This is a very full week for Mary and Blanche. Sam drove them to Vancouver, British Columbia, to catch a train to Toronto.

Sunday, July 31, 1949

Today was a busy day. Arose early and did the balance of the mangling and put away the clothes. Then started breakfast. At 10 the Kurths came so we ate a farm breakfast with ham, pancakes and eggs. Just sat and talked. In the afternoon the Oaklands, the Bledsoes (who fish on the Columbia River) and another couple. Then Billy Hyde came in to ask to use the grove. Later Glenn Schotts and his girl came to swim. Bill Hyde�...