Thursday, February 28, 1918

Left for the hospital at nine and had a very rainy ride but got home safe. Got busy attending the canteen. Heard many stories of the front. Served 8 tanks of coffee. Made coffee for all the guards at night and they enjoyed it. Had C. Johnson, a newspaper man, for lunch. Rich was here … Continue reading Thursday, February 28, 1918

Wednesday, February 27, 1918

A very good day. Payday. Cadet stood canteen and I made 70 pies and 14 gallons of cocoa. Kept very busy. Col. came and took Cadet and left Miss Gladys. It rained very hard. A shell dropped on the road and it killed two horses and one man and wounded five. Made coffee and … Continue reading Wednesday, February 27, 1918

Saturday, February 2, 1918

Made breakfast and cleaned up then in came some men who were cold so we made them some coffee. Then who should come but Adj. Starker. My, it was good to see him. He has Hickie and Russel with him. He told us to be ready to move the next trip, and we were all … Continue reading Saturday, February 2, 1918

Sunday, November 11, 1917

Had a very busy time serving coffee. Had a good meeting. Some of the officers came in and told us that The Salvation Army was doing a good work in all the camps but especially in Montiers.

Saturday, November 10, 1917

Made 26 pies and about 250 cookies. Served coffee all afternoon and evening and was too busy to think. Payday. Col. came and brought supplies and stayed all night. It rained and was a terrible night.

Thursday, November 8, 1917

Made cakes and straitened my things. Meeting at night, and we had a very good meeting. About seven hundred boys were in. Had a rushing time with the coffee.

Wednesday, November 7, 1917

Raining. Baked 150 doughnuts and 22 pies. Col. came and brought supplies and stayed for dinner. Had a busy afternoon, and at night the hut was crowded and the men were glad for the coffee .Went to bed tired and happy.

Monday, November 12, 1917

Cleaning up day. Served 500 cups of coffee at night.

Thursday, November 1, 1917

Some of the men slept in the barn and did their best at making a noise. A very busy day and a very busy night. The boys like pie, donuts, and coffee. One of the men from the front was telling me about a bomb that landed in front of his car, and … Continue reading Thursday, November 1, 1917

Sunday, October 28, 1917

Bread got into the coffee urn. When I tried to strain the coffee it would not run, so I looked and found that bread had been put in the urn to save. Scouring soap is scarce, and so we found a good substitute in a soft stone we found, and it worked fine. … Continue reading Sunday, October 28, 1917