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February 28, 1913 “Lest We Forget”

Now, I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: This diary can be excruciatlingly BORING!! Aside from the nostalgic value to me or maybe it’s the historical value from a family history standpoint, it’s interesting. Interesting enough to take the time to post these blogs, anyway!! Clem died in 1955 at age 67. I…
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Thursday, February 27, 1913 100th Anniversary of This Entry in “Lest We Forget”

Weather a little warmer sun out all day Steve and I lay in cat till 10 oc. I went up town and got a haircut. came back for dinner. got fooled they run out of water and we had to go up town for dinner. When we came back Steve and I made blue prints…
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Wednesday, February 26, 1913 “Lest We Forget”

Weather a little warmer The three of us stayed in the car all morning Cullerne working on a gravel Pit note Steve copyed note: I had a chance In the afternoon I helped Steve to copy notes and check them

Tuesday, Februart 25, 1913 “Lest We Forget”

Weather much the same I did a little work Carried water and filled the barrells In the afternoon I went to the drafting room stay about 3 hr while Steve and Cullerne were working in the car. Stene went to the big Caldy [?] in the morning Not much “construction” going on today…maybe too cold?…
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Intro to Genealogy and Family Research: Classes, Lectures and More!

Plenty of classes, lectures and series coming up: 1) Tonight I’m beginning another 5-week course at First Church in Ludlow with up to 12 participants. We’ll meet once a week for 5 weeks. That’s a good number so that I can dig into any interesting cases that come up. 2) I’m halfway through a lecture…
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Monday, February 24, 1913

Weather very cold Cullerne did not come back. Frank Marimon came up from Edmonton and took Steve up to the big Eddy to run levels and back at noon. I stayed in the car all day.

Sunday, February 23, 1913

Weather little colder and Cullerne went to town with Starry to see Dunk Steve and I were in the car all day alone. I sleep all morning. In the afternoon I took a walk uptown.

Saturday, February 22, 1913

We arr. at Otley at 4 oc and had to stay on the bench till 7 oc and the sec foreman came and woke us up for breakfast we left items on the spreader at 8:30 am for Edson we got to Edson at 4:30 with levels all ok

100 Years Ago February 21, 1913

We did not work today because Cullerne did not get up in time to get the train and we had to stay in Edson all day In the after noon I went to the big Eddie with Bill & Frank, Stormer and Con. got back at 5:30 PM. Then Cullerne came and told me at…
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Thursday, February 20, 1913

THUR 20 Donald MacClemson [?] was in town him and I played a little pool all day We left Jenkins at 8 oclock for Otley 31 miles we want to get the before the local went through. I snow nearly all day and we lost a lot of time when we were about 1 1/2…
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