Very Hot today This afternoon Arthur Sirrico and I delivered several salmon that the boss sent from New Brunswick. I stopped at Pick’s on the way home from work. There was no one home. Lots of people on the beach today. I made up a red cedar pole for striper fishing. I think it will …
Wednesday, July 12, 1950
Mrs. H. went down to Bud’s to see her latest grandson. Jub drove me over to town at noon and I drew out $250.00 to loan him on his camp. Charlie Fraser Jr. has an Austin car and it looks fine. I had supper over at Ski’s. After supper I took a walk up back …
Tuesday, July 11, 1950
We rebuilt the mint bed this A.M. and we went over to Harry’s and found that the drawers she wanted us to fix, stuck on the front panel, so I decided it was no job for me. Eric, David, and Suzanne
Monday, July 10, 1950
Watered all day. Mrs. H. was up on the hill today. George stopped in for me at 5 P.M. and I started off with him to have supper and met Thel down by Dutton’s coming after me, so I went down to the camp and all of Carl’s crowd were there, including Paul P. We …
Sunday, July 9, 1950
Fair Had breakfast at 7 A.M. Cast a few times off the point. Then I went up and finished the road. Fished a little in the late afternoon and caught only small red perch. The big blue gills are still dying in the pond. I think it is from picking feed from the surface of …
Saturday, July 8, 1950
Hot. Thel came up on the hill just before noon. We picked up Eleanor and got her two kids and their dog with Ski, her baby, and dog. We sure had a car full. I worked most of the afternoon fixing the road. In the late afternoon I tried the new plug Marie + Suzanne …
Friday, March 3, 1950
[This out-of-order entry is for Ski's son, Larry Smith, who's been anxiously waiting for five years to see the record of his birth!] Such a cold N.W. wind today that we couldn’t work out of doors. Tom and Arthur have carted off most of our woodpile in back of the barn. Ski went up to …
Friday, July 7, 1950
Jub and I trimmed all day. Harry’s dog was over in the afternoon chasing rabbits. Mary had Harry’s kids over on the hill this afternoon. After work George picked me up and I went to his house for supper. All of us took a walk down to the river and watched them putting in some …
Thursday, July 6, 1950Â
Jubbie and I put Ammonium Sulphate and Semesen on the green. I tried an experiment of mixing the two chemicals together and putting it on as one dose. I hope it works. Wanetta was in there at noon with a petition for a Republican. This afternoon Jub and I did some edging around the rose …
Wednesday, July 5, 1950
Jub and I worked trimming edges around the pool garden wall. Martha was over for a few min this A.M. After dinner Bud took me over to So. Spooner St. to Bill Pierce’s funeral. I and Charlie Sherman were pall bearers. There was a lot of people there and a very large number of wreaths, …
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