Milliron Monday: The Journals January - March 1981

 

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.

January 1981

·        New Year’s Day: 4:30 Dinner Party at Thompsons, helped with dishes

·        To Hartley’s, chili

·        Early church > worked at clinic, answered phone > Pete, Wally, cut wood > wrote letters > rode Junie, took Puff, Streak, cold (12), beautiful snow/ice > read by fire

·        Helped Pete/Pat load hay out of hill barn for clinic

·        Prayer group > Will, looked at basement plumbing > “oven lamb” ewe, twins > Will put up hay racks at barn

·        Pete helped feed at barn, went on a call with Pete, poodle c-section

·        Early church, coffee hours, Reid Huntley/Prophets > worked at clinic, fed lamb goat’s milk, other twin died > helped Pete with firewood/chainsaw, I drove Rover back, he brought bulldozer/sled back for repairs

·        Clinic chimney roof fire, Pete extinguished it, went on calls with Pete to Amish farm > to John Baldwin’s sculpture exhibition, watched movie filmed at Biltmore Estate

·        Slept in > Will, Pete, played chess after lunch

·        Helped deliver black lamb

·        Checked sheep > prayer group > with Pete, ate at Oasis, went through lithograph exhibition/artifacts gallery

·        Harp concert, saw Rome Warmke

·        Pete, Barbara S. here for lunch > beautiful moonlit, snowy ride, hushed, alien world

·        Christian Education class, OU Inn

·        Worked at clinic > Teresa here for lunch (nurse, observing at clinic)

·        Separated wether ewes left at clinic barn, Orphan Annie, set of twins > Western ewe, set of twins > got dog licenses > V. DeWitt picked up rejected floppy ear ewe lamb > C.E. Meditation class > dinner CJ’s

·        Worked at clinic, began phoning clients with overdue bills > Teresa here for dinner > Dave Smart cut hair

·        Pete, Nanette, on calls to West Virginia > prayer group, took Puff in car

·        Worked at clinic > Pete, Will, played chess at lunch > veterinary salesman here for dinner

·        Pete, Barbara, on calls > got billy goat, young, black, tan, $30, put him with Faline

·        Early church > John W., Pete, here for lunch > cut firewood, sunny 50s > rode Junie, took Puff, Streak, ice under grass, mud

·        Worked at clinic > Teresa here for dinner > Carl Meeks shod Junie, Apple

·        Worked at clinic > Will, Pete, played chess after lunch > sheep in meadow, put chain across gate, turned ewes/lambs out of pens into shed, Will tacked up boards to keep billy goat out of alleyway

·        Pete, Jelea, photographer, on calls > worked at clinic

·        Faline broke down door, billy goat, ram began to fight

·        Western ewe, twins in meadow > went on calls with Pete to Bookman’s, dinner at Wiggins

February

·        To Church, beautiful rainbow > looked for ewes in rain > Bonnett’s here for lunch, J, Barbara S > found ewe, 2 black, grey lambs, put in pen

·        Chip Gamertsfelder photograph assignment > castrated lambs 10 w, 2 ewes > Will, Carl, Pete, Chip, here for lunch

·        Went to Charleston with Pete, supper at Bonnett’s, home 1 am

·        Good living > lunch with Carl, Pat, at Perkins

·        Early church > Pete, John, here for lunch, moved wood pile afterwards > rode, wind blowing/cold

·        Worked at clinic > hill icy, rain melting ice > emergency collie surgery

·        Took lunch down to Pete > dinner Kerry, Joetta’s, J, Barbara there

·        To church > Pete in surgery > grouse hunting Herbie Everett, GS Pointer > rode Junie, walked up/down hills, talked to Jan Crall

·        Worked at clinic > Will, Pat, Pete, here for lunch, played chess > Teresa here for dinner > read Pat’s paper

·        Pete on calls, Charleston > caulked sheep feeders

·        Left for Columbus “Screaming Willies” Pete rode bull, Carl, Jelea, Nanette, Tim, stayed at Patricia Black’s mothers, Margaret Hopper

·        OVMA meeting > Lazarus, Chinese restaurant

·        Prayer breakfast, Dr. Akers there > Lunch at Ohio Center, met J, Jelea, Nanette > sheep seminar, Pete met me there

·        General session, went out after cylinder for log splitter, Victoria V. animal behavior seminar

·        Last day of OVMA, Episcopal Church service, lunch at German Village, bookstore, Indian art shop > home, Pete found ewe/lamb, locust gone > meditation class

·        Worked at clinic, took lunch down

·        New lamb, black socks > picked up Will, ate at Casa, to movies

March

·        Church, OU Inn, clinic, Pete dragged dead ewe out, very light drizzle, rode around hay meadows, up ridge (no trail), thru Phillip’s Place, Pete turned in logging road, Apple wouldn’t walk; Junie, I, saw three deer > Pete, Carl, Pat, got chickens, dogs, from Marie Phillip’s place

·        Will fixed well pump, foot valve > meditation class

·        Pete to Charleston with photographer > Church, lunch at Woolworth’s > paid real estate taxes > Marshall’s dog loose

·        To Jackson Courthouse, Wellston prop deed

·        To Wellston, gray cat escaped again, talked to Rev. Malloy, looked at church, old coach inn, Ray Croxford, Belgian horse owner talked at length

·        To Church, took Jan Crall’s mother, coffee hour > Junie lame, abscess > Ann Howland, Jerry Hilferty, Cornish game hen, talked till 2 am

·        Ill most of week, Pete let sheep out

·        Worked at clinic, AC Courthouse, gas oil leases

·        Early church > worked at clinic > Will, L Tevis here, walked over ground for sale; dropped tapes off for Jan Crall; measured trailer > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, pinto ewe/black twins

·        Pete to Charleston > churned butter

·        Worked at clinic > Marshall picked up dogs, camping

·        Ran errands, gave Darlene S. ride home > Pete on calls with Barbara S., me – Hines’ cows, stopped at Connor’s

·        Took DeWitt’s lamb to yard (doghouse) then pen in barn

·        Pete began planting garden > ewe lamb, new twins on bottom > went on call with Pete, lame horse, Jack Miller

·        Early church > rode, met Ann, Jerry, they came back by gas line road, we rode around, stopped and talked to Jan, David, saw fox, skunk (twice), several deer, fell asleep reading at table

·        Up at 4:30 am, wrote letter to Mom/Dad > walked Puff down after newspaper

·        Put chickens back in with Jim > sheep out on highway, cobbled up gate, sharp wire end of long bottom > went on calls with Pete, Engle’s, Larry Smith, etc., ate at DQ, long conversation, made me feed late, Pete helped

·        Barbara Parsons, Ru, Pat, Teresa, Pete, Will, here for lunch > worked at clinic

·        Pete, Barbara S., to Columbus > Ad to Messenger, stopped at Dr. Abfall’s clinic, met Kathy > prayer group > dropped jumps off at Pam Cullison’s

·        Pete home 3 am, car quit > lunch at Casa

·        Pete cut up, Pat, Ru, me, packaged 2 lambs > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple > on calls with Pete to Lairds

·        Early lunch > Pete, Jessica, me, to Mansfield, talked to Mom/Dad, dentist

·        Pete left Engle’s, not ready for bull testing > Pete spread gravel in parking lot > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, beautiful ride

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Through captivating, powerful, and emotional anecdotes, we celebrate the life of Dr. Abbott P. Smith. His biography takes the reader from smiles to laughter to empathy and tears. Dr. Smith gave us compelling lessons learned from animals; the role animals play in the human condition, the joy of loving an animal, and the awe of their spirituality. A tender and profound look into the life of a skilled veterinarian.