A daily journal from 76 years ago
330th day- 35 days follow I sure feel rotten today, had bad night, intestinal grippe. Takes it out of you in more ways than one. I got up about 10 A.M. and didn’t eat anything till noon. Eric came over to see Thel this morning. Thel took Eric home at noon and I went along …
329th day- 36 days follow I am 58 years old today, and I feel lousy have the runs. Fixed up the stuff that is to go up to Boston. Went over to the greenhouse to see Treglawn about taking (it) up to Boston. When I got home at noon Bob was here, the fellow I …
328th day- 37 days follow -Stormdoors- Partly cloudy and cold. Went up on the hill this A.M. and everything was fine. Worked all the morning taking off the screen doors, and putting on the storm doors. After dinner Thel and I went down to the high school to the archery shoot. Thel topped the group. …
327th day- 33 days follow -Pottery- Clever and cold, visibility excellent. This morning I got a ride over as far as the nook and I hunted 2 ½ hours on the upper plowing, and I found two fair arrowheads, and one sharpening stone different than any I have ever seen before. Also I found three …
326th day- 39 days follow Warm with light showers. Worked all the morning cleaning out my shop and putting it in order. Saw a flock of shags flying around this morning. 1PM we are now having the hardest rain shower we have had for about 12 weeks. I heard a couple of rumbles of thunder. …
325th day- 40 days follow Fair and warm. Worked most of the day cleaning out the barn. Stopped in to see Pick and the boys on my way home from work. And I found an open jackknife on Warren Avenue. After supper Bobbie and Gretchen came in and stayed till the archery group got here. …
324th day- 41 days follow Fair and warmer, fine day. At 10 A.M. I went to Ed Manter’s and helped Russ and Grace Snow take Mary Manter to the hospital to have her broken leg x-rayed. I saw Dr. Hamilton and he said he had seen Dr. Howes recently. Took a walk down by the …
323rd day- 42 days follow Fair and warmer. Lots of juncos, flickers, crows, Jays, flies, and a red squirrel up on the hill. I took Thel’s bow up on the hill and put a site on it, and put a new rack in a box for her arrows. Finished pulling the last of the brush …
322nd day- 43 days follow -Shotgun- Cloudy and cold. Dragged out brush all this A.M. This noon is the first time for quite awhile that I haven’t carried my shotgun back and forth to work and darned if I didn’t scare up a cock pheasant in Ida Finney’s field as I was coming home at …
321st day- 44 days follow Cloudy and warmer. Got up first and took Myles with me. We went up on the hill and looked for Mrs. Withington’s glasses, didn’t find them. Then we took a walk along the beach up as far as the Hotel then over to see Geo., Eleanor, and the children. Marie …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 