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Posted on January 9, 2021

Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1945

9th day - 356 days follow Temp 24 Cloudy and mild weather. This morning I went down to the Beach Club and punched a hole in the ice in the pump then boiled the water out with a bucket after I got the water low enough I tuended on the pool drain valve from the …

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Posted on January 9, 2021

Monday, Jan. 8, 1945

8th day - 357 days follow Temp 25 Cloudy all day, rained last night then froze and all the grass, shrubs, and trees are coated with ice, if the sun comes up tomorrow morning it will be a beautiful sight. Thel got a tel call at noon and there was a fire up at Toots, …

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Posted on January 7, 2021January 5, 2021

Sunday, Jan. 7, 1945

7th day - 358 days follow Temp 30 Easterly wind and a snow storm. We got up late this morning and right after breakfast someone called me up and asked me to stay here as he would be here in a few minutes. A few minutes later Eleanor got a call and it was from …

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Posted on January 6, 2021January 5, 2021

Saturday, Jan. 6, 1945

6th day - 359 days follow Temp 10 Clear and Cold light wind. Took a wheelbarrow full of magazines and papers down to the foot of the drive for the pick up tomorrow morning. Finished the new sign and put it up at the foot of the drive. Percy and I went over to the …

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Posted on January 5, 2021

Friday, Jan. 5, 1945

5th day - 360 days follow Temp 15 Fair and cool today. Picked up rubbish this morning. Stopped in to see Pic and Eric on the way home from work. David was taking a nap. I had a letter from Gertie, Eleanor got one from a Mrs. Wolf. The wife of one of George’s buddies …

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Posted on January 4, 2021January 3, 2021

Thursday, Jan. 4, 1945

4th day - 361 days follow Temp 32 Mild and cloudy, very light shower. Thel and Helen Griffin went on a trip to I rode over to town with Thel and went into the bank and paid my state income tax, after I paid it I went up to Dr Douglas’s and he refilled my …

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Posted on January 3, 2021

Wednesday, Jan. 3, 1945

3rd day - 362 days follow Temp 8 Fair and cold. John Finney’s men were up again today and they carried the stumps to the dump Got a letter from Fuller Hammond, they expect to pay some dividends this year. Eleanor went over to Dr. Beers and had her baby checked up for the first …

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Posted on January 2, 2021

Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1945

2nd day - 363 days follow Temp 32 Fair and cooler All of the ice has gone out of the harbor. John Finney’s men Howard Wood, Fred Dreese, and Malaguti were up on the hill today hauling out the stumps of the trees that blew down in the hurricane. Thel came up on the hill …

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Posted on January 1, 2021

Monday, Jan. 1, 1945

1st day - 364 days follow Rain Temp 55 Warm and showers (Heavy) Worked up on the hill all the morning. Mr H. Mrs H and Dimp was there. Ernest was there when I first got there. Saw a weasel chase a red squirrel up a 25 foot pitch pine, the squirrel went up clear …

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Posted on December 31, 2020December 29, 2020

Sunday, Dec. 31, 1944

366th day - the last day Well this is the last day of 1944. I hope the war will end in our favor soon in 45. Went up on the hill and started up the hot water, came home by Picks, noone there but the pups, so I went down to the Beach Club and …

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