My year at Grenfell Bible School.

The Johnson took me to Regina to take the bus to Grendfell as the school opened in mid Oct and ran for 6 months, closing in mid April. I don't remember how many students there were in attendance that year. The girls dorm was in this large home, where the Presidents family lived. The boys dorm was in another house in that town. The classes were held in the church. There were more girls that year than boys, the meals were prepared in the basement of this large home. Served at long tables, boys in one area & girls in another, married couples sat together. We had classes twice a day & we walked to & from the church twice a day. On Sundays we went to two church services & also Wednesday evening we went to prayer meeting. I roomed with several different girls that year. In mid winter another girl & I got ill with a rash which Dr said was scarlet fever. A room was rented in another place & we were quaranteed there for 4 weeks. Meals were brought over to us. We weren't very ill so there was a speaker put our the room & turned on for us to get each teaching session. We made notes & studied. When we were returned to the girls main dorm I was put with several girls in the attic, which was a large enough room to have 2 double beds, places for our clothes etc. We had tables to do our lessons on. We had 3 flights of stairs to climb up & down. We had 3 meals a day in the basement. There was a room to do laundry in, also a large mangle to press all the sheets with, I had this job when it was my turn in the laundry room. I enjoyed the bible lessons & we had our home work & exams to write. Our subjects were all typed out in folders, mimeographed & assembled in their office. There were special speakers who came & taught some subjects. We were there all through the Christmas season. We had special music & singing groups on the weekends, several students were quite talented with different musical instruments. There were board meetings about finding a bigger building in a different location as this building would not be able to house all the students who were applying to attend Bible school. There was a offer for a large place at the west coast. This was in Port Quitlum BC. This was near Vancouver & New Westminster, two large cities with several churches who had came to Trossach camp. I didn't have a job to return to. The Erickson's had 3 children & needed some one to travel with them to help as Mrs Erickson who wasn't in good health. Every thing from the school was shipped by train & a man from the school went with these furnishings. The 6 of us travelled in the Erickson car on gravel roads, It was quit a trip, we stopped in different towns where there ministers Mr Erickson knew. I had to keep the children entertained. The building that was being bought for the school had not been used for a while . It was dirty, needed lots of cleaning & painting. The weather was very damp & foggy that year. Some asked me how I could stand cold Sask but I found that my clothes were always damp & cold to me. This was such a change from dry Sask. Groups from churches helped clean this large building. A lot had to be done before the students would arrive. I was kept busy with many jobs. Mrs Erickson had to be hospitalize as her former Dr had given her too strong of drugs. I cared for the 3 children, & even had to help cook for the start of the school. He finally found a cook who had been a cook on a ship. He would go to the docks where large fresh salmon were caught & sold very cheap. This cook made several kinds of salmon dishes, stuffed, roasted & served hot. I couldn't attend Bible school but enjoyed the services.