A daily journal from 76 years ago
199th day- 166 days follow Fair + Hot This has been one hot day, like a steam bath after last night’s rain storm. After supper Arthur Pyle and Mr. Patenaud came to see me about making up two cases to put Indian artifacts in to exhibit at the First House down by the rock. I …
198th day- 167 days follow Showers + Cool George was here this morning. Ski, Eleanor, her kids, Thel and I took a ride down to the camp. Someone had taken my ladder and broken down the berry bushes on the point and chopped into some of the trees. So I went up and looked in …
197th day- 168 days follow Fair + Cooler I saw Harry up on the hill this A.M. His family are there. After dinner I worked out in the yard cleaning up Al Holman was here for a couple of hours. At 6:30 I took some lunch and went down by Manter’s Point and along the …
196th day- 169 days follow Cloudy. Cooler Mowed lawns and trimmed shrubs. After supper I went over to Walder’s and he and I shot 3 rounds of archery. I won all of them. I averaged a seven for every arrow. Russ Snow came over just as we got through shooting. Pic and Walder went out …
195th day- 170 days follow Fair + Hot Rained a little this forenoon. Put in all day working on the cutting garden, and it looks fine now. I went over and did some more shooting, we shot four rounds. I won them. I heard Dot Dunlap is pretty sick at home. I got the chairs …
194th day- 171 days follow Trimmed hedges all day. Walder and I did some archery shooting tonight. Eleanor took me up to work at noon.
193rd day- 172 days follow Fair + Hot Weeded and trimmed the cutting garden hedge. Saw the young rabbits today. Finished up working on the back porch. After supper I went over to Walders and he and I shot four rounds. I won 3 rounds. My score was 202-202-200-208. While we were shooting Magee, Mr. …
192nd day- 173 days follow Fair + Warm I saw young rabbits, chipmunks, and red squirrel around my shanty. Watered and trimmed hedges today. Geo. + Eleanor came down tonight and took our rubbish to the dump. After supper I fixed up the railing on our back porch. I am listening to the Red Sox …
191st day- 174 days follow Cloudy + Cooler, Windy Got up early and had my breakfast then cleaned up the camp. Then I started to work on the Privy + tool house, and at 2:30 I had finished papering and reinforcing it. At 3 P.M. it started to rain lightly, the first for most two …
190th day- 175 days follow Fair + Warm Saw Harry, Bud, their wives and all their children up on the hill this A.M. Mick Swift came here at noon to see about painting this house. After dinner Thel took me down to the camp. I went out fishing for a while before supper, caught some …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 