Arthur's Letter From Indian Head Forestry

No date on this one but would have to be between 1903 and 1905. My Dear Brother: I was very pleased to hear from you and to hear you are doing (well). I am staying on here for another month and I would like to stay all the summer if it was not for losing my place as the money is up to $44 per month now. So it is $30 a month and board now and that is as good as most of the farmers pay. I have asked Mr. Godfrey to see John Hunter for me and find out about work for you and shall see him tomorrow night and then I shall post this so you will know early. In the meantime I had let Mr. Smith, the teamster at our place, know I wanted to see Hunter or had casually mentioned it and he met him on the sidewalk and he spoke to him about you and he promised you a job as soon as he starts up and he has got a good sized job at the power house. So I will let you know what Mr. Godfrey says. I have got an order for $2 for you but I will send you another $5 and when you get working you can let me have it back if I want it back as I expect I shall. I have written to Emily and told her that Horace will lose 10 or 12 weeks work by putting it off so late. I think it is a pity as he could be getting some money for the winter. There is a brick building going up in town soon. The bricks are already on the spot Joe tells me. And one man has about 20 houses to put up so there seems to be plenty of work to be done. I hope you will both have a good summer's work but it will not be so late as in the Peg as they start earlier up here and finish earlier but whats the odds. You may just as well be brick laying two months in the spring as walking about in Winnipeg paying your board where you may earn just as much money and get on the homestead as soon as it freezes up instead of working the two months that you lose in spring. Perhaps Mr. Lochhead will put up the team until I come up as I expect brick laying will start as soon as the weather breaks up enough but I shall know tomorrow night. You might tell them to keep my mail until I come up as I have changed my address. There will be a Family Herald and Nor West Farmer and Canadan Thresherman. I sent the change of address notice last week so they will likely be up there from this time. You had better look me up at the Forestry when you do come down. I will ask Mr. Godfrey to look you up a lodge if you like as I guess he knows plenty of people by this time. P.S. Dear Earn: I have seen Mr. Godfrey and he tells me J. Hunter will give you a job as soon as you get here and will give you 50 cents an hour and I have sent you $7 so you can come as soon as you are ready. Goodby A.W.N.

December 11, 1949

This was my day off so after breakfast I started off walking for Lipton. After getting out of the valley I found the road pretty heavy as far as Devon school. No cars had been through. A little further on young Bill Bradley overtook me with a sleigh and gave me a ride to Lipton. He told me that Fred Neil had died on Wednesday and the funeral was today. I went to Fishers. Then in town where I bought a box of chocolates at Segal's cafe. I went back to Fishers for dinner. At 2 pm we went to the funeral in the town hall and afterwards I got a ride back to the San with Mr. Stiff, the undertaker. Mr. Corkhill and Charlie Bull were also in the ambulance while young Bill Stiff and another fellow went ahead in a truck.

Day Off From The San December 1950

From the journal of Bill Nevard Dec 1: Payday. Eleven members of the North Regina Badminton club came to the San and played against 8 of our members. Dr. Reilly, Dr. Trasi, Frank Froh, Jack Bogart, Mrs. McKenzie, Mrs. McPherson, Miss Gore and Miss Healy. After which we all went up to the assembly room for lunch. Dec 2: I decided to go out to the farm on my day off. Caught the Regina bus at the lodge and rode to Lipton. Irene Zerr was the only other passenger. I had my new parka on which had only come the day before. I visited Jack Goff's and Fishers. Called in at Segal's Cafe and got a box of chocolates as a Christmas present for Silver Birches. Started out walking to the farm at 9:30 and was about 4 hours making the trip. Only a sleigh trail most of the way. Everybody at the farm reasonably well. I got some stuff together for the boys to take to Lipton in the sleigh but couldn't find Dad's parka. I went up to Silver Birches and had dinner there. Gave Uncle Arthur two months payment and started back about 3:30 pm. I called in at Charlie Huber's place and managed to get a car ride with his son Leonard. We got to Lipton about 6:45 and I had to wait about an hour for the bus.

1945 Solar Eclipse

July 9, 1945 Plowing. I got up just before 4 a.m. Had breakfast and was out in the pasture after the horses when the eclipse of the sun was at it's nearest to totality. I only saw one star shining.

Bill's Grim Reaper Comment

A February 1971 entry in Bill Nevard's journal. This time in his own printing.

87 Years Ago In Nevard Farm History

November 28, 1936 Uncle Horrie went to town with wheat and Dad went with him. Prince and Dixie got scared by a truck loaded with furniture on 35 highway near the cemetery and tipped the wagon and load over into the ditch causing much trouble and delay. It was Dad's new box. If it had been one of the old boxes it would probably have been demolished. I hauled water and got a jag of dry wood home. Karl Miller re-elected councillor. Bud got the mail home. November 29, Sunday. Church service at Headlands. Mr. Hillary. Dad, Dick, Uncle Arthur and I all walked. Others attending were Tom and Ed North, John Leslie, Mrs. Binnington, Agnes and Bert, Cliff Barton and Paul Morrison. Uncle Horrie, Roy and Joy here to supper. Dick and Uncle A. stayed at Murphy Newton's. Bud fixing up a radio he bought somewhere.

November 9 Today in Nevard History

November 9, 1936 Today I took Spark and Violet with the wagon to get a load of flour which Dad's ticket had won in the raffle. It was said to be at Adam Lutz's place so I went to the old Fred Millward house where I had never been before. I found William Millward in possession and heard from him that Lutz had moved to the West half of the section ten and was living where Tom Bordass used to live.t Proceeding thither I found Philip Lutz assisting his most immediate male progenitor to dig a well. They had dug 40 feet then with no water. They have a new log barn with a lumber roof for about 22 head. Plastered with clay and cement washed over it looked like concrete. A slick looking building. Philip gave me the flour and I began my journey along highway 35. Met the distinguished Mr. William Sawchuck going wither from whence. Reaching the corner I turned East for 3 miles. The first mile between Aitkens and Harry Millward's being terra nova to me. Passing Sam Wheale's I observed his new house in the throes of construction but not completed. I stopped in at Greenforest and loaded up oats for town tomorrow. Uncle Horrie has started making his new stable. A bit milder today. Bud, Roy and Joy were here to supper and playing cards afterwrds.