A daily journal from 76 years ago
250th day - 115 days to follow Temp 87 Fair and real hot. Mrs H went up to the Country Club and picked some mushrooms. Jubbie came back up on the hill today. Finneys shovel was digging a cess pool at Hymie Riders on Cliff Street, the soil was hard silicre. When I got home …
249th day - 116 days to follow Fair and hot. Worked all day awing limbs off trees between the barn and the fire belt. Mrs H took a trip down on the Cape. Just before I quit work Dr Hagart and his wife showed up and he asked me to play a game of bowls, …
248th day - 117 days to follow Fair and warm Cleaned out the dog pen, mowed lawns, ect. The girls has bought a developing set from Sears Roebuck and they are busy trying it out. Had a long talk tonight with Mr Taylor for the natural gas man. Bob and Gretchen were in here for …
247th day - 118 days to follow Sea Bass Fair and much cooler. Sawed and split kindling all day. Picked 1½ bushels of tomatoes on the hill. Bill Whiting came up on the hill this AM to see if I sent Seamus application in. He said that Wes Whiting caught 10 pounds of stripers last …
246th day - 119 days to follow Fair and cool. Thel and I came home early by the AM and we stopped on the hill and I fixed the fire. After I got back to the camp I went fishing for an hour or so and got nothing. After dinner Archie and I went over …
245th day - 120 days to follow Fish Arrowheads Rain. Archie, Jubbie, Billie Cox, and I went over to Elbow Pond and we borrowed a boat. I picked up a very fine white quartz stemmed Arrowhead in the sand on the beach. The first sign I have seen of anything of Indian culture there. We …
244th day - 121 days to follow Peace Pact signed by Japan and the Allies Sept 1 Fair today thought it was foggy this forenoon. Raked and mowed lawns, also walked down to the Beach Club and carried the sign down, stepladder, two wrenches, two long bolts, screwdriver, ect, and had quite a time rehanging …
243rd day - 122 days to follow Thunder shower this morning and again this afternoon. Mowed and raked lawns all day. Bill Whiting was up and he had an application for membership[ in the MAS from Raymond Seamans of Whitman. Chet Downie came in to see me while Bill was there. Mrs H took me …
242nd day - 123 days to follow Thel Hot and muggy We expected Thel to come home last night but she didn’t. Mrs H and Martha and Hank and Dimp. 12 m wind changed and some thunder and lightening, rain hasn’t got here yet. Eleanor’s pullets laid 2 more eggs, larger ones this time. THel …
241st day - 124 days to follow Temp 93 Fair and hot. The temp went up to 93 today and pretty sticky too. Eleanor got two pullet eggs today, pretty small ones, she killed two roosters. I saw a pair of hummingbird kids fighting up on the hill in my pear tree, looked like two …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 