Oct & November
31 Miserable cold day, rain and snow. Parlor social at Will Grahams. Bay View Institute. Ernest cleaned up and manured the garden.
November 1st Cold grey day. K. in woods. Ernest ploughing turnip land and found gallon jar of whiskey down in alder bush. Margaret over for supper. Blowing a north east storm tonight.
2 Cold grey day but fine. Ernest & I have bad colds.
3 Very cold day and snow & hail flurries. Ernest & Keith went to sale at Wiltshire and Margaret stayed with me. Wretched cold and altogether miserable.
4 Ernest doing house work to day. In bed all day.
5 Warmer to-day and feeling better. Lorraine home in time for supper. Anna over. Blowing hard to-night.
6 Lovely fine day. Annie Lowther & Herb Wyand here in afternoon. Marion Alvin and Rae McN arrived about 4:30. Had Mother down in evening.
7 Mild day, rained a little in afternoon. Marion washed. Ernest working in cemetery. Missionary Meeting in church to-night. Norman Alton
New boy at Cecils
8 Cold and cloudy. Ernest and Keith in woods. BS Group met at manse. US election day.
9 Still cold. Keith thrashing at Hams in afternoon. Ernest helping shingle Earl Simpsons roof.
[Change in handwriting; Marion?]
10 Mums went to Hunter River with Wyands in to town by train. Practice in hall to-night for concert.
11 Special services for Remembrance Day in Wheatley River & elsewhere. Mrs McCrae phoned to locate Nan, wants her in tea room in S Side. YPS in U Church – lively meeting. Dinner at Doyles at midnight.
12 Not feeling so good but had a busy day. Dad got a wild goose this AM. Vera down in PM. Practice at night.
13 SS in AM – a glorious day. Baptist service in PM. Goose dinner at night. Margaret & Annie over. PJ & I were to Jerrys to see Mabel. She has had a nervous breakdown.
14 Made candy in AM, worked in hall all afternoon, concert successfully staged at night, made $18.45. Tired & happy.
15 Busy day – Earle, Ham, & Elmer Pluck here sawing wood. Teacher Training at Manse. Margaret over.
[Back to Myrtle’s handwriting.]
16 Fine, came home from Town. Reuel & Enid and kiddies brought me out. Foggy at night. Cyrus Crosby’s 50th wedding anniversary.
