Mary Quayle Innis Diary 1964-1968

January 10

1964. Fri. Com. on limiting enrolment. Very cold. Hugh called up. Letter from Anne.

1965. Sun. To Hugh's & babysat. Mild & dull. Read & knitted.

1966. Mon. To United Church Women Com. all day, Nancy Edwards spoke & saw startling film, "The Detached Americans"

1967. Tues. To Lorraine's for afternoon. Hugh sick. I sewed & got dinner. Cold & windy.

1968. Wed. Very cold but sunny. Dountoun & got Anne bthdy present. Worked on revision. Hugh sick. Called Lorraine. To dinner at Jean Hearst's & played Yatzie.

January 11

1964. Sat. To library. Very cold. Heard "Traviata" on my new radio. Knitted & looked over Xmas cards. Donald came at night.

1965. Mon. Dosed my cold. To store. Read & knitted. Letters from Anne & Luella. Wrote letters.

1966. Tues. Letter from Donald. Shopped & to Locke library. Cold. Peggy Rose called up.

1967. Wed. Dountoun & got pictures of H.A.I. To bank & sold Can. Savings bonds.

1968. Thu. Very cold. To United Church House, Literature Com. meeting. Shopped. Lorraine called up.

January 12

1964. Sun. Bkfst with Donald. I to church. With D, Hugh & L. to dinner & to Picasso show at Art Gall. Talked & out to supper. Lovely day.

1965. Tues. Had my hair done. Wrote letters & typed.

1966. Wed. 3 degrees below 0. Vacuumed with new electric broom. Rugs back from cleaner. Shopped. Wrote letters.

1967. Thu. Snowing. Shopped. To Locke library. Phoned Lorraine.

1968. Fri. Very cold. Hugh & Lorraine moved. To Relig. Educ. mtg. at Arts Council all day. Letter from Mary. Very tired.

January 13

1964. Mon. D. at McGraw Hill. He left after lunch. Cold. Council met. Heard Anne Jones on India.

1965. Wed. Lunch at U.W.C. with Ruth Dean, Dr. Dunaj & B. Bassam. Lovely time. To Cent. library.

1966. Thu. Lunch with centennary book Com. & worked with Frances on Hoodless article. To Hugh's for supper & babysat. Snow

1967. Fri. Mild. Relig. Educ. Com. all day. Mrs. McGuire spoke - very exhausting.

1968. Sat. Cold & dull. Letter from Anne. To shop at Loblaws. Sorted & filed papers.

January 14

1964. Tues. Cold. To Cheese Shop & sent cheese to Ian. To Heliconian for dinner - Mrs. Brett spoke on Indian chintzes.

1965. Thu. To Cooks for flights & Anne's tartan. Very cold - zero. Wrote letters.

1966. Fri. Cold. Typed letters. Had permanent & shopped. Letter from Anne.

1967. Sat. up early & got 8 train. Ian & Bay met me. Anne sick with flu. Looked after her, cooked & washed. Rosie's baby born.

1968. Sun. terrible sleet storm. feeling miserable. phoned Lorraine. Read & radio. 12 in. snow fell.