YEAR: 1959

01.01

Played bowling. Had left for St Marc yesterday. Had supper at Oscar' s place.
Spent evening in St  Marc Gigi had a oair of slippers from her mom.
We have a cat called  'T i -Coune'

01.03

Went to see tante Marie Ange. We also saw Rose. Roland, Benoit,  Therese & Charles,
Adalbert et  Demise.

Had supper at Tante Alice's.

01.04

Left St Marc for Richelieu. Big snow storm; all went well however.

01.07

Went to Quebec city by Expeditor C-4  with F/L Peters and F/0 Peria.
We stopped in Quebec for 1 hour. Flight time both ways 2 hours. Had visit of Maurice.

01.08

Had a bad stomach ache today.

01.09

Started work on electronic organ.

01.10

Amended and sorted out all Supply EO's in Section today.

01. 11

Saw Mr Wought. Talked about electronic oroan.
Was told it wasn't worth the trouble building it.
Made up 29 E-42's.

01. 15

Started work on intercom system in the hangar.
This is going to be a big project. Got paid.

01. 16

Finished work at 1 PM today.

01.17

Didn't  work today 

Ww went to Marc's place and had supper.
We enjoyed ourselve & returned home at 0300 hrs.

01.18

Worked till 11: 30 hrs.  Big snowstorm. Had stand-down.

01.19

Dad's birthday today.

01.20

Intercom completed today.

01.21

Started my CREI training where I had left it one year ago- Well on my way now.

01.23

Sent my first lesson away to Washington. Lesson No 229F. Class C amplifiers.

Started today to scrape the living-room floor. Taking varnish and wax off
with varsol, ether and steel wool. Big Job.

01.24

Started Lesson No 230E. Detectors. Expected my desk from Lefebre today but,
as usual, didn't show-up.

Stand-down at 1100 hrs. In the afternoon, went to see Peyton Place at 
the Champlain Theatre.
Car took one hour to start after the show!

01.25

Sent Lesson No 230 to Washington.

01.26

Finished living-room floor today. Bio Job but it was worth it.

01.27

Learned today of posting to Stn Cold Lake. Bloody living-room floor.
Went to hospital. Got 3 shots. Lab Test & X Ray.
Gigi took the news really good.

01. 30

Left this afternoon for St-Marc. Finished work at 1300 hrs.
Went to see Dodo at Ste-Anne de la Perade. 
Got to St-Marc at 1830 hrs. Had left Montreal at 14:30 hrs.

01.31

Went to see Rosanne. Had supper at Alice's.
She said she might come to Montreal on the 6th!

02.01

Car broke down in Montreal-East on the way back at midnight!  Waited one hour.
The temperature was some --20 deg F and the winds: too high. 
We nearly froze to death. The windows became frosty from our breath 
and the passing cars probably thought there was no one inside and the car
had been abandoned. But it hadn't! We were inside! I am pretty sure Marc
drove by us but I can't blame him for not stopping. Maybe he didn't even
recognize the car although there are not that many Prefects around just like ours.
Decided to leave car there and take bus. Wrapped ourselves with everything
we could lay our hands on, so cold it was. Took the tool kit with me on the bus
as it's worth more than the car! Went to sleep at 6567 Molson.

02.02

Had the car repaired. It was broken points. Returned to Richelieu.

02.06

Went to Pascal to buy some tools and tool cabinet. Also bought some tubes
for the TV at Canadian Universal.

02.08

Went to see Paul-Emile Tessier at St Paul L'Ermite with Pa, Ma and Paul.
Nobody there. Had supper at home. Went back to Richelieu at 21:00 hrs.

02.09

Sent lessons to both CREI and Holmes Institute.

We had an appointment at 21:30 hrs at Station Hospital with Gigi. Medical exam.
Found in top shape condition. Tonight, caught a bad cold. Went to bed at 18:00 hrs.

02.11

Had a big storm last night. Couldn't make it to the Station. 
Phoned up and didn't go to work all 1 day. My cold is worst than ever.
Sent lesson to CREI.

02.12

St-Valentin. Got card for Coco.

02.16

Stafford, from Station Telecom, is willing to go to Cold Lake in my place.
Got Mr Calver to work on it. He said it might be possible to cancel posting
but he sees no reason why I should want to cancel it as I have been at St-Hubert
for a while and the next transfer might be worse. Worse than Cold Lake I said?
In any case, we will find out very soon.

02.18

Bought tape recorder Grundig from Cpl Coté from'Servicing'.
Exchanged with TV. The tape counter is broken.

02.21

Possible visit from Prudence. Ordered drive belt for tape recorder.
Prudence didn't come.

02.24

Went tonight at the Coté's place. Had fun».

02.25

Received CREI lesson back. Got 88%

02.27

Left at 4PM for St Marc. Brought tape recorder along.
02.28

Came back from St Marc. Tonight, went to visit Mr Gendreau.

02.29

Missed terror film in St John.

03.04

Oil furnace exploded today. No material damage. Was really dirty,
including the pipes. Was told that draft should not be over  5% positive.
It was 3% negative! No wonder!

03.05

Bought rocking chair ($20.00) in Vi1le Jacques Cartier.
Probably could not buy it in Cold Lake.

03.06

Went to see the Chrysler Show at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.
Not too good. Saw a show with Jane Morgan; it was quite good.

03.08

Aligned Tuner today. It started.

03.09

Car wouldn't  start today. Had a push.

03. 10

J'ai cassé le pot a sucre en verre taillé. Coco a pleuré. Bad, bad moi!

03.12

Coco a fait une tarte au citron. Laissé au feu trop longtemps.
Moé pas citron, a Jeté la tarte a terre! Received the telephone today.
Going to Cold Lake! 8ig snowstorm today. Coco a cassé la casserole.

03. 13

Big party at Vince's for Sgt Finlay

03.06

Left for New York City with Prefect today at 10 PM. 
Not sure that we will make it but, it might be our last chance to see New York
for a while. Let's just hope we can make it and back (a tall order!)

03.27

We got to New York at 3 PM. How, I don't quite know but, we made it.
Had some troub1e in the mountains. Car simply didn't want to climb 
them big hil's....  Had to get some backwards in fact. 
Stayed at the New Yorker Hotel, just as if we could really afford it but,
then again, you only live twice.

03.28

I am 22 years old today! Growing old!
Left New York at 10 PM again. Seems to be a lucky time for us to depart
on a voyage. We had a good time while in New York although some punks had 
removed some wires from the engine and the car , understandably, 
wouldn't start too well. in fact, it wouldn't start at all.

We finally got a push from a guy with a big De Soto. His grille was bigger
than our car, and he pushed us at higher speeds through 34th St in Manhattan
than the car had ever gone under its own power before. It was frightening.
I kept waving at him to stop and he took my signal to mean 'go faster' I guess.
I finally convinced him to stop pushing us when we arrived near the 
United Nations , clear across the islandl

As it turned out, it was only the distributor coil which had been partly taken out.
If I had seen it when I first looked at it, we would not have had that scary ride.
But then, we would not have the story to tell our grandchildren.

03.29

Drove al1 night and arrived in Richelieu at 11:30 AM. And what a ride it was.
Dead tired. There is one valve burnt on the car and the other three are not
too healthy either. No wonder it wouldn't break 40 Mph! 

03.30

Off work. Went to Montreal.

04.01

Lost two cylinders from the Motor. Couldn't find them.
Looks like the old Prefect just won't make it to Cold Lake!

04.03

LAC Gauthier got his hooks and Sgt Stewart got his crown. Went to St-Marc today.

04.04

Played bowling with Jo. Got avergae of 120... ouf!
Saw Dodo David during our visit there.

04.05

Tried Dollar's car, a Plymouth '54. Real good car. Almost sold mine.

04.06

Got back to Montreal.

04.10

Got a party from the Squadron at Vince's. Nice guys.
The water hose broke on Jacques Cartier bridge (of all places)
and it cost $8.75 to get it fixed.

04.11

Off today. We are waiting fpr Gigi's folks.

04.12

Nobody showed up.

04.14

Sold the Prefect to F/S Stoker for $30.00! He made a compression test
and it gave: 05, 20, 15 and 10! No wonder I had to climb hills backwards!

014.16

I thought I had a vision today. I saw this black Prefect zoom by the 
Station Guard House at 50 mph! It was no vision.
F/ Stoker had fixed the Prefect.

04.17

Mrs Dusablon, Jo, Jeannette and Armande arrived home to spend the week-end.
Stayed home tonight.

04.18

Visited all day and I drove Jo's car all the time.

04.19

The visit left at 4PM after visiting all day.
I drove Jo's car over 200 miles during the week-end. Said goodbye to all.

04.21

Getting ready to leave for Cold Lake.
04.24

Posting to Cold Lake effective today. Left on the Transcontinental for Cold Lake,
at 4 PM today.

04.25

On the way to Cold Lake. Last night, the heating system went ape in the sleeper wagon
and we nearly froze to death. Tonight, we changed car. It's a bit better but not much.

04.26

Arrived at Grand Centre at 10 PM. All in all, I had a good trip .

04.27

Got signed in on the Station. Wrote the Caisse Populaire in Richelieu to 
close account. Sent travel claim to Levasseur for  signature. ($1.00) Wrote Gigi.

04.28

Found a house in Grand Centre:3 rooms, heated, running water, shower,
220 Volt entry at $80.00/month. Not all houses  here have running water and,
not all houses have indoor toilets! It's unbeleivable! I was assigned to work
at WPU (Weapon's Practice Unit).

04.30

Wrote letter to Coco.

05. 01

Started to fix tape recorder.

05.02

Big snowstorm last night. Temperature this morning was 20 below!
Went this afternoon at Jack' s place. Had a snack.

05.03

Still 3" of snow. Fixed tape recorder. Had  supper at Keeping's place.
Nice people. Recorded six LP's while I was there.

05.04

Got advance on claim for $50.00. Signed up for the place to live at 
Hart's Apartment. Don't go by the name of the place. Back in Quebec,
it would be labeled as a shack but here, in the boondocks, it is one of
the nices places in Grand Centre. At least it has indoor plumbing!

05.05

Mailed a registered letter to Coco telling her how to get to Cold Lake.
Started repacking stuff for the move to Grand Centre.

05.06

Mailed $25.00 to Coco. Told her to send telegram frow Sioux Look-out.

05.07

Got 1etter from Coco. Had interview with the SWO this afternoon.
It went OK. But, ... judging from his attitude, you would have thought I 
was Billy the Kid or one of the James brothers coming in to town. 
He laid the law (in Cold Lake, as he saw it) rather forcefully. The idiot!

05.08

Started the construction of a Heathkit Apache Kit for 'Quebec'.

85.09

Phoned Montreal to talk to Gigi. Found out she was in Quebec. ]
I told papa to tell Gigi to take the Super Continental Monday afternoon.
I worked on the kit for 4 hours.

05.10

I have until the 13th May off. Worked on kit 4 hours.

05.11

Phoned Montrea. Found out that Gigi had taken the 4 PM train Montreal.
Worked on kit 3 hours.

05.13

Gigi arrived in Edmonton shortly before 1 PM. I flew in to meet her. 
We visited the town's City Hall. Very nice. Weather's is 70 degrees!
We registered at Grand Centre Hotel 'not as great as the nawe would let one imagine'.
Wanting to impress Gigi, I told the taxi driver to take us to 'the nicest
Hotel in town'. He was still laughing his head off when he dumped us 
at the Hotel! And no wonder.

Heard of Tremlay's (Quebec) posting overseas. Hotel $5.00 + $4.00 = $9.00!

05.14

Still at Hotel. Went to the Station tonight. Gigi met Paul Thbodeau. 

05.15

Didn't work today. No work to do. Seems to happen quite often here.
A little bit like St-Hubert on slack days.

05. 16

Went to Bonneyville with Paul Thibodeau. Temperature: 99 degrees!
Some hot. And it's called Cold Lake you say?

05.17

Went to Cold Lake. There were two men there diving.
The water temperature was 20 deg! Cold.

85.18

Went to a show on Station. Mrs Thibodeau (Rolande) brought the Apache
Transmitter home. Had dinner with Paul and Rolande. No work today.

05.19

Went at Keeping's placce. His stereo was U/S. Keeping's wife had miscarriage.

05.21

Met Pat and Bob Reitchel today < apt no 6>. Nice, quiet people.

05.22

Received $50.00 from Quebec till payday.
Gigi played cards with Pat while I talked with Bob..
Haslam left today for North Bay on the CF-100 course.

Supper at Pat's place. Had moose meat and a german dish.

05.23

Went at Grand Centre Theatre to see Younf at Heart with Frank Sinatra
and Doris Day: not bad.

You should see the washrooms at that theatre,
When they say 'public' they mean  'public'. 

Expected furniture today but it didn't arrive - 
I suppose we'll get used to that waiting in the years to come.

85.24

Father  Desjardins came home to hear a recording of  'Comment Pete'.

05.25

Started night shift today. I replaced Beanland.

Furniture arrived this afternoon at 2PM.
Went to work at 16.30hrs and returned at 1730 hrs- 
The place looks  like a mess  with all that furniture unpacked and all.?

05.27

Up at 09:30hrs. Started to clean up mess.
Bought food. Eggs are 0.30/doz and  butter is 0.72/lb.
Margarine is 0.33/lb and bread is 0.20 a loaf! Some expensive
out here. But we'll manage, I am sure of it.


Worked till 10PM. Three aircraft flew.

05. 28

Filed claim for Gigi.

05.29

Went to work at 0030 hrs amd was back home at 01:30 hrs,.
Big day (or night,.. whatever)
Received letter from Mrs Dusablon.

05.30

Went shoppings: $18.00  Boy what a difference with Quebec.
But then, there are several expenses (mostly temptations) in Quebec 
that we don't have here so it evens out. For example, in Quebec, 
we were often visiting the folks and taking car rides and here we don't
(which makes sense 'cause I don't have a car.)
So..., less expense in that area.

Went swimming for the first time. Water was good but cold.
Had first swimming lesson. How to float. Kind of like it.

Had lunch at Pat' s place (steak sandwich).
Played cards till 11PM.

05.31

Mass at 0930 hrs.

Went fishing with the cure, Pau1, Therese and Rolande, Pat Bob and Pete.
Then went to eat and play baseball. Took photos.

Padre DesJardins caught a 1-4" brochet. As for me, I caught a dog (see photo).
Sent cheque to Hartney $19.00, Esso $8.00 and Hydro Quebec $14.53.

06.01

Contact Rolande about Mrs Brisson' s boy to babysit.

06. 02

Completed the transmitter. Applied power at 6PM.
Went to see Paul and gave him an invitation to come for supper Sunday night the 14th.

06.04

We talked about going to Jasper-Banff at the end of July. 
We don't know how long we'll be in the west and it would be a shame
to get posted back east and not having visited the Rockies.
So, we'll try it this summer, if at all possible.

06.05

Telecom Party tonight. Gotta go, I'm told.

06.07

Received Paul,  Rolande, Peter and Therese for supper tonight (instead of next week).
We had a whale of fun and they loved it.

06.09

Today, I went for a medical but had no exam at all. Just signed papers.
Received the pictures I took of the Transmitter set and at the picnic 
in Cold Lake. They all turned out good. Leo Boisvert  bought the camping equipment.

06. 10

It rained today for the first time in two months! Took on a purgation today.
Oh boy! Tonight we hosted the Boiverts. Went to their place afterwards.

06. 11

I'm off until the 16th. Went to the WPU party at the Social Centre tonight.
Had lots of fun. Drank all night and it cost $1.15, including lunch!  
Went at Beanland's place for coffee after the party. Got to bed at 0400 hrs!

06.12

No news of washing machine yet. Darn. The  groundcrew  from  Comox  arrived 
today for the Rocket Meet. We were  invited to a party given in honor of 
Therese at Brisson's place. We had a good t ime. It looks like this is the 
place for parties; any reason is good. 

06.13

The aircraft arrived from all over Canada today for the Rocket Meet. 
Groundcrew will follow later  Had lunch at our place 
with Paul and  Rolande  then went  back at their place and had supper there.
Played cards all night. Had fun.

07.04

Gigi was sick all day. I worked on cabinet.

07.05

Gigi still sick today with  . Bought FM tuner from F/L Chisolm.

07.06

Sent order to Lafayette for a diamond needle ($2.89). Twiki's feeling fine.
She's growing up fast, (figuratively speaking, that is.)
Got lesson back from CREI (95%) Went to see Doctor Butts ($1.00) 
Got pills for heart ($5.00) and nerves ($1.60)

07.09

Received letter from Montreal- Wrote tante Alice. Dad is going to take a 
subscription at La Presse for us. Went to Bonneyville with Leo for check-up 
on his bus. Came back late for work at 17:30 hrs. Thouroughly fed up.

07.11

Had a suntan session outside the house, with Music. At 7 PM,
Gigi went swimming on Station. Went with Leo on a tour.

07.13

Received book shipment from Doubleday. These were: Victorine,
Around the world in 2000 pictures. The Columbia Viking  dictionary.
World Atlas. Cost $1.79. Paid by cheque- Sent away for August's Selections:
Scent of New Moon Hay @ $1.10. Received linseed oil and varnish from Simpsons.
Didn't receive paint brushes. Got letter from St Marc.

87.14

Started receiving La Presse today.

07.15

Twiki   started   to  see  today.  Walking  faster too. Received letter from 
Rose Lepine and Prudence. Got  paid  today.  It  seems 1ike we'll have enough 
money to go to Jasper. We will be going to Jasper with  Leo, Jacquelinc,
Janine and  Therese.

07. 17

We  will leave  for Jasper with $100.00.
I hope it will be sufficient for the trip. Got heart pills for Gigi.

07.18

ftir Force Day in Cold Lake today. So far, got no special assignment.
Getting ready to leave for Jasper. Very good Air Show for Air Force Day.

Went to dance in No 3 Hangar. Finished the party at Morin's place with Raymond,
Louise, Padre De Champlain until 05:00 hrs. Had lot's of fun. Drove the Padre's car
(it was safer that way!) Boy that particular Padre loves the sauce.

07. 19

Went to 8 AM mass. Left for Jasper at 1030 AM. Camped at Seba Beach,  
approx  100 miles from Edmonton. ($1.00)  Had fun. Took  lot's  of  photos.
Bought sticker for the Park.  Nice weather. Water from underground.
Nice camping site. Jeannine gave us an Indian Show ?

07.20

Up at05:30 hrs (and I thought we were on vacation!). Therese farted three times
during the  night around 3 AM. She was singing Alleluiha three times this morning.
She was happy  and  relaxed.  A fourth one right in the face. 

Stopped at Hinton. Slept  at  Miette  Hot  Springs. Rained  all night.
We're located right between  four Mountains. Went swimming in Hot Sulphur pool.
Water  spring. Real  good!  Went to bed at 1130 PM. Therese let go three more farts.

07.21

Up at 9AM Last night, Terry farted  10 times! Boy! If she could convert that gas...
she'd be rich! Left for Jasper at 1130 AM. Beautiful morning. Took picture of Coco
in front of the mountain. Had a rest from  2 to 6 PM in Jasper Park,
Went  shopping at Jasper. Wonderful day. Went horse riding with Terry and Jeannine
for 1 hour. We went  way in  the  mountain on a very narrow ledge.
It was a sheer drop down the cliff but the horses didn't seem to mind.
Jeannine was scared stiff. And so was I. Hit the sack at 1130 tonight.

07.22

Up   early   at  0630. Wonderful horse riding in mountain trail at 0800 hrs!
Had the time of  the year. In afternoon, went to Maligne 

Canyon and Pyramid Mountain. Had a beer at the Jasper Park Lodge,
Never seen such a nice place, Took 20 snapshots  at the above three places.
Leo farted three times at the Lodge (how uncouth of him).
Terry can also say that she farted and caroled in a fashionable place.
It was 'des pets en grandeur'.

07.23

Up at 8 o'clcok, awfully tired.  Left toward Banff. Met a mother and baby
'Cayus' on the way to Banff. Took a shot at Columbia Icefield through window
of dining room. I hope it came out because it was quite a view. 
Met Lucien Tremblay and his new wife in Jasper yesterday.
At 9 PM, Coco and I left the group and went to Chateau Louise.
Listened to concert, had dinner and went dancing in Fairview Room.
Had a ball. Web acted as if we owned the place. Walked back to camp in total darkness.
Won't forget that night!

07.24

Up at 0915 hrs. Beautiful morning. Leo spread my face with shaving cream.
Went to Field BC in the Yoho Valley. Took the train back from Field to 
Lake Louise. We could see and went through the Spiral Tunnel through the 
mountain in Voho  Valley. Quite a sight to see. Before leaving for Banff 
we talked to an oId couple from Kansas City, Missuri. Very nice people. 
Left from Banff at 5PM. Went to the show in Banff Park

07.25

Had 1unch at a chinese restaurant. Visited Banff Hotel. Real nice but too dark
for my liking. Liked Jasper Park Lodge  better; not that it matters much 
anyway because, at the rates they must charge (I didn't bother to ask) 
I suspect we won't patronize them too much. Still.... oner can express 
an opinion, no?  Went to the show at night. Visited the caverns.

07.26

After, went to St Mary's Church. Had a steak & potatoes for lunch. 
Wonderful day but too cloudy, Could hardly get up after  that lunch. 
In the afternoon we visited the area around Banff. Went up tthe chair lift '
but didnt go up. We went to the Gondola Lift instead. Gigi couldn't come due 
to her heart. Had a real thrill. Got out of gondola at the top and walked around.
Took pictures. Real nice sight. Afterwards, went to Upper Radium Hot Springs
and the girls had a bath. Nice day overal 1oday.

07.27

Leaving  this  worning for Calgary. Nice weather on the way, Once in Calgary,
went shopping downtown at  Eaton's ,  Zellerr etc.
Bought mouchoir de tete, shoes, cochonneries, etc.

Left  Calgary  around 4:30PM and met  rain on the way to Edmonton. 
Had supper at a dirty restaurant at Crossfield. It   rained  very hard. 
Saw some oil field fires. Stopped at Lacombe to sleep at Hotel Princess. 
Had a very  large  motel for  6-  Stove and everything. 
Paid  $8.00 for the gang! Real cheap- Leo  slept like an engine (the steam version!).
 Had to take sleeping pills. Finally went to sleep at  0230 hrs. Good night world!

07.28

Up on a rainy morning at  0830.
Therese is getting ready by packing up her trunks. She is taking the  train
in Edmonton for  Montreal.  Had breakfast in Motel. Coco got up all broken up.
She said she liked sleeping better in tent. And so do I. 

Rained  steadily for a good while, we left Terry in Edmontn at 1430 hrs. 
She wasn't too big. Ate at St  Paul  on the way back- and arrived Grand 
Centre with clear weather at our scheduled time of 2200 hrs.

We had a very good trip. Brought back souvenirs for Paiement,  
the  English  neighbours, Rolande, Cayus de Champlain, the Morins and the Mitchells!

07.29

Up  at  0830 hrs. Not tired from trip. Went to Post office. Should have  brought
a  truck.  There  were 10 copies of La  Presse,  capacitors  from  Lafayette,
a card from Customs, three assignments from CREI, chassis and filter chokesfrom CESCO.
Visited Paul tonight. They came back  with  us  for coffee. 
Rolande is in hospital for her liver, ...again.

07.30

Received papers on multi-tester from Lafayette. 
Sent for information on Presto fire extinguishers.
Got to replenish that ban account!
Started construction on the Sabre Model aircraft.

07.31

Took appointment for dental and pre-natal. Raymond  and  Louise  visited us
tonight with Lucie and Claude. Both  Raymond and Claude were  drunk as skunks.
We don't like them very much (that is, Lucie and Claude)- Coco put one (Claude)
at the right place. Quote " If you're going to be our neighbours, you might
as well start knowing me  right now!  End of Quote, Ha, Ha.

08.01

Off today. In the afternoon, went to English Bay with neighbours, Pat and Bob.
Stayed in the water for over an hour- The  water was very good - Brought Twiki along.
She had fun.  Weather was really hot; amazing as you would not expect that from
a place called Cold Lake!

Painted the furniture for the third time!

08.02

Up at 10 this morning. Went to 1100 hrs Mass. Padre de Champlain officiating.
Rainy day. Stayed home- Good music on radio (Pat Boone)- wrote cards telling
early coming of Joanne to folks back home. Finished book  'Victorine'  .. very good.

08.03

Mother wrote to tell us that La Presse costs $3. per month. If so, we're going
to cancel it. Will write them soon. Gigi  feeling good today- She went to see
'Onion Head' on station tonight. Afterwards, went for a Sunday and pop at Mike Bar.
Jackie said that she would give us some used oil cans for water.

08.04

Got C. 0. D. from Cesco $4.12. Did not accept it. I am getting fed up with them.
Wrote home today, Also sent a cheque for  $3.15 to dad. Also sent 0.95 cents stamp
to get Petit Journal or La Patrie». Will know soon. 

Coco finished a small sweater for Twiki, Orange. It's very nice looking on her,
She's warmer now.

08.05

Sports afternoon on the Station. It's off for those who are working- I'm working 
so I'm lucky. God I hate those sports afternoons. If I feel like throwing a ball
around I can go on my own; no need to have someone telling me it's time to 'play'.
Tried to play cards at night but couldn't. Coco was very sick.
I studied in the hangar during the afternoon,

08.06

Up at 8 o'clock but 1 was awake since 5. Wrote for health Insurance today.

08.08

Met with a Mr Jan Saller today. We talked business. If and when TV gets here,
I am going to install all the TV he sells in  the shop he intends to open up,
at a flat rate of $5.00 per set. I would be in charge of the shop.
Nice guy enough to talk  with. Future will tell.

08.09

Gigi's birthday.  Gave  her  a  sewing  form  and accessories. Studied all day.
This afternon, went in town for shopping and brought Twiki along for the first time.
She behaved. She is so small.... you have to watch her all the time as she 
could disappear in tall grass!

Tonight, went to see oomedy show on the Station. On way  back, met the Morins.
They dropped in for a few hours. He  brought me back the ring I had  forogotten
at  his  place before we left for Jasper.

08.10

Worked on the amplifier all day. Still short of a lot of parts though.

08.12

Received word from the Health Insurance. I have been accepted. Will have to 
make assignment soon. Also received a letter from ma. She's very happy about us
getting a baby. Rose's dog got killed in Saint-Casimir.

08. 13

Sent $40.00 to dad. We'll pay him off yet!

08.15

Visited the Paiements tonight. The Morins were there. Had fun. 
Talked most of the night. Unfortunately, we stole the  show and Raymond 
didn't like it too much. Studied a lot today.

08.16

Paul and Rolande visited. Went to see ''Auntie Mame' tonight. 
Pretty good show. Studied from 9 to midnight! Was  very tired.

08.17

Worked on amplifier. Rainy day. Received La Patrie from home. Will have to answer.
Went to assign $5.00 per month for Life Insurance with North American Life 
and Casualty. I will assign $80.00 per month to dad as soon as I get his account
number. I want to pay that debt off as soon as humanly possible. 

08.18

Gigi went to her first pre-natal clinic. 
She will have her first big exam next month. Studied all day.

08.20

Had my wallet stolen. Reported it to the SP's.

08.21

Sent registered letter to Esso to report my stolen card. Took a postal box , 
Split it with Bob ($1.00 each plus .35 cents for the key).

08.22

Jeannine and husband came to visit us  this afterno'on. 
I wrote letters to mama and Mr Gendreau. Sent pictures of Jasper trip to mama.

08.26

Bought a $5,000 life insurance policy from Mr Heinen.  
Sold him a fire extinguisher  in return ($5.95)

08.28

Pay parade ($110.00) Bought a baby crib ($40.00), metal desk ($17.00),
personal file ($4.00) and pil ($2.50) Sent  for fire extinguishers.
They're selling well.

08.29

Finished the amplifier today, works very good. Had to go in to work tonight
at 11 PM to receive the aircraft coming in for the WPU shoot.

08.30

Gigi went picking rasberries this afternoon. Wrote letters to home and Raymond.

09.01

Twiki went to town for the first time with Gigi. She was a  sensation.
Interested everybody. Gigi started on her maternity dress today. 
Expects to finish it by the weekend.

09.03

Gigi worked on her dress all day. Coming along fine.
It will be a very nice dress. Today, I fell off a CF-100 and  broke my black-rimmed
glasses. Ouch!

09.04

Used my ofther glasses this morning and  broke them in  two  while cleaning them.
So now, I have to use the Air Force issue glasses. Urk!

09.05

Received several letters today and some fire extinguishers + sales aids.
Got papa's bank account number to make assignment to him and pay off that loan.
Mr. hunt is going to come home tonight and show us some slides.
Very nice weather today.

09.06

Sold record player to Paiement for $25.00. Coco wore her maternity dress for
the first time today. It's very nice. Took on a show on the Station and went
to Paul's afterwards.

09.07

Bought the Dual turntable from Sgt Adams today. Got it for only $30.00 and it
included two cartridges + 5 needles and an 45 rpm adapter and other accessories.
Unbelievable - Gigi very satisfied.

89.08

Received the baby crib today, All the paint was dripping  •  We returned it.
I was mad. Adjusted the stereo. Used  tape recorder as second channel.
Not quite satisfactory. Ravel Bolero. Very good.

09.09

Froze up last night. Ice outside the house.

09.10

Got TBTD needle this afternoon. Sick like a pig all night.
Got a letter from Jo today. He had never written in ten years! 
Ordered a new baby crib (Maple). Nice weather today again.

09.11

Started compiling a file on all persons I meet.

09.12

Paul dropped in today. Listened to stereo. Said it sounded good.

09.13

*** Russian rocket hit the moon at 14.02 hrs Edmonton time today!

Gigi took sick this morning. Went to Paul's place this afternoon and stayed
for supper. Played cards at night (tapette). Made pop corn. Had lot's fun.

09.14

Beanland dropped in today to start his TV Channel 3 antenna.
Coco went to her pre natal exercise. Likes it a lot.

09.15

Received papers and catalog for Black 7 Walker suits today. Very interesting.
Prospects: Raymond, Haslam, etc.. Hope it works out.

09.16

Made the pay assignment for dad today. Night flying tonight. 
Fixed Claude's car radio for free. At that rate, won't get rich soon.

09.18

Painted Mrs balit's furniture today with MonaFlex paint. Really good Job.
Will paint the two front doors and bottom later.
I used a vacuum cleaner for that Job.

Leo and Jackie visited tonight with their family. Played 'Tapette' 
and made popcorn. Had fun. I fixed Leo's radio.

09.19

Coco finished her maternity pants today. She made them out of my old 5A pants.
Really nice pants. Therese arrived today. She didn't like Montreal.
Glad to see her back.

09.20

Our first wedding anniversary! Paul's family and Therese came for supper,
and we went to the show afterwards. Coco was disappointed with the show.
Had fun all the same. Today, went to work from 1300 to 1530 hrs. Big day!

09.21

Finished oil painting tonight. Nice Job. Coco went to her pre-natal classes
 - She still likes them.

09.22

Gigi got her polio shots today, Was a bit sick at noon. Received baby crib.
Very nice. It pays not to accpt junk.

09.23

John Alstatt gone to USA for his operation. Should be back soon.

09.24

Baby moved for the first time today. Quite a sensation.
Decided today to study Morse code in view of passing Radio Amateur license.
Will build a 75 Watt transmitter, Code CW. Schematic taken from the Radio 
Amateur Handbook. Sent order for transistor (2N35) today.
Bought r transformer from Cpl Reed. Value $11.00 and paid $4.50.
Got receipt!

09.26

Raymond Paiement talking about getting out of here. He's not a happy pilgrim
in Cold Lake but the way I look at it, there are worst places.
Should get used to it.

09.30

Owen Hunt moved to Cold Lake. Gave him a hand. Better house over there.
Coco babysat her daughter while they moved. Worked on MacDonald's radio.
His power pack is al1 shot to hell. Found a repiacement power pack from
LAC Draper at Telecomm..

10. 01

Got water tank from Mrs Hart. Got paid $25.oo for fixing MacDonald's radio. 

10.02

Coco had her big troublesome tooth pulled this morning.

10.03

Very nice weather. looks like a summer  day! Tonight, LAC Green came home with
his projector. Showed us 200 slides from Montreal to Vancouver.
It was very interesting. I also showed him ours from Jasper.
He lent me his projector for a week.

10.04

Up at 10:15. Went to 11 o'clock mass. Today, we went to look at the 1960 Chevrolet
and Corvair. They're very  nice but out of our reach.
Played cards with the Paiements tonight.

10.06

Tonight, I showed 300 slides from overseas I had borrowed from John Alstatt.
Received La Patrie from ma. Pa still in plaster from his accident a while back.

10.08

Had first snowstorm today.
The road was very slippery and the ditches were full of cars. 

10.09

Raymond bought an old Plymouth '38 for $150.00. Seemms in good shape but the oil
pressure is nil. Not too good as you need pressure. 

10. 10

Fixed Raymond's car. He had no horn. Hooked the horn to a switch on the dash.
Works pretty good. Played cards tonight. Had fun.

10. 11

10:30 Mass in town. In afternoon, went for a ride with Ray. Got stuck in snow.
It took us an hour to get out of this mess. Pretty cold. 
What is it going to be like in winter? This is only October!

10.12

Padre visited with Terry tonight. Showed slides & talked. 
Sommerfield started working with us today. Haslam  is on leave.

10.14

Worked on Mac's car radio. Mr Heinen delivered the policy. 
Bought another fire extinguisher. Wrote the trade board exam this morning.
Nothing to it.

10.15

Made fudge tonight. One pan turned to toffee but the other one succeeded to look 
and taste like fudge. Best  fudge I ever made. Played cards with ray and Lou.
Ray is going to Aylmer for 3 weeks. Lou is lost.

10.18

Went to see 'Diary of Anne Frank' tonight. Pretty good show.
Also visited Thibodeau's.

10.19

Went to see show 'Rock 7 Roll'. Piss poor. Received ten balls of wool from Mrs.
Dusablon and lots of stuff from mom. Were very glad.

 10.20

Gigi wrote her  mother to thank her for  the wool.
Somerfield went to Edmonton hospital with  his  baby  girl. She is very sick.

Went  to  see  '7th  voyage  of  Sinbad'  in town*s theatre.
Coco was very happy to see it  but she was  not  so happy about the toilets!
The ladies toilets had two seats in the open, no special doors hiding,
giving  privacy. What  a place this is! 

Built  pract ice code  oscillater with CK 7's transistor.

10.26

Jacqoueline operated today for appendicitis. Went to visit Jacquie at Cold  Lake
Hospital. Brought her a chocolate box.

10.30

Sold my first made - to - measure suit to Cpl Pratt. ($73.50) Profit was $13.50.
Will be delivered around 15 Nov. Hope it fits good otherwise, I got myself a new,
ill-fitting $73.50 suit!

10.31

Went to Halloween party at the Airmen's and Corporal's Clubs.
Had lot's of fun. Couldn't dress up because of lack of time.
Paul drove us back at 0330 hrs.

11.01

Slept late this morning. Missed mass. Gigi not feeling too good.
Finished lesson no 250, I have only six to go before the exams.

11.02

We can wear the parkas as of today, About time. Coco wrote to Mrs David.
Dad received his $80.00.

11.07

Wrote a 7 page letter  to  Dollar! Started lesson No 253F.
Getting close to the end.

11. 11

Remembrance   Day  parade  today.  Darn  cold. (10 deg below!)

11.13

Received letter from Rosanne today.

11.Up at 04:30 this morning. Went to Edmonton with Claude. 
He bought a red Falcon. Nice Looking! $2750.00 equipped.  
30 months to pay at 58.00/month.
We had trouble coming back.
There was water in the gas. Temperature: - 30 deg!

11. 16

Beanland started building his stereo amplifier today. looks nice.

11.17

Have only two lessons left before the end of the course. 
Coco went to pre-natal clinic. 
Received letter from Alice.

11.19

Started design of box 'Tootsie' for  Air Force Day next year. 
Went to show and Paul's place afterwards.

11.23

Going on night shift for the next few weeks. Sommerfield going on days.
It's about time, he's gett ing to be a nervous wreck.

11.25

Talked about buying a house trailer from Ron.

11.27

Made good offer to Ron for trailer.  Will know tomorrow

11.28

Great day.  Bought trailer. Our first house.
Well... not a real house but it's better than paying rent.

12.02

Went to Edmonton to sign papers with Traders. Worked tonight until 10:30 PM.

12.04

Telecom party tonight. Great fun. Went to Sevigny's place after party.
Laughed to death. Went home at 0600  hrs. Tired to death.

I12.05

Up at 0730. Not bad: one hour sleep. Went to trailer to take porch down.
Ray joined me at 0930. Rodger got to trailer at 10:30. 
After a lot of work, we got the trailer moved at 1 PM. 
Ron took my place to work this afternoon.

12.06

Had to work on trailer Most of the day.

12. 11

Started working on porch. At 10:00 hrs, the water line froze up. 
Took two hours to fix it. 
Will have to install insulating tape around the pipe and insulate all around trailer,
otherwise, it will keep freezing up. Had a beer  with Ray, Louise and Roger. 
Ray was drunk.

12.12

Finished the porch and terminated the move today. Recorded records all evening.
 Chouinard's records.

Furnace suffered a down draft tonight.  Had to wash floors again. 
Went to bed at 0200 hrs. Gigi very tired. 
Didn't go to WPU party, of course, with all that commotion.

12.13

Woke up frozen stiff. Very cold in trailer. Reason: door opened during the night.

12.23

Received Christmas card and letter from Mrs Balit and Achille.

END OF ENTRIES FOR 1959