Author: Bryan Bibeau

Wednesday.
Just home from New Years party at Legion Hall,
Had a real good time. Temp at 2:00 A.M.
+34° raining. Tommy all ready to
set beaver traps, not to enthused over
the rain. Still raining & temp +38° at
11:30 A.M., some snow with rain earlier.
+39° – 3:30 P.M., no rain after 1:30. Watched
football on T.V. most all afternoon
+36° at 9:00 P.M. hasn’t cleared yet.

Temp 26° above at
5:30 A.M. Emile & I went to Dix-
field this morning and put the A.C.
tractor chain together 1 link.
3″ snow on ground, warm nice day.
Lots of deer tracks up there.
+31° at 5:00 P.M.

+10° at 5:30 A.M. Clear as a bell. Partly
Cloudy & cool all day. Worked on Int Loader clutch
most of the day. +28° at 5:00 P.M. 10:00 P.M. +30°. A
Few flakes of snow in air. Worked on door for the
little building this eve.

+29° at 7:30 A.M. Snowing large flakes.
About 1″ on ground, coming from the West. Snow
stopped at 12:00 Noon, Temp +33° about 4″ damp snow.
Mild this P.M. Sun set red. Temp 5:00 P.M. +33°
Plowed out Colby 1-1/2 hours to date. Put nobby tires
on car this P.M. Made trap tags for Tom this eve.
Temp at 10:15 +18° Clear + Cold

+22° at 6:30 A.M. Went rabbiting
with Tom. Got 1. +38° at 11:00 A.M. Starting to
cloud up. +30° at 5:00 P.M. Sawed pine this P.M. (mill)
still no snow on ground. +32° at 10:00 P.M. Light clouds

+38° at 5:30 A.M. – +33° at 4:30 P.M.
Partly Cloudy all day & windy. Worked on loader
most of day. Sun set red. 10:45 P.M. +28°. Nothing
done this eve

25° above at 5:30 A.M.
Cloudy all day Rain started 3:30 P.M.
Temp. +43° at 4:00 P.M. – Broken piston in
Int. Loader truck – +47° at 8:00 P.M. Real Bad
Night Out, Wind from S.E. strong and raining hard.
Sid. Webster was in about a tree on light line
called CMP and NET&T. Really rough out Rain
and High South wind Temp +50° 10:30

Christmas Day 1957 – No snow
on ground any where.
Temp at noon 38° above.
Beautiful sunny day.
Tom lost key to this diary
in green rec chair.
Very little frost in ground. Tom and I
cut at my next winters wood in A.M.
Planed a little 4″ lumber for Cox in P.M.
To be at 10:15 17° Above