A daily journal from 76 years ago
142nd day - 223 days to follow Temp 70 Deer Fair and warmer. When I went to work this morning I tracked a buck deer on the fire belt it apparently came thru the cemetery. Cleaned a lot more stuff out of the celar for clasky. Worked all day top dressing the bowling green. The …
141st day - 224 days to follow Temp 65 Partly cloudy. The plumber, carpenter, and the fellow that laid the linoleum in the new toilet. I saw Percy Finney going bass fishing tonight. Thel and the other two women were up at the hill today. When I got home today, I planted some summer squash, …
140th day - 225 days to follow Temp 65 Marie’s first trip to the Camp This morning I went over to HH plowing and found nothing. When I got home we all went down to the camp, we went the back road and I stopped at the Withingtons and left a copy of the Bulletin. …
139th day - 226 days to follow Temp 45 Cold cloudy and light showers. Saw Mr and Mrs Hornblower, and Mrs H and hunted out a lot of stuff to get rid of. After dinner, I worked a couple of hours on the chicken yard. Claire Driscoll was in here for a few minutes. Archie …
138th day - 227 days to follow Temp 70 Rain and more rain. Fertilized and cultivated in the flower beds. Worked in the house this AM. Rode over to the Armory with Ski, Eleanor, Helen Finney, Barby and Johnny Belevanchi. They all went to the show. All the NonComs had to shoot the 22 rifle …
137th day - 228 days to follow Temp 75-60 Arrowheads Foggy this morning cleared off warm then came in East wind and the glass dropped 12 degrees in an hour. Jubbie didn’t show up today. The carpenter was up today. Bill came down here and I got some sandwiches and a thermos and we went …
136th day - 229 days to follow Temp 55 Foggy and cooler. Cozette and Dot Dunlap are up on the hill today. Put the screens on the back porch. The carpenters are up today. I saw a pair of quail on the front drive. Took the bus over to the Armory and gave a lecture …
135th day - 230 days to follow Temp 75 Fair and warm. The carpenters are up on the hill. I had to catch the baby rabbit as it was eating every thing in the flower bed. I put it up back of the barn under the new wood pile. Mrs H called Thel up at …
134th day - 231 days to follow Temp 77 Fair and warm, best day we have had for a long time. Tore down the little building that was in the grove in back of Clarke’s. The carpenter was on the hill. Jubbie and I piled up wood in back of the barn. The tiny rabbit …
133rd day - 232 days to follow Arrowheads This morning I went up on the hill and no one was up. From there I went up to Bill Henry’s old farm (Whipples) and hunted for two hours and all I found was two broken quartz scrapers. On the way back I stopped at the hill …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 