A daily journal from 76 years ago
174th day- 191 days follow Fair and cool. Started fishing at 4:50 A.M. Rowed around the pond and got one nice fish. Thel and i ate it for breakfast. Ski and Bud came down and had dinner and stayed thru the afternoon. We played horseshoes. The Shanklin family came down for an afternoon visit. Archie …
173rd day- 192 days follow Hot and sticky. Mr. H. and Harry were up on the hill this A.M. Sidney Strickland and Charlie were both on the hill with the sign and both had to take it back as both had the wrong kind of brackets. George Dunlap is home from the hospital and looks …
172nd day- 193 days follow Hot and sticky. Mrs. H., Martha, and Mrs. Greenwood went up to Boston. Went over to town and paid my real estate tax, bought some fishing tackle and some moccasins and stockings. Saw Dr. Wild over town. Eleanor and Marie were over there too. This afternoon Thel, Pick, and Eleanor, …
171st day- 194 days follow Fair and hot in A.M. cool in afternoon. Jubbie and I finished cleaning up at noon. Mrs. Sharkey was up on the hill this afternoon serving punch and cookies to the Plymouth Garden Club. H.H. gardens and ours were open to the public today. Mrs. H. got home from Martha’s …
170th day- 195 days follow Cool and fair, wind north Jubbie and I cleaned up all day. Went down to the boat with Mr. Shanklin and pulled it up and he went over to town and got some worms and went fishing and didn’t get anything. When he came back we had steamed clams for …
169th day- 196 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair and hot till 2 P.M. then thunder shower. Rained like heck for 1 hour. Jubbie and I worked on the gardens and shrubs all day. When we got thru work we went over to H.H. boat house and took my canoe and we paddled down to the mouth …
168th day- 197 days follow Fair and hot. Jubbie and I worked all day on the front drive, mowing the sides, trimming off limbs etc. Mrs. H, Mrs.Len Greenwood, and Martha went down to Martha’s Vineyard this A.M. The girls and women around here went up the Phamie Davis’s to give Tillie a shower. So …
167th day- 198 days follow Woke up at 4:30 A.M. Mr. Mr. Shanklin had a swim then we ate breakfast and rowed around the pond, took a walk over on the island, but we caught no fish. Bill Wilcox got 2 more bass, one about 1 ½ pounds and the other 3 ½, and the …
166th day- 199 days follow Fair and cool, fine day. Mr. H. was on the hill when I got there this A.M. Jubbie worked his forenoon. Still trimming and cleaning up the place. Went over to see Walder. He had paid my income tax for me. Thel and I went down to the camp this …
Jubbie finished school today, so he was able to work a whole afternoon. Mowed, raked, and trimmed all day. Mrs. H. went to Boston this A.M. Archie and I worked in our gardens after supper tonight. Still slews of wood ticks around. The striped bass are not in here very thick yet.
Arrowheads Up the Hill 