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Mary's Memoirs
It was very cold 78 years ago
in Belfair. Reading this week's
diary was almost reading as if
it was happening now. Our cold
weather has been something
else. Enjoy/
Thursday, Feb. 13, 1936
Another very cold day.
Wanda was off today. Charlie
delivered hay to Nichols, feed
to Bickle and hay to Johnson.
Cleaned up the warehouse and
stocked the shelves. Cleaned
up all post office work. They
caught Johnny Beard with
three salm-
on and took
him to Shel-
ton. Won-
der who
caught him?
Sent to a
linoleum
company
By CLYDENE for some
linoleum
HOSTETLER to go in my
kitchen.
Also sent for six pair of chiffon
hose so I will have plenty for
good. Have plenty of everyday
hose. Saw Mrs. Jensen today.
She was glad to hear that Aik-
ens were getting along so well.
They were good friends when
they.lived here. Don's father
died last night.
Friday, Feb. 14, 1936
A very cold day and not very
busy.
Saturday February 15, 1936
A very busy day. We went
to Victor and had a fairly good
time. I bought a cake and forgot
to bring it home. Read after
coming home.
Sunday, Feb. 16, 1936
We got up late and ate
Shurfine pancakes and they
were very good. We rode
through Tacoma into Seattle.
Ate dinner at the Coon Chicken
Inn and then saw a good show,
'Tose-Marie" with Jeanette
Journal photo by Clydene Hostetler
Mary Theler made no mention of Valentine's Day in her diary, but this valentine
was in her diary for 1936.
MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.
Home by 9:30 and read until
late. Don's father buried Satur-
day, Feb. 15, 1936, in Tacoma.
Monday, Feb. 17, 1936
A cold day and everyone
decided to go skating. Sam and
Doug went to Seattle through
Tacoma and had two fiat tires
up by Bishops. So they didn't
get done unloading until 11:15.
We got back about 11:30.
Wanda fell down so many times
we laughed and laughed. Pinky
laughed so hard when she fell
down that he fell down and
then we laughed! Had a bon-
fire, toasted wieners and drank
coffee. Had so much fun! Rex
George, Louie Curl, Raymond
Brown, Williams, his wife and
Rule, Tony Shubi, Elizabeth,
Wanda and I were there. Erma
and Gordon came late looking
for Wanda as she forgot to go
home first to tell them where
she was going. Home very late
and to bed.
Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1936
A quiet day. Wanda not able
to worl She was all bruised
up from falling on the ice. I
went up to the ice pond about
two o'clock and tried to skate
for a while. Then Elizabeth and
I went to Bremerton. Saw Dr.
Schutt and he said my goiter
was way down. So I guess Ill
never need it taken out, praise
be! In the evening we went out
skating and Sam and Doug
went too. Had a fire down on
the far end of the lake and had
more fun! Home late again.
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 1936
A quiet day and very sunny
out. We were afraid the ice
would melt before evening so
we couldn't skate but we got
there it was fine. We built
a big fire where we had one
last night and found still a
few warm coals. Then the
next thing that greeted our
eyes was a doe the dogs had
killed, one that someone had
wounded. So Doug dragged
it off in the brush. The other
people skating around came
up to us and said "Looks like
something was killed out
there" as if we didn't know it.
No lunch just a big fire and
home fairly early. Sam went to
town and got my mother so we
took her to the beach before
I went skating. Sam went to
Seattle on the 8:30 p.m. boat.
Wrote to Ruby and thanked
Roundtrees sister for the bulbs
she sent me.
I started sharing Mary The-
ler's diaries from 1931. In five
years of diaries, I do not recall
Mary ever sharing that they
went ice skating. It sounded
fun to go ice skating in the eve-
ning on a pond, which I have
no idea its location, and build
a fire and roast wienies and
drink coffee. A couple of days
ago I drove down state Route
106 and took a picture of the
Dalby Waterwheel near Union,
which had frozen. It was beau-
tiful.
It surprises me how our
weather often is very much like
it was in 1936. I have a pair of
those metal ice skates that you
clip onto your shoes that were
my grandfather's. I bet that is
What they were using. Thank
you for reading this week's di-
ary.
Clydene Hostetler is a
longtime Belfair resident, local
historian, media archivist and
documentary film maker of
"Hidden in Plain Sight." She
has been researching Mary
Theles life for the past 11
years. She can be emailed at
clydeneh@wavecab!e.com.
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