A daily journal from 76 years ago
325th day- 40 days follow Fair and warm. Worked most of the day cleaning out the barn. Stopped in to see Pick and the boys on my way home from work. And I found an open jackknife on Warren Avenue. After supper Bobbie and Gretchen came in and stayed till the archery group got here. …
324th day- 41 days follow Fair and warmer, fine day. At 10 A.M. I went to Ed Manter’s and helped Russ and Grace Snow take Mary Manter to the hospital to have her broken leg x-rayed. I saw Dr. Hamilton and he said he had seen Dr. Howes recently. Took a walk down by the …
323rd day- 42 days follow Fair and warmer. Lots of juncos, flickers, crows, Jays, flies, and a red squirrel up on the hill. I took Thel’s bow up on the hill and put a site on it, and put a new rack in a box for her arrows. Finished pulling the last of the brush …
322nd day- 43 days follow -Shotgun- Cloudy and cold. Dragged out brush all this A.M. This noon is the first time for quite awhile that I haven’t carried my shotgun back and forth to work and darned if I didn’t scare up a cock pheasant in Ida Finney’s field as I was coming home at …
321st day- 44 days follow Cloudy and warmer. Got up first and took Myles with me. We went up on the hill and looked for Mrs. Withington’s glasses, didn’t find them. Then we took a walk along the beach up as far as the Hotel then over to see Geo., Eleanor, and the children. Marie …
320th day- 45 days follow -Arrowheads- Fair and warm, fine day. Thel went up to see how Marie is, she is better. I put on our storm windows this A.M. After dinner Bill Whiting came up and we went up to the dig and didn’t have any great luck. I got two white quartz scrapers, …
319th day- 46 days follow Cloudy and rather cold. Mary Foley was up on the hill this A.M. Worked all day dragging out brush to be burned. When I came home at noon Thel had gone up to Eleanor’s to see what was the matter with Marie. Eleanor said she had called up her Dr. …
318th day- 47 days follow Fair and warm. Mary Foley was up on the hill. Saw the red squirrel today. Thel and I did a little archery shooting at noon. I saw in the Old Colony that Kate White has died. She has been quite a character for the last forty years. Shut the water …
317th day- 48 days follow Fair and warm, fine day. Pulled out and piled up brush this A.M. I found a full grown rabbit where a fox had killed and eaten it then covered up what was left. Thel and I did a little archery shooting at noon. Ski worked tonight. Margaret Drdiscoll came in …
316th day- 49 days follow Fair and warm, fine day. Worked up around the house getting stuff ready for Mrs. H. to take back to Boston. She went right after dinner. Mary Foley was up today. Mick Swift’s gang were here today. After work I took a walk over along River St. and up over …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 