A daily journal from 76 years ago
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and warm. Wind south. I received a card from Bob. He is in College in Philadelphia and is to be there for the next 5 months. Put in the whole day burning up rubbish on the hill. Stopped in to see Eric and Vick after dinner. A lot …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and cold. 0. Wind N.W. I went over to town and got a permit to burn rubbish up on the hill. Walked over against the wind and almost froze. The harbor is all frozen over again. Went up on the hill after dinner and burned rubbish. Found Martha's …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Snow all day, wind north. Wrote a letter to Harry Hornblower. Went to Drill tonight, helped Shuman get his car started. Came home on the bus, met Percy going to work. Thelma parked her car over by Driscoll's cottage so can get away in the morning. “Education is the …
ToDay is the Birthday of Robert H. Lee Cool fair east wind. Raked all day After I quit work I took a walk over by Ames Nickerson's bog and I found one nice triangular arrowhead. Then I went across the road to Huck Davis' garden and found a nice stemmed on there. Milt Vaughn was …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and cold. Raked up rubbish today. Rode my bike over to town and got a haircut. One of the lenses of my glasses fell out in the barber shop and I caught it before it hit the floor. So I went over to Bailey's and had him fix …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair wind south, blow your eyes out. This morning I went over to Vicks and Walder and I moved one of the small buildings that was in the orchard. We put it over by the drive. Walder is going to use it for a tool house. After dinner I …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Snow. Up around the hill this morning. After dinner I went down cellar and cut and flattened tin cans for the war. Tonight I took Thel and Ski to the movies. The main picture was “The Avengers.” It was a British and Norwegian picture. We came home on the …
ToDay is the Birthday of Davene Margo Brewer Fair and cool today, wind east. Saw the blimp this morning. Raked rubbish all day. 12:15 got a telephone call from Yonkers N.Y. from Dave and he said he is the father of a 9½ lb. baby girl, from 11-30 am. Dottie had quite a hard …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and cooler, wind North. Went over to see Steve about some squash for Mrs. H. This afternoon, Mrs. Hornblower came up on the hill, she had Ricky Greenwood with her. She took up the typewriter that was in the farm and is planning to raise string beans and …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and warm, wind south. Went over to the dump after bottles but the kids have broken them all. Got a letter from Bob Lee. Wrote a letter to Bud Hornblower. I went over to drill tonight, took my pump gun, but didn't have to use it as I …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 