A daily journal from 76 years ago
230th day- 135 days follow The wind went east and it sure has been a fine day, clear and cool. Went up on the hill and Mr. H and Harry were there. Then we went over to the store and back home and got some food. From here we went up and got Eleanor to …
229th day- 136 days follow Fair to partly cloudy, very humid. The boss was on the hill when I got there this A.M. After dinner I went down to the mouth of the river and took my boat up the river and fished during the afternoon. Got one small bass on a plug + lost …
228th day- 137 days follow Fair and warm. Jubbie and I got the place pretty well cleaned up. I took Ikey’s body up on the hill and buried it. Thel went up to the hospital to see her friend Helen Holmes who has had an ear operation. I have got some fine looking muskmelons. Hope …
227th day- 138 days follow Fair. Wonderful day. Mrs. Crowell was up on the hill to pick some flowers. After supper Thel and I went up to Eleanors and played 5 games of cribbage. We won the rubber. When we got home Ski was parked just across from our drive and Ikey was laying down …
226th day- 139 days follow Rained all day today. Jubbie didn’t work. I worked all day cleaning and filling the pool and weeding the lawn. Thel and I went over to Pick’s and had a fine supper of scallops. We stayed till 9:30 and then came home. Russ Snow was up on the hill fixing …
225th day- 140 days follow Partly fair rain in afternoon. Jubbie and I worked most all day on the pool garden lawn, and when it rained we went up to the house and cleaned up the cellar. Harry came up on the hill just as Jubbie and I were going home and wanted us to …
224th day- 141 days follow Fair and cooler this afternoon. Worked on the pool garden green all day. Jennie Chandler’s cottage is coming along fast. The builders are working overtime on it. Jubbie didn’t work today. He has the stomach ache. Eleanor and Marie were here for dinner. Geo., Eleanor, and Marie came in for …
223rd day- 142 days follow Fair wonderful day. I picked a couple of quarts of blueberries on my point. And I took the boat around to the West Cove and towed my raft back to the point. It had drifted away. I pulled up another patch of small underbrush in front of the camp. Thel …
222nd day- 43 days follow Fair and hot. The Boss was up on the hill this morning. After dinner Thel and I went down to the Camp. The Hathaways came down to theirs. Archie and I did some fishing and caught nothing. There was a thunder storm tonight so I had to stay awake till …
221st day- 144 days follow Fair and warm. Harry came up on the hill this A.M. and he and I went up to the golf links and we went over the property lines of the property the Pilgrim Society hopes to get for their Pilgrim village. We went over and found Chris Swift and talked …
