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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 28
January 2, 1941
Sleet and snow from south. Dad and I worked at wood in p.m.
January 3, 1941
Cloudy. Dad and I drawed wood. I went to Wellsburg in eve
to installation of officers
January 11, 1941
A nice day. We worked at wood in p.m.
January 12, 1941
Cold and cloudy. Winifred Brace and I went up to Uncle Claude's
in p.m.
January 13, 1941
Snowed some. Quite cold. We worked at a little wood in
a.m. I worked down cellar in p.m.
January 14, 1941
Nice day but cold. Louis came with 2 tons of coal. Mother
and I washed in p.m.
January 15, 1941
Cloud and cold. We worked at wood a little.
January 18, 1941
A nice day. We worked a little at the wood. I was down
to Uncle Oscar's in eve.
January 19, 1941
Cloudy and cold. We worked at wood some. I went to Pine
City to a Lodge meeting in eve.
January 20, 1941
A nice day but very cold. I ground a small grist in p.m.
Grant Fethers has been having hip trouble. I called on him in p.m.
January 21, 1941
A nice day. Washed in a.m. We worked at wood in p.m.
January 22, 1941
Cold and cloudy. We word at wood.
January 23, 1941
Cold and cloudy. We worked at wood.
January 24, 1941
Heavy snow from east. We finished cutting some wood down on Ed
Watkin's.
January 25, 1941
Snow deep but no wind to make it drift. Dad and I went to Troy.
January 26, 1941
Cloudy and cold. East wind. We were alone all day and rested.
January 27, 1941
Snowed. I walked to card place to help Louis haul logs for Ed
Watkins.
January 38, 1941
Cold and cloudy. Louis came up with snow plow and opened our
road. I ground feed in p.m.
January 29, 1941
Snowed and cold. Ed helped me haul 3 loads of his logs.
January 30, 1941
Cloudy and cold. Dad and I hauled up 2 loads of wood.
January 31, 1941
Cold and snowy. Bob Watkins and I hauled 3 loads of logs.
February 1, 1941
A nicer day. Bob and I hauled 3 more loads of logs.
February 2, 1941
Snowy. Olive and Jim's folks were here. I felt grippy in
eve.
February 3, 1941
More snow. I did not feel very good. I stayed in most of
the day.
February 4, 1941
A fair day. I was about the same.
February 5, 1941
A nice day. I throw. I was better. Dad wanted to
take a calf to Troy but did not feel good so I went. I guess it was
a little to much for me.
February 6, 1941
Cold and snowy. I was not to good. Dad not very good. Mother
has had cold for quite a long time.
February 7, 1941
Snow and wind. I was very sick or mostly weak. Dad feeling
pretty mean and so was mother. Raymond up and helped him with chores.
February 8, 1941
Snowed and blowed. I was very weak but some better. Mother
felt better than she did yesterday. Dad felt better. Jim and
Wendell helped him with chores.
February 9, 1941
Blustery in a.m. Nice later. I was feeling fair.
Mother not very good. Louis opened our road. We had the Doc.
come.
February 10, 1941
A nice day. We are all feeling better.
February 11, 1941
A nice day. We are better. I started to be out in afternoon.
Help with chores in eve.
February 12, 1941
Louis' Birthday. A nice day. We are all better. Dad
and I went to see hired girl then called on Aunt Belle and Arthur.
February 13, 1941
A nice day. I ground 2 car loads of grain (8 bags each load)
February 14, 1941
A nice day but cloudy. Louis, Lynn Williams, Dad and I went over
to Gillette.
February 15, 1941
Weather not to bad. Just did chores and help mother clean up
some of the house.
February 16, 1941
Cold and blustery. Louis was here a little while in p.m.
February 17, 1941
A nice day. We washed.
February 18, 1941
Very cold. A son born to Louis and Nellie Tears named Carol Lee.
February 19, 1941
Very cold and windy. New knobby tires. Louis brought us
a ton and a half of coal. Dad and I took car to Mansfield to get
it washed.
February 20, 1941
A nice day but cold. I went to Prof. Fred Card's funeral in p.m.
Went to Lodge in eve.
February 21, 1941
Very blustery. Just chores and house work.
February 22, 1941
A nice day. Dad, Mother and I went up to see Nellie and baby
and then went up to the Heights.
February 23, 1941
Blustery. Winifred and I went up to see Nellie and baby.
They are getting along fine.
February 24, 1941
A nice day. I help Louis haul 1 load of sawdust. Took sawdust
out of icehouse and help trim some apple trees.
February 25, 1941
A nice day but very cold. I help Louis haul ice.
February 26, 1941
A nice day. I hauled 1 more load of ice for I. M. Asgood and
moved 1 load of goods for Dyke Clinton to Seeley Creek.
February 27, 1941
A nice day. I moved 2 more loads of Dyke's goods.
February 28, 1941
Cold and windy. I ground feed in a.m. and went to Herbert Brook's
sale in p.m. Bought vise and tool chest.
February 29, 1941
March 1, 1941
Cold and windy. I went after Minnie Wheeler with Uncle Oscar's
truck. Dad and I went to Mansfield in p.m.
March 2, 1941
A nice day. At home all day.
March 3, 1941
Misty and rainy. Dad and I hauled up the rest of the wood from
E. Watkins.
March 4, 1941
A nice day. Dad and I went to Cross Roads in p.m.
March 5, 1941
A nice day but cold. I brought tractor up to cut wood.
We cut some wood in p.m.
March 6, 1941
Snowed some and cold. We finished cutting our wood.
March 7, 1941
Cloudy and cold. I ground 16 bags of feed. I made two trips
with car. First lambs came.
March 8, 1941
Snowy. I took Minnie to Mansfield in p.m.
March 9, 1941
Snowed all day. Could not go after Minnie.
March 10, 1941
A nice day. Louis opened our road. I went after Minnie
in p.m.
March 11, 1941
Heavy snow from east. I hauled milk truck around with Case tractor.
March 12, 1941
A fair day. Snow blowed some. Dad and I went to Troy in
p.m. Lindley came after milk but had hard time of it.
March 13, 1941
A very nice day. Rolland took milk with team. He and Shirley
here in p.m. Jim, Raymond, Dad and I opened track for Lindley.
March 14, 1941
A nice day. Findley here after milk. I did some odd jobs.
March 15, 1941
A nice day. Dad and I went to Troy.
March 16, 1941
Snowed all day. Were invited to Bird York's 50th Wedding Aniv.
but did not go on account of weather.
March 17, 1941
Very cold and blustery. Lindley's truck broke down. I tried
to help him with the tractor but couldn't.
March 18, 1941
Very cold and blustery. Stayed in most of time.
March 19, 1941
Cold and windy. I took milk.
March 20, 1941
Cold and clear. Did odd jobs and split some wood.
March 21, 1941
A nice day. I split some wood.
March 22, 1941
A nice day. Dad and I took a grist to grind and then borrowed
Uncle Oscar's truck and went to Austinville.
March 23, 1941
A nice day. Louis plowed out our roads. I was down to Olive's
in eve. I took milk.
March 24, 1941
A nice day. Rained some. Bargained for '33 Chevrolet truck.
Fixed spreader. Hauled out some manure.
March 25, 1941
Cloudy all day. Thawed some but cold wind from west. My
Draft questionnaire came.
March 26, 1941
A nice day. Dad and I ground some feed.
March 27, 1941
A nice day. Dad and I went to Troy in p.m. I went to Lodge
in eve.
March 28, 1941
A nice day. Raymond VanZile, Dad and I went to Towanda to get
my Questionaire filled out.
March 29, 1941
Cold and windy. I mounted the truck rack platform on the truck
and fixed a front tire.
March 30, 1941
Cold and windy. We were down to Olive's.
March 31, 1941
A nice day. I took tractor and buzz saw down. We cut some
wood and help Louis fix a kettle for boiling sap.
April 1, 1941
A nice day. Dad and I moved some straw. Mother and I went
to Troy in p.m. and went to see Nellie & baby.
April 2, 1941
A nice day but cold. Raymond VanZile dehorned some of our cattle.
Dad and I went to see Claude Purvis about straw.
April 3, 1941
A nice day. Dad and I moved some straw. Did some odd jobs.
April 4, 1941
A nice day. I help Louis cut down some wood.
April 5, 1941
Snowed. Louis and I worked one Case tractor. Straw pressers
came.
April 6, 1941
A nice day. Olive and Jim's folds were here for dinner.
April 7, 1941
A nice day. I help Louis cut down some wood.
April 8, 1841
A nice day. I help buzz wood for Uncle Oscar's folks.
April 9, 1941
A nice day. Dad and I took 2 calves to Troy. I ground a
grist and dad and I hauled 1 load hay.
April 10, 1941
A very nice day. I help Louis saw lumber (1960 ft) (250-1710)
April 11, 1941
A nice day. Louis and I hauled Irvin Asgood's logs and sawed
a few for Rolland Smith.
April 12, 1941
A nice day. We sawed lumber of I. M. Asgood.
April 13, 1941
A nice day. Louis and Nellie and Uncle Oscar and Aunt Nettie
were here.
April 14, 1941
Cloudy. Louis and I finished Asgood's logs and started Loretta
Chamberlain's.
April 15, 1941
A nice day. I help Louis finish Chamberlain's logs and we took
snow plow off his tractor.
April 16, 1941
Cloudy. I tightened connecting rods in Model L Case. I
went to Austinville to Installation of the Lodge officers.
April 17, 1941
A nice day. I ground a grist. I took a horse to Seeley
Creek and brought back a mule for Dyke Clinton.
April 18, 1941
A nice day. Rained some. Help load about 156 bales of straw
onto a semi-trailer from new barn.
April 19, 1941
A nice day. Did general work and a few odd jobs.
April 25, 1941
A nice day. We finished sowing Uncle Oscar's oats on the dry
ground. I dragged his corn ground.
April 26, 1941
A nice day. We sowed the first piece of our oats all but one
end which was too wet.
April 28, 1941
A nice day. We started another piece of oats. Austin Ward
came at noon to help.
April 29, 1941
A nice day. We finished second piece of oats and started the
last one.
May 5, 1941
Cloudy. I hauled 3 loads of gravel and sand from Elmira to Roy
Burleigh's.
May 6, 1941
Cloudy. I hauled 3 more loads of gravel and sand for Roy Burleigh.
May 7, 1941
Cloudy. Had some rain in eve. Mother and I washed.
I ground some feed and took Louis' truck home.
May 8, 1941
A nice day. I got a piece to the drag fixed and got the car greased
down at Mansfield.
May 9, 1941
Cloudy and misty in a.m. Planted some garden and early potatoes.
Rained in p.m. I worked on truck.
May 10, 1941
Cold and misty from north in a.m. I worked on truck. Clear
in p.m. I dragged in p.m.
May 11, 1941
A day but cold. We were down at Olive's for Mother's Day.
May 12, 1941
A nice day. We washed and I planted some garden. Dad and
mother went to see about a hired girl. Aunt Addie came with them.
May 13, 1941
A nice day. I planted more garden. Dad took Aunt Addie home.
May 14, 1941
A nice day. We started fixing cow pasture fence.
May 15, 1941
A nice day. Dad and I finished fixing cow pasture fence.
Olive and Ellen and Jim were here for dinner.
May 16 1941
A nice day. We turned cows and sheep out to pasture. I
ground some feed.
May 17, 1941
Cloudy. Rained. I brought drill up. I went to Mansfield
in p.m.
May 18, 1941
A nice day. We were alone all day. Cecil and Virginia Reynolds
were here in eve.
May 19, 1941
A nice day but cool. We planted our corn.
May 20, 1941
A nice day. Dad and I worked at Uncle Oscar's corn. Went
to a class meeting at Don Straw's.
May 21, 1941
A nice day. I finished Uncle Oscar's corn. We worked at
some fence on lower place.
May 22, 1941
Rainy. Dad and I fixed more fence on lower place. I went
to Troy in p.m.
May 23, 1941
Winifred Brace's Birthday
Rainy. We worked around home in a.m.
May 24, 1941
Ellen's Birthday
A nice day. I mowed and did some other work.
May 25, 1941
A nice day. Olive and family; Winifred Brace and Bernice Dann
were here for dinner.
May 26, 1941
A nice day. We finished fixing fence in a.m. I hauled a
load of sand for Roy Burleigh.
May 27, 1941
Cloudy. I worked on truck and got it back together.
May 28, 1941
A nice day. We took young stock to pasture in a.m. Did
some trucking for Roy Burleigh and Raymond VanZile.
May 29, 1941
Cloudy and cold. I dragged corn in p.m. and worked in garden
some in a.m.
May 30, 1941
A nice day. I help Louis plane some lumber. Brought tractor
and drill up. Dragged in p.m.
May 31, 1941
A nice day. We sowed soybeans. It rained in the eve.
June 1, 1941
A nice day. I took Janette to Col. X Rds to meet her folks and
went to church and Sunday S.
June 2, 1941
A nice day. We planted potatoes. I ground a grist in the
eve.
June 3, 1941
A nice day. Janette not feeling well. I took her home and mother
to the doctor's I mowed lawn. We saw a bear below barn.
June 4, 1941
Rain. We washed. I moved some of the paper from kitchen
walls. Did some soldering.
June 5, 1941
A nice day. Finished taking paper from kitchen walls. We
started drawing out old hay stack. (5 loads).
June 6, 1941
Shirley Beardslee Smith's Birthday
A nice day. We drew out 21 more loads of old hay stack.
Olive and Jim and Gus and Evelyn Crippen and Lou Longwell here in eve.
June 7, 1941
A nice day. Dad and I finished the old hay stack (22 more spreader
loads).
June 8, 1941
A high wind from west. Were alone all day. Winifred and
I were over to Cecil Reynolds for supper.
June 9, 1941
A nice day. We cultivated the garden. Man came to shear
the sheep (16).
June 10, 1941
A nice day. I dragged the corn in a.m. and ground grist in p.m.
June 11, 1941
A nice day. We took a hickory tree out of the field in a.m.
I plowed in p.m.
June 12, 1941
Nice in a.m. I plowed. Rained in p.m. I went to lodge
in eve.
June 13, 1941
Cloudy. I finished plowing for buckwheat.
June 14, 1941
A nice day. We attended Uncle Elmer and Aunt Florence Shaw's
50th Wedding Anniversary.
June 15, 1941
Nice most of time. Rain some. We were down to Olive's.
June 16, 1941
A nice day. Mother and I washed. I mowed the lawn and worked
in the garden.
June 17, 1941
Rainy. I did odd jobs around. Olive and Ellen were here
in p.m.
June 18, 1941
A nice day. We cleaned out some of sheep pen in a.m. I
dragged soybeans in p.m.
June 19, 1941
A nice day. I help Louis saw and deliver Joe Strange's lumber.
June 20, 1941
A nice day. Drawed our first 2 loads of hay in a.m. In
p.m. I planted in some missed corn rows. Dad mowed.
June 21, 1941
A nice day. I help Louis saw for Ed Watkins.
June 22, 1941
A nice day. Rested in a.m. Away in p.m. Olive and
Jim and Ellen here in eve.
June 23, 1941
A nice day. Louis, Dad and I drawed 5 loads of hay.
June 24, 1941
A nice day. We drawed 6 loads of hay. I went to Troy in
a.m. and brought Wanda Watkins home to help mother.
June 25, 1941
A nice day. It has been very warm lately. We drawed 4 loads
of hay.
June 26, 1941
A nice day. Drawed 5 loads of hay.
June 27, 1941
A nice day. Drawed 6 loads of hay. Very warm.
June 28, 1941
A nice day. bill Marsh help us. We drawed 9 loads making
a total of 37 loads.
June 29, 1941
A nice day. Were alone all day. Very warm.
June 30, 1941
A nice day. Very warm. We mowed more than 7 acres.
I went to town and fixed pump in well near the house.
July 1, 1941
Very warm in a.m. Thundershowers in p.m. Hauled 2 loads
of hay from lower place.
July 2, 1941
A nice day. I dragged buckwheat ground once. We drawed
4 loads of hay from lower place.
July 3, 1941
Cloudy most all day. We drawed 6 loads of hay.
July 4, 1941
Rainy. Milk strike was on. Some of us neighbors went on
milk truck. Louis took milk for Lindley.
July 5, 1941
A nice day. We sowed our buckwheat (6 1/3 acres). Drawed 2 loads
of hay. Last of our haying.
July 6, 1941
Cloudy. wind from S. We were alone all day.
July 7, 1941
Rainy. I ground some feed. Dad cultivated some.
July 8, 1941
A nice day. Did odd jobs. Went to Col X Rds. Had
truck greased.
July 9, 1941
A nice day. Did some hand mowing and drawed 2 small loads of
hay at Uncle Oscar's.
July 10, 1941
A nice day. Drawed 7 loads of Uncle Oscar's hay.
July 11, 1941
Cloudy and showers in p.m. We drawed 4 loads of hay.
July 12, 1941
Rainy. Got car inspected. Worked in garden some in p.m.
July 13, 1941
A nice day. We were alone all day.
July 14, 1941
A nice day. We drew 10 loads of hay at uncle Oscar's
July 15, 1941
July 16, 1941
July 17, 1941
Rainy. I went to Austin Haven's funeral in a.m. Help Louis
saw some lumber in p.m.
July 18, 1941
A nice day. Help draw 8 loads of hay.
July 19, 1941
A nice day. We drew two loads of hay. I did some hand mowing.
July 20, 1941
Wendell's Birthday
A nice day. Were down to Olive's for dinner.
July 21, 1941
A nice day. Was around home in a.m. Help draw 6 loads of
Uncle Oscar's hay.
July 22, 1941
A nice day. 8 loads of Uncle Oscar's hay today.
July 23, 1941
A nice day. Drew 5 loads of Uncle Oscar's hay. Last of
their haying.
July 24, 1941
A nice day. Very warm. I worked on truck in a.m.
Dad and I went to Loren Updyke's funeral.
July 25, 1941
A nice day. I took truck to Mansfield and worked on it some.
July 26, 1941
A nice day. Dad and I help Raymond and Jim stack 10 loads of
hay.
July 27, 1941
A nice day. Very warm. We were over to Aunt Addie's for
a picnic dinner.
July 28, 1941
Very warm. Started the new John Deere grain binder east of the
house.
July 29, 1941
A nice day. Very warm. Cut second piece of oats (7 acres
in afternoon).
July 30, 1941
Rainy. I hauled milk for Lindley Stone. We cut some oats
in p.m. Had heavy shower.
July 31, 1941
A nice day. Rainy in p.m. I hauled milk again.
August 1, 1941
Olive's Birthday
A nice day. We finished cutting our oats. Olive and Jim's
folks and Helen Scott here in eve.
August 2, 1941
A nice day. We cut most of Uncle Oscar's oats.
August 3, 1941
A nice day. I was away in afternoon.
August 4, 1941
A nice day. We finished cutting Uncle Oscar's oats.
August 5, 1941
A nice day. We started threshing Uncle Oscar's oats.
August 6, 1941
A nice day. We finished their oats - 507 bu. and started Harry
Garrison's.
August 7, 1941
A nice day. Finished Harry's oats - 885 bu. Started Rolland
Smith's.
August 8, 1941
A nice day. Finished Rolland's oats - 488 bu. and started ours.
August 9, 1941
A nice day. We finished threshing ours - 927 bu. from 23 a. and
started Bardwell's.
August 10, 1941
August 11, 1941
A nice day. We finished Geo. Bardwell's oat threshing.
August 12, 1941
A nice day. Louis and I went to Troy. Hazel Sherman helped
mother. Louis and I worked on 15-30 in p.m. Down to Shirley's
in eve.
August 13, 1941
A nice day but cold. 45 degrees in morning. Started J.
B. VanZiles threshing - 518 bu. oats.
August 14, 1941
A nice day. Threshed more for J. B. VanZile - 70 bu. barley.
Over 700 bu. of grain today.
August 15, 1941
Rain all a.m. I put new ropes on hay loader. We fixed some
fence around a meadow.
August 16, 1941
A nice day. We finished the fence around the meadow. Put
in some machinery and ground a grist.
August 17, 1941
A nice day. I was over to the old church to the All Day Services.
August 18, 1941
A nice day. Finished threshing for J. B. VanZile and started
Arthur Hager's.
August 19, 1941
A nice day. We finished A. Hager's oats and started R. M. York's.
August 20, 1941
A nice day. We threshed nearly a thousand bushel of oats (thresher
measured).
August 21, 1941
A nice day. Finished York's oats and started J. Van Ness' oats.
August 22, 1941
Nice in a.m. Showery in p.m. Finished Jay's oats and started
I. M. Asgood's Threshed some of Tom Woods oats.
August 23, 1941
A nice day. Finished Tom's oats and started Lee Tice's.
August 24, 1941
A nice day. Louis and I went to line up some oat threshing in
morning.
August 25, 1941
Rainy. I finished Lee Tice's oats. We repaired thresher
tongue.
August 26, 1941
Nice in a.m. I threshed for Rex Crippen. Rain in p.m.
August 27, 1941
A nice day. I took a cow to Troy 1190# @ 7.85 also a quitter
1210# @ 8.50. Louis threshed for Leonard Wood and some for Roy Burleigh.
August 28, 1941
A nice day. We finished Roy Burleigh's and Wylie McClure's.
August 29, 1941
A nice day. Threshed for Loydd Wolfe, and Ernest Wood.
August 30, 1941
A nice day. We cut our alfalfa in a.m. Went to Troy Fair
in p.m.
August 31, 1941
A nice day. We alone all day.
September 1, 1941
A nice day. Dad and I drawed a big truck load of alfalfa and
some other jobs.
September 2, 1941
A nice day. Dad mowed some second growth clover.
September 3, 1941
A nice day. We cut our corn down.
September 4, 1941
A nice day. We ran our corn in the silo.
September 5, 1941
A nice day. Rain in eve. We moved cutter to Harry's corn
binder to Uncle Oscar's.
September 6, 1941
A nice day. Filled silo up at Harry Garrison's.
September 7, 1941
A nice day. Louis and Nellie here in p.m. Also Leon and
Edna Reynolds.
September 8, 1941
A nice day. We cut Uncle Oscar's corn down. Louis finished
H. F. Garrison's silo and moved
September 9, 1941
A nice day. Filled Uncle Oscar's silo.
September 10, 1941
Nice in a.m. Thunder showers in p.m. Threshed oats for
Fred Smith in a.m.
September 11, 1941
A nice day. Filled silo at Arthur Hager's.
September 12, 1941
A nice day. We went to Grandmother Windnagle's funeral.
September 13, 1941
A nice day. Finished filling silo at Arthur Hager's. Louis
and I started to cut our buckwheat.
September 14, 1941
A nice day.
September 15, 1941
A nice day. We finished cutting our buckwheat in a.m. Started
filling silo at Tom Wood's.
September 16, 1941
A nice day. Filled silo at Tom Woods.
September 17, 1941
A nice day. Finished filling Tom's silo and moved to Lee Tice's.
September 18, 1941
A nice day. I help start the cutter at Lee Tice's. Dad
and I cut our soybeans.
September 19, 1941
A nice day. I help finish Lee Tice's silo and move and set up
at I. M. Osgoods. Went to Mansfield.
September 20, 1941
A nice day. We threshed Ralph York's buckwheat - 382 bu.
September 21, 1941
A nice day. Winifred and I went on a picnic to Slate Run with
Gilbert Truman's folks.
September 22, 1941
A nice day. Has been very warm and dry lately. Finished
I. M. Asgood's silo and moved to York's. Threshed Jay's beans.
September 23, 1941
A nice day. Help cut down some corn at Ralph York's and started
filling his silo.
September 24, 1941
A nice day. Very warm. Filled silo at Ralph York's.
I took our calf and one for Ralph to Troy to the sale.
September 25, 1941
A nice day. Finished York's silo in a.m. Started threshing
here in p.m.
September 26, 1941
September 27, 1941
A nice day. We finished threshing our soybeans 40 bu and buckwheat
187 bu.
September 28, 1941
A nice day. Dad and I hunted for young stock in a.m. We
rested all p.m.
September 29, 1941
A nice day. I set up cutter and filled Arthur Hager's second
silo.
September 30, 1941
A nice day. I finished cutting corn for A. Hager in a.m.
Moved rig home. Help Jim VanZile thresh b.wheat in p.m.
October 1, 1941
Cloudy and warm. Finished threshing J. B. VanZiles buckwheat
971 bu.
October 2, 1941
A nice day. Started threshing for Roy Burleigh. Went to
Gillett to Lodge in eve.
October 3, 1941
Nice in a.m. We finished Roy's buckwheat at noon and started
Leonard Wood's but it rained some.
October 4, 1941
A nice day. Dug some potatoes. I went to Troy in morning.
October 5, 1941
A nice day. Uncle Elmer, Aunt Florence, and Oscar and Nellie
were here in afternoon.
October 6, 1941
A nice day. We finished threshing for Leonard Wood and started
I. M. Osgood's buckw.
October 7, 1941
Thunder showers in a.m. I took my wool to Troy in p.m.
I brought home a water outfit. 91# wool at $.49 per lb.
October 8, 1941
A nice day. We finished threshing I. M. Osgood's buckwheat.
October 9, 1941
A very nice day. I help Louis saw some lumber.
October 10, 1941
Cloudy, cold and rainy. Picked a few apples. Ground a grist.
Started keeping cows in barn at night.
October 11, 1941
A nice day but cold. Louis and I went to Mansfield in a.m.
We cut some corn for Walter Rumsey in p.m. 3 hr.
October 12, 1941
A nice day. We were down to Olives.
October 13, 1941
A nice day. We threshed some millet for Bird and Ralph York.
October 14, 1941
Moved cutter to Lee Tice's. Rained most of the rest of the day.
October 15, 1941
A nice day. Filled Lee Tice's 2nd silo 3 1/2 hrs.
October 16, 1941
A nice day but cold. I cleaned furnace and did some other things
in a.m. Refilled silo for Tom Wood in p.m.
October 17, 1941
A nice day. Refilled silo for Ralph York.
October 18, 1941
Rained. Worked inside in a.m. Went to Mansfield in p.m.
Installation of Lodge officers in eve.
October 19, 1941
A nice day. We went out to Aunt Belle's.
October 20, 1941
A very nice day. Dad and I went to see young stock on lower place.
Mother and I washed in p.m.
October 21, 1941
Cloudy. I did odd jobs.
October 22, 1941
A nice day. Did some trimming around the house and lawn.
October 23, 1941
Rainy. I did some work out in the new barn.
October 24, 1941
A nice day. I ground a grist and help Ralph York cut some corn
then took tractor to Uncle Oscar's.
October 25, 1941
Cold and windy. We brought some of the young stock home.
I dug carrots and beets.
October 26, 1941
A nice day but cold. We were alone all day and rested.
October 27, 1941
Cold and cloudy. Rain in p.m. Mother and I washed in morning.
Then I helped Louis saw for Chas. Howe.
October 28, 1941
Cold and windy. I help Louis finish Howe's lumber.
October 29, 1941
Nice but cold. Louis and I sawed for Loydd Wilkins.
October 30, 1941
Rained some. Louis and I sawed for Earl Tice and Robert Broderick.
October 31, 1941
Rain. Worked around home. Dad has quite a bit of plowing
done.
November 1, 1941
More rain at times. Did more odd jobs around home. Went
to Mansfield in eve.
November 2, 1941
A nice day. We rested all day.
November 3, 1941
A nice day. Mother and I washed. I cut some brush in p.m.
Dad plowed.
November 4, 1941
November 5, 1941
November 6, 1941
November 7, 1941
November 8, 1941
Cloudy and cold. I went to Mansfield in p.m. and got car washed.
November 9, 1941
A nice day. We went down to Jersey Shore to David and Ruth Doebler's.
November 10, 1941
Cloudy. I moved in some wood and chunks.
November 11, 1941
Cloudy and cold. I did not feel good. Mother and I washed
in p.m. Louis and Oswald Aenson started digging ditch with tractor
and grader.
November 12, 1941
Cloudy and cold and windy. Louis and Oswald finished digging
ditch with grader. Dad and I took 2 calves to Troy.
November 13, 1941
A nice day. Two men came to work at the ditch.
November 14, 1941
A nice day. Men came to work at our ditch.
November 15, 1941
A nice day. Eight men working at our ditch.
November 16, 1941
A nice day. Bernice Dann was here.
November 17, 1941
A nice day. I ground a grist and drawed some water. Olive
and mother washed. 2 men came.
November 18, 1941
A nice day. We run air compressor 6 hrs.
November 19, 1941
A very nice day. Mr. Rice wanted air compressor at E. Troy.
I took it there a.m. We run it here 2 hrs.
November 20, 1941
Cloudy but nice. 7 men worked at ditch today. Run air compressor
4 hrs.
November 21, 1941
Cold and cloudy. Nearly finished digging ditch to-day.
Took air compressor home in eve.
November 22, 1941
A very nice day. Finished ditch and Howard Robbins and bob Gardner
came. We laid the pipe and set up the pump.
November 23, 1941
Snow on ground. Howard very busy so he came back and started
pump and run the water to the sink.
November 24, 1941
Cold and cloudy. Covered ditch and hauled away the stones.
November 25, 1941
A nice day. We started cleaning out sheep yard. Louis got
a load of coal for us. (Hard coal)
November 26, 1941
A nice day. Dad and I went to Elmira. bought a new car
battery and ordered 2 storm doors and 3 storm windows.
November 27, 1941
Dad's Birthday
A very nice day. I ground a grist and cut some brush over on
the bank. Dad plowed in p.m.
November 28, 1941
A very nice day. Dad plowed. I cut last of brush on bank
and moved it out the way on truck.
November 29, 1941
A nice day. I worked at horse stall in a.m. Help Louis
saw some in p.m.
November 30, 1941
A nice day. We were down to Olive's for an oyster dinner.
December 1, 1941
Very cold and frosty. I drove Grant Fethers' milk truck.
Mother and dad washed. I clipped a few cows.
December 2, 1941
Foggy and rainy. I drove milk truck. Clipped a few cows.
Ella Bardwell burned to death.
| MRS. BARDWELL DIES AS FIRE RAZES CHICKEN HOUSE
Mrs. Ella Gardner Bardwell, wife of George E. Bardwell, prominent farmer of the Austinville-Roseville section, was burned to death Tuesday afternoon, December 2, 1941, when fire destroyed a poultry building on the farm. The flaming building was discovered by Clifford hart, farm employee, as he was bringing a load of wood to the place. He and a neighbor, Raymond VanZile, attempted to control the fire but the building was consumed and Mrs. Bardwell’s body was found inside the ruins. Mr. Bardwell was in Troy at the time of the tragedy. Miss Mary Seeley, Deputy Coroner of Tioga County, said that the fire was caused by gasoline ignited by Mrs. Bardwell. She was 56 years old, a graduate of Mansfield State Teachers College and a very accomplished musician. She is survived by her husband and two daughters, Mrs. Howard Shaylor, Austinville, and Mrs. Evelyn Smith, Roseville. Services will be held this Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Soper Funeral Home with burial in the Gray Valley Cemetery. |
December 3, 1941
A nice day. I finished clipping cows. Dad plowed garden.
Mother and I went down to Bardwell's in p.m.
December 4, 1941
A nice day. I washed car. I went to Ella Bardwell's funeral.
December 5, 1941
Cloudy and misty. Dad plowed some. Moved some straw into
the barn.
December 6, 1941
Quite a cold wind in morn. I help Louis work on plow in a.m.
Dad and I worked on barn door in p.m.
December 7, 1941
Very cold in morn. (15 degrees) Clear all day. We rested.
Olive, Jim and Ellen here in eve. Ellen stayed all night.
December 8, 1941
A nice day but cold. I ground a grist and finished repairing
barn door. Olive came after Ellen at night.
December 9, 1941
Cold and windy. Snowed in morn. Dad and I went to Lodi,
New York after a Shropshire Sheep.
December 10, 1941
Cloudy and cold. Dad and I brought sheep up from pasture.
Washed in p.m. I fixed a winter sheep yard.
December 11, 1941
Cloudy and cold. I took milk for Grant Fethers. Put more
dirt over water pipe. Went to Col X Rds after storm doors and sash.
December 12, 1941
Cold east wind. Dad and I swept down cobwebs in basement.
December 13, 1941
Snow and sleet most all day. We tried to get our young stock
in p.m. but couldn't catch them.
December 14, 1941
Cold. We were alone most all day and rested. Lindley Stone
was here late in the day.
December 15, 1941
Cold and windy. Dad and I built a trap to catch the heifers.
Jay VanNess' barn burned.
December 16, 1941
A nice day. Thawed some. Had a big time catching our heifers.
December 17, 1941
A very nice day. Mother and I washed in a.m. I took 5 lambs
to Troy.
December 18, 1941
A nice day. Very slippery. I ground a grist for us and
one for Irvin Asgood.
December 19, 1941
A nice day. I cleaned kitchen stove and chimney.
December 20, 1941
A very nice day. I did chores and general work and odd jobs.
December 21, 1941
Cloudy and cold. We were alone all day.
December 22, 1941
A nice day. We went to Troy to do our Xmas shopping.
December 23, 1941
Rained last night and today. I took Emma Seeley and children
to Mansfield in p.m.
December 24, 1941
Rainy. We washed.
December 25, 1941
A nice day but cloudy. We were down to Olive's for Xmas.
December 26, 1941
Cloudy and cold. Dad plowed some. I did odd jobs.
December 27, 1941
Cloudy and cold. I put more dirt over water pipe. Drawed
some hay and straw.
December 28, 1941
Cloudy and snowy. Olive and Jim's folks were here for dinner.
Drilled well pump quit working last night.
December 29, 1941
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December 30, 1941
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December 31, 1941
A nice day. Not so very cold. Dad and I ground a big grist
in afternoon
Memorandum
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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