A daily journal from 76 years ago
303rd day- 62 days follow Fair and warm and partly cloudy. After dinner Thel and I took a ride down to the camp. We went out on the pond and tried some fishing. I caught one small red perch and threw it back. Cozette and Jubbie came down to their camp. Jubbie had a shotgun. …
302nd day- 63 days follow Warm and mild, showers. Trimmed out some more brush. I stopped to see Pic and the boys as I came home from work. The boys were glad to see me and had to show off their new ski suits. I had Myles up on the hill with me this afternoon …
301st day- 64 days follow Warm and cloudy. Mrs. Rich called me up on the hill to ask if I would come down and lock up a drunk [actually, this should be "trunk"!] and put it in their car so Priscilla could take it down to the station to ship it to Florida. Thel went …
300th day- 65 days follow Real warm, summertime day. Went up to the store and got the paper, then over on to the hill. After dinner Thel and I went down to the high school playground to the archery shoot. We put up two targets and Thel did first rate, far better than she has …
299th day- 66 day follow -Arrowheads- Warm and cloudy. Geo. Stefani and I went up around Braley town pheasant hunting and saw nothing. Then we came back to Obery and we hunted up around Kate White’s. All I saw was one of her cats someone had shot. Over by the County Farm I saw a …
298th day- 67 days follow Fair and warm, fine day. Did chores around the house all the forenoon. Thel took Myles out to Dr. Bradley’s and had him take his last shot for distemper. Mrs. H and Harry are going down to Martha’s Vineyard over the weekend. Mary Fole was up on the hill. After …
297th day- 68 days follow Fair and warmer, fine day. Mary Foley was on the hill today. Mrs. H. had good luck yesterday. She shot 3 woodcocks, one grouse, and one cock pheasant. There was a lot of flickers up on the hill and a red squirrel. Mrs. H. didn’t go hunting today. Saw a …
296th day- 69 days follow Fair and warmer today. Mrs. H. got a partridge yesterday and has gone hunting again today. Trimmed up more trees in the grove. Mrs. Morse called up Thel at noon and said that the house they live in has been.sold. Eleanor and her babies were here this afternoon. Sugar is …
295th day- 70 days follow Fair and cool. Fine day to work. There was several kinds of birds on the hill today. Raked and cleaned up rubbish all day. Mrs. H. went hunting again today. She got one woodcock yesterday Took a walk down the beach looking for sea clam shells, went as far as …
294th day- 71 days follow Fair and cool today. Mr. and Mrs. H. wre up on the hill this A.M. They both went hunting for the first day of the season. Cleaned up flower beds all day. Mary Foley came up on the hill this afternoon. Thel took the car over with the second hand …
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