A daily journal from 76 years ago
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Snow. Up around the hill this morning. After dinner I went down cellar and cut and flattened tin cans for the war. Tonight I took Thel and Ski to the movies. The main picture was “The Avengers.” It was a British and Norwegian picture. We came home on the …
ToDay is the Birthday of Davene Margo Brewer Fair and cool today, wind east. Saw the blimp this morning. Raked rubbish all day. 12:15 got a telephone call from Yonkers N.Y. from Dave and he said he is the father of a 9½ lb. baby girl, from 11-30 am. Dottie had quite a hard …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and cooler, wind North. Went over to see Steve about some squash for Mrs. H. This afternoon, Mrs. Hornblower came up on the hill, she had Ricky Greenwood with her. She took up the typewriter that was in the farm and is planning to raise string beans and …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and warm, wind south. Went over to the dump after bottles but the kids have broken them all. Got a letter from Bob Lee. Wrote a letter to Bud Hornblower. I went over to drill tonight, took my pump gun, but didn't have to use it as I …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and warm, wind South. Hooray the ice went out of the harbor last night. Got a U. mail letter from Bud. Report came from the M.A.S. Saw a downey woodpecker. Thelma, Vick, Eric, and Walder and Aunt Julia took a ride up on the hill. Worked all day …
ToDay is the Birthday of George Washington Thelma and I went over to town and I went in and got the ration stamps for the four of us. On the way back we stopped in at the store. The are open today but not tomorrow. After dinner, Thelma, Ski, Eleanor, Roger and I went down …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and warm, best day yet. I went up on the hill and put out some grain for the birds. Went over to the store and got the Sunday paper. Saw Carl Sherman and had a talk with him about arrowheads. Toot and Arthur Cox cam in this afternoon …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and warm, wind south. I was over at Vicks at noon and Ski called up and said Mr. Fraser had a fire and wanted me to help him. I ran home and got my Pony extinguisher and ran over there. The barn was on fire around the cellar …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and warm. Cut some plant sticks. Went over to the store and got some tobacco. Saw May and she invited me over to dinner. Percy Finney came up on the hill this afternoon. There was a convoy of tanks went by here today, Went to town tonight and …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and cool wind N.W. Went over to H Hornblowers today to see if I could find some bottles to make Molotov Cocktails, but the snow had everything buried up. I went over to Walder's and he worked on my income tax. Percy came over and we played four …
