Milliron Monday: The Journals October - December 1976

 

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.

1976

OCTOBER

·        Put Western ewes back in pasture (from Chadwell’s) directed Jim from the car > put Western ewes from bottom in hill paddock with Jim > Ruffian RV due

·        Rounded up Western ewes, ran them thru formaldehyde, used Jim, Kanga, dewormed sheep, Dave Coen hauled sheep up to clinic > P overnight at motorcycle club

·        Dogs in sheep, killed a dozen (found some injured) > to Church > Apple, Sailor, at Windy Hills > Pete fixed wire water gap above Warmke’s; hayed Meigs County > baited dog traps

·        Used Jim, Kanga, to get ram, check horses > Pete hayed Meigs County > lost left lense > chalked sheep, baited dog trap, took Kanga, but dog bit ewe in yard > Doug slept in hay meadow

·        Took Jim, caught 2 ewes for Doug to treat, P looked for sheep on motorcycle > took Kanga, walked up to fence line in hill pasture, saw dead ewe, checked dog traps

·        Tire flat again, fixed at Motyre > drove Hooper Ridge looking for stray dogs > put Western flock down in this pasture, got buckeyed (?) ewe out of ravine > ATC > Doug slept in barn overnight

·        Put Western flock in hill (house) paddock > drove Hooper Ridge looking for stray dog tracks

·        Closed hay meadow exit gates, put my flock up into hay meadow > put sheep back in > worked at desk

·        Got ewes from bottom in, sorted out 17 lambs for Arabs > put ewes in paddock > Schultheis party

·        BKC tracking test at Jones’, Song TD > Mule, burro show at Albany, Jones’ stopped by to see burros

·        Pete put Western ewes up in meadow > checked dog traps, brought flock down, went after Pete at Chadwell’s

·        Opened gates for ewes, let dogs run in paddock, raked leaves, got new contact lenses > checked dog traps, put ewe, rams in paddock

·        Kanga birthday, 5 years old > Took pears down to clinic, worked Puff, soaped saddle > painted dog box > ATC

·        Let sheep out, worked Puff, worked on saddle > Pete hayed at Meigs > painted front of shed > laid 2 tracks for Katherine on Chadwell’s > put sheep in

·        Worked Puff > ACKC City garage sale, took Kanga, Puff in car; worked sale around block

·        Worked Puff > got 3 white ducks, 2 dillies, 1 drake > Pat/John finished painting front of shed > D.W. Rutter saw 3 grey-white goats on Phillips place, called

·        Worked Puff at barn, got newspapers > Pete/Doug hayed at Meigs > to Church > let J drive station wagon at old airport, ate at DQ > put pack on Puff, laid track in blackberry meadow > caught brown (white chest) female dog up in woods; larger brown, blue dog escaped > took Puff, herded sheep down to hay meadow, put sheep in hill paddock with Jim > Pat/John looked for stray dogs with .22’s > cooked, dried liver, worked at desk

·        Worked Puff, 2 finds in ram paddock, got newspaper, some heeling > put sheep in with Jim, worked Puff in sign field, clinic barn

·        Kay Everett here, rode with J > Marshall left Mya, Ivanhoe [dogs] here, to VA hospital > worked Puff at hospital barn, put sheep in

·        Returned book, shopped, groceries > ATC took Puff

·        Pete to Charleston > cooked dried liver > checked dog trap, got sheep in with Jim > tracking at Jones’, Puff, 2 cross tracks > Pete overnight Colonial Stables

·        Put sheep in hay meadow with Jim > worked Puff > sheep in with Jim > picked up Doug, left logging truck for repair

·        Put up storm doors, P helped > laid track for Chauncey, K. Foster, worked Puff at clinic barn road > P double date with Brent

·        To Church > lunch at Ponderosa > Pete/Doug, Meigs County, hay > got sheep into barnyard with Jim > worked Puff

·        Took Jim, Kanga, opened gate to hay meadow > made custard, napped > got sheep in, took Jim, Kanga

·        Opened gate to meadow, took Jim, Kanga, got crippled (arthritis?) Suffolk ewe down to sell > checked dog traps, checked electric at Jones’

·        Pete, Gaines Symposium, Columbus > lecture, mule dash, Valarie G > ATC

·        Took flat saddles to Russ Fagan > tracking > Marshall picked up dogs > J, P, Spanish Club Halloween party

·        Hawk hit bird in fence row while I was on porch > Herbie and Kay Everett here

·        Church > Pete, Dr. S., rode, looked for beaver locations > got sheep in with Bess, Jim > watch TV

 

NOVEMBER

·        Worked Puff, whistle commands > Ralph Guthrie swabbed wells > Trefa caught two young wood mice > worked Puff at Med Center parking lot > P basketball physical; me, swine flu shot > took P to basketball tryouts > coon hunting, Everett’s at Phillips’ place, got 2 young coon, beautiful moonlit night

·        Voted, lunch at Grange Hall > Frank Johnson reset Apple, Blaze > possum in dog trap

·        Put possum in smaller cage > Pete x-rayed my spine > made apple crisp > got sheep in > picked up P, activities bus > ATC > J flu

·        Slept in, headache > walked up to fence line, brush over fence, on horse trail, got sheep in with Jim, Kanga > tracked at Jackie’s, regular track on dirt field, Puff did very well

·        Checked snow fence gate sheep had pushed it open, took Kanga, Jim > Mary Connor called, ewe, lamb on road, herded them in with Jim, car > worked Puff at parking lot, stopped at Karen Knight Wilson’s > all but 4 sheep already in, closed gate with snap > worked with Jim Thompson, Gussy; worked Puff, broke lead

·        To lawyers, closed Nadroski house/barn/5acres, deal > Kay Everett here > rode Blaze up on ridge, loggers not there; brought Sheep in with Jim, shut gate toward cliff pasture > ate at Baker Center, play “Lost”

·        To Church > field trial > rode Blaze, brought sheep in with Jim, Kanga > took J, P, to church bowling party; Pete, I, went to library, ate at Baker Center

·        Walked after sheep, took Jim, Kanga, checked snares, dog trap > worked Puff > ATC practice at clinic barn > worked in Pete’s study at desk

·        Rode bike, 12 mins, Puff, whistle commands > Pete got sheep in > worked on slides

·        Betty, Abbott arrived, brought placements, strawberry jam > walked around meadows after sheep > Abdella’s for dinner > watched movie slides > Betty, Abbott stayed at Lake Motel

·        Walked with Betty, cliff pasture ravine, etc., > Abbott chopped up 2 dead maples > Betty, Abbott, left > rode Blaze, gathered sheep, took Kanga, Jim > fed horses hay

·        Pete and J to Charleston > Pat, I hauled wood (wheelbarrow) stacked it on porch > put out cat traps > rode Cricket, checked Hixon fence line, looked at dog traps

·        Let sheep out, got newspapers, took Puff, chased four rams on road > Pete talk at Charleston > Rutter’s here (on horses) > worked on woodpile > rode Blaze around thru meadow after sheep, heard owl, watched buck

·        Rode Cricket after sheep, 5 in woods, had to walk one part way in > OU Symphony, J, Pete, me, lovely

·        Possum in cat trap, gave it to Doug > made pumpkin pie, bread, biscuits > rode Blaze, some sheep on ridge above 2^nd meadow, Jim brought them in > worked at desk

·        Pat, Dr. S, Lancaster, 1^st set of allergy tests > went to gallery/sculpture > took P to basketball practice > rode Blaze, got sheep in

·        Worked Puff > rode Junco, Joleen (Wilson) rode her horse > rode Blaze, took Kanga, Jim

·        Herded geese, sheep, etc., out of bottom > rode Blaze after sheep, Jim, Kanga put George [cat?] up a tree

·        Marly Whiting Clinic, took Katherine Foster > J OU weekend, riding lessons, etc.

·        To Church > ate at OU Inn > P hare scramble, motorcycle club > rode Blaze, took Kanga, Jim

·        Doug got George out of tree > J rode Apple around meadows, walked up to close gate, took Jim, Kanga > picked up Pat > worked Puff

·        Worked Puff > Marshall brought dogs >rode Blaze, took Jim, Kanga, got sheep out of 2^nd, 3^rd meadows

·        Icy, snowy roads, slow trip to Dr. S, Lancaster, 2^nd set of allergy shots > let dogs run in paddock, Bess attacked 2 German Shepherds > walked up creek bottom into blackberry meadow, took Jim, Kanga, only found 1 ewe out of meadow, J rode Apple into upper meadows

·        To Gary, Aggie’s, Dottie there; Pete and I visited Katan’s, met Anne’s husband > Gary worked on Pete’s teeth

·        Let dogs run in paddock, dead Western ewe lamb in stream by locust gate > Pete, John, unloaded manure from truck (from Nadroski barn) I put some around maple tree > rode Blaze, took Jim, put sheep in paddock/barn

·        White dog, black dog, killed lamb in hay meadow, black dog caught in snare > Pete to Charleston (Ruff)

·        Checked snares, opened gate > to Church > tracking at Jones’, Puff, Dean Eddy, rain/sleet > put sheep in from hay meadow, put burros in pond pasture

·        Rode Blaze, opened gates, saw 3 deer, 1 set of hunter’s tracks > walked around meadow, took Jim with bell; saw buck above 3^rd meadow; saw sheep tracks on Phillip’s > Harp concert, took pickup

·        P, Lancaster, 3^rd allergy test, got gifts at Woolgrowers, took P to basketball practice > Pete shot buck in blackberry meadow

 

DECEMBER

·        Pam Collier, Collie here, lessons > picked up saddle at Fagans

·        More snow, no school > 5 hunters on Connor property, rode Blaze, looked for sheep, brought 20 in from 1^st meadow, rode near Phillips place, 2 sheep couldn’t reach, saw 2 pigs on ridge, saw several hunter’s tracks on Hixon’s side of fence > ATC J L’H’s went over Whiting Clinic, etc.

·        Very cold > rode Blaze, Pete rode Sailor, took 125 sheep from Hixon’s to Jan’s (several hunters on other side of fence) black/white dog

·        Looked for sheep, rode Blaze > walked up on cliff ridge with Jim (on lead) got 2 ewes in (jumped corn meadow gate), lovely moonlit ride, 2 different kinds of owls

·        Moved rest of sheep up to 1^st meadow, brought them back, buck stood and watched above white gate > sorted Sassy, most of my sheep out of flock; move rest over to Jan’s

·        Let dogs run in paddock; let horses (3) up to bales in hay meadow > bank, Mac’s, left care at Russell’s, rode back with Shelly

·        Pam Collier, Gatsby 2^nd lesson > cleaned McClellan saddle > turned Lolly & Persimmon out of road pasture > checked dog trap

·        Pete sanded hill [driveway], brought station wagon up to house > Marshall here overnight

·        Trimmed sheep’s feet (180+) > Kay Everett, Rick Hartley ate lunch here > roasted venison over fire

·        Walked along Brown's fence line, took Kanga, checked box trap, snares

·        Mr. Chadwell brought P back > worked sheep, Kay, Herbie Everett, Jerry Hartley, helped out > party at Barrett's, Belpre, Akers

·        Helped trim feet, Herbie here, Craig Kinzelman helped, 520 sheep trimmed approx > office party for staff (except Nanette)

·        Received check from Betty/Abbott > fed at barn, 16 ewes, Sassy > let Puff run in hay meadow, checked snares, put traps out by lamb carcass

·        Let Puff run in meadow, worked up to Brown's fence line, loggers > took wheelbarrow down to hospital barn > rode Cricket, showed Blaze, Sassy to William’s girls

·        Pam Collier 4^th lesson > let puff run, set traps at lamb carcass > worked on Christmas postcards

·        Let Puff, Kanga run > shopped > to library, courthouse >P assembled new grate for fireplace

·        Let Puff, Kanga run in hay meadow, Puff chased Angel > to Sandford’s, took rice, fudge, beer

·        Church > tracked Bess, Puff at Jones’

·        Met Gary, Aggie and family at Ramada Inn, we left for Florida

·        Flat tire, Knoxville, Tennessee > Lunch Georgia, Crystal Burger > Holiday Inn, Gainesville, Florida

·        Pete dewormed horses, separated burros > arrived at Mom, Dad’s, Florida

·        Christmas Eve Presbyterian service with Gary, Aggie, Gary Franklin, Tina, Pat

·        Christmas Day, to the beach, it was crowded

·        Lutheran Church with family

·        Walked on the beach, cold, rainy

·        Left at 4 am for home

·        Ice on interstate, Gary Franklin did a good job of driving > met Pete at Ramada Inn > Woolgrowers closed > Pete, Pat, chopped firewood, logged > Hartley’s, Jan, Chapman, etc., over New Year’s Eve

Please forgive typos, name or place misspellings; transcription from

vintage handwriting sometimes requires a magnifying glass and random

interpretation.

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