A daily journal from 76 years ago
350th day - 16 days follow Fair and cold today. Worked on the drive all day. Took a Christmas tree over to the Hathaways. Cleaned the rugs and oiled the floors for the party tomorrow night. Saw six crows chasing a hawk up on the hill. Saw a grey squirrel on the front drive, Jack …
349th day - 17 days follow Worked on the trees all day, this afternoon I heard the crows cawing at something down by Duttons garage so I stood perfectly still and a fox walked across the drive way about twenty years from me, it stopped in the drive and looked up and down the drive …
348th day - 18 days follow Geo Crowell went up on the hill this morning and he had the star light shade that used to be down at the Beach Club. He left it as a xmas gift to Mrs. Hornblower. Worked down on the drive. Bull came up on the hill this afternoon, his …
347th day - 19 days follow Worked on the drive today till 3 P.M. when it rained so hard I quit. There was a big snow storm today over most of the country. Took a walk down to the beach Club on the way to work this morning. The wrecking crew have started in to …
346th day - 20 days follow Made a wreath and got some xmas trees fixed up. Saw a robin in the pool garden. Thel said Nona and John are busting up for good after Christmas. This is a wonderful day for winter. Phinney’s truck came up and took off the freezing unit, the two lawn …
345th day - 21 days follow Returned Pick’s baby carriage on my way up on the hill. Mrs. H kept me busy until noon doing all kinds of chores. Harry is in England and his wife and Hank are coming to Boston Wed and live at 7 Lewisburg Sq till Harry comes home again. I …
344th day - 22 days follow Dig Mary and Martha and the cook and the dog were up on the hill this morning. I got the rose beds ready for winter. Martha’s dog had a fit this morning. Bill Whiting came up and he and I went up to the dig, we put two bags …
343rd day - 23 days follow This morning Carl and I went up to the Country Club and waited there till the fellows from Quincy showed up, then we waited half an hour and the others did not show up. There were deer tracks all over the place and we hunted till about noon and …
342nd day - 24 days follow Carl and I went up to the corner of Beaver Dam and Clam Pudding pond roads. We drove and hunted on C.P.P side of the road first. Then on the opposite side of the road, from there we went up around Bloody Pond and hunted there. And over by …
341st day - 25 days follow Carl and I went up around Beaver Dam Pond road over to Cotton Pond. We hunted all the morning around Bloody Pond, met a fellow by the name of Weeks who said had some Indian Relics. At noon we picked up seven more, one woman and six men and …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 