297th day- 68 days follow Somehow I have lost a day. Must have slept around the clock. So the opposite is Friday instead of Thursday. Sat. Dave called up at 10 P.M. He said the fire was about five miles from his house.
Friday, October 24, 1947
Thursday, Oct. 23, 1947
296th day- 69 days follow Fair, Smokey, Cooler This is the first time I have ever heard the fog horn blow all day on account of smoke. Bar Harbor was completely burned out today by forest fires. Started to trim about the groves in back of the barn. Geo. Crowell came up on the hill …
Wednesday, Oct.22, 1947
295th day- 70 days follow (Ski’s first day on a new job) Fair + Cooler Mrs. H. Went to Boston today. I saw a woodcock up on the hill. There are some terrible forest fires burning all over New England. There has been no rain so far this month and the woods are dry as …
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 1947
Fair + Cooler Saw two grey squirrels in the apple tree at the same time today. Mrs. Fraser is worse. After dinner she was taken up to the hospital in Boston. Thel took Dot up and brought her and Charlie back. Ski got a new job at Cooper Drug store. Bar* girl at $30 a …
Monday, Oct. 20, 1947
293rd day- 72 days follow Fair + Cooler After supper Thel and I went up to Eleanor’s and she went with us up to Whitman to see Dave’s new son, Jesse Robert Brewer. Mrs. Nowell’s sister and her mother were there. We stayed til 10:30 P.M. We had a pleasant visit. Eleanor dropped by on …
Sunday, Oct. 19,1947
292nd day- 73 days follow Foggy + Warm Pick came in at breakfast time. She took me up on the hill and up to George’s and over to town. We all went to the gymkhana after dinner. It was very good and a lot of competition. She and Peterson was well on their way for …
Saturday, Oct. 18, 1947
291st day- 74 days follow Fair + Warm So hot that Bill and I didn’t go over to the dig as we had planned. Thel went over to the Unitarian Church this afternoon to help get the supper for the gang tonight. The Mass. Arch. Soc. had their meeting tonight at the Unitarian Church hall. …
Friday, Oct. 17, 1947
290th day- 75 days follow Fair + Hot Jubbie didn’t come to work today. Mrs. H. went to Boston this A.M. Thel took her mother up to Boston. Ski and Bud went up with her. She got back after 5 P.M. Went over to town bought a pick handle, some shorts, took out a bank …
Thursday, Oct. 16, 1947
289th day- 76 days follow Fair + Warm Swell summer weather. 76 in the shade today. Thel is taking her mother up to Boston tomorrow to see a specialist. Thel and I went up to the Church to supper tonight, chicken pie supper. There was about 70 people there. After supper Thel and I took …
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 1947
288th day- 77 days follow Fair + Warm Jubbie and I trimmed the tops off some of the pines in front of the house. Bill Whiting came up on the hill this afternoon. He and Mrs. H. had quite a front porch chat. Bill brought Lottie up to a committee meeting at the house. Grandma …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 