A daily journal from 76 years ago
69th day- 296 days follow Cloudy + Cold Wind east and raw. Carl Bolt came up on the hill a few minutes this A.M. After work tonight I stopped in to see Pick and the kids. They are all fine. I saw a small flock of birds this A.M. but couldn’t Identify them. After supper …
68th day- 297 days follow Cloudy + Cold Very disagreeable day today. Worked all day putting fertilizer on the lawns. Bill came up on the hill for a few minutes this afternoon. I got two slides of my pot from Bill Fowler yesterday and Bill gave me one of his pot today. I went in …
67th day- 298 days follow Rain + Colder Started in to rain this morning and it froze as soon as it struck. Thel stopped up on the hill for me at noon. She had Eleanor and the kids with her. They were all here for dinner. The kids had quite a time here. I stayed …
66th day- 299 days follow Fair + Colder Split logs on the hill today. Thel, Archie, + Cozette came up on the hill about 4 P.M. and I took a ride up as far as the Hotel so we could get a good view of the surf. It was fine. Thel, Archie, Cozette, and I …
65th day- 300 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair + Warm This morning I rode my wheel up to Bubbins’ place and rehunted the plowed piece. I found several rather crude specimens. From there I rode over to the Browne site. I surface hunted and found nothing. I had my hoe and on the third scratch I …
64th day- 301 days follow Fair + Warmer The snow is melting fast today. I pumped up my bike and rode it home at noon. On the way home I stopped in to see Pic and Walder. Walder invited me to ride up to the Boston Garden with him tonight. Archie took Grandma Holman up …
63rd day- 302 days follow Fair + Warmer Very fine day Started to paint the screens today. If the snow was off it would have been like Spring. Painted screens this afternoon. Picked over some old arrowhead stock that has been down in the garage for years, some of it I found years ago. President …
62nd day- 303 days follow Fair + a (?) Warmer I saw about 20 robins up on the hill and a red-wing blackbird on Cliff St. I stopped at Pick’s on the way home from work. There was no one home. Thel took me over to town this morning. I got a hair cut and …
61st day- 304 days follow Fair + Cool I saw a robin and two purple finches up on the hill. I went to work along the outside of the beach, expected to see some things washed up but I never saw the beach so clean after a storm. The roads are very icy today. Eleanor …
60th day- 306 days follow Snow + Windy March came in like a lion this morning. The clocks stopped at 8:10 A.M. on account of down wires. I went up on the hill and over to the store. It was lighted with kerosene lamps. I got picked up in front of Chick Howland’s and got …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 