Milliron Monday: The Journals April - June 1969

 

Abbott "Pete" Smith D.V.M.:  June 16, 1938 - February 22, 2010

Virginia Joyann "Jody" Haley Smith: April 2, 1938 - May 9, 2021

Welcome to Milliron Monday where every Monday we celebrate the legacy of Milliron Farm and Clinic, Dr. Pete and Jody Smith.

Step back in time and peruse the annals of Jody’s Journals. For those who have journeyed through the Milliron chronicles and blog entries, the names and locales will undoubtedly resonate with familiarity. In the year of 1969, shopping centers, eateries, and various establishments have come and gone, leaving their ephemeral marks. Athens County and the broader expanse of southeastern Ohio continue their inexorable evolution, even to this day.

Herein lies a summary for this entry: In Mansfield, Ohio, Gary, Jody’s brother, practices dentistry and is wed to Aggie; Gary also served as the Smith family’s dentist. Jessie, the matriarch, is Jody’s grandmother. The initials J and P denote Jessica and Pat, respectively. Pets are typically bestowed with singular monikers. Noteworthy highlights from this quarter include: turtle soup, a new bull, and the arrival of new ponies.

The Journals

April – June 1969

 

APRIL

·        Trefa, 8 years old

·        Napped, sore throat

·        Grapefruit arrived from Jessie

·        Box of covered nuts, bracelets, PJs for J & P from Meme and Bart

·        Picked up, pasteurized milk

·        Dinner, Gallipolis

·        Rode with Pete on calls, stayed from 1 to 6 am at Oak Hill at J.L. Brown’s

·        Angela’s birthday

·        Picked up Blickles trailer for bull testing

·        Sherry Indestadt picked up mare, Cricket

·        Got groceries

·        Watched Laura jump “Fritz”

·        Drove on calls for Pete

·        Church service, took Jessica, Mrs. Connor answered phone, took care of Pat

·        Shaver’s here

·        Aggie’s birthday

·        Took J., P. swimming, picked up Pete’s keychain

·        Baby baptism, Izor’s house afterwards

·        Sunday Church, Pete went on calls, I left for Mansfield w J and P; dinner w Lois, John, family there, went bowling, Gary worked on teeth, x-rayed

·        Slept late

·        Gary worked on my teeth

·        Dinner, J and P, Lancaster

·        Didn’t get milk, Pat’s birthday

·        Churned butter

·        Baked cakes, froze one

·        Angela, John here for supper

·        John stayed overnight; Jessica stayed at Hanson’s

·        Drove Pete on calls, Mrs. Connor babysat

·        Dwaine Rutherford’s birthday

·        Rode Starboy, saw deer, 2 grouse in woods

·        Picked up milk

·        Took Jessica out to ride McClain’s pony, Pat, fishing

·        Vaccinated Starboy, Silver

·        Trail ride to Shawnee: Sherry Indestadt, Sheryl Crossen, Pete, Jessica, beautiful day!

·        Skitter, 5 kittens! 3 yellow, 1 black (males), 1 black calico female > picked up wildlife packets

·        Went on calls with Pete, I drove > Mrs. Connor babysat

·        Picked up J, P, drove to Marietta for Pete, stopped at museums

·        1 new calf > Jessica went on calls with Pete > Denver here > planted trees, crows watched > Mrs. Connor answered phone > Rode Starboy, counted calves thru Scott’s woods > Horse Show Oak Hill, took Denver, saw Sarah Evans, Tom Maddox, dinner with horse club

·        Rode Starboy 5 am – 6 am, cow out on highway, put her in

·        Cow out again, Bill fixed fence, trotted Starboy 1 mile out, 7 minutes

·        Horses out on highway, fixed post and rail fence

·        Cricket’s birthday today, 4/25/61

·        Ran errands for Pete

·        Kept Denver most of the day, cleaned house (finally!) > Rode Starboy, J rode Gigolo, Pat rode Tinker Toy, Denver rode Silver

·        Rode up to Hartley’s, left 7 am, tracked riders to Burr Oak, dam, across road, caught up with them on Buckeye Trail, lunch in Murray City, stopped at Fritz Bookman’s, rode on home

·        D. Grigsby borrowed, returned pony cinch; Sturbois delivered bull

·        Rode Starboy, put new bull in corral, herded Lucas’ bull back to their barn

·        Took Sherry Indestadt up to Beulah Park > Joan, Mrs. Connor answered phone

 

MAY

·        Rode Starboy around fields, tried to help exercise horses in hospital

·        Pasteurized milk

·        Fed horses; ponies Epsom Salts

·        Eddy’s, deliver sheep, 5 Suffolk ewes, 2 lambs, 1 ewe, 1 buck

·        Sunday Church > vaccinated cats, new Suffolk lamb > family rode around thru Brown’s Phillips with Pete > exercised hospital horses

·        Eddie, Bill hauled trash to Floodwood dump

·        Rode Starboy, herded cows in out of woods, Pete stayed in Chillicothe overnight

·        Penned sheep, rain; Mrs. Whalen here, took goose eggs, baby lamb > picked up 3 sacks of trash on bottom > Pete stayed at Dewitt’s overnight

·        Pete – truck broke down, Bill went after him > Pete stayed overnight at Pecks

·        Kept Denver most of the day > Jessica made brownies > sheep sheared, Dave Boudinot and father (Keith) sheared 2 > rode Starboy in the rain, checked fences

·        Sunday Church > Starboy, Gigolo, shod > Larry Ritchie, bull > put ewes in barn, Pete sheared them

·        Drove Joan’s car, ran errands for Pete

·        Took J, P, to school, saw 3 deer, mailed packages > Fogelsong brought 2 pony mares > Sherry, Ann here for lunch > mowed part of yard

·        11:30 Dr. Baldwin, Pat, infected chin > got new boots at Mac’s > finished mowing yard, pruned roses, bushes, window box

·        Nursery school visits 9 am – 11 am > Rose Wood, Jessica – Pat helped, kept Pat home all day, soaked chin > Joan took J to school at noon > Denver rode Silver, Pat rode Tinker Toy, Jessica rode new pony mare, I rode Starboy

·        9:30 ride to Dow Lake, Annie Alden, Gill Whalen, Jessica > 8 pm play, Fritz, Carolyn Bookman (Pete arrived 10:30) > Chuck, Joan’s first anniversary, sent gift of books

·        Church Sunday > Pat went with Pete on calls > wormed new pony mare, turned her out

·        13 baby ducklings from Dilly in hay mow > churned butter

·        Sassy – 2 baby goats! Both boys > Betty, Abbott arrived, brought watermelon

·        Abbott rode on calls with Pete > Betty pruned lilac, planted “salad” garden, window box > rode around thru Browns, Phillips, Betty rode Jiggs, Abbott rode Pepsi

·        Betty’s birthday > gave her Alan Paton’s South African Tragedy > milked Sassy twice > Pete wormed filly, trimmed feet > Jim called

·        Sunday Church Open House > Dr. and Mrs. Joe S. here

·        Wormed Skitter, Trefa, Pooh > Bill hooked up cistern pump > Denver, J, P, rode ponies, put saddle, snaffle bridle on filly pony

·        Rode “Angel” to get horses, rode Gigolo back > Nancy Yaw, Mike Buckles here

·        Sherry shod horses, Al bred Cricket > went to Coolville after slides for Pete > helped Pete in barn until 3 am

·        4 pm Circus, took Mary Jane, Roberta Stobart, J, P, Denver

·        Helped Pete in barn > wormed horses, trimmed ponies, burros feet

·        Sunday Church McDougal Chapel > Ed Sullivan show 

JUNE

·        Last day of school > Jessica tonsillitis, home from school

·        9:30 Sister James, 1^st grade, Pat helped > kept Denver

·        Kept Denver, Lunch BBG, Pat new shoes

·        House of Glamor > Mrs. Whalen, Annie rode Cricket, Gigolo > 4 pm Shamrock Studio > Policeman’s Ball, Mrs. Connor babysat, answered phone

·        Sunday Church Good Shepherd > Lady Montdale, ram lamb > picnic McDougal Church > to Dow Lake swimming >

·        Gave Skitter, Pooh, Trefa distemper, rabies shots > Pete home from calls 2 am

·        Put out 3 turtle “floats” > planted poppies

·        Angela here > Pat Hanson's overnight > Hartley’s here, looked at vet slides

·        J. Phelps washed windows, put up screens > showed Mrs. Donovan form, etc.

·        Caught small snapper in pond down by barn

·        1-3 Cindy Lucas’ birthday party, Jessica work in attic > Persimmon 1 year old

·        Sunday Church McDougal > Annie, Dr. Alden here to ride Gigolo

·        Pete’s birthday, picked up Sears orders

·        Loaded buck up for Ed Sheridan > took wool to Phil Kasler

·        Denver, John, Angela here > herded cows in, Larry Ritchie took them to Langel’s

·        Morgan Gold Cup Show, stayed at Gary/Aggies

·        Took Jessica out to cabin, saw Dr. Katen, Gary put in inlay, checked Pat’s teeth, fluoride treatment, filled cavity for Jessica; stopped at Gold Cup Show on way home

·        Sunday Church Episcopal

·        Rode Starboy bareback, J. P. Denver rode ponies

·        Lunged clinic horses > picked up J’s saddle blanket at Rutters, got saddlebags at Hunters > rode Starboy, J – P rode ponies over to Windy Hills > Pete stayed at Oakhill overnight

·        Dave Evans here > trail ride to Dow Lake, down to store, back to Peach Ridge by motorcycle trail, home thru Browns, delicious wild raspberries beginning to ripen; Gill Whalen rode Cricket, Ann Alden rode Gigolo, Pat, Jessica rode TT and Silver Dollar > killed, cut up snapper

·        Dave Evans here > farewell party, Whalen’s lamb bake, fairgrounds, western music, Millview Inn, saw Meeks there, Mrs. Connor babysat

·        Dave Evans here > worked on trails with Pat, Jessica, Eddie > I cut my lip, Pat cut elbow > picked up drugs at bus station

·        Ellen here, took yellow kittens > 9 pm, Annie Alden rode Jiggs, Gill rode Pepsi, moonlit ride, lane by Eddy’s

·        Gill, Annie drove route to Zaleski Bridle Trails, shopped, went to Children’s Library 

Please forgive typos, name or place misspellings; transcription from

vintage handwriting sometimes requires a magnifying glass and random

interpretation.

Enjoy the journey!

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