A daily journal from 76 years ago
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm, wind So. This morning Harry and his wife and the two dogs rode over to the sand bank and from there over to the Bubbins. We dug half a dozen more test holes, not much there, though I found a combination hammer and rubbing stone. We picked …
ToDay is the Birthday of 11 geese flew over. The whole Hornblower family was up at the house this morning. A red squirrel was down by my tool house this morning. Started in to paint the copper roof. This afternoon Harry, his wife, and I drove up to Bubbins and put in a few test …
ToDay is the Birthday of Columbus Day Fair and warm Wind NW Dave and Wanetta took our car up to Boston. Wanetta has to go to Wisconsin as her father died of heart failure last night. Al Holman has got back from his first trip as a cook on a tramp steamer. Went down to …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool, wind No Cleaned the rugs and took off the porch screens. Lots of robins, flickers and blue jays. Thelma and Ski worked up at the store. Eleanor called up this noon. N.Y. Yankees won the worlds series from the Cards today. Childs came up with a poultry …
ToDay is the Birthday of 46 years in Plymouth today Fair and cool, high wind N.E. Got up early and went over to Walders and had breakfast and he and I rode up to Plympton to his wood lot. We spent all day trying to run out the foundry lines, we found three sure founds …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm, wind So. Got up early this morning and went up on the hill and found Martha had taken the dogs up to Whipple’s. I went down to the corner of Cliff Street and Walder picked me up and I got off at the Post Office. Then Charlie …
ToDay is the Birthday of Earl Holman’s Funeral Fair and warm wind So. Finnegan’s truck took some of the stuff up to Boston. Archie Roy and I went up to the church at 1 P.M. and helped take in Earl and arrange the flowers. Henry Swift drove Ski and I up to Earl’s funeral service. …
ToDay is the Birthday of $10.00 from Thel Wrote a long letter to Bob last night, he is in Ga a F/c Finished up planting rose bushes. Mr Hornblower came down with Bud and Priscilla on their way to Martha’s Vineyard. Mrs. H went on with them. Thel and Ski worked up at the store …
ToDay is the Birthday of Bud is engaged to Priscilla Mrs. Hornblower told me this morning that Bud and Priscilla Bloomer are engaged and he wants to get married next Saturday. Redo was up and fixed the leak on the copper roof. Mrs. Hornblower told me Bud has postponed his wedding. Parafax man left a …
ToDay is the Birthday of Geo went back to Camp Have started to move the rose beds into the cutting gardens. Eleanor is driving George up to Boston to start him on his way to Louisiana. I saw Poney Toney tonight, he was walking up Cliff St., hadn’t seen him to talk to for years. …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 