A daily journal from 76 years ago
366th day - the last day Well this is the last day of 1944. I hope the war will end in our favor soon in 45. Went up on the hill and started up the hot water, came home by Picks, noone there but the pups, so I went down to the Beach Club and …
365th day - 1 days follow Fair and warmer. Mrs. H called me up at noon, she said Mr. H might come down this afternoon and she and Martha would be down tomorrow. Ski worked up at the store today, and Eleanor went down to Mabbits. Put some more sea weed on the garden, will …
364th day - 2 days follow Awful cold and high wind. Saw the flock of quail in the gully in back of the barn. All the kids in the neighborhood were up on the bog skating today. Wanetta was in here this afternoon. haven’t seen anything of the fox up on the hill lately. Put …
363rd day - 3 days follow Fair and very windy. Snowed hard last night, several inches, then turned into pouring rain, then froze. Result, roads are like glass, so icy. Chopped some more trees today. The Greenwoods left this morning. Set a trap for a rat in my pit I burn rubbish in. Stopped in …
362nd day - 4 days follow Cold and clear. Worked on the trees today. Mrs. Greenwood Mrs Hornblower called me up and gave me a message for Ernest Peters. Took a note over to Ernest. Called up Mr. Roberts at the Cordage about the blue print of the sign, he said he has got it …
361st day - 5 days follow Called Lewis Briar again this morning and got him. Chopped wood and brush today. A quail flew up against one of the windows on the hill, but didn’t hurt it any. They have killed themselves that way before. Lewis Briar was here and fixed our furnace and stove burner. …
360th day - 6 days follow Christmas We all slept late this A.M, Warm raining. I hunted rabbits on the way up to the hill, saw none. Stopped in at Picks on the way home, noone there. Stopped in at the Hathaways. I got three pipes, two one pound tins of tobacco 1½ lb on …
359th day - 7 days follow Wild and cloudy. Went up on the hill and stopped in at Walders on the way back, they were having their xmas tree for Eric and David. Dotty called up and said they won’t be down till this afternoon. Carl Covell came in with Freddie and brought some presents, …
358th day - 8 days follow Cloudy and warmer. Fixed up the house, picked a goose. Thel came up and we put our car in the barn cellar. After dinner I went up on the hill and got Ski’s 410 gun and went rabbit hunting on the place and from there over in back of …
357th day - 9 days follow Fair and cold. Took a walk down to the store and got some razor blades and tobacco. On the way tonight I went thru Greenoughs and tracked two rabbits and saw a partridge. Stopped in at Picks to see the kids. Eric had busted the radio. While I was …
