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1912: Jan 14 Letter fm Eva Perrault

3/31/2014

 
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1913 - Winter in Pense, Sask. Courtesy of University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections
The postcard above shows the grain elevators of Pense, Saskatchewan - the community to the immediate west of Grand Coulee. However, in 1905, it could have been taken of any town on the Canadian prairies depending on the amount of farmers in the area which would have influenced the number of grain elevators.

Author of Letter:  Eva Amelia Draper Perrault b 1876, North Gwillimbury, Ont
Dated:  Jan 14, 1912
Addressed to: Dear Brother
Mailed  from:  Grand Coulee (Saskatchewan)
Relationship: Oldest Sister of Noah Draper
Profession:  Farmer's wife
Writing  instrument: Black ink 
Written on: Linen-like cream-colored folded notepaper. Eva hasn't numbered the pages, but if she had, they would read 1, 3, 2, 4 with the third page turned sideways much like her daughter Veda did last week. 

*Last week's letter shows the history of Eva and Joe until these letters of Jan 1912.

People/places mentioned in this letter:

- *Noah Draper, age 23 (b 1887, North Gwillimbury, York, Ontario)
- *Ethel Nelson, age 21 (b 1890, North Gwillimbury, York, Ontario)
- **Louie & *Fred - Noah's sister Louie (Sarah Louisa) and her husband, Fred Coventry
- Mrs Coventry - Fred's mother, Eliza Grogan Stevenson, lives south of Grand Coulee
- **Veda - Eva's 16 yr old daughter who is studying at Brandon College
- Mother - *Sarah Sophia Deverell Draper
- *Joe Perrault - husband of Eva (author of this letter)
- **Uncle Frank's - Frank Matt married Joe's sister, "Nettie" Josephine Jeanette
- *Edyth Draper - Noah's 1st cousin (their fathers, Stephen and David, are brothers)

**Mr. Wright - A.D. Wright -store owner in Grand Coulee who is selling out
Sample - new store owner in Grand Coulee


Places/things mentioned in this letter or in the Genealogy Notes:
Pense - shown in top postcard


Legend: 
* Look under the Categories/Labels in the right side column for more posts on this 
  person/place/thing. If you don't see a label, use the search box at the top of page.
** see Genealogy Notes below


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Grand Coulee  Jan th 
14 
1912
Mr N. C. Draper
                    Belhaven. Ont.
Dear Brother ---
                                   I dont know
weather you think you have
wrote me or not But I did
not count a postcard, a letter
However it may be as well
not to wait for a letter as
I might not write at all if
I did.  Well Noah how are
you and Mother getting


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along? and does mother keep 
well.  It is very cold here
since the 20 of Dec. What
is the weather like down 
there?  it is any place from
20 to 56 below zero since
Christmas. Louie and Fred
was here to day  Louies eyes
are much better again.
Mr Wright has sold out
to a man by the name
of Sample and they are
selling out the old stock
now.  You aught to be here


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So you could get some thing cheap
in Grand Coulee  Mrs Coventry got a pair
of boots for 25 cents and it might be
a good time to lay in a suply I told
Veda I thought I had better go over
and get her suplyed for the summer.
Veda was home for 12 days  She likes
it fine down there now and is looking
forward to your return home.  Well
Noah have you got that little business
setteled up yet.  people are asking


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and we just have to tell
them we dont know. However
Noah we wish you all happyness
and a prosperous married life
when the time comes. I have
not heard from Ethel just
lately but they were all well
the last we heard. How are
Uncle Franks and all 
the rest down there? Is Edyth 
Draper married yet? Write
me a good longletter and
tell me all the news.
From your Loving Sister Eva.



Genealogy Notes

Genealogy Notes # 1 - Veda's Opinion of College

I think it's quite hilarious that Eva would say about Veda, "She likes it fine down there now..."

Wasn't it just last week that Veda wrote a very different view of being back in Brandon College? Read Veda's letter here.  

The amazing part is that both mother and daughter wrote the letters within days of each other and here it is - 102 yrs later - and we have both of them. :)


Genealogy Notes # 2 - Louie's Eyes

This is the first time Louie's eye problems have been mentioned in these letters. A search of the local Newmarket Era found these snippets with the dates of 1897-98. Louie was born in March 1879, so she would have been 18 yrs old when she had her operation, and since Eva's letter is dated 1912, Louie at 32 seems to still be having problems. 

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Genealogy Notes # 3 - Uncle Frank's 

Uncle Frank's is the family of Frank Matt and Josephine Jeanette Perrault (Joe's sister).  This family is special to me because of Melissa Matt, the Cultural Services Representative of the Georgina Pioneer Village and Archives.

I first heard of Melissa when she emailed me through my website's Contact page about a pleasant surprise...she enjoyed reading my Author Memories blog and thought it might be of interest to people who were interested in the local history of Georgina, and what used to be called North Gwillimbury.

As an aside, she mentioned that we might be related because Jeanette Josephine Perrault was her great-grandmother. And she's right. The connection is the marriage of Jeanette's brother, Joe, to Eva Amelia Draper. 


Genealogy Notes # 4 - Grand Coulee store

I spent several hours researching Mr. Wright, Mr. Sample, and the Grand Coulee store, but the only written information I could find is a local history book published in 1955 for Saskatchewan's Golden Jubilee - its 50th anniversary as a province. This soft-covered book is held at the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society (SGS) but you must be a member to view it. And from extensive research, if anyone else has a copy, they're keeping it well hidden - as are anyone with other information and images of the village and surrounding area. 

According to Grand Coulee A Social History, A.D. Wright was the owner of a general store in the early days of the village until his store burned down. But it doesn't say when it burned down or how Sample plays into it. Did the store burn down before any papers were signed, or right after but no one remembers the new owner, etc. 

PictureBook: Grand Coulee A Social History, 1955



If anyone knows 

where there is a copy 
of this book for sale, 
please Contact me. 



1911 Courtship: June 26 Dear Ethel

5/12/2013

 
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A McKellar's Barn built by W Addie, Arcola, Sask. Courtesy of saskhistoryonline.ca
In this week's letter Noah mentions that Joe Perrault's barn cost $3000 to build while Noah built one for $150. I'm assuming McKellar's Barn in the above photo is along the lines of the $3000 variety. I sure wish I had a photo of Noah's barn. 

Author of Letter: Noah Clement Draper (24 yrs old)
Dated: June 26th, 1911
Addressed to: Miss E. Nelson, My Dearest Ethel (21 yrs old)
Mailed from:  Grand  Coulee, Sask
Relationship: Courting
Profession: Farmer 
Writing instrument: Fine point pen, Black ink, but looks blue-grey in places 
Writing Paper: Thick, textured, linen-like paper, 9 inches x 6.5 inches. Paper is folded in half, written on front and back like a book, but inside, paper is turned sideways and written across short length and down both pages. 


People/Places mentioned in this letter:
- *Joe Perrault: married to Noah's sister, Eva Amelia
- Reuben and Irwin: 11 & 9 yr old  sons of Eva Amelia and Joe Perrault
- *Will Rigler: married to Noah's sister, Ethel Maude
- George Metcalf: local carpenter

Phrase: Better late than never**

Noah signing as Little Willie**

* Look under the Categories/Labels in the right column for more on posts on the above people.
**More info under Genealogical Notes
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Grand Coulee June.26.
Miss. E. Nelson,
        Belhaven, Ont.
My Dearest Ethel;-
        Received your welcome
letter Saturaday and
was glad to hear you
were still O.K. hope
this will find you the
same a gain.
         Well Ethel it is now nearly
six months since you made
me the happiest of men and
it will be nearly six more
before I can clame your
promise. wish it were
tomorrow. but it is better
                      late than 

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never, but better never late. eh.
     Well I am drawing gravle for the
house expect to get enough home
by. Friday night as I want togo
to Bell Plaine on the first to a
picnic & also to play ball.
     Say it wont be safe for me to go to
the Coulee now. for Pence was to
play us to night. and I never thot.
about it untill it was to late to
go. so if you hear about my funeral
dont be suprised. Ha. Ha.
      Reuben and Irwin came home
with me Sunday morning 
and intend to stay for a few days.
     Oh say I didnot tell you that
the game was postponed on Sat
on account of a storm and I dont
know when it will be played.
     Well the carpenter was just here
and so I am going to finish this up
now & send it down with Will in
the morning. Oh say. Pense was
down last night but G.C. beat
so I guess I will be safe Ha Ha.
score was 10 to 2. There is a game
tomorrow night between the
married and single men and

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I guess I will be at that if
nothing happens I bet the
single me will beat. Ha. Ha.
     Oh say Irwin got homesick 
and went home with the carpenter
(George Metcalf). he is building
Joes barn. it will cost him
over $3000. by the time it is 
finished & will be all done
by the last of the week. 
      Say my barn cost me just
about $150. Ha. Ha. quite a
difference.
     Suppose your  barn is
well on the way by this time
& Ill bet you will be glad
when it is done. Well Ethel
I guess I will ring off for this
time so good Bye. With lots
of love from your little Willie.
                           xxxxxxx N.C.D.

Genealogy Notes

Genealogy Notes #1 - Phrase Better Late Than Never

Noah says: Better late than never, but better never late. I don't know where he got the last part of the phrase from, but the www.phrases.org.uk site attributes it to Geoffery Chaucer who wrote the Canterbury Tales back in 1386. 

However, I found an earlier reference to the Roman author & historian Titus Livius who  quoted Better Late Than Never when he lived back in 59 BC - 17 AD.


Genealogy Notes #2 - Little Willie

Several times now Noah has ended the letter by saying your Little Willie so I figured it was time I found out who/what he meant. 

It seems there are 2 references to draw on depending what you're looking at:

1. 1899 - Little Willie in Mischief Again - a short comedy film 
This is one of at several where Little Willie gets into mischief. In one, he draws a face on his sleeping father's bald head, in another he ends up with a face covered in soot, and in a third, he sets up a bucket of water so someone else gets drenched.

2. 1910 era newspapers contained Little Willie jokes as fillers. These were the same jokes we've heard referred to as Little Johnny jokes in recent years, and apparently there were Little Audrey jokes in the 30's. I've seen these jokes in The Newmarket Era and from touring the net, as well as references for many other newspapers of the time. 

The last Little Willie joke I read in the Era went like this... Little Willie's aunt (or grandma) is about to slice up the pie and Little Willie asks if her spectacles magnify things. She answers, yes, they do. She's pleased that he's so smart. Little Willie responds that perhaps she'd like to take off her spectacles then before she cuts him a slice of pie.

I wonder if Noah calls himself Little Willie because he gets into trouble whether he likes it or not, or is it because he's a smarty plants like Little Willie the schoolboy? Can you tell from his letters?


1911 Courtship: June 21 Dear Ethel

4/29/2013

 
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His Majesty King George V, Real Photograph on a Tuck Postcard #1459, first used 1906, sold in Great Britain and Canada.
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Her Majesty Queen Mary, Real Photograph on a Tuck Postcard #1460, first used 1906, sold in Great Britain and Canada.
Although Noah and Ethel haven't mentioned it, the newspapers are full of images and snippets of the June 22nd Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary. The above images are the same ones published on the first page of the June 23, 1911 edition of The Newmarket Era except those images are so dark, you can barely make anything out. From what I did see however, I was able to find the matching images on a huge database website called TuckDB Postcards which states: TuckDB is a free on-line database listing antique postcards published by Raphael Tuck & Sons. Thank you to creators and maintainers of this wonderful look at history portrayed in postcards.

Author of Letter: Noah Clement Draper (24 yrs old)
Dated: June 21st, 1911
Addressed to: Dear Ethel (21 yrs old)
Mailed from:  Grand  Coulee, Sask
Relationship: Courting
Profession: Farmer 
Writing instrument: Fine point pen, Black ink, but looks blue-grey in places 
Writing Paper: Thick, textured, linen-like paper, 9 inches x 6.5 inches. Paper is folded in half, written on front and back like a book, but inside, paper is turned sideways and written across short length and down both pages. 


People/Places mentioned in this letter:
- *Louie:  Noah's sister, Sarah Louisa Nelson, married to Fred Coventry
- Mother: *Sarah Sophia Deverell Draper
- *Sadie Nelson: Ethel's 16 yr old sister

- a Scotch man:  *hired man to work on the farm
- your Englishman: *hired man to work on the farm

League Games: Base ball played between the following 3 close towns:
- Grand Coulee (Noah's town)
- Bell Plain (Belle Plain)
- Pense 

* Look under the Categories/Labels in the right column for more on posts on the above people.

**More info under Genealogical Notes
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Grand Coulee, Sask.
June. 21st/11.
Dear Ethel;-
     Received your letter Sat.
& was glad to hear from you
 Hope you are well as this 
leaves meat present.
     Well Ethel I am buisy as
a hen drawing rails drawing 
lumber & cement & ect for the 
house have the lumber
nearly all home & the carpenter
is coming up in the morning
to put up the form for
the cement cellar.
     I wish I could walk in
and see you to-night but
I guess I wont. eh.

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Say I would certainly like to see
you for a while.
     Louie came up with mother today &
is going back tomorrow she just
told me to send you her best love.
     Well Ethel we have had another
game of base ball with Bell Plain
and beat them 9 to 7. so we have
won the first 3 league games wheather
we win any more or not. We have
to go up to play B.P. onthe first so
I will have a holiday. was to play
Pense tomorrow but it was postponed
& I dont know when we will play 
them.
     Suppos Sadie will soon be trying
her examinations & wish her all
kinds of success.
     Say wont you be glad to getout
of a place where they have such
thunder storms as you have there
     We have not had any thunder
to speak of for two years but cant
tell when it will start.
     Say I have a Scotch man
working for me now and he is a
dandy. and can be depended on 
to take care of things. hope you 
have got rid of your Englishmen. Haha

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          Well it is just 10 minutes
after twelve by your time
& 22.10 by ours or 10 after 10.
     Oh say did I tell you I am
in the tent & it is fine &
cool at night. Ha.Ha.
          How are the men getting
along at the barn?
          Well Ethel I guess I will
have to close for this time
& dont you be as slow about
writing as I am but I am 
to lazy to write much at
this time so good Bye
with lots of Love & a great big
hug and half a million
kisses.  N. C. D. x x x x x x x
 

Genealogy Notes

Since this week in 1911 is the Royal Coronation, I'm posting an image and snippets to give you a sense of the grandeur of this period. 

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The Coronation Ceremony of His Most Gracious Majesty King George V in Westminster Abbey. 22nd June 1911, by John Henry Frederick Bacon, Courtesy of Wikipedia
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The Newmarket Era. June 9, 1911 - Pg 4
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The Newmarket Era. June 9, 1911 - Pg 4

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The Newmarket Era. June 23, 1911 - Pg 2
A brilliant function held last
Friday night, was the Coronation 
ball of the Royal Club at the Bota-
nic Gardens, in London, England.
The grounds were illuminated - the
trees being studded with 50,000 elec-
tric lights in various colours--form-
ing a veritable picture of fairyland.
The ball-room was large enough to
hold a thousand couples in comfort.
It was temporary erected for the 
occasion.

1911 Courtship: June 5, Dear Ethel

4/2/2013

 
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www.ourroots.ca Pense Community, 1882 to 1982 pg 185
In this week's letter Noah mentions the  Blink Bonnie school as being 2 miles west of his land, so I've included an image from the local Pense Community, 1882 to 1982 history book. Noah also says the railroad is putting down track which will go through his land, so I'm adding a map and some family information in this week's Genealogical Notes.

Author of Letter: Noah Clement Draper (24 yrs old)
Dated: June 5th, 1911
Addressed to: Miss E.  Nelson, Dearest Ethel (21 yrs old)
Mailed from:  Grand  Coulee (Saskatchewan)
Relationship: Courting
Profession: Farmer 
Writing instrument: Fine point pen, Black ink, but looks blue-grey in places until he refills his pen
Writing Paper: Thick, textured, linen-like paper, 9 inches x 6.5 inches. Paper is folded in half, with a front and back page, but inside, the letter is written straight across the full 9 inch width. Although this might have looked good to Noah, it makes for hard reading in pdf form as well as here as a jpeg image.


People/Places mentioned in this letter:
- *Percy - Noah's older brother who lives nearby with his family
- *Ethel - Ethel Maud Rigler, Noah's sister
- Mother - *Sarah Sophia Deverell Draper 
- *Sadie Nelson - Ethel's 16 yrs old sister
- G.C. - Grand Coulee, Sask.

Look under the Categories/Labels in the right column for more on posts on the above people.
 

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Grand Coulee, Sask.
June. 5th./.11.
Miss. E. Nelson,
         Belhaven, Ont.
Dearest Ethel;-
       Received your letter
Saturaday night and was
glad you were pleased with
your watch. So you think
I have received nothing eh.
       What about the love of the
Best Little Girl in the world.
       I think it is me that needs
to be thankful and I am.
also I try to be patient.
untill the time comes to go
down after said little girl.
       Well Ethel we have had

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quite a wet spring here. had a big
rain yesteraday so I was not working
on the land to-day xxxx so have been
fixing up a place to live in. am still
at Ethel's but wont be much longer.
I hope for it makes her so much
extra work.
       Better come up to the base-ball
match Wed night. expect a big time
but dont think we will git beaten.
hope not any way.
       Louie & Fred were up yesteraday
also Percy so we had quite a day ofit.
       Suppose you are in bed now it
would be just 10 past 11 by your
time & I just came in from the barn.
       Have you started to build yet and
who is doing it. I have not got started
yet but have let the contract & they
will start some time this month.
       Well I guess when you come up
we wont have to come very far from
the station as they are gradeing
next farm to mine now & will be
on mine by the end of the week & the
station is to be on my place. isnt
that handy.

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Percy has the well diggers at
his place now has to pay them
a dollar a foot. I hope he gets
water for a person gets tired
drawing it so far.
      Dont know wheather mother
will go down East this summer
or not for she doesnt like to
go alone. guess she is nervous.
       Tell Sadie to cheer up the
worst is yet to come. & if she
does not pass this summer I
wont let her teach in the 
Blink Bonnie school. which 
is just 2 miles west of here but
I will give my consent to her teaching
in G.C. Well Ethel I guess this is all
for this time so Bye Bye. Yours as B.4.
xxxxx xxx                                           N.C.D.

 

Genealogical Notes

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Grand Coulee and area showing Noah Draper and family. (Click to enlarge)
As you can tell, I owe the above map (click to enlarge) to the nice people at GoogleEarth who have opened the world to our eyes like no other cartographer has done before.

When you look at the map, if all you see is a bunch of squares, then you're looking at it correctly. To simplify, the land is broken in townships (36 square miles each) and then sections. Each section is 1 square mile, so by counting the squares, we can figure out how far it is between points by the road, or the way the crow flies, which is a lot shorter.

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Close up of Grand Coulee area showing distances and routes of travel.
In this closer view, I've tried to show the path Noah takes to get from his land to Ethel's house, where he's staying until his house is built. I didn't want to gum it up with too many squares and colours, so I've done the bare minimum...

- top left is the Blink Bonnie school (yellow pin) which is 2 big squares from Noah (orange pin). Each square equals one mile, hence the school is 2 miles away. (As he confirms in the letter.)

- if you look closely at those 2 white squares, you'll see from the different shades of green that they are divided in half. It probably looks that way because different crops are growing, or they could belong to different owners. Some sections are divided into 4 quarters, into eighths, etc. Regardless the divisions, each square mile section is 640 acres, a half section is 320 acres, and a quarter section is 160 acres. 

Noah has 2 routes to get to Ethel's house:
- red line - 3 miles cross country (hope he asks permission!)
- blue line - 4 1/2 miles if he walks/rides by road

From the census records, I believe Louie & Fred, and Percy & Parthina live in neighboring townships. With each township being 6 sections/miles across, they shouldn't be too away. I'll keep checking and let you know as soon as I find out.  

Clear as mud? Let me know if you need clarification. :)

1911 Courtship: May 28 Dear Ethel

3/18/2013

 
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ca1910? Gideon School Picnic and Ball Game, Saskatchewan. Courtesy of the Online Learning Center in partnership with Western Development Museum.
Noah tells Ethel about the ball games the Grand Coulee team played on the 24th against Pense, and although I dug deep into the Saskatchewan Archives, the above image is the closest I could come to showing what Noah experienced that day. The scene is from a Picnic at the Gideon School in the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan area around that 1910 era.

Author of Letter: Noah Clement Draper (24 yrs old)
Dated:  May 28/11
Addressed to: Miss E. Nelson, Bellhaven, Ont., Dearest Ethel 
Mailed from: Grand Coulee, Sask.
Relationship: Courting
Profession: Farmer 
Writing instrument: Fine point pen, Black ink, which he runs out of, so continues the next day with fresh ink
Writing Paper: Thick, textured, linen-like paper, 9 inches x 6.5 inches. Paper is folded in half, and written in a 4-page booklet form, except Noah has turned the paper inside and written down the full length. 


People/places mentioned in this letter:
- Mother - *Sarah Sophia Deverell Draper, Noah's widowed mother 
- *Ethel - Ethel Maud Rigler - Noah's older sister
- G.C. *Grand Coulee

- the 24th**


* Look under the Categories/Labels in the right side column for more posts on this 
  person/place/thing.
** see Genealogy Notes below 

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Grand Coulee, May.28/11.
Miss. E. Nelson,
        Belhaven, Ont.
Dearest Ethel; -
   Well here I am again & I can
tell you it would supprise you
if you were here and could
look out of the window. We
have just had our annual
snow storm. it snowed
all day before yesteraday &
yesteraday. but it is over
now and the snow nearly all
gone to day.
        Well I suppose you have
your watch & pin by this
time and I hope you like them
       Well how did you spend
the 24th. The G. C. ball team
went up to Pense to play
ball. we won the game 6 to 5

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and then played Bell Plaine and
beat them 2. to 1 so we had a big day.
    there was nothing only base ball
but a dance at night & only 2 of the
team stayed. about a dozen girls & 
ten menwent up to the game from
the Coulee. We are forming a league
Bell Plain Pense and G.C. we will
have to gotwice to each place &
have 4 games at home 8 games in all
guess we will get the cup eh.
       Well Ethel I guess you will think
I dont intend to batch much & I
dont. unless mother goes east. I am
still at Ethels. I seam to have a great
fancy for Ethels.
       Well Ethel I guess I will start at
the shack week after next so am going
to send you the plan of the ground
floor & will fin the upstairs as I go
along. you know the ground floor
is the most important. so if you see
any way to change it to advantage
why just say so. The stair way goes
up out of the hall & the hall leads back
into the kitchen. but you will be able
to see all this by the plan. there is
big sliding doors between Dinning
room and parlor. & a bay window
in front. but you will be able to see 

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the rest by the plan.
       Well I wish I could drop in
for tea to-night but I guess it is
impossible but will make up for
lost time when I do get the chance
Ha. Ha.
       Mother is here but she is going 
down with me if I ever move I
guess she thinks I dont intend
to. eh. but we have had
such cold weather it has not been very nice in a tent.
       Well Ethel I guess this is
about all I can put on paper
this time but it is a lot easier
to talk than write. have
not got your letter yet as Iwas
not down to the Coulee since
Friday but expect to go in the
morning. Well Bye Bye. Yours as B4.
                                            x x x x x     N.D.

Genealogy Notes

On page 2, Noah says, "there was nothing only base ball but a dance at night". The reason he says that is because back in Ontario, May 24th was a huge event. Yes, it was (and still is) a community sports day, but there were fireworks, as well as a dance.  Here are some clippings from The Newmarket Era of things that Noah was missing out on:

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The Newmarket Era. May 12, 1911
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The Newmarket Era. May 26, 1911
The Orchard Beach clipping is from 1922, but it shows what the Victoria Day weekend means to Canadians. (Did back then, still does today.)
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The Newmarket Era. May 26, 1922
Since Victoria Day is a celebration of the reigning monarch's birthday, Fire Works were available and very much looked forward to at the annual event. 

In the column on the left, the first clipping is an ad from a local Newmarket store. The second is a report following the 24th and mentions a two-hour firework show! It goes to say that on top of the fireworks, Pickering College had a huge bonfire that almost got out of hand. There was more to the article, but due to readability degradation (and boring subject matter) I cut it off where it descended into the logistics of the event. 

Immediately below this is a clipping from the report of the huge Sports Day part of the celebrations. I've cut this one as well due to horrid legibility, but May 24th, 1911 wasn't just a Sports Day - it was the Ontario Championship Races and Coronation Trials. The winners of the day's events had 2 weeks before heading off to the Olympics in London, England. These events included:
 - 10 mile marathon
 - 5 mile Run
 - 1 mile Run
 - 1/2 mile Run
 - 440 yd Run
 -  220 yd Run
 - 100 yd Dash
  - 120 yd Hurdle
  - 2 mile Walk
 - Running High Jump
 - Running Broad Jump
 - Pole Vault
 - Putting (16 lb?) Shot

The article concludes by saying the day's events wound up with an exciting motor race. 

(I've linked this clipping to the source in case you wish to read it in its entirety.)

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Clipped from: The Newmarket Era. May 26, 1911, Page 3
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