A daily journal from 76 years ago
310th day - 56 days follow This morning Thel took me over to the Armory and the company went to the First Church to a memorial service. When I came back I went up on the hill and fed the dogs and put the flowers in boxes for Mr Hornblower to take back to Boston. …
309th day - 57 days follow Arrowheads Bill Whiting came up after dinner and he and I went up to the Browns dig and we dug two squares, the first had nothing in it but one round pit 11 inches across and 18 inches deep nothing in it but fine brown hummus and a few …
308th day - 58 days follow Saw a downy woodpecker and a male chewink up on the hill. Bob Fogarty was up this morning, he had a sign he thought was mine but it was H.H.s. Took a walk along the beach as far as the Beach Club and saw that Bobbie Nickerson has the …
307th day - 59 days follow Cleaned up the barn and worked in the flower beds. Saw Carl Bolt on my way home from work, he has had some more of his teeth out and he looks thin. He said he has seen a couple of deer around the C.C. Stopped in to see Pic …
306th day - 60 days follow Put in a whole day cleaning up the lawns and flower beds. After I ate my dinner, I saw a very large hawk flying over the marsh showing a large white rump. Took the 7 P.M. bus over to the armory, there was only 12 men in the ranks …
305th day - 61 days follow S. + S. = Cold this morning 22, fine and warm now. Put in all the morning taking off and stowing away the screens for winter. Went over to the store and got some food for the dogs. Halloween tonight. Trimmed shrubs and raked lawns. Eric and Roger were …
304th day - 62 days follow Put away porch and lawn furniture for the winter. Saw a sparrow hawk and a lot of crows. Took the 12-30 bus over to town and saw Geo Crowell, went up to the office of Dr. Douglas and he drilled out three of my teeth, drilled out and filled. …
303rd day - 63 days follow The wind changed in the night and it is blowing as hard from the west this morning as it was from the east for the past two days. When I went up on I took a walk along the beach as far as the Bath House, there were about …
302nd day - 64 days follow Arrowheads High east wind and drizzle. Cool. Fixed up the windows to the dog pen so the wind won’t blow in on the dogs bed. Came home along the river saw nothing to shoot. Quite a lot of shooting down on the beach. Bill called up after dinner, he …
301st day - 65 days follow Took a ride over to town and paid my water tax, bought a duck stamp and paid my Mortg a year in advance and paid my water tax and applied for a renewal of my permit to carry a pistol. This afternoon I worked on the trees down the …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 