A daily journal from 76 years ago
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool wind No. Cleaned up rubbish all day. Took a scout around after work trying to scare up some game but no luck. Thel drive up to New Hampshire to take Helen ‘Swift’ Moon up to a convalescent home. She has had a breakdown. I stopped in to …
ToDay is the Birthday of Mr and Mrs H. and Harry went hunting this morning. I took my gun and went up back of Chick Howlands, Ira Wards pasture, County farm, and Warren Wells. I heard one partridge fly in the scrub oaks, but saw no game of any kind. Paul Goodwin called up and …
ToDay is the Birthday of Philip Covell Fair and cool Wind No. Bill Whiting came up on the hill this morning, he had been hunting out around Duxbury and found one very good abrading stone. Carl Bolt was up on the hill this morning to see me about getting the lawn mower fixed. At 4-45 …
ToDay is the Birthday of Cool and partly cloudy Wind So.W. Shut off the water to the flower garden and pools. Worked on the flower beds. Bertha Lee called up today and said Bob is in the Army Hospital, he has an infection in his jaw. Stopped in to see Eric tonight. He is fine, …
ToDay is the Birthday of Marie F. Brewer Fair and warm, went up on the hill. Mr. Hornblower and I played Bud and Harry five games of horseshoes and he and I won four. The four of us took a ride up to Childs in Manomet for some eggs and fowl. We rode around by …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair? Shower, warm, wind So. Picked a couple of guinea hens that was killed last October. Bill came up at noon and he and I went over to Arthur Woods, found not a thing. Someone had been ahead of us, I think it was Bud. From there we went over …
ToDay is the Birthday of $8.00 from Thel Partly cloudy and warm wind So. Painted some more on the roof, heard the cock pheasant today. Duck hunting season starts today, heard the cock pheasant. Richard Vaughn’s child seems to be improving, but not out of danger. Eleanor went over to visit George’s mother. Bill called …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm, wind So. This morning Harry and his wife and the two dogs rode over to the sand bank and from there over to the Bubbins. We dug half a dozen more test holes, not much there, though I found a combination hammer and rubbing stone. We picked …
ToDay is the Birthday of 11 geese flew over. The whole Hornblower family was up at the house this morning. A red squirrel was down by my tool house this morning. Started in to paint the copper roof. This afternoon Harry, his wife, and I drove up to Bubbins and put in a few test …
ToDay is the Birthday of Columbus Day Fair and warm Wind NW Dave and Wanetta took our car up to Boston. Wanetta has to go to Wisconsin as her father died of heart failure last night. Al Holman has got back from his first trip as a cook on a tramp steamer. Went down to …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 