A daily journal from 76 years ago
160th day- 205 days follow Cloudy + Clearing Mrs. H. was up on the hill this A.M. Mowed with a scythe all day. Fred Moon was up on the hill. Charlie Holman has to appear in court again in two weeks. Thel and I did some shooting tonight. I got a letter from the boy …
159th day- 206 days follow Cold + Rain Thel went over to the police station and bailed Charlie Holman out. Went up on the hill, saw Mrs. H. and Bud. Stopped in to see Walder and Pic on the way back. After dinner Thel and I went up and played crib with Geo. and Eleanor. …
158th day- 207 days follow Cloudy + Cool Mr. and Mrs. H., Bud + Priscilla are down. After dinner Bill and I went out to the Kingston site and we dug all the afternoon. Bill got one fine large triangle arrowhead, one fine flint drill, and some pottery and one broken point. Adrian found a …
157th day- 208 days follow Fair + Hot Worked in the cutting garden and in the barn. Got Arthur to move some wood for me. John Palavanchi is painting the Ross house. The Armorildin (?) I bought up at the flower show is in bloom now. Geo. Stefani called up after supper to see if …
156th day- 209 days follow Fair + Warm Worked on annual flower beds transplanting. I set a couple of traps under the front porch up on the hill this morning for the chuck that ate up the flower bed. I went up to look at them just before I started for home and I had …
155th day- 210 days follow Fair + Cool. Fine day to work today. Weeded in the flower beds today. After work I rode my wheel over to River St. to look at my boat. It is ok, so I went and took a look at the sand bank. There is a small shell pit breaking …
154th day- 211 days follow Warm + Showers. Cool. Went to town this morning, paid my water tax. Went out to the Armory and got the ammunition Clarkie said was for me. Got a hair cut. I got two dozen arrow tips Had a hard shower in the forenoon and one in the afternoon. Phil …
153rd day- 212 days follow Fair + Mild Called up Mrs. H. this A.M. Defrosted the refrigerator and watered lawns. Saw chipmunks on the green wall. After supper Dick Bent came up to get the proofs of the pictures I took of the Rock Cave. Thel and I did some target shooting tonight. We didn’t …
152nd day- 213 days follow (Betty Covell) Fair + Cool. I heard Betty Covell had a daughter born yesterday. Went up on the hill this A.M. and stopped in to see Pic and Walder on the way back. After dinner we went up to Eleanor’s and got her and the two kids. We went up …
151st day- 214 days follow Fair +Cooler Painted lawn furniture this A.M. Thel and I did some shooting after dinner. Bill came up and we went out to the Kingston Site and I finished out my two sections and found three hearths, all three in a space of ten feet. No one that was there …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 