A daily journal from 76 years ago
253rd day-112 days follow Cloudy and very warm. Put in a whole morning trimming hedges and shrubs. The cook told me she was leaving and I saw Mary Foley there at noon. Ricky Greenwood was up on the hill this A.M. working on the locks in the house. The old girls she has had for …
252nd day- 113 days follow Cloudy all day. Cleared up some more around the flower beds. Mrs. Greenwood and Mrs. Height are still on the hill. The second girl quit today and the old cook said she would be going too if there wasn’t some more help soon. Thel was up to see her mother …
251st day- 114 days follow Cloudy today. Went up on the hill this morning, saw Harry and beat him two games of horseshoes. This afternoon Thel, Archie, Cozette, and Roger went up to Brockton Fair. We roamed around there till about 6 P.M. and then came home. The old car ran pretty good. Saw a …
250th day- 115 days follow Fair and real warm. Mrs. H., Mrs. Greenwood, and Mrs. Height gave the garden a good looking over this morning. There is a lot of small chipmunks up on the hill. After dinner Thel borrowed Jubbie’s bow and she and I went up to Bill Ward’s sand pit and did …
249th day- 116 days follow Fair and warmer, grand day. Jubbie worked this afternoon. After supper I went over to the river and went fishing till dark. I got 4 red perch and one small pickerel that I threw back. Thel came and got me and we went to George’s and played cribbage. They won. …
Fair and cool. Jubbie worked this afternoon. Stopped in to see Pic and the boys on the way home from work. After supper Thel took me up to the archery shoot up onStandish Ave. There was a good crowd of archers there and we had a good time.
247th day- 118 days follow Fair and cool. Jubbie didn’t work today. Worked all day trimming edges of the lawn and flower bed. Thel was up at Eleanor’s this morning and Evenly Holman called her up and said Grandma Holman’s dog was run over by Kilmers, so she came down and it was dead. It …
246th day- 119 days follow Partly cloudy cleared in afternoon. Jubbie didn’t work today. This morning I went out to Duxbury with Harry, his Aunt, and Uncle “Meyers” went with three kids. Harry and I took a walk over most of the end of the point. Worked on the bowling green in the afternoon. Mrs. …
245th day- 120 days follow Fair and not too hot. Went up on the hill. Fannie Holman came here at 9 A.M. and she went down to the camp with us. She went over to Cozette’s. Ski and Bud came down to the camp and stayed part of the afternoon. I went out on the …
244th day- 121 days follow Fair and cool wonderful day. Went up on the hill and fixed the fires. Pick came over and helped Thel get the dinner ready. I went up on the hill at noon and showed the Shanklin’s both Hornblower estates. Dave and Dottie arrived this A.M. with Mrs. Nowell and Alice …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 