A daily journal from 76 years ago
80th day- 285 days follow Spring Cloudy + cool Raked rubbish all day. Archie came home to dinner and he told me they are bulldozing up at Bubbins’s and in back on the Russell Mills Church. Thel got a letter from Dottie today and she said Davene has been sick ever since she got out …
79th day- 287 days follow (Blackbird, Butterfly, Arrowheads) Fair + Warmer. Raked all day. Jubbie lugged off brush. I saw a butterfly today and the Flicker started to rat tat on the chimney top and give his love call for the first time this spring. After work I went on my wheel over to the …
78th day- 287 days follow (Eagle) Fair + Mild Trimmed around the flower gardens. I saw an Eagle flying over this A.M. Thel and Cozette went to their club meeting tonight. Jubbie and I shot a little before supper. I was rotten.
Fair + Cool Trimmed around the bowling green this A.M. This afternoon Thel and Cozette went down to the camp and they found everything apparently O.K. The pond is not as high this Spring as it was last. Roy was over to plan out how best to fix up Archie’s house. I did a little …
76th day- 289 days follow Cloudy + Cooler Trimmed shrubbery till Jubbie came, then we sawed logs. John Finney’s men are working on the Meyer drive. I made a target stand and did a little shooting. Thel and Cozette went out to Kingston tonight. Ski and Bud went up to Boston to the Art Museum …
75th day- 290 days follow Fair + cooler Raked up rubbish in the yard all morning. Archie and Jubbie worked on their house. Thel, Ski, and I did a little archery shooting. Some of Thel’s mother’s cousins came in for a visit from So. Hanson, a man and 2 women. Fannie Holman came in just …
74th day- 291 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair + Warm Mr. H. was up on the hill this A.M. Put fertilizer on the lawns. Saw the red squirrel on the hill. Bill came up after dinner and we picked up Bill Pierce and went out to West’s Saw Mill. I found one small triangular grey point. …
Warm + Rain Went up on the hill and it started to rain like time. After dinner Jubbie was giving me a ride up on the hill and as we turned to go up the drive a car hit our car in the rear end and smashed it up some. The car license No. 466887 …
72nd day- 293 days follow Fair + Warm This has been the warmest and best day we have had yet. Thel, Ski, and I went up to Boston to the Flower Show, and it was fine. On the way home we came back by Brockton. And we went into the sport goods shop and I …
71st day- 294 days follow Fair and warmer. Took a ride up to Fred Enos’s plowed land and looked it over, found only a few flakes. When I got back to the store I turned in at the paint shop and rode right into a grass fire. Young Bramhall set it to burn grass and …
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