Milliron Monday: The Journals July - September 1982

 

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.

July 1982

·        Ran errands, saw Connie, Jimmy L. at bank > Pete/Eric garden > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, picked blackberries, brought a few home

·        Pat, Tim, Amish man, Eric, 2 boys, put up hay > cleaned out horse shed, part of lower sheep shed

·        Worked at desk, wrote poem for Trefa > napped > went to Point of View restaurant, excellent meal > worked at barn

·        To church > made yogurt > ate at fairgrounds, chicken BBQ, homemade ice cream, etc., youth horse show > rain > we rode with Amy, Jerry, rain, horse fell in pipeline ditch, they turned back, I stopped at Chris/Connie’s party, fireworks, rode home in dark, rode to Windy Hills, chicken/corn

·        Broccoli, celery out of garden > to barn, let dogs run around pond > let Bullet loose > read, worked at desk briefly > Pete worked at clinic late – beer, Meeks

·        Looked at eclipse 1:30 am > to clinic, barn, briefly > to CJ’s, Pete, Pat, me > to movies, Rocky III > Pete jogged > wrote letters

·        Worked on drug bills > bad headache > Ron Muhn worked on freezer/motor burnt > Pete on calls

·        Pat, Stan Jones, Columbus > ran errands, took Pete’s car > John Branner brought aerial photos back, lent us plot maps > Ron Muhn fixed refrigerator

·        With Pete on calls > to CJ’s, Jessica’s birthday party

·        To church > lunch, beet greens, corn > napped > rode, ate berries > dinner, beets, cauliflower > 3:30 am, Kanga here

·        Worked at clinic > Pete milked Faline > DQ lunch, movie Annie

·        Tim, friends, Bookman boy, etc., baled hay, here for dinner > worked at barn/clinic

·        To bank/library > Jerry Hartley here > noon church prayer group, ran errands > Pete on calls

·        Fryman at clinic briefly > Pat left for Jamboree of the Hills > worked at barn/clinic

·        Wash Lolly, Persimmon, Junie, Faline > Pete, Eric, Tim, finished putting up hay > Humane Society, Echoing Meadows, visited animals > Pete on calls, 2 hours late > saw E.T., well done

·        To church, ate at Old Coach Inn > read > rode, checked on oxen at Windy Hills, up new “hill climb” type trail on Schmittauers, got back ahead of storm, close lightning strikes hit middle oak tree

·        Joe L. brought oxen back > worked at barn/clinic

·        Pete on 2 farm calls > Pete horse surgeries > Pat, Pete, me, ate at CJ’s > 8 pm lecture Father Ony [?], Writing, Technology, Consciousness > to movie Star Trek Wrath of Khan > got horse out of recovery stall

·        Worked at desk > worked at clinic/barn > ate at Sizzler’s > on calls with Pete to Charleston, to Nancy Bonnett’s, home 3:30 am

·        Slept in, worked at clinic, Mr. Fryman there > Buchli’s arrived

·        Buchli’s Amway talk > lunch CJ’s > Buchli’s left > Pete on calls, worked at clinic

·        To church, held in undercroft (scaffolding for fans upstairs) > ate at Croxford’s > Pete work at clinic > nice nap > read Urantia Book (3 days) > rode, most of berries gone, stopped to look at puppies, Eric rode rest of way with us > Eric fixed salad, had dinner out of the garden > Pete jogged

·        J, P. Davison (7 years) here for dinner > walked up to check on grain for oxen, took dogs > tried to call Mom/Dad, phone always busy > Pete, goat surgery

·        Ran errands, CJ’s lunch, movies/cartoon Secret of Nimh > tried to call Mom/Dad, phone off hook

·        Flea combed Mr. Mistophels [?] > worked at clinic > Pete emergency call > to Fair, racing/watermelon

·        Dewormed sheep, groomed Ruff, goats, fixed board fence (Eric’s horse pushed board off) > L. Davis, Pete, Pat, here for lunch > pulled out burrs, groomed Bullet > Hartley’s to CJ’s, movie

·        Clinic/barn > Hoon’s, Rick Bowen’s birthday 10 – midnight

August

·        Slept in > Church, new fans, chandeliers > Old Coach Inn, lunch > to Dairy Barn, photography exhibit > napped > Gretchen H. called about cat > put ram, Billy goat in hay meadow, fed them in shed > rode Junie, took Streak, Puff, checked Lucas’ fence line/ Pete rode Apple, took Colonel, long ride, back at 10:30

·        Barn, let ram back in pasture – running fence > Pete on calls

·        Pete to Charleston > ran errands, Dave Smart cut hair > bedded down sheds

·        Ran Coggin’s tests to post office, stopped at Mac’s > barn, ewe lamb w speckled ears, broken left ankle, tied her up, ram lame, cleaned out foot > Pete, Larry Smith, flying, too overcast > Pete rode Apple, took Colonial

·        Mr. Fryman, clinic > keeping “Marley” for Eric (Dob pup) > Pete haircut, Dave Smart > dewormed equines

·        Clinic 9-6 > CJ’s lunch with Rick, Cassie (Hoon) Bowen > Studio 38, O’Hooley’s

·        Church, OU Inn > napped > Pete fed animals, rained most of day > Windy Hills, pizza, swimming, hot tub

·        Ron Muhn here, looked at drains > very tired

·        Rode Junie, took Puff, Colonial, Streak > to fair, dog show, Pat demolition derby

·        Prayer group, copied Urantia Book excerpts at library > rode Junie, lame, took Puff, Streak > Pete, Eric, rode, took Colonel > to movie, Glenn Ford > worked at desk

·        Junie, top of fence post in foot > put bottom gate back up, took Puff, Colonel, Bullet > Pete checked Junie’s feet, took one shoe off, not so lame

·        To Fair, watched Eric race > calls, Michelle P, student from Marion Fair > Carl Meeks, reset horses at barn

·        Pete up from 2 – 4 am, Jiggs cast (Carl Meeks horse) > went down for paper, took Puff, Colonel > to church late > Old Coach Inn > Pete jogged > rode Junie, Pete/Eric skinny-dipping at Thorndike’s pond party, gave kids rides on Junie, brought her back, slightly sore-footed; Pete rode on around, Eric stayed at party

·        Helped T. Thompson with Gussie, lent her light line

·        Work at clinic/barn > lent Thompson’s crate

·        Up at 3 am, to clinic/barn, to Charleston with Pete on calls

·        Buddy Sycks brought ducks, Mr. Fryman at clinic

·        Burros to hay meadow > Echoing Meadows, Humane Society here > at barn, Thompson’s crate, looked at Colonel > Pete, Pat, I went by Sundance-Larson’s party, not there, ate at CJ’s, went to Larry Smith’s party, JD Jewell, Leo Sheridan, etc.

·        Church > Croxford’s Old Coach Inn > napped > Pete jogged > rode Apple, I rode Junie, took Colonel, Puff, Streak > read

·        J. Lucas here about wildlife/stream violations > took Sissy, other dogs walk around pond

·        Baked quick bread > went to Huron after wagons

·        Church prayer group > took copy of excerpt from Urantia Book, took flea collars for Mary Ann Swardson > Pete bed early, read

·        Pat and I worked on cattle guard electric gate > Pete ran

·        Finished reading C.S. Lewis > Pete, Larry Smith, flying on calls > J Hartley birthday potluck party, took leg of lamb, gallon of honey

·        At clinic, Pete sewed up eye on G. Thomas dog > to church > DeWitts arrived as we were leaving > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple down to New Covenant, over to Dow Lake, trail from Scatter Ridge, down to campground, rode up road beyond store, through woods to connect with motorcycle trail, stopped at John, Conner B.’s, showed them trails; came back thru Phillip’s place, gas line road; horse waiting at clinic to see Pete

·        Pete, Pat, Will here for lunch > Pete, me, heated discussion about building project > napped > K Foster here, brought stationery

·        Dewormed sheep, goats, left ram, ram lamb, 2 Wethors at barn

September

·        Prayer group > Pete, Baer’s, greenhouse, dinner late

·        To barn, showed chores to Eric > repaired electric fence, picked up Pat, looked at his house > drove to Mom/Dad’s, there by dark > Pete, I, long walk, lovely moonlight, discussed “budget”, etc.

·        Church of Good Shepherd, North Carolina, lovely little church > trout fishing, Pete caught 5, Pat, I, each caught one > played cards > rabbit

·        Gave Daddy bridge book > walked under dry falls, lovely > Mom, I, went for walk with dogs

·        Ate in Sylva with Mom/Dad, went to World’s Fair, Knoxville, ate at Chinese Pavilion, toured Fair 11-5, drove home thru Lexington, Appalachian Highway, home 1 am

·        Milked Faline, penned Billy up > Marshall at clinic > Perrine’s brought wine, napkins, rings > took dinner down to Pete, worked straight thru

·        Pete on calls > rode Junie, took Colonel, Puff, Streak, saw squirrel hunter on New Covenant

·        Groomed Puff, Colonel – hips x-rayed, excellent lungs, histoplasmosis, eyes/retina excelled, tattooed > took Sissy, Puff, Streak for walk, checked around gas well > Pete/Eric checked out beams, 2 stolen

·        Went on calls with Pete, picked up clocks > went for walk, laid up in hay meadow, watched the stars with Colonel, Lolly, Persimmon

·        Up at 5 am, Pete went riding > early church, late > Pete/Eric horse surgery > rode > Pete, Eric, Mary Ann, picked pears > Pete/Eric c-section, Georgeanne’s bulldog

·        Pete, Tim, moved beams > Pete on call Fritz/Carolyn Bookman’s

·        Groomed Puff > made Dutch apple pie > Pat here for dinner, put barrel in duck pen for me > worked Colonel, Streak, very good on ducks > Pete ran

·        To Charleston on calls with Pete, to Nancy Bonnett’s for dinner, home at 12:30 am

·        Worked Puff, Ruff, Colonel, on ducks > Echoing Meadows, Humane Society here > Pete on calls > cancelled concert, went to movies instead

·        10:30 church > took paw-paws to Joanne Wells > short nap > rode, took dogs, stopped at Lyon’s, saw several deer > Pete ran, I deburred dogs, read Urantia Book

·        To Clinic > small claims court > ran errands/got groceries

·        Pete/Eric cleaned out chimney > worked at clinic till noon > used Pat’s car, auction Zanesville, no sheep bells > Pete, I rode, back before dark

·        To church, Lew Kemmerle from Old Testament > Pete work at clinic, Carl Sweeney here worked Colonel, Marley > oxen out, rode Junie to look for them, took Colonel, Streak, rode around, light rain

·        To barn briefly, turned billy goat out > met Mary Gene Adams at Jennings recital, harp, violin, piano > dinner CJ’s, Eric/Mary Ann there, gave Eric ride home

·        Rock Springs Fairgrounds, Charleston, Nancy Bonnett’s > back to colicing horse at clinic 

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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.