{Front Cover with calligraphy letters MSS}

{Handwritten in top right corner} K. G. Mickle 1920

{Inside front cover}

Kate G. Mickle

1920

Jan 1st 1920 (Thursday) Was busy all morning preparing for the annual dinner party. All the family came out. The baby (Bill.) Got very stormy in the afternoon. Had conundrums and favors for each of the guests. Played games with the children until 6.p.m. Got Mr Beattie to drive mother home about 5.30 p.m. Mr and Mrs Jenkins (New H. S. teacher) called and Clarence Halliday came over to say good bye. Spent the evening clearing up and trying to fix a costume for Dorothy for her masquerade dance next night. Dorothy went down to a dance at Bicher's Hall to dance the old year out. Had a sore knee. Write out my S. S. cards.

Jan 2nd (Friday) Was busy all day preparing for D's dance. Was like a moving day. Duncan came up to help decorate. Lights shaded with tissue paper (Green & red) and streamers confetti boxes fixed in electric light fixtures. Duncan stayed for dinner and until about 4 o'clock. Very stormy. Margaret

1920

and Alice came up to open the door and show the guests up-stairs.

Guests-Mr. & Mrs. Wellington King, Jean Maxwell, Beulah, Margaret & Wilfred Davison, Edna & Ida Halliday, Eva, Man. & Jack McDonald, Whit and Ray Reid, Lindsay Milne, Harry & Wat King, Pearl B. couldn't come: _ Will McDonald, Mr. & Mrs. Oliver. Mr & Mrs. King, Charlie and I played cards. Rest had a fine dance. Dot - Gypsy - Mar, Gypsy. Beulah - Pierette, Jimmy - N. T.O. Candidate - Margaret & Katy. Ida - N.S. - Edna - turkey - Pearl Folly - Jean Domino - Wilfred - {illegible} Harry - Gypsy - Roy - {Jew?} - Walter - Baby - Charlie called to take Margaret and Alice home. {Went to Clare?}

January 3rd (Saturday) Spent large part of day cleaning up. In the afternoon took the S.S. Teachers around to Mrs Iver, Mrs. Ferguson, Irene Halliday - Mrs. Fillies - Mrs. McLean - Miss E. McLean - C.J. Halliday - M.A.H - Mrs. Irvine - . Came home and shovelled the snow. Path very hardly