Feb 1939 & March
25 Lovely fine day but blowing very hard. Charlie went up for Mrs Earl Simpson and she did up a good big washing and some cleaning up for us. Charlie & Lorraine went to New Glasgow to rink.
26 40A. A nice day with chill wind. Thawing in afternoon and rained at night. Charlie went home this AM. A very quiet day at Webbs.
27 36A in morning and 18A at night and blowing hard. Ernest went to Town to-day. Lorraine couldn’t cross the road to mail box so we haven’t any mail to-day. Quite a thaw. Perley in PE Island Hospital.
28 12A this morning. A lovely day but wind came in chill in evening. Dad got home after dinner. CGIT here to-night also Charlie and David Johnston.
March 1 Blowing hard and pouring rain in morning but cleared up lovely and thawed like smoke. Dad & I went to Abe’s for a bag of potatoes. Dad up to see Earl this morning. John Stewart pretty sick. Getting Dads clothes ready for his trip. Lorraine has another head cold.
First flight of across Canada air mail service
2 Quite a cold wind. Charlie took Ernest to Hunter River and was here all night. Blowing very hard. No ice in sight in the Gulf. Over 20 buried in fire in Halifax.
Queen hotel burned in Halifax
3 8A this morning. Glad Ernest was at Hunter River, will have a lovely day for travelling. Charlie went up to Joe Stewarts for grain. Charlie took Lorraine to
March 1939
3 Stanley to rink. Pauline coughing too much to go.
Ernest away to visit Marion
4 A lovely day. Busy. The girls went for a walk in afternoon to get Lorraines papers signed and called at Milton Greens & Alfred Moores. Robbie Toomb got home at night. 150 anniversary of the 1st Congress in US.
President Roosevelt & others on the air
5 Quite mild all day. Rain and fog in afternoon. James R. Stewart died about 8 AM. Charlie took Lorraine to church. David Johnston here this evening. Fred Clark down this afternoon.
James Robert Stewart
6 Nice morning and we washed and put out about one half of clothes and the rest up stairs. Snow and rain and blowing a gale to-night. The men at Cemetery all day, digging through the old Presbyterian Church foundation and four feet of frost.
7 Blowing a gale and getting colder. Charlie took me to the funeral in afternoon. Reggie Simpson & Edward Lowther here in evening also CGIT girls.
8 4B and a terrific gale all last night and all day. Just kept busy stoking fires. Churned and baked. Still blowing and 2 above to-night.
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9 Cold. Gertrude Lamont & Freddie here in afternoon.
10 Nice day. Nate phoned that Perley had passed away in the PEI Hospital. Terrible shock. Charlie took Mother to New Glasgow en route to O’Leary. Elmer Fyfe & Hilda Hiscott here in evening.
Perley McNeill
