A daily journal from 76 years ago
245th day- 121 days follow Fair + Cooler This has been a regular fall day fine to work. Fertilized the bowling green. Before supper I mowed down the grass and weeds in the yard. We have had several auto accidents some of them serious during the past week. Bud and Ski are painting the novelty …
244th day- 122 days follow Cloudy + Cooler Worked all day cleaning up the flower beds. Thel went out tonight to a Club supper. I saw the sparrow hawk by the pool garden. The Flycatchers have young in their nest, probably their second litter. After supper I called on Mr. Thatcher and spent a pleasant …
243rd day- 123 days follow Fair + Cooler Watered all day. After supper Thel and I took a ride down to the camp. Dave and all his family are there to stay till next Monday. I waded out on the point and cast a plug for an hour but didn’t get a bite. Dave got …
242nd day- 124 days follow Hot but some Breeze George got me this A.M. and I went up to his house for dinner. After dinner we washed the car and took a ride down as far as Mashpee and back. This evening Thel, Ski, Bud, and I took a ride down to Valler’s and had …
241st day- 125 days follow (Cliff Swallow’s nest) Hot + Hotter This has been the third [day] that the glass has been close to 100. After dinner I [?] Chief Justice Hughes died on the Cape last night. Saw a sparrow hawk up on the hill today. After dinner I took a walk down to …
Hot + Hotter This evening we all worked putting up novelty siding on Ski’s house. Just after dark Dave, Dot, and Davene, and Jesse III came in for a short while on their way to the camp. This has been a son-of-a-gun of a day to sweat doing nothing. Someone called me up fro the …
239th day- 127 days follow Hot + Hotter Watered all day. Jubbie took the afternoon off and went down to the pond. After supper Thel and I took a ride down to the camp and idt sure was hot. I went fishing, casting a plug off the point just before dark. I got a strike …
238th day- 128 days follow Hot + Hotter This had been a scorcher. I put Sanesen [?] on the bowling green. Some of the lumber came for Ski’s house. I expect that the carpenter will start on it tomorrow. Bobbie, Gretchen, and their baby came up this evening before dark. The baby stroke the horse. …
237th day- 129 days follow Fair + hot Jubbie and I finished up the front drive gutters. At noon Thel and I took a ride down to the camp. We both went out fishing for an hour or so and Thel went ashore as we couldn’t get a bite. I went out again right off …
236th day- 130 days follow Fair + Warm Watered all day. After supper Bud, Ski,Thel and I took a ride down to the Canal, over the Sagamore Bridge, along the south side, back over the Bourne Bridge, and through Buzzards Bay, and Carver home.
