A daily journal from 76 years ago
42nd day - 323 days to follow Temp 38 Went up on the hill and it was OK, Stopped in at Picks on the way home. Thel is feeling a little better today. The Driscoll girls are down. The oil came today for the kitchen stove. Pic and Walder dropped in for a few minutes. …
41st day - 324 days to follow Temp 35 Fair and warmer, thawing. Left the hill for home at 830 Am stopped in at Picks and carried her two boys over here. Thel is still feeling pretty punk. Dor brought down an oil burner to loan Pic and Pic rode over to town to leave …
40th day - 325 days to follow Temp 22 STORM Last night was the heaviest snow storm of the winter. I went up to Aunt Tirzahs first thing this morning and they are OK, got them two gallons of oil. There is no electricity so heater and refrigerator are all off. The girls went over …
39th day - 326 days to follow Temp 34 Snow this Am turning to rain. Stoppe in to see Pic a few minutes on my way to work. A lot of squirrel tracks up on the hill but haven't seen anything of them. I received a package from George from France, a rabbit fur winter …
38th day - 327 days to follow Temp 33 Mr. Howes Cloudy and warmer. Worked up in the Vickery orchard on the apple trees. Tracked the quail up on the hill there were 14 sets of tracks, the four had been up around the hill. Eleanor took the gremlin over to Dr Beers for a …
37th day - 328 days to follow Temp 30 Colder this morning, warmed up in the afternoon. I went up to the store and got the paper. Eleanor walked the gremlin over to Mabbits Mill. Cleaned up the cellar and shelled what was left of the beans.
36th day - 329 days to follow Temp 3 Manila Snow this morning about 4 inches. Tracked a pheasant on the front drive. The glare ice has a coating of new snow on it and I got three dirty falls, one on the front drive, one on Eugene F’s, and the worst one on Victoria’s. …
35th day - 330 days to follow Church Fair and milder. Thel, Ski, and I went to church this A.M. The whole service was conducted by the young people’s Fellowship and they did a very good job. After the service I walked thru the cemetery and paid my respects to Percy Fish and Marie. When …
34th day - 331 days to follow Temp 36 Dog bite Fair and warmer. I went over to H.H. greenhouse to see Steve Treglawn, his dog bit me in the calf right leg and drew blood in two places. After dinner I took a walk over to Walders, there was a black duck in the …
33rd day - 332 days to follow Temp 18 Sparrowhawk Fair and cold, high wind. Took my axes and crosscut saw up to the Vickery Orchard and started to cut up some of the hurricane apple trees. The Community Club is going to pay part of Helen Downies Hospital bill. The apple trees are frozen …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 