1974
JANUARY
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Henry here for dinner, watched move “Trinity”
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Pete and I walked around through hay meadow,
woods, saw fox (?); took Kanga, Shane, Song, carried Song most of the way
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Rode Cricket over to deliver message to Henry
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Thanked Mom for “stained glass angels”
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Helped J work Song, took Kanga, Shane
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Freezing rain, very icy, no school
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Pete fixed top of roll top desk
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Fed early, carried bales of hay to pond pasture
shed for burro, finished Doris Lessing’s “Particularly Cats”
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Rome Warmke here for lunch
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Wrote letters
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Kept horses tied up overnight, burros pond shed
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No school – ice
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Hill – sheet of ice, took Pete’s truck to town
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Ordered pasteurizer from Central Mill Sales
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Lunch, BBF, Pat
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“Lollypop” brought groceries up hill in pack
saddle
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Ordered matching Christmas ornaments for Pete
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Worked at desk, correspondence
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Fixed Dutch door latch, cleaned out desk drawers
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Pete, lunch w/Rome, Oak Room
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Rome moved into Peck hose
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Sunday Church, Good Shepherd
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Lunch, Dolen’s, finished Margaret Cabell Self “In Ireland”
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Sheep, LaFollette’s meadow, drove up, but
already out
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Worked on “excess” from desk
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Cut Pete’s hair
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No school, icy roads
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Listened to wolf record
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Furnace off in the night, 50 deg inside, 12 deg
outside
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Put geese down comforters on children’s beds,
Dottie Wright brought doe rabbit to buck “Beethoven”
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No school, rain/ice
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Fed extra
hay, made lemon meringue pie, backed oatmeal cookies, took cookies to Rome,
Henry, Jessie, made cheese grits
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Made up recipe box for Gayetta
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Pete graded ice on lane with bulldozer, drove
car up the hill
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Took J, P, Bill Wright, Mike Cuckler, Terry
Collins to basketball game, Pat played at half time
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Stopped to see Gayetta, gave her recipe box ,
Gary worked on J’s teeth, visited Jessie, took her mints, sweater, cookies >
Pat won basketball game
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Pete vaccinated sheep at Alice Browns all
day/evening > McDougal church Jessie and I > Betty, Abbott called >
pasteurized milk with new pasteurizer > ewe #1 ill with pregnancy disease,
Pete treated her
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Put down blue carpet from Jessie in upstairs
bathroom
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Dyed Pat’s bedspread dark brown
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Pete, treated ewe #1 > rode thru Browns, Hixon’s,
looking for sheep, rode Cricket, Pete rode Sailor
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Church, Episcopal > picked up Pat’s new
motorcycle
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Ewe #1, dead twins
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Took corn to be mixed > Janet’s birthday >
worked Apple, drove her around field behind clinic barn, rode Cricket, J rode
Shah, took Shane, Kanga, looked for sheep on Philip’s place
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Pete – Columbus horse clinic
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Church, Episcopal, word leather suede outfit,
lunch Dolen’s > rode Cricket, Pete rode Sailor, Pat rode Blaze, J rode Shah,
Wrights, Heather rode along, Shane had diabetes attack, carried him back to
Jan’s on Cricket, Jan drove him home, I rode Cricket, Heather rode Shah, led
pony > Apple, ulcer on eye
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Got insulin for Shane at Medical Center
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3 new lambs, half sheep in hay meadow, drove
Apple, Pat pulled cart
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Ground drove Apple with snaffle > J.P. stayed
for basketball game, rode home with friends > trimmed Angel’s feet > Rome
here, fed lamb on bottle, treated Apple’s eye
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Bottle fed lamb, bedded down sheep shed, 3 bales
straw > J.P. Church class > put lamb #17 in lamb pen > ground drove
Apple, let him graze in halter
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Hitched Apple to cart, exploded – ran off, tore
up harness, bent wheel, cart shaft, cut leg
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Rode Cricket, Pete rode Sailor, found dying
sheep over at Alice Brown’s > 4H drill team practice
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McDougal Church oyster supper > Pat overnight
at Harley’s
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Pete – Chillicothe calls, pasteurized milk, put
2nd lamb crate in barn, curried Apple, sheep in alfalfa meadow by
way of under water gap in small creek, told Henry sheep were in our hay meadow
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Episcopal Church, Dolen’s, curried/vacuumed
Apple > Sherry, Mike Jones, etc., picked up ewe, Apple > Pete rode Sailor
after sheep in blackberry meadow (300), rode Cricket, J rode Shah, gathered 32
sheep from cliff pasture, 20 2nd woods meadow, put them in Phillips
valley, led “Joe” Sherry’s horse down to old homesite above Dutch Creek Road
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Jerry Hartley here, worked on pump > 2 new
lambs/twins > rode Cricket, Pete rode Sailor, Forester (Armond) rode Shah,
looked over woods, here for lunch > saw sheep by back trail > Jim Farley,
Rome Warmke here for dinner, Jim overnight
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Drove around to tell Henry about 100 sheep at the
sheep gate at end of alfalfa meadow > Pete finished, put up 3rd
lambing pen
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Moved dog jumps to clinic barn from brick
garage, began Song on broad jump; put hardware cloth on broad jump, J worked
Song
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Beautiful warm weather, Lester Brown/wife here,
picked up tie-down > J.P. Communion Class
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Phone man buried line > beautiful day, sunny,
60s > PTO Open House
· Betsy here for lunch, rode Shah, I rode Cricket, took her collie and Shane > deer in blackberry meadow > I rode Cricket, Betsy rode Shah after school > Jim Farley here overnight fishing/basketball
FEBRUARY
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New lambs, 1 dead, tube fed > ran errands,
picked up Pete’s boots at Hoon’s office > Heather Wright here, watched TV
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Did chores early, Pet pulled camper out with
bulldozer, lunch at Root’s/Lancaster, to Columbus Power Show > Pete, 2
cavities filled, Gary [brother/dentist] worked on J’s braces, visited Jessie,
dinner at Gary and Aggie’s, watched snowmobile slides
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New lamb > J Farley here for dinner
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Fed early > Pete, Rome looked at more sheep
land all day > bought “Jim” Border Collie, left him with herders > Pete
bought “Cindy” Border Collie, called Sherry
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Tattooed “Cindy” > Sailor, sheep out of
pasture > icy rain > Henry K. here briefly > worked J., P. with dogs
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Rode Cricket, Pete rode Sailor, helped move
Sheep across road to Frank N.’s farm > began working with Cindy on down,
come > wrote letters > Bill Wright here overnight
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Rode Cricket, took Kanga thru blackberry meadow,
Phillips’ Place, logging road
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Plumber here, couldn’t fix pump > Rome Warmke
here for lunch > PTO Square Dance
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Thompsons here to see lambs > J. P. bowling
> Movie “The Way We Were” > beautiful snowfall
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Rome Warmke here for lunch, wrote letters
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Lunch at Oak Room > Typed letter for Pete
> John (Sheppard) here for dinner
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Pete to PCA meeting with Rome > Pete counted
sheep, 7 missing
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Pete examined Cindy’s eyes, blind left, Collie
eye anomaly
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Called Henry about Cindy, read late
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Stray female Beagle here > J. Hartley here
for breakfast, got water to the barn !!!!!! > crocus, hyacinths up > took
Maverick [horse] to Laird’s, J went along > finished reading “15 Sessions
with Kathleen Bremer”
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Dottie, Heather Wright here > cattleguard
being repaired > Pete drove over on boards > 4H Drill Team pictures, 6
kids, 6 dogs in car!
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Henry took Cindy [Collie], brought “Milliron
Bess”
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J – rabbit farm, Lancaster with Dottie Wright
> John Hanson here > made butter > Pat play Athens, basketball >
got collar for Bess > detailed lambs > Pat to motorcycle races
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McDougal Church > Rome Warmke, K Light here
for lunch > rode Cricket, Pete rode Sailor, took Kanga, hauled 3 dead sheep
off trail into brush
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Pete fixed hoe > rode Apple at Sherry’s >
stopped at C&E Hardware
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Rome here for lunch > Pete went after sheep
> Kwiawan’s pancake supper > Wind Ensemble, Classical Saxophone
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Jerry Hartley, picked up Apple, put hay (from
sheep shed – dumped in horse shed) in sheep angers > curried Apple >
wrote letters
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Frank Johnson reset Cricket, Sailer new shoes
behind > 4H dog drill team picture
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Willie LaFollette birthday, got eggs at LaFollette’s
> J. P. went to McNeil’s for weekend
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Mom’s birthday > Columbus OVMA, checked in,
went to paramedical lectures > Lunch, Pete at Neil House > organ music,
Trinity Episcopal Church > cocktails Akins room, OSU class reunion dinner,
Neil House, Pete, Phil Karnes, dance
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Puff the Magic Dragon birthday > shopped at
Lazarus downtown > dinner at Jax Roast Beef > Pete, seminar
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Toured Ohio Capital building, shopped, lunch
“Wendy’s”, Irish Art Exhibit at Met Museum, woolgrowers
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Rode Apple around thru woods > Marvin
Lawrence here overnight
· Susie’s birthday > Rode Apple in pasture, walked, trotted > J rode Maverick in long line at Laird’s > 4H Drill Team, stopped briefly at Seaman’s > took Bill Wright > worked Bess
MARCH
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Rode Apple in bottom around thru woods, J rode
Cricket > cleaned > rode Apple around pasture
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Vacuumed dogs, house > rode Apple around thru
woods, J rode Cricket > schooled Apple in field by hospital sign, J rode
Cricket
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Church, Dolen’s, schooled Apple > Pete, Rome,
Jim Warmke, ?, rode our horses to look over sheep pasture
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Rode Apple, J Cricket, P Blaze, took Shane,
Kanga; walked over jumps, around thru woods > schooled Apple
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Pete tranquilized, x-rayed Apple, pulled cart
around him > worked dogs, Bess briefly
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Guest here for dinner – John Hopkins
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Picked up Citroën at Russell’s > Pete to
Charleston > 4H Drill Team practice at barn > calf out, Don Norman helped
but him in
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Movie “Jeremiah Johnson” took P., Jim Farley,
J., Betsy > rode Apple, Betsy rode Cricket
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Doug Hensley here > to Mansfield, visited
Jessie, Gary worked on J’s braces > party at Rome Warmke’s
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Episcopal Church, Dolen’s lunch > rode Apple,
J rode Cricket, Pete rode Sailor, Pat rode Blaze > Dewormed horses, RV, VEE,
pulled sprung shoe on Apple
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Called for ATC class, worked Bess on heeling
> 4H Drill team, took Pete’s truck, stopped at Woolworth’s
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Took J to Laird’s, flat tire on truck
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Episcopal Church, ate at Baker Center >
herded sheep from Lucas’ rode Apple, Pete rode Sailor, marked fence line with
spray cans
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Checked fence repairs, walked pasture fence line
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J. Hartley here > Pete to Oak Hill >
picked up J at Booth’s showed dog’s tattoos, wrote letters
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Pete to Charleston > 4H Drill, Armory >
lunch BBF
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Took Pat and motorcycle down to Marvin’s with
Pete’s truck
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Pat, Parkersburg, 191+ , 3rd place, 3
trophies > Pete, Warmke’s, tagged, painted lambs > movie “Son of Flubber”
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McDougal Church, Pat went home with Farley’s,
dyed leads green for Drill Team > rode Cricket barefoot to check on sheep
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Deworm sheep > Dottie gave demonstration with
“Dog” > called about “Haflingers”
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Vacuumed house and dogs > R. Guthrie swabbed
well > bee inspector here
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Rode Haflinger mare, Edwina, at Robert Monsarrat’s
> Jessie died
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Saw 3 deer in alfalfa meadow
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Jackie took Apple, Shaha up to herd sheep >
4H on Parade, Dog Drill Team > Town House dinner > Pete moving sheep
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Episcopal Church, Dolen’s lunch > rode
Cricket, Pat rode motorcycle over to motorcycle club and back > dinner at
BBF > movie “The Sting”
Please forgive typos, name or place misspellings; transcription from
vintage handwriting sometimes requires a magnifying glass and random
interpretation.
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