A daily journal from 76 years ago
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm, wind west. Hard shower this evening. Thelma and I worked in the garden tonight. I transplanted some summer squash that Redo gave me. Chet and I went up to the Vickery lot and sawed up a large apple tree limb that had blown off. Betty has gone …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm, Wind E + So. Fred Moon was up on the hill today. Thel and I talked to Dave on the phone, he had got as near as Winthrop when his company caught him with a telegram to come right back to the factory. So I am afraid …
ToDay is the Birthday of Thel paid me $18.00 Rained today, wind So. Gave Thel $5.00 to buy present for Tillie and Barbie Lee for their graduation. Got my tax bill today. They jumped me about $15.00 over last year. Chet and I did a lot of transplanting in the pond garden. I oiled all …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm, wind So. The girls finished up on the hill tonight. Fred Moon was over to do some painting. After I got thru work I took my fishing rod and went down to Bate's wharf and had on a pickerel spinner and a piece of pork rind. I …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm, wind So. Stopped in to see Eric. He is getting better. We had a letter from Dave, he, Dottie, and the baby are coming for for the weekend. Betty Covell had her name put on the office waiting list down at Mabbits for a job. Geo Dunlak …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool wind North. Went up on the hill this morning and saw Mr. Hornblower and Geo. Crowell. Cut a lot of flowers for Mrs. Hornblower. When I got home I dug up dog grass in the garden. After dinner I dug up some more. Finally Archie came over …
ToDay is the Birthday of Cleared off this afternoon. Wind N. This afternoon I went over to the plowed land behind Arthur Woods and found 11 broken arrowheads, some of the […] were beautiful before being broken. From there I gave the old sand bank the once over. Nothing doing. Then I went up back …
ToDay is the Birthday of Rained all day. Cold, wind East. Chet and I finished up edging the flower beds. Stopped in to see Eric on the way home from work and he has a case of chicken pox. Ski, Betty, and Marty Hathaway went to the high school dance. Shrimp Hathaway drove them over. …
ToDay is the Birthday of Rain and fog, wind East. Chet and I put in a patch of sod in front of the house. We also put in some more strips of furring around the flower beds. I saw a cuckoo today, but heard one last week. Stopped in to see Eric at noon. Took …
ToDay is the Birthday of Cloudy and warm wind No. The girls walked up on the hill. I went over to see Treglawn. The thunderstorm last night put all the electrical power out up at Hornblower's. My and Chet's check came today. I got a ride over to drill tonight with Archie Hathaway, he and …
