There was a good 6 inches of snow lying this morning. None fell + the day was calm + just on the freezing side. The weathercock pointed N.E. I walked to Curror Street, Ashybank, Bridge Street + Castle Street. Got in a little after 1. Wrote Mrs Dees1 + sent away several subscriptions amounting to 25/- [shillings] + 10/- to Jean.2 Helen3 was at the Badminton Club at night.
1 Mrs Dees had lost her husband Robert Irwin Dees on Christmas Day. She was Edith Mary Boileau Dees née Henderson (1872-1948), daughter of the Reverend Canon Dr. James Henderson and Jane Lowrey, born 7 April 1872, the Vicarage, Ancroft, Northumberland, died 8 March 1948, The Manager’s Residence, Rustenburg Platinum Mine, Rustenburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
2 Jane Henderson Logan ‘Jean’ Pike née Muir (1877-1941), Dr Muir’s eldest daughter, widowed but still living in Newington, Edinburgh.
3 Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper.
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/26, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1923]
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