3 Mar 1945, Barbara Anslow's diary

Went to Joan Wilkinson and arranged to give her shorthand lessons.  Mist curling right down on us.

Gladys and I went to Indian quarters to get people to come to social.  Our efforts rewarded; Joe Lewis came, it was quite a success.  Pauline Beck same as well. Dorothy Wilson won bar of choc donated by Father Hessler.  Clifton ran the show and did it well.  When Harold and Elsie Bidwell arrived, they announced that a loud toot from the jetty brought every one out - expecting firewood and parcels.

Later, a notice that there will be parcels tomorrow, some private ones, 600 cases comfort parcels, 2 cases books, toilet articles, men's clothes.  No mention of bulk foodstuffs to everyone's disappointment.  Bulletin suggests that only 2,500 individual parcels in all  ((i.e., 1 each, as camp population then about 2,460)).  From Canadian Red Cross.  The committee announce we're to have 1 parcel each distributed at once, minus 1 tin corned beef which will be taken by Welfare and replaced by reerve tins they have.