A daily journal from 76 years ago
3340th day- 25 days follow Fair + Cool Thel took George and I up to Valley’s road at 7 A.M. and we went into the woods on the north side and found the tracks of two does. We trailed them across the tar highway and over the hills thru the scrub oaks to a big …
339th day- 26 days follow Cloudy + Snow + rain Worked up on the hill this A.M. and got my flower beds covered for the winter. After dinner Thel took me in the snow storm up by Sym[ington’s] to the Long Pond Road around by Cotton Pond, down the Beaver Dam Road to the I …
338th day- 27 days follow Fair + Warmer Bolt and I hunted some up around the Golf Links first thing this A.M. From there we went up to the Beaver Dam Road and I took the road towards Right’s place. All I saw was a red squirrel. Four raccoons had been all over the Beaver …
337th day- 28 days follow Fair + Warmer Carl Bolt called for me before I got up. He went on up to the Golf Course. I went up and met him there. We went over into the old Stone property where I hunted Mon. saw nothing. Then we went over by Big Island Pond and …
336th day- 29 days follow Fair + Warmer Worked all day alone today. Jubbie went deer hunting. Victoria came over this afternoon with the two boys. Thel and Eleanor went over to town to mail their letters to the Miss Hush contest. Finished covering up my roses. Thel went over to the Hathaways, I went …
Fair + Warmer Fair + Cool Thel took me up on the hill and from there up to John Davis’s. I went into the woods there on the North side. I stayed on this strip all day, watching trails all day. Met up with six other hunters. Checked up at night and none of us …
334th day- 31 days follow Fair + Cool This A.M. I took a walk in as far as Richard Greenwood’s, tracked four deer this side of the Stone’s entrance and two on the other side. I went into the woods and came through by the Teep Lapham farm, saw several sets of tracks in the …
333rd day- 32 days follow Arrowheads Fair today + snow flurries Jubbie and I worked on the grove. Mr. H, Mr. Bubbins, and Geo. Crowell were on the hill this A.M. Bill called up at noon and said he didn’t feel well enough to go arrowheading today. So Thel took me up to the Browne …
332nd day- 33 days follow Partly cloudy + warmer This A.M. Jubbie and I worked down on the front drive. Thel came up and made the beds. The police prowl car come up on the hill this morning. Pin [spent?] the afternoon cleaning up the house as Bud + Priscilla are expected here tonight. George …
331st day- 34 days follow Fair + Cool Went up on the hill first thing and found that Bud was in the house. Bill came up and we took a ride up to Whipples’ reservoir and met mr. Sherman up there. Dave and his family were here. Eleanor and her family and Bud were here …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 