A daily journal from 76 years ago
23rd day- 342 days follow Fair + Mild Thel felt punk today. Her ear is acting up again. Today I put up a turn ariel across from Ski’s house to this one. I hope they work good. Gary was up here this afternoon. This has been another fine day.
22nd day- 343 days follow Arrowheads Fair + Warmer Raked up rubbish this morning. Some of the snowdrops up on the hill are in bloom. Bill Whiting came up after me after dinner and took a ride out to the North River Bridge. There was so much snow there we couldn’t hunt. So we came …
21st day- 344 days follow Cloudy + Cool Thel went over to visit Dr. Swenson about her ear. The abscess broke last night so he had to clean her ear out. She came home feeling a great deal better. Spit a little snow but not enough to mean anything. I never have seen so few …
20th day- 345 days follow Presidential Innaug Fair + Cooler The President was sworn to office at 12:30 today. Started in raking up dead leaves and rubbish. Thel has a terrible ear ache. Bill came up on the hill and we took a ride up to the Browne Site. I dug a few minutes, found …
19th day- 345 days follow Cloudy + Mild Piled up some brush to burn. Thel has a headache today. This is one of the most remarkable winters. I have never seen such a winter before. There is not the remotest bit of frost in the ground at the present time and today the glass was …
18th day- 347 days follow (State tax) Cloudy + Mild Walder came in last night and he and I played crib while there was a surprise party at his house for Ski. He beat me at crib. Ski got a lot of wonderful stuff. This morning I went over to town and paid my income …
17th day- 348 days follow (Arrowheads) Foggy + Warm Finished trimming the vines up around the house. Thel’s day off today. After dinner I took a walk up along the beach cliffs. Found one nice white quartz scraper. McCartey’s at the beach. Nothing along in front of the hotel. One fine felsite triangular point the …
16th day- 349 days follow Fair + Mild This morning Geo. Step. came down and he , Bud, and I worked all day, putting in the tile pipe to the cesspool, and building a cement top on the cesspool. Eleanor and the two kids came down for dinner. We had the wild goose, and it …
15th day- 350 days follow Partly Cloudy Colder Mr. H. was up on the hill when I got up there this A.M. Mrs. H. called up from Boston later. I saw a flock of 15 cedar waxwings in the apple tree over the little pool. They were feeding on rose pips above the laurel bed. …
14th day- 351 days follow Fair + Warmer Bill came up on the hill this morning, he seems to be feeling pretty good. Started to trim the vines and the shrubs around the house. Bud and Ski are painting in their house. Saw a flicker up on the hill. The rocket planes were around again …
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