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, …
Tuesday, July 4, 1950
I got up and went fishing at 5 A.M. Trolled all around the pond and caught only one five inch perch. Finished up making the Cat Bird Trail. Thundered three times about 5:30 A.M. and started to rain about 3:30 P.M. Dave’s gang got quite a lot done on the cement work of their house. …
Monday, July 3, 1950
Jub and I worked on the cutting garden. Bud, Ski, Bud’s sister and family spent the afternoon down at the camp. Bud gave me a ride down after work. Charlie Sherman called me up at noon and again after I got back from work. He said that Bill Pierce died this morning at 2:30 A.M. …
Hi, again
It turns out - there are more journals! Big thank you to Tom Stefani for finding these and sending them along. We'll get to work posting daily entries and we'll find a way to catch up from the first half of 1950. Thank you for following along! Andi and Anne
“Had turkey for dinner.”
On Friday January 1, 1943, my great grandfather had turkey for dinner. I know this because on January 1, 2019, I read his journal entry for that day. And then I typed it out and posted it to the internet so other people could read it, too. And so it began. Seven years ago, I …
Saturday, Dec. 31, 1949
365th day- the last day New Year Eve
Friday, Dec. 30, 1949
364th day- 1 day follows Fair + Warmer Jubbie and I finished up the birdhouse. Bill came up after dinner + he and I took a ride down thru Buzzards Bay, over to East Wareham. We came back up by White Island Pond, and Long Pond, + South Pond village. When we got home there …
Thursday, Dec. 29, 1949
363rd day- 2 days follow Fair + Cold The wind was fierce today. Jubbie and I finished up in the grove. Jub and I started to build a new bird house. The old one was all rotted away. Thel called me up from Carl’s tonight and she said that the Frasers expect to ride all …
Wednesday, Dec. 28, 1949
362nd day- 3 days follow Fair + Colder Jubbie and I worked on the trees in the grove today. We saw the screech owl + a sparrow hawk. I stopped in at Pick’s on the way home from work. The kids are feeling better. Thel went back to work this afternoon. Thel told Mr. Fraser …
Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1949
361st day- 4 days follow Showery + Warm Jubbie and I burned brush all day. Geo. Crowell was up on the hill this afternoon. Thel, Nona and I went over to Archie’s and had supper and spent the evening watching their T.V. They had put [it] in today. It worked fine. We came home at …
