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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 27
January 2, 1940
Cloudy and windy. Dad went to Elmira with Louis and Nellie.
Mother and I washed and I did the chores.
January 3, 1940
A nice day. Dad and I went to the telephone meeting in Mansfield.
Saw Ray Hall about a car.
January 4, 1940
Cold and windy. Ray brought up a 1938 Master Deluxe 2 door Chevrolet.
We rode in it and made deal for it. Went after it in p.m.
January 5, 1940
Cold and windy. Snowed some. I cut wood 2 hours in p.m.
for Ralph York with tractor .
January 6, 1940
Cold and windy. Snowed some. We did house work in a.m.
We went over to Uncle Elmer Shaw's in p.m.
January 7, 1940
A nice day. Olive and family here for dinner. I went down
after her in new car. Louis and Nellie also here in p.m.
January 8, 1940
Cold and clear. Mother and I washed. I tinkered around
in the barn to get ready to butcher.
January 9, 1940
Cold and clear. Jim VanZile help us butcher a beef.
January 10, 1940
Nice day. Dad and I took two calves to Troy to sale. I
took Uncle Oscars sheep home in eve.
January 11, 1940
Windy. Olive came up to help mother with the meat. I took
her home in eve. And went to Lodge.
January 12, 1940
Cloudy and cold. Canned more meat. I took grist to mill
in p.m. with new car.
January 13, 1940
Cloudy and cold. We went up to Uncle Claude's for dinner.
Mother stayed at Olive's that evening.
January 14, 1940
Snowed and blowed from southeast later changed to rain. I went
to Olive's after mother. Had to put chains on car to get home.
January 15, 1940
Cloudy and windy and cold. Mother and dad took care of more meat.
I did chores and tinkered around.
January 16, 1940
Cold and windy. We washed.
January 17, 1940
Cold and windy. Dad and I went to Troy.
January 18, 1940
Cold and windy. Very cold. I brought tractor and buzz saw
up in p.m.
January 19, 1940
Very cold and windy. I was sick all day. Not outdoors.
January 20, 1940
Cold and windy. I was better. I help do housework.
Louis took load of coal to Roy Burleigh. I went with him.
January 21, 1940
Cold and windy. We were at home alone.
January 22, 1940
Cold and windy. We buzzed some wood. Louis was sick.
Lindley Stone and Eddy Sheffield helped us.
January 23, 1940
Cold and windy. I ground some feed. Louis brought us a
load of coal making us 7 1/2 tons of coal so far this winter.
January 24, 1940
Cold and windy. Mother and I washed. I split some wood.
I went over to Rex Burleigh's in eve. to a Grange meeting
January 25, 1940
A fair day but very cold. We did up our work and went down to
Olive's for dinner. I went to Sylvania in eve to Lodge.
January 26, 1940
Cold and windy. Louis was sick and wanted me to haul a load of
ice for them. I went but could not get any. Dad and I went
to a T.B. test meeting in p.m.
January 27, 1940
Cold and windy. Did house work and ground some more feed.
January 28, 1940
Cold and cloudy. Louis was here in morning. Holstein cow
died. Took her to the woods in p.m.
January 29, 1940
A nice day. Mother and I washed.
January 30, 1940
A nice day. I split some wood and brought it in.
January 31, 1940
Another nice day. Just did the work and chores.
February 1, 1940
A nice day. Clouded up at noon and started snowing. I help
Louis and Uncle Oscar get up a buzz pile.
February 2, 1940
Very blustery. Just did the work and chores and stayed in.
February 3, 1940
A nice day. Finished sawing our wood and went down to Uncle Oscar's
and cut theirs.
February 4, 1940
A nice day. We were at home alone.
February 5, 1940
A nice day. Mother and I washed. I put up 10 bags of feed.
Dad and I went to Troy.
February 6, 1940
Rain from south in p.m. Snowed from south in a.m. I help
Louis buzz wood in a.m. I ground 40 bags of grain. I had the
use of Louis' truck
February 7, 1940
A nice day. Dad and I went to Troy, Olive and Ellen came home
with us. Jim and Wendell came up in eve.
February 8, 1940
A nice day. We did our chores and our general work. I went
to East Troy to Lodge meeting in eve.
February 9, 1940
A nice day. Did our general work and chores.
February 10, 1940
A nice day. Jim brought 3 loads of lime.
February 11, 1940
A nice day. We were alone all day.
February 12, 1940
Louis' Birthday. A nice day. Mother and I washed in a.m.
I washed car in p.m. Jim brought 3 loads of lime.
February 13, 1940
Cloudy and cold. Jim brought last load of lime. Dad and
I went to Mansfield in p.m.
February 14, 1940
Heavy snow and wind. Milk truck just made it through. No
mail.
February 15, 1940
Cold and blustery. Drifted in. Milk did not go. Roads
closed all way to Troy. No mail.
February 16, 1940
Cold and wintry. Dad and I with our team, Raymond and team, and
Gus and his team all went out to Card place with milk. No mail.
February 17, 1940
Clear and bright. Raymond and his team and Clifford Hart with
George team took milk out. No mail.
February 18, 1940
A nice day but cloudy. I took all the milk. Mail came.
I went down to Uncle Oscar's in p.m. Walked to hard road.
February 19, 1940
Another heavy snow and wind. I took all the milk with our team.
Raymond rode out with me to take Jimmy to the Drs. Gus also rode
along.
February 20, 1940
Dad and Mother's Wedding Anniversary. Still blowing some.
Snow was lighter and easier traveling. Georg'es team and I with our
team took milk out.
February 21, 1940
A nice day. I took milk. Mother had quite a bit of cold
and did not feel very good.
February 22, 1940
A nice day. I took milk. We washed. Mother's cold
some better.
February 23, 1940
Cold and windy. We did up our regular work. I took milk
out.
February 24, 1940
Cold and windy. Dad rode out with me when I took milk to go with
Lindley to Troy. I went to meet him in p.m.
February 25, 1940
A nice day but cold and windy. I took milk. We were alone
all day.
February 26, 1940
A nice day but cold and windy. We shoveled and made a track through
to the spring and drawed water. I took milk.
February 27, 1940
Snowed all day from south. I took milk. Mother and I washed
in p.m.
February 28, 1940
Mostly cloudy, but nice. I took milk.
February 29, 1940
Nice day but cloudy. I took milk. I walked down to Uncle
Oscar's.
March 1, 1940
More snow. We jus did our general work and chores. I took
milk.
March 2, 1940
Some blustery from south. Raymond had to get feed from milk truck.
He took part of milk and I did. Dad went to Austinville in p.m.
March 3, 1940
Cold and rainy. I took milk. We rested.
March 4, 1940
Foggy. I took milk. I cleaned some snow out of old barn
and shoveled snow out near corner.
March 5, 1940
Snowed some. I took milk. I help with the washing and chores
and house work.
March 6, 1940
Snowy and windy. I took milk. Did chores and help with
house work and did some work on m. spreader.
March 7, 1940
Snowy and windy. I took milk. I carried in some wood in
p.m. and help do chores and housework. Went to lodge in eve.
March 8, 1940
Cloudy. Thawed some. I took milk. We did chores and
general housework. I fixed a couple sprockets on m. spreader.
March 9, 1940
Cloudy. Windy. I took milk. Help clean up house and
did the chores.
March 10, 1940
Blustery. I took milk. Olive, Jim, Wendell and Ellen rode
back with me. They were here for dinner. I took them back to
car at noon for Sunday School.
March 11, 1940
Cold and very windy. 6 above zero in morn. I took milk.
Gus Crippen here in afternoon.
March 12, 1940
Clear. Some wind from north. I took milk. 2 above
zero in morn. Louis here in morn.
March 13, 1940
Clear. Wind in N. east. I took milk. Mother and I
washed.
March 14, 1940
Sleet and rain. I took milk. Very hard to get around to
do chores outside.
March 15, 1940
Very bluster at times in a.m. I took milk had about 9 inches
more snow last night. Our roads opeened in Rutland twp.
March 16, 1940
Blustery in a.m. Nice about noon. Dad and I got the car
out and went to Troy over the road that was opened yesterday. Had
some trouble getting home. Took milk.
March 17, 1940
A nice day. Thawed quite a little. We rested. I took
milk.
March 18, 1940
Cloudy and cold wind from S.E. Cleared of later and thawed a
lot. I took milk. Mother and I washed.
March 19, 1940
A nice day. I took milk.
March 20, 1940
Very blustery from south. I took milk to Sanatariam place to
meet truck.
March 21, 1940
A nice day. Thawed some. I took milk to Gus Crippen's.
Soldered some pails. Burned trash. Went to Lodge ineve.
Walked to lower road.
March 22, 1940
Snowed and blowed. I took milk to Crippen's
March 23, 1940
Snowed and blowed. I took the milk to Crippen's. I walked
down toward the Sanatarium place to find road filled in.
March 24, 1940
Cold and windy. Zero in morn. I took milk to hard road.
March 25, 1940
Snowed and blowed all day. Very cold. Zero in morn.
I took milk to hard road.
March 26, 1940
A nice day. I took milk to hard road. Dad and I drove team
to Uncle Oscar's. Borrowed car and went to Troy. Mother stayed
home alone.
March 27, 1940
Snowed all day. I took milk to hard road. I carried straw
from shed into barn in p.m.
March 28, 1940
A nice day. I took milk to hard road. I took 15 bags of
grain to mill with team and bob sled. Snow softened.
March 29, 1940
A nice day. Mostly cloudy. I took milk to hard road.
I shoveled snow 2 hrs in road front of house.
March 30, 1940
Rain. Lindley Stone and I the road down to Card place in p.m.
all except 1 snowbank. I took milk.
March 31, 1940
A nice day. Snow went fast. I took milk. Louis and
Nellie came up. They walked part way. I turned water for 2
hr in p.m.
April 1, 1940
Cloudy in a.m. nicer later. I took milk. Herbert Borg and
I opened road from here to Bardwells and Crippens in p.m.
April 2, 1940
A nice day. I took milk. Olive and Ellen came back with
me. Olive help wash. Dad and I shoveled snow (last snow bank
in Card road).
April 3, 1940
Cloudy. Rain in p.m. Lindley came around after milk
- first since 13th Feb.
April 4, 1940
A nice day. Did chores and housework. Fixed sheep yard
fence. I went to East Troy to Lodge in eve.
April 5, 1940
A nice day. Dad and I went to Troy.
April 6, 1940
A nice day. I help do chores and housework.
April 7, 1940
A nice day. We went down to Olive's for dinner. First that
mothers has been out for 11 weeks.
April 8, 1940
Rainy. I help Louis saw for H. Benson - 2700 ft. I help
deliver lumber.
April 9, 1940
Cloudy and misty. I help Louis saw and deliver 1200 ft of Fritz
Shaylor's lumber.
April 10, 1940
A nice day. I help wash in morn then went to help Louis Herbert
Borg saw and deliver more lumber for Fritz Shaylor.
April 11, 1940
Windy from South. Dad and I hauled one load of straw and one
load of hay from new barn.
April 12, 1940
cold and windy. Dad and I went up to hospital (Elmira) to see
Aunt Marian Colby. She was some better. We also look for a
hired girl.
April 13, 1940
Cold and windy. Snow flurries. I help clean up around the
house besides the general chores and housework.
April 14, 1940
Snow flurries. We were alone all day. I went down to call
on new neighbor in eve - Rolland Smith.
April 15, 1940
A nice day. I help Louis saw lumber for Ed Watkins. We
delivered it and drawed 1 load of logs from H. P. Huslander.
April 16, 1940
A nice day. We sawed 1 load of lumber and delivered it and drawed
1 load of logs.
April 17, 1940
Cloudy and cool. Mother and I washed. I carried the water
from sp. Dad and I drawed 1 load of hay from new barn.
April 18, 1940
Cloudy all day. Dad and I went to Sylvania and Troy in p.m.
I went to Lodge in eve.
April 19, 1940
Cloudy and quite cold from. I help do our general work and washed
car in p.m.
April 20, 1940
Rain most all day from north. Did chores and general work and
stayed in.
April 21, 1940
Snowed last night and all day to-day. Much of it melted.
We were alone all day.
April 22, 1940
Snowed and very blustery all day. Very hard for milk truck to
go. Dad not feeling good. I did chores and some work down cellar.
April 23, 1940
A nice day. Snow. Went quite fast. We washed.
Dad and I hauled 1 load of straw fro new barn and shoveled snow.
April 24, 1940
Cold and cloudy but not freezing. Did chores and tinkered around.
April 25, 1940
Cloudy most of time. Did not do much of anything special only chores
and house work.
April 26, 1940
A nice day. I took Louis' truck to Mansfield to be greased and got
a drum of gas. Help pile Roy Burleigh's 2" x 6"s the rest of the
day.
April 27, 1940
A nice day. Did house work and help get a load of straw and a
load of hay. Went to LeRoy to lodge in eve.
April 28, 1940
A nice day. Uncle Oscar and Aunt Nettie and Louis and Nellie
and Olive, Jim, Wendell and Ellen were here for dinner.
April 29, 1940
A nice day. Mother and I washed. Dad and I went to Mansfield
in a.m. I piled lumber for Louis in p.m.
April 30, 1940
Cloudy. Mother and Dad and I went to see Aunt Marian Colby.
Dad, Mother went to see Dr. Bush and I went over town to get a few things.
May 1, 1940
South wind. Dad finished a little plowing. We planted some
potatoes in garden.
May 2, 1940
Rained. We just did our general work and chores. Changed
oil in car at 22624 miles.
May 3, 1940
More rain. Dad and I went to Troy, Sylvania and Mansfield in
p.m. Got car greased at (22655) miles
May 4, 1940
A nice day. We did our general work. I worked at shoeing
tractor drag in p.m.
May 5, 1940
A nice day. We went over to Uncle Ray Card's in p.m. He
is feeling some better. We came back by Olive's and stopped a while.
May 6, 1940
A nice day. I finished shoeing tractor drag in a.m. Dad
and I went to Robert Sweeney's sale in p.m.
May 7, 1940
A nice day but windy. Mother and I washed in a.m. Dad went
down to help start sowing lime at uncle Oscar's.
May 8, 1940
Rained. Dad and I drawed a load of straw and a load of hay from
new barn in a.m. I ground a small grist in p.m.
May 9, 1940
Nice day. Ground was sticky in a.m. but we worked at it some
in a.m. and started sowing oats in p.m.
May 10, 1940
A nice day. We kept drill sowing all day and finished at night
with about 12 acres sowed some floated, and lime sowed on another piece.
May 11, 1940
Cold and rainy in a.m. I finished floating first piece in a.m.
Louis finished sowing and floated second piece in p.m.
May 12, 1940
A nice day. We were down to Olive's for dinner.
May 13, 1940
Nice day. I went in morning after Elsie Thomas to help in house.
Help work at Uncle Oscar's oats in a.m. Started here in p.m.
May 14, 1940
Rain some in morning. Worked at oats anyway.
May 15, 1940
A nice day. I went to Col X Rds after alfalfa seed in morning.
We worked at oats all day. Rain at night.
May 16, 1940
A nice day. I dragged some in a.m. Sowed oats in p.m.
I dragged soybean ground in p.m. We all went to town in eve.
May 17, 1940
A nice day. We sowed last piece of our oats. (29 acres)
Sowed approx. 27 tons of ground limestone.
May 18, 1940
A nice day. We hauled 1 load of straw and a load of hay in a.m.
I ground some feed in p.m.
May 19, 1940
Nice but cloudy. Olive came in morn for breakfast. She
stayed til noon.
May 20, 1940
Heavy rain last eve. Nice today. I fixed sheep pasture
fence in a.m. We work at cow pasture fence in p.m.
May 21, 1940
A nice day. We worked at cow pasture fence.
May 22, 1940
A nice day. We worked at cow pasture fence in a.m. I finished
it in p.m.
May 23, 1940
Winifred Brace's Birthday
A nice day. Dad and I cleaned hen house and fixed chicken yard
fence.
May 24, 1940
Ellen's Birthday
A nice day. I help dad draw some manure out of pile and mowed
lawn. Olive, Jim and family here in eve.
May 25, 1940
Rain. I ground a grist in a.m. Dad and I went to Troy in
p.m. Bird and Stella York here for dinner yesterday.
May 26, 1940
A nice day but cloudy. We took mother to Doctor's to get some
medicine. Brought Elsie back with us.
May 27, 1940
Rained last night. I fixed clothes line. We drawed some
manure out of sheep yard.
May 28, 1940
Rain in a.m. Dad and I went to Troy. Hauled manure out
of sheep pen in p.m.
May 29, 1940
A nice day. We finished cleaning out sheep pen.
May 30, 1940
Nice day. Dad and I finished hauling out manure pile.
May 31, 1940
Rain in morning. Dad and I went to Horace Huslander's sale and
bought 7 chairs, pump jack, sickle grinder, milk can, etc.
| June 1, 1940
Nice most of day. Rained some. I washed car. We went to Elk Run church to wedding - Roland Smith and Shirley Beardslee. |
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June 2, 1940
Nice day. Elsie Thomas went home. We were down to Uncle
Oscar's. Olive and family brought Evenly Dodge.
June 3, 1940
A nice day. Got sheep sheared in a.m. $.15 each for 15
. Help get house plants out doors and planted a few other flowers.
June 4, 1940
A nice day. Dad and I mowed some yellow weed on lower place in
a.m. Started preparing barn for white washers.
June 5, 1940
A nice day. Finished cleaning barn. White washers came.
I planted darden in p.m.
June 6, 1940
Shirley Beardslee Smith's Birthday
A nice day. I help Louis saw oak logs for Ed Watkins.
June 7, 1940
A nice day. I brought the tractor up in a.m. I dragged
soybean ground in p.m.
June 8, 1940
A nice day. Rained some last night. We sowed and rolled
our soybeans. I went to Troy in eve.
June 9, 1940
Rained hard in a.m. Uncle Claude's folks came. They got
stuck. I hauled them out with tractor. Grandmother stayed with
us.
June 10, 1940
Cloudy. Dad and I started plowing for corn.
June 11, 1940
A nice day. Plowed more for corn.
June 12, 1940
Showery in p.m. I finished plowing for corn in morning.
Bernice Dann came to stay rest of week.
June 13, 1940
A nice day. I took tractor down to Uncle Oscar's and fitted their
corn ground.
June 14, 1940
A nice day. Did some odd jobs in a.m. Went down to Uncle
Oscar's in p.m. after tractor.
June 15, 1940
Cloudy. Rained a little. I started dragging soon after
5 in the morning. We planted most of the corn. Took Bernice
home.
June 16, 1940
A nice day. We were down to Olive's for dinner. Also Uncle
Claude's folks and Louis and Nellie, Arthur and Gene [Jennie] Hager here
in eve.
June 17, 1940
A nice day. I dragged with tractor 3 1/4 hr @ $1.50 per hr for
Arthur Hager also for Rolland Smith 2 3/4 hrs. I furnished fuel.
June 18, 1940
Cloudy all day. I dragged 4 3/4 hrs for Rolland Smith.
I help plant our potatoes.
June 19, 1940
A nice day. Cool. Very windy. I ground some feed
in a.m. Dad and I took calf to Troy in p.m. Sold for 10.40
per ???
June 20, 1940
Very cold. Light freeze. A nice day. I went to Mansfield
after some fuel and some medicine for mother. I started plowing up
oat stubble.
June 21, 1940
A nice day. Plowed more oat stubble for buckwheat. Getting
very dry. There was no seeding on account of drought - 1939.
June 22, 1940
Nice day. Plowed.
June 23, 1940
Very cloudy. Started raining in p.m. I went to East Troy
in p.m. to I.O.O.F. memorial service then went to get Evelyn Dodge.
June 24, 1940
Rained in p.m. I help clean stove and pulled some mustard out
of oats in a.m. Fixed up a power grinder for mowing machine knives.
June 25, 1940
Nice day most of time. I finished plowing with tractor.
June 26, 1940
Rain. I went down to Uncle Oscar's to make some irons for tractor
drag. Help load a cow on a truck that dad had sold and other odd
jobs.
June 27, 1940
A nice day. I did odd jobs in a.m. I dragged with tractor
for buckwheat and dad finished plowing headland.
June 28, 1940
Very nice in a.m. Dad and I started to sow buckwheat. Started
raining at noon. We went down and covered fertilizer after dinner.
June 29, 1940
Rained some. Dad and I went to Troy in a.m. We fixed tank
in pasture so that cows could get water. Olive here in p.m.
June 30, 1940
Rain in p.m. Nice in a.m. Robert Taylor and family called
here in p.m.
July 1, 1940
A nice day. I ground a grist in a.m. We worked at buckwheat
in p.m.
July 2, 1940
A nice day. Dad and I finished sowing our buckwheat (12 1/4 acres).
July 3, 1940
Nice most of time. Rainy toward night from south. I sowed
Uncle Oscar's buckwheat.
July 4, 1940
A nice day. We cultivated garden. I dragged corn in a.m.
I brought the tractor and plow up from lower place.
July 5, 1940
A nice day. Mowed some hay down around the buildings. We
went to Mansfield in p.m.
July 6, 1940
A nice day. Mowed first of Uncle Oscar's hay. Drawed 2
loads here. Bill Marsh started helping today.
July 7, 1940
A nice day. I took Evelyn home in a.m. We also called on Canfields
in a.m. I went to Glider Meet in p.m.
July 8, 1940
A nice day. We drawed 4 loads of hay here then went down to Uncle
Oscar's and drawed 3.
July 9, 1940
A nice day. We drawed 4 loads of hay at Uncle Oscar's in p.m.
Evelyn came back in eve. Mother was down to Olive's.
July 10, 1940
Nice day. Diary for yesterday and to-day are changed around.
Drawed 5 loads of hay yesterday.
July 11, 1940
A nice day. Louis took my wool to Troy. I took Bill Marsh
to Mansfield in a.m. We drawed 2 load in p.m. then it rained.
July 12, 1940
Rainy. I fixed up pump jack at milk house yesterday p.m. and
today.
July 13, 1940
Nice day. We stirred out some hay and mowed some and drawed 4
loads.
July 14, 1940
A nice day. Rested in a.m. We went after Huckleberries
in p.m.
July 15, 1940
A nice day. Drawed some hay at Uncle Oscar's.
July 16, 1940
A nice day. Drawed more hay at Uncle Oscar's. I have lost
track of number of loads.
July 17, 1940
A nice day. We drawed 2 loads of hay in a.m. and 7 in p.m.
July 18, 1940
A nice day. 5 loads of hay at Uncle Oscar's.
July 19, 1940
A nice day. 5 more loads of hay at Uncle Oscar's. Last
of his haying!
July 20, 1940
Wendell's Birthday
A nice day. Started haying here again. 3 loads.
July 21, 1940
A nice day but cloudy. Away most of the day.
July 22, 1940
Nice in a.m. Very hot. Some rain in afternoon. 4
loads of hay in a.m. I cultivated a while in p.m.
July 23, 1940
Nice in a.m. Dad and I cultivated corn with 2 teams. Heavy
rain from 10 to 12 a.m. We had car inspected in p.m.
July 24, 1940
Cloudy in a.m. Dad and I went to Troy in a.m. Ted Shaylor
came in p.m. to shingle part of the old barn. Drawed 3 load of hay
with horses. Too wet for truck.
July 25, 1940
A nice day. Ted Shaylor and Dave Sherman finished shingling barn.
Drawed 5 loads of hay.
July 26, 1940
Cloudy and showery. We drawed last 3 loads of our hay in a.m.
I picked up around in p.m.
July 27, 1940
A nice day but very hot. Showers in p.m. I mowed lawn and
put away haying machinery.
July 28, 1940
A nice day. We had company from Elmira in the afternoon (Suzemuhls)
July 29, 1940
Nice most of day. We pulled some weeds in garden. Dad and
I went to Mansfield in p.m.
July 30, 1940
A nice day. I pulled weeds in garden in a.m. Help
Louis plane and match lumber in p.m.
July 31, 1940
A nice day. I worked in garden all day.
August 1, 1940
Olive's Birthday
A nice day. I took mother to doctor's in a.m. We called
on Olive. A ground grist in p.m.
August 2, 1940
A nice day. Louis and I worked on threshing machine.
August 3, 1940
A nice day. We worked on thresher some more.
August 4, 1940
A nice day. I went down to see sheep in a.m. They are all
o.k. Olive and Jim and family were here for dinner. Jess and
Lucile called in p.m.
August 5, 1940
A nice day. Dad and I cultivated and hilled potatoes. I
pulled weeds in garden and mowed part of lawn.
August 6, 1940
Thunder shower at noon. Louis and I worked on thresher.
August 7, 1940
A nice day. We finished working on thresher.
August 8, 1940
A nice day. We started cutting oats on Uncle Oscar's side hill.
August 9, 1940
Nice but very hot for the horses. We cut more oats on side hill.
August 10, 1940
A nice day but hot in eve. Louis and I made tractor tongue for
binder. We used his tractor on the binder in p.m.
August 11, 1940
A nice day. We rested all day.
August 12, 1940
A nice day. We finished cutting Uncle Oscar's oats and started
ours on the lower place (7 acres).
August 13, 1940
Cloudy. We started cutting a few oats with tractor. Rained
us off. I took car and got it greased. We cut a few oats in
p.m.
August 14, 1940
Foggy and wet in morn. Started cutting oats about 9:15.
Finished about 11 (The 7 acres in less than 4 1/2 hr). Louis and
I cut 10 3/4 acres in 7 hr. after 1:20 p.m.
August 15, 1940
A nice day. We set up one piece of oats and started cutting another.
August 16, 1940
A nice day. Cloudy some wind from south. Started threshing
for Ed Watkins. I came home in p.m. and cut some oats.
August 17, 1940
A nice day. Finished cutting our oats and set them up.
We went down and helped Louis move some hay.
August 18, 1940
Cloudy. Rained some. We were alone. I went over to
the Rutland Hill Church in p.m.
August 19, 1940
Cloudy and misty. We washed.
August 20, 1940
Cloudy and damp and cold in a.m. Ground grist in a.m. We
went up to Uncle Claude's in p.m.
August 21, 1940
A nice day. We finished Ed Watkins' threshing and started Uncle
Oscar's.
August 22, 1940
A nice day. Finished Uncle Oscar's threshing and started H. Garrison's.
August 23, 1940
A nice day. I finished Harry's threshing and started J. VanNess.
I was filled with dust and cold so I went to Dr. in eve.
August 24, 1940
A nice day. We finished J. VanNess' threshing and moved the rig
to York's.
August 25, 1940
A cloudy day. Quite cold. Started raining in eve.
Dad and mother went away. I stayed here. Arthur and Gene came.
Irene Jeroleman came to start work.
August 26, 1940
Foggy and wet. We moved some hay from new barn to old barn.
August 27, 1940
Rain. We did some odd jobs.
August 28, 1940
More rain. Dad and I went to Elmira to look for new washing machine.
Made a deal for new Easy Washer.
August 29, 1940
Cloudy. Did not dry off very fast. We did odd jobs.
We set up ensilage cutter at Jay VanNess' in p.m.
August 30, 1940
A nice day. Filled Jan VanNess' silo - 6 3/4 hr.
August 31, 1940
Rainy. Around home all day doing odd jobs.
September 1, 1940
A nice day. Dad and I went to Sayre to see Uncle Ray Card.
September 2, 1940
A nice day. Did more odd jobs. Grain still too wet to thresh.
September 3, 1940
A fair day but mostly cloudy. Threshed some for R. M. York.
Grain was awfully wet.
September 4, 1940
A nice day. Finished threshing Ralph's oats. Then threshed
Arthur's and moved to Rollan Smiths.
September 5, 1940
A nice day. Mostly cloudy. Threshed Rollands in a.m.
Started our oats in p.m.
September 6, 1940
A nice day. Finished threshing our oats 952 bushels from 29 acres.
September 7, 1940
A nice day. Threshed George Bardwell's oats 732 bu.
September 8, 1940
Cloudy. Rained in eve. We called on Bird York in p.m.
He has been sick recently.
September 9, 1940
A nice day. Filled silo for Arthur Hager in a.m. (3 hrs)
September 10, 1940
Rained most of a.m. Finished Arthur's silo (2 1/2 hrs) in p.m.
September 11, 1940
A nice day. We refilled Arthur Hager's silo making a total of
7 1/2 hrs.
September 12, 1940
A nice day. Started filling silo at York's. Bird has not
been a bit well.
September 13, 1940
A nice day. Finished filling York's silo. Holly barn burned
in morning.
September 14, 1940
A nice day. Threshed for Jim VanZile.
September 15, 1940
Nice in a.m. Rain in p.m. Jim and Olive and children were
here for supper in eve.
September 16, 1940
Cloudy and wet in a.m. Blacksmith here. I went to town
in p.m. Uncle Flander Webster and his daughter stayed all night.
September 17, 1940
A nice day. Louis refilled Ralph York's silo. I threshed
for Claude Bolt in p.m. 515 bu oats.
September 18, 1940
A nice day. I took calf to Troy in morn. Help cut some
buckwheat. Louis filled their silo. I threshed for Roy Burleigh.
September 19, 1940
Cloudy. I finished threshing for Roy Burleigh and moved thresher
to Merle Avery's and walked home. Went to lodge in eve.
September 20, 1940
Nice day. Louis finished Irvin Asgood's silo in morn. I
help some about the buckwheat. Then we threshed for Merle Avery and
Ernest Boyd.
September 21, 1940
A nice forenoon. We threshed for Grant Fethers and some for Irvin
Asgood til it rained us off.
September 22, 1940
A nice day. We were alone. Dad and mother went to Mansfield
in p.m.
September 23, 1940
A nice day. I help finish cutting and setting up buckwheat in
a.m. Help finish Irvin Osgood's threshing and did some for R. M.
York.
September 24, 1940
A cloudy day. Rained some. Finished Ralph's oats also rom
Wood's and started threshing for Lee Tice.
September 25, 1940
Rained hard last night and this morning. Did odd jobs around
home.
September 26, 1940
A nice day. We cut some of Uncle Oscar's buckwheat. Used
binder on some and mowing machine on some.
September 27, 1940
A nice day. We finished cutting Uncle Oscar's buckwheat in a.m.
I refilled I. M. Osgood's silo in p.m.
September 28, 1940
A nice day. Winifred Brace and I went to Bloomsburg Fair.
September 29, 1940
A nice day. Olive and Jim and family, mother, dad and I went
to York State after peaches.
September 30, 1940
A nice day. I finished filling Harry Garrison's silo and moved
to Tom Woods and filled there in p.m.
October 1, 1940
A nice day. I finished filling at Tom's. I went to East
Smithfield to the installation of I.O.O.F. officers.
October 2, 1940
A nice day. I repaired distributor pail to ensilage cutter and
help mother wash and then moved rig to Lee Tice's and set it up.
October 3, 1940
A nice day. I felled silo at Lee Tice's.
October 4, 1940
A nice day. I finished filling silo at Lee Tice's. Louis
and I took cutter pipe and distributor to Arthur Hager's.
October 5, 1940
A nice day. I moved cutter from Lee Tice's to Arthur Hager's
and refilled Arthur's silo.
October 6, 1940
A nice day. Uncle Elmer and Aunt Florence and Mr. and Mrs. Vosburg
were here in p.m.
October 7, 1940
A nice day. We cut our corn down.
October 8, 1940
A fair day. filled our silo. It was full but we got all
the corn in.
October 9, 1940
A nice day. Louis and I threshed oats for Fred Smith in a.m.
and buckwheat in p.m. for Jay VanNess.
October 10, 1940
A nice day. We finished threshing for Jay VanNess and some for
Grant Fethers.
October 11, 1940
A nice day. Threshed for Grant Fethers, Irvin Asgood, Merle Avery
and some for Uncle Oscar.
October 12, 1940
A nice day. Finished threshing for Uncle Oscar and threshed for
Ralph York on squares place. Mother and I went to Troy in eve.
October 13, 1940
A nice day. Uncle Claude's folks were here in p.m. Grandmother
and Aunt marian are not very good.
October 14, 1940
A nice day. Louis threshed for Arthur Hager in a.m. We
threshed our buckwheat in p.m. (268 bu.) on 12 1/4 acres.
October 15, 1940
Rainy. We took care of some machinery.
October 16, 1940
A nice day. Louis threshed Geo Bardwell's buckwheat in a.m.
threshed our beans in p.m. (32 bu) I registered for Selective Service.
October 17, 1940
Nice most of day. Rainy toward eve. Threshed J. B. VanZile's
buckwheat (446 bu).
October 18, 1940
Stormy and cold. Just did chores and dug a few potatoes.
Went to Bently Creek to Installation in eve.
October 19, 1940
Cold and acted stormy. Threshed for Roy Burleigh 426 bu buckwheat.
Went to Austinville in eve to Installation.
October 20, 1940
A nice day. Mother, Dad and I went over to see Uncle Ray Card
in p.m. He is not very good.
October 21, 1940
Cold and cloudy. Did chores and tinkered around in a.m.
Went and threshed for Claude Bolt in p.m. and moved machine home.
October 22, 1940
A nice day, warmer. Help mother wash. Aunt Nettie, Uncle
Oscar and Louis cmae up and help us get our potatoes out.
October 23, 1940
A nice day. I dug some carrots and potatoes in garden and done
chores.
October 24, 1940
A nice day. I took mother to doctors in a.m. Went after
fuel and brought wagon home from Uncle Oscar's.
October 25, 1940
Cloudy and rainy. I had the use of Louis' truck to get a big
grist ground (50 bags).
October 26, 1940
Cold and windy. I did a little cement work. Louis and Tom
Wood came after ensilage cutter in p.m.
October 27, 1940
Cold, cloudy and windy. We were alone. I went away in p.m.
Olive, Jim and Ellen were here for supper.
October 28, 1940
A nice day. Dad and Mother washed. I refilled silo at Tom
Woods.
October 29, 1940
A nice day. Plowed with tractor 7 hrs on lower place. I
went to Halloween party in eve at Lawrence Corners.
October 30, 1940
Rained last night and today. I got car greased and muffler fixed
in a.m. Plowed some in p.m. (2 hrs).
October 31, 1940
Cloudy. I finished plowing on lower place with tractor in forenoon.
Fixed sheep yard front of barn in p.m.
November 1, 1940
Cloudy and damp. Wind south. I plowed corn ground with
tractor (6 1/2 hrs) Dad finished buckwheat stubble with team in a.m.
November 2, 1940
A nice day. We went to town in a.m. Were at Olive's for
dinner.
November 3, 1940
A nice day. We were alone and rested some.
November 4, 1940
A nice day. Hazel Sherman help mother with washing. Dad
and I plowed.
November 5, 1940
Cloudy. I plowed in a.m. Dad and I went to vote and was
down to Tom Woods to plowing demonstration in p.m. Uncle Ray Card
died 3 a.m. - Mark Wood died in p.m.
November 6, 1940
Cold and cloudy. We went over to Aunt Addie's in a.m. I
plowed in p.m.
November 7, 1940
Cold and windy. We went to Uncle Ray Card's funeral in p.m. and
came back to Wood's. Mother taken sick.
November 8, 1940
Cold and windy and muddy. I went to Mark Wood's funeral in p.m.
Mother some better. Some snow on ground.
November 9, 1940
A nice day. Snow went. Mother not feeling too good.
We did chores, housework and odd jobs outside. Brought sheep up.
November 10, 1940
Cloudy and windy. Were down to Olive's for dinner.
November 11, 1940
Wind from south. Dad and I plowed some in a.m. I carried
in chunks in p.m.
November 12, 1940
A nice day. Mother and I washed in a.m. Dad and I plowed
in p.m.
November 13, 1940
Cold and cloudy. Louis, Dad and I went to Wellsboro in a.m.
Dad and I plowed in p.m.
November 14, 1940
Cloudy. Snow and rain from north in p.m. I plowed all day
with tractor. Went to Lodge in eve.
November 15, 1940
Cloudy and snowy. Just did our general work. Dad and I
went down to Ed Watkins' in p.m. 4 or 5 inches of snow.
November 16, 1940
Cloudy, cold and windy. I helped mother clean up the house and
dad finished plowing with team.
November 17, 1940
Cloudy and cold. Arthur and Gene Hager here in a.m. Ed
and Lizzy Watkins here in p.m.
November 18, 1940
Cloudy and cold. I took milk for Grant Fethers. We worked
at wood a little in p.m. Olive, Jim and Ellen here in eve.
November 19, 1940
A nice day. Mother and I washed and she ironed. Dad and
I worked at more wood. Snow went some today.
November 20, 1940
A nice day. I had to take a part to the tractor plow to Mansfield
to get it welded. Had to wait till next day.
November 21, 1940
A nice day. I went to Mansfield after part to plow. I started
plowing in p.m. for Arthur Hager with tractor.
November 22, 1940
A nice day. I plowed some with tractor for Arthur Hager.
November 23, 1940
Not so very cold. I plowed some more with tractor for Arthur.
I lost a bolt. Had to fix up one.
November 24, 1940
Cloudy and windy. We went up to Uncle Claude's in p.m.
Grandmother is not a bit good.
November 25, 1940
A nice day but cold. I finished plowing for Arthur.
November 26, 1940
Cold and windy. Mother and I washed. Dad and I worked at
wood in p.m.
November 27, 1940
Dad's Birthday
Snowed last night. We drawed up some wood on sleds.
November 28, 1940
Cold and windy. We picked up some more wood and drawed it up.
We were down to Olive's for an oyster supper.
November 29, 1940
Cold. We did chores and tinkered around.
November 30, 1940
Very nice in a.m. Very snowy in p.m. We went to Elmira
and bought new radio and ordered an artificial limb for mother.
December 1, 1940
We were alone all day.
December 2, 1940
A nice day. I ground two grists in p.m.
December 3, 1940
A very cold day. We washed. I took Case tractor to Mansfield
on Louis' truck in a.m.
December 4, 1940
Cold. I went down to Uncle Oscar's to get tractor to cut some
wood.
December 5, 1940
Cold and windy. We worked at the wood.
December 6, 1940
Windy and cold. Dad and I worked at more wood.
December 7, 1940
Light rain much of the day. I went down to cut wood for Uncle
Oscar's folks.
December 8, 1940
A nice day. Olive, Jim and Ellen were here for dinner.
December 9, 1940
A fair day. We washed.
December 10, 1940
A dandy day. Just did chores and tinkered around.
December 11, 1940
A nice day. Dad and I took 8 lambs and 1 sheep to Troy to sale
760# lambs at $9.10 per ???
December 12, 1940
Cloudy and misty. Louis and I went to Shemokin after a load of
coal.
December 13, 1940
A nice day but windy. I ground some feed in p.m.
December 14, 1940
A nice day. I cleaned chimney and kitchen stove and washed the
car. Richard Myfelt shod horses.
December 15, 1940
A nice day. Aunt Addie and Jane and Bernice Dann were here.
December 16, 1940
We washed and did our chores.
December 17, 1940
Cold and windy. We took mother up to the city to get mother's
limb fitted.
December 18, 1940
A nice day. I had the use of Louis' truck and ground nearly 50
bags of feed.
December 19, 1940
A nice day. We just did our chores and housework.
December 20, 1940
A nice day. Mother and I went to do our Xmas shopping to Troy.
December 21, 1940
A nice day. Just did our chores and help mother with Saturday's
work.
December 22, 1940
Snowed some. We were alone. I went away in p.m. (afternoon)
December 23, 1940
A nice day. I started clipping cows.
December 24, 1940
A very nice day. I took car to Mansfield in p.m. for inspection,
greasing and washing. Finished clipping cows in a.m.
December 25, 1940
A most beautiful day. Winifred and I were down to her sister's
(Frances Vosburg) for Christmas dinner. Mother and I washed in morn.
December 26, 1940
Foggy and wet. Just did chores and housework. I went to
Lodge in eve. Sterling Brace initiated in initiatory degree.
December 27, 1940
Foggy and wet. We did chores and worked at some wood in p.m.
December 28, 1940
Rained some. We did chores and housework and worked at some wood.
December 29, 1940
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December 30, 1940
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December 31, 1940
Mostly cloudy and windy. We did chores and washed.
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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