A daily journal from 76 years ago
221st day- 144 days follow Fair + Hot And I mean hot. 98 in the shade. I saw a quail this morning up on the hill by the wood pile. She had a brood of chicks, and was making an awful fuss about something and I found out it was a big black snake. I …
220th day- 145 days follow Fair + Hot I caught a garter snake in the Bowling Green. After supper I took a walk over to Archie’s. Thel + Ski was there. I heard John Palavanchi is up in the hospital for an operation and that Barley Pil (?) is sick too. When we came home …
219th day- 146 days follow Fair + Hot After noon Eleanor, Marie, + Suzanne came in and we took a ride out to Duxbury. We stopped at White’s and had an ice cream all around. Then we rode over as far as the Powder Point bridge and then home over the main stem through Kingston …
28th day- 147 days follow Fair. Partly Cloudy + Hot Archie came over at noon. He was going down to the camp. This afternoon I pumped up my wheel and rode up to Griffin’s. The claim jumpers have not been back. I dug a couple of hours and found one large dark triangular point with …
217th day- 148 days follow Cloudy + Hot Worked on the cutting garden all day. Ski went over to Cooper’s to work this evening. After supper I went over to Walder’s and we shot a couple of rounds. Howard and Karin came there, and later Pic, Walder, Howard, + Karin went over to Duxbury to …
216th day- 149 days follow Shower + Cooler We had a few light showers today, but still need a lot more rain. Mr. Mrs. H. went with Geo. Crowell down to Martha’s Vineyard. After supper I went over to Walder’s and he and I shot four rounds. I scored 200-201-200-199 an average of 200. Walder …
215th day- 150 days follow Foggy + Cooler Stopped at Pick’s after work, had supper. Shot one round with Walder and he beat me by six points. We both shot over 200. It rained so we had to quit shooting. After we quit we took a ride out to Kingston to get some glads. The …
214th day- 151 days follow Fair + Cooler Saw a green snake up on the hill. Mr. + Mrs. H. went to Boston. I went over to Walder’s and did some shooting. I won tonight but shot poorly. Russ Snow and Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Whiting were over there. Adrian shot poorly. Worked all day …
213th day- 152 days follow Cloudy Cooler Cloudy most of the day but no rain. Thel and Ski went up to Brockton shopping this afternoon. Jimmie and Georgie Finney are cutting trees down on the Greenough property. Mrs. H. picked ½ bushel of blackberries down by the Beach Club. She gave several quarts to Pick. …
212th day- 153 days follow Fair + Hot Got up at 5:30 A.M. and did some casting on the point but had no luck. Thel and Ski, Marie + Suzanne [came] about 10 A.M. Eleanor came later. Bobbie and Gretchen came up while we were eating dinner. Bob and I pitched 3 games of horse …
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