A daily journal from 76 years ago
206th day- 159 days follow Fair + Hot George came for me after work and we went down to the camp. Bud and Ski, Eleanor, the two kids, and Thel were there. After supper George and I went out fishing. All we got before dark was small yellow perch. After dark I rowed around the …
205th day- 160 days follow Fair + Hot After I cooked breakfast I cleaned up the camp, visited over to Dave’s. After dinner Dave, Dale, and I went out fishing. I didn’t get a single bite on live bait. Dave caught several good red perch on worms. We caught a big wounded pickerel swimming on …
204th day 161 days follow Fair + Hot Saw Harry this A.M. and he is going to try to get other artifacts, then mine for the First house exhibit. After dinner Thel, Ski, Gerry, + Roger rode down to the camp. They stayed about 3 hours and had a good swim. I went out fishing …
203rd day- 162 days follow Fair + Hot Partly Cloudy Saw a young rabbit in the pool garden. These hot days seem to have sweat out all my ambition. I sure [don’t] have it much when the glass is 90 in the shade. I went over and Walder and I did some shooting. Russ …
202nd day- 163 days follow Fair + Hot Thel, Eleanor, Ski, and the kids went down to the pond and they caught the kid with the ladder picking the blueberries. I hope they scared the pants off him. I went over [to] Walder’s and did some shooting tonight. I didn’t do quite so well as …
261st day- 164 days follow Fair + Hot This has been a son of a gun of a hot day. We had the edge of a thunderstorm tonight, but not enough rain to do any good. Bill Whiting and Lottie came in for a few minutes on their way back to White Island Pond. Bill …
200th day- 166 days follow Fair + Hot Cleaned the pool today. After work I stopped at Pick’s. She was painting a landscape. I stayed there for supper and after supper Walder and I shot 3 rounds. I won. Pete Winter and Reynolds drove in and watched us shoot two rounds. I saw another young …
199th day- 166 days follow Fair + Hot This has been one hot day, like a steam bath after last night’s rain storm. After supper Arthur Pyle and Mr. Patenaud came to see me about making up two cases to put Indian artifacts in to exhibit at the First House down by the rock. I …
198th day- 167 days follow Showers + Cool George was here this morning. Ski, Eleanor, her kids, Thel and I took a ride down to the camp. Someone had taken my ladder and broken down the berry bushes on the point and chopped into some of the trees. So I went up and looked in …
197th day- 168 days follow Fair + Cooler I saw Harry up on the hill this A.M. His family are there. After dinner I worked out in the yard cleaning up Al Holman was here for a couple of hours. At 6:30 I took some lunch and went down by Manter’s Point and along the …
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