A daily journal from 76 years ago
310th day- 56 days follow Fair + Warm Worked all day cleaning leaves out of the gutters. This afternoon Cozy Barret came up the front drive. He was looking for the Greenough house. This afternoon Harry and Dimp came up the drive and stopped a few minutes, on their way to the Vineyard. Butterflies, caterpillars, …
309th day- 57 days follow Partly Cloudy light showers I got a letter from Jubbie today. He seems to be quite busy, and is in a transportation unit. The carpenters are sure doing quite a job remodeling John Morton’s house. Marie and Suzanne were [here] at noon. After supper I took a bus over to …
308th day- 58 days follow Partly Cloudy I got up at 6:30 A.M. to see who won. Doubtful then. At 11:15 Dewey conceded defeat. Bud was up this afternoon and started to lay his floor. On my way home from work I stopped in to see Pic and the boys. They, Eric, and David, are …
307th day- 59 days follow Fair + Warm This A.M. Thel and I took a ride over to town. We went in and voted. I got a haircut, some putty, and made an appointment with Dr. Wild for Nov. 11. Went up to see Bill Whiting. There was no one at home, so I think …
306th day- 60 days follow Partly Cloudy Put in all day picking up garden furniture and took out and put away the screens. Saw the quail today. I went down to Dutton’s tonight and put some shutters on the windows. They are leaving for Florida next Wednesday. Eleanor is going down to Mabbit’s to do …
205th day- 61 days follow Fair + Warm Geo. came down this morning and we took some of his and our trash to the town dump. I went with him up by Greenwood’s to look for deer racks, saw plenty there. Then we went up to the lookout and then we went up in the …
304th day- 62 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair + Warm This morning I went over to town with Harry. He went to a Director’s meeting of the Plantation Project. I took a walk down to the new plantation house. It is just now finished and the yard cleaned. The directors all came down and looked it …
303rd day- 63 days follow Fair + Warm Mrs. H. went down to the Vineyard for the duck hunting season. Bud and Harry are going down later. Thel and I went over to Town tonight. I stayed with Bill. Thel went to the pictures with lottie. I saw a sparrow hawk on top of the …
302nd day- 64 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair + Warm This morning I rode my wheel up to the Browne Site and I found one super duper green flint knife ovate, and one slightly used hammer stone. I dug in the bushes for twenty minutes and I got five broken arrowheads and one good grooved hammer …
301st day- 65 days follow Fair + Warmer This has been a fine day to work. Took off some of the screens and doors, worked in the flower beds. I heard there were three auto accidents today. Arthur Sirrico is in the hospital to have an operation on his knee. Carried my gun back and …
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