A daily journal from 76 years ago
358th day - 8 days follow Cloudy and warmer. Fixed up the house, picked a goose. Thel came up and we put our car in the barn cellar. After dinner I went up on the hill and got Ski’s 410 gun and went rabbit hunting on the place and from there over in back of …
357th day - 9 days follow Fair and cold. Took a walk down to the store and got some razor blades and tobacco. On the way tonight I went thru Greenoughs and tracked two rabbits and saw a partridge. Stopped in at Picks to see the kids. Eric had busted the radio. While I was …
356th day - 10 days follow Warmer and cloudy. Hunted around for rabbits in Genie Finnies and over in Greenoughs and saw the tracks of only two rabbits that just came out of their holes and right back in again. Apparently they haven’t started to run on the snow yet. Walked around the road up …
355th day - 11 days follow Fair and cold all day. Dug snow all day up on the hill. My check and Bonus came today I had a 5:00 raise on this check. Thel made lot of English muffins for Clara Litchfield. Thel and Ski have gone to town to buy xmas presents. Got a …
354th day - 12 days follow Snowing hard today. Cozette called up while I was eating breakfast and said Thel was stuck in front of Ira Wards. I went down and dug her out. No check today. After dinner I went up on the hill and checked up on everything, went down the drive and …
353rd day - 13 days follow Fair and mild. Washed on the drive. Stopped in to see Pic and Eric on the way home at noon. Took a walk down to the beach club and watched the wrecker for a few minutes, Bob Fogerty came down there while I was there. There is quite a …
352nd day - 14 days follow Went up on the hill and checked up, stopped in to see Pic and Eric on the way home. Eric has a large scar on his face where the rooster bit him. Bill came in at noon and we went up to Charlie Sandersons to see if he would …
351st day - 15 days follow Cloudy and warmer Put salt hay on the flower beds. Went over to the store and gave Henry three dollars $3.00 to give his father for mowing my cemetery lot. Ruth and Helen Finney were in to see the baby. Saw Dr. Bradley, had a talk with him about …
350th day - 16 days follow Fair and cold today. Worked on the drive all day. Took a Christmas tree over to the Hathaways. Cleaned the rugs and oiled the floors for the party tomorrow night. Saw six crows chasing a hawk up on the hill. Saw a grey squirrel on the front drive, Jack …
349th day - 17 days follow Worked on the trees all day, this afternoon I heard the crows cawing at something down by Duttons garage so I stood perfectly still and a fox walked across the drive way about twenty years from me, it stopped in the drive and looked up and down the drive …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 