A daily journal from 76 years ago
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cold wind N.E. Worked all day trimming up around the house. Thel and Ski worked late delivering turkeys for tomorrow. Thel drove me over to the armory. We had morning pictures of the war in Russia, the siege of Leningrad, Moscow, and Sevastopol, Stalingrad, and fighting over all …
ToDay is the Birthday of North easterly rainstorm, cold. Carl came up on the hill this am. He said he saw Don Vintona a couple of months ago “nuff said.” Wrote a letter to Harry Hornblower and one to Bobbie and one to Kingsbury Brown. Stopped in to see Pic and Eric, they are fine. …
ToDay is the Birthday of Light showers, wind So. Took some milk bottles and a bundle over to the other place. Set a couple of mouse traps in the house. Saw Serico, and Old Gus H over at Henry H’s garage. Cleaned up the rose beds and buried them up with loam. Came home around …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm, wind So. Went up on the hill and did the chores. Thel, Ski and I took a ride down to the C.C. Canal, we saw a fleet of six P.T boats coming thru the Canal headed for the Sagamore end. We went along over the head of …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm, wind So. Mary, Martha, and a girlfriend and Nettie are on the hill. Saw a large flock of geese. Got a letter from Harry Hornblower. The Holman brothers got three deer down Maine. Bill and I went up to Browns this afternoon and dug in the new …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm, fine day Wind So. Geo Cromwell came up on the hill this morning and gave me a box of cranberries. Came home at noon around by the river, saw a fowl in the reeds by the Beach Club, thought it was a coot or Mud Hen. Aunt …
ToDay is the Birthday of Marie Eleanor Brewer Fair and cool, wind West. Saw a flock of 14 geese today. Fred Moon came over this A.M. and got a piece of glass. Raked up grass all day. After supper, Thel, Earle’s wife, and I went up to Rock, we took up 3 turkeys and got …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool wind No. Arthur was up on the hill this morning and got the ashes. Drained the water out of the two pools in the top pool I found a line eel about the size of a pencil. It must have come thru the water system when it …
ToDay is the Birthday From Thel 9.00 Light showers cool wind No. Raked up rubbish around the house this morning. Percy Finney called across the garden ad said that a fox got one of his chickens last night. Mrs. Holman was here this afternoon. This morning Mrs Corey was in. Put antifreeze in Thel’s car. …
ToDay is the Birthday Cool and cloudy, wind So. Stopped in to see Eric tonight on my way from work, he wasn’t home. Eleanor got a letter from Eddie today, he is with George in the California desert. There are a lot of juncos around now. A couple of days ago I saw a Sharp …
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