A daily journal from 76 years ago
73rd day - 292 days to follow Temp 62 Fair and warm, the first day I have worked in my shirt sleeves. Came home by Picks and saw her and Eric. A fire truck went by at noon and I ran out and the whale valley was a cloud of smoke. As Thel drove me …
72nd day - 293 days to follow Temp 47 Fair today, snowed last night. Mina Shaw is up in the hospital so is Guy Cooper. Jubbie worked this afternoon. Eddie Hathaway’s wife and baby were here today and she had an application and an acknowledgement of the receipt of a citation for efficiency. Fred Moon …
71st day - 294 days to follow Cold and partly cloudy. Trimmed the shrubbery around the house and the grape vines. Ski got a nice letter from Alex today, he had been back to Holland to see his friends and got the kids to write a note to Ski. Jubbie started in to work for …
70th day - 295 days to follow Arrowheads Snow this morning and all of us cleaned up rubbish around the yard and burned it at the foot of the garden. Bill came up and had dinner with us and he and I took a ride out to Duxbury and found about two inches of snow …
69th day - 296 days to follow Temp 42 Chopped down trees all this afternoon. After dinner Eleanor and I went over to town , she sent for some baby chicks and I got a permit to have a fire tomorrow. Took a walk up to Whipples and hunted on the piece I used to …
68th day - 297 days to follow Temp 35 Fair and cool. Worked all day on the trees in the grove. Aunt Tirzah has finally decided to go down to Saveryo Pond and Thel went over to town and bought her a dress to wear down there. Geo Holman’s two kids were here all day. …
67th day - 298 days to follow Aunt Tirzah Fair and cool Chopped on the apple trees up in the corner, Thel stopped there at noon and said Aunt Tirzah wanted to come right up so we did and found that Nellie has to leave for a rest as she is all played out. And …
66th day - 299 days to follow Cloudy all day today. Worked all day and finished up the spruce trees, they made just 60 logs. Tom Doten stopped a few minutes this afternoon, he was picking up Brush. Cozette, Ginnie, and her Eddie were over here to dinner. I got a ride over to town …
65th day - 300 days to follow Temp 45 Arrowhead Cleaned up around the front of the house. Came home by Geney Finneys and found a good scraper. Stopped at Picks, nobody home. Found my steel trap I lost in the brook. Looked in Holtons garden, nothing there. When I got home I had to …
64th day - 301 days to follow Temp 44 Fair and mild. Worked all day sawing up the spruce logs. Went up to Aunt Tirjahs at noon, her oil burner is kicking up again. Victoria and the boys were over here for dinner and stayed all the afternoon and to supper. Went up to Aunt …
