A daily journal from 76 years ago
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and warm, wind South. Hooray the ice went out of the harbor last night. Got a U. mail letter from Bud. Report came from the M.A.S. Saw a downey woodpecker. Thelma, Vick, Eric, and Walder and Aunt Julia took a ride up on the hill. Worked all day …
ToDay is the Birthday of George Washington Thelma and I went over to town and I went in and got the ration stamps for the four of us. On the way back we stopped in at the store. The are open today but not tomorrow. After dinner, Thelma, Ski, Eleanor, Roger and I went down …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and warm, best day yet. I went up on the hill and put out some grain for the birds. Went over to the store and got the Sunday paper. Saw Carl Sherman and had a talk with him about arrowheads. Toot and Arthur Cox cam in this afternoon …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and warm, wind south. I was over at Vicks at noon and Ski called up and said Mr. Fraser had a fire and wanted me to help him. I ran home and got my Pony extinguisher and ran over there. The barn was on fire around the cellar …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and warm. Cut some plant sticks. Went over to the store and got some tobacco. Saw May and she invited me over to dinner. Percy Finney came up on the hill this afternoon. There was a convoy of tanks went by here today, Went to town tonight and …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and cool wind N.W. Went over to H Hornblowers today to see if I could find some bottles to make Molotov Cocktails, but the snow had everything buried up. I went over to Walder's and he worked on my income tax. Percy came over and we played four …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ My check came today. Got telephone calls this morning, one from Millie, and one from the High School. Farmie Davis called up this afternoon. Rain and snow today, wind south. I was going to go to town this afternoon to pay some bills and do some other errands, but …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and cold wind west. Had the stove going up on the hill and an oil stove going in the cellar. Stopped in to see Vick and Eric. They are both fine. Vick told me Bobby Nickerson is on Tillie's Trail so Erma told her, she said they were …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Gosh but it is cold and windy. N.West 0/16 Had the fire going in the kitchen all day and couldn't get it warm. Had a bucket of charcoal in the cellar burning all day. Thelma and Eleanor's cars are both frozen up. Betty and Thel saw a house on …
ToDay is the Birthday of ___________ Fair and cold. I forgot to put down that I got a letter from both of my foster sons, one from Bud who I assume is in Australia, he in a red cross hospital with malaria and jaundice. And one from Harry who is in Washington. Eb. Swift, Grace, …
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