A daily journal from 76 years ago
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 …
46th day- 319 days follow Warm this morning, started to snow about 11 A.M. and get colder Thel went up to Eleanors this morning and I walked up at noon and had dinner, and stayed there while Thel and Cozette cleaned up the house on the hill. We had a regular blizzard thru the middle …
45th day- 320 days follow Rained thru the night all of the ice has gone out of the harbor. Raked grass today and the So. wind was very strong by spells. Thel went up to see Eleanor. I called up the bank to find out when the State income tax man would be in, and …
44th day- 321 days follow Fair and warmer, started to rain at sundown. Raked grass all day. Thel took the boys up to see Eleanor and Marie. Bill Whiting came up on the hill this morning and he was all wound up as last Sunday he had a run in with the new game warden …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 