Through Jody’s reflections from 1984, we gain an intimate look at life behind the scenes of the Milliron Clinic and Farm—her thoughts, routines, and the quiet strength that supported Pete’s veterinary legacy. Her words offer a charming, candid, and sometimes humorous snapshot of a year filled with devotion, community, and the rhythms of rural life.
April 1984
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To church,
Roman-Latin Mass, incense, etc. > Old Coach lunch > Pete got wood,
brought bulldozer back; took Bullet, Sissy for walk; rode Junie, took Puff,
Colonel, Pat shot semi-automatic rifle, Colonel took off, I looked for him
·
To clinic,
flowers from J, P and P [Jody’s birthday], book from B and A; Ed, Marshall
here, energy windchimes > to barn, fixed electric fence > cold worse
·
To clinic, ran
errands, got groceries > to barn, Pete, Gordon got straw
·
To clinic/barn
> Ohio Ballet > hot fudge sundaes at Oasis
·
To barn >
Pete, Gordon went to Charleston on calls, brought back grindstone from Bob
Evans
·
To clinic/barn
> FLB annual meeting > lights out on car, stayed in Rio Grande at motel
overnight
·
Ate at Bob Evans
> Pete on calls > to clinic, paid bills > took Puff to barn > Pete
helped hay > wrote letters, listened to Prairie Home Companion
·
To church > to
barn, rode Junie, Pete rode Apple around farm, saw grouse up close
·
To clinic >
typed letter for Pete > to barn > to Pat’s took birthday presents, went
over some taxes (Pete and I)
·
Sorted mail, took
truckload of glass, aluminum into recycling > ran errands > to barn >
read by fire
·
To clinic > Pete,
me, to bank, loan for taxes, remortgaged Doris > wrote letters
·
Ate at Ponderosa
> on calls to Charleston, gave Preak’s trophy to Newt, to Nancy Bonnetts
> home/bed 3:45 am
· To clinic, paid bills > called trimmers > brought some grain up in Scottie > carried 2 large buckets up to barn, fed, took Bullet, Sissy, Colonel, Kitso, Purr-Furr went along > Pete, OU student photographer went on calls with Pete
·
To church > to
barn, rode Junie
·
To clinic/barn,
took Puff, Colonel, Pete rode Apple around farm, saw grouse, same spot, turkey
tracks
·
To clinic/barn
> napped briefly in chair, Pete jogged
·
Penned sheep,
horses, burros, goat up; Gordon mowed weeds in pastures/hay meadows >
started Easter cards > Pete on calls > CJs office dinner > to movie “Up
the Creek” Gordon, Dianna, Pat, Karen
·
Checked fences,
turned sheep, horses, burros, goat out > to clinic, ran errands > Pete,
Gordon butchered 4 lambs, packed, froze hearts, livers > Pete jogged
·
Finished Easter
cards > left on calls with Pete, Limoli’s, etc., ate at Duff’s; Wolfe’s –
Neel’s, castrated 7 horses, beautiful valleys, etc., in West Virginia > Leslie’s
no one up at Bonnett’s, ate at Shoney’s came home, took turns driving
·
To clinic > Good
Friday Service, Art Gish, Easter vigil > ran errands, to clinic > put
lamb in freezer, took entrails up to dump > to barn, sick chicken (white),
new goslings > tired, Pete read, slept by fire
·
To clinic/barn,
took Sissy, Bullet, Puff, Colonel, walk down to white gate and back > Holstein’s
in lower pasture, sign bottom
·
To church,
Sunrise Service, Art Gish, rain, Pat/Karen there > to Columbus, COKC, saw
Judy etc., Carole S., Breeze, picked up Jessica, to movies, took turns driving
home, tired, stopped at donut place in Lancaster
·
Pete on calls
> to barn, walked Bullet, Sissy around pond
·
To clinic/barn
> ATC took Puff agility, retrieving, etc.
·
Pete, surgery/calls
> ate at Sizzler > to Charleston, napped in car, to Bonnett’s, I drove
home
·
To Bob Evans on
calls, ice cream/fudge cake, I drove home
·
To clinic, to
Lowe’s, saw Jimmy, discussed “Urantia Book”
·
To church, Old
Coach Inn, Patricia Black > to barn > I rode Junie, Pete rode Apple,
talked to neighbor > weeded strawberries
·
To clinic/barn
> black ewe, 2 male lambs black, 1 blaze face, white tail, 1 ewe missing,
took Bullet, Sissy, walked around Locust Grove looking for ewe till dark
May 1984
·
To clinic, Larry
Smith here > ran errands > to barn, penned up ewe, lambs together, had
left blaze faced one behind > went on calls with Pete
·
Black lamb dead
> to clinic, Pete spoke at Career Day at Athens High School > Patrick
Bookman’s funeral, burial, went to Carolyn’s parents’ house with Pat > to
barn, 0 lambs, found 1 ewe on hillside above lower pasture > left for
Charleston, got MaeLyne out of bed to palpate mares
·
3 am arrived at
Pam S’s, slept till 7 am, vetted her horses, looked at new farm, to Bonnett’s
·
To clinic >
ran errands, took letter up to Bookman’s, talked to Carolyn
·
Made calls to
locate home for Bonnett’s mules > Gary called about Daddy, large malignant
brain tumor
·
Pete on calls, I
didn’t go > to clinic, went over to Windy Hills to cheer on A
·
To church, picked
up Jessica > Pete worked in garden, strawberry patch, Jessica rode Alrod, I
rode Junie, nice ride, Pete rode Apple later
·
To clinic, went
in town after plane tickets > to barn, I worked on bills > Pete to Windy
Hills, new foal
·
Up at 5:30 am,
left for airport, 8:23 plane, Pete went on calls, Gary F., co-worker, picked me
up at Sarasota airport, went to hospital to see Daddy
·
Pcshute’s Roses
for Daddy, watched sunset
·
Gary and Aggie
arrived at hospital, walked with Aggie
·
Walked with
Aggie, to Presbyterian Church/hospital, Doctor x-rays from CT scan > lunch,
Donny/Gail there > dinner Smitty’s, excellent rare roast beef
·
Walked briefly
with Gary > Gary, Aggie painted trim on house, I de-flea dogs, brief swim
in Gulf, delightful
·
Packed, to
hospital, Florence Kurdy took me to the airport, picked up Jessica/beautiful
flight from Atlanta to Columbus – clouds, plane shadows, green, dogwood, Ohio
> Pete picked me up after total hip replacement course at OSU > ate at
Root’s > checked out things at barn, fed cats, etc.
·
To clinic, ran errands
> to barn, herded sheep down to bottom, lots of lambs, very time consuming,
found 3 dead lambs Gordon had put in trees, milked out on ewe with plugged nipple,
twins; checked limping white ewe
·
Pete, long
surgery, finally left for Charleston, ate at Sizzler, beautiful tree covered
lane to client, to Bonnett’s late, home 2 am
·
To clinic/barn
> went to J Hartley’s with Pete, cake/pie
·
To clinic/barn,
took dogs for walk > Pete ran, very bad mood, [client] threatening to sue
·
To church >
clinic, rode Junie, came back, took dogs for walks > Pete rode around Dow
Lake, etc., > ate at DQ, went to movie
·
Pat picked up
briefcase, went to Indianapolis > to clinic/barn, walked Sissy, Bullet, cats
went along, shut hay meadow gate
·
Got sheep in ,
took horses, burros down, dewormed, de-tailed, etc. > horses, burros, feet
trimmed, shoes pulled > lunch here > Pete on calls, I ran errands >
Junie had been ill – sweat, rolling, diarrhea . put him in yard/barn briefly
> Pete back helped him with horse at clinic > rain
·
Roof leaking above
desk > to clinic/barn > Betty called, Pete out jogging
·
To Charleston,
Highway Patrolman from Steward’s/Robin Byers > N. Bonnett’s wedding Pritt’s
> Doris wouldn’t start, new starter, I drove home
·
To clinic, used
Junie down, used him to call out stallion > put bells on sheep, fed them,
trimmed feet, Faline kept jumping snow fence, took sheep out on road; at barn,
put horses along driveway, Faline in yard > fell asleep at table
·
To clinic, Pete
on calls, got sheep off road, put them up hill, Pete brought home DQ treats
·
To church, ate at
Old Coach, new red haired lady from church paid for it > to clinic, helped
Tim S. groom St. Bernard “Sally” > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, I took
Colonel back, invited Bookman’s to ride > herded sheep down with Junie >
ate at Pizza House, saw Eric, met Pat/Karen at movie “Indiana Jones and the
Temple of Doom”
·
Slept in, rain
> Pete worked in garden, I did dishes, groomed Colonel, evening nap, read
·
Sorted papers on
table > Pete to court/cattle > to clinic, slide show – Pete, Roger Mc., vet’s
son did pics > picked up horse skull; saw J. Hartley, got R. Redford books
on sale, gave one to Fritz/Carolyn, ran errands > fed at barn, read, wrote
letters
·
Pete on calls,
surgery > to Charleston/Rock Springs, etc., Nancy Bonnett’s, home 2:30 am
June 1984
·
To clinic > to
barn, took Bullet, Sissy, cats for walk, Purry Furry lay upside down watching
trees, sky while I carried him
·
To clinic, paid
bills > Sheep, watched demonstration, dinner Cassie, Rick Bowens; Anne Jim
Hoon; Crawfords, etc. there
·
To church, Dr.
Norman Pittenger, very interesting > Matinee, Fairgrounds, horse races >
rode Junie, Pete rode Apple hackamore, did better
·
To clinic/barn
> lunch with Pat, K. Foster
·
To Charleston, Nancy
Bonnett’s, left early
·
Jessica’s
graduation
·
To clinic, paid bills
> cook out Pat/Karen, place where she was housesitting, to movie “Ghost
Busters,” Greenery too loud, Studio 38?
·
To church >
Carl L. stopped by, put up hay > Pete rode Apple
·
To clinic, ran
errands, car aligned/overheated
·
To clinic, paid
more bills, etc., > to barn, watched 2 yearling deer for a long time >
Pete on calls till 10:45
·
Four Amishmen
cleaned upper barn, put up hay > to clinic > J here for supper > I
rode Alrod, took Colonel, Banjo, rode over to Thompson’s
·
On calls with
Pete to Charleston, to Nancy Bonnett’s, her birthday/cake
·
To church, Old Coach
Inn with Jessica/Jon(from Cincy) > stopped at Quilt Show and Clinic (busy) > rode
Alrod, Jessica rode Badge, John rode Junie, Pete rode Apple; Jessica and John
stopped at Wagner’s; pizza and a movie
·
To clinic, ran
errands, got plane ticket > Jessica took me to Columbus airport, plane left
hours late, storms nearby, arrived in Sarasota four hours late, Mom/Kurdy’s
picked me up
·
Toured nursing
home, visited Daddy, watched sunset
·
Still hot at
night, swam briefly in Gulf, Daddy better, ate at Morrison’s
·
Visited Daddy,
talked briefly with Dr. Koch > Kurdy’s (Flo/Lou) took me to airport >
Jessica picked me up, stopped at pet shop in Lancaster, got stained glass plate
for K. Foster; called/visited Bookman’s, pushed car off lane, Jessica here
overnight > Pete home 2 am/flu
·
To clinic/barn
> walked dogs, opened hay meadow gate, Jessica here, Pete tired/flu
·
To church, Old
Coach Inn > to Ogg's horse call > Mansfield cabin, took pontoon pleasure
boat ride > back at house, Pete called Hank Akers
·
To clinic >
Pete hayed > grass whipped yard, bedded down barn
·
To Charleston,
ate at Duff’s, to Nancy Bonnett’s, home by 12:30 am
·
To clinic/barn,
put sheep in pasture, began working on cattle guard
· 4 am, Gary called, Daddy died > worked on cattle guard until 4 pm, to clinic briefly > Pete surgery, on calls until 11:30 pm
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