Worked all day at Keith Rd. Schools.
Gave $5.00 to Reverend N.J. Thompson regarding Rectory.
In evening to Mrs Esdaile.
Chatted for 1 hour. Took flowers.
At 9 pm to Reverend N.J. Thompson’s.
Took flowers. Stayed till 11.30 pm.
Home at 11:45 pm.
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Worked all day at Keith Rd. Schools.
Gave $5.00 to Reverend N.J. Thompson regarding Rectory.
In evening to Mrs Esdaile.
Chatted for 1 hour. Took flowers.
At 9 pm to Reverend N.J. Thompson’s.
Took flowers. Stayed till 11.30 pm.
Home at 11:45 pm.
Working all day at Keith Road School.
Paid $36.00 for work done
Receive deeds from William Gibbs of Fort William for me to sign.
26th day of Battle of Aisne.
To Haswell’s in evening (7:30 pm)
Working on Keith Road School.
Battle of Aisne has lasted 24 days.
At work on Keith Road School. Have bad cold all day. Church gets a letter from Esquimalt Dockyard
Niell calls in evening
Working on basement of house until 5 pm. At 6 pm to Haswell’s
At 7 pm escort Mrs Graham to English Church & go myself to Presbyterian Church
Go for walk with Mrs Graham at 9 pm, home at 10:30 pm
To work ½ day at Keith Road Schools. Home at 1 pm. I go to Lynn Valley Day sports
To Haswell’s & take Mrs Graham to Vancouver at 6 pm.
We go to Rex & Columbia Theatres & home at 11:30 pm
I get to bed at 12 midnight
A lovely day but I rose at 8 am did not go to work all day.
Laid water pipe to new house. Miss Roberts of 609 Main St. Vancouver calls & we inspect her property 2 pm till 3 pm.
Home Guard meets 7:30 pm
I chat with Mayor Irwin at the Public Schools for an hour. I accompany John Neate Sr. home. Home at 10:30 pm
Raining all day
Worked 1 ½ hours.
To Vancouver at 11:30 am to cash pension cheque 38.85.
Paid Barker $4.00
Paid Clarke $6.29
To Rex Theatre 2:30 pm. Home 4:30 pm.
In evening – to Reverend N.J. Thompson’s Residence. Met Reverend & Mrs Hugh Hooper of St. John’s Rectory, North Vancouver. Had chat & left at 10:30 pm. Received invitation to Hooper’s.
German warship – Leipzig – sinks British steamer Banksfields which had a cargo of sugar value $500,000
*SMS Leipzig – A Bremen Class German cruiser named after the city of Leipizig. The ship spent much of the early part of WWI along the coast of Mexico and South America attacking British merchant ships. SMS Leipzig took part in 2 naval battles, the Battle of Coronel and the Battle of the Falkland Islands before being chased down and sunk by the British cruisers HMS Glasgow and HMS Kent.
Working on Keith Road School
I send letter to Ottawa, also one 2 days ago offering my services to government
Reverend N.J. Thompson calls
The Battle of the Aisne has lasted 18 days
To Haswell’s at 8 pm.
*The Battle of the Aisne – A follow up attack by French and British forces after the Battle of the Marne. The battle began on September 12th. The German troops quickly retreated and then created entrenched defensive positions on the North Bank of the Aisne River. The French and English also dug in, creating entrenched positions.
Working all day at Keith Road School.
In evening to Public School Lynn Valley to give results to Non Commissioned Officers of examination ÷
Cecil Purdie Colonel Sergeant 108 points
[Flu] J. Barker Sergeant [1 Sec]: 84 points
_____ Hill – Sergeant [2 Sec]: 77 points
I McLagan Sergeant [3 Sec]: 74 points
Woodcock Sergeant [4 Sec]: 68 points
W Bartlett Corporal 68 points
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