Milliron Monday: The Journals April - June 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.

April 1981

·        Went on calls with Pete, breakfast with Hutchinson’s – Kerry, Jessica > lunch at Ohlinger’s > dinner at Nancy Bonnett’s > home 2 am

·        Pete, Barbara Seigel on calls, heavy rain

·        Pete home 2:45 am > took Puff to check gate at end of long field > to Church, OU Inn lunch, dropped vitamins off at Alice M’s > worked at clinic, heavy rain, read by fire

·        To Wellston, signed papers, Phillip’s Place > Ray, J. Jones, Mexican restaurant, Parkersburg

·        Pete to Charleston > dogs on hill, black/white > Lunch with Pat at Hungry Mouth, bought him a hat, buckle, etc. > 2:30 Eslocker gas/oil lease > Jessica made yogurt

·        Newt brought Alrod up

·        Hitched Junie to cart, harness broke; Tina/Curt (fiancé) rode Apple > Dinner at CJ’s saw Will Tevis there, Larry Smith

·        Church, OU Inn > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, nice ride between storms

·        Went on calls with Pete > dinner at CJ’s

·        Howard Strode, son, sheared sheep

·        Pat drove me into HS meeting > Pete, worked late

·        Pat took me to Good Friday services, then Perkin’s > Bred Persimmon to Alrod

·        spent long time getting wild black yearling ewe, new lamb in pen; feeding goat’s milk, milking ewe, etc. > Mom/Dad called > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, checked out Indian Mound

·        To Church with Jessica, Pat, Pete, me, Jan Crall, OU Inn lunch > rained, Pete worked in garden

·        Bred Persimmon to Alrod > Karl Meeks trimmed Alrod’s feet, shod Junie, Apple

·        Dewormed ewes/lambs, Alice McCracken/phone > Pete and Buddy slaughtered 5 lambs > Pete palpated ewes, etc., > Hartley’s dinner, watched Lion in Winter

·        Sissy out, killed 2 chickens > went after freezer paper, salt for hides > Dean, Croxford’s, picked up 4 lambs > Pete, Pat, me, put lambs in freezer

·        Treated lamb, pneumonia > Pete to Charleston > Church, prayer group, talked to Mike, talked to Katherine Foster, proofread cage cars, talked to Alice McCracken, fed at barn, tried to feed lamb unsuccessfully

·        Dave Smart cut Pete’s, my hair

·        Church > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, Peach Ridge, back down Twp road, checked Indian Mound, rode on home, rain (nice sound in woods), Pete rode Apple around past Eddy’s, etc.

·        Cut Junie out of fence on bottom > checked Buddy’s fence repair, took Puff > worked at clinic, bad checks

·        Washed saddle blankets > 7:30 Tony, Zehara C., CJ’s dinner > to Hartley’s, watched movie

·        Prayer group, lunch with K. Foster > got gas lease for Phillip’s place, listened to Eslocker

May 1981

·        Alice McCracken’s funeral, sat with J. L’H

·        Worked at clinic, took pictures of dog > watched Kentucky Derby, churned butter

·        Early church, to clinic, oiled saddle/bridle > rode up Hooper Ridge, Wrightstown Road, back down Hooper Ridge, beautiful day (about 20-25 miles) > ate at Perkin’s with Bookman’s

·        Pete on calls > Bullet ill, temp 104, 3cc penicillin

·        Left Bullet at clinic

·        To Charleston on calls with Pete > went to see Fred Leslie’s new horse, Bonnett’s, dinner > home 3 AM

·        Took Faline, Persimmon down to clinic > Bryan Miller here for dinner > Finished Faline’s treatment > Sherry brought Alrod back > horse call, Barbara S. along

·        Rode down thru bottom along 550, back past Indian Mound, rode Apple, led Junie, Pete jogged back, rabbit surgery; saw 3 deer below Locust grove > Pat brought me flowers for Mother’s Day

·        Church with Jessica, Pete, Pat; saw Sheila Thiess outside Walgreen’s > with Hartley’s watched Black Stallion, Greg, Liz Linscott; Pete, Jerry, watched Star Trek

·        Rode Junie, took Puff, took pictures of Indian Mound > Mike Morgan, Pat, Pete, me, CJ’s dinner, 2 calls

·        Pat, Pete here for lunch > all here for dinner > baby chicken in barn alleyway

·        On calls with Pete > Bob Noll’s, lunch, Shoney’s, Huntington > to John Leslie’s, Nancy Bonnett’s, home 3 am

·        Sherry brought Alrod back

·        Rode Junie, Pete rode Apple

·        Early church, Perkin’s lunch > Put Alrod up in red barn/sheep shed > rode to top of Fritz’s hill, brittle moss, rode around behind Eddy’s, back up 690 > turned Alrod out

·        Checked 2 horses at Hartley’s > Alrod out across cattle guard, back in with Apple, put him back in red barn

·        Turned Alrod out > Buddy took snow tires off > put Alrod back in barn, out across cattle guard

·        Met J at library (Yogi there)

·        Clinic calls, Coen’s, Jerry, Jolen > 2:30 Luther H. > Pat, Pete, Teresa here for dinner

·        On calls with Pete, Rock Springs, Charleston > lunch, steaks, Linda Wyatt’s barn > Dinner with Hopkins, Nancy Bonnett went with us

·        On call to Amish farm, 3-5 year old boys, old shoes > Buddy helped put rabbit cage up in alleyway > Carl, Pat, Pete here for dinner > put cats (Alice McCracken’s) up in barn

·        Rode Apple, hit branch, cut lip

·        Early church > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, Dutch Creek, Scatter Ridge

·        Went on calls with Pete > dewormed sheep, detailed, castrated

·        Pet on calls > Pete helped me bed down sheds in rain

·        Turned Alice McCracken’s cats lose at barn

·        With Pete to Charleston on calls, dinner at Nancy Bonnett’s, went on calls with us

·        At clinic, fresh perch, delicious, got information about Marie Phillip’s property

·        Pat, Pete, Gene Perry, jogged, here for breakfast; Nannette, I, brought steers back from Windy Hills > worked at clinic, mailed info to Star Jones, got planter for Nicki Barger’s birthday party > J, I, brought Apple, Alrod back from Windy Hills, put rope over cattle guard

·        Got Alrod, Apple, back from Windy Hills again (left car there, led Alrod back, Apple followed) > 10:30 church, coffee hour > Pete worked in garden > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, rode Apple, led Junie, Pete jogged up Dutch Creek

 

June 1981

·        Clinic – insurance salesman

·        Rode Alrod, washed Alrod, bedded down sheds, Luther H.

·        Worked at clinic > Athens Co Fairgrounds, ate lunch at Sizzler’s

·        With Pete to Charleston, calls

·        10:20 Church > 5 mile run, Hocking Tech > Bonnett’s here, rode Laddy, Alrod on bottom > bred Alrod to Persimmon > rode around woods > ate at Sizzler’s

·        String water gap across small stream, turned Alrod out, worked at clinic, J here for dinner

·        Bedded down barn sheds, checked water gap, took Puff and Bullet on light line > Ralph Guthrie, Pete, swabbed well

·        Carl Meeks shod Apple behind, ran out of barn, worked at clinic

·        Nannette’s birthday > went with Pete to Charleston on calls > Finks, Bob Evan’s restaurant > got pads (saddle), t-shirt, crop at Colonial’s tack shop

·        Worked at clinic > took deed into Eslockers for filing > picked up Pete’s wedding ring, talked with Pat G.

·        OU Inn, Jon W’s graduation party > pizza at Claire West’s

·        Gene Perry, bulldozer, bedded down sheds

·        Pete’s birthday, went on a picnic

·        Wrote letters, worked at clinic

·        Slept in > answered phone at house while Pete did surgery > with Pete to Charleston on calls > dinner at Nancy Bonnett’s “Book” birthday cate, I drove most of way home

·        New black lamb, white star, Shrop-type ewe > dewormed horses, burros, VEW, Lepto, tet > Karl Meeks shod horses, trimmed burros feet

·        Wrote letters > Star Jones’ office, loan application > dinner with Stan, Rusty Jones, Italian restaurant > stopped at Mauraths, postponed call

·        Pete jogged down to 690, back > went to Church, took K. DeWitt to lunch with us, OU Inn > to clinic > bad storm, lightning struck sycamore tree by clinic drive > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple

·        Ate at Perkin’s (Pete, Pat, me) > Warmke deposition, Dave Starlin testified > lunch at CJ’s > Pete began testimony

·        Pete jogged > ran errands > moved Sissy > on calls with Pete to Laird’s

·        Pete jogged > worked at clinic, K. Foster picked up drugs > checked Sissy at barn

·        To WV on calls, Meigs Co Fairgrounds, Nancy Bonnett’s dinner, she went on calls with us

·        Took J over to Windy Hills to get oxen > took deed to lawyers, showed John B. survey agreement, stopped at Jan’s, no one home > put up No Trespassing sign on gate

·        Groomed dogs, cats, flea spray > to clinic, took change down, talked to Miller’s, their Collie dying > Jerry H. raked hay, Pete baled > drove Silver, Brent, Pat, Gene, Carl, Brent’s roommate etc. hauled hay in, Carl broke radiator on his truck

·        Early church, coffee hour > to clinic > drove “Rover”, Buddy Sycks’ and wife helped with hay > J here for dinner, cat ill, Pete and I went riding

·        Took Persimmon down to clinic > Pat, Gene Perry took my car to Mansfield, Pat wisdom teeth removed > Jan, David, John B., wife (Connie), realtor Hannah Walsh, walked survey lines

·        Slept in, Pet took Pat’s truck to Russell’s, I picked him up, he ran back from Dividing Ridge > long discussion (argument) about selling all frontage to John Banyan > Hartley’s bean soup

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