A daily journal from 76 years ago
287th day- 79 days follow Fair + Warm Geo. Crowell came up on the hill this A.M. to look at Harry’s stove that was in the horse stall. Later one of the C.C.C. Co. trucks came up and got it. Took a little time off this afternoon + went up to the site, dug in …
286th day- 80 days follow Fair + Warm This morning Thel and I took a ride up to Sailor Tom’s and I had oyster stew and Thel had fried clams. From there we went over to see Howard Torrey in Reading and had a good look at his Cape Cod Indian artifacts. We stayed there …
285th day- 81 days follow Mild + Cloudy This has been a big day in baseball. The Boston Braves lost the World Series to Cleveland by a score of 4 and 3. Saw two small snakes and a large hawk and several crows up on the hill. Ski had her day off. Short has had …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
