A daily journal from 76 years ago
204th day - 161 days to follow Freddie Driece was up on the hill today and cleaned out the drains to the cesspool. Jubbie and I worked in back of the barn on the kindling wood. I saw a rat in Eleanor’s chicken yard. After supper I took the revolver that George brought back from …
203rd day - 162 days to follow Grandma Crowell Thel and Lottie went down home to get Ski. Bill and I took a walk over to the river that runs out of Halfway Pond, he showed me the site of an old stove factory and the dike that used to hold the water back for …
202nd day - 163 days to follow White Island Pond After dinner Thel and I rode down to Bill’s Camp at White Island Pond. We got there about 2 PM and Bill and I went bass fishing and Thel and Lottie went down to Wareham. Bill and I had poor luck, all we got was …
201st day - 164 days to follow Bills camp Partly cloudy, Foggy and warm. Helped Ashton hanging doors. Ashton Howland finished up at noon. I sawed wood in back of the barn all the afternoon. Jubbie shot at a woodchuck in the beans and didn’t get him. After supper Thel, Ski, and I took a …
200th day - 165 days to follow Bill & Bass Fair and warm. Bill came and he brought me a 4 ½ lb small mouth bass he caught in White Island Pond, he caught two. Bill had dinner with us. Ashton was working on the hill today. More rabbits in my flower garden. Trimmed the …
199th day - 166 days to follow Temp 80 Hummingbird Fair and warm Jubbie and I started to trim the lower limbs off the pines between the fire strip and the garage. Eddie came up from the camp and got some food and went right back again. We have had a lot of fog but …
198th day - 167 days to follow Foggy and cooler. Ahhton Howland is on the hill today. George and Eleanor and Marie went down to the pond for a few days. I think Eddie and his wife are coming home tomorrow. The rabbits are raising cane with my beans on the hill. I see them …
197th day - 168 days to follow Bass Rained this am. Roger Mason was up to look at the refrigerator unit, he says that we should have a new model. Ashton Howland was up to do some work on the closets in the house. Jubbie and I moved brush. He and I went down fishing …
196th day - 169 days to follow Camp Went up on the hill this AM saw Mr H and he opened up the drafts on the hot water heater and over heated it. At noon Thel, Ski, Archie, Cozette, Roger, and Fanny went down to the camp in our car. Eddie Hathaway and his wife …
195th day - 170 days to follow Temp 80 Foggy and muggy. Priscilla, Bud’s wife, is up on the hill, she came down with the boss last night. She came out to see me first thing and said Have you heard I am going to have a baby in January. Took some stuff of Dimps …
