A daily journal from 76 years ago
56th day- 309 days follow Snowed again last (night) and drifted into all of the places that were dug out. Went down along the beach to look at the surf, a lot of black ducks, mallards, and some geese and shelldrakes in the river. When I got up on the avenue Geo came along with …
55th day- 310 days follow Cloudy and mild. Went up on the hill saw Mr. H., Harry and Bud. Harry and I came down to Walders and took him up on the hill. Then I walked up to Georges and he and I went clamming, we didn’t get many. Fred Moon was digging. When we …
54th day- 311 days follow Fair and warmer. Up on the hill I saw one of the grey squirrels, a lot of myrtle warblers, some juncos and five blue jays, and one flicker. Thel went off to Boston early this A.M. Claire Driscoll came in after dinner. She said she is going to have a …
53rd day- 312 days follow Cold this A.M. but fair and moderating. Went up on the hill and fixed the heater and swept the house. Stopped in at Picks on the way home. Walder and Eric were over to town. They came home before I left so I helped dig out his driveway. Saw Gene …
52nd day- 313 days follow Fair and very cold high No. west wind Last night the Rounds’s and Ski got here about 11:40 P.M. after we were asleep. They stayed here all night and left at noon. Worked in the house today too cold to work outside. This afternoon we took a ride up to …
51st day- 314 days follow Rain this A.M. after a foot of snow last night. Dug snow up on the hill this A.M. and P.M. Took Mrs H.s glasses over to the post office and mailed them to her. Stopped in to see Pic and the boys on my way home from work tonight. Thel …
50th day- 315 days follow (State income tax) (Arrowhead) (Brockton) Partly cloudy and cold. Went up on the hill and checked up then came back and Thel and I went up to Brockton. Got my eyes examined and paid for some glasses, got a pair of shoes and a pair of pants. Thel did a …
49th day-316 days follow Arrowheads Fair with cold north west wind. This morning I went up on the hill and saw Mrs. H and Bud. Bud put up a lunch and he and I started for the Cape to hunt arrowheads. We stopped at the old Knowles place and Bud found a good scraper and …
48th day- 317 days follow Fine warm beautiful day. Went up on the hill and found some more of the folks have come. Thel and I went to church this morning. In the afternoon the minister, his wife, and daughter came for a couple of hours. He and I played cribbage and Thel and his …
47th day- 318 days follow Very cold this morning. Mr. H was on the place this A.M. He came down on the train. He went off with Geo. Crowell. Burned up some rakings. The minister got here the same time as I did at noon. Thel did some typing for him, and I beat him …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 