A daily journal from 76 years ago
210th day- 155 days follow (Quail) Fair + Hot. I saw a small flock of young quail today, the first of the season. I had to bring Grog home from the hill. He had been keeping guard over the go cart. Thel got stuck up on the stand parking place. She and I took a …
209th day- 156 days follow Partly Cloudy. Hot. I went over to town after dinner and got a haircut, and Dr. Wild straightened out my glasses Bought a pair of sneakers $4.50. Some price. Got some sulphur for the roses, and a couple of traps for Japanese Beetles. Came back and trimmed hedges. Thel and …
208th day- 157 days follow Fair + Hot After Bill, Lottie, and I had breakfast, Bill gave me a ride over to my camp. The gang there were just getting up. There was Mrs. Howell and Alice, as well as Dottie and the kids. After dinner we all packed up and came home down by …
207th day- 158 days follow Fair + Hot Saw Harry, Dimp, Priscilla, and Nicky on the front porch. Harry and I took a ride up to take a look at the new location up on the Pilgrim Village property for an out of doors theater. We went over to see Carl and borrowed another putting …
206th day- 159 days follow Fair + Hot Jubbie and I trimmed all day. Moed some beds around as the folks are expecting a crowd over the weekend. Saw a rabbit on the front drive. Fannie, Archie, Cozette, Thel, and I went up to Grandma Holman’s to see how she is. She had a case …
205th day- 160 days follow Fair + Cooler Jubbie trimmed hedges all day. After supper Bud and Ski took Thel and I for a ride through Duxbury, Marshfield, Scituate, Cohasset along the So. Shore up to Nantasket Beach. We stopped over there for about an hour and tried a few of the nickel machines. We …
204th day- 161 days follow Fair + Hot Mowed most all day in back of the barn. We had a shower as we came home for dinner. Ski had her day off today and was at home at noon. Stopped at Pick’s on the way home from work. Annis was there with her new baby, …
203rd day- 162 days follow Warm + Showers Rained hard all this morning. Jubbie didn’t work today. Rip Bullin called me up at 12:30 and said he was coming in to look over some of my clay pottery. It took about three quarters of an hour to check over it. Rip came up on the …
202nd day- 163 days follow Warm + Foggy Mowed all day in back of the barn. Harry said Rip Bullin will be down here tomorrow to start in on the Winslow house at Marshfield, the one he started with Jr. Brew before the war. Thel, Cozette, and Ethel Swift spent the afternoon down at the …
201st day- 164 days follow Fair and Cooler. Went up on the hill and fixed the heater. Took a walk along Warren ave. up to Eleanor’s. Had dinner there and Geo. and I went out to see if we could find some swamp blueberries. Looked up in back of Haire’s. Nothing there. Then we went …
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