Milliron Monday: Jody's Journals April - June 1974

 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.

1974 April - June

APRIL

·        Jessie’s [Jody’s maternal grandmother] burial, Rev. Paxton, went to Hempey’s house afterwards, stopped at Red Barn near Upper Sandusky, dinner at Aggie’s [Jody’s sister-in-law]

·        Jerry Hartley picked up Maverick [horse], Brad Harter’s class at Dave Enterline’s farm

·        Aggie’s birthday > Maverick, dewormed, shots etc., x-rayed knees

·        Fed calf, picked up wildlife packet

·        Pat’s birthday > Communication Class, Dr. Rogers, took Dottie Wright

·        Puff, 1^st DHL in Columbus > ATC, Bill Jones here overnight

·        Herded reg flock down to clinic barn for shearing, Pete on calls, Brad’s Bird Dog class > Pat, Pete to Globetrotters

·        P. J. worked dogs, D. Wright here to work dog

·        Picked up traction device for Pete’s back > rode Cricket, J rode Maverick; many trees down on trails, saw 3 deer > Pat at Jan ad David’s

·        Episcopal Church, Pete ushered > Lunch, Frisch’s > rode Cricket, Pete rode Sailor, J rode Maverick, saw 2 deer lying down in hay meadow, high winds > Pete planned garden > Put up ‘special house’ in barn for horses

·        Planted trees > took corn in to be mixed, gave Harold O’Neal a ride > went to library

·        Planted spruce/pines from wildlife packet below old road below house > vacuumed dogs

·        Returned book to Booth’s > ATC

·        Planted dogwood/spruce from wildlife packet below house > rode Cricket, J rode Maverick, around thru woods over in Mathew’s ring, trillium in woods

·        Planted rest of Norway spruce (nearly 200 total), buried Hamp. Lamb #238 > looked at Jimmy Davis’ dog

·        Watered trees > picked up 2 rabbits > rode Cricket, P rode Blaze, J rode Maverick, saw 4 deer > took David back after bringing tractor back

·        Left for San Francisco > Good flight, Civic Center, Holiday Inn, dinner in China Town

·        Bus tour of city > lunch at Fishermen’s > rode cable cars, walked up Market Street to Holiday Inn

·        Civic Center, vet exhibits, ordered Brittanica, Library – Frost exhibit, Japanese Cultural Center

·        Redwoods tour, narrow gauge railing, winery tour, return by beautiful coastal drive

·        Cricket 13 years old > Alcatraz tour, State Park ship museums, ferry, walked back, rode BART, cable car, dinner Chinatown, walked to Hyatt Regency

·        Walked thru State Capitol building, city art museum, flew to LA, saw Virginia Arlo, flew to Ontario picked up “Puff” at Marti’s

·        Flew home from San Francisco

·        Episcopal Church, Dolen’s lunch > Puff’s 1^st DHL

·        Puff 9 weeks old

·        Frank Johnson shod Cricket, reset Sailor, Blaze, Maverick > cut gate out of fence > communications class, picked up Dottie Wright

 

MAY

·        Saw 3 deer at salt lick in alfalfa meadow > took “Puff” over to area behind pond pasture for “social attraction” lesson > goslings swimming in pond with 4 geese

·        Brad’s class cancelled because of rain > took Puff up to white gate in bottom, across creek twice

·        Took Puff up to barn > worked Pat with Kanga

·        Helped Pete put about 40 Western ewes in horse pasture > J lesson at Laird’s, went with Jan > sewing club wiener roast

·        Episcopal Church > met Hartley’s at Dolen’s > Teresa, Carl Fieler came home with us, rode > rode back over to Wright’s with Dottie, Heather > J fell off Maverick > put sheep in, went into town for pizza for dinner with J Hartley

·        Clayton Coffey sheared ewes, ewe jumped and knocked me back, bad bruise on chin and lower left jaw > Puff 10 weeks old > 4H Peppy Pooches

·        Voted > took J, Pam Brooks to 4H officers meeting, Dottie and I went to Communications class

·        Took Citroen SW in for checkup > drove Pete’s truck in to get trailer license for him > Shirley McNeal took me in after Cit on her way home > ATC > Bill Jones here overnight, went with P to motorcycle meeting

·        Brad Harter’s bird dog class here > visited Virgil Johnson’s training kennel near Oakhill

·        Pete planted tomatoes, cabbage, peppers > fixed gate > cleaned bridle, shepherd’s crook > churned butter > baked rhubarb pie > Pam Brooks here overnight > Maverick injured knee, rode Cricket double with J, Pam rode Blaze, saw grouse

·        Maverick penicillin > to Mansfield dentist checkup

·        Puff 11 weeks old > set out live trap for groundhogs

·        Drove over to see sheep, took Puff > worked Puff on sit, down, recall, retrieve, began “run” > Jerry, Pete to Charleston WV > drill team practice

·        Maverick 3 years old > transferred cow > J Hartley picked up Apple, Shah > ATC > 2 men here from Federal Land Bank, walked over pasture

·        Tried to move sheep, unsuccessful > Brad’s class

·        Apple 4 years old > took Jackie (shepherdess) in for errands/groceries > Shane killed groundhog, gave him antibiotics > Kanga, 2 shots for skin condition > Picked up J, Brent Chadwell after trip to Camden Park

·        Dog Show Columbus, Grand Novice, J 3^rd 196 ½ > took Puff to check fencing for cows

·        5 am to 11 herded sheep from Lowe’s down road through Joy

·        Puff 12 weeks > checked on sheep, took Puff > ran errands, took Puff, county home to check on lambs, J L’H’s office, courthouse, etc. > Left P at Brown’s for motorcycle meeting

·        Pete ill > Puff 15 ½” > Betty’s birthday > ATC, took Puff > Brad Harter’s class

·        Humane Society meeting

·        Harter’s here with go-cart

·        To Mansfield > stopped at Arabian Horse Show

·        Pete, Rome, etc., planted corn > Puff 3^rd DHL > Rode Cricket, P motorcycle over to club, saw large pilot black snake > Connors here to see “Gus”

·        Pete planted corn > Rode Blaze, P took motorcycle, met Dottie Wright at motorcycle club, rode down trail from Scatter Ridge to rifle range, down over to trail to Peach, back down > Pat and I staked tomato plants > Puff, Kanga, Shane in pond > Drive-in saw John Wayne movie “Hot Rock”

·        Drove to Amesville for blood test on Shane covered by hospital, tattooed Puff, 4H K9 Keepers and Peppy Pooches > Brad Harter bird dog demo, toured J L’H’s kennels > Marshall Adams here

·        Let Puff’s collar out a notch > Marshall left > John S here to check on brick work for chimney > ATC graduation

·        Puff 17” > began “tracking” > J L’H borrowed black show lead, practiced gaiting Puff > J and Pam Brooks to 4H Cloverettes meeting

·        Picked up P in Amesville, ball game rained out > gaited Puff

 

JUNE

·        Pete to Cincinnati, took SW > J Hartley here, went over crate with wire brush, sprayed it silver, got cedar chest, put woolens in it > practiced Puff on gaiting > ordered ribbons for 4H fair

·        1^st Christian Church

·        Took cedar chest back to house > Puff, Kanga swam on pond > walked Puff by trees just planted > Maverick bucked high, guess J fell off

·        I took lunch up to sheep camp, waited an hour, drove back to Jan’s

·        J rode Shah over to Jan’s, then Kuykendall’s

·        Took J to Ann McLaughlin’s for trip to mall to get 4H sewing material > helped in hay field > David worked on Pat’s motorcycle

·        Puff tracked 3 hot dog trails, bathed Puff > 4H Advisor’s meeting

·        Pete, Pat, herded sheep, loaded up feeders, etc., at Abdellas > AKC match Mt Vernon > dinner in Mansfield, visit to Gary/dentist

·        Episcopal Church > Pete, J took Maverick, Shah to John at sheep camp, herded sheep, took Sailor > Pat, Puff, me to match… Puff 1^st in working group over 7 pups, best in match with ribbon/trophy!

·        Hawk’s here, fixed Pat’s motorcycle, Tommy Hawk stayed overnight

·        Landmark truck, brakes failed, took out mailboxes/Messenger boxes > Pete rode looking for sheep

·        Puff tracked 3 hot god tracks > Shane blood test, heartworm neg > Pat to Fritz haircut > lunch BBF > Pat, Tommy camped out by pond

·        Took Tom Hawk home > herded sheep 10 miles or so down strip-mine, had heat stroke, terrible headache, nausea

·        Worked Puff in obedience, trot-stand, cars

·        Got plants, planted flowers by hospital, house, grass whipped down weeds

·        5:30 am got up to go sheep herding, dipped sheep, rode Shah, John rode Sailor, herded about 200 sheep down high wall, went back with truck and on foot for four ewes with young lambs

·        Rams out, herded them back from Matthews to our pasture

·        Picked up Junco > caught raccoon in live trap, Game Warden came after it > to Mansfield to Dentist/Gary

·        Rode Edwine at Rocky Fort Hunt ride with hounds, picnic supper, Mr. and Mrs. Monsarrat

·        Herded sheep, rode Sailor, J rode Shah, John rode Maverick, trucked them to new pasture, with Pete, Rome, Basil, etc., Don Norman > Pete, P, J, Basil, Rome, Clark Dewitt dinner at Oak Room

·        Checked dog trap >worked “Puff”

·        Jerry B here to survey > puppy class > Puff harness > drive to Mansfield > roads flooded here, water had been over our bridge, took 1 ½ hrs. to get home from Sugar Creek, went back over Peach Ridge

·        Checked fence, water gates in horse pasture damaged

·        Puff 4 months old > long ride home with Pete, delivered loading chute at Scotts, telephone company, etc. > Tom Hawk here overnight

·        Worked Puff

·        Dinner at Abdellas, took Herbie, Kay, Angela Everett

·        Took dogs for early morning walk, up ridge, Pete had to carry Shane partway back > worked Puff > Pete shot 2 young raccoons in alleyway of red barn

·        2 baby raccoons in hay > Pete rode Sailor, timberman rode Cricket

·        Episcopal Church > lunch Perkins > Pete worked on Junie > worked Puff, obedience

 

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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