Date of Letter:
1915/02/19
Summary:
In which Gordon sends a money order for $7 to the recipient of the letter. Includes description of social events, activities, & disciplinary action witnessed while training in Georgetown.
Transcription:
Georgetown Ont
Feb 19/15
My Dear Christian Friend, -
Enclosed please find a money order payable to yourself for $7.××/. Give the Jews' Harp 75? for her ticket & Pork & Ethel 50? each and hang on to the rest as theres a hard winter coming. If you like you can come up here on it for a trip next Thursday & go to Guelph. Thursday is the best time to come because that's the day visitors come to the drill-hall, there are always a big bunch & we all have to toe the mark that day. You could stay here & go on to Guelph for Sunday if you like. I am going to try & get home next Sunday if I can but will not know till a week to day.
Scout & I went out to Colonel Noble's at Norval Sunday morning and got there on time for church. The Colonel is the big bug of the village & an Elder & Sunday school Guy & so on. He has a fine place. Its got everything in Oakville skinned for beauty & he puts up good grub & asked us to come again some-time so you can bet we will. We walked out & he drove us back & we had church parade to the Presbyterian church. I was to Mr. Cameron's for tea last Friday night & got a good feed. He is not so bad for a Preacher.
We move into the public library to sleep to-morrow & we will eat at the McGibbon House. We've got three blankets each so we ought to be warm. The Ladies give us Teas every Saturday afternoon & there is generally a concert through the week so we don't have much spare time.
Two Guys got 7 days in the "Klink" for smoking in the ranks & another got 4 days pack-drill for talking back. Pack drill is some stunt. They give you two bags full of stone, each about 20 or 30 lbs & put one on each shoulder & then they give you a bag of about 40 lbs & you carry that in front of you with your hands. you then walk three paces & set the one in front down & straighten up & then get down & pick it up again & go on three more & so on for 20 minutes at a time.
Well I'm about run out & if you come up bring the junk Pork said was there for us & remember me to "sighs" & anyone else you see.
love to all
Gordon.
Feb 19/15
My Dear Christian Friend, -
Enclosed please find a money order payable to yourself for $7.××/. Give the Jews' Harp 75? for her ticket & Pork & Ethel 50? each and hang on to the rest as theres a hard winter coming. If you like you can come up here on it for a trip next Thursday & go to Guelph. Thursday is the best time to come because that's the day visitors come to the drill-hall, there are always a big bunch & we all have to toe the mark that day. You could stay here & go on to Guelph for Sunday if you like. I am going to try & get home next Sunday if I can but will not know till a week to day.
Scout & I went out to Colonel Noble's at Norval Sunday morning and got there on time for church. The Colonel is the big bug of the village & an Elder & Sunday school Guy & so on. He has a fine place. Its got everything in Oakville skinned for beauty & he puts up good grub & asked us to come again some-time so you can bet we will. We walked out & he drove us back & we had church parade to the Presbyterian church. I was to Mr. Cameron's for tea last Friday night & got a good feed. He is not so bad for a Preacher.
We move into the public library to sleep to-morrow & we will eat at the McGibbon House. We've got three blankets each so we ought to be warm. The Ladies give us Teas every Saturday afternoon & there is generally a concert through the week so we don't have much spare time.
Two Guys got 7 days in the "Klink" for smoking in the ranks & another got 4 days pack-drill for talking back. Pack drill is some stunt. They give you two bags full of stone, each about 20 or 30 lbs & put one on each shoulder & then they give you a bag of about 40 lbs & you carry that in front of you with your hands. you then walk three paces & set the one in front down & straighten up & then get down & pick it up again & go on three more & so on for 20 minutes at a time.
Well I'm about run out & if you come up bring the junk Pork said was there for us & remember me to "sighs" & anyone else you see.
love to all
Gordon.
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2017.22.12
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Gordon Munro Letters, Feb. 19, 1915
Gordon Munro Letters, Feb. 19, 1915
Gordon Munro Letters, Feb. 19, 1915
Gordon Munro Letters, Feb. 19, 1915
Gordon Munro Letters, Feb. 19, 1915
Gordon Munro Letters, Feb. 19, 1915