154th day- 211 days follow Warm + Showers. Cool. Went to town this morning, paid my water tax. Went out to the Armory and got the ammunition Clarkie said was for me. Got a hair cut. I got two dozen arrow tips Had a hard shower in the forenoon and one in the afternoon. Phil …
Monday, June 2, 1947
153rd day- 212 days follow Fair + Mild Called up Mrs. H. this A.M. Defrosted the refrigerator and watered lawns. Saw chipmunks on the green wall. After supper Dick Bent came up to get the proofs of the pictures I took of the Rock Cave. Thel and I did some target shooting tonight. We didn’t …
Sunday, June 1, 1947
152nd day- 213 days follow (Betty Covell) Fair + Cool. I heard Betty Covell had a daughter born yesterday. Went up on the hill this A.M. and stopped in to see Pic and Walder on the way back. After dinner we went up to Eleanor’s and got her and the two kids. We went up …
Saturday, May 31, 1947
151st day- 214 days follow Fair +Cooler Painted lawn furniture this A.M. Thel and I did some shooting after dinner. Bill came up and we went out to the Kingston Site and I finished out my two sections and found three hearths, all three in a space of ten feet. No one that was there …
Friday, May 30, 1947
150th day- 215 days follow Memorial Day Showers Goodale was acquitted this morning. After breakfast Thel and I took a ride down to the camp. I widened out the path down to the point, and then raked up the point and straightened the place up. Archie came down after dinner and he and I went …
Thursday, May 29, 1947
149th day- 216 days follow Fair + Hot Trimmed lawns all day. At noon I potted up a lot of plants to take to the cemetery tonight. Thel and I did some shooting after supper. We went up to the cemetery and decorated the graves. There was a lot of people and cars in the …
Wednesday, May 28, 1947
148th day- 217 days follow Kingston Site Fair + Warm Worked all day on the flower beds. Mr. H. and Harry were on the hill when I got there this A.M. Geo. Crowell came up and they all went to Martha’s Vineyard. After supper Bill came up and he and I went out to the …
Tuesday, May 27, 1947
147th day- 218 days follow Fair + Warm Mrs. Sampson was up on the hill cutting out the slip covers. Set out some pansies and weeding and trimming. Trimmed and weeded in the pool garden. Redo was up on the hill with an oil burner man to look the heater over to see about connecting …
Monday, May 26, 1947
146th day- 219 days follow Fair + Warm Mrs. H. is on the hill this A.M. Planted rose bushes and carnations. Thel and the rest of the cleaners have gone down to the camp for the day. The telephone man was here from Brockton to see about the pole at the foot of the drive. …
Sunday, May 25, 1947
145th day- 220 days follow Warm + Foggy Took off the storm windows and doors, and put on the screens Went up on the hill and saw Harry and Dimp, and Mrs. H. Had a heck of a time with the hot water heater. No draft and the heat way down. Worked putting on screens …