A daily journal from 76 years ago
363rd day- 2 days follow Snowed last night turning to rain and kept up all day. Went up on the hill. Mr. H. hadn’t got up. Stopped in at Walder’s on the way back and rode home with him. After dinner we took Marie home and stayed part of the afternoon. Saw about 200 Brant …
362nd day– 3 days follow Snowed last night turning to rain, now the roads are coated with ice. Mrs. H. called up at 9:15 A.M. and she wanted to know if Mr. H. was here. I told her no, so she said he probably was at the Crowells. Stopped in to see Pic at noon. …
361st day- 4 days follow Cloudy and very cold. Stopped in at Pick’s and saw the four kids there. While I was there a load of fireplace wood came. Started up the hot water heater and turned up the furnace in case any of the folks showed up. Warming up a little tonight and looks …
360th day- 5 days follow Mixed up weather. Sunshine and snow squalls. I got a letter from Mr. H. at noon and he said he had ordered a portable radio set for me for a Xmas present. Went over to H. H. to find Hugo’s address to find out about a puppy he has. Thel, …
359th day- 6 days follow Fair and mild. Dave and George and Dottie and the kids left about 9:30 A.M. to go up to the Nowell’s at Winthrop. I went up on the hill and checked up and stopped in to see Walder and Howard, his brother, and the two girls. Grog, Walder’s dog, found …
358th day- 7 days follow Fair and warm. Fine day. At 11 A.M. the fire alarm blew and I looked out and there was a grass fire in back of Ed King’s. Lots of fire apparatus came up and soon put it out. It burned over on to Wasgat and to the Holman line. Stayed …
357th day- 8 days follow Fair and warmer. Took a spray over to put on Marie’s grave, saw all of John Finney’s gang working over there grading up on the new part. This afternoon I chopped down a lot of cherry trees in back of the new part of the cemetery. The Bramhalls have burned …
356th day- 9 days follow Fair and warmer. Went up [the] hill and saw Mr. H. He gave me a ride over to the store. Tried a little shooting with my bow, shot fairly well. George came in this morning. Thel took him home. Mr. and Mrs. Shanklin came in for a few minutes. So …
355th day- 10 days follow -Arrowheads- Warmer and showers Arthur Sirrico brought me over a Jerusalem cherry for Xmas from Steve Treglawn. Bill came up after dinner and he and I went over to North River Bridge. Part of the Portuguese garden was plowed and we hunted in the rain and Bill found five arrowheads …
354th day- 11 days follow Cloudy and cool. The carpenter was on the job. Mary Foley was up on the hill today. Mr. Delano finished up tonight. Thel and I took a Xmas tree up to Eleanor’s. Gave Thel $220.00 today. Bill Whiting and Lottie came up after supper and stayed about three hours getting …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 