Thursday, Nov 01
Woke up at 08:00. Got the fires going and went to the station. I entered up the DR's and got them ready to make out the monthly reports. I read till noon and started the Delco. After dinner I read and talked to Bill till about 14:30 then worked on the Ledger till 16:00. Mickey came out to send a wire and left us a quart of milk. He said that Mrs Ryan wanted to take Nona back for a couple more days if she would come. I told him that she was at a meeting at the school but should be home any time now. While he wrote the wire out I went out to the car and talked with Mrs Ryan. I told them that if they could not find Nona, I would bring her out after supper. They could not stay long as their battery is low and have practically no lights. When I was on my way home I met them coming out of the meeting. I took Mrs Loverock and the kids and Mrs Ingraham home then went to Conibear's and filled the tank. They had not met Nona, so after supper we went over. Frank came with us. They made us stay and spend the evening and we did not get back till nearly 22:00. I had intended working on JTr's set but had no chance. I developed a roll of film for them and a few of mine. Billy Berens came in and I paid him for piling my wood then he stayed and listened to the radio till 24:30. I wrote a couple of letters today. One to Birks and one to Crooks at Simpson. Radio was good tonight. The sky is clear, temp exactly 6 above at midnight. Northern lights in streamers, moon full. My cold is much better today. Went to bed at 01:00.
Friday, Nov 02
Got up at 09:15 and cooked my own breakfast. After breakfast I went out to the sloughs to see if I could get the odd ptarmigan. No luck. I then put up the winter awning around the front porch and half way around the back porch. The remaining of the latter requires sewing. I then went to Campbells for dinner. After dinner I printed a few pictures and worked a while on the radio. I fixed up the back porch and took some of the junk out to the warehouse. Bill came up for a minute. After supper I made a negative album for my 5X7 negatives. The radio was good all evening. Frank came over to watch me work on the set and I finished it but did not consider the night good enough to test it out. Promised to do that tomorrow. I listened to the radio till midnight and went to bed. I started to rain about 22:00 but it turned to snow about then.
Saturday, Nov 03
Woke up late so I didn't have time for breakfast, got to work at 09:30. Nothing important at the station. This is Nadene's first birthday. Mrs F. Conibear gave her a silver fork and spoon (baby's) and Doris Leggo gave her a baby's plate. Miss Catt gave her a dish with a chicken stuck on the side of it. I left the station at 17:20 and went straight to the Halfway for supper. Nona and Nadene are over there yet. I arrived there at 18:15. After supper we sat and talked till a little after 20:00 then started home. I brought Walt and Jimmie Donavon over with me and promised to take them back tomorrow. I had ropes wound around the back wheels as chains and one broke off going over and the other broke off coming back. Walt and Donovan came in and spent the evening here. They left at 23:00. The radio was real good from Winnipeg but after they signed off there was nothing until 23:30. We went to bed at midnight.
Sunday, Nov. 04
I got up at 09:00 and got the fire going before calling Nona. We had breakfast then set to clean the house. We were all thru by 14:30. Joe came in at 14:45. Frank Campbell came in for a while too. We made a lunch and waited till 15:00 for Walt then I went to look him up. I found him on his way to Godsell's. He had heard that I had gone so he went over to phone for a car. We arrived there about 16:30. Had a blow out about a mile from the Halfway. Got it fixed when we arrived. We had supper there then left to home by 20:00. I was going to do some printing but Frank came in to see how the new set worked. I tried it out but it was NG. I adjusted my speaker unit to make it quit howling. Frank left early and Nona went to bed. I put all of my 5X7 negatives into the new negative album I made today. I have 190 of them. I went to bed at 00:30.
Monday, Nov. 05
Got up at 08:00. When I got to the station Bill was working on the accounts. I finished up all mine then helped him work on the day books. We were out $8.10 but found it in time to finish all up before 17:00. I came home but couldn't get the car up the hill beside the house because I didn't have chains on. I went out after supper and fixed some chains then put the car away. I developed 8 rolls of film then listened to the radio for a while. It was not up to scratch. I worked about 2 hours fixing my album of large pictures up into a system making it easier to locate negatives when printing them. Nona was tired so went to bed at 07:00. I went to bed at midnight.
Tuesday, Nov 06
Got up at 09:00 and cooked breakfast. After getting the dishes cleaned up, I printed pictures till 13:00. I developed a couple of rolls then coloured a couple that I finished before. Mrs Ryan and the kiddies came in about 17:00. I took a picture of the Ryan children then developed it while Mrs Ryan was still here. Mickey came in just as I was showing it to Mrs Ryan. They thought it was swell. I think it will be a good one, too. Mrs Godsell came in about 16:00, Nona had been invited to an afternoon tea fight at Mrs Gagnon's, the local aspirant to high society. The tea was in honour of Mrs McDougal. Nona was not anxious to go and when Mrs Godsell came in they got talking over things and Mrs Godsell was the only one in town not invited. Nona didn't go. She and the Ryan's and Mrs Godsell went over to her place and had an afternoon tea. Mrs Ryan was not at all anxious to go. After supper Mr & Mrs Godsell came in and spent the evening and we sure had a great time. The radio was good and we listened to the election results in the US. Did not get the finals. The Godsell's left at 01:00 and we went to bed right afterwards.
Wednesday, Nov 07
I went to work as usual and worked all morning on the DR's. After dinner, I stopped off at the Govn't house and picked up 4 gallons of gas belonging to me and then went over and picked up Raney. He wanted the car to go to Fitz. I changed my batteries today so I had to take him to the station with me. He took the car from there. While over at the mission this morning on my way to work, I stopped to collect the account and Bishop Breynat. He gave me a 5X7 plate camera to try out. He said that he had not used it since 1920. There was 3-1920 film packs in it. He wanted me to take a good snap of the mission. He told me to keep it as long as I wanted it, as it is no good to him. He stated that he never uses it. I took a couple of snaps, then found that I could take a copy of a 3 1/4X2 1/4 and make a neg. 5X7. I tried it out on one of Nadene 's pictures. The neg. looks perfect for all the age of it. I developed a bunch of films tonight. Miss Catt came in and stayed till nearly midnight. We then fixed things up and went to bed.
Thursday, Nov 08
Had to walk to the station this morning as Raney had not returned with the car. The station seems a lot more than a mile away now. Bill and I worked all day on reports and statements for the mail. We quit at 15:00 and talked about the social activities at Fort Smith. We sure got a kick out of it too. He told me that on Tuesday when Mrs Gagnon had her tea fight that Freda came down stairs with a winter coat trimmed with a large coon collar. She also had a large cross fox fur on top of this. Bill says it was a scream and Freda said " Don't you wish you were a lady and could attend these swell afternoon teas with swell people." Bill said that if he was a lady he wouldn't be going up to that crowd to show how much fur he owned. That took her off her high horse and she flounced out slamming the door. We heard afterwards that she took off her coat and then threw this fox fur around her heck and sat there in it all the time and Mrs Gagnon's house is always like an oven. On top of this she had on an evening gown with woollen stockings and thought she was dressed fit to kill. At noon Nona went as far as Godsell's with me and spent the afternoon there. I met them coming home and Mrs Godsell stayed for supper. We didn't have much but we all ate as much as our capacity allowed. Frank came in for a while and we had a great time. We talked over the social prospects for then winter and find them wanting. Mrs Lyall is following the footsteps of Mrs Campbell. Mrs Godsell is unpopular with the Gagnon's, McDougal's and that crowd, the unpopularity being caused by tales spread by several who resented them being here owing to their position. He is inspector of the HBC and was sent here to straighten out some funny doings. Mrs McDougal put on an afternoon tea and she thinks that being the district agents wife everyone should pay her homage. Mrs Godsell and Nona are 2 that do not see that they had to do so. Therefore Mrs Godsell and Nona were not invited and they were not altogether put out by it. Mrs Gagnon then put on a tea in honour of Mrs McDougal and every lady in town but Mrs Godsell was invited. Nona would not go when her friend was ignored. So she followed the procedure as already stated on Tuesday. Mrs Leggo of course had great social aspirations and attended. Here is where the fun comes in. It is now Mrs Leggo's turn to put on her tea and all eyes are turned her way. If she invites Mrs Godsell, the very select crowd that she wants the tea for will not come. If she does not invite Mrs Godsell, the others will come but she will insult her husbands employers wife, something that Mr. Godsell will not tolerate. The social war has started 2 months earlier this year than it has any time before and it looks like an open fight before spring. We are keeping where we were at last year. We have our friends that have stayed with us and we are carrying right on with them and having a hell of a good time regardless of the fact that we are social undesirables. Mrs Gagnon, the junior inspector's wife of the RCMP who is so damned demur and saintly and such an innocent and dainty little creature, is the cause of it all. She came in here last winter and after a year in the country, to get the lay of the land, stated that she is going to show these backwoods people of the north how to entertain as it is done in the best of circles. God help us, if what I have seen is society the I wonder what kind of people HP Purcy, the Chinese Immigration Officer in Vancouver, Tom Mc Donnaugh who was the Traffic Passenger Executive of the GTP, Capt. GM Ramsey who was ( and I believe still is) Captain of the "Empress of Asia", Bert Persoil, Chief engineer of the "Empress of Japan", Judge Remsburg of Seattle, SP Dixon, President of the Dixon and Neilson Bank in Seattle, H MacKay, owner of the biggest bakery in Vancouver, Dr. D Gunstal ( deceased), on of the biggest surgeons that Canada ever had and who was called to Europe several times to my knowledge to perform operation, Harry Lazzarus, the first manager of the Vancouver Hotel, Dollar ( I have forgotten his initials) who is owner and president of the Dollar Steamship Line in Frisco, Alex Pantages of Seattle, my great uncle Oscar Griswold, owner of the Griswold Products Mfg. Co ( see advertisements in "Good Housekeeping") all who were very great friends of ours, I never saw 1/10 of the snobbishness from the whole bunch of them and a lot more I could mention that shows up on one of these Ft. Smith, one horse town, swells that we are afflicted with here. In all we had, and I believe Mrs Godsell had, a darn good time. I walked home with her at the ungodly hour 04:00, according to the standards set by the Ft. Smith Social Welfare for Official hours only. When I got home Nadene was awake and it was 05:30 before we were all asleep. Nona tells me that it is the women who keep this town pepped up. Well, no argument from me.
Friday, Nov. 09
Well I slept in till 09:00 then got the fires going and made a cup of tea. I printed about 50 snaps then went out to try out the big camera that Bishop Breynat loaned me. I took two snaps and considering that the film packs were dated June, 1920, the results were marvellous. Perfect negatives with the exception of a halo around the edges. Raney brought the car back at noon and Nona and I decided to take a trip to Halfway. I went over to get Mrs Godsell to come along but she couldn't today. We left here about 16:50 and arrived there at 17:15. They have the Delco running now and Mickey and I went over to look it over. They asked me a few questions and I told them how to look after the initial charge. We had supper there and sure enjoyed it. We were both hungry. After supper we all went up to the house and chewed the rag till 20:45 then came home, arriving at 21:15. I turned on the radio as soon as I got in and it was the best that it has been this fall. KNX was on with a Gilmore Blue Green Gasoline program. It was AL. Nona went to bed at 22:00 and fell asleep immediately. I sat up and listened to the radio till midnight then went to bed.
Saturday, Nov 10
I finished all the reports today and had everything ready to write the covering letters but did not feel very well so I'll let them ride till later. I have that cold yet and cannot seem to get rid of it. I have tried whiskey and soda's, hot gin lemonades, quinine and number 9's but it still hangs on. It has not left my head., however as long as it keeps off my chest all is OK. The minute it gets to my chest, believe me I am going to see Doc MacDonald. I read a story or should say started to read, from the Red book but fell asleep and slept for an hour and a half. The heat and my feeling punk may have had something to do with it.
At noon we were surprised to see JT back in town. He looks the same as ever. We were all sitting here gassing when Norman Welding came in. They stayed till midnight. Nona was pretty tired so she went to bed as soon as they left. I stayed up listening to the radio till the fires were OK then went to bed too.
Sunday, Nov 11
Today is Armistice Day. I got up at 09:00 and printed a few rolls of films. JT came in and brought his Tonsorial instruments and was to have cut our hair. We sat and chewed the rag for a couple of hours and Paul came in. He asked us to come over and have a drink with him. We went over and found Jack Bowen there. Drinks poured out pretty fast I thought and I laid off. Enough is too much of that stuff. I had one real stiff one and a small one. I had to refuse all others and to satisfy Paul I had to explain later that I would not get drunk for Nona's sake. I am not going to start to get drunk now that I am married and have a child, when I was able to keep clear of it all my life. Jack Bowen said the had to go home about 15:00 because he had to walk. He stays at the Halfway 8 miles from here so I told him I would take him home in the car. I found out later that Walt Johnson and Cameron were here and had to walk home too. We had dinner at Paul's. The main part of the dinner was Oyster stew. Nona acted as cook. It was good too. Dr. MacDonald came in some time before dinner and I went to Vic's and got Bill Schaffer. Vic would not come because since getting married he is off drink. I went and gathered the gang at 20:00 and took them across. There was Bowen, Cameron, Walt and Paul in the load. Paul went for the fresh air. JT conked out just at supper time and we put him to bed in Gerry's cot. Paul was lost for an hour and the Dr. found him walking up and down the road for fresh air. We had coffee at the Halfway and the gang insisted on filling my tank for bringing them home. Darned good job that they thought of it because I only had about half a quart in the tank and thought it was as least half full. When we came back Nona was in bed. I went over to the party for a while and heard a good talk by Schaffer on a murder daze that took place in Grand Prairie. He had been on the jury. We left out homes at 23:00. I came home and the fire was low. I sat and listened to the radio until it was warp. I went to bed a little after midnight.
Monday, Nov 12
As today was a holiday I got up about 09:00 and developed films till nearly noon. JT was up for dinner, I went down the hill while waiting for dinner and brought Sousie Marie's Super Elto Speedster up and stored it in my warehouse. I have to replace the coil with a new one. After dinner Nona and I drove to the Halfway. We arrived just as Ryan's were coming out of their house. They had to come to Smith. We came back just ahead of them. JT invited us to supper with him at the restaurant and after supper he came back to spend the evening with us. Frank came in and we were having a game of bridge when Tom Pearce came in. We had a good evening and the radio was above par. They left about midnight and we stayed up till 03:00.
Tuesday, Nov 13
JT woke us up at 10:00. I got up and built the fires then printed pictures most of the day. Nona did a bunch of washing for Nadene. This afternoon about 15:00 we were sitting in the parlour and Nadene was playing on the floor. She got up on her feet and shouted then walked over to Nona. She took about 6 steps. After that she walked quite a bit till she got tired then we put her to sleep for a while. When she woke up she began to walk the first thing. After supper Frank came over and Nona and I went back with him. I put in his electric lights same as mine- storage batteries and car headlight bulbs. We had a game of bridge then Mrs Campbell came over to our place to listened to the radio. She stayed till 22:30. I made a few enlargements with Breynat's camera. I took a copy of the original pictures on a 5X7 neg. and they turned out fine. Nona went to bed at 22:45. I stayed up to finish washing the negatives and hang them up. I went to bed about midnight.
Wednesday, Nov 14
Last night was the coldest yet. The oil in the car was so cold and stiff that the wheels would not turn. I had to jack one wheel up and crank. It was not hard to start, however. I spent most of the day writing letters to Ottawa to cover reports and returns. Joe's car refused to start today and he worked on it till 16:00. He called me then and I found the trouble, first shot in the timer. He had looked everywhere else but was too lazy or didn't want to get dirty so left it with the assumption that it was OK. After supper T. Pearce came up and spent the evening. Retired at midnight.
Thursday, Nov 15
I worked most of the day on the ledgers as they have to be closed out by Xmas. I went uptown and got the draft and mailed the official mail. After supper Frank came in for an hour. There was nothing doing and as the radio was not up to much, we went to bed early. Nona was out today and did most of the Xmas shopping.
Friday, Nov 16
Up at 09:00 and got breakfast. I did a little printing then after dinner we went to the Halfway for some milk. On the way back we had a blowout in the front left wheel. I took the tire off and came in on the rim. It happened 6 miles out from Smith. I got a new tube at the HBC and fixed the tire with an inside and outside blowout patch. I fixed it behind the Y&L store while Nona did some shopping. Mrs Godsell was in there and we took her home. We were invited to their place for Xmas. Accepted. There was nothing doing tonight so we went to bed before midnight.
Saturday, Nov 17
Well, my car is still running. Had no trouble this morning. When I arrived at the station Joe met me with a long face and the information that his set was on the hog. It was OK when he turned it off last night but this morning he noticed the safety lamp, put in series with the HT from the house light to prevent damage to the station batteries or set in case of a short, was burning. He told me the part that he thought the trouble was in I. F. T. and I told him to take it out of the set and test it. He brought it down to me. It was OK. I found the Output filter condenser punctured and he replaced it with a new one. The outgoing mail closed tonight at 17:00. We got all our mail in on time. It left here on schedule but owing to the continual sort of weather the mail will not get away from Fitz for some time yet. It is feared here that our Xmas mail will be late. I hope not. What is Xmas without any turkey, presents, liquor and the trimmings? After supper Frank came in for a while. He and I played 4 games of crib. I won 3 of them. Mrs Campbell came in with an apple turnover and some mince turnovers. Nona ate the mince and as Frank had to go home I went over and got Paul. We played 5 games. I won 3 of them also. We had some coffee and as Paul does not eat at night I had to clean up the apple turnover. The radio was real good all evening and after Paul went home 23:45. I did a little logging. I logged an old bunch of the standbys first then went to bed. I retired at 01:30.
Sunday, Nov 18
After breakfast we got up and cleaned up the house. We finished about 01:40 then got the car out and filled up the tank. I went to Pop Walters and borrowed a bunch of radio magazines. At 02:00 we started to the Halfway and arrived in about 30 minutes. Mickey and I went to the garage to look over the plant. While there I fixed my front tire with a new patch that I made out of an old casing to save a blow out. The blowout that I had the other day is getting bigger so the patch goes a foot on each side of the hole. Mickey hunted up a bunch of side curtains and put them on for me. We had supper there and stayed till 21:00. I turned the radio on and found it good. I read over the magazines till midnight then went to bed.
Monday, Nov. 19
Nothing much doing at the station today. I had a sleep then read for a while. I brought the DR's all UTD. Vic and Cal started hauling the stations wood today. I had the Delco running. At noon I had to stop at the Govn't house and explain to Frank why he couldn't charge a 40 volt B battery and a 6 volt battery hooked up in parallel. There has been a lot of ill feelings here over the squealing sets in town. Everyone is blaming everyone else and Joe and I were asked by several if we would hunt up the culprits. There is one that is purposely squealing and the interference he causes is just about intolerable. We were asked to give a full and impersonal report on who it was. We went first to the Govn't house and sat under the seal with my super and a loop, nothing was heard and Joe went to the house to see if the set was on. It was not and had not been all evening. They were charging batteries all day and did not have the set on. The squealer was on last night, so we eliminated the govn't house. Then we went to Lyall's, then to Leggo's and both of these were eliminated as their set was on but no interference was heard. From there we went to Loverock's and here we hear the first squealer. His set does beyond any doubt squeal and from the tone of the whistle and they way it was tuned there is one of the worst. I was rather sorry to find it was one of our own gang. Our next stop was Godsell's and here was another re-radiator, worse than the other. We stayed there talking till 23:00, Mrs Godsell served tea. We told them that their set was a bad one and while Joe tuned the set, I let Mr. Godsell hear it himself. He was convinced and admitted that he suspected it for some time as it howls when he listens to it. I promised to come down sometime and help him fix it up. The last place was Pop Walter's. Here again was a clear sheet. Bill is very peculiar and we did not tell him outright that his set was a troublesome one. I have good reason to believe that it is done purposely there because several times while spending the evening there I have see him cause his set to oscillate strongly and twist all over the dials to cause interference just for fun ( to him, anyway). I have seen him set it to squealing on the best static on the air then let it go and play cards for over an hour without shutting it off. This I have kept to myself. For those reasons Joe and I have not told Bill yet that he causes interference. That will be broken tomorrow to him by Joe. I am off duty. Bill will undoubtedly be wild that we came down and tested his set without him knowing it but we decided that it was the best way was to do it was to check everybody's. It was only fair to the rest of the town. I will offer to neutralize Bill's but I am convinced that he will not keep it that way long. When Mr Hastings built it for him and it was delivered he changed the N.C. immediately and told me that he would not own a set that would not squeal when he wanted it to. While Joe and I were out Freda stayed here with Nona. We got back about midnight. While over at Pops, he gave us a snort of HBC's Best Procurable. It was OK too because it was cold in the car. Joe and Freda stayed till 01:00 then went home. I tried the set while they were here but had no luck. Shortly after they went I got in KOMO and held them till they signed off. Bed at 02:30.
Tuesday, Nov 20
Mickey Ryan woke us up about 09:00 when he brought us a bottle of milk. We got up and sat to work cleaning house and had the place all cleaned up before dinner time. Nona went to visit Mrs Godsell and I worked all day on JT's set. I am having a lot of trouble getting decent regenerations owing to the difficulty in getting in parts and to the fact that JT is hard on the set. I've had to resort to capacitive feedback. I managed to get a fairly good control then round out where I was. I wound a new tickler coil and as it was nearly supper time, I cleaned up the mess. I put a stew on for supper and at 18:00 as Nona had not returned, Nadene and I started. She woke up at 16:30 and was good but hungry. Nona came in as we were eating. After supper we both went to the Godsell's and spent the evening. We were there till 02:00.
Wednesday, Nov 21
Never woke up till 09:05. Was dressed, got the car going and was at the station at 09:30. Not bad. I finished the station ledger today and only have their few items to enter as they come in between now and Xmas. I charged the batteries all day. The station batteries are low. After supper the radio was perfect, the best yet and I went over to the store and got Mr & Mrs Conibear, Sr. and Mrs F. Conibear to come over and hear it. They all enjoyed it very much and stayed till 22:30.
Thursday, Nov 22
Woke up late again today but got to the station in good time. The weather continue's so good that I still have the car running and so far have had no serious trouble getting it started. Nona and Mrs Godsell went to Leggo's for the afternoon. There was nothing much doing at the station although about 10:00 I had to stop the Delco and overhaul it. There was a bad knock just beginning so I shut down to see the whys and wherefores. I had it going OK at noon and fixed the 3 cells that I have had out for some time so that they could go back tonight but at 17:00 the station bank was not sufficiently up to insert them. Frank came in after supper and taught me a few things about crib when he beat me 3 to 2. Went to be at 01:00.
Friday, Nov 23
Stayed in bed till 10:30 then after breakfast Nona and I cleaned house. At 15:00 Mrs Godsell came in and she and Nona went to the school to give an opinion on the school Xmas concert. I studied most of the afternoon and had an hours sleep. At 17:30 I put supper on and by then Nadene was awake. I fed her and was finished that when Nona came in. We had roast beef and gravy, peas, and macaroni and pineapple for supper. After supper Frank came in and we had 3 games of crib. I won the first and was skunked the other 2. Radio was VG tonight. Bed at 24:30.
Saturday, Nov 24
Nothing doing at the station today. After supper Nona went to Miss Catt's for a couple of hours. I read while Nadene played. The radio was real good. We went to bed at midnight.
Sunday, Nov 25
I worked most of the day on JT's set and came to the conclusion that the coils are not right. I started in to make new ones. It was a glorious day so got Frank and I went down and took my boat off the beach and put it under the A&A warehouse. Before supper Walt came in and we had him stay. He left at 21:00 and returned in about half an hour with Elizabeth. They left about 22:30 and I told Walt that I would drive him back to the Halfway. I waited till 01:00 for him and then went to bed.
Monday, Nov 26
I worked all day getting the requisitions for stationary fixed up and ready to type out. After supper Mrs Campbell came in to hear the radio. Like most people that come to hear the radio, she proceeds to gas all the time it's on. Callaghan came in and we four had a good but rather unexciting time till 23:30. The radio was good most of the evening. I went to bed at 01:30.
Tuesday, Nov 27 Temp zero
Nadene slept thru the night in her own bed for the first time last night. She woke up at 08:00 and we both got up and had breakfast. About 10:00 I took my traps and went out to put out a line for mink. I only put out 3 as I did not find many tracks. I went out Axe-handle Ave. to the bend, then cut down to the river and worked back to town. Will put another line out the other direction later for foxes. Joe got a mink and 2 ermine today. At 16:00 we went to the Halfway. We had supper there and visited till 21:00. Dr. MacDonald was there all day. He is staying there for a day or so. We got home at 21:30 and found the washing here. We put that away and then put Nadene to bed. The radio is not so good tonight. There was a south wind that was very much like winter. There is no more snow though. The 3 inches that fell about 3 weeks ago was the only one this winter and is still with us but is packed down hard.
Wednesday, Nov 28
Very little doing today. Worked on the ledgers till 12:00. No one up tonight. Radio good. I read over Radio News and copied out a hookup that looks worth trying.
Thursday, Nov 29
Same old thing at the station. There was a W.A. meeting this afternoon. Nona was there. After supper Miss Catt came in and later on the Godsell's came in. The radio was real good all evening. We all had a real good time and got a great kick out of the local scandal. That topic in this place is never lacking. They left about 23:00
Friday, Nov 30
This morning Nona and I went out behind the sloughs and set 2 fox traps. Saw a few tracks but there has been no snow for 3 weeks so can't say how old they are. Nona sold 8 ermine for 16 bucks. Paid 8 for them. I worked most of the afternoon on JT's set and got it working OK at last. It is as per the dia. EC1 see Radio Notes book. Frank came over for a few hours and while I worked at adjusting it while he read a book. Went to bed at 01:00.