A daily journal from 76 years ago
43rd day – 323 days follow 25 Fair Went up on the hill this morning and stopped into see the Engstroms, they are fine. Met Mr. Hornblower just before I got to Cliff St. When I got home I put out some bread for the gulls, a crow came ad ate all he could, then …
43rd day – 323 days follow 20 Snow Finished up the material to send to Fred Johnson at Andover. Mrs. Hornblower called me at noon and said they are all back from Bud’s wedding, she as bought a statue of Buddah that used to be in C. A Stoner flower garden. She said Bud and …
42nd day – 324 days follow 22 Snow Snowing a little when I got up and kept snowing all day. This afternoon I went around the route with Thel this afternoon and it was tough going. Eleanor put Thel’s car down in Ira Ward’s shed. Rusty Bounds and the Minister came down and brought Eleanor’s …
41st day – 325 days follow 25 Fair Cold 6 pickerel deer Bill Whiting called me up to see if I would go pickerel fishing, I told him O.K. He came up here at 9 A.M. and we went to White Island Pond. We went to the second narrows and put in ten traps and …
40th day – 326 days follow 10 Fair Cold Bud wedding day Cold as heck this morning. When I got up to the hill the furnace wasn’t going, down to 48 in the house. I don’t know yet if the pipe out in the sun room is frozen or not. Thel took me over to …
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. …
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