Rainy today Eleanor and the kids came down today and we all rode over to town. I got some of the nose drops that Mr. Blanchard of the Little Holland cabins recommended for my nose. Eleanor likes her new car. Thel goes back to work tonight.
Thursday, September 21, 1950
(Arrowheads) Bill Whiting came up after dinner and we rode up to East Bridgewater on a farm I saw a few days ago that had been [tilled] this year for the first time in years. It is right behind the old gin mill. We found a few broken pieces and I found a small tool …
Wednesday, September 20, 1950
Partly Cloudy We started out about 9 A.M. from the Little Holland Cabins and we went up by the Old Man of the Mountain. Thel took some colored pictures of the tame bears there. Then we went by Twin Mountain and through the other Notch and kept going till we got back to Braintree and …
Tuesday, September 19, 1950
(Doug) Cloudy a few light showers. We left Hubert’s and went up to the Museum at No. Andover. The door was open so I went in hoping to see Fred Johnson. I asked a girl in the office, she didn’t know, so she spoke to someone that I couldn’t see, so I stepped into the …
Monday, September 18, 1950
(Vacation) Fair and cool Thel and I started on our trip about 11 AM. We got held up in traffic just before we got to Columbia Circle. There was a fire by a new school. I saw the smoke as we reached the Squantum Airport. We got up to Sailor Tom’s about 4 PM. Took …
Sunday, September 17, 1950
Clear and cool fine day. We got up late this morning. After breakfast I cleaned all the windows. This afternoon Bud drove Thel up to work, he took me over to Pete Chouteau’s, I went in to Pete’s and gave him the leg band I took off the quail I caught in a trap in …
Saturday, September 16, 1950
Saw Harry up on this hill this A.M. and helped him clean up some in the sun porch. Dick Bent called me up after dinner and said he would be up right after 2 P.M. When he came we took a ride up to White Horse, we went in back of Bartlett Pond on the …
Friday, September 15, 1950
High fog, partly fair Mowed lawns today. I stopped in at Pick’s on the way home from work and rode over to town to pick up Walder. I stayed over there to supper and till 9:30. Then we came over here and watched the T.V. till 12 M. I saw a tiny milk snake up …
Thursday, September 14, 1950
Rain + Fog Raked again today, have got up around the house now. Ski’s dog caught another young rabbit today. Thank heaven I have finished up raking up the mess caused by the storm. Arthur Pyle called me up tonight about fire wood for the First House. We got the T.V. going again. Today I …
Wednesday, September 13, 1950
Fair + Warmer Went over to Harry’s this morning and fixed their clothes lines. Raked up leaves and twigs, washed the front windows and piazza floor. The T.V. is out on account of the hurricane and I found that one of the antenna wires was disconnected. No wrestling bouts to watch tonight.
