A daily journal from 76 years ago
39th day – 327 days follow 27 Fair Fair and cold, wind No. When I got up on the hill this morning I found the furnace had kicked off again and the house was quite cold. After dinner I worked in the kitchen with Thel taking off wallpaper so some new can be put on. …
38th day – 328 days follow 33 Partly Cloudy Bobbie Cold this morning, warmed up later in the day. Wind N.W. changing to So. Trimmed shrubbery and raked up rubbish all day. One thing I have noticed this winter is that there has been far less juncos than in times past. When I got home …
37th day – 329 days follow 36 Fair Fair and warm wind So. Went up on the hill and stopped in to see the Engstroms, they are fine. Walder and I took a walk the whole length of the beach, on the way down we say quite a lot of drift wood and a flock …
36th day – 330 days follow 14 + 32 Partly Cloudy Cold and fair first thing, wind No. changing to So and warmer. Went over to H.H. greenhouse and saw Steve a while. I see the river is frozen over again. After dinner Eleanor gave me a ride over to Middle St. I met Ted …
35th day – 331 days follow 30 Fair Down to 14 this morning, warmed up at noon to 30, wind North. Cleaned up the rubbish out of the blackberry patch. Stopped in to see Eric tonight after work, Pic was in town and Shirly Haire was taking care of Eric. Al Holman is still around. …
34th day – 332 days follow 34 Fair Fair and a little warmer, wind West. Percy Finney’s mother Edith Finney is dead and is to be buried Saturday. She was 83 years old. Eleanor and Dot Dunlap went to Motor Corp tonight at the Armory. After dinner I took a walk down by the Beach …
33rd day – 333 days follow 26 Fair When I went up on the hill this morning there was no electricity and I had Gerard come up and he found the trouble was outside the house. Right after dinner they came up and found the trouble in the outside transformer. Webbie’s brother in law was …
32nd day – 334 days follow 20 Snow Snow storm in full swing when I woke up this morning. Got a letter from Mr. Barden. My fuel oil arrived from Boston this morning, the driver’s name is McCarty. “Someone said to me the other day that State Guard training was too strenuous for the older …
31st day – 335 days follow 32 Fair Cold this morning, warming up at noon. Wanetta went up to the hospital on Sun and lost her expected baby. Thel found another of Percy Finney’s hens in Ski’s hay shed, she found six eggs, five frozen. Henry Swift is taking Tuesdays off up at the store …
30th day – 336 days follow Fair Cold Coldest day for some time, wind No. Milt was in here tonight, he is on his way to Florida tomorrow. When I went up on the hill this morning there was a live skunk in a trap right in my path. There was a Red Cross nurse …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 