Milliron Monday: The Journals October - December 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

October - December 1971

OCTOBER

·        Gary Franklin’s birthday

·        Pete, Bob, left for Pennsylvania for three days

·        Pat, went on calls with Pete

·        4-H party Gold Seal Club

·        Rode Preak, J rode Shah

·        Sore right shoulder, neck

·        3 colts, Coggin’s test

·        Cut Pete’s hair

·        Rode Preak, men on motorcycle trail, saw 2 deer, 2 fawns, grouse in the hay meadow: beautiful bright day

·        J and I picked apples, baked apple pie

·        4-H Achievement Night

·        JoAnne Hanson’s birthday

·        Fritz tightened up Preak’s shoes, trimmed Maverick, Apple, 3 colts

·        Libby 4 am to room > 7 pups; began labor 10 pm Wed night

·        Leave for Ironton ride, 2 days, beautiful trails! 4^th place, arrived home 2:30 am

·        Sunday, McDougal Church

·        Herded cows, 31 in Phillip’s corral, 4 in barn corral

·        John Hanson’s birthday

·        Talked with Hazel, Humane Society

·        Got corn mixed, ran errands, groceries

·        Took J to Logan, J stayed with Doris Churchill’s campers

·        4-H Trail Clinic, rain all weekend

·        Went to see “Dracula,” Hartley’s over, to Booth’s afterward

·        Irene Vanscoy here; Rotary Club demonstration

·        Mom, Dad’s 42^nd Wedding Anniversary

·        ATC, took rabbits, guinea pigs, mice, Pooh

·        Led, brushed colts

·        J, P > McDougal Halloween Party

·        J > Holly Booth’s Halloween Party

·        Worked colts, led from Preak and Shah, also on foot

NOVEMBER

·        VOTE!

·        Take race colts to Columbus

·        Standardbred sale

·        Sunday McDougal Church

·        Worm 3 SB mares, 2 fillies; Alice, Marie, Twila pregnant; got steer from Silva’s

·        Watched movie, “North Country”

·        Melody gone overnight

·        Melody returned, stroke?

·        Took 1 steer to stock sale, 1 to Warmke’s

·        Melody died, buried left of bell post on edge of yard

·        Holiday House, Athens

·        Had corn shelled

·        Picked up Holly Booth

·        Holly rode Shah, spent an hour “deburring” Cricket’s forelock and mane; rode in very cold rain

·        Nancy Klinkerman’s birthday

·        Sunday Church of the Good Shepherd

·        Worm horses, steakhouse lunch, Booth’s

·        Thanksgiving – roast goose, backed pumpkin pies, played Monopoly

·        Gary, Aggie, family here for dinner

·        Sunday Church, Episcopal, Pete, me, Gary, Aggie

·        Drove around farm border looking for deer hunters

·        D. Hensley here to look at pups

·        Walked up to cliff pasture – saw deer

·        Drove around roads 2 times looking for hunters

·        ATC graduation

DECEMBER

·        Saw 2 deer hunters (by truck)

·        To Chicago, 4-day meeting; Art Institute, Lincoln Park Zoo, Museum of Natural History, Pete new suit – Morris Men’s Store

·        Denver here all day

·        Took clothes to Salvation Army box

·        Sunday Episcopal Church

·        Rode Cricket, J rode Shah, checked horses at Phillips, saw 3 deer

·        Apple, feet trim

·        Pat stayed at Hanson’s; Jessica slumber party – Holly Booth, Angela Hanson, Brenda Russell, Paula Brown, Ann McLaughlin

·        Took Paula, Holly home

·        To Mansfield, lunch with Gary and Aggie, Christmas shopping at Mansfield Mall, met Pete at Columbus Airport

·        In bed with bad cold

·        Note to write Sohio for Colorado trip routing, maps, etc.

·        Worm horses next February, rabies, pregnancy check

Of Note:

·        Books lent/borrowed 1971, returned: Jerry Hartley, “Bobcat”; J.D. “Leg at Each Corner”; Fritz “Trotter and Pacer Manual”; Jan Worthington “Fitzgerald”

 

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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