A daily journal from 76 years ago
254th day- 111 days follow Partly Cloudy Cooler I saw Priscilla and her two babies up on the hill this morning. After dinner I took a walk over to Walder’s, his brother Howard was up from Washington to take his two daughters back. Walder gave me a ride up to Eleanor’s, while I was there …
254th day- 112 days follow Partly Cloudy Hot Jubbie and I worked on the fire strip all day. Eleanor and the kids were here when I came home from work tonight. Bud did some grading around their house. After supper Bill Whiting came in and spent the evening. It was nice to see him looking …
253rd day- 113 days follow (Lee Hallet) Jubbie and I moved brush all day on the fire belt. Thelma and I took a ride down to the camp for a couple of hours tonight. We fished a little and we caught nothing. I saw the large garter snake twice today. Bud and Ski painted some …
252nd day- 114 days follow Foggy Fair + Warm Jubbie and I worked all day mowing on the fire strip. Thel went out tonight to a party for the help at H. Johnson’s. Ski and Bud painted on their house. After supper I went over to see Pic and Walder and spent the evening. The …
251st day- 115 days follow Fair + Hot Jubbie worked this A.M. and went up to Brockton after dinner to enlist in the Army. Watered all day, everything is drying up. We need rain fierce. Eric and David came over to visit Thel this A.M. It was her day off. After supper Thel land I …
250th day- 116 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair + Warm This A.M. I stayed home and washed up the dishes, and cleaned up my desk. George and his girls came in at noon and invited me up to dinner. After George and I ate dinner we took a ride up to Stoner Field to look for …
249th day- 117 days follow Fair + Warm This morning I took a ride up on the back road to Mr. Bubbins’ and took a look at some land he has just plowed, but it was so dry I couldn’t find anything. Rode up to Eleanor’s and had dinner with them. After Thel came out …
248th day- 118 days follow Fair + Cool This morning I rode over to town with Harry + Dimp. We left she + Hank up in town, and we hunted up Charlie Strickland and we looked over the site of the Plimouth Plantation building they are going to erect on the waterfront, close to the …
247th day- 119 days follow Fair + Warmer Watered all day today and got the gardens ready for the long week end. I dug some worms for Archie. Saw Josie Wood tonight and had a talk about birds. Edward Benes died today. There is an awful lot of robins around this fall. Eleanor and the …
246th day- 120 days follow Fair + Cool Jubbie didn’t work today. He stayed down at the pond part of the day. He went to the P.O. to enlist but found out that he will have to go to Boston. Martha has gone to Bennington to enter a girls’ school, her mother drove her up. …
