A daily journal from 76 years ago
231st day- 135 days follow Fair + Cooler This has been a glorious day to work, so Jubbie and I worked on the gutters all day. George, Eleanor, and the girls were here for supper. The girls both have new tricycles. After Thel took them home we took a ride out to Kingston to take …
230th day- 136 days follow Fair + Warm Jubbie and I worked on the gutters + watering today. When I got home tonight Pic was here with her children. After supper Thel and I went down to the camp. I went out on the pond fishing and caught one small small mouth bass and two …
229th day- 137 days follow (Babe Ruth) (Taxes $96.25) Fair + Cool Took a walk over to the Beach Park. Saw Ernest Peters. Took a bus there for town and paid by estate and water taxes. When I came back I watered all day. I saw Harry and Dimp early this A.M. on their way …
228th day- 138 days follow Fair + Cool This morning Geo + Eleanor came in. Gertie and her new husband came in and stayed awhile, then we all went up on the hill for a few minutes. Then I went up to May’s with them and stayed to dinner with them. Toot went up to …
227th day= 139 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair + Cool After dinner I rode my wheel up to the Browne ig, and I think I ought to have had a rabbit’s foot for luck, for all I found was one small cherd [shard] of nontempered pottery and the quartz pieces of arrowheads. On the way home …
226th day- 140 days follow Partly Cloudy Worked all day trimming shrubs on the bowling green and pool garden. George came down at 5:15 P.M. and took me up to his house where Thel was for supper. When we got back from there Ski and Bud were here. They had been doing some grading inside …
225th day- 141 days follow Showers today. Jubbie didn’t come to work this A.M. on account of the rain. I worked on the gutters all day. Mrs. H. + Martha are in Boston. After supper Thel,Cozette and Grandma Holman took a ride out to Kingston and back. The Lane Company sure are tearing up the …
224th day- 142 days follow Fair + Hot Jubbie and I worked all day on the gutters. After supper Thel took me up to John Davis’s and I stayed there and talked to John while Thel and Jamie went up to Manomet to look at piece of furniture and Thel bought it.
223rd day- a43 days follow Fair + Cooler I got my new tax bill today. The new valuation on my lot at the camp is $600.00 and the building $200.00. Grandma Holman was here all day. Eleanor and the kids were here when I got home from work. Thel and I went down to the …
222nd day- 144 days follow Fair + Cooler Jubbie worked all day on the front drive gutter. Watered the lawns and gardens all day. Worked in the house all the evening. Found a mouse nest in the clothes closet, 8 young ones and two old ones and I caught one later. Bud and Ski were …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 