A daily journal from 76 years ago
158th day- 207 days follow Cloudy + Cool Mr. and Mrs. H., Bud + Priscilla are down. After dinner Bill and I went out to the Kingston site and we dug all the afternoon. Bill got one fine large triangle arrowhead, one fine flint drill, and some pottery and one broken point. Adrian found a …
157th day- 208 days follow Fair + Hot Worked in the cutting garden and in the barn. Got Arthur to move some wood for me. John Palavanchi is painting the Ross house. The Armorildin (?) I bought up at the flower show is in bloom now. Geo. Stefani called up after supper to see if …
156th day- 209 days follow Fair + Warm Worked on annual flower beds transplanting. I set a couple of traps under the front porch up on the hill this morning for the chuck that ate up the flower bed. I went up to look at them just before I started for home and I had …
155th day- 210 days follow Fair + Cool. Fine day to work today. Weeded in the flower beds today. After work I rode my wheel over to River St. to look at my boat. It is ok, so I went and took a look at the sand bank. There is a small shell pit breaking …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 