There was a message to see Jack + I found him all upset + nervous over the chairmanship of the supper tonight. He had to give it up. He hadn’t slept for the last two nights. Walked from Wellwood to Curror Street, Dandswall Lodge + Backrow. About 2 got ‘phone from Bowhill about Lady Nap Bowhill about Mrs Ordish1 + a still room maid whom I found with Dip. + sent to Hospital. Saw Lady Mary2. Went to supper to returned soldiers in Victoria Hall. Went down to Wellwood for Munro + took him back there after. Supper great success, over 400 present. Co-op store did it well.
1 Hannah Ordish (about 1845-1920), housekeeper at Bowhill
2 This may refer to Lady Mary Theresa Montagu Douglas Scott later Cecil (1904-1984)
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/23, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1920]
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