Milliron Monday: The Journals April - June 1971

  

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.

A continuation of Jody’s Journals.

Jody’s Journals

April - June 1971

APRIL 1971

• ATC 1^st class; surprise birthday party for J L’Heureux
• Horses and sheep due to be wormed
• Betty, Abbott arrived
• 4-H Meeting 7:30 here
• Pat Cub Scouts
• Birthday dinner
• Rode Preak, led Dee around thru woods and back
• 4-H Leader’s meeting, Grange Hall
• Lunch, Perkins Pancake House with Jerry Hartley
• Went after oxygen tanks
• Baked and decorated ‘fastball’ cake
• Pearsall Clinic, two-day, took Pooh Bear, Song
• Parkersburg, Jackie Jones
• Rode Dee, Annie rode Preak, packed dogs chased us on high road at Phillip’s place
• Rode Dee, Dow Lake, Jessica rode Preak, Jerry Hartley road his new mare “Missy”
• Dog Show Hebron, J 2^nd leg
• Rode thru Phillip’s place, Fritz, Pete, Pat rode Silver Dollar
• Pete home 5 am
• Rode Dee, led Preak
• Fritz reset Dee, Preak
• Annie, ride to Dow Lake around the long way
• Bottom sown to oats, alfalfa, etc.
• Corn shelled, shopped, groceries
• Pat Cub Scout Olympics
• Rode to Dow Lake, JoAnne rode Preak, J Silver Dollar, I rode Dee
• Jerry, David Hartley here, wormed colts, horses; trimmed colts first; wormed sheet, goat; castrated lambs
• Pete left for Columbus airport 1:30 am
• Brushed colts
• I rode Preak, Dee, down 50A, up Lavelle Lane, around thru gas line road, down Hooper Ridge, around thru our woods
• Went to Chester after fertilizer
• Pat overnight – Danny

MAY

• Pete home 4:30 am
• Leave for relay ride; Fritz, Carolyn – Bad Boy 3^rd leg; Jerry Hartley, JD – Missy 2^nd leg; Pete Preak, Me Dee, 4^th leg
• Twila, new filly, small white star
• Wrote up Pete’s log sheets from pink slips
• Napped
• Churned butter
• To Charleston, Pete overnight, trailer at Colonel
• Mother’s Day, Church Good Shepherd; Motorcycle Run, Lunch Nelsonville, Izor’s worked with Karen’s dog, Shane, Mel
• Pete treated Twila, filly
• Marie due
• 4-H Officers and Advisors meeting
• Cricket foal born, bay, glass eye, white blaze, white hind stocking [Apple]
• Carolyn Bookman birthday
• Led Apple after castration
• Alice Frisco, dead colt
• Sherrie Indestadt here for lunch
• Betty’s bd, sent “mushroom” candles
• Rode Dee, J rode Angel, C. Hoon rode Silver, J. L’Heureux rode Preak, Jerry Hartley rode Misty thru Phillip’s place, lead Apple
• Sunday McDougal Church, Pete on calls, lunch at Dolen’s
• Signed up for swimming lessons
• Pete spayed, tattooed, removed tonsils – Song
• Mike Cuckler stayed overnight with Pat
• Rode Cricket, Jerry rode Misty around thru woods
• Memorial Day parade
• Made chocolate pudding
• J, P swam in pond
• Cats shots due

JUNE

• ATC practice, meet at barn
• Last day of school
• Paula rode Angel, I rode Cricket, J rode Misty around thru woods
• ATC graduation
• Paula Brown here overnight; Pt at Brown’s
• Rode to Phillip’s, checked cattle, horses, Paula rode Angel, I rode Cricket, J rode Misty
• Posse Horse Show
• Rock Mill Farm HJ Show, J L’Heureux drove, show cancelled, rained out
• 7:00 Booths – Hoons kept J, P
• Put up more screens
• Went to West’s to look at ½ Arab, brought him home, “Shah Rah”
• Rode Shah, J. P. rode ponies
• House phone installed
• Rode Shah up to Dwyer’s, J rode Angel, P rode Silver Dollar
• Fritz shoe “Shah”, reset Silver and Preak
• Ride to Dow Lake – Jerry Hartley, Booth, Welling, Worthington, Willis; Carlos rode Dee, I rode Shah, Pete Preak, J Angel, P Silver
• Took Alice to Brandt’s, picked up Marie and a filly
• Rode Preak, J rode Shah
• Rode Preak, J rode Shah, P Silver, up gas line road by Eddy’s back around Hooper Ridge
• Pete’s birthday, party here for Pete with Hansons, Izor’s, L’Heureux, Sturbois, Hartley’s, Bookman’s
• Fritz – correct Shah
• Pearsall Instructor’s Clinic
• Watched polo match, Atwood Lake Small Animal Conference thru Tuesday noon
• Went to see Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid at the drive-in
• Went to shopping mall
• ATC banquet
• Swimming
• Stopped to see Penny M
• Took horse back to Brandt’s, picked up Alice
• Rode Preak, J rode Angel, P rode Shah
• Took J. P. to Crystal Pool
• Stopped to see Homer Sayres in hospital
• Friendly town
• Buckeye Mart

 

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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