Week of October 18, 1960: Lamenting Loss of Pines

Tuesday, October 18, 1960

Fair and warm

Nice fall day

Completed fence on canal in hog pasture and started work on fence around lot house.

Mowing weeds off lespedeza.

Completed clover and rape in hog lots

Picked small amount corn.

Bought 30 square feet aluminum roofing from town @ $5.00 square.

Wednesday, October 19, 1960

Fair and warm.

Picking corn; it’s very slow as half is on the ground.

Picking up corn in the field on the highway that the picker has been over. Curtis and four boys.

Mowing with Roto mower.

The Georgia Pacific Lumber Co. completed cutting the pines.  I will miss them as long as I live. They were more than 70 years old but had not grown much in 25 years.

Thursday, October 20, 1960

Rain in AM; Fair PM. Warm.

No work in AM.

Building fence around the little house in lot occupied by David Briggs.

Only Curtis, Arthur, and Norman.

Friday, October 21, 1960

Fair and cool. Nice Day. First Fall Day.

Picking up corn, all hands in field #3.

Saturday, October 22, 1960

Fair and Cool. Beautiful Day.

Only Norman and Arthur working. Picking up corn in field #3 completed.

Job Savage came out to try the new ground plow he wants to sell.

Lewis came home for the weekend.

Sunday, October 23, 1960

Fair and Cool.

A Beautiful Fall day.

Dr. Spencer is 77 today.  We saw him at our house and Sarah and I went to see him.

Sarah’s family came over to see us, mother, four sisters and Will Allen Connell.

Lewis left at 9:30 for Raleigh.

Monday, October 24, 1960

Fair and Cool.

Another fine day.

Picking Corn.

Discing corn field for oats.

Norville sold last of his crop of tobacco today except some scrap which will tie up. 876 pounds at $505.80