A daily journal from 76 years ago
295th day- 70 days follow Fair and cool. Fine day to work. There was several kinds of birds on the hill today. Raked and cleaned up rubbish all day. Mrs. H. went hunting again today. She got one woodcock yesterday Took a walk down the beach looking for sea clam shells, went as far as …
294th day- 71 days follow Fair and cool today. Mr. and Mrs. H. wre up on the hill this A.M. They both went hunting for the first day of the season. Cleaned up flower beds all day. Mary Foley came up on the hill this afternoon. Thel took the car over with the second hand …
293rd day- 72 days follow Mrs. H. 50th birthday Brockton Bill Pierce Went up to the store and thru the cemetery to the hill, saw Mr. and Mrs. H. Harold Morse called up and offered to give me a ride up to Brockton. Aunt Ethel Hubert, his wife, and Toot came in for a visit …
292nd day- 73 days follow -Arrowheads- -Geese- Fair and cool, fine day. Saw three bunches of geese today, 21- 6- and 60. That looks like a cold spell coming our way. Mrs. H., her dog, Harry, and Mr. H. have been up on the hill today. Bill came up after dinner and he and I …
291st day- 74 days follow Cloudy today, warm so. wind. Showers in the afternoon. Mary Foley was up on the hill today. I heard Frank Holman lost his driving license for 5 years. Thel called me up at 4 P.M. She was up at Eleanor’s and wanted me to come up there to supper. So …
290th day- 75 days follow Fair and warm, fine day. I stayed home this afternoon and dug my potatoes and got just two bushels, some different crop from what I had last year. This year I had 9 rows and got 2 bushels. Last year I had 7 rows and got 15 bushels. Thel called …
289th day- 76 days follow Fair and mild, partly cloudy in the afternoon. Walter Haskell* came up on the hill and took down the story of the Mass. Arch. Convention we had last Sat. Took down the screen doors and took out the screens up on the hill. Barby Palavanchi called Thel up and told …
288th day- 77 days follow Fair and cool, fine day. Mrs. H. was on the hill when I got there this morning. She left for Boston at noon. I heard a catbird this morning. Today is the last game in the World Series. I came home from work early so I could hear the last …
287th day- 78 days follow -Shut off water- Fair and mild for this time of year. Shut off the outside water up on the hill and cut down some more trees. Thel and Ski left for Boston at noon. After work I went over and looked at the sand bank, found nothing and then up …
286th day- 79 days follow Fair and cool, fine day. Went up on the hill and saw Mr. H. and Arthur Sirrico and got a ride home with him. After dinner Thel and I went out to Bailey’s at Kingston to shoot some archery. We, Alvin, Pastor, and Sylvia Bailey did the shooting. I didn’t …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 