January 1, 1934 - Monday.  A rainy day.  Not cold.  The men sawed in the mill.  Glenn still in - we think  perhaps Dr Stewart may have got back from Halifax.

January 2, 1934 - Tuesday.  Cold with cold wind.  Below zero.  We did not put the clothes on the line today.  Ethel was cutting out a waist for Shirley.  Alice was at the Post Office and Ethel's.  This is Bub's 75th birthday.  He is pretty well for him.

January 3, 1934 - Wednesday.  Cold - below zero, but not windy.  I was sick - dizzy head etc.  Went to bed in the a.m. and stayed all day.  The Overseers of the Poor met here.  Dr Stewart was in to see Glenn, and thot he was rather better, but must not work yet.  Put. and Lola Fulton were in in the evening.  Morris went to Musquodoboit.

January 4, 1934 - Thursday.  4 degrees or more below zero, but no wind to speak of.  Nice sunshine.  Roy and Edwin took lumber to Brookfield and went in to Truro.  Clyde Reynolds is hauling tonight for us, per Frank Laffin.  Mrs Margeson, Thelma and Ruth, Gussie Benvie, Edna and Alda all called this afternoon and evening. Morris and Tom worked most of the evening.  Tom was hauling logs in the p.m. and met with a mishap.

January 5, 1934 - Friday.  Cloudy.  The morning was cold, moderating in the afternoon and evening.  General or Annual meeting of the Ladies Aid was held at Mrs Edson Cox's after which the Village Aid met at Mrs H.T. Fulton's.  Those present were: Mrs Roy Blaikie, Mrs Alex Fulton,  Mrs Eben Fulton,,Mrs S.A. Fulton,  Mrs H.R. Foster,  Mrs Hazel Fulton,  Mrs A.T. MacDonald,  Miss Ella Johnson, and myself.  Edwin took us down; Morris brought us home after which he went to Division.  Wilmer Hamilton is here tonight.  Tom Fulton is not, but came back.

January 6, 1934 - Saturday.  Warmer, a little rain.  Alice was at the store etc. this p.m.  F. Bentley called.  Mr MacDonald called.  Mr and Mrs Wilfred Pearson were here a little while this evening.  Edna is not feeling well; was in bed today.  I was in to see her.

January 7, 1934 - Sabbath.  Cloudy and thawing some.  Morris, Uncle Harris, Alice and I of this house attended church.  Rev A.T. MacDonald preached from the text "John the Baptist did no miracle, but...".  It was a fine sermon, helping us to better thoughts and finer ideas of life.  Alda was up a while this p.m.  I was at Y.P.S.C.E. in the evening, with Morris and Tom Fulton.

January 8, 1934 - Monday.  It rained a little and snowed a little.  Freezing some tonight.  Henry Graham was here to dinner.  Wallace Miller was here a while in the p.m.  Tom Fulton and Morris were up at Graham Fulton's playing Bridge tonight.

January 9, 1934 - Tuesday.  Pretty fair.  Cloudy and cold night.  Alice was at Y.L. Club at Mrs C.C. Cox's this afternoon.  Martha Cox called on her way to club.  I was at the Manse tonight.  Mrs MacDonald was fixing up the reports of different secretaries.  Morris came for me. 

January 10, 1934 - Wednesday.  A lovely fine day, but cold.  Roy, Edwin, Tom Fulton and Morris went to Brookfield and loaded a car with deal for Mr Arklie of Halifax this a.m.  They were home for a late dinner.  Alda and I called on the cows at the barn today.  We got two pails of seeds.  Alice called at Mrs G.R. Deyarmond's.  I was to see Mr and Mrs Margeson this evening.  Both are sick.

January 11, 1934 - Thursday.  Quite a nice day, but cloudy.  The WMS Auxillary met at Mrs S.A. Fulton's this p.m.  Nine members were present.  Mrs Suther Geddes came back with me, and stayed to tea.

January 12, 1934 - Friday.  Another day like yesterday.  Glenn seems a little better.  Langille, the insurance agent was here this p.m.  Also Charles Peppard and Wallace Miller this evening.

January 13, 1934 - Saturday.  A very pleasant day.  Not cold.  Good roads about here.  Baked brown bread.  Mrs Alex Fulton and I called on Mrs Billie Miller, Mrs Robert Cox and Mrs George Bentley.  At the foot of George Bentley's lane, we met Mr and Mrs MacDonald who took us home in their car.  Had a letter from Edith Boomer.  Wilfred Pearson is sick with rheumatism.

January 14, 1934 - Sabbath.  Not cold.  Quite a wind in the night and part of the forenoon.  It died away and the rest of the day and evening is moderate.  Alice and I were at home and Glenn too.  I had a dizzy spell, but it is better tonight.  Tom Fulton and Morris were at Y.P.S.C.E.

January 15, 1934 - Monday.  Windy; a little snow drifting.  Colder tonight than in the daytime.  The truck is broken again.  I was in Mr Margeson's this p.m.  Glenn and Alice were at Roy's this evening a little while.  Had a letter from Florence J. Boomer.

January 16, 1934 - Tuesday.  A lovely fine day.  I was in Mr Margeson's and Roy's today.  Mr and Mrs William Pearson called here in the p.m.  Wilfred Pearson is at work again.  Edwin Blaikie has not been very well lately.

January 17, 1934 - Wednesday.  A nice mild day; but a snowy, drifting storm tonight.  This was (or is) Roy's 45th birthday.  Mrs Willard Taylor, Mrs Percy Johnson,and I had tea at Roy's tonight.This was the night of the Annual  Congregational meeting.  Morris, Shirley, and Alice went from here.  I was at Mr Margeson's a little while.  Had a letter from Edith Woodworth.

January 18, 1934 - Thursday.  Snow squalls.  Colder tonight.  Something about the mill machinery broke today, and Roy's plans to go to Truro tomorrow   to get it repaired. (D.V.)Alice got her new coat - dark green suede - ready to wear.  Ethel fixed it.  Alice dined there.  Alda was here this evening.

January 19, 1934 - Friday.  Cold.  Below zero this morning and storming and drifting tonight.  Morris went to Division.  We heard of Mrs Thomas laffin having a ....

January 20, 1934 - Saturday.  A fine day.  Not as cold as yesterday, but still below zero this a.m.  This was Sacrament Saturday.  Shirley and I were at church.  Mr MacDonald preached from Acts 1:8, "Ye shall receive power".  We shall have power from on High.  Janie Benvie (Mrs J.W. ) called  Three united with the church by profession; Misses Jean Cox, Alda Blaikie and Thelma Blaikie, and Mrs Graham Fulton by certificate.  Morris is at the Post Office tonight.  Tom Fulton went home, I guess.  Alice called at Mrs Margeson's this evening.

January 21, 1934 - Sabbath.  Very cold.  20 degrees below zero here this morning.  23 degrees below at the Post Office.  Sacrament Sabbath.  Sermon - Source of Power - The Holy Spirit.  Mrs Hamilton here to dine.

January 22, 1934 - Monday.   Very cold.  35 degrees below zero at the Post office.  34 degrees below here.  We had a nice sacramental service.  The theme was "The source of spiritual power"  Acts 1:8.  Jesus is that source of power through his holy Spirit, which all people may have, who believe in and love him. Edwin and George both have colds.  Alice and the girls carried water from Roy's to wash tomorrow.

January 23, 1934 - Tuesday.  A nice day.  Alice washed and got the clothes dried.  It is softer weather tonight - tho' there is quite a wind. They are practicing for Division at Roy's tonight.  Morris is there.  Glenn seems better, I think.

January 24, 1934 - Wednesday.  Warmer.  Quite a wind storm last night.  Some rain, tho' not much.  Rev A.T. MacDonald called twice.  Edna called and Put and Lola Fulton. Glenn saw Dr Stewart.  Mr MacDonald took him to the Dr tonight.

January 25, 1934 - Thursday.  Not very cold tonight.  Morris at Division practice at C.C. Cox's.  Glenn and I up late.

January 26, 1934 - Friday.  A nice fine day with a little wind.   Dannie Brown trucked logs to the mill all night last night.  Morris has a cold but worked all day.  He fell while lifting on a log some days ago, and hurt his breast bone, he thinks not seriously.  Today an edging struck his leg and hurt but he went to Division, as the Upper Musquodoboit Division is to be over visiting the Agricola tonight.  Mrs D.B. Bentley was at Roy's.   Our well has been getting low and we have been getting water at Roy's.

January 27, 1934 - Saturday.  A nice fine day.  Some wind.  Alice's green hat came today.  (from Eaton's).  Alice and girls hauled water with tub and handsled from Roy's.  Saw an aeroplane today.  Shirley and I were at Mr Margeson's a little while tonight.

January 28, 1934 - Sabbath.  A nice day.  Glenn, Nina and baby Freda home from church.  Mr MacDonald's text was II Samuel, 12:7 - "Thou art the man".  He spoke of many kinds of sin, and it made lives poorer.  Harry and Nellie, Walter and June were out from Truro in the p.m.  They went home early as June had earache, and some of those at home have colds.  Morris, Nina, Shirley and I were at Y.P.S.C.E.

January 29, 1934 - Monday.  Soft, a little rain.  We put in a quilt.  The men are sawing for Harry Ellis - a car load of deal.  Glenn cannot work yet.  Dr Stewart was to see him yesterday.

January 30, 1934 - Tuesday.  Very cold last night.  Only 4 degrees below zero but a cold high wind blew all night.  Miss Douglas, the school teacher, was here a little while. Harry Ellis, for tea.

January 31, 1934 - Wednesday.  Fine and cold.  We finished our quilt this p.m.  Jimmie Dunbar was here a while and at Roy's to tea.  Alice and girls went to Prayer Meeting.  They are hauling lumber to Brookfield.  Ellis' lumber, sawed by Blaikies.  Alda Blaikie, Gussie and Irma Benvie here after Prayer Meeting - sang and danced.

February 1, 1934 - Thursday.  Warmer with some rain.  Was in Mr Margeson's; also at Ladies Aid at Mrs Roy Blaikie's. Those present were: Mrs J.D. Cox, Mrs Alex, Mrs Eben, Mrs Martin, Mrs H.T., and Mrs S.A. Fulton, also Mrs Graham Fulton, Miss Ella Johnson, Mrs Nevins and myself.  Calvin McLean, who is hauling lumber to Musquodoboit Station, got his truck over the bank up the river, near R.F. Deyarmond's tonight.  David (Pat) Fulton died about 3:30 this p.m.

February 2, 1934 - Friday.  A great wind and rain last night.  A big freshet today.  Only 13 scholars attended school.  Cal McLean's truck is O.K.  I finished up the quilt - binding it tonight.  Morris went to Division.  This is Flossie's 39th birthday.  She has spent many birthday's away from me.  May we spend one more together, if it is God's will!

February 3, 1934 - Saturday.  Cloudy, not rainy.  The water has fallen a lot leaving ice cakes behind.  David H. Fulton was laid to rest today.  He leaves a wife and large family.  Glenn saw Dr Stewart this morning.  The Dr tells him not to try to work yet.   Tom and Morris are up at J.W. Benvie's tonight.  Glenn and Alice are at Roy's.

February 4, 1934 - Sabbath.  Quite a nice day.  Uncle Harris, Morris, Alice, Shirley and I at church.  Mr MacDonlad's sermon was from the text "The soul of my Lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God".  Mr Macdonald intimated he proposes to leave us.  Was not at Y.P.S.C.E.

February 5, 1934 - Monday.  A nice fine day.  The men, Roy, Edwin, Tom F. and Morris went to Brookfield and loaded a car with lumber.  Uncle Harris spent most of the day at Wilmer Hamilton's.  Morris was at practice for a Valentine Social at Mrs Mart Fulton's.  Mrs Fred Rutherford is dead.  The funeral was today.

February 6, 1934 - Tuesday.  Fine this a.m.  but turned cold with a very cold north or north-east wind.  David Fulton, South Village, visited Glenn this p.m.  They sawed in the mill.  C. McLean trucking the logs from F. Bentley's in Pembroke. 

February 7, 1934 - Wednesday.  Pretty fine but cold.  Was in Mr Margeson's and Roy's.  Morris and Alda at Ross Johnson's to practice for Division.  Wilmer R. Hamilton here this evening.   

February 8, 1934 - Thursday.  Fine day - frosty night.  Rev A.T. MacDonald took Mrs MacDonald, Mrs Alex Fulton, Mrs W.D. Kennedy, and me to Truro to attend the Presbyterial of the WMS.  Mrs Alex spent the evening with us.  Mr John Burnett and Mr McGunnigle are dead.  They both lived in Musquodoboit.  Mrs Clyde Reynolds is in  C.C. Hospital for an operation.

February 9, 1934 - Friday.  Very cold.  34 degrees below zero this a.m.  Alice was at the store.  I was at Roy's.  Alda, Thelma and Morris went to Middle Stewiacke in H.T. Fulton's little truck, to visit with other members of the Agricola Division, the Division there.  Glenn and Alice are at Roy's this p.m.

February 10, 1934  - February 20, 1934 - no entries

February 21, 1934 - Wednesday.  Rather warmer, but cold wind.  Glenn, who took sick December 19, 1933, is not better yet.  He was in bed most of today.  Mrs P.W. and Mrs C.F. Graham here to dinner.

February 22, 1934 - Thursday.  A lovely fine day.  Dr Stewart called this a.m. to see Glenn.  He tells him to get the remainder of his teeth taken out.  Mrs Hamilton and Mr and Mrs C.C. Cox called this p.m.  Alice made one or two calls and was at H.T. Fulton's store.

February 23, 1934 - Friday.  Jean Elmira Blaikie's eleventh birthday.

February 24, 1934 -no entry

February 25, 1934 - Sabbath.  Cold with high west wind.  No church service, as Robert Purdy's house caught fire and the minister and some of the men went to South Branch to help put out the fire.  It was extinguished before a great deal of damage was done - tho' the loss will be $200.00 or $300.00.  Charles W. Grant called.  Alice visited Mrs Margeson.

February 26, 1934 - Monday.  Windy and cold.

February 27, 1934 - Tuesday.  Windy, with some snow falling.  Dr Stewart called to see Glenn.

February 28, 1934 - Wednesday.  Fine but some wind.  Glenn not very well.  He had a turn at dinner time.  Mrs Richie Barrett here to dinner.  Mr Alex Fulton, Mr J. William Pearson, Mrs Graham Fulton and Miss Gertrude Cox here this p.m.  Mrs George Bentley here this evening.  She has got word of  her Aunt Bessie, Mrs J. Jeffers of Peabody, Mass., death.

March 1, 1934 - Thursday.  A fine day.  Rather cool wind.  Dr Stewart called this a.m. and soon after dinner, Rev A.T. MacDonald called and took Glenn to Truro to be x-rayed, and perhaps to have an operation in the C.C. Hospital.  Mrs Martin Fulton called.  Margaret Miller came from the Academy to spend a few days with her mother, who is gaining in health after a long illness.

March 2, 1934 - Friday.  A lovely fine day.  Mrs Edson Cox and her niece Miss Martha Cox called this p.m.  I was at Roy's a little while.

March 3, 1934 - Saturday.  Dark with rain tonight.  Shirley and Nina were at Mrs Hamilton's to dinner.  Miss H.K. Douglas and Clare Creelman called this p.m.  There was to be a Basket Social at Springside.  It is so stormy, probably it will be postponed.  Roy called Harry's house about Glenn, but we don't know much more.  Alda is here this evening.

March 4, 1934 - Sabbath.  Quite warm.  Rainy tonight.  Alice, Shirley and Morris were to church.  Glenn called Alice on the telephone.  He must have an operation - there is some obstruction in the stomach.

March 5, 1934 - Monday.  A rainy disagreeable day.  Dr Stewart told Alice that the operation was arranged for Wednesday, March 7.  Alice very busy all day getting ready to go to Truro on the morrow and take Freda.  They butchered the steer.

March 6 - 14, 1934 - The first 8 or 10 days of March were fine, and mostly not very cold.  On Saturday and Sabbath, the 10th and 11th, a severy snow storm raged over most of Nova Scotia, if not all of it. Glenn had an operation at the C.C, Hospital March 7.  Alice went to Truro taking baby Freda Mary in March 6 and came home March 13.  Alda assisted me while she was away.  Glenn is not out of the hospital yet.  Wrote to Edith Boomer today.  Irving Graham and Lottie Ross married March 10, 1934. 

March 15, 1934 - Thursday.  A fine day with cold wind.  Mr Margeson was in this a.m.  I was over in the p.m.  Alice had dinner with her mother.  George W. Dawson and a Miss McLean (of C.B.) are married. 

March 16, 1934 - Cloudy.  Not very cold.  Misses Edith Fulton, Gertrude Cox, Alda and Thelma Blaikie called on their way to practice at the hall.  Had a letter from Edith Boomer.

March 17, 1934 - no entry

March 18, 1934 - Sabbath.  A nice fine day with snow at night.  Morris, Shirley, Nina and I at church.  Mr MacDonald's sermon was from the text "Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary". Psalm 96.  It was a fine sermon.  He spoke of his resignation being filed.  Isaac Rutherford died.

March 19, 1934 - Monday.  Clouds and sunshine.  Colder tonight.  They began hauling deal to Brookfield to load a car.  Roy and Edwin took one load this p.m.  Glenn is out of the hospital and at Harry's; hopes to be home this week.  Wrote to F.JB. today.

March 20, 1934 - Tuesday.  Quite a good day.  Cool wind.  The men were trucking deal to Brookfield.  I was in Mrs G.R. Deyarmond's and MrsHenry Cox's this p.m.  The lights on the truck went out tonight  as Roy and Morris were near Middle Stewiacke and they had to drive home in darkness, except for snow on the sides of the road etc. 

March 21, 1934 - Wednesday.  Not very cold, only the wind.  Roy and Edwin trucking  deal; they took the truck to Truro this p.m., taking the load  off in Brookfield.  Morris brought Glenn home in Glenn's car.

March 22, 1934 - Thursday.  Pretty fine.  Wind tonight.  They loaded the car of deal.  Graham and Florence Fulton here this evening.

March 23, 1834 - Friday.  Cold last night.  Windy with sunshine today.  Was at Mrs Margeson's this p.m.  Dr Stewart called to see Glenn, who, he said, was doing well.  Morris at Division tonight.  Mr MacDonald, Mrs Alex Fulton and Mrs H.R. Foster called.

March 24, 1934 - Saturday.  A nice fine day.  Shirley and Nina were at Mrs Hamilton's to dinner.

March 25, 1934 - Sabbath.  Cloudy.  Not so very cold.  Morris, Shirley, Nina and I at church.  Glenn not feeling very well.  Dr Stewart in to see him.  Mr MacDonald's text was I Cor:15:2, I John 2:2.  It was on Jesus death.  Mr and Mrs Martin S. Fulton here in the evening.

March 26, 1934 - Monday.  A lovely fine day.  Mrs Grant Cox called, also Thomas Graham.  Mrs Cox had been at Mr Graham's - his son Louie's wife being sick.  Mr C.P. MacMillan here to tea.  Fred Bentley (Pembroke) is having his logs trucked to the mill, preparatory to selling a car load of deal.

March 27, 1934 - Tuesday.  A little skiff of snow in the night, but some rain fell today.  I was in Mrs Margeson's this p.m.  C.A. Blaikie and Paul Johnson called tonight.  Glenn seems better.

March 28, 1934 - Wednesday.  A wet, drizzly, rainy day.  Mrs Johnnie Gourley, Otter Brook, visited us.  We enjoyed her visit very much.  Other callers were Mr David Fulton, Mr and Mrs S.A. Fulton and Dr J.M. Stewart.  Thomas Fulton and Morris Blaikie  up at S.G. Fulton's.  Alice was at the store and Post Office.

March 29, 1934 - Thursday.  Foggy in the morning, but a nice fine day in the afternoon.  Alice got a High Chair for Freda.  Glenn walked to H.T. Fulton's store.  I was in Roy's and Mr Margeson's.  Shirley and Nina to Mrs Hamilton's to tea. 

March 30, 1934 - Friday.  A nice fine day.  I was at Roy's this evening.  Edna and George, Jean and Ruth were home.  The others were at Division.  Edna's neck and back are troubling her.

March 31, 1934 - Saturday.  Fine with cold wind.  It was a pretty cold night last night.  22 degrees below freezing - not below zero though.  Robert A. Cox dined here.  Mrs Alex Fulton and I called at C.P. MacMillan's, the P.O.(not the house), and Mrs Edson Cox's.  Came home with Morris and Glenn.  Mr and Mrs A.P. Fulton called this evening. Alfred Johnson and Mrs G. Miller and small Priscilla and Homer Johnson were here too.

April 1, 1934 - Sabbath.  Easter.  Dark - raining tonight.  Uncle Harris, Glenn and Nina at home from church.  Nina has cold.  The text of Mr MacDonald's sermon was Christ, the first fruits of them that sleep.  A nice Easter discourse.  No Y.P.S.C.E. tonight.

April 2, 1934 - Monday.  Dark, but not raining today.  Fred Bentley, Pembroke, who was hauling deal to Brookfield, neglected hauling the last two load of his carload on Saturday p.m.; so there was no hauling today.   Edna cut and nearly made a pajama suit for Vivian Boomer this p.m.    C.P. MacMillan sent my shoes home half-soled.  A good job.  Gussie and Irma Benvie here tonight.

April 3, 1934 - Tuesday.  Cloudy.  Not cold.  Fred Bentley got his car loaded at Brookfield.  They got stuck in the mill yard here, very early in the morning, and had to haul the deal up to the main road with our team of horses, and load it there.  Glenn up to Mr Martin Fulton's to dinner.  Mrs D.B. Bentley here to tea.  Alice got new forks , and I got a dress ($1.50), Shirley a coat, at Eaton's.  They came today.  Mr and Mrs Arthur Deyarmond had a daughter born today. 

April 4, 1934 - Wednesday.  Cloudy most all day.  A little sun.  Nina was at home with the cold.  P.W. Graham here to dinner.  Glenn and Alice were at the store and down to Mrs E. Hamilton's - the first time Glenn has driven his car since his operation.  Mr and Mrs Putnam Fulton here tonight.  Had a letter from E. Boomer.

April 5, 1934 - Thursday.  Little squalls of snow; cold wind.  We sewed in a mat today.  Nina is home these two days.  Morris is almost laid by with cold and sore throat.  Wallace Miller, Artie Kennedy and Fred Smith are here tonight.  Edwin went to Springside to a Social.

April 6, 1934 - Friday.  Fine but cool.  Morris did not work today. He had cold.  Alice cleaned Uncle Harris' bedroom.  I called at Mrs Margeson's.  Roy and Edwin and Tom Fulton went to see McPhee's mill.

April 7, 1934 - Saturday.  Cloudy.  Not cold - only the wind.  Morris worked.  Glenn has some cold.  Dr Stewart was in and innoculated him.  Mr A. McCarthy died, at Abram Bentley's, Otter Brook.  He is Mrs Bentley's father - home in Spry Bay - Age 86.

April 8, 1934 - Sabbath.  Chilly, sort of damp.  Morris, who was not very well, went to church and did the barn chores.  No Y.P.S.C.E. in the evening as Mr McCarthy's funeral was held at Mr A. Bentley's at 7 o'clock this evening.  Charles Cox, Eastville is dead of blood poisoning, leaving one daughter, Christina.  Dr Stewart was in to see Glenn who had suffered a lot with the innoculation, but is better. 

April 9, 1934 - Monday.  Fine with cool wind.  Bub not well.  Was in Roy's a little while tonight.  Nothing occurred worthy of note.

April 10, 1934 - Tuesday.  Like yesterday.  Morris quite sick - ate no breakfast - neither he or Bub (Uncle Harris).  Sent a letter to E.M.B.

April 11, 1934 - Wednesday.  Nice fine day.  Y.L.Club met at H.T. Fulton's.  Alice was there.  Prayer Meeting in the p.m.  None of us were there.  Cleaned the room occupied by me today.

April 12, 1934 - Thursday.  Fine but cold wind.  WMS met  at Mrs Edmund Hamilton's.  Glenn took Mrs Alex Fulton and me; waited for us, and brought us back, taking Mrs Fulton out home.  Cleaned the boy's room today. 

April 13, 1934 - Friday.  Dark this a.m.  Stormy with wind tonight.  Alice cleaned the girl's room.  Glenn away to tea.  I was in Mrs Margeson's.  Sent a parcel to H.R. Boomer.

April 14, 1934 - Saturday.  A big rain last night., but the weather cleared and the afternoon was fine.  The river overflowed, but did not cover as much of the intervals as it has sometimes.  Shirley was with Ethel Deyarmond's Hazel, to dinner; and Hazel was here to tea with Shirley.

April 15, 1934 - Sabbath.  A fine day.  Alice, Shirley, Morris and I were at church.  Mr MacDonald's text was "The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord". Proverbs 20:27.  It was a good sermon but I forget most of it.  I was not at Y.P.S.C.E.  They had a sing-song after the meeting.  Austin Wickwire was at Roy's and here.  He is working out Otter Brook in a portable mill.

April 16, 1934 - Monday.  A lovely fine warm day. 

April 17, 1934 - Tuesday.  Slightly rainy, but warm.  Was at G.R. Deyarmond's.  Sent a letter to F.J.B.

April 18, 1934 - Wednesday.  Another fine warm day.  Was at G.R. Deyarmond's.

April 19, 1934 - Thursday.  Again it was fine and warm.  I heard the frogs chirping tonight.  G.R. Deyarmond got his fingernail torn off.  I came home tonight.  Alice and Glenn away.  Had a letter from E.M.B.

April 20, 1934 - April 22, 1934 - no entries

April 23, 1934 - Monday.  A fine day.  Have been in bed since Friday, April 20th.  Have had rheumatic attack - suffered some.  Mrs Mary A. Fisher died yesterday, April 22nd.  Mr and Mrs Alfred Johnson visited Roy's and called here Saturday night and Sabbath p.m.  Mr Raynor preached in the Hall yesterday p.m.  Mr MacDonald was away.  Miss Douglas the school teacher, is not well.

April 24, 1934 - Tuesday.  Nice and fine.  Chilly wind.  Wrote to E.M.B.   Mrs Louis K. Graham taken to C.C. Hospital for mastoid treatment.  Mrs Alex Fulton and Mrs Margeson called; also Alda.  Mrs R.A. Cox very ill.

April 25, 1934 - Fine in the morning; rainy at night.

April 26 1934 - A fine day.  Mrs Alex Fulton, Mrs Margeson and Alda called in the afternoon.

April 27, 1934 - Cloudy with rain towards night.  Mrs Robert Purdy and Edna called this afternoon. (per Morris Blaikie, private secretary)  Note: April 25, 26 &27. were written in a different hand-writing - probably Morris'

April 28, 1934 - no enrty

April 29, 1934 - Sabbath.  Fine, cool wind.  Glenn and girls and Morris at church.  Edna was in a while - also Mrs G.R.Deyarmond.

April 30, 1934 - Monday.  A fine windy day.  Mrs Margeson called this p.m.  Mr and Mrs George A. MacKay dined with us.  Mr and Mrs MacDonald called after tea.  We heard of Louie Graham having pleurisy.  His wife is still in the C.C. Hospital.  Roy was in to see me - he and Edna went to Truro.  Had a letter from E.M.B.  Wrote to F.J.B.

May 1, 1934 - Tuesday.  A nice fine warm day.  Mrs Margeson called this p.m.  Glenn went to Truro, Stewiacke etc.  Morris and Edwin cleaned scale off the boiler this a.m;  hauled and piled wood this p.m.  Bub got his hair cut at G.R. Deyarmond's tonight.

May 2, 1934 - Wednesday.  Another lovely fine spring day.  Morris was to Otter Brook to the Smith's Blacksmith Shop.  Edna was up tonight; she and Morris had brought me fruit from Truro.  Morris had not told me - it was a surprise.  Had a letter from F.J.B.

May 3, 1934 - Thursday.  Cloudy but warm.  Alice washed the sitting room overhead, and baked bread.  Freda had cold.  Mrs Alex Fulton called on her way to Ladies Aid at Mrs Edson Cox's.  All are at the moving pictures, which are held or shown in the hall in connection with the short course, invited by the Division.

May 4, 1934 - Friday.  Warm but rainy - in showers.  The men just worked this forenoon; went to Musquodoboit, to Mr Houston's mill in the P.m.  Uncle Harris went too.  Roy was in tonight - he told us some of his experiences at Presbytery in Truro this week.  Alice was in to see the Margeson's this evening.

May 5, 1934 - Saturday.  Dark with sprinkles of rain.

May 6, 1934 - May 15, 1934 - no entries

May 16, 1934 - Wednesday.  A wet day.  We have had a wet May for the most part.  No seeding done.  Mrs Mary Ann (Harrison) Fisher died.  Glenn worked in the mill a little lately; he is easily tired.  Stomach still troubles him.  Alice cleaned the kitchen yesterday.  Mrs Grant Cox and Neil called.  Hugh D. MacKay died Mar 13.  Funeral yesterday (May 15) in the Springside church. - burial in Riverside Cemetery, Upper Stewiacke.  On May 7, a little son was born to Flossie - (Mr and Mrs Russell B. Boomer at Mirror, Alberta.  Weight , seven and a half pounds.  (Letter from E.M.B. on May 14. I wrote May 15 to E.M.B.)

May 17,1934 - Thursday.  A nice fine day with cool wind.  Alda was in this p.m. a few minutes.  They were hauling some logs. 

May 18, 1934 - Cloudy.  Sun shone out at night.  Mrs Margeson was in this a.m.  Gordon Miller called at evening.  Glenn and Alice were at Mr Day's this evening.  Jean and Ruth were here.  Glenn was told by Dr Stewart, not to work.

May 19, 1934 - Saturday.  Dark and cool.  We had dandelion greens for tea.  Glenn at F. Bentley's, Pembroke, to tea.  I was at Roy's a while.

May 20, 1934 - Sabbath.  Dark and rather cool.  Rev John A. Bradley occupied the pulpit in our church today.  Rev A.T. MacDonald was there however.  Mr Bradley and his brother dined at Roy Blaikie's.  Mrs C.F. Cox, Truro, is buried today.  She was Hedley T. Fulton's sister (half). Also Mrs Selina C. Bentley (widow of Wm Bentley, deceased many years ago), was laid to rest in the Baptist Cenetery in this Village, yesterday.

May 21, 1934 - Monday.  Dark with misty showers.  Edwin was not very well.  Morris was to Truro.  Parker Cox went in with him.  He came out alone.  Little Herbert Fisher died today;  son of Howard and Jean (Deyarmond) Fisher.  Alice and Glenn were at Mrs Hamilton's to tea.  I was in Roy's a minute.  Wrote to Mirror.

May 22, 1934 - Tuesday.  Dark with slight showers. Cold.  Heard of Henry Stewart's death today.  Glenn was at Robert Rutherford's to tea.  Alice was at Mrs Margeson's to call this evening.  She and Glenn are at Roy's now.  A "Window Hoister" agent was going the rounds.  A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Harry A. Johnson of Newton Mills on May ....

May 23, 1934 - Wednesday.  A cloudy misty day.  Roy took lumber to Truro.  Alice cleaned the upstairs hall.  A number of fish sellers called.  Joyce Deyarmond was here to tea.

May 24, 1934 - Thursday.  A fine warm sunshiny day.  Roy and George were to Truro with lumber this p.m.  Mrs Margeson and Ethel Deyarmond called.  My rheumatism troubled me.

May 25, 1934 - Friday.  Another fine day.  People working on the land getting it ready for seed sowing.  Glenn took Mrs G.R. Deyarmond and daughter Hazel to the C.C. Hospital to have Hazel's tonsils removed.  Alice was at H.T. Fulton's store. I was in Mrs Margeson's this p.m.  Morris and Tom were scaling ashes on the plowed land today.  Had letters from E.M.B.; F.J.B. and M.E.B.

May 26 , 1934 - Saturday. Some clouds but warm.  Morris and Tom Fulton were farming.  Roy and Edwin hauling logs.  Glenn and Ethel and Hazel got home before tea.  Mrs Margeson was in this evening.  I was at Roy's.  Ruth is threatened with mastoids.  There is a new male clerk at H.T. Fulton's store.

May 27, 1934 - Sabbath.  A lovely fine day.  All at church except Baby Freda and myself.  Aunt Edith, Fred and Eva Woodworth, Harold Steele and Edith S. Goodwin were here.  Ruth still feels sick.  Edwin's 20th birthday.

May 28, 1934 - Monday.  Another fine day.  Tom and Morris farming.  Edwin hauled some wood for Bernie Allen.  The Congregational Meeting is being held tonight for the purpose of choosing a minister to succeed Rev A.T. MacDonald.  Just Glenn and Morris are there from this house. 

May 29, 1934 - Tuesday.  Fine and warm.  Still my hand is sore.  I called at Mrs Margeson's and Mrs H.P. Cox's.  Glenn was to Musquodoboit.  There is a play in the hall tonight.  "Lookin' Lovely".  I saw Mr MacDonald today; had a little talk.  Rev J.W. Wright of Springhill expects to be the preacher next Sabbath.

May 30, 1934 - June 1, 1934 - no entries

June 2, 1934 - Saturday.   Cloudy with slight showers.  We are having very good seeding weather all this week.  The ground is very hard.  Mr Wright cannot come to us.  He has accepted a call.  Roy and Mr Alex Fulton visited Rev A.J. MacDonald (Milford) of the Settlement Board last night.  We hope to get a minister soon.  Putnam Fulton is sowing our oats today.  Mr Jacob Layton died May 22, aged 89 years.  -------- Lela Johnson and Murray Dickie were married June 12, 1934 at the bride's home (Mr and Mrs J. Martin Johnson) Burnside, by Rev Raynor.-------James Harold Archibald and Miriam Ruth Corbett were married June 16, 1934.-------Christina Cox (Eastville) and James MacDonald were married June , 1934.------ Got the new electric washer, June, 1934.

June 2 , 1934 - June 30, 1934 - no entries

July 1, 1934 - Sabbath.  Very fine.  Cloudy tonight.  Rev E.D. Murray of Upper Londonderry was the preacher.  Mr MacDonald and family having gone to Valley etc yesterday..  All at church from here except Glenn and I and Freda.  I got up and came downstairs this a.m.  Sick for 2 weeks+.  Alice and Glenn attended the evening service of Dean Church.  50th Anniversary.

July 2, 1934 - Monday.  Fine and hot.

July 3, 1934 - Tuesday.  Fine and hot.  John Cox's house burnt tonight. Rev William Girdwood moved here to Upper Stewiacke from River John.  WMS Rally at Onslow.

July 4, 1934 - Wednesday.  Fine.  A breeze today and for 2 days.  Very dry.

July 5, 1934 - Thursday.  Cloudy this a.m.  Fine in the p.m.  Visitors today: Mrs Cyrus F. Graham (Burnside), Mr and Mrs John Collings, Mr and Mrs Walter W. Collings, Alden W. Collings, Mr and Mrs Frank W. Abrahamson and son Stanley F.; and Miss Dorothy C. Webster.  Also Mrs Edmund Hamilton and Mrs A.L. Margeson.

July 6, 1934 - Friday.  Quite hot.  Very dusty.  Mrs A.P. Fulton called.  Glenn over to Mr Day's tonight.  A political meeting of Liberals is being held there.

July 7, 1934 - Saturday.  Very hot and dusty.  Rain needed.  Mrs Margeson called; also Mrs Hugh MacKay of Pembroke.  Bessie Deyarmond of Burnside was here to dine.  Roy and Edna went to Truro with a truck load of lumber.  I called at Roy's.  Mr and Mrs Robert Dean and family came to visit Mr and Mrs Alex Fulton and other relatives today. Their home is in Connecticutt, USA.  Thelma, Jean, Ruth, Shirley and Nina were in swimming this afternoon.

July 8, 1934 - Sabbath.  Fine.  Not so hot but still dusty.  Mr Girdwood preached his first sermon here - at Upper Stewiacke.  All this household were at church except Freda and I.  I think Mr Girdwood's text was "He preached unto Him (Jesus)".  Mr and Mrs Percy R. Goodwin and Edith were here in the p.m.

July 9, 1934 - Monday.  Fine but cooler.   Jean Peppard called.  Alice was at Mrs G.R. Deyarmond's trying to get Shirley's dress cut, but did not get it.  Glenn, who was at Martin Fulton's, Meadowvale, had a chill when he came home.  Dr Stewart came and  thought he had been in the cold too much.  Roy was to Truro.

July 10, 1934 -  Tuesday.  Fine.  Very dusty and dry.  Alice attended Y.L.C. at Mrs Gordon Stewart's home this p.m. Edna and Mrs Margeson called.  Jean and Ruth went to Truro with their father in the truck. Miss Margaret Dean is dead.  She has lived with Adam Dean for many years.

July 11, 1934 - Wednesday.  Fine and dusty.  Very dry.  Visited with Mrs Edson Cox this p.m.  We called a short time on Mrs Girdwood at the Manse.

July 12, 1934 - Thursday.  Fine, dry and dusty.  Alice, Glenn, Shirley and Nina were to Truro today.  Nina got her glasses changed.  Martha Cox was with me.

July 13, 1934 - Friday.  Fine.  Not quite so hot.  Dusty.  Roy was to Truro, I guess.  David Graham had dinner with us.  Was in Roy's this a.m. and at Mrs Margeson's to tea.  Glenn and Alice and Mrs Warren Butcher are away tonight on some business for Mrs Butcher. Sadie Taylor and Wallace Wright were married in Truro by Rev Ritchie Bell.

June 14, 1934 - Saturday.  Dark with a few small showers of rain.  Mrs Margeson was in a short time tonight. The ball game was played tonight.

June 15, 1934 - Sabbath.  Fine.  Quite warm.  Glenn and Uncle Harris were home from church; also baby Freda and I.  In the p.m., Morris, Alda and I drove over to Riverside Cemetery; then up to Pembroke and had tea at Mr Lewis Fulton's.

June 16, 1934 - Monday.  Dark.  Nice thunder showers.  The long dry dusty period has broken, and the crops will be better for it.  Roy, Alda and Thelma went to Truro - they took lumber - in the truck.  John Girdwood is here tonight.

June 17, 1934 - no entry

June 18, 1934 - Wednesday.  Not so hot, but warm, cloudy.  Antique Show or Exhibition at the Village Hall - upstairs part.  All of us were there except Alice, Bub and Freda.  The boys only to tea.  My sister Edith (Mrs F. Woodworth) and her daughter and husband, Mr and Mrs Guy Redden and 3 boys Ralph, Karl and Vernon   (10, 8 and 2 years) came from Stewiacke.  The Redden's were at Philip Redden's over night.

July 19, 1934 - Thursday.  Fine again.  The Redden's did not return until after dinner.  They went home after tea.  Roy went to Truro.  The folks, Aunt Edith and the Redden's called to see Roy's folk too.

July 20, 1934 - Friday.  Dark.  Slight showers.  Lightning tonight.  S.S. convention held in the hall in the p.m. and evening. None of us attended except Shirley, in the p.m.  Mrs Allen Deyarmond and daughter Gladys had tea here.  Dannie Brown dined with us.  Ilene Crockett and Robert MacKay were married.

July 21, 1934 - Saturday.  Dark with slight showers.  Preparatory Service in the p.m.  This was the first service I have heard Mr Girdwood.  It was on preparation for the Lord's supper.  Roy went to church then to Truro.  Alice finished Nina's dress.

July 22, 1934 - Sabbath.  A nice fine day.  All at church except Nina and Uncle Harris and Freda.  Sacrament Sabbath.  Mr Girdwood preached from the text "Let a man examine himself".  Also the talk after the Sacrament was very helpful.

July 23, 1934 - Monday.  Rather cloudy.  A thunder storm.

July 24, 1934 - Tuesday.  A fine day - except some clouds.   Mr Wm Miller cut and harvested Mr Margeson's hay.  Nina was at her Grandma Hamilton's yesterday and today.  Danny Brown here to dinner.

July 25, 1934 - Wednesday.  Cooler, but a good hay day.  Foggy this a.m.  A man was round to see about the electric washers being sold so cheaply. The agent - Connors - has not been honest in his dealings.  Mrs Emily Blanchard stopped a few minutes tonight - just with Mr and Mrs Murray Dickie.  Morris and Alda went to Shorts Lake tonight.  Wrote to Nettie Abrahamson and J.and C.    Dollfuss of Austria asassinated.

July 26, 1934 - Thursday.  Dark and warm.  Mrs Jessie Cox died at her daughter's - Mrs John D. Graham's, Pembroke, this morning.  It had been her own home while she was married.  Alice was down at her mother's this p.m.

July 27, 1934 - Friday.  A wet day.  Tom Fulton sick.  Life Insurance agent, Langille, had tea here.  Gordon Miller called.

July 28, 1934 - Saturday.  Dark and showery.  Jennie Andrews and baby Douglas visited here this a.m. and at Roy's in the p.m.  Alda, Thelma and Edwin went to Shorts Lake tonight.  Mrs Jessie Cox was buried today.

July 29, 1934 - Sabbath.  Cloudy but warm.  Was at church.  Rev Mr Girdwood preached from the texts "Ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full"  and  "It is more blessed to give than to receive".  Uncle Harris, Nina, Morris and I were up to the cemetery this p.m.

July 30, 1934 - Monday.  A fine day.  Roy to Truro.  George F. Graham and Walter,  and Willie Crocker here to dinner.  Got a bag of "Absolute Pure" flour.  Glenn got it at David Creelman's.

July 31, 1934 - Tuesday.  Pretty fine this a.m,.  Cloudy in the p.m. and cooler.  Glenn and I went up to Burnside to see P.W. Graham who is very sick.  We had tea there; and we called to see them at James A. Graham's; both he and his wife are laid aside through illness.  Mr and Mrs Girdwood called on Alice.

August 1, 1934 - Wednesday.  Cloudy and dark.  Was at the P.O., Mrs Edson Cox's, Mrs Eben Fulton's and Mrs Bentley's this a.m.  At Roy's in the p.m.  Mrs S.G. Fulton and Miss Grace Dean and Edwin Blaikie and Sidney Cox were here this evening.

August 2, 1934 - Thursday.  Dark this a.m. but came out fine and was a good hay day.  Ethel (Mrs G.R. Deyarmond) finished my dress today.  I wore it to Ladies Aid at Mrs S.A. Fulton's this p.m.  It is a greyish color of voile.  Roy motored to Oxford; started about 5:30 ; and bought a  moulder for the planer.  Ladies  at "Aid" were Mrs Roy Blaikie, Mrs D.B. Bentley, Mrs H.T. Fulton, Mrs Edson Cox, Mrs Girdwood, Mrs W.D. Ross, Mrs Clyde Reynolds, Mrs Frank L. Fulton, Miss Katherine Girdwood, Miss Gwen Fulton, Miss Greta ...

August 3, 1934 - Friday.  Quite fine this a.m.  Rainy in the p.m.  Charlie Blaikie came from Truro with Roy last night and is here with us tonight.  Harry and Nellie Blaikie brought Alda and Thelma back from Shorts Lake, where they had visited since Saturday last week.  Tom Foster got his hand hurt.

August 4, 1934 - Saturday.  Cloudy this morning but the afternoon was good for haying.   Charlie Blaikie returned to Truro with Roy when he took lumber this p.m.  I was down to the store tonight with Glenn.  Called a few minutes at Mrs Margeson's.

August 5, 1934 - Sabbath.  Cool and windy.  Mr Girdwood preached from Hebrews 4:15.  Jesus is our High priest.  "Courage for our tasks from day to day" was the thought in his (Mr Girdwood's) prayer.  Glenn, Alice and family were up to P.W. Graham's this p.m.  Mr Graham is not very well.  Shirley, Nina and I were at Y.P.S.C.E. tonight.

August 6, 1934 - Monday.  A fine hay day.  Mr Robert Cox was down with his horse raking for us. Mrs Margeson and Mrs Alex called. Glenn took Mrs Alex out home and I went too.

August 7, 1934 - Tuesday.  Another fine hay day.  Our folks finished haying this p.m.  There  was a picnic party up at the Natural Bridge this afternoon.  Alda and Thelma were there. Glenn's stomach troubled him today.

August 8, 1934 - Wednesday.  Fine, rather cooler.  Was at Roy's a little while this p.m.  Alda went to visit Mary Nelson at South Branch tonight.

August 9, 1934 - Thursday.  Fine and cool with breeze.  Glenn and I drove to Otter Brook this a.m. and I called on Miss Jane Reynolds and he got some potatoes at Dennie Dunlap's.  We were home to dinner.  Was at WMS meeting at Mrs D.B. Bentley's in the p.m.  Called at Mrs Margeson's this evening.  Roy, Morris and Edwin drove to Oxford and brought home a new moulder for the mill.  They started early.  Got home early.  Sent a letter to F.J.B.

August 10, 1934 - Friday.  A fine windy day.  Good for haying.  Glenn went to Truro.  Frank B. Cox got hurt by falling off a beam in the barn.  He was doing with the pitcher.  Roy and mill crowd set up the new moulder.  Mrs Margeson was in this p.m.

August 11, 1934 - Saturday.  Dark this a.m. but turned fine, and it was a fine day except for a few clouds.  Glenn returned this p.m. and Morris and Tom Fulton went to Shorts Lake to spend tonight and tomorrow.  I had tea at Mrs Margeson's with Mrs McCoul, Mrs Margeson's mother.

August 12, 1934 - Sabbath.  A fine day.  Nice breeze.  Mr and Mrs Charles Blaikie. Mrs M. McCabe and Miss Gail Blaikie came and attended church.  Rev D.A. Frame of Brookfield and Middle Stewiacke preached a fine sermon on "The Good Samaritan". 1) What you have, I take; 2)What I have, I hold;  3)What I have, I share.  Three ways of living.  God's way is sharing, and to make the best of life, ours should be so. Our friends stayed until after tea.  Morris and Tom came home early - not later than 8:30 p.m.

August 13, 1934 - Monday.  Fine.  Good drying day.  Roy's pump gave out. and water had to be carried from the spring in the pasture below the house.  He repaired it tonight.  Dr Peel lanced an abscess on P.W. Graham's leg today.  Tom Fulton had cramps today, but worked.  Glenn away with Mr Langille, insurance agent ,this p.m.

           Came to Stewiacke August 14.  Was at Edith's until Wednesday, August 22, when Harry and Nellie came for me to go to their cottage at Short's Lake.  Came back to Edith Woodworth's Thursday night.  Fred Woodworth took me to Mrs P.R. Goodwin's Saturday August 18, p.m.  Was out there until Tuesday, August 21, when Mr Goodwin and a party of relatives took me to Wittenburg to visit at my brother Walter's.

September 3, 1934 - Monday.  Dark and cloudy.  Murdoch Henry died yesterday.  The funeral was held at his late home today.  Mr McInnes was up from Maitland and assisted Mr Raynor in the service.  Mr Henry was 55 years old, if he had lived until September 26.  Roy, Edna and I were at the funeral.

September 4, 1934 - Tuesday.  A fine day.  Mrs Margeson was in a short time.  Glenn was at Will Graham's to tea.

September 5, 1934 - Wednesday.  Very warm and muggy.  Mrs B.N. Foster died today.  Glenn went to Musquodoboit this p.m.

September 6, 1934 - Thursday.  Warm and not quite so close as yesterday.  Put Fulton began binding our grain but did not finish.  I got the mat, which I began in April or May, out of the frames.  Put it down by the back door.  Morris and Tom Fulton went to Truro.  Mrs Put Fulton, Kenneth, Madeline and Barbara, also Miss Eva Fulton called.

September 7, 1934 - Friday.  Dark with a little rain.  Not much.  Mrs B.N. Foster was laid to rest beside her husband in the Riverside Cemetery today.  Rev A.T. MacDonald was the minister.  Hymns sung - "Lead Kindly Light" and "The Sands Of Time Are Sinking" as the people passed from taking the last look.

September 8, 1934 - Saturday.  Cloudy and cooler.  A Universal Joint of the truck broke this p.m.  Mr Langille, Insurance Agent, was here to tea.  Tom Fulton, Morris and I were up to J.W. Benvie's to spend the evening.  Mr and Mrs Lloyd Johnson had a son born today.

September 9, 1934 - Sabbath.  Dark.  A little cool.  Sunday School this a.m.  Church service at night in the Agricola Hall, by Rev H.S. Raynor.  Morris, Shirley and I and Nina were present.  We heard of the death (September 8) of Thomas B. Davidson of Middle Stewiacke.

September 10, 1934 - Monday.  Dark with a few spatters of rain.  Clothes dried however.  Mrs Margeson was over.  Alda Blaikie and Nellie Fulton called.  Roy had lumber to Truro.  Glenn was to Eastville.  There is a dance at Arthur Kennedy's.  Morris went to it.

September 11, 1934 - Tuesday.  A rainy day.  First rain for long.  Eva Woodworth came up from Stewiacke tonight.  Her mother, Mrs Edith Woodworth, and Eva's brother Frederick, came with her and they returned home that evening.  George Gourley of Riverside, Colchester County, is dead after a long illness.  My nephew, Howard W. Sargent, of Newport, R.I. died very suddenly September 9, 1934

September 12, 1934 - Wednesday.  Fine.  Cooler.  Morris was down to see Parker Cox who goes to Rothesay School, St John, N.B. on Friday.  I spent the p.m. with Mrs Edson Cox.

September 13, 1934 - Thursday.  Fine.  Cool wind.  Eva Woodworth and Alda Blaikie spent the p.m. at Robert Cox's.  I was at WMS at Mrs Edson Cox's.

September 14, 1934 - Friday.  Dark and cool.  A nice day for the School Fair, which was held in the hall at Upper Stewiacke Village today.  The school drills were very nice.

School                                               Teacher

Burnside                                Miss Margaret J. Dickie

Pembroke                               Miss Pauline Wilson

Cross Roads                          Miss Lillian Purdy

Eastville                                  Miss Margaret MacDonald

Newton Mills                         Miss Katherine Creelman

Meadowvale                          Miss Dorothy Taylor

Upper Stewiacke                   Miss Helen Douglas

Alfred Johnson, Burnside, was here to dinner.  Eva Woodworth and Alda Blaikie were up tonight.  They and Shirley and Nina and Tom F. and Morris had music.

September 15, 1934 - Saturday.  Rather dark, but warm.  Mrs Margeson, F.A. Reynolds and Jack Girdwood called.  Roy was to Truro with lumber.  Muriel J. Flemming and Austin Wickwire of Truro and Milford, respectively were married tonight.

September 16, 1934 - Sabbath.  Dark and warm. Harry and Nellie were here.  Also Walter and Lee.  Shirley, Nina, Morris and I were at church.  Harry Cox, son of Mrs Willard Taylor, aged 18 years, died today.  Eva Woodworth went home.

September 17, 1934 - Monday.  Quite warm.  Pretty fair day.  We had Fred Power thresh our grain today.  Messrs Philip Redden, Muir Patterson and Arthur Kennedy had their meals here - there were 3 at Roy's too.  Morris and I were at the Manse.

September 18, 1934 - Tuesday.  Dark and cloudy.  A few drops of rain.  Harry Cox was buried this p.m.  Roy and Edna were at the funeral.

September 19, 1934 - Wednesday.  The Springside Auxillary of the WMS , having its 45th Anniversary, invited the Upper Stewiacke Aux. to be with them.  Quite a number of the ladies of Upper Stewiacke Aux. were present at this gathering.  The special speakers were Mrs J.K. MacInnes, Mrs Clarkson, Mr (Rev) Girdwood, and Mrs J.P. MacIntosh.  There were two sessions, one at 10:30, at which the exercises were opening hymn "O Worship the Lord".  Scripture Reading - Psalm 9.  Singing hymn "O Master Let Me Walk With Thee".  Mrs Thomas Fisher read "Followers of Jesus".  prayer by Mrs C. Pratt.  Minutes of the last meeting of their auxillary, read and approved.  The minutes of the first meeting of the Springside Auxillary (July 15, 1889), when it was organized, were read by Mrs Gilmore Creelman, the present secretary.  At this meeting, Mrs (Rev) D. Stiles Fraser was appointed President, Mrs Nobel Johnson, Secretary; and Mrs D.W. Archibald treasurer.  These officers are all, now, passed away.

Mrs S. VanWagner read a letter from Mrs S. Johnson who was unable to be present, tho' residing in the community.  She expresses her regret at not being present, and trusted for the future work to be blessed as the past has been.  Mrs Van Wagner also read  a letter from Mrs Libbie Creelman of B.C. expressing appreciation for the past work, and best wishes for the future.  Mrs Augustus (Jane) Logan of Spokane , wrote of her continued interest in this society and good hopes for the future.  Mrs Logan, tho' feeling that she should never meet with any of the Society again - on earth , yet hoped for a glad meeting in the Home Above. 

The second Session began at 1:30 p.m.; Singing hymn 183.  The 23rd Psalm was read in unison; then singing "Breathe On Me Breath of God". The speakers were Mrs Rev McInnes of Maitland who spoke of the courage  and vision of those who began the WMS in our Maritime Provinces.

Wednesday - Dark with some showers.  Quite a thunder storm in the middle early morning, between 3 and 5:30.  a.m.  Jean Peppard is visiting here - staying tonight.  The 45th Anniversary of Springside Auxillary of the WMS was held in the church there.  Speakers, Mrs (Rev) J.K. McInnes, Mrs F.G. Clarkson, Mrs J.P. McIntosh, and Rev William Girdwood.    Mrs McInnes spoke of courage and vision of the early days of WMS.  We have come into an inheritance from those who did the spade work.  Surely we will do no less than our best; it is a wonderful privelege to have  a part in this great work.  We should be sorry for those who are not interested.  Lev.6:13 - "The fire shall ever be burning".  Suggestive of our WMS symbol of the never changing Jesus; also of the Holy Spirit, ever burning and able to cleanse our lives.  Waning interest in Missions is the cooling of our own hearts.  We can replenish our fires with faith and prayer. No thrills in our sense of duty.  We should retain the romance of service.  Jesus knew we needed help when He said "This do, in remembrance of me".  Do we wax or wane, the Lord's work must go on.  In our WMS the greatest need is building up of our own spiritual life.  The leaven spreads from one member to another.  The study of the word, with new vision, not just reading a portion.  As a fire may burn low, so our spiritual life may.  How we need to replenish it with God's word and the Holy Spirit as the undying fire.

Mrs F.G. Clarkson - God does not make mistakes.  Bless the Lord, O my soul, is on her lips for the sharing in His work. 

Mrs McIntosh - We will carry on and keep the fires burning for our children.  Our common love for Jesus.

September 20, 1934 - Thursday.  A nice fine day.  Mrs A. Fulton called.  Had letters from Mrs Grace Nichols and Mrs Ray Boomer.

September 21, 1934 - Friday.  A lovely day.  The mill caught fire this p.m.  The emergency call of the mill whistle summoned people from neighboring sections, who hastened to give their help in putting out the fire.  By the aid of hose (in the mill), Frank B. Cox's fire extinguisher, and the buckets of water carried by kind and willing hands, the fire was put out - the loss not being very heavy.   We quilted the quilt donated by Frances Foster in memory of her mother -in -law; Mrs John Fisher.  Dorothy McCoul came to visit at Golden Glow Cottage.

September 22, 1934 - Saturday.  Another beautiful day.  Roy went to Truro twice - with lumber.  Nina was at her Grandmother Hamilton's to dinner.  P.W. Graham came from the C.C. Hospital.

September 23, 1934 - Sabbath.  Cloudy - slight showers.  Mr Girdwood's sermon was from the text  - Gal 6:9 - "Let us not be weary in well-doing".  Roy, Edna and I were up to see how P.W. Graham was - he is pretty sick.  Ruth was sick today.

September 24, 1934 - Monday.  Showery and dark.  Alice washed the clothes and they dried pretty well.  Florence Grant, Middle Musquodoboit, is visiting Alda.

September 25, 1934 - Tuesday.  Sunshine and clouds.  Richard Barrett came to repair the mill - the damage done by the fire, today.  He is boarding here.  Florence Grant and Alda Blaikie went to Truro with Roy and the load of lumber.

September 26, 1934 - Wednesday.  Cloudy this a.m. but the suin shone in the p.m. and it was quite warm.  I spent the afternoon with Mrs Edmund Hamilton; had a nice time.  Misses Florence Grant, Dorothy McCoul and Alda Blaikie were here this evening.  Sold the cow to Swift's. Glenn and Wilmer Hamilton are at Mr J. Day's this evening.

September 27, 1934 - Thursday.  Dark with a little rain.  Glenn was to Truro with T.D. Graham, H.S. Brown and Wallace Brown.  Roy was to Moose River with lumber.  Council meeting in the hall tonight.

September 28, 1934 - Friday.  A nice fine day.  Florence R. Grant here to dine.  I mended the quilt on the boy's bed.  J. Girdwood here tonight.

September 29, 1934 - Saturday.  Dark, cool wind.  $1.18 was received from the old cow.  The Indian camped in M. Fulton's pasture called.  I got a work basket from him.  Gave him a mat and a loaf of bread.  Was in Mrs Margeson's.

September 30, 1934 - Sabbath.  Dark and cloudy.  Not much rain.  Rained in the night and early morning.  Good rain.  Rally Day - exercises in the church - Meadowvale and Village Sunday Schools - good service.  Morris spent the p.m . and to tea at the Manse.

October 1, 1934 - Monday.  Chilly, windy and cloudy.  Men at the mill ordering stuff for the Consolidated Gold Mining Company..  Roy to Truro.  J. Girdwood here this evening, and he and Tom Fulton and Morris went to a dance at Artie Kennedy's - in the new hen house.  Had letters from Edith and Florence today.

October 2, 1934 - Tuesday.  Cool wind but sunshine after the frost of last night - the first of the season.  We had a remarkably fine September.  Was at the Dr's, the P.O., and H.T. Fulton's store this a.m.  George Blaikie was put to bed - he has a rising temperature, and other complications.  The neighbors cattle are bothering the Margeson's and the Blaikies.  Dorothy McCoul was over this p.m.

October 3, 1934 - Wednesday.  Foggy this morning, but turned out to be a nice fine day.  Mrs Margeson was in.  Alice washed curtains etc this morning.  P.Woodbury Graham of Burnside died this a.m. about 2 o'clock.  He was 66 years old in February.

October 4, 1934 - Thursday.  Cloudy with chilly wind.  Mr and Mrs C.A. Blaikie and Rev J.A. McKean had dinner with us.  In the afternoon, we, Glenn, Alex Fulton, Uncle Harris (Bub), , Mrs Edson Cox, and I went to the funeral of P.Woodbury Graham which was held in the Stiles Church in Burnside.  There were many outside who could not get seats.  Rev J.A. McKean assisted Rev H.S. Raynor in the simple, yet beautiful service.  Six of his near neighbors, viz. J.W. Deyarmond, Everett Deyarmond, Arthur Deyarmond, David Graham, Judson Graham and Cyrus Graham,were the pall bearers as the casket was borne into the church, where he had so often assisted in the singing; many hearts were saddned with the thought "we shall see his form no more on earth".  The comforting Psalm "The Lord's my Shepherd" was sung by the choir.  His place there in the choir, was supplied by another who knew and respected P.W. Graham.  The reading of sweet familiar verses from the scripture, such as Psalm 46, some words from IICor ,5; etc.  The text on which Mr Raynor's remarks were based was "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,neither hath entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him".      The service closed with the words "The best is yet to be".  I think the hymns were "I Do Not Ask O Lord", and Rev Raynor sang "The Old Rugged Cross".  Those of the family not present  but who had come from Mass some weeks ago, were Allister and Sedley.  Those present were Perley , Beveridge, Elwood, Alfred and Grant, Nellie and Mary.  Mr Graham leaves a splendid family of manly men, and two fine young women to mourn his passing.  His wife, Miss Minnie E. Johnson, will long keep in mind a kind and congenial husband, who stood by her for 40 years.  The home was noted for its kindness and hospitality  and the harmony of its inmates.  Indeed a beautiful home.  But however lovely and endearing the homes on earth, there is a brighter, better and perfect home above.  We have the sure and steadfast hope of meeting him in that home where we shall go no more out - where God shall wipe away all tears from all faces.      They laid their dear one in the little cemetery in Lower Burnside, not far from his old home, where nearly all his life was spent.  I call it Sylvan Cemetery - because of the wood around it.  The autumn colors were on the maples, crimson and brown, yellow and scarlet;   among the maples were the spruces and fir with their dark green foilage, making a wall round the little burying ground, and protecting it, as it were, with their sheltering arms.  Men, with bared and bowed heads, as the minister committed the worn out body to the earth, and  women with reverent demeanour, stood round the open grave; and when all was over, and the grave covered with sweet flowers, gifts of friends, Grant Graham led his mother, the widowed one, to look at it. No outburst of woe, but settled calm was on her face.  Sore broken, with this the first bereavement in her immediate family, she bore herself with composure, as became one who had the immortal hope of reunion in the City of God.  Her children would be her stay and solace in the years to come.  The cars with their occupants now left the cemetery, and all returned to their homes.

October 5, 1934 - Friday.  Finer and warmer than yesterday, but the wind still chilly.  Charlie and Bessie accompanied by Edna, Jean, and Ruth Blaikie went back to Truro this p.m., having stayed here all night.  Lyman Fulton dined here and Elliott Graham supped tonight.  Glenn and Alice were at Mrs Hamilton's a little while tonight.

October 6, 1934 - Saturday.  Dark and cloudy, but pretty warm.  Raining tonight.  They got the potatoes dug today.  Frank and Charlie Cox and Sedley Fulton picked them.  Henry P. Cox dug them with a digger.  I was at the store and Post Office.  Tom and Morris went to Truro tonight.  Mrs Arnold Wood and Hazel Deyarmond were here this evening.

October 7, 1934 - Sabbath.  Dark.  Not very cold - except tthe wind.  Shirley, Nina , Morris and I were at church.  Shirley, Nina and Morris were at Sunday School.  John Girdwood and Robert George (of Canso) were here to tea; they were Morris' guests.  In the evening, they and Morris and Tom Fulton went to Y.P.S.C.E.  I was at Roy's to see George, who is in bed yet.  Nellie Fulton was visiting.  Alda , Roy and Edna went to S. School in Meadowvale afterwards going to Musquodoboit to see the grave of Edna's father, Mr George F. Flemming, who died Aug 25, 1933.

October 8, 1934 - Monday.  Pretty fine, with chilly wind.  Roy went to Truro with lumber, then went to Elmsdale where he got a load of bricks.  Wilmer Hamilton was in in the a.m.  There was thunder and lightning tonight and a little rain.

October 9, 1934 - Tuesday.  Cloudy and windy.  Sunshine this a.m. Was in Mrs Margeson's and Roy's this p.m.  George finds the time long in bed.  Dorothy McCoul here to tea and for the evening.  John Girdwood here this p.m.

October 10, 1934 - Wednesday.  Windy. Cloudy and cool.  10 degrees below freezing once today.  Lester Erskine dined here.  Morris smoked a cigarette tonight.  Tom cut his finger.

October 11, 1934 - Thursday.  Dark with cool wind.  Edna Nelson and Alda Blaikie in here in the p.m. and evening.  WMS at Mrs Edson Cox's.  Mrs Girdwood, Mrs E. Cox, Mrs W.D. Kennedy, Mrs E. Hamilton, Mrs S.A. Fulton, Mrs George Bentley, Mrs D.B. Bentley and myself were present.  Wallace Miller here tonight.

October 12, 1934 - Friday.  Rainy - not heavy, but pretty steady.  Put Fulton and Artie kennedy were spreading manure for us.  They were not at it quite all the time on account of the rain.  Glenn and Alice and Nina  were at Mrs G.R. Deyarnmond's this evening.  Morris at Division.  I took the Erector Set, that Morris and our Tom had when they were little boys, down to George, Roy's boy, today.

October 13, 1934 - Saturday.  Dark with slight showers.  They were scaling manure - Arthur Kennedy and A.P. Fulton.  Glenn was driving Dr Stewart.  Mrs Girdwood had the C.G.I.T. down at the Manse.  I was to see George.  Mrs Margeson was here.

October 14, 1934 - Sabbath.  Cool and cloudy.  Mr Raynor, Springside, preached. He and Mr Girdwood exchanged pulpits.  The sermons were on Missions and Maintenance.  Mr and Mrs Percy R. Goodwin and Miss Alice Eaton were here to dinner.  C. Grant's barn burnt early this a.m.  Mrs Alex Fulton got back from North River.

October 15, 1934 - Monday.  Not so cold.  Some sunshine.  Martin Johnson here to dinner.  Tom Fulton had the day off.  J.W. Girdwood here this evening.  I was in to see George a short time.

October 16, 1934 - Tuesday.  A nice day.  Some clouds but also sunshine most of the day.  Mr Arthur Johnson in C.C. Hospital for a rupture. Glenn and Bub went to Truro.  Got home in due time.  Dorothy McCoul here this evening.   General meeting of Ladies Aid at Mrs E. Cox's.

October 17, 1934 - Wednesday.  Quite a warm day.  Cloudy mostly, but some sunshine.   I was in Roy's.  Roy and Glenn were over to Caribou.  They took lumber to the mines.  Tom Fulton, Muir Patterson and Morris were up to Roy Patterson's (Muir's father's) this evening.

October 18, 1934 - Thursday.  A nice sunshiny day.  Was at S.G. Fulton's this p.m. and to tea.  Mrs Ellis, Mrs Fulton's  mother is there now; she and I had a nice chat.  Was to see George after coming home.

October 19, 1934 - Friday.  Cloudy.  Not very cold.  Harry and Nellie were hunting today.  They had supper here.  C.C. Cox came from Halifax today.   We did not hear how his illness is, yet.  Roy and Glenn took lumber to Pleasant Valley School House today. (Brookfield).  Mrs Margeson was in.

October 20, 1934 - Saturday.  Dark with rain tonight.  Mrs Day came from her daughter's , Mrs Lennie Reid's, today.  She has been in the C.C. Hospital, Truro.  Glenn, Mr J. Day, and Lucy Tupper went to Truro for her.  Roy took lumber to Truro; and Morris and Muir McCabe are there tonight.  C.C. Cox is to have an operation soon; I think for sinus trouble.  George had a bad night of suffering with rheumatism last night.

October 21, 1934 - Sabbath.  Dark with showers.  Was at church.  "The Realities of Life" was the subject, based on the 5th chapter of Matthew.  Mr Girdwood read all the chapter.  Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was dispensed at South Branch.  None of us were there.  John Girdwood and Morris went in to Truro with the Norman School girls, Katherine Girdwood, Vesta Watt, and Betty McLeod.  I was at Roy's a little while this p.m.  George is better than he was yesterday.  Morris got home from Truro about 12 o'clock.

October 22, 1934 - Monday.  Dark with a little wind.  The clothes, which Alice washed, dried.  I was in Mrs Margeson's to see Dorothy McCoul who is ill there; and in Roy's to see George.  Tom Fulton went to a concert in the hall.  A blind man is giving it.  John Girdwood was here this evening.   Grant Cox's Neil, has measles.  Had a letter from Flossie today.

October 23, 1934 - Tuesday.  A fine day.  Lovely for the autumn.  Was in to see George this p.m.  He suffers badly.  Glenn renewed his subscription to the Halifax Star today.  An agent got it.  Mr and Mrs J.D. Cox made us a call tonight.  Glenn and Tom Fulton were to C. Peppard's for butter.  Had a letter from E.M.B.

October 24, 1934 - Wednesday.  Another nice day.  No frost last night.  Was in Roy's.  George is not so sore with rheumatism today.  He lies in bed; cannot be up.  Morris went to the P.O. tonight.

October 25, 1934 - Thursday.  Dark with slight showers.  A quiet day.  I was not down to see George.

October 26, 1934 - Friday.  Dark but not cold.  Was to see George this p.m.  Also Mrs H.P. Cox.     J.W. Girdwood up to go to Division with Morris.  Freda sleeping with the girls, or in their room tonight.  Lola Fulton called.  Spoke to Nellie Graham on the phone, at Mrs H.P. Cox's.

October 27, 1934 - Saturday.  Showery.  A good steady rain tonight.  It has been a very dry season - summer and thus far in the autumn.  Nina spent the day at Put Fulton's.  Shirley practiced for Thank Offering Meeting, and was at Muriel Fulton's birthday party.  Was in Roy's this a.m.  Tom Fulton and Morris are at Graham Fulton's this evening - tho' it is raining.

October 28, 1934 - Sabbath.  Dark and chilly.  Mr Girdwood's text was "He came unto his own and his own received him not".  John 1:11.  The Thank Offering of the WMS was held in the Hall (Upper room) tonight.  The C.G.I.T. girls, trained by Mrs Girdwood, had a pageant. "The Voices of Girls of Other Lands".  Miss Mabel Johnson was the speaker and she was very good.  Spoke on Missionary work in general, and on work in Africa especially.  A very interesting talk.  The choir sang some hymns.  The C.G.I.T. contributed some singing with the pageant.  Mr Girdwood had prayer and dismissal prayer.  The offering amounted to $18.00.  Misses Lillian Lockhart and Effie Fulton, teachers in Brookfield, called in the p.m.

October 29, 1934 - Monday.  A fine windy day.  Clothes dried well.  N. Nelson Graham here to dinner.  J. Girdwood, M. Patterson, Sedley Fulton and Alda Blaikie here this evening.  We got a bag of flour and one of sugar today.

October 30, 1934 - Tuesday.  Sunshine, cloud and a little rain.  We ironed.  A picture enlargement man was here in the a.m.  Also Mr Margeson.  Mr and Mrs S.A. Fulton left Upper Stewiacke for USA today.  Mr and Mrs Alex Fulton and I drove down to see C.C. Cox this p.m.  Alex visited Warren Butcher too.  Mr Cox is very deaf.  He has sinus trouble.  Was at Roy's too this evening.

October 31, 1934 - Wednesday.  A lovely fine day.  Was in Roy's this a.m. - Mr Margeson's in the p.m.  The girls are out Halloweening tonight.  J.W. Girdwood here tonight.  Muir Patterson is plowing these two days.

November 1, 1934 - Thursday.  Dark and rainy.  Ladies Aid at Mrs J.D. Cox's.  These ladies attended; Mrs Alex Fulton, Mrs H.T. Fulton, Mrs F.A. Fulton, Mrs Edson Cox, Miss Helen K. Douglas, Mrs Charles P. MacMillan, Mrs Girdwood, Mrs W.D. Kennedy, Miss Helen Dickie, and myself.  Also Mrs F.L. Fulton.  Frank Cox (Otter Brook) came from the Valley and apple-picking .  Glenn took him out home.

November 2, 1934 - December 2, 1934 - no entries

December 3, 1934 - Monday.  Sunshine and clouds and wind.  Not a high wind.  Dried clothes which were washed this a.m.  This has been a very open fall. Warm and rather wet.  The dry (long) spell was broken by rain on October 27.

Ronald Leslie Blaikie was born November 2, 1934 at 11:15 p.m.

Miss Douthwright, daughter of John and Hattie Douthwright died November ......, 1934 in the Infirmary at Halifax.  Funeral at the home in Enfield.

Mrs Henry Wickwire, ages 67 years, died Nov 24 (?) at Milford, Hants Co.

Hugh D. Ellis, son of Willard and Annie Ellis, died of heart failure at Dean, Halifax County, November 25 (?), age 45 years.

I was to Truro November 20 - 28.

Visited Burnside November 30.  Morris went to Stewiacke November 30.

Isabel Nelson was here November 3 - December 3.

December 4, 1934 - Tuesday.  Clouds and some sunshine until the p.m.   About 2:30 it began to rain.  It is raining tonight.  John Miller's baby is dead at 6 weeks.  Morris returned just a little before the rain came on.  He enjoyed his visit to Stewiacke.  Alice was in Roy's.  Mrs Margeson called here.  Mrs Hazel Fulton's Doris, has scarlet fever.  Mr C.C. Cox and Mrs Cox are still in Halifax.

December 5, 1934 - Wednesday.  Cloudy - cool.  Mrs Margeson's mother is not well.

December 6, 1934 - Thursday.  Very cold wind.  Sent a box to Flossie.  Y.L.Club held a bazaar in the Hall.  Glenn and Morris were there this evening.  After the bazaar wqas over they had a shower for Frances Fulton, who is soon to be married.  The shower was in the Hall.

December 7, 1934 - Friday.  A cold windy day.  Glenn took Mrs Margeson and Dorothy McCoul up to Eastville this p.m.  The Debate at Division resulted in the triumph of a dirty good-natured wife.

December 8, 1934 - Saturday.  Rather cold.  The thermometer was at zero this a.m.  The men were chopping on the Weir lot today.  Halley Brown dined here.  The Weatherbees (Roland and Homer) were here.  John D. Bentley and Miss E.D. Young, Indian Harbor, Halifax County, were married.  A serenade is carried on at Mr Abe Bentley's (J.D.'s father's) tonight.

December 9, 1934 - Sabbath.  Cold with clouds and sunshine.  A little snow on the ground.  No sledding.  Jessie Fulton, who stays at Mr Martin Fulton's has scarlet fever.  Was at church.  Mr Girdwood's sermon was on Missions - Text Isa.5 "How beautiful upon the mountains" etc.  Was at Roy's a little while.  Jean is sick.

December 10, 1934 - Monday.  Pretty fine.  A little wind.  Clothes dried indifferently.  The men were working on the Weir lot today. Came in for their dinners.  J. Girdwood here this evening.  Also three Nelson girls - Isabel, Mary and Edna.

December 11, 1934 - Tuesday.  The thermonmeter was at zero at Roy's and 6 degrees below here.  We killed the beef cow last week.  It is fine beef.  Dr Stewart said Jean Blaikie has scarlet fever today.   Mr C. Creighton Cox was brought home from the Halifax Infirmary today. Nothing can be done to cure his disease.  Glenn went to Stewiacke East this p.m.  They were sawing in the mill.

December 12, 1934 - Wednesday.  Cloudy.  Not very cold, just chilly.  Was at the store and called at Mrs Eben  Fulton's.  Mr and Mrs Suther Geddes here this evening.  Mrs S. Pratt, and Foster and Luella went back to Royce, or started.

December 13, 1934 - Thursday.  Some sunshine, some clouds.  A little snow.  Thermometer 7 or 8 below zero this a.m.  Was at WMS at Mrs Hamilton's.  8 present.  Glenn came home from Stewiacke tonight.  John Girdwood spent the evening here.  Mrs Pratt (nee Ruby Cox) left Truro for Alberta.  We killed the pigs today.  Heard of Helen Gourley going to be married.

December 14, 1934 - Friday. Quite a snow storm last night and today.  Snow deep - 18 inches or so in Pembroke.  School is closed.  Mrs G.R. Deyarmond and Miss Norma Wood and Mr Wallace Miller called or visited us tonight.

December 15. 1934 - Saturday.  Fine but cold.  Glenn and Tom at G.R. Deyarmond's a while tonight.  Nothing of importance occurred.

December 16, 1934 - Sabbath.  Fine, rather cold.  The church was cold.  The sermon - from the text "Not so Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean". was good.  The common things.  Morris was at the Manse to tea.  No Y.P.S.C.E.  Most everything is closed on account of Scarlet Fever.  The electric light is having trouble.  The wires are damaged by a sleet storm over Sheet Harbor way.

December 17, 1934 - Monday.  A nice fine day.  Could not get much washing done, as the power was not on much at a time.  It came on this evening about 8:15 and seems to be O.K.  George A. MacKay was here to dinner.  The Rawleigh Man called and John Girdwood is spending the evening with Morris.  Sent a parcel to Flossie and a letter to Clara Towne.

December 18, 1934 - Tuesday.  A fine, rather cold day.  Clothes which were washed, dried pretty well.  Mr and Mrs Charles Peppard and Willis, their son, and Mrs Adam  Fulton called this p.m. Alice and Glenn were at H.T. Fulton's store a little while this afternoon.  Mrs Russell Millard is clerking there while the Christmas rush is on.  Mr Raymond McMullen and Helen F. Gourley were married today.  Reception tonight.

December 19, 1934 - Wednesday.  Another nice fine day.  Was in Mrs Margeson's this p.m.  Broke the flat-iron handle after I came home. Gwendolyn E. Fulton and Stewart Hickman were married at her home at 6:30 tonight.  Mr and Mrs A.P. Fulton called this evening.  Shirley and Nina were at Mrs E. Hamilton's to dinner.

December 20, 1934 - Thursday.  A very rainy night.  Snow nearly all gone this a.m.  Still some sledding on the roads.

December 21, 1934 - Friday.  Cold wind; fine day tho'.  Glenn, Tom Fulton and Morris went to Truro this a.m,.  Mr Girdwood and family had a car accident  on Hedley Creelman's hill this p.m.  Roy Patterson took our calf which came on Sabbath - so we have two cows milking now.

December 22, 1934 - Saturday.  Cold wind.  Ground frozen now.  They brought a radio out from Truro for Roy's folks last night.  Guess Edwin got it.  Mr and Mrs A. P. (Put) Fulton and Frank and Sidney Cox were here this p.m.   Morris is away.

December 23, 1934 - Sabbath.  Quite a nice day.  The church was nice and warm today.  Morris is still away - to Stewiacke.  Mr Girdwood preached a sermon on the life of Jesus, taken from the 2nd of St Luke.  Shirley and I were in Mrs Margeson's. 

December 24, 1934 - Monday.  Quite a snow storm.  Morris got home at tea time.  He had car trouble on his way home.  Tom Fulton was in tonight.

December 25, 1934 - Tuesday.  Christmas Day.  Lovely and fine.  An ideal day for Christmas.  Mrs Hamilton and Wilmer here to dinner.  Mr and Mrs Margeson to tea.  Roy and family still quarantined.

December 26, 1934 - Wednesday.  Another fine day.  14 degrees below zero this a.m.  They ran the mill today.  Mrs Alex Fulton in this p.m.  Had a letter from Flossie, also a nice card.

December 27, 1934 - Thursday.  A very stormy night.

December 28, 1934 - Friday.  Quite a nice day.  Roy was in a little while.  He and Tom Fulton were at A.P. (Put) Fulton's for their tea. Edna and girls were fumigating and cleaning the upstairs for or after the scarlet fever.  George keeps better, tho' his pulse is quick yet.  Dr Stewart thinks it best for him to stay in bed yet.  Jean is better of Scarlet Fever.  J. Girdwood here a little while.

December 29, 1934 - no entry

December 30, 1934 - Sabbath.  Snowing and drifting a little all day and night too. Alice, Shirley and Morris were at church.  The text from which Mr Girdwood preached was from the words "Thou art weighed in the balances and found wanting". 

December 31, 1934 - Monday.  Snowy and blowy but not a bad storm.  Roy's folks are out of quarantine now, having fumigated and cleaned.  Wallace Miller was in this p.m.  I was at Roy's.  C.C. Cox is slowly failing.