A daily journal from 76 years ago
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 …
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. …
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, + …
274th day- 92 days follow Fair + Warm We ate breakfast this morning. After breakfast and a good night’s sleep we rode all day and saw the most beautiful colored foliage that anyone could wish to look at. First we rode away up into the hills then turned back and went down by the Man …
273rd day- 93 days follow Fair + Warm 77 in the shade We got here just before sunset and have a grand view of the mountains in front of us. We rode all day through very different kind of country than yesterday for the inland is far different from the Maine shoreline. Saw more farming …
272nd day- 94 days follow (Vacation) Fair + Warmer We left Davis Island and drove over to West Southport and stopped in a store to inquire for Jesse Brewer* and the store was run by his sister and his granddaughter was there. She drove her car around the bay to where her father, Winston Brewer, …
271st day- 95 days follow (Vacation) Fair + Warmer Thel, Ski, + I went over to town and took in Bud and started on our vacation. We came up Route 1 and shot off for dinner at Standford. I saw a Florida Egret off the turnpike in a salt marsh and a bluebird after we …
270th day- 96 days follow Fair + Warmer This morning Thel and I cleaned up the house, then we took a ride down to the camp. We had dinner and I and Thel went over to Archie’s and I caught a few tiny frogs. I went over into the cove beach at the end of …
269th day- 97 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair + Warmer Helped Bud pack the beach wagon. He, Mr. H. and Mrs. H. went to Martha’s Vineyard at 10:10 A.M. Thel came up after me at Noon. Harry, Dimp, and Hank came while she was there. Priscilla took her nurse and children to Manchester, Mass. Harry came …
268th day- 98 days follow Cloudy + Cool This morning I helped Bud pick up some of his stuff and pack it so he could take it back to Long Island. This afternoon Bud and I took a ride up to Bubbins’ farm. There is about three acres plowed there but it was just harrowed …
