A daily journal from 76 years ago
11th day- 354 days follow Fair + Mild Chopped down some more trees in the grove. Stopped in at Ed. Manters on the way home at noon and paid Grace Snow 20.00 for garage rent for the season. Thel, Pic, Eleanor, Tillie are planning a shower for Ski next Mon. night. I talked to Harry …
10th day- 355 days follow Cloudy + Mild (Target) Sawed up the wood I had cut down in the grove. I have two good big piles of two foot wood piled up now. Eleanor and Marie and Suzanne were here for dinner. Ethel Swift came down to visit Thel this afternoon. The electrician put in …
9th day- 356 days follow Cloudy & Mild Took a walk up on the hill and saw Mrs. Hornblower. Dave and Dot and Davene came down. When we all got here at 1 PM we took off for town and went to the Congregational Church and Ski and Bud were married by Dr. Anthony. Then …
8th day- 357 days follow Fair & Warm Fine day and real warm. Stopped in to see Pic on way home. After dinner I rode over to Town with Walder and Pic got a haircut and a card for Ski. Saw Arthur Sirico in town. Went up to Bill Whitings for a couple of hours …
7th day- 359 days follow Thel and Tillie came up on the hill and made up all of the beds. I oiled all the floors and laid the rugs. After dinner I raked up our yard for Sunday. Ski got two more presents today. She took Target for a ride up around the county, she …
6th day- 360 days follow Rain & Fair Rained all the morning and I worked on the Tel trench, got it fulfilled and the sod relaid. Then spent the rest of the day in the grove chopping down trees. Mrs H came about 11-15 and left for Martha’s Vineyard about ? P.M. She brought a …
5th day- 361 days follow Mild and rain Saw Mr H and Geo. Crowell up on the hill this morning. Mr H and I took a ride down to his bog in Rochester. We made a couple of trys to get a shot at some ducks on his bog but we had no luck. A …
4th day- 362 days follow Fair & Warmer The telephone men were up on the hill and installed the extension to my tool house. Took me most all day smashing up the frozen earth and filling the trench. Put weather stripping around the sun porch windows. When I came home from work, Victoria, all her …
3rd day- 363 days follow Partly Cloudy Geo Step, Eleanor, Marie, and Suzanne came in for a few minutes tonight. Worked in the house all day. The telephone men didn’t show up. THel, Ski and Eleanor went up to Brockton to shop for Ski. When I took Target out of the pasture I found a …
2nd day- 364 days follow Cloudy & Colder Geo. Step brought out paper this AM. Mrs H called Thel up at 9-30 AM. Thel and I went over to town at noon and got Ski, Bud, and Gerry and brought them to dinner. Ski finished up her job at Coopers today. This afternoon Thel gave …
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