A daily journal from 76 years ago
243rd day- 122 days follow Fair and cool. Martha is up on the hill, so is her boy friend. Mowed some weeds in my garden. Eleanor and her new baby came home from the hospital today. Thel and I went up to the Church and Betty Covell and her boy friend were there getting ready …
242nd day- 123 days follow Rain again today and cloudy. The Parafax Gas left a tank up on the hill. Ski has gone up to Brockton. Rained so hard Wednesday that I think the very young birds were drowned in their nests. I noticed that the hummingbirds and catbirds have. Stopped in at Pick’s on …
241st day- 124 days follow This morning I met Harry at 7 A.M. at the corner of Cliff Street and we went up on the hill and got some tools and then we went over to Geo. Crowell’s bog and saw Bill Nickerson and he loaned up Francis Holmes and his boy. Then we went …
240th day- 125 days follow Fair and a wonderful day. Stopped in at Pick’s at noon. She had a yardful of kids. Right after supper Geo. took me up to Standish Avenue to the archery shoot, and I did a whole lot better than I did last Tuesday, was lucky enough to get a few …
239th day- 126 days follow Rained hard all day. This morning Harry and I and young Sherman Whipple took a ride down to Wareham and there we picked up an editor of the “Courier”. From there we rode down to the Long Pond bog at Rochester. We stayed there some time, then we went back …
238th day- 127 days follow Cold and cloudy. Shower. Hank had a woman up on the hill drawing his picture. The cook told me she is going to get through tomorrow. Betty Covell was here when I came home tonight. I suppose I won’t see her here again till Sunday when she walks down the …
237th day- 128 days follow Fair and cool. Went up on the hill this morning. Stopped in to see Pic on the way back. Walder and Howard and the kids had gone sailing. Mowed some weeds in the garden and dug a few potatoes. The Shanklins stopped in {for} a few minutes. This afternoon I …
236th day- 129 days follow (Muskmelon) Fair and warm beautiful day. This morning Mr. H. and Harry wanted me to go down to Rochester to the bogs with them and Geo. Crowell. When we got there Mr. Shaw, Fraser, and Merriweather were in the office and the topic of discussion was the planting of flowering …
235th day- 130 days follow (Mrs. H) Rained all day. Mrs. H. was on the hill when I got there this A.M. She, Harry, and Dorothy went up to Boston to Nancy Browne’s engagement party. Did chores around the house all day. A new cook and second girl came just before noon. The Parafax gas …
234th day- 131 days follow Fair and warm fine day. Marie came down to live with us till Eleanor gets home. Eleanor and her new baby are fine. It weighed 7 lb.10oz. Thel went up to see it, she said it looks like Marie. Mrs H. called up at noon. She said she is coming …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 