A daily journal from 76 years ago
ToDay is the Birthday of Cool and partly cloudy Wind So.W. Shut off the water to the flower garden and pools. Worked on the flower beds. Bertha Lee called up today and said Bob is in the Army Hospital, he has an infection in his jaw. Stopped in to see Eric tonight. He is fine, …
ToDay is the Birthday of Marie F. Brewer Fair and warm, went up on the hill. Mr. Hornblower and I played Bud and Harry five games of horseshoes and he and I won four. The four of us took a ride up to Childs in Manomet for some eggs and fowl. We rode around by …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair? Shower, warm, wind So. Picked a couple of guinea hens that was killed last October. Bill came up at noon and he and I went over to Arthur Woods, found not a thing. Someone had been ahead of us, I think it was Bud. From there we went over …
ToDay is the Birthday of $8.00 from Thel Partly cloudy and warm wind So. Painted some more on the roof, heard the cock pheasant today. Duck hunting season starts today, heard the cock pheasant. Richard Vaughn’s child seems to be improving, but not out of danger. Eleanor went over to visit George’s mother. Bill called …
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 …
