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Collection: Glover (Robert E.) Papers Author: Glover, Robert E. (Robert Ellsworth) Title: 1938-1953
Date: 1938-1953
File Name: WREG02608.pdf Date Transcribed: February 2021 Editors: T. Barker
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Marquette Diary and Daily Reminder Robert E. Glover
A page a Day for 1938 Friday, January 7, 1938 7th day-358 Days to Follow Sunday Jan 7 1945.
Went east of Brush pleasant hunting with Juergens, and so, Threlkeld and Son, and Sid Boyd in Juergens car. Boyd & T journey one pleasant, Juergens got 4 and Threlkeld one. Saw 2 golden eagles, Roughley hawks [illegible] (Near Akron Colo).
Thursday Jan 13 1944
Attended funeral of Fred C Carstarphen as pallbearer. Funeral was at Rogers mortuary and at Fairmount cemetery. The other pallbearers were Lt Charles Carstarphen, Paul Carstarphen, the two Fullerton brothers and Mr Benton. Met Charles Carstarphen’s wife Willcox Carstarphen also Paul Carstarphen brothers. REG
Driver was early
Pastor was Dr. Henry Foster.
Bill has tonsils and adenoids removed today at St Luke's hospital. Jan 16 1947. Sour occlusion of Jupiter by the moon.
Saturday Jan 16 1954
Kathy christened today Rev Hamlyn officiating REG Tuesday Jan 17 1950
Gave talk on integrator before the [Pi Mu Epsilon] math fraternity tonight. REG Jan 18 1941. Sat
Went to Greeley to county ducks with R Stone and F Allen. Counted ducks on Lower Lathan Res. REG 1/29/41
Jan 19 1941 Sunday.
Counted ducks between Evans & Hardin bridges and retirement to Denver REG 1/29/41 Thursday Jan 20 1949
Operated on by Dr Haber for entangled veins in both legs. 11:00 to 12:25 PM REG Jan 21 1950
Saturday Laura Kaiser died REG 1-27-50 Birthday
Jan 25 1951 Thursday Underwent operation for gallbladder stone. REG Feb 1 1951 Off today wick with flu.
Wed Jan 27 1942
Corrected roof prism at Walton’s tonight. Doc Weis called today and prescribed for flu. Jan 29 1941
Filed state and federal income tax banks and paid both taxes by check REG [Diagram]
Today when Carol was driving home going east at corner of Jewel & South Lincoln she was rammed by a car driven by a woman who turned left across the road. This car bore a 1937 Colorado license for Denver and was a Chevrolet like ours. Witnesses were Billy Otto and Donald Ryder. Woman backed off and continued on down Jewel. Our car got left front fender bent. Woman expressed regrets. REG Saturday Feb 2 1952 Morris left for Wichita REG
Feb 12 1948
Saturday Feb 14 1948
Returned from trip to San Francisco to attend a meeting of the Advisory committee on Engineering Seismology. Attended funeral for Walker R Young’s mother. REG 2/15/48
Feb 15 1945. Went hunting with Sid Larson, Juergens and stone in my car. Trip 75 miles. No ducks (hunted in cornfield where farmer had permit. Ducks came in but were too wary) REG 2-18-45 Feb 16 1954 Tuesday
R Morris Glover discharged from Army today. (second division Indian Head Div) REG Federal income tax report filed today and tax paid by check
Feb 22 1941
Hunted magpies on FRI Co Standley lake area. Mr Ernest Keeper.
Feb 23 1946 Federal and state income tax reports with checks. Marked today REG.
Feb 26 1949 Returned from trip to Washington DC Norwalk Conn and New York city REG Mar 6 1949. Feb 26 1950. Looked thru the 17 ½ “ telescope for the first time tonight. Saw moon Saturn, Sirius Reigel, Miza with Tom Bartlett and Walton. REG 2-26-50
Sunday Feb 28 1954
Morris, Virginia and Kathy left for Kansas this morning at 7:30 REG Mar 2 1940
Saw the planets mars, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, and mercury all in the evening sky at one time. REG 4/4/40 Mar 4 1940
Saw the planets Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury again tonight. Mar 4 1940 Filed US income tax report today.
Carol and I took dinner with Mr Kuo Chi Tsao at the Hong Kong Cafe.
Mar 8 1941 Saturday PM shot magpies with R Stone at Standley Lake. Saw bald eagle. Sunday Mar 13 1949
Walton, Bartlett, Williams, and Glover completed installation of 12” New [illegible], 8” Schmidt, 8” Cassegrainian in the small observatory dome at Denver University. REG
Meeting of Ord people at Dr Hagen’s office
Error in income tax statement causing overpayment of 12 cents reported today. Sunday Mar 21 1943
Morris took his first ride in a soaring plane today. Rode with pilot Kent.
Mar 23 1946. Returned from trip to Arizona to see dams. Spent part of Mar 12 to 23 inclusive REG. Sunday Mar 23 1952
Morris married to Virginia Peterson at Lindsborg Kansas.
Thursday Mar 25 1954. Talked with Red Read of the Civil Defense Adm about use of induction motors driven by automobile engines and excited by capacity for emergency paver supply. Letter of Mar 24 1954 on this subject was left with him and also the paper by Bassett & Potter on capacitive excitation of induction matters. (the paper appeared in the May 1935 issue of Electrical Engineering AIEE) the following items were discussed:
1) The need for more development to make this possibility usable for emergency purposes 2) Voltage control use of capacitors connected through motor starters with over voltage reports 3) Use of Woodward governors of automobile governors for speed control
4) The need for a demonstration project
5) The constructor of consensus of readily available materials.
6) The possibility that rate reduction would help day the cont of condense equipment. I dreamed that while the ground work had been laid by [illegible] and Potter, we were far from out of waits so far as operation was concerned. R.E. Glover
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April 2 1941. Wed. Carol left for El Paso at 8:10 PM by Greyhound April 2 1946 Went to Green Mtn Dam and returned.
Morris bitten by dog today. He claims dog belongs to people at 1926 So Sherman.
April 10 1947. Bought two new Firestone tires. Mileage 66880. REG 4/14/47. Turned in at 81531 Sept 11 1948 REG miles 14651.
Thursday Apr 13 1939. I saw Ireal Winter’s furnace stoker in operation last night. REG Apr 12 1940. Dr Weiss put tenth clamp on veins in left leg today.
Saturday Apr 15 1944
Went fishing at Highland lake with Morris, Bill and Sid Larson. Caught only 9 fish. Too early. Proprietor Mr Mead Loveland Colo. Mileage 90 total.
Sunday Apr 22 1945.
Went to Clover Basin lake with Bill, Mr and Mrs Ulis Mizell and his cousin in my car. Mileage 46 miles one way. (about 90.9 miles round trip). Bill caught about 30 sunfish. I got 4 copper and some blue gills. REG 4-27-45.
Sunday April 27 1947. New boat put in Clover Basin lake. REG 5/7/47 Friday April 27 1951. Two weeks of jury duty ended today REG 5/30/51
(Petit juror in District Court City & County of Denver Apr 16 to Apr 17 incl. Haslack vs Cassidy & Cassidy Apr 24, 25, 26 REG Oct 23 1952)
Saturday April 28 1951. Last bandage removed from incision today. Operation made Jan 25 1951 REG Sunday April 29 1945. Went to Tucker’s lake with Juergens, his two boys and Morris. Caught a few Coppers. A few trout and suckers were also caught. REG
Tuesday May 1 1951. The delta Analog computer described and demonstrated before the ASCE Hyd Section Room 409 N.C. House by Glover and Daum REG
May 3 1947 Saturday. Went to the sports show at the Stockyards stadium. Met WB Wells of Sterling. Carlson, Kinghorn and Hart. Culbreath of Arvada has band tailed pigeons. Jim Drammond at Ouray Colo. can tell where prairie chickens can be found in strutting grands. REG.
Saturday May 7 1949. Returned from two weeks work at Sacramento California. REG May 14 1949. May 12 1946 Went to Clover Basin lake with C Crawford & Mr Mizell in my car. I caught 7 coppers and 3 big blue gills (this is the first day this season that the coppers have been hungry) REG
May 12 1954 Wednesday. Boat No 3 completed about this date. REG 5/18/54
Saturday May 13 1944. Went to Tuckers lake with Sid Larson in my car. (REG caught one bass and one crappie, Sid caught 3 bass) mileage 52777.7 to 52829.9 Total round trip 52.2 miles. Cost for boat $0.50 each REG.
Tuesday May 131 1952
Morris entered army about this date. REG 6/12/52
May 15 1939. Delivered pay check No 69694 Dated May 15 1939 to Lowell H. Ericson. 1101 Emerson Street.
Returned to Denver from Wichita Kansas. In conference with Boeing award for personal on May 15. They offered a salary of 6600 per annual (5550) month to work with them. Offer made by Mr BW Hodges REG 5/18/53
Saturday & Sunday May 15-16 1954. Led Bird Club trip to Bonny dam. REG 5/18/54 Wednesday May 23 1945
Boar completed tonight Sunday Mar 23 1952
Morris married to Virginia Person at Lindsborg Kansas. Saturday May 23 1953
Stone and I saw 6 tubs of bluegills placed in McNeil lake. Fish were delivered by WW Schwager. He was paid $225. The receipt was given to Mrs Mizer. Estimated 360 lb of fish. REG
May 24 1947. Saturday went to Estes Park on tech club trip with Breckmeyer, Streefer, and Cummings. May 24 1950 Marjorie and Ginger arrived by plane for a visit. REG
Sunday May 24 1953 Bill and I went to McNeil Lake to fish. Fixed boat and caught Crappies. The Four we brought home weighted 12 16 ounces each. REG
May 25 1939.
Clough Brengle oscilloscope returned to Interstate Rodeo today to exchange for RCA instrument. REG Tuesday May 26 1953 Went with party into the proposed Tarryall Wilderness area. REG
Sat May 27 1944. Went to Highland lake with Sid Larson and Bill in Sid's car. Caught about six fair sized crappies a piece. REG 6/3/44
May 27 1946
Showed eye slides to Rockwater Bureau Technical Club at meeting in Daniels And Fisher tea room. May 31 1949
Carol left by Continental Air lines flight 23 for El Paso to attend the funeral of her father. The funeral is to be held Wednesday. Mr CW Morris died May 30 1949 REG
June 1 1947. Went fishing at Clover Basin Lake with R. Stone. We caught 50 crappies and bluegills. REG. June 2 1946 Sunday
Took dinner at the Park Lane Hotel as guests. Messrs Ekambarron, Pappu and Marty of India. Mr and Mrs L. Morda, Mr and Mrs Stokes and Mr and Mrs Baker also present.
Sat June 3 1944
Went to Tucker’s lake with Morris and Bud Oughten REG caught 2 bass and several crappies. RMG caught 1 finch (13.5 in) and crappies, Bud caught crappies and was one up on Morris when we quit. Mileage 52946 to 52989 - 43 miles. About 20 crappies caught. Bud 8 Morris 7.
Thursday June 4 1953
3:30 AM Morris called by telephone from Osaka Japan. REG 6-7-53 June 5 1951 (Tuesday)
Attended funeral of Francis H. Daremus today REG June 6 1953 (Saturday)
Bill graduated from the school of Civil Engineering at Boulder Colorado (Univ of Colorado) this morning. REG.
Wednesday June 8 1949
Carol and I saw Bill graduate from High School. REG 6-8-49 Saturday June 8 1952
Went on fishing trip to North Sterling and Jumbo reservoirs. REG 6/12/52
Sunday 1940. Went to Green Mtn dam and through Estes Park over trail ridge with Dr Brabtz, D. May, Mr Kelso, and Mr Bashore
REG 6/23/40
Thursday June 12 1952 Bill Glover left for Montana today on a mapping job with the USGS. He started work last monday, June 9 1952 REG.
Received Wirgin camera 231-A today. 6/13/41. REG Sunday June 14 1953
Went fishing with Bill Glover at McNiel lake (crappies). Previously we fished on sunday June 7 1953 (large crappies) and tuesday June 16 1953 (catfish, large perch, and one large crappie). Later we went up on tuesday June 16 and slept all night in the car to fish Wednesday June 17 1953 (Large bluegills and large crappies). The large bluegill weighed ¾ lb and was 9.5 inches long. We kept 4 large crappies and 2 bluegills and took 2 large crappies and 2 large bluegills to Ulis REG. 6-17-53
Saturday June 15 1946
Sunday 1940
Returned from trip to Frying pan through Carolton turned with R. Stone, J. Walker, Pennfield, Hoffman. Saw Band tailed pigeons on trip REG 6/23/40. Saw pigeons on Lake Freiler place near Basalt Colorado. Also on Sloss place.
Sunday June 16 1946
Returned from trip to Frying pan with R. Stone in Jim Richardson saw two pigeons on the lake Freiler place and on Frielers’ Mesa. None on [illegible] place. No fish. Went in J. Richardson’s car.
June 17 1941 Tuesday.
Returned from trip to frying-pan. Trip taken with R. Stone, Jim Richardson in my car and P. Hoffman and Gilbert Sr in Hoffman’s car. Took pictures of pigeons on Freiler place. Stayed at the Alvin Sloss cabin at Sloss.
June 17 1951 Sunday
Went with Colorado Mtn Club to plant red near Tolland. Party. Bill Barber driver, Helen Burnett, Marjorie Johnson, Wesley Rader, Ruth Harbig, Ranger Weaver. REG 6-17-51
Went to Tuckers lake with Bill REG 7/8/44
Tree planting with mountain club June 18, 1950 (7/18/1950) REG Saturday June 20 1953
Daughter Kathleen Elain born to R Morris and Virginia Glover Weight 7 lb 6 oz REG Sunday June 21 1942
Returned from Frying Pan with Hoffman and store today. Sunday 1940
Went up on Mr Evans with Lottie Kaiser, Carol, Marj, Morris and Bill Sunday June 25 1944
Went fishing at Clover Basin lake with Sid Larson and Morris. Boat swamped and full of mud. Water muddy - probably result of wind. Caught small min of crappies. REG 7/8/44
Morris left for Albuquerque at 5:00 AM June 25, 1948 REG June 27 1939
Had brakes relined today. $11.73. Speedometer 22222 miles June 27 1953 (Saturday)
Bill Glover and Al Haglund left by air for San Francisco en route to Seattle to work for US Coast and Geodetic Survey. REG
Went to Scout ranch for archery 90 ft shoot with Hunter.. Self, birch, Mr and Mrs Butler, Jackson Friday July 4 1941
Morris and Bill learned to swim at the Progress plunge pool.
Wed - July 5 1944 went to Tuckers’ lake with Sid Larson after work. Big wind - one crappie, Sid’s car. REG 7/8/44
Sunday July 6 1952
Carol left for New York and Connecticut at 3:30 PM today REG Mon July 7 1941.
Went to Estes Park over trail ridge road and return over Berthoud with Tommy Dest, Joe and Carol 15399-15165 = 234 mi.
Sunday June 9 1950 went to wild Basin with Mtn Club. Frank Allen leader REG (7/18/1950) July 9 1956
Morris, Virginia, Katie and Karen Glover left for Wichita Kansas they had been visiting since June 23 1956. REG Aug 19 1956
Friday July 11 1941
Showed pictures of band tailed pigeons to Amer Legion Conservation Committee Monday July 14 1952
Carol telephoned that a son Kim Ken was born to Marjorie and Kenneth Clark on this date. REG 7/15/52 Sunday July 16 1950
Hike to Epaulet mountains and Rosalie Mtn from Mt Evans with Mtn Club. Mr and Mrs Moenke leaders. Mr Seger driver REG 7/18/1950
Monday July 24 1944
Went to [illegible] with Paul spines. Alb Merritt here about previous Wednesday. REG Aug 5 1944 July 25 1940 Presented a paper on action of a frame supported to an earthquake before the ASCE Convention in Denver.
July 25 1942 Interview with Navy Board Thursday July 29 1943
Returned July 29 1943
Thursday July 29 1943
Returned after attending Mother and Dad’s 50th wedding anniversary. REG July 30 1944.
Went to Clover Basin lake with Sid Larson and Dr Mitchell in my car. Caught 10 crappies. July 30 1954
Wednesday Carol and Robert returned by air from visit to Marjorie, Ken, Ginger and Kim at Norwalk Connecticut. REG 7/4/54
Thursday August 2 1956
Mrs Sadie Rose Morris, Carol’s mother, passed away. REG Aug 19 1956 Aug 4 1949 Took mother to Summit lake on Mt Evans. (Thursday) REG Saturday August 4 1956
Carol left with Dorothy Carol Nell, Charles and William (daughter and sons of Dorothy) for El Paso Texas to attend the funeral of their mother. REG
Aug 19 1956
(Note they had been visiting in Denver area about July 14 REG. Aug 19 1956 Aug 5 1948 Thursday.
Returned from Ord Nebraska after attending Father’s (Frank E Glover’s) funeral. Father died July 31 1948 (Saturday) R.E. Glover 8/5/48.
Sunday Aug 9 1942
Brought Morris, J Hunter, and Terry Nance back from Scout Camp near Ward Colorado. Speedometer 47644 to 47792 or 148 miles round trip.
Sat Aug 11 1956 went fishing with Wm. Spader at McNeil Lake REG Aug 19 1956 Sat Aug 12 1939
Bought set of four Firestone tires for car for $41.04 with tubes including trade in on old tires and tubes. Mileage 23137
Sunday Aug 13 1944 -
Went to Monarch Lake with Mr Liston on a service call. Fished for Front - no luck. Took colored pictures. REG 8/19/44
Left for trip to the Mesa Verde National Park. REG 8/20/38
Returned from trip to the Mesa Verde National Park REG 8/20/38 Monday Aug 18 1941
Bought three new Firestone tires $29.07 with tubes including old tires and tubes on trade in. Mileage 40539.
Friday Aug 18 1944
Fished at Highland lake with R. Stone and Morris. Caught 1 crappie (RS) 2 bluegills (RG) and 2 broods of bluewings, blue herons, letter yellowlegs.
August 1949 Friday
Denver University accepted gift of telescopes at reception on Observatory grounds. REG 8/20/49 Sunday Aug 20 1944
Went to Clover Basin Lake with Sid Larson and Wheeler. Caught 6 crappies and one bluegill. Large crappie 1’2” long weighed 1 lb 2 oz. Sid’s car. REG
August 26 1942
Morris fell off of his bicycle and broke his wrist. Saturday Aug 26 1950
Received masters degree in Applied Mathematics from Univ of Colorado. REG Sunday Aug 27 1942
Went to Clover Basin Lake with Sid Larson, Charlie Herbert. Came back with 8 crappies, 1 big bluegill, 9 small bluegills. (25 crappies for 3 men) Sid’s car. Beautiful clear day. REG
Saturday Sept 1 1945.
Went to hunt grouse with Frank Celus, R Stone, and Bill Glover, went to Sedalia Dedara, Lake George, Jackson and back to Denver. Caluses no grouse seen nor any grouse sign seen. REG Sept 7 1944 Thursday Sept 3 1942
Returned from Nebraska after attending Guy’s and Emma’s golden wedding anniversary. Saturday Sept 6 1953
Idea for using a mirror to produce a long focus camera for bird photography explained to Mr Licht, CS Walton and Fred Kleinschnitz today
Reflex type comes without lens but with short extension tube parabolic mirror throws image directly on film. Focusing is done with reflex viewing source. Picture taken with a [illegible] plane shutter. RE Glover Carol Glover
Went to Clover Basin Lake with R Stone Sept 9 1945 4 crappies about 5 bluegills. REG Sunday Sept 10 1944
Went to Clover Basin Lake with Sid Larson in afternoon. Caught 6 crappies, 1 sunfish, 1 bluegill. Sid’s car. REG 9/13/44
Thursday Sept 10 1953
Carol operated on for gallstones at Presbyterian Hospital today. REG 9/10/53 Monday Sept 11 1944.
Showed slides of eyes to Movie Camera Club at Graves place in Bonnie Proc. REG 9/13/44 Sept 11 1948 (Sat)
Bought two new Montgomery Ward tires mileage 81531. Thursday Sept 12 1946
Bill and I returned from a trip to Nebraska REG 9/17/46 Helen and Morden here today.
Sept 15 1944
Car mileage 53568. Tank ¼ full. New “A” ration tomorrow. Sat Sept 15 1945.
Went to Clover Basin Lake with Major C Crawford. 6 Crappies. 7 bluegills. Sunday Sept 19 1948
Returned from trip to San Francisco by car. REG 9/20/48 Sunday Sept 20 1942
Saw large meteorite in afternoon. I was about one mile west of Parker Colorado and I caught sight of it at 1:30 PM. It left a trail of smoke like a comet. Had [illegible] like a large aeroplane in a shed fragment. Was going about SE by South when sun but gradually turned toward south. Was in sight for 3 minutes. Sky was perfectly clear. I saw it with an 8 x 9 lens and tried to take 16 mm movie with 3” telephoto. Sunday - Sept 20 1953
Carol came home from Presbyterian hospital (room 163) today. REG Sept 22 1963 Sept 24 1953
Took Carol to the presbyterian hospital for the second time tonight (thursday) REG Friday Sept 25 1953
Bill came in from Seattle on United Airlines at 4:00 in the afternoon REG Sept 27 ‘53 Saturday Sept 26 1953
Carol was operated on for the third time at 7:00 PM tonight. REG Sept 27 1953 89th Div reunion at Stanley Soray hotel ended today Sept 28 1946. REG Wednesday Oct 2 1946
Carol left for New York at 5:00 pm and Morris left for El paso at 7:00 pm. REG
Went fishing with Bill Saturday October 3 1953 at McNeil Lake. We caught one bass and 1 crappie. Bass was 13 ½ inches long and weighed 1 lb 2 oz. REG
Thursday Oct 8 1953. Carol came home from the hospital this morning and Bill left for Seattle this evening with Leland Curtis Larson. REG
Went hunting with Pete Terrel at McNeil Lake 5 Mallards 1 GW Teal (Mallard ducks banded) 709068 REG
Monday Oct 24 1949. Gave talk on Cassegrainian telescopes before Amateur’s club at Chamberlain Observatory. REG 10/29/49
Oct 24 1946
Daughter Ginger Marjorie born to Kenneth and Marjorie Clark. REG 6-20-53 Oct 25 1942
Hunted with Morris and Bill on OF Burnett place 1 mile North and 7 miles west of Wiggins. (House with Silo on N side of paved road) got two ducks. Bill fell in river. We saw pheasants, Cooper’s hawk,
immature golden eagle, Marsh Hawks, Ferruginous rough leg hawks with snow white under parts, pigeon hawks, American rough leg hawks, great horned owl, and short eared owl, seagulls, king fisher, ducks. Bill got a shot at geese. 48671 to 48708 - 77 miles
Six allowed claims for “support for hollow bodies” filed Aug 1 1936 Allowed Sept 10 1938 Serial no 93759. Seen today.
Oct 26 1941
Sunday went hunting with Tracy at his lake. Oct 26 1946 Saturday.
Went to Clover Basin Lake with Bill to hunt ducks. We got 6 - 1 BW teal, 1 [illegible], 2 red heads, 2 Baldpates. First day of season REG
Oct 26 1952
Hunted ducks with Bill at McNeil Lake. REG 10-29-56 (1 mallard duck) Sunday October 28 1951
Carol and Laura left on “City of Denver” to visit Marjorie in Norwalk Connecticut REG Oct 29 1944.
Morris’s plane made two flights today. REG Wed Oct 29 1952
Attended party at Legion hall in honor of Foster Towle on his retirement. REG Wed Oct 30 1940
Mother Morris taken to Porter Sanitarium today. Monday October 31 1955
Daughter Karen Louise born to R Morris and Virginia Glover at 4:45 in the morning. 7 lb 9 oz. REG Sunday Nov 1 1953
Virginia and Kathleen left by air for Kansas today. REG Saturday Nov 2 1946
Start of the big snow Nov 3 1947.
Bought two new “Riverside fires” speedometer 72750 (about)
Nov 6 1952 Thursday, Carol broke her left arm today. Bone was set by Dr Hager. REG
Nov 10 1951 Saturday delivered computations on Gorge Power plant and tunnel to Mr Savage. REG Wednesday Nov 12 1941
Owl released today.
Supplemental affidavit given to Al Knight today Nov 19 1941
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Near pine tree place. 1 mallard. Slone 2 males. Sunday Nov 19 1944
Hunted pheasants east of Hudson with R. Stone, Morris and Bud Oughten REG, Morris and Bud one male each. Stone 3 males. Opening day of season REG.
Friday and Saturday Nov 24 and 25 1944.
Went to Greeley with V. Oughten, V. Lund and Morris Glover. Hunted on John Strauss’s place. One pheasant. Blizzard on the 25th
Tuesday Nov 25 1952
Morris left for Seattle via Union Pacific (Car 509) at 5:40 PM REG Sunday Nov 27 1949.
Doc Walton says he looked through the 17 ½ “ telescope tonight. Found telescope performing well but seeing poor. (Idea of using fluorescent materials for seeing with ultra violet infra red and for studying the image explained previously to Dr Recht and Tom Bartlett. Bartlett said last week they do not yet have the placeholder on the 12” at DU) REG
Friday Nov 29 1940.
First day of season hunted on the Ramsey place (Dies renter) and on the Gothorp place. First is 1 mile west of crook Colo on the River. Gothorp place is about 1 mi north ½ mi west and ¼ mi north from Ramsey place. Party Ted Hood. R Stone. Kay Thayer. Meyer Deck. Got 2 cocks ad 1 hen.
Sat Nov 30 1940
Hunted on the LG Davis place near Orchard Colo. (take orchard branch from cutoff and turn west on south river road about 2 miles. Has Jule Swamp and front of river). On George Claspell place North of Merino got Mallard and female pheasant. (Go north on road past church at east side of town. Cross canal and RR go west to Logon Store Log N, W, N W and cross second canal. Go west until house is reached. Has full swamps canals west patches. Broom corn and meadow. Party Meyer Dick Glover Stone.
Friday Dec 1 1939
Hunted on farm across corner from Knox place 3 miles east and 3 miles north of Dacona and on Sheat place south of N Lupton road. And across from home place 2 miles north. 1 bird male.
Dec 1 1944
Showed slides and sections of eyes to Illuminating engineers at Shirley Sara Hotel Hunted on farm across from Knox Place. 2 birds 1 male 1 female. Mileage:
Knox Place 26088 Turn west 26091 Dacona 26094 Turn south 26096 Denver 26124. Dec 2 1944
Hunted with Bill and Stone in territory North and East of Bear lake. Stone got two birds 82 miles. Monday Dec 7 1953
Virginia and Kathy arrived from Kansas. REG 12-10-53 Tuesday Dec 8 1953
Morris returned from Korea REG Dec 10 1953 Left US from Seattle Dec 9 1952
Arrived Pusan Korea Jan 2 1953 Left Pusan Korea Nov 1953
Returned to States at Seattle Dec 5 ‘53 Arrived in Yokohama Japan Dec 25 1952
Went for a hike with R Stone in the cherry creek dam area. Tried shoe pumps for the first time. Use was successful. (Dec 10 1950) REG 12/18/1950
Dec 17 1950
Went with R Stone for a hike at Standley lake. Used shoe pumps again successfully REG 12/18/1950 Sunday Dec 24 1944 Went to Burnett’s place for ducks in Sid’s car with Sid Larson, Henry Wheeler. Larson, 2 drake mallards Wheeler 1 female mallard. Glover 1 mallard drake 1, 1 gadwall. Saw great horned owls, gulls, magpies, marsh hawks, Amer ruffled hawks, horned lark, meadow lark, pheasants, Maury ducks on Bear lake in large rafts. REG
Marjorie married on Dec 28 to Kenneth Clark. REG 1-3-46 Sunday Dec 31 1944
Went up to Burnett’s place with Sid Larson, Juergens and Stone in my car. Got 1 GW Teal and two mallards. Saw 2 golden eagles on return as [illegible] as marsh hawks and Roughleg hawks. Marjorie left for new home in Connecticut on Dec 31 1945 REG 1-3-46
