A daily journal from 76 years ago
167th day- 199 days follow (Garden Club day) Partly Cloudy Partly Fair At 12 N. the two police arrived on the hill to take care of parking the cars for the Boston or State Gardens Clubs that were visiting today. I think about 150 people came today and they seemed to enjoy the place. Priscilla …
166th day- 200 days follow Fair + Warm Mrs. H. was on the hill today. She left for Boston at 4 P.M. Finished up the cutting garden. Mowed and rolled the Bowling Green. When I got home from work, Thel and I took a ride down to the camp. We had supper, then took a …
165th day- 201 days follow Rain + Fog Charlie Sherman came up and got me at 9 A.M. and we took a ride out to Attleboro to meeting of the Executive members of the Mass. Arch. Soc. Lee, Maurice, Rip. Borden, Eklaw, I and one other was there. We finished the meeting about 2 P.M. …
164th day- 202 days follow Cloudy + light shower Mr. Delano was up on the hill and he put on the new weather vane. Fred Moon was up on the hill.
163rd day- 203 days follow (Arrowheads) Cloudy + Warmer Worked on the cutting garden today. Fred Moon was up today. Eleanor came and got me after supper and I stayed there till Thel got through work at 12:25. Then we took some of the help home. I dug a little up back of the sand …
162nd day- 204 days follow Cloudy + Cool Worked all day on the old rose garden. Fred Moon worked today. Walder and I went up to the hospital tonight to see Pic and the baby. I went over to Walder’s and he fixed up my income tax.
161st day- 265 days follow Thunder Showers and Cold Trimmed around the lawn and some of the hedges. Fred Moon was up on the hill. When I came home Thel sent for me to come up to Eleanor’s for supper as the Pope house caught on fire during the thunder storm. Mrs. Melville put some …
160th day- 206 days follow Cloudy + Warm Thunder storm last night and it rained like time. I mowed the rough all day, all the way around the house. Jubbie chopped down the white pine tree in front of the house. Fred Moon was up on the hill patching up. The women were up on …
159th day- 207 days follow Cloudy + Showers Transplanted flower beds today. Jubbie chopped down some trees. After supper Thel, Cozette, Archie, and I took a ride up to Powder Horn Pond to Eddie Hathaway’s camp. The men and kids went fishing and caught slews of hornpout, only four big enough to keep. We stayed …
158th day- 208 days follow (Arrowheads) Harry has a new daughter Fair + Warm This is the first real summer day we have had this season. I started out at 8 A.M. and rode my bike up to Bubbins’. Saw Mrs. Bubbins. Hunted their land for a couple of hours and found one very large …
