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.