Week of Sept. 6, 1960--Hurricane!

Tuesday, September 6, 1960

Fair and cool

Rain last night (light)

Discing land for cover crop

Cutting weeds out of beans

Sold 2000 lbs tobacco

B. tractor broke down in steering had to pull it to C & N.

Wednesday, September 7, 1960

Fair and Warm

I have a very bad cold and did not go to farm till about 2:30 pm

Mowing with roto mower, discing

Got B Tractor back from C & N about 4pm

25 bags early cover oats to sow grain for cleaning

Discing- M. to shop muffler repairs (Arthur stopped work)

2 men and 2 boys cutting weeds out of beans

Thursday, September 8, 1960

Fair and Hot heavy rain @ 6PM (3 inches)

Bailed hay

Cutting weeds out of beans 2 men and 2 boys

I went to [?]  Battleboro to have a canvas on AC [?]

Sold tobacco to Farmers #1

Work in pasture

Cut beans for cows

Weeds

Friday, September 9, 1960

Fair and Hot

Land wet, ditches full

Mowing in back pasture

Started picking cotton (3 boys)

[?]- Herring sent a man to repair governor on M tractor

Bob Knight & Hertford Co agent came to see me about buying some calves

Saturday, September 10, 1960

Fair and Hot

Cut beans and weeds for cows

420 Tractor to C & W for starter repairs

Norville tobacco to market

FED

Sunday, September 11, 1960

Hurricane Donna Hit Tarboro about 11 pm

[Editor’s note: Hurricane Donna was a Category 3 or greater storm. For a track of the storm, see the map of major hurricanes from 1951-1960 found on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration website: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gifs/DC_11_1951-1960.jpg]

Has done untold damage

City trees, poles and light lines down

Country:  all corn flat, cotton blown out,

and leaves blown off

Peanuts: all fields full of water

Ditches running over

It will be a heavy loss both to town and county

No One working

Monday, September 12, 1960

Fair and sun is shining

Town is cleaning up after Hurricane Donna

Trees fell on lots of houses

Many trees in my pine grove broke off and blown up

Am in bad shape @ farm but no buildings were damaged

Damaged evap[oration] vent on one Tobacco barn

Have not rec. any report from Atlantic Beach. Storm hit land @ that point

Sold tobacco today Norville & Wage

No Farm Work