didn't go down till noon, I started to cut the lawn but the mower broke so went out and helped Frank put in his school garden and I also sowed my Experimental Union plots of cabbage, kale & rape, and didn't get through till half past twelve, then we came in and got dressed up and intended to go for a swim at the stump but before we left we heard the school bell ringing so hurried down thinking we would be late, they didn't begin for quite awhile however and then all there was to it was a lot of speeches and we were up there till about four o'clock. I think every one got pretty tired of it. Jack Martin was chairman and made the presentation Mr. Smith didn't say much himself as he was in no mood for it but got Mr. Robertson to read a little that he had written for the occasion. After it was over Ray and I went right straight down to the house and I stayed there to tea. Dad. came down a little later, he had seen a good many old school pals and so had Ray. I saw Hubert Long and Egg Thompson and Fat Turner Col. A.C. Pratt got himself very much disliked by forbidding Mr. Smith's old boys in the 133rd coming down this after noon. He acted in a very small, sore headed way about it, and all Dover as well as a good part of Simcoe are pretty hot about it, he just did it for pure spite. Ed. Moon was down, he said he got leave by being on duty this morning at the picture show which the 133rd rented for the day to show the Willard Moran boxing contest but he said it wouldn't have made any difference he would have come just the same whether he got leave or not. Ray went over the hill to the Woodson's to get Vernon & Rebecca and I went for a swim in the creek, the water was fine. After tea I went up town and saw Fat. Turner and went over to the park with him to watch the fireworks, and I had a little visit with Marj. Her father is here and she is going home with him on Monday. Dad. and Frank who went home to do chores came down again after tea and I found the family up in the park and went home with them at a rather late hour.

Sunday July 2nd

Dad. Enah, the baby and I drove down to church this morning Frank didn't go. We were going to start early as Enah was going to practice with Zeitha who was to have sung a solo, but it began to rain so we had to wait till it was over, and we weren't there anymore