Saturday January 1st 1916

They {?} the church bell three times and rung it to herald the New Year and after spending about another quarter of an hour in church we went over to the dance This being Leap Year all boys caught asking a girl to dance were supposed to be fined a quarter but I don't think many spotted up. They had a square dance which Mr Cope and {Enah?} {lookpud?} in Mr Cope {up really} enjoyed him self immensely {We?} danced till nearly three o clock and every body agreed that it was the best dance this year so far. Enah and I spent the remainder of the night at Aunty Alices but Dady & Frank who we discovered had been up {several faded words} went home Aunty Alice sat up is the why was { two or three faded words} and she though he might wake up. Aunty Alice didn't call me till nearly ten o clock and I wasnt very anxious to get up then. It was raining hard so after I had breakfast I sat around and read till noon. We just sat roun to dinner when Dad drove down after Enah so I went up with him and got the mail, and then walked home. We just did chores this after noon except Frank who cut a lot more of the chicken house flooring. It has rained near all day.

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