A daily journal from 76 years ago
56th day- 310 days follow Cloudy + Warmer Jubbie worked all day. I worked this morning as I have a heck of a cold and couldn’t seem to get warm, kept having chills. We cleaned the rugs and the floors in the house. Thel took her mother over to town. Took Cozette up to see …
55th day- 311 days follow Fair + Cool Jubbie and I worked all day in the grove between the house and the Greenough’s. Tom Doten and Fred were cutting down dead trees on the other side of the fence. I have a sore throat this morning. Thel went over to Nona’s and got Margery, and …
54th day- 312 days follow Partly Cloudy I went up on the hill this morning and saw Mr. H. He said Harry and Dimp are coming down for lunch. Hope I see them. This afternoon I called up Harry and he said he had got my red paint artifacts from Dr. H. O. Brew and …
53rd day- 213 days follow Snow+ Colder Geo. gave me a ride up to the store and up on the hill. Mr. H. was in the house but not up. After dinner Thel gave me a ride over to see Bill. He was a little low when I got there but cheered up a lot …
52nd day- 314 days follow Fair + Cooler Mildred called up at 11:30 P.M. Jubbie and I split logs on the front drive all the morning. Ricky Greenwood came down the drive in [an] old car. Stopped in to see Pic and Walder on my way home at noon. Thel went up to the church …
Partly Cloudy. Cooler This morning I took a walk up to Dick Adam’s house lot and didn’t find a thing, also looked over Bud Mabbitt’s garden and the sand bank. Found nothing there. Then I went up to the Browne Site and found nothing there. Came through H. H. on the way home and found …
50th day- 316 days follow Partly Warmer Cloudy Pretty fine day today quite warm.. This morningI went over to town, got a free ride over. Went up to see Bill. He was feeling a little depressed. While I was there Dick Bent and John O’Connell came in. Dick brought him up to see Bill’s …
49th day- 317 days follow (Cedar waxwings) Took a ride on the bus out to Joseph Holmes’ place in Kingston. Looked over the loam piles on his old estate, didn’t find a thing. Two fellows had hunted on it yesterday. Out by the lumber yard one of the school buses hit a hole in the …
48th day- 318 days follow (Arrowheads) Trimmed vines around the house. On the way home at noon I found a swell stemmed arrowhead in Jennie Chandler’s. It is a beauty. At noon Ripley Bullen came in and he had some files of Harry’s for me to take up on the hill. Thel took Marjory up …
47th. Day- 319 days follow Cloudy + Warmer Trimmed vines around the house this A.M. After dinner I got a ride over as far as the green with Harriet Douglas. And went from there up to see Bill and found him improving. His Dr. told him he might get up the middle of next week. …
