A daily journal from 76 years ago
263rd day-103 days follow Fair + Warm This morning Thel and I went up and got George, Eleanor, and the two kids and took a ride up to Benson’s Animal Farm. We had a picnic lunch before we went in to see the animals. The kids had a wonderful time as they hadn’t before seen …
262nd day- 104 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair + Warmer Saw Harry and Dimp up on the hill this morning. I took a ride with Thel, Marie, + Suzanne up to Johnson’s Stand then over to the Browne site. I dug quite a bit this afternoon, found one good triangular white quartz arrowhead, good, and one …
261st day- 105 days follow Fair + Cool We had our first frost this morning. Bill Whiting came up on the hill this A.M. He came up from the trial of the fellow from Webster that the police caught stealing trout one night last week. Bill won his case. The fellow had three fish and …
260th day- 106 days follow Fair + Cool Thel took me up to work at noon. After supper Thel and I took a ride up [to] South Pond, to deliver some letters to Al. Holman. They had been left at his mother’s. Bill called me up tonight and said his case in Court is to …
259th day- 107 days follow Fair + Cool I missed Jubbie up on the hill today. I stopped in to see Pic and the boys on the way home from work. Pick had just finished painting a picture of some clouds she liked the looks of. While I was there I heard Thel call my …
258th day- 108 days follow Fair + Cool Thel and I rode up to Brockton and met Archie and Cozette at the parkway. Archie and I took a walk downtown and we ran into Jubbie. He stayed with us for about an hour, then he left us as he was leaving with a group of …
257th day- 169 days follow Fair + Hot Jubbie went up to take his physical examination this A.M. and he is in Class A and has to go up to leave for Fort Dix tomorrow A.M. Mrs. H. and Bud’s kids were down in the garden this afternoon. I put D.D.T. on the Bowling Green …
256th day- 110 days follow Fair + Warm This has been one of the finest days I ever saw, and I enjoyed all of it. George came after me early this A.M. We went up to his house and got Eleanor and the two girls. We took the two dogs too, and all went down …
254th day- 111 days follow Partly Cloudy Cooler I saw Priscilla and her two babies up on the hill this morning. After dinner I took a walk over to Walder’s, his brother Howard was up from Washington to take his two daughters back. Walder gave me a ride up to Eleanor’s, while I was there …
254th day- 112 days follow Partly Cloudy Hot Jubbie and I worked on the fire strip all day. Eleanor and the kids were here when I came home from work tonight. Bud did some grading around their house. After supper Bill Whiting came in and spent the evening. It was nice to see him looking …
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