A daily journal from 76 years ago
Fair + Hot Some one smashed off the sign at the foot of the drive. Saw Mary Gallagher. Trimmed trees all day. Ski went back to work today. She sure is one of the spunkiest girls I ever knew. Thel’s kitten we got up at Dave’s. We named her Panzy, and she thinks my shoulder …
299th day-66 days follow (Ski is Engaged) Fair + Hot We all got up at 6:30 A.M. and by 9:15 we were on our way up to Lake Winnipesaukee in N.H. One of the finest days I ever saw, clear and warm. We stopped to see some snakes. We saw Alton where Oscar and Frieda …
298th day- 67 days follow Fair + Hot After dinner Thel and I took a ride over to Bridgewater to the dig. We were lucky to find Doug Byers, Fred Johnson, and Dr. Kirk Bryan. Maurice Robbins and Bill Fowler and Bill Bryant of the Warren K. Morehead Chapter were there. From there we went …
297th day- 68 days follow Somehow I have lost a day. Must have slept around the clock. So the opposite is Friday instead of Thursday. Sat. Dave called up at 10 P.M. He said the fire was about five miles from his house.
296th day- 69 days follow Fair, Smokey, Cooler This is the first time I have ever heard the fog horn blow all day on account of smoke. Bar Harbor was completely burned out today by forest fires. Started to trim about the groves in back of the barn. Geo. Crowell came up on the hill …
295th day- 70 days follow (Ski’s first day on a new job) Fair + Cooler Mrs. H. Went to Boston today. I saw a woodcock up on the hill. There are some terrible forest fires burning all over New England. There has been no rain so far this month and the woods are dry as …
Fair + Cooler Saw two grey squirrels in the apple tree at the same time today. Mrs. Fraser is worse. After dinner she was taken up to the hospital in Boston. Thel took Dot up and brought her and Charlie back. Ski got a new job at Cooper Drug store. Bar* girl at $30 a …
293rd day- 72 days follow Fair + Cooler After supper Thel and I went up to Eleanor’s and she went with us up to Whitman to see Dave’s new son, Jesse Robert Brewer. Mrs. Nowell’s sister and her mother were there. We stayed til 10:30 P.M. We had a pleasant visit. Eleanor dropped by on …
292nd day- 73 days follow Foggy + Warm Pick came in at breakfast time. She took me up on the hill and up to George’s and over to town. We all went to the gymkhana after dinner. It was very good and a lot of competition. She and Peterson was well on their way for …
291st day- 74 days follow Fair + Warm So hot that Bill and I didn’t go over to the dig as we had planned. Thel went over to the Unitarian Church this afternoon to help get the supper for the gang tonight. The Mass. Arch. Soc. had their meeting tonight at the Unitarian Church hall. …
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