A daily journal from 76 years ago
161st day- 204 days follow Fair and cool, fine day The storm blew stuff all around up on the hill and it took me all day to rake the place up. Hoed some in the garden after supper. Thel went over to the Dunlaps. I took my fishing pole and oars and went down to …
160th day- 205 days follow All wrong “Fair and hot today. Mowed all day up around the house. Mrs. H. called up and said they would be down tomorrow. Jubbie mowed all of the rough. Harry called up to see if Thel knew if Barby could come up tomorrow night so we rode up to …
159th day- 206 days follow Fair and hot. Mr. H. was on the hill when I got there this A.M. Thel went up to her mother’s. Ski said Geo. Dunlap was taken up to the hospital. After dinner Thel, I, and the pup went down to the camp. Archie and Cozette beat us getting there …
158th day- 207 days follow Far and warm. Thel, Cozette, and Helen finished up the house today. Mrs. H. called up and said some stuff was coming down from Boston. Harry called up tonight. Thel and I took a ride up to Stafford St. Thel and I played 5 games of cribbage and I won …
157th day- 208 days follow Fair and cool. I saw a scarlet tanager up on the hill, the first I ever saw there. This morning I had the woodchuck in the trap up under the front porch. Took a lot of flowers down to Harry’s house on the point, walked back up the beach. Steve …
156th day- 269 days follow (Income tax) Mowed grass and trimmed hedges. Had a thunder storm this afternoon. Thel, Cozette, and Helen Griffin went down to the camp and spent the day. Harry was up on the hill early this morning. His wife and her aunt, uncle, and cousin were up later on. I went …
155th day- 210 days follow Started off fair changing to rain in the late afternoon. Transplanted all day. Thel, Cozette, and Helen worked up on the hill today. Jubbie trimmed hedges. When I came home at noon I saw a big woodchuck across the field from the house. Mrs. Holman has a new brindle bull …
154th day- 211 days follow (Artifact) Fair and cool, good day to work. Thel and Helen Griffin worked up on the hill today. Jubbie too. Dug up the cutting garden in the A.M. and oiled all the floors in the house in the P.M. Thel took her mother to the Dr’s. Ski and her friend …
Rainy and cold. Ski told us this morning that she has been given charge to the milk bar and a $5.00 raise. Thel and I went down to the camp and Archie came in while we were eating dinner. So in the afternoon we went over to their camp and Archie and I took up …
152nd day- 213 days follow (Arrowheads) Cloudy and cold Trimmed up some more around the house. Mr. H. and Geo. Crowell were up on the hill this morning. Dr. Hagart and Mrs. Hagart stopped in for a few minutes. Bill came up after dinner and he and I went up to the dig and we …
