1975
January
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New Year’s Day, Pete bulldozed barn area/lane
> played Hearts, popcorn
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Russ started Citroen, picked up J at sheep camp,
took John back > hauled in dead lamb/ewe with Angel
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Watched sheep, took Bess
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Canton show, took J, Doug O., Puff Best of Winners
> Pete, Pat Church, dinner with Rome Warmke, Oak Room
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1st day of work, shepherd Ed Anderson
> took Kanga over to get sheep off of Ed Hixon’s lawn/garden
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John took lambs to sale at Lancaster > helped
herd sheep in
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Drove truck to ATC, ACKC information class, took
Puff
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Took corn to Landmark, shopped
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Hauled dead ewe out of barn > hauled 2 ewes
killed by dogs out of creek with Angel, took Puff > used Kanga, shepherd’s
crook, to bring ewe (1202) down from 1st woods meadow > Daddy
surgery
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Abbott called > J Pony Club > P basketball
game w Mike, Bill
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Church of Good Shepherd > #17 ewe, ram lamb
> walked thru woods, pastures, snowstorm, beautiful
·
Fed, took Puff, Pat, Kanga, walked up thru
woods, saw 3 deer in bottom > PET, Parkersburg > got stuck on hill
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John here for breakfast > took Puff to feed,
let him run in meadows/woods
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Used Puff to find my glove > went to Alice
Brown’s, Stanley called, sheep trampling
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J Jones, took J Crall, Jacob, Puff, search,
cross track, 3 gloves > Ralph Guthrie swabbed well > picked up Ed at
sheep camp > watched sheep while John tried to start camper, took Puff
·
Pete picked corn
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Church of Good Shepherd > kids, pizza/bowling
> picked up Great Pyrenees bitch “Boo” near Shelby > snow covered roads
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Let dogs run in paddock with Boo > P hit head
at school, Pete went after him, my station wagon wouldn’t start
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Marion Dog Show – took Joyce Nelson, Joann
Crawford
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Pete banded lambs
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Pete repaired barn door, hay rack, etc. >
worked Bess in barn and corral w sheep
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Up at 4 am, Pete off to Cincinnati for
acupuncture course
·
Fed, took Puff, Boo, built pens for sick Hamp
ewe, new Hamp ewe and lamb > Tracked Puff, 2 tracks, Jan had flu, didn’t go
> took water to shepherd, Jeff, gave him $18 > Doug O’Dell here with
map
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Went to see Grapes of Wrath and Brother
of the Wind, ate at Townhouse
February
·
Pat broke glasses > Lunch at Dairy Queen >
cut tails on lambs which had been banded
·
Up at 6 am, rode Cricket, J rode Apple, looked
for sheep on Phillips’ place, took Kanga, watched sheep at Spires while John
worked Jim to bring more sheep > John got sheep from Hixon’s, drover over to
check on sheepherder > Pete home early from Cincinnati
·
Took SW to Russell’s > Jeff, sheepherder,
injured arm, left sheep scattered all over Phillips place > gathered sheep with
Kanga, Pete watched, used Jim, in snow/ran/all day > watched All
Creatures Great and Small
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Signed deed to Warmke house > 3 dogs into
Western sheep in hay meadow, Pete shot ewe with torn face off
·
Put 3 sponges out on fence between hay meadow
and blackberry meadow, brought in dead and injured sheep > J Jones took Puff
across stream twice, thru woods > stopped at Pat’s basketball game > Pete
trustee meeting
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Fed, took Bess, walked over meadows, closed
gate, checked sponges
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Watched sheep > Pete, Jerry Hartley to
Charleston WV > Jessica laid track for Puff across creek twice, got dog
trap, stopped at Dottie’s, went to Hunter’s for collar for Book > cut off
tails, scrotums on lambs > ran Puff on track after dark
·
Pete, Jerry Hartley picked corn > banded newborn
Hamp ewe lamb > watched sheep, part of afternoon > Jessica, Pony Club movies
> brought 3 Suffolk rams to hospital barn from alfalfa field
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Watched sheep > Pete, John picked corn >
men from Producers here to look at sheep > drove/walked 2 wild sheep off hill
(hay meadow)
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Pete, John finished picking corn > watched
sheep in small pasture, built “imaginary stick fence”
·
Took grain to town > picked up beef at
Corning
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Pete put grain at barn > rode Cricket, put 8
Western ewes into horse pasture – barn, put 2 Western ewes, 3 rams in with big
flock at Jan’s, found 2 dead rams on gas line road hill; several dead ewes,
scattered (used Jim)
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Got 2 rams at Hixson, 15 ewes Dutch Creek, took
ewes to Jan’s
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Dogs killed ewe at Alice Brown’s, caught 1, shot
other one > picked up Bill Wright > sorted sheep from red barn
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Episcopal Church, Dolen’s lunch, worked on
cleaning out hay loft (red barn) > looked for injured ewe without success,
brought in dead ewe
·
Took J, P, Nathan to Amesville for bus > put 4
more Western ewes in clinic barn
·
Pete sick, flu > put 7 Western ewes, 1 Hamp
ram into clinic barn with Jim
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Put 3 sponges up on gates > took Ben to
Hunter’s to try new collar > ATC Maplewood Inn
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Took 4 lambs to Snaps [meat processor] > took
2 lambs, 2 Hamps, crippled ewe out of large flock > Henry took rams, ewes at
clinic down to Jan’s > rode Cricket, found bloodied sheep, killed by dogs at
Alice Brown’s > J Jones took Puff through woods, across stream > moonlit
night, walked up to look for dogs
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Pete to Columbus, State Vet Meeting > picked
up lamb at Snaps > shoveled snow, path to garage > J babysat at Coen's
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Episcopal Church > to Little Professor’s
bookstore, Frisch’s lunch > Mom’s birthday > Pete’s truck broke down in
Columbus
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Rain, roads flooded, no school > fox hunters
on ridge above hay meadow
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No school, flood > caught dog on bottom, put
in hospital > Katherine Foster here > cut Pete’s hair
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No school, high water at Stewart > Pat helped
deworm sheep
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J Jones took Jan Crall, tracking Puff, went
after rabbit, quit tracking
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Dog in hay meadow, took Kanga, gun to look for
it > put doorknob on garage door > read Everyday Miracles
March
·
Tracked Puff, saw 3 deer above hay meadow,
Jessica’s 2 socks, hat > Frank Johnson shod Apple, Sailor > Pat, me,
helped Henry herd sheep across 50A > J riding lessons > Pat, me, lunch at
BBF > helped Henry at road crossing, took Pat to Chadwell’s for basketball
game > put 4 Wether lambs in pond pasture herded them to shed with Jim >
Pete, to McArthur, Dave Smith went on calls
·
Episcopal Church, Dolen’s lunch > P, J, went
to Marie Phillips, Wellston, after rabbit cage > piled up chaff, picked up
strings, swept out empty part of haymow > Pat, me, helped Henry crossroad,
brought 2 week ewes back in car
·
Pete, Don Norman hauled hay > Don Norman here
for lunch
·
Don, John, unloaded rest of hay > laid track
for Jan > ATC
·
Pete left for Cincinnati > Ray certified
Jacob > finished reading Jubilee by Margaret Walker
·
Puff, hookworm shot > boys basketball at
Grover Center > district Humane Society meeting, Baker Center > J babysat
at Thompsons
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J Pony Club meeting > church with Pat >
stopped at Little Professor’s > lunch DQ > fed, took Puff, John, Pat
helped > let dogs run in paddock > laid track in small field by sign for K
Foster > worked Puff with whistle, obedience
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Big snow > helped John sort off 35 ewes, Don
Norman took them to sale, brought ewes to hospital
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Pete to Charleston > went down to help John,
sort rams, Pete decided not to ship them
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Heavy rain > Angel’s left eye swollen >
ATC
·
Rosemary laid tracks for Puff, Jacob; Jan, Jacob
walked cross tracks > started using 100# dog food > Pat dug out back door
of sheep shed
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More rain > worked on road ditch
·
Ralph Guthrie here, swabbed well > turned
dogs out in paddock, worked Puff > fed, John, Pat helped, took Bess > out
looking for dogs at 2 am
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To church, Kemmerle, excellent sermon >
stopped at Little Professor’s, Frisch’s lunch > brought sheep in with Kanga,
put 3 sponges on drift fence > worked Puff > Fed, moved Bess up to barn,
rabbit area > Pete went to Marietta after horse trailer
·
Nathan Driggs here overnight > Don Whitlatch
wildlife paintings > PET gradation, Puff 2nd, Irish Setter 1st
·
J and I got polio booster, J DT booster >
caught ducks, got goose egg for cooking > took 7 drakes, 1 dilly to stock
sale > dropped watch, storm windows off for repairs > redwing blackbirds
staking out territory, walked Puff thru woods, checked fence line for sponges
> met Gary/Aggie at Ramada Inn 71S enroute to Florida > Puff got out of
crate, crawled thru front seats
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J’s buck rabbit loose > J Jones tracking,
took J Cruxford, Jan, Jacob
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Nick shot 9 Muscovy ducks > let Puff, Kanga,
run in bottom
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Herded sheep out of Jan’s pasture, put 3 sponges
beyond drift fence > Pete worked on sheep feeder/corral at Jan’s > Puff
found 2 gloves, ram paddock, let him run in creek bottom > Pete put guard on
storm door
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Church, Little Professor’s, Baskin Robbins >
Pete fed sheep, worked on fence, let dogs run in paddock > put 4 sponges up
on fence line, took Puff, shooed sheep out of hay meadow, attempted to fix
fences > Pete cleaned clinic barn
·
Pete feed sheep grain, walked to drift fence,
brought 30 or so down, saw 20 or 30 over in woods, waited while sheep finished
grain, put them back in pasture > birthday box from Mom > Pete brought
corn to barn, got tractor stuck > let Puff, Kanga, run up to white gate,
jogged some
·
Put dozen sheep in loading shed, herded sheep in,
new lamb/Western ewe > K Foster here, brought Clarion [dog] in for
socializing
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Walked pasture, more new lambs > found another
goose egg > 1st ATC
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New boy here for lunch (David Crippen) > J
Jones, Puff, tracked Ray (poorly) over by peacocks, etc., J Croxford drove,
took Debbie
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Herded sheep in > Stations of the Cross
service, Episcopal Church
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Herded sheep in > went to bed early
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To Church, trumpets > buffet at Baker Center
> herded sheep in, scattered all over pasture, fed up at red barn, let dogs
run in paddock, picked up yard > Went to drive-in, snowstorm – 2 corny Woody
Allen movies, sleepover, etc.
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Garage door frozen to mud > Jim in playful, nipping
mood, herded Western sheep in, all within sight of corral, feedlot > fed at
red barn, put 2 yellow sponges at fence, used Jim to bring some of my ewes out
of hay meadow, tried to patch hole with sticks, let dogs run in paddock, picked
up yard > picked up J, P, at Ramada Inn I 71 – 270
Please forgive typos, name or place misspellings; transcription from
vintage handwriting sometimes requires a magnifying glass and random
interpretation.
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