Wednesday Feb. 16th.

Still thawing. Went down for meat. Came home & then took my S.S. money to bank. Called at Mrs. Leitch's. Came home and took the ice of {off} part of the sidewalk. Walking very bad - roads solid ice - sidewalks pools of water. In the afternoon called on Myrle Safana (not in) then went to station to see special hockey train leave for Owen Sound. Called on Mrs. Maxwell (out) and started down town to get my throat burnt but met Mrs. M.A. & stopped to talk to her & Mrs. Maxwell joined us. Spent the evening trying to hunt up something for a scotch dialogue for Scotch Supper on Feb. 24. Not time to get anything ready. Hockey train for back about 1.15 a.m. Chesley won (Chesley & Hanover playing off in Owen Sound) 4-3. Now playing in Second district. Charlie came home on Hockey train. Had been curling in O.S. for two days.

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