A daily journal from 76 years ago
117th day - 248 days to follow Temp 58 Arrowhead Russian and American troops meet in Germany Cloudy all day. Worked all day on the front drive gutters. Mr H and Geo Crowell came up the drive on their way to Martha’s Vineyard. Bill Whiting came up to see me this AM. Jubbie didn’t come …
115th day - 250 days to follow Temp 61 Cloudy today, a few sprinkles. Top dressed my greens today. Eleanor put the chickens out of doors for the first time. Took the bus over to the Armory and as I went into the Armory I started to run up stairs and caught my right toe …
114th day - 251 days to follow Temp 58 John Finneys truck was up today carting off rubbish. Fair and cool wind East. Painted lawn furniture today. Thel, Cozette and Dot Dunlap came up this afternoon, they are going up to Fresh Pond for supper tonight. Eleanors chickens are doing fine, they should, she takes …
113th day - 252 days to follow Yew trees First fish Temp 47 Dressed at 5 AM and Sarg Wall came in to put the Tommy gun away. Walked as far as Cobbs Cornishes hollow when Ashton Howland came along and gave me a ride as far as the corner of Cliff St. Went up …
112th day - 253 days to follow Guarded Armory Temp 58 Cold NW Wind Charlie Sherman called me up this morning and said it was Mr Metcalf of New Bedford that found the of copper and woven cloth. Charlie Wall called me up and he wanted me to come down to the Armory and act …
111th day - 254 days to follow Arrowheads Temp 65 Partly cloudy. Fred Moon was painting today Jubbie mowed the lawn and I did some work in the house and painted some lawn furniture. Bill Whiting came up after dinner and he and I went up to the dig and he found the base of …
110th day - 255 days to follow 25 Anniversary Temp 65 Fair and cool. Fred Moon was up on the hill to start painting. But John Finneys men did not . Jubbie and I worked all day in the grove. I went up on the hill at 11-30 PM last night and covered up my …
109th day - 256 days to follow Garden Temp 62 Ski and I put in a good day in the garden, we planted 10 rows of potatoes, 1 row of beets, 1 row of carrots, part of a row of radishes, and three rows of peas and some lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflowers. Toot and …
108th day - 257 days to follow Arrowheads Temp 70 Bill came up on the hill this AM and we took a ride down to Porter Harbor and I found one large triangular stemmed white quartz point rather rough. Thel is feeling a lot better today. Ski and Cozette came up on the hill and …
107th day - 258 days to follow Pres Truman Temp 70 Fair this afternoon, showers this AM. Planted some beets and some beans up on the hill. Stopped in to see Picks boys on the way home from work. Bill came up after supper to get his sweater he left it last Saturday. Worked out …
