A daily journal from 76 years ago
259th day - 107 days follow The men got up about 5.30 AM and about 7 AM the Motor Corp gave us hot coffee doughnuts and sandwiches. Packard drove some of us south so we could pick up toilet articles. We were released about 9-30. Packard gave me a ride home. The town is full …
258th day - 108 days follow Hurrycane Saw the boss this morning and had a talk with him about the valley. Harry and Dimp went to Duxbury. Mr. H is getting some fish heads for eel trap bait and he is going to bait it this afternoon. Walder’s brother got here from Washington today. Thel …
257th day - 109 days follow Rained all day today for the first time in months. The boss came home this afternoon and he took me down to the beach club and I did some more work on the eel traps and I hope that they can’t get out now. I got a letter from …
256th day - 110 days follow Harry This morning Harry and I went over to Marshfield to Starrets to look at the Winslow House digs. And from there we went over to the Webster House and had Broil chicken dinner. We came back to Fords Antiq Shop and looked the stuff over. From there we …
255th day - 111 days follow Saw a green snake up on the hill. Harry and his wife, Martha, and I went over to the pasture to pic out a house lot and into the old henhouses to see if it can be turned into a museum. Spent the first part of the afternoon picking …
254th day - 112 days follow Fair When I went up on the hill this AM I saw Harry and Mrs. H, they invited me to take a trip with them down to their bogs at Rochester. The water heater furnace had burned out, took me about an hour to get it going right. Came …
253rd day - 113 days follow Fair Eels Mr. Hornblower and I had a talk about the village in back of the house . Mrs. Hornblower and I pisces two bushels of wild grapes in an hour this morning. After dinner, I went down to the river and looked in the eel trap and found …
252nd day - 114 days follow Fair Bill and Mrs WHiting came in and spent the evening and Bill had some good fishing stories about bass he caught during his vacation. I haven't got our deeds back from the registry yet.
251st day - 115 days follow Fair Worked all day building an eel trap and eel car, got the trap finished but have some work to do on the car. Mrs H and Martha went sea clamming and got three. Thel, Ski, and Victoria are going up to Whitmans to Eleanor’s shower. I am going …
250th day - 116 days follow Cloudy Pheasants Mowed lawns and trimmed hedges. Showed Mr. H a sketch of an eel trap I thought up, he thought is a good idea so I am getting the stuff to make it. On the way back from dinner I saw Phil Chandler and stopped in to see …
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