A daily journal from 76 years ago
10th day- 356 days follow (Arrowhead) Fair + cooler Jubbie didn’t work this morning. I found one triangular slate arrowhead in Jennie Chandler’s as I was on my way home at noon. George Stef came in after dinner and he and I played a few games of cribbage. Bill came in about 2:30 P.M. and …
9th day- 3357 days follow Cloudy + Clearing Warmer today and it took off a lot of the snow. After dinner I took a walk down by the Beach Club and I found someone had broken out a pane of glass in the pump house window, under the window ketch and no doubt had been …
8th day- 358 days follow Fair Mild When I got up on the hill this morning my driveways were all plowed out, a fine job too. Dug snow today. Ski and Bud went for a sleigh ride this morning. Jubbie didn’t work today. Too much snow. Thel worked up at the Community Hall all day, …
Fair + Snow The sun was shining when I went to work and about 10 A.M. it clouded up and started to snow, which kept up till 3 P.M. This afternoon I went down to the garage and put some nails in the door. From there I went over to see Pic and the boys …
6th day- 360 days follow Snow Flurries Ski took her sleigh out this A.M. Cleaned up on the hill today. Jubbie came up this afternoon and we burned up more brush in back of the barn. Eleanor, Marie, and Suzanne were here for a few minutes when I got home from work. Then Thel took …
5th day- 361 days follow Partly Cloudy Went over to H. H. greenhouse to see if Steve could take a truck up to Boston. He could. The sun broke thru a few times today. Nice to see it again. Jubbie and I burned brush this afternoon. Adrian Whiting was hunting arrowheads on my territory. The …
4th day- 362 days follow Cloudy + Warm Arrowheads Thel and I went to church this A.M. I walked up on the hill thru the cemetery, saw Harry, Mr. H., and Mrs. H. Harry told me Dimp expects No. 3 in June. When I got back I hunted on Phil Chandler’s, and found a few …
3rd day- 363 days follow Rain + Snow Snowing this A.M. Arthur came over about 10 A.M. Came home along the beach from H.H. bath house to the Beach Club. The high tide has been over the beach into the river in several places. There was a good sized flock of black ducks came in …
No. East Rain and Snow Mean northeast rain and snow storm mixed. Everything is covered with slush. Went up on the hill. Everything was O.K. Got my check from Fuller Hammond. $14.00. This morning Thel and Cozette went over to Nona’s and brought back the two youngest kids. Jimmie is over at Cozette’s + Marjorie …
1st day- 365 days follow Cloudy + Warmer George came in this morning. I took a ride over to his mother’s, and home by J.B.’s Corner. After dinner he came down and he and I took a ride down to the camp and we put in the whole afternoon burning up brush that we cut …
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