A daily journal from 76 years ago
191st day- 174 days follow Cloudy + Cooler, Windy Got up early and had my breakfast then cleaned up the camp. Then I started to work on the Privy + tool house, and at 2:30 I had finished papering and reinforcing it. At 3 P.M. it started to rain lightly, the first for most two …
190th day- 175 days follow Fair + Warm Saw Harry, Bud, their wives and all their children up on the hill this A.M. Mick Swift came here at noon to see about painting this house. After dinner Thel took me down to the camp. I went out fishing for a while before supper, caught some …
189th day- 176 days follow Fair + Warm Eleaor and the girls were down here for dinner. She went over to town and got my watch. She told me that George and she have bought a second hand car. It is a beach wagon. The bass is doing fine. He or she has an enormous …
188th day- 177 days follow Fair + Cooler Fine day to work. Watered all day and did chores. The bass ate 22 worms and a large pollywog at one meal and some time today he got a grip on another robin’s tail and pulled it out. He has already drowned two. I ate supper with …
187th day- 178 days follow Fair and Hot Cleaned out the pool and trimmed the hedges. Saw quail on the hill three times today. Mickey came over after dinner and fired up his job. I won’t miss what he did too much. Geo. Stef came for me at 6 P.M. and we picked up Bobbie …
186th day- 179 days follow Fair + Hot Watered all day and things sure were dry. I stopped at Pick’s on the way home from [work] and had supper with them. Walder and I did some more shooting tonight. I did pretty well. Betty and Sandy came over there about 9 P.M. The Engstroms have …
185th day- 180 days follow Fair + Hot Too hot to do much of anything but go in the water today. Sure was a big gang over at Dave’s today. While Geo. was out fishing I did some more casting and got a strike from a 2 pounder. It broke in four jumps and threw …
184th day- 181 days follow Fair + Hot I got up and was fishing on the pond at 4:30 A.M. Fished all the way around the pond and didn’t get a strike, came back and went to bed. Fished some during the day and got nothing. In the afternoon Carlie and his family arrived. They …
183rd day- 182 days follow Fair + Hot Harry and I went down to visit the first house this morning. I rode back with Mr. H. After dinner Thel gave me a ride down to the camp. Eleanor + the two girls went with us. I went fishing with Dave. We caught a few small …
182nd day - 183 days follow Fair + Warm Watered all day. Stopped to see Pic and the kids after work. After supper Walder came over and got the target and he and I shot three rounds. I used my new arrows that Thel gave me for Father’s Day. I did very well tonight. Twice …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 