Alma Russell Letters
Letters of British Columbia men on active service with Canadian and British Expeditionary Forces, 1914-1918. Learn more.
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Hut No. Three
(Extreme East End of South Camp)
Sunday, Dec. 23rd.
Church Parade in Morning; 2 p.m. Bible Study; 7 p.m. Evening Service; Speaker Major F.J. Smith (Toronto)
Monday Dec. 24th.
Christmas Tree 7 p.m.; Goodnight Service 8.30 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 25th.
London Concert Party 7 p.m. ; Christmas Essay Competition, "The Spirit of Christmas"; Goodnight Service 8.30 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 26th.
A Christmas Message 6 p.m.; Lecture 7 p.m., "Beneath Big Ben" by Richard Turtle; Sergeant-at-Arms Dept., House of Commons; Goodnight Service 8.30 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 27th.
Mid-week Service 7 p.m.
Friday December 28th.
The "Prairies" Costume Concert Party 7 p.m.; Goodnight Service 8.30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 29th.
Games Night 7 o'clock; Goodnight Service, 8.30 p.m.
Specials
Monday Afternoon, Dec. 24th.
Usual weekly concert for the patients in the Surrey Convalescent Home, 5 o'clock
Tuesday Afternoon, Dec. 25th.
Usual weekly concert for the patients in the Seaside Convalescent Hospital, 4 o'clock
Wednesday Afternoon, Dec. 26th.
Usual weekly concert for the patients in Ravenscroft Hospital, 2.30 o'clock
Thursday Evening, Dec. 27th.
Y.M.C.A. Hut No. 1, at 8.30, "Khaki Kollege" Smoker to Instructors, Students and Prospective Students.
Kathleen Vey Concert Party; Captain Clarence McKinnon, President Pine Hill College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, will give an address
Friday Afternoon, Dec. 28th.
Opening of Officers Club, North Camp, 4 o'clock.
Where and How to Spend Christmas in London
Soldiers going to London for Christmas, and who have no friends to visit of places to go, are invited to take part in the programme prepared by the Canadian Y.M.C.A. at the
Little Theatre John Street Adelphi, London W.C. 2
The programme includes;
dinner at 1 o'clock concert in the afternoon tea at 5 o'clock entertainment in homes for the evening
Seaford Area is allotted a proportion of invitations. These cards and complete information may be obtained from the Officers in each of the Y.M.C.A., Huts.
BC Archives MS-1901 Box 1 File 11 / RUSSELL, Alma M., 1873-1964 / Selected miscellaneous letters and ephemera, 1914 - 1917.