Milliron Monday: The Journals January - March 1972

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

January - March 1972

JANUARY

·        Played hearts

·        Bakers, dinner, C. Fry babysat

·        Took pups down to clinic, had 3^rd DHL shots

·        Fritz > removed shoes, trimmed feet, Preak, Silver; trimmed Shah, Maverick, Apple

·        Hurt left leg/sheep

·        Mended coats

·        5 am, left for Citroen dealer > Bill drove Pete’s car

·        Stopped at Gary, Aggie’s, saw Jessie, went snowmobiling

·        Got new station wagon!

·        Pat, left eye hurt playing basketball

·        Picked up Pat’s iguana at Foster’s

·        took load of corn to be ground

·        Marvin L. here overnight

·        Well swabbed

·        Very cold – below zero

·        Rode Cricket, checked horses on Phillips place, saw 7 deer

·        Janet’s birthday

·        Dinner, Burr Oak, Warmke’s > Jan babysat

·        Christie Lash ill, I worked in office

·        Picked up Pat, went to Buckeye Mart > brought Sailor from Jim Sickles for Pat > stopped to see Laird Gassan

·        I rode Shah, Pete rode Silver, Preak took Pat through the barn door, nailed up barn door

·        Wes Keirns family here for dinner

FEBRUARY

·        Snow, no school > Paul Brown here overnight, Pat at Tim’s

·        Snow, no church at McDougal, went to Good Shepherd

·        Pete took Missy from Logan to Pomeroy

·        Rode Preak, beautiful snow storm thru Browns, up Dutch Creek, back thru Phillips place > Went to play, Jean Brodie, J. Crall babysat

·        Fritz’s birthday

·        ½ beef to Warmkes

·        Sunday McDougal Church > wormed sheep, trimmed feet, Jerry Hartley helped

·        Going away party for Rome Warmke; Jan babysat

·        Susie’s birthday

MARCH

·        Pete, Vet meeting > Charleston, drove all night to Washington; Jan Crall babysat

·        Vet meeting > saw Belgians > drove home in snow > arrived 4 am

·        To Hartley's for dinner, pizza, movie > Bigfoot, Wilderness Journey

·        Penned up Tinker, Bill, 2 lambs, 2 bucks on pond pasture

·        McDonald’s picked up Little Puppy

·        Put 2 wethers [castrated male sheep] down in hospital

·        Rode Shah Raub over to Nancy Wildermuth’s

·        Katrina Izor, 3 years old

·        Congregational Church > Marietta dinner, Lyle, Burt, Hank, Mary > Broughton’s Farm, picked up trailer > birthday dinner for Bob Matthews at Windy Hills

·        Returned trailer to Blickles, truck stuck

·        Went to Marietta, dog school instruction, to watch Don C, took Jessica

·        Attended PTO meeting

·        PTO Carnival

·        Went to Mansfield > picked up Jessie, 88^th birthday 

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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