A daily journal from 76 years ago
73rd day- 293 days follow Fair + Milder Lots of rabbit tracks up on the hill this A.M. I dressed up to go over to see Bill after dinner and called up and no one was home. Helped Thel with the house chores. Cleaned windows and glass all the afternoon. Bud and Ski were around …
72nd day- 294 days follow Snow Flurries + Fair We had about three inches more snow last night. I did chores in the house this A.M. This afternoon I fixed up a place to work on the screens, and dug snow off the piazzas. Stopped in to see Pic and the boys on my way …
71st day- 296 days follow Fair + Cooler Chopped down cherry trees behind the barn. Thought I heard geese down in the harbor, but was not sure. Thel and Cozette went up to Brockton to get some rag material. After supper Bobbie Swift stopped for me and he and Bubbie Nick. and Archie went to …
70th day- 296 days follow Rain + Mild Rained so hard this morning. Thel and I went over to town and I did an errand in the First National Bank. Then she dropped me off at Bill’s for a couple of hours. He is feeling a lot better and Dr. Curtain has stopped treating him. …
69th day- 297 days follow Fair + Mild Fixed up some tools that needed to be repaired. Thel was out when I got home at noon. Thel took her mother for a ride up to Carver to see Roger Shevin’s dogs. He didn’t have one of the breed she wanted to buy. On my way …
68th day- 298 days follow Fair + Mild Stuck down some linoleum in the kitchen. Thel took me over to the post office and I mailed some stuff to Mrs. Hornblower. $.75. We came home up by the store and got the paper. Quite a lot of snow left us today. I went over to …
67th day- 299 days follow Rain + Warmer Thel and I [went] up to the store and up to George’s. He was having his cess pool pumped out so we took a ride down as far as Costello’s Corner. It was snowing a blizzard down there and up here just light rain. Thel took Ski …
6th day- 300 days follow Fair + Warmer Stopped in to see Pic and Walder on my way home at noon. They were just on their way to Boston to see an intercollegiate track meet at the Garden. Cobbie + Barbra came in to take care of Eric and David till they came home. After …
65th day- 301 days follow Fair + Cold Four above zero the coldest March I ever saw. When I came home at noon Thel gave me a ride down from the hill. She had Eleanor and her girls in the car. They stayed to dinner. Stopped into see Pick and the boys on the way …
64th day- 302 days follow Fair + Warmer Thel and Cozette were up on the hill this morning and we packed up the slip covers + some rugs to go to Boston to be cleaned. After dinner I went over to see Bill. He was out [for] the first time for 5 weeks. He was …
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