A daily journal from 76 years ago
ToDay is the Birthday of Rained all day. Cold, wind East. Chet and I finished up edging the flower beds. Stopped in to see Eric on the way home from work and he has a case of chicken pox. Ski, Betty, and Marty Hathaway went to the high school dance. Shrimp Hathaway drove them over. …
ToDay is the Birthday of Rain and fog, wind East. Chet and I put in a patch of sod in front of the house. We also put in some more strips of furring around the flower beds. I saw a cuckoo today, but heard one last week. Stopped in to see Eric at noon. Took …
ToDay is the Birthday of Cloudy and warm wind No. The girls walked up on the hill. I went over to see Treglawn. The thunderstorm last night put all the electrical power out up at Hornblower's. My and Chet's check came today. I got a ride over to drill tonight with Archie Hathaway, he and …
ToDay is the Birthday of Thunder showers – fair. Wind So. Put out the porch furniture. Top dressed the bowling green. Ate dinner up on the hill with Thel, Dot, and Cozette. It was Cozette's birthday so we had a lobster dinner in her honor. Worked in the garden till 8-30 pm, set out some …
ToDay is the Birthday of The warmest day yet, wind So. Sent 13 rugs to Boston to be cleaned. Thel, Dot, and Cozette worked in the hill today. Stopped in to see Eric on my way home from work. Eleanor went over to Motor Corp. Milt was down to supper and he and Ski went …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm, wind So. Got up at 6 a.m. Ate breakfast and rode to town with Eleanor. She is on duty for today in conjunction with the State Guard at the Civilian Defense Headquarters at the National Bank. I went on duty at the back of the Bank at …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool, wind East. Worked some in the garden all afternoon. Thel went to town tonight. The Hornblowers were down today. Evelyn Buckingham came up to the hill today and she clipped Ginger. The and I went to Charlie Sanders' tonight to attend the May meeting of the Mass …
ToDay is the Birthday of Thel paid me $9.00 Fair and wind east. Painted furring with creosote this morning. This afternoon Chet and I worked putting in the border around the cutting garden. Worked in the garden a while before supper time. Percy came over for a few minutes. Big convoy of ships in the …
ToDay is the Birthday of Thel and I got a letter from Dave and he gave a detailed sketch of his new job at the Factory and I feel some proud of the progress he has made in aviation. The furring came up on the Hill and I left for home last night. Dot and …
ToDay is the Birthday of Warm and hard showers. Wind So. The Baltimore Oriole has got back to the hill. I went over to the Armory to drill. We made up our packs for our Sunday maneuvers. We had Nom Comm meeting after drill. Walked home after drill. Ski got a birthday card from David, …
