Diary pages from this date

We (RC young ladies) gave Marie Barton a shower in honour of her engagement to Vincent Marcus Morrison (HK Police, who, with Randall, Bidmead and Fay had escaped from Stanley in 1942, but were caught and put in Stanley Gaol; released back into camp this June.)   ((Marie and Vincent eventually had a very large family; when in 1963 my eldest son went to Winslade School, Clyst St Mary in Exeter as a weekly boarder,  we found that one of the Morrison boys, Peter, was also a pupil there. There were many other Morrisons then - Michael, Anthony, Frances, Bernadette, Margaret, and Angela   The family lived in Sidmouth.))

That night I wrote most of 'A child's Christmas'. ((A nostalgic memory of Christmas as a child in UK too long to include here.))

Issue Y12.50

Wong tong residue ((spelling?)) Y11.88

Soy sauce 

Many Happy Returns Marj darling.

Cold but bright.

Red earth & brick for Cookhouse wall.

Made another chatty for Mrs Winfield. [Entry for 15th is clearly ‘Whitfield’]

Lorry in with Canteen gear.

Cooking being done with grass.

US forces land on Mindora Island [Mindoro?] & enter Ormoc in Leyte.

Cooking oil in town costs Y116 per catty & rice 19-50.