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.
January 1984
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Home from
Marsh/Savage party 1:30 am > church, lunch OU Inn > Pete to clinic >
another load of wood > fed at barn > dinner, Thompson’s, helped with
dishes, took Josh, Andrea home
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To clinic/barn
> Pat went after straw, Pete jogged
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Pete surgery >
ran errands, took Puff > Pete helped hay, brought groceries up hill, still
some ice > dinner @ Pat Black’s, Foster’s there
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Turned horses
loose > to Charleston, ate at Duff’s > went to Maranatha Farm on call, to
Nancy Bonnett’s, home by 1 am
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To clinic/barn
> Irene Vanscoy > worked at desk
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Jessica worked
oxen, went back to Columbus > Kizer’s brought “Buckwheat” Nubian billy for
Faline > to barn > Pete napped > listened to Prairie Home Companion
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To church, Old
Coach Inn > woods/logging road, took Junie, took Colonel, Puff, Streak
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Pete on calls –
farm, late clinic > to clinic/barn
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Pete surgery >
to Charleston > Eric, Pete work on “Scottie” flat tire, couldn’t find jack
to fit, Pat finally got tire changed, followed me to town, took me uptown from McKinstry’s,
met him and Craig at Creamery, Pat took me back to McKinstry’s, got groceries,
more errands, to barn, took Puff/Colonel > Pete called, roads bad,
transmission problems, home 2 am
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To clinic/barn
> SEOVA Marietta, talked with Mrs. Knutter
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To clinic, paid
bills, did callbacks, etc. > Ralph Guthrie swabbed well, Pat helped > to
barn > went to O’Hooley’s to hear the Irish Brigade, home 2:15 am
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To church >
rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, fell, ran off > did barn chores, looked for
Apple, missed Harp concert, Pete found Apple caught in hay meadow fence
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Took dogs (inc.
Bullet, Sissy) down to white gate to shut it > to clinic/barn > Pat here
for dinner > Pete jogged > worked at desk, sorted mail, read by fire
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Ran errands, got
groceries, took Puff, picked up Ken Light’s cat > to clinic, Belgian surgery
> ate at Sizzler > examined horse at Laird’s
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To clinic/barn,
extra hay/snow > Pat, Craig here for breakfast > to Charleston, took
Scottie > gave Newt one of Preak’s endurance buckles, roads bad in
Charleston, schools closed, Nancy Bonnett’s, home 1:30 am, very cold
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18 degrees >
cold water, bathroom frozen/defrosted/space heater > Mr. Fryman at clinic
> took cat, books to Ken Light > fed at barn, Pat moved into house
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Apartment water
frozen > Abbott called clinic, Pete on calls > Pete back from Doug
Hensley’s > I led Alrod down to stream to drink, spring run off frozen, took
dogs, fed at barn > to clinic, admitted puppy > Pete home 12:30 am
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Bathroom water
frozen again > to church/Croxford’s > barn chores > rode Junie, Pete
rode Apple, pretty ride, saw deer, hawk, pileated woodpecker > read by fire
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Cleared out dead
pine tree branches, swept needles > to barn/dark > Pete left for Urbana,
Dr. Sander’s embryo transplant
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Turned horses out
> to clinic, took Puff > ran errands, truck wouldn’t start ASCS office, man
put new battery in for me, PCA man > Lackey farm photo/maps, got groceries,
minnows, etc., > read by fire > Pete home 11:30 am, so very tired
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To clinic/barn,
horses, sheep in hay meadow > Pat here for dinner > Pete ran > read by
fire
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To clinic, paid
State taxes, bills, etc., > 2 local horse calls
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To clinic/barn,
Pat here for dinner > Pete jogged > read by fire
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Sheep out in
Lucas’ pasture, took Colonel, put them in, patched fence > to clinic, Pete
horse surgeries > I picked up dog manure/barn, took Puff, Colonel, Streak
> cleaned out wood stove > called Mom/Dad > went down to clinic for RV
number/got newspaper
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3:20-4:20 am incoming
cat/clinic emergency > C.E. S. Grear led Ecumenical Service, Methodist
Church, excellent sermon > At. Co. Handball clinic/Suzuki riding > ate at
Old Coach > to clinic, did barn chores > Pete worked on spurs > took
Bullet, Sassy for a walk, rode Junie, Pete rode Apple > read by fire, Pete
worked some on spurs
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C. Stevens, WOUB
am, meeting > Pete haircut, I ran errands > Pete on calls, went to
Columbus after parts for x-ray processor > I unloaded grain, Karen helped
unload oxygen/fed at barn
February
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To clinic, Bud
Strauss and another vet brought horses > took Pat’s extra keys to him >
Thompson’s cow, Sherry
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Pete WATH call in
program, went very well > took sheep down to clinic, used Colonel, sorted
off 22 ewes, wormed them at barn
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Put horses in,
cold rain/Alrod to clinic, keeping them out of barn, put sheep in bottom for
water > sheep got out, put them back in barn > down to sort sheep, turned
all but rams back out > read some, tired > Pete wrote articles for WOUB
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Ross put in
kitchen light > to barn/clinic > Pete and I to Shoppe Hoppe, took two
legs of lamb, to movies, O’Hooley’s
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To church/Croxford’s
> to clinic/barn, Pete rode briefly, took Bullet, Sissy for a walk
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To clinic/barn,
took sheep down again, sorted sheep again, kept 25 ewes
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Pete, WOUB taping
> to clinic/barn, put sheep out in bottom > Pete, Carl S., worked oxen,
took sheep to Zanesville sale in blue truck, 16 degrees, no heater, 33 head
sheep, four lambs wouldn’t fit in truck
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To clinic, tried
to herd lambs in barn with Colonel, too excited, heard hound barking in woods,
couldn’t find hound > Pete talked to Mrs. L./horses > wrote Mom/Dad
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Pete surgery, I
answered phone from house > Pete to Charleston, home 1 am
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To clinic/barn
> Pete jogged, took Ruff, Colonel, Ruff bit Pete, misbehaved > Pete migraine
headache in night
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To clinic/barn
> Pete worked on talk for Unitarian Church
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Pete gave talk,
Unitarian Church, well received, ate at Old Coach Inn > to clinic, took
Junie, took Puff, Colonel, Streak to Phillip’s place, saw grouse, deer, Pete
rode Apple to Dow Lake > Jessica here briefly, met her at Perkins for
supper, she went back to Columbus, took Moxie > read by fire, Pete played
darts
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Gordon B.
repaired planks on bridge > to clinic/barn
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Pete WOUB short
talk > to clinic > Pete did barn chores > Casa Que Pasa, watched
Olympic dance skating, skiing on wide screen at Baker Center > Pete jogged
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5:30 am, Bullet
barking, checked barn, turned horses, goats loose > to clinic
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Pete to
Charleston > took 2 buckets of dog manure down by lower fence line > let
Puff, Colonel, Streak run > to clinic, paid bills > brought red Dobe up,
called Support Dogs about Dobe
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Worked with Dobe,
did well > to clinic/barn > Pat brought frozen lobsters up
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To clinic/barn
> church > rode Junie, Pete rode Apple, took dogs
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To clinic/barn
> packed
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Pat picked me up
at 6 am, at airport at 7:45, flight from Cols to Atlanta, Atlanta to Sarasota,
first class, Mom/Dad picked us up, Oyster Bar
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Mom, I luncheon,
Allan Fromme Ph.D., very interesting; Pat, Daddy played golf > beach
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Watched Big
Valley > dinner Flying Bridge
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Pat, Daddy, golf;
Mom and I looked for bathing suits > Englewood Beach, briefly, found several
shark’s teeth
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To beach, fed seagulls,
John Wheeler, Diana C., Oyster Bar > missed exit to airport, but got to
plane in time > good flight back > Pete, airport Sheraton
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Trinity church,
OVMA luncheon “Triston” speaker (Herriot), meetings, saw Eric at Bob Evans,
Lancaster > went up to barn, Alrod whinnying, Sissy out, dead rooster
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Gordon took
Scottie, went to Claire West’s with Pete, ran errands with Pete, paid phone bill
> to barn > supper, Pete ate 2 dozen oysters
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To clinic/barn,
snow > Tim, Pete drove Scottie, went to hockey game (cancelled), watched Roy
Rogers on TV, Baker Center, movie “Terms of Endearment” good to O’Hooley’s
briefly
March
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Pete to
Charleston > ran errands/clinic > Pete home 3 am
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To clinic/barn,
helped Pete unload wood > Darlene, Charles, M. Smith, dinner, Kermit, Lucille
Smith, played game “Trivial Pursuit”
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To church/clinic/barn,
rain > Pete rode Apple
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To clinic, ran
errands, saw Jackie Jones (new pup from Switzerland at Kroger’s > Pete hayed
> to movie P. Newman “Harry and Son”
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Clinic/barn > finally
put Christmas tree outside, swept up needles > Pete WOUB FM
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Pete to
Charleston > groomed Puff > wrote Mom/Dad > to clinic/barn, took
Bullet, Sissy, Colonel, Puff for a walk in the snow > Pete home 9 pm >
WOUB announcer called to apologize
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To clinic/barn,
paid bills, listed to Prairie Home Companion
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Ate at CJ’s, O’Hooley’s,
no music, to movies
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To church, Old
Coach lunch, met Jessica there with friends, Jessica/Pete on calving case >
rode Junie, took dogs, rode part way with Jessica/Pete
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To clinic/barn
> Dr. Strauss here breakfast, Pete operated on horse w Dr. Strauss > met
Pete, Eric, Dr. Strauss at Perkins, ran errands, met Fosters at Lam’s Garden,
saw “Never Cry Wolf” excellent, hot chocolate/cookies by fire
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Dr. Strauss left
4:30 am > to clinic/barn
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Pete surgery,
Charleston > repaired boots, shoes, China, etc., took Bullet, Sissy for walk,
put Coppertone on Faline’s feet
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Jessica here for
dinner, helped at barn, gave Faline penicillin, lame right front foot
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To clinic >
rode, Donna (Bob Ekey’s friend), Jessica, I, took Puff, Banjo, Colonel, met
Eric, rode up Dutch Creek, logging road
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Church, Old Coach
Inn, lunch w/Ted, Katherine Foster, Pat, Karen, looked at pictures from Croft’s,
England > rained, Pete rode, I took Bullet, Sissy for a walk
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To Charleston/Nancy
Bonnett’s on calls
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Got sheep down
with Colonel, Pete, I, wormed, sorted them; Stanley S., and two others sheared
them; 25 ewes, 4 lambs > to clinic/barn, bad cold, didn’t feel well
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