A daily journal from 76 years ago
171st day- 195 days follow (Arrowheads) Rain most all day Rained so hard today, Jubbie and I cleaned the whole barn. When I was coming home at noon Dave and Dot came along. I got in the car with them and we all visited Pic and her new baby for ½ an hour. After I …
70th day- 196 days follow Fair + Warm Sent up all I could find in the shape of flowers to Brookline by Ovid, for Martha’s party. Thel came up on the hill for me when I got thru work tonight. Thel, Archie, Cozette, Roger, and I took a ride down to my camp and we …
169th day- 197 days follow Fair + Warm This A.M. I cut five buckets full of flowers and Orvid took them up to the Brookline Country Club for decorations for Martha’s coming out party tomorrow. After dinner Jubbie came up and said Mrs. H. wanted him to come up to Boston with the car that …
168th day- 198 days follow Fair + Warm Jubbie didn’t come up to work today. This is the second day of the Garden Club Party and there was a lot of people showed up. Mrs. Crowell and Mrs. Carol Howland were hostesses today. Bill Gault was the officer for parking today. Thel and I stayed …
167th day- 199 days follow (Garden Club day) Partly Cloudy Partly Fair At 12 N. the two police arrived on the hill to take care of parking the cars for the Boston or State Gardens Clubs that were visiting today. I think about 150 people came today and they seemed to enjoy the place. Priscilla …
166th day- 200 days follow Fair + Warm Mrs. H. was on the hill today. She left for Boston at 4 P.M. Finished up the cutting garden. Mowed and rolled the Bowling Green. When I got home from work, Thel and I took a ride down to the camp. We had supper, then took a …
165th day- 201 days follow Rain + Fog Charlie Sherman came up and got me at 9 A.M. and we took a ride out to Attleboro to meeting of the Executive members of the Mass. Arch. Soc. Lee, Maurice, Rip. Borden, Eklaw, I and one other was there. We finished the meeting about 2 P.M. …
164th day- 202 days follow Cloudy + light shower Mr. Delano was up on the hill and he put on the new weather vane. Fred Moon was up on the hill.
163rd day- 203 days follow (Arrowheads) Cloudy + Warmer Worked on the cutting garden today. Fred Moon was up today. Eleanor came and got me after supper and I stayed there till Thel got through work at 12:25. Then we took some of the help home. I dug a little up back of the sand …
162nd day- 204 days follow Cloudy + Cool Worked all day on the old rose garden. Fred Moon worked today. Walder and I went up to the hospital tonight to see Pic and the baby. I went over to Walder’s and he fixed up my income tax.
