A daily journal from 76 years ago
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and warm. Thel and I took a walk over to see Vic and Walder. He has a bad cold. Dug up some sod to put in a cold frame. The cock pheasant has been giving his mating call for the last three days. Eb Swift was in to …
ToDay is the Birthday of Victoria Engstrom Cloudy in morning, afternoon snow. Cleaned up rubbish this morning. Bill Whiting called me up at noon to see if I would go hunting arrowheads. So I took the 2 pm bus and he got on at the post office. Saw Ethel Phillips on the bus. Bill got …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair, cloudy, rain, and warm. Saw my first flight of robins. Raked up rubbish all day. The frost is going out o the ground now and it is pretty poshy. Pumped up my wheel and rode over to Arthur Wood's and found two broken bases. Tried out the 22 …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and warm, wind So. Rakes rubbish all day. There was a lot of crows in the grove today. After work I went over to the store to get some tobacco and some small seeds for the garden. I think Lewis Fragazzi is going to plow for me, …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Warm, partly cloudy. Wind S. Eleanor sent in the first quarter of my income tax. Raked and cleaned up leaves and brush. Went to drill tonight. We had an outside hike tonight up past the dog farm on Samoset St. Betty went to town on the bus with me. …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and cold, wind north. Trimmed some on the junipers till I almost froze, then picked up rubbish the rest of the day. Found a last year hummingbird's nest. Saw a new kind of sparrow at the feeding station. The head marking's very similar to a male quail. Got …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and cold wind NW. Spent the whole day trimming trees and junipers. Shucked out the largest of the clams and we had chowder for supper. I got a letter from Dave and he is all hepped up about his new baby. Eleanor said Frank Holman is going to …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and cold, wind west. This morning I did some chores and then went up on the hill, then over to the store and got the paper. After dinner I went out into the garden and pulled up the corn stalks. This afternoon, Thel, Ski and I went over …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Snow all day, wind east. Thelma, Ski, and I went over to town at noon, I went up to the town house and paid my poll tax. Then out to Hogan;s Hardware store and bought four window curtains. Came back to the car and then drove to the Old …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and warm. Wind south. I received a card from Bob. He is in College in Philadelphia and is to be there for the next 5 months. Put in the whole day burning up rubbish on the hill. Stopped in to see Eric and Vick after dinner. A lot …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 