68th day- 297 days follow Fair + mild. Checked on the house on the hill, stopped in at Pick’s on the way home, they were taking Alice up to Gloucester. There was a big gang over at Archie’s taking down the old fashioned chimney. George S. got several truck loads of broken bricks to fill …
Saturday, Mar. 8, 1947
67th day- 298 days follow (Arrowheads) Cloudy + cool. Mr. and Mrs. H. were on the hill this A.M. Geo. Crowell came up. Fred Moon came over to look at some work. Bill Whiting came up at 11:35. After dinner Bill came up and we picked up Bill Pierce at his house and went out …
Friday, Mar. 7, 1947
66th day- 299 days follow Fair + warmer. Trimmed trees and shrubbery on around the Horse green. Arche got two donations today one from the Fragment Society for $25.00 and one from the Community Club for $50.00. After work tonight I took a ride up to Jordan’s old golf links and hunted for arrowheads. All …
Thursday, Mar. 6, 1947
65th day- 300 days follow Fair and warmer. Good day to work today. There was a big gang went seaclamming on this afternoon’s low tide. Archie and Jubbie worked on their house today. Myran Holman and Charles were here today. Al is coming along with the house, is moving. Margaret Driscoll comes over from Kingston …
Wednesday, Mar. 5, 1947
64th day- 301 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair and cool. Saw the red squirrel again today. Cotti was up to see Archie’s house and he said if the chimney was torn down and the good bricks saved, he could rebuild it for $150.00. Took a ride over to the sand bank found nothing there, but did …
Tuesday, Mar. 4, 1947
63rd day- 302 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair and cool. Archie came up on the hill this morning and got some cartons. After dinner I took a ride on my wheel over to the nook. I went to the upper piece and I didn’t find anything. Adrian found one fine point. Then we went over to …
Monday, Mar 3, 1947
62nd day- 308 days follow “Archie’s fire” (Fuller Hammond) Cleared off fair. When we woke up this A.M. Dot Fraser knocked on the wall and said Archie’s house was on fire. I looked out of the window and the house was one cloud of smoke. We all ran over and got out the furniture and …
Sunday, Mar. 2, 1947
61st day- 304 days follow Rain. Mild. Rained hard all day taking off a lot of snow. Thel went to church to hear the new minister. She stayed up to her mother’s to dinner. After supper Thel and I took a ride up to see George + Eleanor for an hour or so. We stopped …
Saturday, Mar. 1, 1947
60th day- 305 days follow Fair and not too cold. Mr. H. was on the hill when I got to work this A.M. Burned dead grass on the fire strip. After dinner Thel gave me a ride over to town so I could vote on the town elections. Saw Bill + Lottie, Dean Eldridge, and …
Friday, Feb. 28, 1947
59th day- 306 days follow Fair and warmer. Tom and Arthur came over and got my ashes this A.M. I saw the red shouldered hawk and a red squirrel on the hill. Painted the ice box in the pantry. There was a lot of smoke towards the hotel about 1 P.M. Thel saw it and …