284th day- 82 days follow Fair Warm Thel and I took a ride up to Eleanor’s, and we waited about 20 minutes. George and Thel got Eric + David and then all of Eleanor’s family took a ride down to the canal. We had lobster for dinner + they were good. We got them at …
Saturday, Oct. 9, 1948
283rd day, 83 days follow Fair + Warm 2 A.M. The boss woke me up out of bed. I had to go up on the hill and let him in the house. The back door was stuck. 5:50 A.M. Thel and I went up to the hotel and got Bill Sherman’s wife, came back …
Friday, Oct. 8, 1948
282nd day- 84 days follow Partly Cloudy + Cool This is the (first) filler in my ever sharp pen that has ever leaked. They are not supposed to . Redo was up on the hill and he fixed the leak in the sink. I stopped to see Pic and the boys on my way home …
Thursday, Oct. 7, 1948
281st day- 85 days follow Partly Cloudy + Cool Watered all day. Quit working at 3 P.M. came home and took a bath and a change. And went over to town and met Harry Hornblower and we went into the First National Bank to attend a meeting of the director of the Plymouth Plantation. The …
Wednesday, Oct. 6, 1948
280th day- 86 days follow Partly Cloudy Cool Watered all day. I found a dead flicker under the lilac bush by my shanty. A week ago I found two dead robins. Haven’t any idea why they died. Finney’s men were up here at 6:30 A.M. to work on Ski’s house. When I came home at …
Tuesday, Oct. 5, 1948
279th day- 87 days follow Partly Cloudy + Cool Worked all day on the lawns. The express did not come for Bud’s stuff in the barn. Marie and Suzanne were here for dinner. When I got home from work Finney’s had Ski’s house on my driveway. They moved it off and left it. Mrs. Holman, …
Monday, Oct. 4, 1948
278th day- 88 days follow Fair + Cool This morning I found nobody on the hill. Mowed and raked lawns all morning. Lottie Whiting called me up at noon and said Bill is back in bed with a black toe, the circulation has stopped. After dinner I picked a bushel of wild grapes at the …
Sunday, Oct. 3, 1948
277th day- 89 days follow (Arrowheads) Cloudy + Cold This morning I took a ride up to Mr. Bubbins’ plowed land and hunted the whole place. I didn’t find as much as I had thought I would, only one fair arrowhead and about a dozen broken ones, of which I gave most of them to …
Saturday, Oct. 2, 1948
276th day- 90 days follow Fair + Hot 78 in the shade This morning we pulled out of Randolph and Thel drove through to Rockingham Park. We went in and saw the races. Thel and Ski lost $1.80 on the horses. Bud won $6.80. I have never seen so many autos in one place before. …
Friday, Oct. 1, 1948
275th day- 91 days follow Rain + Warm When we woke up this morning it was raining lightly. I went down to the store and got some milk + cereal. Went down again and looked the place over. There is a restroom, store, repair shop, and a garage all connected. There are cows, pigs, + …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 