Mary Quayle Innis Diary 1964-1968

November 25

1964. Wed. Got laundry. Mild. Past presidents' lunch at Faculty Club. very cold.

1965. Thu. Cold. To mail box twice. Mary at U.B.C. Finished dress for Ellan. Mary at U.B.C. Wrote letters.

1966. Fri. Went to a.m. session of Com. Mrs. Will drove me home. Mild. Luella came to see me. Wrote letters.

1967. Sat. To library & store, wrote letters. Sewed knitted squares. Read. Heard "Marriage of Figaro" on radio.

1968. Mon. have a bad cold, stayed in & dosed for it. Worked on Jameson mss. Lorraine called up

November 26

1964. Thu. Worked on S. to Locke library. baked date loaf. D. came & we went to help Hugh & L. move. Put paper on shelves.

1965. Fri. Rain. Mary at U.B.C. To "Corner store" to shop. Rain all day.

1966. Sat. To library & P.O. Read & knitted & wrote letters. To Hugh's for supper & babysat. Held Jennifer.

1967. Sun. To church. Cold. Saw Bea Corrigan on subway. Crocheted knitted squares. Cut out dresses for A. & M. Wrote letters.

1968. Tues. Rain. By taxi to Princess Margaret for check & given clean bill of health. Dorothy & Fred called up. Called E. Harman

Bruce

November 27

1964. Fri. Hugh et al here at 7. Had bkfst & lunch. Paul very good. They went to new house & D. & I to Waterloo. Cold

1965. Sat. Bruce's bthdy - 14 - gifts. I baked cake & cookies. Bruce made pepper steaks.

1966. Sun. rain. Very quiet day. heard Boris Godunov on fm. Man brought red carnations from church. Helen called up.

1967. Mon. dountoun to Birks etc. Cold but nice, snowing. To bank for passport signature. Letter from Anne.

1968. Wed. Doctored my cold, worked on Jameson. Talked to Keiller, Marsh, M. Orban, Lorraine. cloudy but dry

November 28

1964. Sat. Rain all day. Ian & I shopped & I to library. Talked & played lex. Lovely day.

1965. Sun. To Sunday School, rain. read & wrote letters.

1966. Mon. rain Wrote letters & went over speech. To supper at Helen's [unclear] to speak at King to York Co, U.W.C. Mrs. Langstaff drove me. very nice

1967. Tues. Cold & bright. Got sheets from laundry & sent 1 pkg to Vancouver. To Clark, Irwin with Mr. Neillie & went over "Living in Canada" mss. To be rewritten again!

1968. Thu. raining all day - very dismal. Sewed Vietnam blanket, knitted & read. Phoned Lorraine.

November 29

1964. Sun. Played with boys, early lunch & to Otterville. Tea at Sam's & another at Hughena's. Saw Nancy & Mark. Great success

1965. Mon. Mary at U.B.C. 10 to 4, I got lunch, ironed & mended.

1966. Tues. Shopped for Xmas. Snow off & on. Mr. Daly called up. Called Lorraine Began to write Xmas cards

1967. Wed. Got wool from Save the Children. To P.O. & ordered groceries from Loblaws. Cold but sunny. Talked to Connie Scott.

1968. Fri. to O.I.S.E. & florist to send flowers to John. Cold but dry. Dinner at Club with Zerada S. Dame Patricia Hornby Smith spoke very well