br>I delivered my magazines after school with little discomfort as the weather still holds warm. I tried after supper without success to do a great deal of school work. 

<p>January 26th 1938, Wednesday
<br> Hockey practice after 7:15 was the best this year for me. I managed to get right through the opposite side twice during the pick-up game only to have the goalies stop my shot. 

<p>January 27th 1938, Thursday
<br> The weather has continued warm so far but I can't take advantage of it to go skiing as I have other winters. An instance of what too much schooling has done. Curling seems to be popular this year with quite a few watching the games in the new rink. 

<p>January 28th 1938, Friday
<br> Our usual Friday Physics experiment carried on until quite a while after school which is also the usual procedure. After the evening meal I donned my hockey outfit to play the seniors again. As our team ws really up and at them we defeated them 14-6. I came home highly elated at scoring my first goal so far this season. The goad gave me double pleasure due to the fact that I have been kidding Bill Damula, the senior goalie, for a week that I would score on him and then laugh in his face. 

<p>January 29th 1938, Saturday
<br> I worked pretty well all day at Algebra in order to catch up in that subject. I listened to the radio after supper because it was too miserable outside for skating. 

<p>January 30th 1938, Sunday
<br> Soon after breakfast I went to light the Sunday School fire only to find Tom Richardson there before me so I only helped him. What other time I had during the day besides time for Sunday School and church I spent at school work. 

<p>January 31st 1938, Monday
<br> As soon as I arrived downstairs Mary asked me to look at the thermometer in which all the liquid was gathered in the bulb meaning that the temperature was at least 40o below zero. January was mild except for the last day. The temperature moderated to 18o by 7:15 pm. When I went to hockey practice. Strange to say, I was as warm as at any practice during the season, after I had warmed my feet once. 

<p>February 1st 1938, Tuesday
<br> The day was not so severe as yesterday but there was still enough frost for everyone. I delivered the Liberty after school. I managed to do very little homework in the evening which I thought very disgusting.

<p>February 2nd 1938, Wednesday
<br> I didn't manage to do any homework before school because I have been getting up too late recently. The hockey practice which I attended in the evening was real fast. 

<p>February 3rd 1938, Thursday
 <br>I got the new "Railroad Magazine" at noon so I had something to read after 4. I did so much homework after the evening meal before I quit to write a letter to Jack Corbett about the trip I will be making to Portage and Transcona with our hockey team this weekend. 

<p>February 4th 1938, Friday
<br> I spent my time after school preparing to leave on number 4 tomorrow with the hockey team although I didn't really pack until after the practice in the evening.

<p>February 5th 1938, Saturday
<br>I awakened at 5:30 on hearing dad's alarm so I had plenty of time to reach the train. For a change the gang were quiet all the way down to Portage where we got off. First of all some of us bought sticks in the hardware uptown. Our game was from 10am to 11 am so we only had two 25 minute periods with a 10 minute intermission. The Portage juveniles whom we played were able to beat us 7-1, Sinclair getting our only goal. I played a good deal of the time. After the game Phil Charron and I went home with one of the Portage players for dinner. His name was Keith Elwood. During the afternoon I went to the show "Alcatraz" with "Hanny" besides playing about 3 games of bowling winning only one. I had supper with Phil at the same place as we had dinner. The Elwood's seem really nice people. After the meal we all went to the junior hockey game between Portage and Kenora. Portage "Terriers" winning by 9-1. Despite the uneven score the game was better than the one we saw last year. I lost two bowling games to "Hanny" after the game before I decided that it was time to go to Elwood's to sleep. 

<p>February 6th 1938, Sunday
<br> Mrs Elwood called Phil and I around 7:15 but we didn't get downstairs to the swell breakfast she gave us until 7:45. After eating we just nicely caught number 4 which we rode to Winnipeg where we were met by a couple of Transcona men. They had already chartered a bus to take us to Transcona so we were soon there. As soon a swe got to the rink we were given sandwiches and cake. As the game wasn't until 2 o'clock I headed over to the CNR backshops to look around. They were all locked up so I was unable to get a permit to go through. However after visiting the roundhouse and taking the numbers of over 50 engines in the "boneyard" I got into the erecting shop through a back door. I walked slowly around looking over the engines under repair which included a couple of 6000's. Soon after I returned to the rink it was time to dress for the game. Jack Crittenden coached us during the game as Hoddy Cowan had to go back to rivers to work last night. I played a good deal of the latter part of the game. We seemed to play all right but we lost 8-1 so something ws certainly lacking. After the game the whole team was escorted by a Mr. Donnet to his house where we were served with a swell dinner by some nice looking girls two of whom had over a dozen swimming cups on display. At 5:30 our bus called at the door taking us direct to the Union Depot in Winnipeg where we boarded number 3. After an unusually quiet trip home we piled off to be greeted by the boos of those at the station Dad and I walked straight home to bed. 

<p>February 7th 1938, Monday 
<br>I did little more than stay awake all day in school. When I got home before supper I penned a short writeup of the Gazette on the two weekend defeats. As some stayed in Portage and Transcona on our way home yesterday there wasn't any real hockey practice after supper so I tried to do homework with no success. 

<p>February 8th 1938, Tuesday
<br> We held a mass high-school meeting during the first recess to start our annual school bonspiel. We have prospects of 16 rinks taking in grades 7 and 8. I only succeeded in getting a few trigonometry questions done for my night's homework. 

<p>February 9th 1938, Wednesday
<br> In our English period before noon we had to leave our room so Miss Boyd could rehearse a song for the education weeks programme which began in the afternoon for the first three rooms. Our Physics class had an expansion experiment just before 3:45. We had a keen hockey practice in the evening with most of the boys except yours truly going all out. 

<p>February 10th 1938, Thursday
<br> At school I had nothing done all day which has ceased to concern the teachers in the least. After school I rehearsed a Physics experiment and talk with "Danny" and Helen Davis which we are to present tomorrow afternoon in connection with education week. Somehow or other I was unable to do school work during the evening so I listened to the Portage "terriers" beat the Winnipeg "Monarchs" 3-2 in an exciting hockey game at Portage. 

<p>February 11th 1938, Friday
<br>We usually get the morning off the last day of education week to prepare for the afternoon program but Stewart started running regular periods when we got to school so "Danny" and I left the room spending our morning in the lab and basement. After noon the parents all came to listen to our program. I had to speak on a Physics experiment which "Danny" and Helen Davis performed. They said I did not bad but I believe my explanations were unclear. I remained home from hockey practice after in the evening because I have a bad cold. I went to sleep all anticipation over tomorrow's school bonspiel. 

<p>February 12th 1938, Saturday
<br> I got out of bed early enough so I could get to the rink by 9:20 when I curled. My rink composed of Bob Bradt, Anna Blandfort, Tom Bartlett, and myself was sadly defeated my Norma Grummetts rink the score being 10-3. I hated like the dickens to lose the game to Norma but I played terribly. I spent all afternoon at the rink watching other games until supper time. Mary cooked the day's meals as mother went to Winnipeg. It snowed heavily all night practically. I listened to the Winnipeg "Monarchs" beat Portage "Terriers" 2-1 in a game played at Portage after 9:30pm.My sympathies were with the "Terriers" as I saw them perform at Portage two weeks ago and I know several of the players by sight. 

<p>February 13th 1938, Sunday
<br> Soon after breakfast I waded over to the Parish Hall through two feet of snow to light the fires. I didn't get at my homework until after Sunday School when I proceeded to catch up in French again. I listened to the radio after dad came home from church. 

<p>February 14th 1938,Monday
<br> When I got to school I found out that almost all the guys in grade 9 were shoveling snow for the railroad so when I came home at noon I tried to get on but was unable to. I managed to go quite a little homework before I went to sleep. 

<p>February 15th 1938, Tuesday
<br>I was out of bed at 7 am so I could go down to the yards to try for a fob shoveling snow like the rest of the gang but I was turned down again. However I got a nice little pile of homework done before school because of my earlier rising. After school I delivered the weekly magazine through the deep snow. Again after supper I got busy at homework. 

<p>February 16th 1938, Wednesday 
<br>I am beginning to get caught up at school but so far I haven't got all the way yet. I got a long letter from Jack Corbett after school as well as my birth certificate which will enable me to play hockey in the juvenile playoffs. There was no hockey practice in the evening because the rink hasn't been cleaned off yet.
 February 17th 1938, Thursday
 School was ruffled a bit by the news of impending examinations to begin next Friday a week from tomorrow. I worked at regular homework during the evening but accomplished little. 

<p>February 18th 1938, Friday
<br> After school I was detained because of an experiment in Physics. I was on skates after supper for the first time in a week. Wee played and beat the seniors 8-1 but the game disgusted me anyway because of the way our own team acted. 

<p>February 19th 1938, Saturday
<br> It seemed rather early to get up at 7:15 as I had to in order to curl in the Consolation event of the school bonspiel at 8 am. Curling our first game against Frank Vaculka's rink my ring won 8-2 but I curled no better than last week. In my second game I was beaten 9-3 by Phil Charron who is curling swell for a kid. My rink curled good in the second game but I let them down horribly. Despite my cold I took in the skating during the evening thoroughly enjoying myself. I visited with Jack Hanlon after dinner. 

<p>February 20th 1938, Sunday
<br> All I did during the day was attend Sunday School and church. I had previously intended to work at school work but I wasn't in the mood for it at all. 

<p>February 21st 1938, Monday
<br> The school day passed very quietly but was still very boring. At hockey practice after supper the boys told me Buster had been killed by a train along with Dan, Stevenson's dog. I only half believed them until his nibs didn't show up before I went to bed. 

<p>February 22nd 1938, Tuesday 
<br>I stayed in bed until 9:15 so I didn't go to school until recess. When I got there everyone was talking dogs. Besides the two killed yesterday Mr. Hill came out about 8:45 this morning and shot Young's dog with his shotgun because its barking kept him awake. Riddicks's dog had to be killed also because its paw got infected. Poor buster got cut right in half by number 1 yesterday near the ice house. Stevinson's dog only got hurt badly so he had to be killed. Engine 6047 did the dirty work. Youngs are considering taking action against Hill for shooting their dog right in the street. Some of the shot even peppered Principal "Wilfie's" s house. 

<p>February 23rd 1938, Wednesday
<br> Stewart bawled the deuce out of me as soon as school opened because I didn't have any Trigonometry homework done. He was real peeved because he called me a stubborn cuss which I may be or may not be. At hockey practice after dark Collingwood picked on "Danny" for a scrap. Collingwood was getting the worst of it as they rolled on the ice but the thing was soon broken up. 

<p>February 24th 1938, Thursday
<br> I got up a bit earlier to make sure of having some Trigonometry done for school. The weather was rather warm all day the snow even melting a tiny bit. 

<p>February 25th 1938, Friday As soon as I went outside to go to school I knew it would thaw during the day and it sure did. The ice was ruined as far as hockey practice after upper went. We were supposed to play the seniors again. After supper I wandered down to the roundhouse where I talked to the men until I walked home with "Kinky" after 9 0'clock. I got back home just in time to listen to a radio drama. We wrote Prose before dinner. 

<p>February 26th 1938, Saturday
<br> We were supposed to have a hockey practice at 9 o'clock in the morning but after getting up early I found it hadn't frozen enough during the night to make the ice fit to skate on the sun was out melting the rink still more all day. I was doing Algebra most of the day except that I visited number 1. I watched part of a curling game before 9:30 in the evening. Only one ice was ready to use because of the weather. 

<p>February 27th 1938, Sunday
<br> As I didn't feel like remaining in bed I made the breakfast. I spent the morning playing "shiny" with the kids on our front sidewalk. I went to light the Sunday School fire after noon only to find it already lit. I spent a small amount of time doing homework during the afternoon. After supper I went to church where we had Mr. Offen for guest speaker. I listened to the radio for a short time before retiring. 

<p>February 28th 1938, Monday
<br> I managed to make school in time to study my Algebra well enough so that I was able to answer all but 15% of the paper which is a 100% improvement over the 30% I was unable to answer of Friday's English paper because of lack of time. There was plenty of small talk floating around all day because a gang of kids snowballed M. Buhr on Friday night chasing him all the way home. Bert Skylega also called him a lot of dirty names. Doug Young also quit school in the afternoon recess rather than pay five bucks for the cost of repairing a Galvanometer which he burnt out when I was sick. I started homework about 5:30 after school only stopping for supper between then and 10pm. 

<p>March 1st 1938, Tuesday
<br> March came in like a lamb for it was calm and the sun shone all day. School rolled smoothly most of the day in our room. After school I delivered magazines but after supper I tried to do homework. 

<p>March 2nd 1938, Wednesday 
<br>Miss MacDonald sent me out of the room in her afternoon period because I was talking but although I was quaking in my boots Mr. Stewart didn't even roast me. Not nearly so much snow melted during the day as has so far this week because of the fact that it was 10 below zero in the morning. 

<p>March 3rd 1938, Thursday
<br> I was overjoyed when I got up to find the thermometer at 20o below because it means that we will be able to play Brandon here on Saturday in a Juvenile playoff game. They wanted to come tomorrow to play in the afternoon but realizing that we wouldn't get any money at such a game Mr. Grant had the date changed to Saturday evening. I watched some curling in the women's bonspiel after school was over. 

<p>March 4th 1938, Friday
<br> I spent what time I had in the morning reviewing formulae for the Trigonometry exam in the afternoon. Although I wrote as fast as possible on it I was unable to finish completely. My mark in Monday's Algebra exam came back as 75.after 3:45 I donned my hockey togs for a practice at the rink, the first one in over a week. There was skating at night because of the hockey tomorrow. During the major part of the evening I played croquignole with Lloyd, Jack, and Ab Goodeve, at Wareham's. 

<p>March 5th 1938, Saturday 
<br>I had to get up early so Mary could curl at 9:30 in the bonspiel. I went to the skating ring around 9 o'clock to help put in the ice lines and flood. I spent the latter part of the forenoon watching the bonspiel. Almost immediately at the conclusion of dinner I went to meet the Brandon team who came on number 1. After hanging around the hotel or pool room all afternoon I brought two of the players to our place for supper. When they had left for the hotel I stepped into the proper duds for the game. I was slightly nervous because I knew we probably had but an outside chance to win. The whole town was wild with joy when we won by 2-0. Twenty dollars was the gate taken in for the game so we had a record crowd for this town. When Collingwood scored the first goal there as a louder roar than I have heard in any rink. "Richie" scored the second goal. The game was livened up by two disputes over what Brandon thought were goals. One was kicked in and the other hit the post. I was ticked at the end of the game when I made good the opportunity to clear the puck out of our goal mouth just in the nick of time. I played the whole game minus four minutes for penalties on two accidental trips. After the game I changed, went to number 3, then hung out at Poole's until 12:30. The two fellows supposed to sleep at our place never showed up for some unknown reason. 

<p>March 6th 1938, Sunday
<br> It was around 8:30 when I began breakfast for the family. After reading yesterday's paper I helped dad put some wood in the cellar until it was time to light the Sunday School fires. As per usual Sunday routine I attacked school work arrears during the latter half of the afternoon. I escaped church by helping Mary with her Geometry. 

<p>March 7th 1938, Monday
<br> We wrote Composition during the afternoon. We didn't know until a few weeks ago that we would have a separate Composition paper. We now write four 3 hour English papers in the final exams, which only shows how overloaded and overemphasized our English course is. I wrote up Saturday's game after school. I also read the fair sized write-up which was in the day's Free Press. As it didn't melt much during the day we were able to have a regular hockey practice in the evening to prepare for a return game on Wednesday at Brandon.

<p>March 8th 1938, Tuesday
<br> Naturally all the school talk is about Saturday's game or tomorrow's game. About 50 boosters are accompanying us to Brandon for the game. I find myself rather excited but also fearful lest we lose the second game. I had my skates sharpened after school before visiting the roundhouse to see which engine had brought in the East way freight. I wasted my study hours looking at backnumbers of "Railroad Magazine". 

<p>March 9th 1938, Wednesday
<br> I went to school for the morning but I stayed home after dinner to prepare for the trip to Brandon. On boarding number 2 I found the train crowded with people from here going to the game. At Brandon North we all loaded into 3 buses which took us to the Prince Edward hotel in Brandon. I looked over the CPR roundhouse with Bob Bradt and "Sunny" before eating supper with the team at the hotel at 4:30. Between then and going to the rinks at 6:30 I lay around in the two rooms which we had the use of. I was much surprised by the Brandon rink which is the largest I have ever seen or played hockey in. The game started before 7:30. We managed to hold Brandon down for most of the first period until in the last three minutes they scored two goals. The second period was the wildest I have ever seen with only 3 men on each team besides the goalkeepers for a full five minutes. Brandon scored 3 more goals during the period. The last period came off more smoothly each team getting one goal which made the final count 6-1. Brandon thus won the round from us 6-3 on total goals. I played so poorly that I was off the ice most of the second and third periods. I got only one penalty, the first one in the game. When I got it I certainly didn't realize there would be 19 other penalties besides. It took so long to play that we didn't have time to change before taking the bus to Brandon North. As I result I left my good pants hanging in the dressing room. I felt very depressed all the way home because of this and our having lost the game. Nevertheless I made plenty of noise along with the others on the train. They had to hold number 3 for 7 minutes at Brandon North waiting for our bus which was the last. All the buses were crowded because 100 people came from Rivers all together. I had only one thing to be satisfied over during the whole day and that thing was that I saw two of the new CPR streamliners in Brandon. Of course I didn't object to missing the afternoon of school. 

<p>March 10th 1938, Thursday
<br> As usual for after a loss, everyone on the team stood in for plenty of kidding during the day. I felt much better at noon when dad told me he had phoned the rink manager in Brandon who said he would sent my pants back on number 1 with some of the fellows who were left behind last night. When I got home after school the pants were already there waiting for me. I worked at schoolwork during the evening. 

<p>March 11th 1938, Friday
<br> School passed quietly without my getting into any trouble over no work done. After school I began writing a letter to Jack Corbett finishing it after the meal. I went to number 3 to meet mother who was in Winnipeg for the day. 

<p>March 12th 1938, Saturday
<br> I wasted the morning I had previously intended to spend on homework. After dinner I went around to get dependency forms signed to send away for passes to take the hockey team to Melville on Thursday or Friday if their ice doesn't melt. I listened to radio programs during the evening. 

<p>March 13 1938, Sunday 
<br>I spent the morning playing 'shinny" with the kids. After Sunday school I did some school work, but precious little. I went to church after supper although I really didn't want to. 

<p>March 14th 1938, Monday
<br> Even though cloudy all day it melted considerable. Homework in the evening provided less than the usual interest so very little was done. I wrote a letter to the friend in Melville letting her know that the team might go up later in the week. 

<p>March 15th 1938, Tuesday
<br> A game with Melville looks highly improbable as it didn't even freeze last night continuing to melt all day of course. I wrote a French exam in the afternoon in which I feel I did fairly well. 

<p>March 16th 1938, Wednesday
<br> The only amusement provided at school seems to be by irritating Miss MacDonald in the English periods. I spent the afternoon recess preparing a Physics experiment which we did in the next period. I covered a little more school work that usual in the evening. 

<p>March 17th 1938, Thursday
 <br>The melting continued all day so the trip to Melville is just about definitely off for this year. I got back to school at noon I found the radio going with the US secretary of state's speech on the US foreign policy. We listened along with Mr. Stewart for about 15 minutes of the first period. After school I engaged in a rough and ready game of "shinny" in front of McKenzie's. Feeling ran a bit high between "Sunny" and I over "slugging" but no scraps took place. Bill and I had supper alone at home as the rest ate a St. Patricks's day Irish stew at the Parish Hall. I was much moved after supper on listening to the "March of Time" on the radio which dramatized Hitler's recent complete occupation of Austria. Germany and Italy now openly contempt the other powers. Britain it seems has taken a very weak stand. There may be a terrible war within the next week as the civil war in Spain seems to be almost over, the rebels, backed by Italy, being the winners. If Italy takes possession of Spain, trouble may result. 

<p>March 18 1938, Friday
<br>The thaw continued all day as did school. I busied myself at night with homework and also the reading of a magazine. I spent some time in school drawing an engine which came to my fancy. 

<p>March 19th 1938, Saturday
<br>I didn't get up particularly late but I spent practically the whole day working on the drawing which I began yesterday. I listened to the radio for a time after super before taking a bath at the station. While I was out of the house I walked through the roundhouse to see what engines were in. I stayed around until number 3 came in. Eunice and Fred Oakley came down from Edson with Jack Tivy in the afternoon so Jack slept with me. 

<p>March 20th 1938, Sunday
After breakfast I played shinny with Bill until after noon when I put on my hockey duds to have our pictures taken. It'll be the last time I'll put on my uniform until next season because the long thaw hasn't let up. In fact there are plenty of bikes and cars out now. When I got down to our rink for picture taking however I was surprised that no ground was showing. However there was a foot of water in some places. We had group and single pictures taken on the strip of ice protected by the wall from the sun. Finally we had team pictures taken in front of the post-office. I listened to the radio from supper time until bed-time. 

<p>March 21st 1938, Monday
<br>When I first looked out of my window I was startled to see the ground white with snow but I was also disappointed when I found that it hadn't frozen enough during the night to freeze the ponds for skating. I tried to do schoolwork after supper but I did very little as I ran into a tough old Trigonometry problem. 

<p>March 22nd 1938, Tuesday
<br> Jack didn't sleep with me last night as he left for Elkhorn on the early train this morning to run the picture show for the summer. I played Donald McKenzie two games of checkers in the evening before I began to study for tomorrow's Physics examination. 

<p>March 23rd 1938, Wednesday I studied Physics until school started but I mustn't have studied hard enough for I was twenty marks short of finishing the paper. During the latter part of the afternoon we had an experiment on the refraction of light. I worked at Trigonometry after supper except for a break about 8 pm to listen to a radio drama.
 
<p>March 24th 1938, Thursday
<br>The hockey pictures taken on Sunday only turned out fair. Some were good while others were poor. I worked at school work most of the time after closing time. 

<p>March 25th 1938, Friday
<br> I came straight home after school as dad said he wanted me but when I got home he didn't give me anything to do so I stayed in the house. I played some "shinny" with Bill after supper until darkness came when I went to the roundhouse with "Hanny" where we got three rides on engines with Mr. Bellamy.

<p>March 26th 1938, Saturday
<br>"Hanny" and I decided to take some hockey pictures of ourselves so after buying the film and changing into our uniforms we walked to the big slough where we put on our skates. As there wasn't any ice we stood on boards just under the surface of the water while Mary snapped the pictures. We hope the water gives the appearance of ice. We tried to get a picture of number 1 after dinner but couldn't because several freight cars were in the way. I took the bike out in the morning as I promised Bill I'd take a picture of him with the bike. I rode to the rumble bridge with "Hanny" just before dinner. I passed most of the afternoon splitting greenwood. "Hanny" and I had two more engine rides in the dark. 

<p>March 27th 1938, Sunday
<br>Soon after I had finished breakfast I lit the fires for Sunday School which I attended after number one went out. Even though it was bright and sunny all day I had to spend the remainder of my afternoon preparing for an English exam which we will write on Monday. I took time off during the evening to go to church as well as to listen to a radio serial. 

<p>March 28th 1938, Monday 
<br>I spent what time I had to spare during the morning in learning memory work for the examination which we wrote after dinner. I just nicely got finished the examination which rather surprised me as did the fact that I felt I had written a good paper after having done very little studying. I played the first real game of pool in my life after school when Bob Bradt took me on and of course licked me. I began to study for Thursday's examination in Analytics after supper. The weather was clear most of the day but it clouded up before the afternoon was over and by the time I retired we had had our first rainstorm of 1938. 

<p>March 29th 1938, Tuesday
<br> Miss MacDonald sent "Danny" Helen Davies, and myself out of the room for both her periods because we didn't have our English homework done. We spent the first period in Stewart's room and the second one in the lab. The weather was cloudy all day with a few slight showers. I did the required English homework during the evening. 

<p>March 30th 1938, Wednesday
<br>Mother had to teach school yesterday and today as Miss Morrison is sick. I spent two English periods out but I came back for the 3rd one. I could have been in for the first two because I had the work done but I preferred to draw engines in the basement. I got 91 in English drama which we wrote on Monday. It was my highest high school English mark. I stayed after school for a while in order to complete an experiment in Physics. During the evening I reviewed Analytical Geometry for tomorrow's exam until I got tired. The weather was cold and nasty all day developing into a regular blizzard after dark. 

<p>March 31st 1938, Thursday
<br> I got up a little earlier to review Analytics but even at that I couldn't do some of the paper. At noon I went to the slough at the back to try the ice. I found it crackled at every step but as I only nearly got wet once I decided to try skating after four which I did. The ice was rough in most places and very thin causing me to get wet up to my knees on one occasion. Before supper I played a little game of hockey with the kids who also had their skates on. Soon after supper I changed to my good clothes to go to the church play and dance. The play "Cheerio, My Deario" was very good and real funny. In between the play and the dance I played Bob Bradt a revenge game of Snooker beating him by good luck. I had a fair time at the dance but I danced very poorly. I nearly froze my ears off coming home about 1 am so I was sure that March went out like a lion. The old rule held this year as the month started en very gentle fashion. 

<p>April 1st 1938, Friday 
<br>The school day passed in dull fashion. However during the evening I went to Lloyd Wareham's 16 year old birthday party where I had a good time until midnight. There were six other guests besides myself. After School I had skated and played hockey again on the slough which was much more solid than yesterday. 

<p>April 2nd 1938, Saturday
<br> Although I didn't get up very early I had two or more hours good hockey on the slough before dinner. When number 1 came in "Hanny" and I took a picture of the 6044 on the head end to finish up the roll of film. The rest of the afternoon I spent in splitting another pile of wood. I had a bath in the shops in the evening for the first time since it was fixed up swell about two weeks ago. Before I came home I played "Sunny" a game of pool in which I got licked. 

<p>April 3rd 1938, Sunday
<br> I lit the Sunday School fire about an hour before it was time for me to go to Sunday School. The rest of my day I spent reading several hundred pages of Chemistry for tomorrow's exam. 

<p>April 4th 1938, Monday
<br> I spent what time I had in the morning studying Chemistry including an extra period which I stayed out. I wrote the exam until about 4:15 after dinner. When I got home I learned that we were to play hockey at Hamiota in the evening leaving at 6:30. Consequently as soon as I had packed the required togs I had my supper. We had a rowdy trip over in Taylor's big truck. As the roads were good we had a little time before the game started. We had to play the Hamiota Juniors who so far in the season were undefeated so naturally we were somewhat apprehensive. However the score was 3-1 in our favor at the end of the second period and 5-2 at the end of the game. Because of the cold weather recently the ice was as good as any I played on all winter. My performance was only fair but I played about two-thirds of the game. We got the worst referring deal we ever got securing 5 minute penalties for boarding etc. and even our goalkeeper Art Bellamy was penalized once. After hanging around the pool room behind some restaurant we all rode home in the cool moonlight night.
 
<p>April 5th 1938, Tuesday
<br> The day was very quiet except for talk about yesterday's game. The hockey executive is mad and rightly so too, because someone apparently pinched a pool ball yesterday at Hamiota. I started in at Chemistry notes in the evening because I think Mr. Knapp the inspector will be here before Easter. 

<p>April 6th 1938, Wednesday
<br>I finished delivering my magazines after school when I had written 50 lines of poetry for Mr. Stewart because I threw chalk against the outside of the landing window where Mr. Buhr was working at recess. I continued to work at my Chemistry notes after supper. 

<p>April 7th 1938, Thursday
<br> I was up by seven o'clock so I got three more experiments written up before school. The weather has warmed up considerably now so the slough is melted. During the evening I accomplished the recording of some more Chemistry practical works. 

<p>April 8th 1938, Friday 
<br>After school I helped dad dig out a fence post butte of the old back fence which he is going to rebuild. I intended to do school work during the evening but that was as far as I got. 

<p>April 9th 1938, Saturday
<br>I spent part of the morning, part of the afternoon, and part of the evening writing experiments. For the rest of the afternoon I helped dad with the new fence while late in the evening I took a bath at the shops returning in time to see number 3 pull out. 

<p>April 10th 1938, Sunday
<br> As both "Hanny" and Donald McKenzie have been playing golf this year so far I decided to start so I went around the course with Donald before Sunday School managing to do it in 62 compared to his 65. However in the afternoon He reversed this defeat by getting a 60 when I got 64. "Hanny" started the afternoon round with us but was unable to finish. 

<p>April 11th 1938, Monday
<br>I went to the post-office before school where I got the pictures taken two weeks ago. All turned out well. I got to school just in time to start a paper in English Poetry. After school I had intended to play a round of golf but I had to help dad with the fence. 

<p>April 12th 1938, Tuesday
<br> All went well at school s Mr. Knappe didn't come around about our practical examinations. He won't come now until after Easter. I played a good round of golf after school covering the course in 55. After supper I made my only hole in par so far. 

<p>April 13 1938, Wednesday
<br> We got our school reports to-day and I stood second. Harriet Bell beat me for the first time since grade 8 so she stood first. I helped dad with the fence during the late afternoon. After supper I played a round of golf making two holes in par but I didn't break my low of 55. 

<p>April 14th 1938, Thursday
<br> Little was done at school all day it being the last before Easter holidays. I helped dad dig post holes after school but after supper I equaled my previous low of 55 in regard to golf. I played "pick up sticks" with Lloyd Wareham until fairly late after dark.