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Herman Charles Tears, son of Sadie Colby and
Herman Camp Tears, was born in Sullivan Township 17 August 1913. In 1945
he married Winifred Brace. In the photo at left, Herman is on far right,
Winifred on far left. They were attendants at the 1953 wedding of Winifred's
brother, Gordon Brace, to Esther Baity.
The Tears Farm straddled the Rutland/Sullivan Border. The house was in Rutland and the barn across the road was in Sullivan Township. Winifred died in 2002 and Herman in 2004. Herman allowed me to copy his five year 1937-1941 diary about 1994 as well as the three diaries of his grandmother, Sadie Monro, which also appear on this site.
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Herman Charles Tears, Jr. Age 25
January 2, 1938
28 degrees. Windy and cloudy. Aunt Addie and Uncle Ray
were here for dinner.
January 3, 1938
30 degrees. Nice day. Dad and I hunted around for critter.
Bargained for Guernsey of Jack West.
January 4, 1938
35 degrees. Partly cloudy. Windy. Started buzzing
Uncle Oscar's wood. Went to installation of Grange officers.
January 5, 1938
32 degrees. Cloudy and windy. Finished buzzing Uncle Oscar's
wood back of barn. Jim came with 1st load of lime.
January 6, 1938
42 degrees. A clear day. South wind. Dad's stomach
was not very good. He rested all day. I attended night school
of Troy High.
January 7, 1938
37 degrees. Snowed in morning. Cleared up and melted later.
Louis here a while in a.m. Dad and I made hay rack for sheep.
January 8, 1938
28 degrees. Clear day. Cold wind. Help mother and
did some picking up around.
January 9, 1938
29 degrees. A windy day, clear. Raymond VanZile called
a few minutes in a.m. Uncle Oscar and Aunt Net here in p.m.
Olive and family here in eve.
January 10, 1938
23 degrees. Cloudy and still. Started snowing in afternoon.
Dad and I worked at wood in p.m.
January 11, 1938
38 degrees. Partly cloudy and still. Everything covered
with frost in morn. We washed.
January 12, 1938
27 degrees. Cloudy. Wind from the south. Snowed some.
Put a few battens on shed. We cut wood in p.m. Louis and I
went to Herbert Borg's in eve.
January 13, 1938
28 degrees. Snowed and blowed. Did the chores and stayed
in. Went to Troy school in eve.
January 14, 1938
35 degrees. A nice day. Ground grist in a.m.
January 15, 1938
29 degrees. A nice day but a cold wind. Dad and I went
to Mainesburg to fix spreader tongue. P.M. took Mother to Doc. to
Mansfield.
January 16, 1938
January 18, 1938
34 degrees. Very nice clear day. Dad went to Farm Show
in Harrisburg with Uncle Oscar, Louis, Harry Garrison and Loyd Wilkins.
January 19, 1938
15 degrees. Cloudy. Mother and I were alone. We washed.
Dad came home from Farm Show about 8 p.m.
January 20, 1938
49 degrees. Nice clear day. We did our chores and put shoe
on horse. Hauled load of wood from Uncle Oscar's woods. Troy
school in evening.
January 21, 1938
29 degrees. Cloudy. Wind from east. Did chores.
Started to split wood but had too much headache.
January 22, 1938
38 degrees. A nice day but cloudy. Went to Troy in evening.
Got brown suede jacket. Haircut.
January 23, 1938
53 degrees. A very nice day. Went to Sunday School.
At home rest of day.
January 24, 1938
45 degrees. High winds from south in p.m. Washed.
I ground grist in p.m. Mother's him and leg ached very badly.
January 25, 1938
35 degrees. Heavy rain and some thunder and lightning in morning.
Straightened up and swept out east end of new barn in p.m.
January 26, 1938
15 degrees. High winds from southwest. Stayed in all except
for doing chores on account of cold in head.
January 27, 1938
15 degrees. Cloudy and windy and snow. Dad and I went and
had the car inspected.
January 28, 1938
24 degrees. Cloudy and windy. We worked in the woods.
January 29, 1938
23 degrees. Cloudy. Dad and I worked in the woods.
January 30, 1938
44 degrees. Mostly clear. Wind from south. Rested
in a.m. Dad and I rode over to Gillette in p.m. Mother stayed
home and read.
January 31, 1938
25 degrees. Cloudy and windy. I cleaned furnace in a.m.
Helped Raymond V. get load of hay. Dad took horses down to Uncle
Oscar's to get shod.
February 1, 1938
22 degrees. Clear. Some wind . Washed. I ground
feed in p.m.
February 2, 1938
25 degrees. Cloudy. I went to Grange meeting over at Walter
Gates. Dad and I down to Col X Rds in eve.
February 3, 1938
38 degrees. Cloudy. Wind and rain from south. I went
to Troy School in eve.
February 4, 1938
32 degrees. Cloudy Leonard Wood helped us cut wood.
We finished on this place. Used last straw out of old barn.
February 5, 1938
35 degrees. Wind form south. Cloudy. Cut wood in
Uncle Oscar's sugar bush. Dad and mother went to town p.m.
February 6, 1938
Rained all p.m. Bernice Dann here for dinner. Olive and
family here for supper.
February 7, 1938
32 degrees. Mostly clear. Washed. I fixed 3 doors.
Carried in first batch of straw out of shed
February 8, 1938
10 degrees. Beautiful day. Dad and I cut wood. I
got cut under L eye with piece of metal off wedge. Mother's leg aches
quite a bit.
February 9, 1938
40 degrees. Rainy. Tinkered with clocks. Put one
new rope on hay loader.
February 10, 1038
Cloudy. We had early dinner and went to cut wood. Down
to Troy school in eve.
February 11, 1938
22 degrees. Wind in east. Cloudy. Just did chores.
Went to Austinville after few groceries.
February 12, 1938
Louis' Birthday. Cloudy, wind in south. I went to Col X
Rds after links for spreader. Cut wood in p.m. Louis and Herbert
B. went to Syracuse.
February 13, 1938
40 degrees. Heavy rain in morning. We went out to Morris
to see Aunt Belle. We drove Louis' 36 Chevrolet tuds.
February 14, 1938
Cloudy. Mother and I washed and I washed Louis' car in a.m.
Dad took a grist down and I took Louis' car.
February 15, 1938
24 degrees. Partly cloudy. Very cold in morning.
We butchered a Jersey - dressing off 437 lbs.
February 16, 1938
A nice clear day. Dad and I took 1/4 beef to Olive in Uncle Oscar's
truck. Went on to Troy. Haircut. Took truck home in eve.
February 17, 1938
32 degrees. Cloudy. I did the chores. Dad and mother
canned meat. I went to Troy School in eve.
February 18, 1938
Cloudy. Folks canned meat. I did chores and washed car.
February 19, 1938
28 degrees. North wind. Icy. Dad and I went to Shirley
Beardslee's in eve to party
February 20, 1938
Dad and Mother's Wedding Anniversary. Very icy. Snowed
from north. We rested.
February 21, 1938
52 degrees. Clear. Mother worked at some more meat.
February 22, 1938
Cloudy and snowy. Dad and I went with Louis, Morris and Uncle
Oscar to E. H. Lacey's sale.
February 23, 1938
42 degrees. A fair day. Partly cloudy. Washed.
Made mash hopper for hens.
February 24, 1938
32 degrees. Mostly cloudy. Just nursed my cold mostly.
February 25, 1938
25 degrees. Cold wind from west. We worked at wood in a.m.
Louis hauled truck load of wood for us in p.m.
February 26, 1938
29 degrees. Fair. Dad and I went to Troy in a.m.
I had sick headache in evening.
February 27, 1938
31 degrees. Snowed all day. We were down at Olive's for
dinner also Uncle Claude's folks. We went to Ron Grimmell's to put
out fire.
February 28, 1938
12 degrees. Blustery. Stayed around house.
February 29, 1938
March 1, 1938
40 degrees. Nice day. Some wind from southwest. Mother
and Dad made hard soap. I went to Mansfield. Also shoveled
snow
March 2, 1938
38 degrees. Windy. Mother and dad washed. I went
to Dewey's in Sylvania to a Grange meeting.
March 3, 1938
15 degrees. Cloudy and windy. Dad and I went down to work
at wood in a.m. I went to Troy in eve.
March 4, 1938
35 degrees. Still but cloudy. We buzzed wood and Louis
hauled 3 loads.
March 5, 1938
40 degrees. Sleet in night. Dad and I started to haul up
buzz pile in a.m. Rained hard in afternoon. I helped mother
with housework.
March 6, 1938
35 degrees. A nice day. Louis took us up to see Grandmother
Windnagle.
March 7, 1938
38 degrees. A nice day. We buzzed wood and Louis hauled
two loads.
March 8, 1938
34 degrees. Snowy and clear interchangeable. Dad and I
went to Nate Benson's funeral.
March 9, 1938
31 degrees. Clear and still. Dad took mother to Doc. Ballard
of Troy on account of right leg. I worked down at Uncle Oscar's.
2 loads wood.
March 10, 1938
35 degrees. Nice day. Finished cutting our wood in Uncle
Oscar's woods. Louis hauled two more loads.
March 11, 1938
34 degrees. Nice day. Help Louis saw lumber.
March 12, 1938
34 degrees. Sawed lumber.
March 13, 1938
47 degrees. Cloudy. Olive's family here in eve for supper.
March 14, 1938
28 degrees. Snowed from north. Help Louis saw lumber.
March 15, 1938
35 degrees. Nice day. Dad and I went to Canton in forenoon.
Evelyn Crippen stayed with mother. Help Louis saw in p.m.
March 16, 1938
40 degrees. Rain. Dad and I went to Walter Card's funeral
in p.m. I help Louis in a.m.
March 17, 1938
48 degrees. Rain. Very muddy. I helped Louis all
day. Olive and Ellen were here in afternoon.
March 18, 1938
40 degrees. Cloudy. I was t home in forenoon. Mother's
leg was some better. No help in house. I helped Louis.
March 19, 1938
57 degrees. Beautiful day. Honey bees were out around saw
mill for first. Help saw lumber in a.m. Haircut.
March 20, 1938
52 degrees. A very nice day. Louis here a while in forenoon.
Olive and family here in eve. Mother's leg some better but she doesn't
get on it.
March 21, 1938
67 degrees. Beautiful day. Helped Louis saw and truck logs
and lumber.
March 22, 1938
74 degrees. Beautiful day. Helped Louis saw lumber.
Olive here in afternoon. Ruth and Evelyn and children here and took
Olive home.
March 23, 1938
70 degrees. Nice day. Helped Louis saw lumber. Wind
blowed hard all day. Our chimney burned out.
March 24, 1938
38 degrees. Cloudy and windy from northwest. Helped Louis
saw lumber. Olive and Jim and family were here for supper.
March 25, 1938
50 degrees. Nice day. Mostly cloudy. Helped Louis
saw lumber. Mother was out to the table to eat her supper.
March 26, 1938
42 degrees. Cloudy and windy. Help Louis saw lumber.
Dad went after wheel chair. Evelyn Crippen here.
March 27, 1938
40 degrees. Cloudy and windy. Stayed at home. Dad
and Henry Beardslee went away in p.m. Uncle Oscar and Aunt N. here
in afternoon. Olive and Jim here for supper.
March 28, 1938
53 degrees. Nice day. Help Louis saw lumber.
March 29, 1938
60 degrees. Cloudy. Helped Louis saw lumber.
March 30, 1938
65 degrees. Nice day. Help Louis saw and haul Henry Beardslee's
lumber
March 31, 1938
56 degrees. Cloudy and rainy. Help Louis haul and saw Ed
Watkin's logs.
April 1, 1938
60 degrees. Nice day. At home in a.m. Ground feed
in p.m. and help Louis haul 1 load logs.
April 2, 1938
35 degrees. Snowy. Help Louis saw lumber.
April 3, 1938
37 degrees. Partly cloudy. Some wind. We were alone.
Olive and Jim and family came in eve for supper.
April 4, 1938
35 degrees. Cloudy and windy. Louis went to Wellsboro with
Henry Beardslees after truck tires. I helped him haul 2 loads of
logs.
April 5, 1938
28 degrees. Fair. Help saw lumber. Over to Grange
Hall in eve. Were getting ready for initiation.
April 6, 1938
28 degrees. Heavy snow from East. Help saw John Heib's
lumber. Snow blowed and drifted some.
April 7, 1938
48 degrees. Snowed from East. Stayed at home and helped
with the work. Dad had hard cold.
April 8, 1938
Sleet and rain from East. Dad's cold worse. He stayed in.
Uncle Oscar not very good.
April 9, 1938
30 degrees. Snowed and sleeted and rained from East. Dad
about same. Not out to barn only in early morn.
April 10, 1938
Mostly clear. Wind from west. We were alone. Dad
feeling fairly good.
April 11, 1938
46 degrees. Nice day. Wind in S. Snow melted fast.
Dad not feeling very good. I did chores and help mother wash.
April 12, 1938
Nice day. Mother has cold on lungs. Dad's cold some better.
I help Louis saw lumber.
April 13, 1938
65 degrees. Nice day. Mother worse. I help Louis
saw. Father had doctor for mother in afternoon.
April 14, 1938
Nice day. Evelyn Crippen was here to help with housework.
Dad went to Troy in a.m. I cleaned Gus' stables for him.
April 15, 1938
65 degrees. Nice day. Worked around outside besides helping
with inside work and chores. Transplanted shade tree.
April 16, 1938
Mostly cloudy. Mother's cold tight on lungs. I help Uncle
Oscar saw wood. Went to Troy in eve.
April 17, 1938
50 degrees. Mostly cloudy. Mother's ears ached. One
broke. Had Dr. He said her varicose veins were better.
April 18, 1938
Cloudy and rainy. Mother's ears better. I help buzz Uncle
Oscar's wood in a.m. at home in p.m.
April 19, 1938
70 degrees. Nice day. Helped cut wood at Harold Mudges.
Uncle Oscar some better
April 20, 1938
75 degrees. Rainy in p.m. Took Mr. and Mrs. Roy Garrison
up to Grange in eve. Uncle Oscar some better.
April 21, 1938
68 degrees. Nice day. Worked at lime and oats at Uncle
Oscar. Uncle Oscar much worse. Mother not very good.
Myrtle Jackson came.
April 22, 1938
Rain last night. We cut brush on lower place in a.m. Finished
sowing one piece of Uncle Oscar's oats. Blacksmith here.
April 23, 1938
56 degrees. Wind from north. Clear. Worked at Uncle
Oscar's oats. He is worse. Myrtle's Beau took her home.
April 24, 1938
66 degrees. Beautiful day. I was down to Uncle Oscar's.
Helped Louis draw hay and straw. Uncle Ray and Aunt Addie here for
supper.
April 25, 1938
70 degrees. Nice day. Worked at uncle Oscar's lime and
oats. Ground grist. Gus and Evelyn here in eve.
April 26, 1938
70 degrees. Nice day. Finished Uncle Oscar's oats. Worked
some here in p.m. Mother gaining. I think Uncle Oscar improving.
April 27, 1938
80 degrees. Nice day. Started working at our oats.
Lucile Card's wedding is tonight.
April 28, 1938
88 degrees. Nice day. Worked at oats. Mother fairly
good. Uncle Oscar about as usual.
April 29, 1938
60 degrees. Cloudy. Finished our oats. I dragged
garden with tractor. Sowed fertilizer on garden. H. C. Beardslee
here after seed oats.
April 30, 1938
54 degrees. Cloudy. Planted a few early potatoes in garden
and some garden seeds. Mowed some lawn. Took Myrtle home.
May 1, 1938
65 degrees. A nice day. We were alone. Myrtle's brother
and sister brought her in afternoon.
May 2, 1938
75 degrees. Nice day. Brought tractor plow up on Louis'
truck. Drawed 2 loads hay 1 load straw on his truck. Dragged
corn ground.
May 3, 1938
59 degrees. Nice showers in p.m. Finished dragging corn
ground. Myrtle and I went to Mansfield in p.m.
May 4, 1938
78 degrees. Nice day. Fixed sheep pasture fence and took
sheep down. Dad and Henry Beardslee went to Wellsboro. I went
to Grange in afternoon.
May 5, 1938
80 degrees. Showery. I worked around home. Dad went
down to Uncle Oscar's and plowed.
May 6, 1938
75 degrees. Nice day. Dad down to Uncle Oscar's to plow.
I fixed fence around cow pasture.
May 7, 1938
65 degrees. Clear day. Little wind. Dad down at Uncle
Oscar's to plow. I dragged corn ground for H. C. Beardslee.
Mowed lawn.
May 8, 1938
52 degrees. Cloudy. Myrtle went home with her brother.
We were down at Olive's. I was down to sheep pasture in eve.
Myrtle came in eve.
May 9, 1938
52 degrees. Rainy in a.m. Dad and I pulled yellow weed
in a.m. We plowed down on lower place in p.m.
May 10, 1938
49 degrees. Cloudy and rainy. I went to Mansfield to get
car greased and steering gear fixed.
May 11, 1938
55 degrees. Cloudy. I ground feed in a.m. I was around
home in p.m. Dad plowed.
May 12, 1938
45 degrees. Cloudy and windy. A freeze last night.
I dragged corn ground in a.m. Plowed in p.m. Went over to practice
for a play at the Grange.
May 13, 1938
60 degrees. Partly cloudy. Turned cows out. I was
nursing lame back. Louis, Lynn Williams and I went to the sale of
Sam Woodard's property
May 14, 1938
54 degrees. Cloudy. Rainy in p.m. I plowed with tractor
for buckwheat in forenoon. Myrtle went home in eve.
May 15, 1938
43 degrees. Cloudy and rainy. Olive and Jim and family
and Helen J. Scott were here for dinner. Myrtle came in eve.
May 16, 1938
63 degrees. High wind from west. I burned trash and pulled
yellow weed in a.m. Mowed lawn in p.m. Dad plowed.
May 17, 1938
68 degrees. Nice day. Help Louis and Richard Rumsey start
sowing in a.m. Went to vote in p.m.
May 18, 1938
70 degrees. Foggy and damp. Wood boys sheared sheep in
a.m. 14 head at .20 each. I plowed for buckwheat in p.m.
May 19, 1938
56 degrees. Cloudy and damp. I finished plowing with tractor
in a.m. Help Louis saw in p.m.
May 20, 1938
60 degrees. Nice day. Help Louis saw lumber. Thunder
shower in p.m.
May 21, 1938
56 degrees. Nice day. Help Louis saw lumber. Ground
feed. Brought grist home on Louis' truck. Troy in eve.
Haircut.
May 22, 1938
70 degrees. Nice day. Uncle Claude and Aunt Marian here
for dinner. Louis here in afternoon. Myrtle did not go home
this weekend.
May 23, 1938
Winifred Brace's Birthday
63 degrees. Cloudy. Help Louis saw lumber.
May 24, 1938
Ellen's Birthday
60 degrees. Cloudy and drizzily. Help move lumber in preparation
of Walter H. Card's sale. Went to practice for play in eve.
May 25, 1938
65 degrees. Nice day. I help pull yellow weed in a.m.
Went down to Uncle Oscar's expecting to help saw but didn't in p.m.
May 26, 1938
Nice day. Herbert Borg and I helped the auctioneer at Walter
Card's sale. I earned $4. Dad and I down to Henry Beardslee's
in eve.
May 27, 1938
70 degrees. Nice day. I was down at the card farm all day.
I went to Troy High Alumni reception in eve.
May 28, 1938
70 degrees. Nice day. We started planting our corn.
I mowed some lawn. Dad took Myrtle home for week end.
May 29, 1938
70 degrees. Nice day. We were alone. Mother and I
went down to see Uncle Oscar. He is improving.
May 30, 1938
68 degrees. Nice day. Finished our corn and one piece of
Uncle Oscar's. Myrtle came tonight.
May 31, 1938
75 degrees. Very nice day. Cultivated potatoes, mowed lawn,
etc. in a.m. Dad and I rolled corn and picked stone. Chester
Hubbard started painting new barn.
June 1, 1938
70 degrees. Nice day. Dad and I finished rolling and picking
stone. Chester finished first coat of paint. I went to Grange
in eve.
June 2, 1938
75 degrees. Nice in a.m. Dad and I went to Troy in a.m.
We worked around new barn in p.m.
June 3, 1938
78 degrees. Nice day. Dad and I cleaned stove. We
worked around new barn in p.m.
June 4, 1938
75 degrees. A nice day. Took 6 bags wheat to Jim's. Wendell
came home with me. We went down to Uncle Oscar's in p.m.
June 5, 1938
60 degrees. Nice day. Rained some in afternoon. I
took Myrtle home in morning. We were down to Olive's for dinner.
June 6, 1938
Shirley Beardslee Smith's Birthday
73 degrees. Nice day. Louis brought drill up with truck.
Uncle Oscar came too. Dad and I sowed soybeans.
June 7, 1938
84 degrees. Nice day. Hot wind. I ground valves to
light plant and helped roll and draw stone off soybeans.
June 8, 1938
70 degrees. Nice day. We did odd jobs and got ready to
plant potatoes. Imowed all the lawn after chores in eve.
June 9, 1938
76 degrees. Nice day. Dad and Louis planted potatoes.
I help dad draw 3 loads of stone and dragged buckwheat ground.
June 10, 1938
70 degrees. Cloudy, wind from south. Sowed Uncle Oscar's
rye buckwheat on side hill - 8 1/2 acres.
June 11, 1938
85 degrees. Nice day. I finished planting garden.
Put up grist and took it down on Louis's truck. Help Louis saw timbers
into lumber.
June 12, 1938
70 degrees. Nice in forenoon. Olive and family here for
dinner. Rained in afternoon.
June 13, 1938
65 degrees. Nice day. I worked in garden. Dad started
cutting hay down. I mowed with scythe.
June 14, 1938
75 degrees. A very nice day. I help Louis saw lumber.
Dad cultivated corn.
June 15, 1938
80 degrees. Nice day. I dragged Buckwheat ground in morning.
We drawe hay in afternoon.
June 16, 1938
77 degrees. Nice day. I scraped up hay and we drawed last
small ja that was cut. I ground feed. Dad finished cultivating
first ti
June 17, 1938
72 degrees. Nice day. Mostly cloudy. Dad and I went
to Troy. Stayed at Olive's for dinner. I mowed lawn in p.m.
Haircut.
June 18, 1938
80 degrees. A nice day. We sowed 10 1/2 acres of buckwheat
down on Smith place.
June 19, 1938
83 degrees. A nice day. Cloudy. We were at home alone.
I was down at Olive's in eve.
June 20, 1938
85 degrees. A nice day. Need rain. Dad went to Troy
in morn. He mowed down some clover. I got rope and fork read
June 21, 1938
90 degrees. Clear. Not much breeze. Dad cultivated
in a.m. I worked in garden. We drawed in hay down at uncle
Oscar's.
June 22, 1938
85 degrees. Nice day. Drawed in 3 loads at Uncle Oscar's
and 5 loads here. Joe Louis won fight against Max Schmeling.
June 23, 1938
90 degrees. Nice day. Showery around in p.m. Hauled
5 loads hay. Scaife's came in afternoon.
June 24, 1938
90 degrees. Nice day. Louis and I went to Mansfield in
a.m. after oil. We sawed lumber. No hay to draw. Scaife's went
home at noon.
June 25, 1938
85 degrees. A nice day. South wind. 11 loads of hay.
21 loads from field below road. Shower in eve.
June 26, 1938
58 degrees. A nice rain all day. We rested. William
Canfield here in eve.
June 27, 1938
60 degrees. Rain from north. Dad and I went to Troy in
a.m. We worked down cellar in p.m.
June 28, 1938
65 degrees. A nice day. Worked around home in a.m.
Help dad fix fence on lower place in p.m. Visited Troy Grange in
eve.
June 29, 1938
78 degrees. Nice day. Mowed lawn. Stirred out hay
in a.m. Hauled 7 loads of hay.
June 30, 1938
75 degrees. Nice day. Help Louis saw lumber in a.m.
We drawed 6 loads of hay down at Uncle Oscar's.
July 1, 1938
70 degrees. Cloudy and rainy in p.m. Drawed 2 loads of
hay and help Louis saw lumber. I greased car in eve.
July 2, 1938
70 degrees. Nice day. Help Louis saw lumber. We drawed
4 jags of Uncle Oscar's hay. Uncle Oscar some better than he was.
July 3, 1938
65 degrees. Nice day. Partly cloudy. Wind north.
Uncle Claude's folks and us down to Olive's. Mother stayed with Olive
tonight.
July 4, 1938
70 degrees. Nice day. Hauled 6 loads of hay.
July 5, 1938
80 degrees. Nice day. Hauled 15 loads of hay. Louis
took wool to Tioga in morning. 14 fleeces 79 lb.
July 6, 1938
80 degrees. Nice day. Hauled 9 loads of Uncle Oscar's hay.
July 7, 1938
90 degrees. Nice day. Hauled 8 loads of hay.
July 8, 1938
90 degrees. Nice day. Hauled 6 loads of hay. Last
of Uncle Oscar's haying. Uncle Oscar didn't seem so good today.
July 9, 1938
85 degrees. Cloudy and rainy. We worked in potatoes some.
Dad and I went to Troy in eve. Haircut.
July 10, 1938
90 degrees. Nice day. We were alone all day. I went
down to see sheep in afternoon. All O.K.
July 11, 1938
78 degrees. Rainy. Dad and Richard Rumsey mowed down hay.
I did some hand mowing. Quite showery all day.
July 12, 1938
86 degrees. Nice day. Mowed some lawn. Help draw
straw from new barn. Took mother and Myrtle to Dr. Crittener.
July 13, 1938
85 degrees. Nice day. Hauled 6 loads of hay.
July 14, 1938
85 degrees. Nice day. Hauled 10 loads of hay. I got
my leg hurt with horse fork. Went to Dr. Crittenden in eve.
July 15, 1938
75 degrees. Nice day. Hauled 7 loads of hay.
July 16, 1938
88 degrees. Nice day. Drawed 6 loads of hay.
July 17, 1938
90 degrees. Nice day. We were alone. The foot on
mother's broken leg were very numb and sore. Took her to Dr. in afternoon.
July 18, 1938
70 degrees. Rained. Help Louis put in machinery and saw
lumber. Mother's foot very bad. Went to Dr. in eve.
July 19, 1938
90 degrees. Nice day. Took mother to Sayre Hospital.
Took her in Uncle Oscar's car. Took Uncle Oscar's car home in eve.
July 20, 1938
Wendell's Birthday
90 degrees. Nice day. Cultivated some garden. Finished
haying 4 loads. Heard that mother was not very comfortable in p.m.
July 21, 1938
98 degrees. Nice day. Louis and I and Lee Buckley went
to Syracuse. Dad and Myrtle went to Sayre. Found mother in
some pain.
July 22, 1938
80 degrees. Nice day. Ground a grist in morn. Help
Louis saw lumber.
July 23, 1938
78 degrees. Nice day. Dad and I took car to Mansfield to
be inspected in a.m. We went to see mother in p.m.
July 24, 1938
85 degrees. Nice day. I was sick with hives all day.
Olive and Louis were out to see mother. Her foot is still paining
her.
July 25, 1938
83 degrees. Nice day. Dad and I cultivated and shovel plowed
the potatoes. I took a piece of thresher to Mansfield to get it welded.
July 26, 1938
90 degrees. Nice Day. Rained in eve. We worked on
thresher. Dad and Olive went to see mother. She did not seem
to have much change.
July 27, 1938
84 degrees. Nice day. Louis and I worked on Case tractor.
I went to Grange in eve.
July 28, 1938
85 degrees. Nice day. Hoed some potatoes and sweet corn
in a.m. Went to see mother. She is about as usual. Louis
started threshing wheat.
July 29, 1938
84 degrees. Rainy. I worked in garden. Went to Troy.
They started cutting Uncle Oscar's oats. Myrtle and Olive went to
see mother. She was not so good.
July 30, 1938
80 degrees. Nice day. Cut and set up one piece of Uncle
Oscar's oats. Did not hear from mother today.
July 31, 1938
75 degrees. Nice day. Rainy at night. Olive and Jim,
Pa and I went to see mother. She isn't getting along very good.
August 1, 1938
Olive's Birthday
74 degrees. Nice early in a.m. Rain most of the rest of
day. Louis and Olive went to Sayre in p.m. We cut a few oats
in a.m.
August 2, 1938
80 degrees. A nice day. We cut some more of Uncle Oscar's
oats. Oats were down.
August 3, 1938
90 degrees. A nice day. Finished cutting Uncle Oscar's
oats with binder. Pa dn Olive went to Sayre. Mother not too
good.
August 4, 1938
92 degrees. Nice day. Started cutting our oats. Went
to see Dr. Crittenden twice in p.m.
August 5, 1938
90 degrees. Nice day. Dad, Louis and Olive moved mother
from Sayre Hospit. to Arnot Ogden Hospital. Richard Rumsey and I
finished cutting our oats.
August 6, 1938
90 degrees. Nice day. Finished setting up oats. Drawed
2 loads of straw. I went to Troy in eve. Haircut.
August 7, 1938
90 degrees. Nice day. Took Myrtle home. Olive, Dad
and I went to hospital to see mother. We think she might be some
better.
August 8, 1938
90 degrees. Nice day. Started threshing oats at Loydd Wolfe's.
Finished his job.
August 9, 1938
85 degrees. Nice day Threshed at John Heib's and Ernest
Wood's.
August 10, 1938
88 degrees. Nice day. Threshed for Jack Squire's and Arthur
Hager. Started to rain in eve.
August 11, 1938
80 degrees. Nice day after an all night's rain. Help Louis
move some hay. Went to see mother. She is gaining very slowly.
August 12, 1938
80 degrees. Nice day. Threshed at Bird York's.
August 13, 1938
80 degrees. Nice day. Threshed for Milton York.
August 14, 1938
Nice day. Up to see mother in afternoon. We think the circulation
is some better.
August 15, 1938
92 degrees. Nice day. Threshed Uncle Oscar's oats.
530 bu. Moved and threshed some at Harry Garrison's.
August 16, 1938
92 degrees. Nice day. I help dad draw 2 loads of oats in
a.m. Threshed at Jay Van Nesses in p.m.
August 17, 1938
90 degrees. Nice day. thunder shower in eve. Pa and
I were to Col. X Rds to G. L. F. meeting in eve. Louis and I were
both sick. Herbert Borg ran thresher.
August 18, 1938
75 degrees. Nice day. Dad and I were up to see mother.
She was suffering quite a bit.
August 19, 1938
85 degrees. A nice day. Dad and I put last load of oats
in barn and drawed stone. We threshed at Horace Huslander's in p.m.
August 20, 1938
90 degrees. Nice day. Threshed for Bill Vance, Harold Mudge
and Grant Fethers.
August 21, 1938
85 degrees. A nice day. Were up to see mother. She
thinks she might be improving slowly but it is very painful.
August 22, 1938
80 degrees. Nice day. Rain last night. Started cutting
Uncle Oscar's buckwheat. I threshed at Lee Tice's in p.m.
August 23, 1938
75 degrees. A nice day. I finished threshing Lee Tice's
and Harry Garrison's on Brewster place. Louis cut buckwheat.
August 24, 1938
72 degrees. A nice day. Threshed for Yorks on Squire's
place. Threshed for Tom Wood. Moved machine home.
August 25, 1938
75 degrees. Nice day. Threshed for J. B. VanZile.
I went up to see mother in eve. She is not getting along too good.
August 26, 1938
80 degrees. Nice day. Threshed for Roy Burleigh.
August 27, 1938
80 degrees. Nice day. Threshed for Barney Perry.
I went to Mountain Lake to our first High School class reunion. Haircut.
August 28, 1938
75 degrees. Nice day. We went up to hospital with Olive
to see mother. She doesn't seem to be much better.
August 29, 1938
70 degrees. Nice day. Threshed for Geo. Bardwell.
Louis and dad went to city to get part for binder. They saw mother.
August 30, 1938
75 degrees. Nice day. Threshed for Henry Beardslee, Louis
Canfield and Earl VanNess.
August 31, 1938
80 degrees. Nice day. Started to cut our buckwheat.
Louis threshed more oats for Herbert Borg.
September 1, 1938
80 degrees. Nice day. Louis and I worked at Buckwheat.
Dad and Olive went to see Drs. about mother's foot. Won't know until
tomorrow.
September 2, 1938
Nice day. Shower in afternoon. Dad, mother and I worked
at ensilage cutter all day. Louis and Dad worked at our buckwheat.
Olive helped Myrtle can our corn.
September 3, 1938
A nice day. We were called to hospit. for blood transfusions
for mother. Uncle Oscar is better. Louis took Uncle Oscar and
Aunt Nettie to see mother.
September 4, 1938
80 degrees. A nice day. Were up to see mother. She
was in very much pain. We had her moved to a semi-private room.
September 5, 1938
78 degrees. Another nice day. I ground feed in morning.
Olive and I stayed with mother. She was some easier.
September 6, 1938
A nice day. Mother had her leg amputated above the knee.
She got along quite good. First frost.
September 7, 1938
Cloudy and rainy in p.m. We filled Uncle Oscar's silo.
Were up to see mother in eve. Getting quite good.
September 8, 1938
Nice day. Louis filled silo at R. M. York's. I went up
and stayed with mother. She is improving.
September 9, 1938
Nice day. I finished York's silo and started Arthur Hager's.
September 10, 1938
Another nice day. We finished setting up our buckwheat.
September 11, 1938
A nice day. We were up to see mother. She is gaining.
September 12, 1938
Wet and rainy. Dad and I cut soybeans in a.m. Dad and I
help set up cutter at L. C. Wolfe's. We went to Mansfield.
September 13, 1938
A nice day. I filled Loyd's silo.
September 14, 1938
Cloudy and rainy. I filled silo in a.m. at McClure's Rained
in p.m. Dad and I went to see mother in eve.
September 15, 1938
Cloudy. I finished McClure's silo and refilled Loyd Wolfe's and
moved the cutter to Uncle Oscar's.
September 16, 1938
Cold and rainy. I filled Jay VanNess silo and started Borg's.
September 17, 1938
Rainy. Started filling Borg's silo twice and got rained off.
September 18, 1938
Cloudy. We went up with Uncle Elmer and Aunt Florence to see
mother.
September 19, 1938
Nice day. Finished Borg's silo and filled Harold Mudge's.
Down to Olive's in eve.
September 20, 1938
Rained all day. I ground grist. Went to Mansfield after
gas. We went to see mother in afternoon. She is better.
September 21, 1938
Cloudy in morning. Moved cutter from H. Mudge's to T. Woods.
Started raining about 11 o'clock and rained hard all day. Kept cows
in.
September 22, 1938
Windy, rainy and cold. Filled first silo of Tom Woods.
Louis started cutting our corn with harvester in p.m.
September 23, 1938
Nice day. Took part of ensilage cutter to Mansfield to get fixed.
Finished filling at Woods.
September 24, 1938
A nice day. Louis and Ralph York cut corn with 2 corn binders.
Dad and I set up the cutter.
September 25, 1938
A nice day. We were up to see mother in p.m. She has been
sitting up a little in a wheel chair.
September 26, 1938
A nice day. Filled silo here (5 3/4 hrs) 56 loads.
September 27, 1938
A nice day. Refilled R. M. York's silo in a.m. 3 1/4 hrs.
Moved cutter and set it up at Jack Squires. Went to see mother.
September 28, 1938
A nice day. Run in Jack's corn in a.m. Moved cutter to
John Heib's in p.m.
September 29, 1938
Another nice day. Filled John's silo.
September 30, 1938
Nice day. Threshed Walter Rumsey's oats and Harry Garrison's
buckwheat. Went to see mother. She is getting better.
October 1, 1938
Cold and windy. Partly cloudy. Threshed Jay's buckwheat.
Cut the last of our corn down. Dug few potatoes. Haircut.
October 2, 1938
A nice day. Heavy freeze last night. Were up to see mother
in p.m. She seems to be gaining slowly.
October 3, 1938
Another nice day. Heavy frost down in valley. I refilled
John Heib's silo. Help dig potatoes in p.m. Louis and Uncle
O. here in eve.
October 4, 1938
A nice day. We refilled our silo. Jim VanZile helped us.
I moved the rig to Uncle Oscar's.
October 5, 1938
A nice day but mostly cloudy. We put the rest of our corn (8
truck loads) in Uncle Oscar's silo.
October 6, 1938
Rained out of north. We did a little patching with concrete.
Went to see mother in afternoon. She is better.
October 7, 1938
A nice day. We threshed in the barn at John Heib's.
October 8, 1938
A nice day. Partly cloudy. I went to Troy in a.m.
Threshed John Heib's buckwheat in p.m.
October 9, 1938
Cool and cloudy. I stayed at home on account of cold. Dad
and Olive went to see mother.
October 10, 1938
A nice day. Threshed John Heib's soybeans. threshed for
George Mason, Ernest Wood and Jack Squires.
October 11, 1938
A nice day. Louis and Herbert threshed for Arthur Hager.
We started threshing here. Olive helped Myrtle.
October 12, 1938
Another nice day. Olive and Jim brought mother to their home
from hospital. We finished our threshing.
October 13, 1938
Partly cloudy. Threshed Jim VanZiles buckwheat.
October 14, 1938
A nice day. Louis and Herbert threshed at Roy Burleigh's.
Dad and I moved in straw. I went to city after tires.
October 15, 1938
A very nice day. Dad and I cut and drawed sweet corn and ground
feed. He and I went to Barney Perry's to thresh in p.m.
October 16, 1938
80 degrees. A nice day. Dad and I went to Olive's for dinner.
Mother came home. Louis and Nellie here in eve.
October 17, 1938
73 degrees. A nice day. Threshed Geo. Bardwell's buckw.
Started Canfield's. Dad and I went to Wellsboro after gas $.12 1/2
per gal.
October 18, 1938
A nice day. I started plowing with tractor. Plowed all
day. Ground pretty hard to plow good.
October 19, 1938
A nice day. Plowed today all day. Louis and Herbert threshed.
Olive and Ellen here in p.m.
October 20, 1938
Cloudy and rainy. Dad and I went to Uncle Bert's birthday party.
70 yrs old. Goes around with cane.
October 21, 1938
A nice day. I plowed in forenoon. Fixed new ropes on tractor
canvas.
October 22, 1938
A nice day. I started to plow on lower place with tractor.
October 23, 1938
A nice day. Windy from south. Olive and family, Uncle Os.,
Aunt Nettie and Louis were here for dinner. Leon Reynold's folks
here in p.m.
October 24, 1938
Stormy. Olive came up and we took mother to doctor. Dad
and I ground a grist in p.m. 10 bags oats and buc. 2 soyb.
October 25, 1938
A nice day. Dad and I cut weeds and burned them. I threshed
buckwheat at Borg's in p.m.
October 26, 1938
A nice day. Started plowing and broke a point. Went to
Troy after one. Plowed the rest of the day.
October 27, 1938
Stormy. Got ready for whitewashers. Mother has been walking
on crutches some.
October 28, 1938
Cold and foggy. Went to Col X Rds for groceries. Took tractor
and plow to Uncle O. Dug carrots.
October 29, 1938
A nice day. Dug beets and did other jobs around place.
October 30, 1938
A nice day but cool. Uncle Claude's folks here for dinner.
October 31, 1938
A nice day. Worked around home all day.
November 1, 1938
A nice day. Worked around home in a.m. Took mother to Dr.
in p.m. to have limb dressed.
November 2, 1938
A nice day. I helped dad with hedge on lower place in a.m.
Washed car and started to paint it in p.m.
November 3, 1938
A nice day. Wind from south. I finished painting car.
November 4, 1938
A nice day. Dad and I worked at taking out hedge on lower place.
November 5, 1938
Cloudy and windy from south. Dad and I ground grist. 2
soybeans and 10 oats and buckwheat. Went to Troy in p.m. I
went to Roseville to show. Haircut.
November 6, 1938
A very nice day. Maggie Slingerland and Irene and family were
here. Olive and family here. Uncle Elmer's folks and Emma Seeley
called.
November 7, 1938
Cloudy and windy. Worked on the hedge on lower place. Down
to Uncle Oscar's in eve.
November 8, 1938
A nice morning. Rained in p.m. Dad and I went to vote in
a.m. and went after Ellen. Jim and Wendell here in eve.
November 9, 1938
A nice day. Worked on hedge. Pennsylvania went Rep.
November 10, 1938
Another nice day. Took mother to doctor's. Gaining slowly.
Help Louis saw lumber in p.m.
November 11, 1938
A nice day. Worked on hedge on lower place.
November 12, 1938
Another nice day. Worked on hedge in a.m. Burned brush
in p.m.
November 13, 1938
Cloudy and rainy. Were alone all day. Took Myrtle home
in afternoon. She came back in eve.
November 14, 1938
Cloudy and windy. I took the milk for Grant Fethers. We
cleaned the stove. I carried chunks down cellar.
November 15, 1938
Cloudy, windy and cold. Dad and I brought sheep all up but 2
and cleaned out under shed.
November 16, 1938
Cloudy, windy and cold. Louis help me catch 2 sheep. He
and I went to Hugh Merrit's sale in Sylvania. Olive and family here
for supper.
November 17, 1938
A nicer day. Help Louis move his wood lathe and resaw home.
Ground feed for Arthur Hager $2.10.
November 18, 1938
A nice day. I help Louis saw lumber.
November 19, 1938
Rained. Sold 10 lambs @ $.07 per lb. (990 lbs) to Wallace
Lowe. Took mother to Dr. in p.m. Her limb is healing.
November 20, 1938
A nice day. Louis here a little while in p.m. Olive and
Jim came later and took us for a ride. They were here for supper.
November 21, 1938
A nice day. I finished moving stone in the hedge on lower place.
Ground feed. 2 soy and 10 oats and buckw. Also 15 bags for
Irvin Asgood.
November 22, 1938
A very nice day. Went with Jim to Blossburg after 4 ton of soft
coal @ $3.75 a ton. cleaned up in the cellar in p.m.
November 23, 1938
Cloudy and windy from north. Hauled in two loads of kindling.
Went after tractor and plowed in a.m. Plowed in p.m. Broke
plow hitch.
November 24, 1938
Snowed all day. We went down to Olive's for dinner. Myrtle
went home for rest of the week.
November 25, 1938
Cold and windy. Towed milk truck from Bardwell's to blacktop
with tractor also hauled mailman out of ditch.
November 26, 1938
Cold and cloudy. 8 above zero in morning. I went to town
in p.m.
November 27, 1938
Dad's Birthday
Cold and cloudy. Stayed at home all day. Myrtle came in
eve.
November 28, 1938
Cold and windy. Snow drfited. Took mother to Dr. in Uncle
Oscar's Chev. Took car home in eve.
November 29, 1938
Warmer. Windy from southw. Watered cows in barn for first.
Dad and I went to city in p.m. Got battery for car.
November 30, 1938
Cloudy and windy. Drove Louis' truck to move Jack Squires.
Jan VanNess started clipping our cows.
December 1, 1938
Cold and windy. Jay finished clipping our cows in p.m.
I took him home.
December 2, 1938
Cold and windy from south. Dad and I help butcher Jay's pig.
We went back in eve. to help him get it inside. Archie Shaw passed
out.
December 3, 1938
Cloudy and cold. I took the milk for Grant Fethers. Ground
feed 1 soybeans - 8 oats and buckwheat. Haircut.
December 4, 1938
A nice day. Went over to Uncle Elmer's a while in a.m. then to
Olive's for dinner.
December 5, 1938
Cloudy. Tried to plow with tractor in p.m. but too wet.
We rearranged machinery in new barn.
December 6, 1938
Cloudy and windy. We went to Archie Shaw's funeral. Uncle
Oscar, Aunt Nettie and Louis here in eve.
December 7, 1938
35 degrees. Cloudy and windy. Plowed on sod with tractor
for a while but it was too wet. We went down to Broderick's after
a buck.
December 8, 1938
Cloudy and windy from south. Dad plowed with team. I did
some cement work in basement.
December 9, 1938
35 degrees. cloudy and windy. Louis and I worked on McCormick
Deering tractor. I went to Canton in eve. to be initiated into Odd
Fellows Lodge.
December 10, 1938
33 degrees. Still cloudy and windy. We finished the tractor.
December 11, 1938
30 degrees. Cloudy and windy. Mother and I went calling
down to Olive's in p.m.
December 12, 1938
Cloudy and windy. Dad plowed with team. I tinkered around.
December 13, 1938
30 degrees. Cloudy and windy. Snow some. Used Louis'
truck to haul feed to mill to grind 4 soybean 20 oats and buckwheat.
December 14, 1938
28 degrees. Partly cloudy and windy. Help Louis saw lumber.
December 15, 1938
25 degrees. Cloudy and windy. Help Louis saw lumber.
Olive and Jim and family here for supper. I went to Lodge in eve.
December 16, 1938
A nice day. I help Louis saw lumber. Dad took mother to
Dr. She is improving.
December 17, 1938
30 degrees. Cloudy and windy from south. Help Louis saw
in a.m. Worked on pump jack in p.m. Jim brought 1 load lime.
December 18, 1938
38 degrees. Cloudy and cold. Bernace Dann came and brought
my violin home.
December 19, 1938
28 degrees. Cloudy and snowy. Fixed sheep yard. Jim
brought rest of lime. I went to watch B. Dann make cider. Louis
here in eve.
December 20, 1938
32 degrees. A very nice day. Tinkered around in a.m.
Moved in some wood and chunks in p.m.
December 21, 1938
30 degrees. Snowed. Help Louis start sawing Tom Wood's
logs.
December 22, 1938
30 degrees. Cloudy and cold. Help Louis saw lumber.
Went to lodge in eve.
December 23, 1938
32 degrees. cloudy and some storm. Very slippery.
We went to Troy in a.m. Around home in p.m. Haircut.
December 24, 1938
Still day. Cloudy. Help Louis saw lumber.
December 25, 1938
30 degrees. Cloudy and windy. Uncle Oscar, Aunt Nettie,
Louis and Olive and family here for dinner. Myrtle went home.
December 26, 1938
Cloudy and windy. Mother went down to Uncle Oscar's with us.
We help Louis saw lumber.
December 27, 1938
30 degrees. Cloudy. High wind from south. Help Louis
saw lumber. Took mother to Olive's in morn. and went after her in
eve.
December 28, 1938
Cloudy, cold and windy. Dad not feeling so good. We did
not saw.
December 29, 1938
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December 30, 1938
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December 31, 1938
25 degrees. Cloudy and windy. We help Louis saw last of
Tom Wood's logs. I went to Mansfield in p.m. Took Buck home.
Memorandum
Dec 9 - 1938
Initiated into Odd Fellows Lodge at Canton
Herman is survived by his sons, Dale (Mary) Tears of Roseville, PA and Maxwell (Erma) Tears of Martinsburg PA; grandchildren Terri Tears and her fiance Mike Walter, Nicole Tears and her fiance Shawn Robinson, Howard Tears and John Tears; several neices and nephews. Herman was preceded in death by his wife, Winifred BRACE Tears on February 2, 2003; (error - it was 2002) a brother, Louis Tears and a sister Olive Judson. Burial at Mainesburg Cemetery
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