Lest We Forget --- May 16, 17 and 18, 1913

In the last "LEST WE FORGET" post, Clem had just gotten back to work. We pick up the posts on May 16th 1913:

LEST WE FORGET

Friday, May 16, 1913

Weather was wet and cold till 9 30

We work only thru his line

Track came in with all the tools and it stopped raining

it rained and snow of [sic] and on

all did not work work in the after noon.

Wrote 5 letters

one home to stat [-?-] Dad C. Gertrude and Ollie

[caption id="attachment_1064" align="aligncenter" width="224"] Rain...snow... Time to write some letters home![/caption]


Saturday, May 17, 1913

Weather fine and warm

We did work all morning

in the afternoon we went out and got a little water for the cook for tomorrow that took us about 1 hr.

Train was 5 mins ahead of time ttonight the first since we came up here

We went out after supper and played quater [-?-] till bed time

This afternoon I wrote two letters one to Agatha and one to C B Laclair

[NOTE: Agatha was Clem's older sister. He named his first daughter, my mother, Beatrice Agatha, obviously after his older sister.]

[caption id="attachment_1065" align="aligncenter" width="206"] Better weather, more work, but still time for 2 letters![/caption]


Sunday, May 18, 1913

Weather fine and warm.

I took a little walk about 2 miles in the morning

After dinner I took a walk about 4 miles

after supper we all went out a had a little sport jumping and baseball

[NOTE: The term "dinner" was specifically a reference to what we call "lunch" while "supper" is what we call either "supper" or "dinner."]

I wrote one letter to Maud [Clem's oldest sister] just in time to catch the train

[caption id="attachment_1066" align="aligncenter" width="230"] Dinner, supper, "sport jumping" and baseball[/caption]

Lest We Forget---May 13, 14 and 15, 1913

BACK TO WORK!! I think that getting back to some hard manual labor after several days of "relaxing" may have caused a few aches and pains. As you can probably tell, there are more illegible words here than usual.

If you can figure out the questionable parts of the entries, let me know! I could use the help...

Lest We Forget

Tuesday, May 13, 1913

All night on the train did not sleep

arr at the pass at 11 30 had dinner [-?-] gang Jackson gang and went out to work in the afternoon

work all after noon in a little rain and now [-?-] and had a [-?-] of quarter after supper with W. H.

Went to bed at 9 oc.

very tired



Wednesday, May 14, 1913

Got up at 6 oc and weather fine sunshine

went to breakfast and then it started to snow

snow and rain of [sic] and on all day a little cold all day

My first hole day on the job

work went fine

a good bunch of lads

We worked on the bridge East Yellow head





Thursday, May 15, 1913

Weather fine and a little warmer worked on the bridge east of here all day.

Had a little snow and rain this afternoon

Saw St J Mac [-?-] this evening on the passover going east was not talking to him.

[caption id="attachment_1031" align="aligncenter" width="215"] Clem must have been exhausted after getting back to work---Handwriting is small and he didn't fill the page as usual.[/caption]

Lest We Forget---Thursday, April 10, 1913

There's a few words here I can't make out...I may have to come back for an edit at a later time...

We left Leaman at 7.30 for Peers 22 Mileca Cullerne was moving the Outfit to Edson and he would pick us up as there is moo place to stay

Weather very warm all day I worked with coat off all day

Lest We Forget---Tuesday, April 1, 1913

Did these guys play tricks on each other on April Fool's Day?? I kinda doubt it...

Weather about the same as yesterday The train man broke our rest about 5 Oclock the morning as we move to the north yards arr. at the north yards at 12.30 I had no breakfast this morning dinner at the State at 1 Oclock then went over to town. I met Jim and stayed over at the camp att night with him.



Every once in a while, I like to remind everyone that I'm attempting to transcribe what Clem wrote. In other words, what I see is what you get!! So, many...MANY...words are misspelled, punctuation is virtually non-existent and capital letters are few and far between, other than the "W" in "Weather"! Many words are illegible to me, so if you can figure them out, let me know, I'll appreciate it!

A little warmer today! Friday, March 7, 1913

Friday, March 7, 1913
"Lest We Forget"

[caption id="attachment_741" align="alignright" width="263"] "Weather a little colder"[/caption]

Weather a little colder
Cullerne Lee and I went out in the afternoon and levels for a ditch west of bridge about 1 1/2 Got through about 4:30 PM
Cullerne took the level to town to get it fixed

"Lest We Forget" Thursday, March 6, 1913

Wow! Am I behind! I'm going to get this up to date tonight...I hope!

[caption id="attachment_712" align="alignleft" width="217"] "Weather fine and warm..."[/caption]

Lest We Forget, Thursday, March 6, 1913:

Weather fine and warm. We three all stayed in the car all day. Cullerne did a little work in the office with Walton in Edmon[ton] After supper we went uptown to play pool. Art [?] Walton went home and I

Sunday, March 2, 1913

[caption id="attachment_727" align="alignleft" width="225"] Near Edmonton, Alberta, Lest We Forget Sunday, March 2, 1913[/caption]

Weather dark and cloudy all day but warm. I was all alone in the car all day. I started to wash about 9 oclock and finished about 3 oclock

After that I work on my album till supper time

After that Arthur and I went to church

And here's another shot from "The Album"...by the way, this is the first time he mentions the album, which I assume is the photo album that contains the pictures that I've been putting up here occasionally.

"Lest We Forget" January 16, 1913...Clem gets the days mixed up!

[caption id="attachment_433" align="aligncenter" width="219"] This is the diary "Lest We Forget", a small 4X5 book in its 100th year![/caption]

Here's today's entry:
We did a little better today. Weather was a little warmer about 10⁰ below. Steve and I walked to Carval (?) left Stony Plain at 1 oclock and got back at 3.25 PM. 17 miles. Cullerne went to Edmonton in the afternoon. I wrote to Jim Fisher.

[Note: At this point in the diary, Clem started filling in Saturdays’ log on Friday’s page. So he crossed out “Friday” and “17” and wrote in “Saturday” and “18”. Then he did the same for Saturday and Sunday, making “Saturday” “Sunday, January 19” and “Sunday” “Friday, January 17”. In the interest of accuracy and to maintain the way the diary was written, I have followed the exact transcription as it appears.]