May 30 - June 2, 1970

Saturday, May 30, 1970 Planted Garden

A nice day, still cold and windy. Not too bad. Betty over to her sisters today at East Fryeburg. Milan fishing. Bill, Billie planted the garden. Carmen here, she helped. They sat out tomato plants. Billie seeded the septic tank dirt down. Also he sat out some more lilac trees. Billie, Carmen and I down in pasture. Bill harrowed Walt’s garden, they planted. Betty, Walt came about 2 PM. Hortons, Milan, Betty, Fern here for supper. Had a baked beans supper.

Sunday, May 31, 1970

Warmer today, quite hot. Milan’s folks left at about 7 AM. I done up the work. Bill, Billie and I down to Dorothea and Dave’s to see their house. It looks so nice. Dorothea was glad we came. Came home on up through Gorham, Standish, Hiram and out to Brownfield. Got Italian sandwiches. Aunt Ava called in PM. Betty, Walt and Zak. Fern, Lloyd later. Bill and Billie relaxed all day.

Monday, June 1, 1970 Hot and Humid

Cloudy and very hot in a.m. Cleared in p.m., very hot and sunny. I called at Betty’s. Kim came up. Billie down to Lawrence’s and up to Chet’s. I did some figuring in a.m. After I came home from Betty’s I did some washing. Billie cooked steaks out on the grill. Had a good supper.

Tuesday, June 2, 1970 HOT 90 to 100° temp, Root Beer

A very hot humid day. I washed, did regular work. Betty, Kim and Zak came up, we made root beer. First batch this year. I went down to Betty’s in p.m., we set out her phloxs and I helped her clean up a mess of pine spills. We sat on breezeway, so many bugs outside. Billie back to work after a weeks vacation.