Hermon 1942

Home movies taken around 1942 by the late Dr. Judson R. Vining, Hermon, New York, transferred to digital media by the late Richard J. Farrar around 2013.  The copy used for this web page is dated 11 November 2018.

Time MM:SS Location Description
0:00 – 01:11    Vining Residence, Main St. Hermon William “Bill” Vining, Unknown man in uniform, unk. Woman, man playing piano (possibly Dr. and Flossie Morgan)
01:11 – 01:57 Vining Residence, Main St. Hermon Unknown man with car, (Joan Vining) Farrar and Bill Vining
01:58 – 02:43 Interior Vining Residence Unknown man and woman at dining table with Helen Vining
02:44 – 02:50 Probably in Hermon Unknown man in car
02:51 – 03:29 Hermon Hepburn Library, Main Street Marching Band
03:30 – 03:33 Green Residence, Main St., Hermon Green Residence
03:34 – 03:39 Site of Mix Hall, Main Street, Hermon, Senior Center there now Mix Hall – multi-story building
03:40 – 03:43 Maybe Mix Hall Officer in uniform with onlookers
03:44 – 03:51 Unknown farm location
03:51 – 04:17 Hermon, New York Main St., Vining Res. Sidewalk, looking toward Catherine & Washington St. – William and Joan, unknown man in sports car arrives
04:18 – 05:51 Unknown Location Golfing – Judson R. Vining at 04:39, Joan at picnic table (???), William as caddie (05:42)
05:52 – 06:23 Vining Residence, Main St. Hermon Unknown man loading medicine bottle in car and at side entrance.  Another man bringing two bottles in.
06:24 – 06:47 Unknown location Golf Outing – men and women.  Maybe Sherm Slate??? (barber and former Hermon mayor)
06:48 – 07:47 Germain Street, Hermon At the Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vergare garden  tulips in bloom— view over to Maple Street with Bill Residence, William, Joan, and Helen also.
07:48 – 08:30 Downtown St. Marys, Ontario Helen Vining with Delmage Aunts
08:31 – 08:57 262 Elgin St., St. Marys, Ontario Getting out of car, and William being greeted by man at house entrance
08:58 – 09:19 Ontario Farm Dorothea (Vining) Barnes with William and Joan.  Lee Barnes at 09:18
09:20 – 09:45 Vining Residence, Main St. Hermon Helen Vining in side garden
09:45 – 10:55 Vining Residence, Main St. Hermon William on wagon with unknown girls.  Joan at side door with Helen
10:56 – 11:12 Church St ???, Hermon, NY Sherm Slate ???, Frank Vergare
11:12 – 11:39 Church Street, Hermon NY Seymour Western at his Service Station
11:40 – 13:02 Vining Residence, Main St. Hermon Exterior of house and In the doctor’s offices with unknown visitors
13:02 – 13:37 Vining Residence, Main St. Hermon Clean-up after meal, unknown woman with Helen, kitchen and dining room
13:38 – 14:28 Vining Residence, Main St. Hermon Unknown man in office horsing with Joan.  Visitors with little girl and advertising paper.
14:29 – 15: 34 Possibly Hermon Men with 55 gallon drums and sugar bush.  Gathering wood  
15:35 – 16:28 Possibly Ontario, Canada Unknown man with car.  Aileen Vining, William Vining, Joan Vining, and Helen Vining.  Clara (Delmage) Vining at 15:52.  Unknown older girl with group.
16:29 – 18:13 Probably Ontario, Canada Unknown two older ladies with Joan, Bill, and Aileen Vining.  Ebenezer Vining @ 17:21.  Another older woman with Joan later.  Helen @ 18:05.
18:14 – 19:27 Vining Cemetery, Purple Hill Road, Thorndale, Ontario Possibly William Carey Vining, clearing grass and then talking with someone in car.  Young William around grave stones.  Older worker with William Carey
19:29 – 20:24 Probably Hermon/St. Lawrence County Color footage with unknown man with black car and Joan Vining with flowers.  William at 20:10 in grass with Joan
20:25 – 20:41 Vining Residence, Main St. Hermon (Color footage) Unknown couple at side entrance with Helen and Joan Vining with two other girls
20:42 – 21:23 Vining Residence, Main St. Hermon (Color footage) Unknown uniformed man at front door and then getting in car with crowd of kids and Helen Vining.  View of front attached garage.
21:24 – 23:16 St. Lawrence County?? Helen, Joan, William Vining at a garden of older gentleman, with unknown young male photographer.  Young girl with chicks. Pansies flower close-ups.
23:17 – 24:41 St. Lawrence County?? Cooking and Picnic with young families, Helen and Joan Vining.
24:42 – 25:21 Vining Residence, Main St. Hermon Young Enlisted man in uniform with girl.  Then walks down the street with an older man with camera
25:22 – 25:39 Vining Residence, Main St. Hermon Judson Vining on ladder with Joan and William putting up a swing.  
25:40 –  26:49 Hermon, New York Gathering on benches.  Helen at picnic table.  Woman, smoking cigarette, with baby.
26:50 – 27:26 Vining Residence, Main St. Hermon (Color footage) Unknown girl on sidewalk and blonde girl on roller skates with Joan.  Dog in stroller.
27:27 – 28:46 Green Residence, Main St., Hermon (Color footage) Bill Green in uniform with Bettye Green and other family members.  Getting into car for winter drive
28:47 – 29:04 Vining Residence, Main St. Hermon (Color footage) Ox cart with milk cans being driven down street in winter.
29:05 – 30:10 St. Lawrence County (Color footage) At a sugar bush.  Helen Joan, and William Vining.  Snowballs flying.  Drilling holes for tapping sap.
30:11 – 30:12 Unknown location (Color footage0 Interior – bed
30:13 – end Church Street near First National Bank, Hermon, NY (Color footage) Unknown man waking down street.  Two men at Mix Hall and then walking down the other side of Church street.

 

Showy Orchis

Showy Orchis [Galearis spectabilis] photos were taken on the Appalachian Trail (AT), between US 19E and Doll Flats, near Roan Mountain, Tennessee, on 14 May 2016 and near Gerton on 29 April 2018. It’s the member of the Orchid (Orchidaceae) family. Timothy P. Spira’s Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains & Piedmont, page 375, states that the flowers bloom from April-May, and bare fruit May through June, and it “often occurs in calcium-rich soils, but not exclusively.”

USDA Plants Listing: Galearis spectabilis

Showy Orchis on the AT - 14 May 2016

Showy Orchis on the AT – 14 May 2016

Showy Orchis (in) - 14 May 2016

Showy Orchis (in) – 14 May 2016

Showy Orchis (out) - 14 May 2016

Showy Orchis (out) – 14 May 2016

 

Showy Orchis – Dan – 29 April 2018
Showy Orchis in Gerton – 29 April 2018

Star Chickweed

These Star Chickweed [Stellaria pubera], a member of the Pink (Caryophyllaceae) family, were found in Gerton, North Carolina on 4 May 2013 and on 14 April 2018. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 274-275, states it’s found in woods and on rocky slopes. It’s listed in the flowers with 5 regular parts section, but the petals are so deeply cleft that they look like they have 10 parts. These specimens were just off a footpath of the same roadside trail in the woods on both occasions.

USDA Plants Listing: Stellaria pubera

Star Chickweed – 14 April 2018

Star Chickweed in Gerton, NC – 4 May 2013

Star Chickweed (more) – 4 May 2013

Cut-leaved Toothwort or Pepperroot

Cut-Leaved Toothwort [Cardamine concatenata] found off a new path at Fletcher Park on 5 April 2014, on Bearwallow Mountain on 23 April 2016, and in Gerton, NC on 14 April 2018. It’s a member of the Mustard (Brassicaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 162-63, states it blooms in spring in rich woods. Another synonym for the flower is Dentaria laciniata, and it also gives it another English name of Pepperroot. The color is a little washed out, but it’s a white or pink flower.

USDA Plants Listing: Cardamine concatenata

Cut-leaved Toothwort – 14 Apr 2018

Cut-leaved Toothwort at Fletcher Park - 5 April 2014

Cut-leaved Toothwort at Fletcher Park – 5 April 2014

Cut-leaved Toothwort on Bearwallow Mountain- 23 April 2016

Cut-leaved Toothwort on Bearwallow Mountain- 23 April 2016

Cut-Leaved Toothwort (zoom out) - 23 April 2016

Cut-Leaved Toothwort (zoom out) – 23 April 2016

Two-lined Spittlebug

Two-lined Spittlebug [Prosapia bicinta] photos were taken in Flat Rock, North Carolina on 4 August 2017, found on a side window of my vehicle. The NWF Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of North America, page 136, says “adults jump when they are disturbed; they also release a yellow fluid from the feet, which might serve to deter predators.”

Two-lined Spittlebug – 4 August 2017

Two-lined Spittlebug (alt) – 4 August 2017

American Bellflower or Tall Bellflower

American Bellflower or Tall Bellflower [Campanulastrum americanum] found near mile marker 437 on the Blue Ridge Parkway on 25 July 2013 and 23 July 2017. It’s a member of the Shinleaf (Pyrolaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 216-217, says it blooms in summer and fall in moist thickets. The guide lists it’s scientific name as Campanula americana.

USDA Plants Listing: Campanulastrum americanum

American Bellflower on Blue Ridge Parkway - 25 July 2013

American Bellflower on Blue Ridge Parkway – 25 July 2013

American Bellflower (more) - 25 July 2013

American Bellflower (more) – 25 July 2013

American Bellflower – 23 Jul 2017

Hummingbird Moth

Hummingbird Moth [Hemaris thysbe] photos were taken near Fletcher Park on 2 July 2017. The NWF Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of North America, page 333 says “on spring and summer days, these moths hover over flowers in open habitats…”  

Hummingbird Moth approaching Everlasting Pea – 2 July 2017

Hummingbird Moth on Common Milkweed – 2 July 2017

Hummingbird Moth (more detail) – 2 July 2017

Hummingbird Moth (wing detail) – 2 July 2017

Hummingbird Moth (head detail) – 2 July 2017

Common Mullein

Common Mullein [Verbascum thapsus] found near the Silver Leaf Diner, off US Route 11 in DeKalb Junction, New York on 21 June 2013 and at Biltmore Estate on 24 June 2017. It’s a member of the Figwort (Scrophulariaceae) family, with it’s distinctive woolly leaves. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 188-189, says that it blooms in summer and fall, and found on roadsides and in fields.

USDA Plants Listing: https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=VETH

Common Mullein near Silver Leaf Diner - 21 June 2013

Common Mullein near Silver Leaf Diner – 21 June 2013

Common Mullein (top view) - 21 June 2013

Common Mullein (top view) – 21 June 2013

Common Mullein (Biltmore duo) – 24 June 2017

Common Mullein (zoom out) at Biltmore – 24 June 2017

Common Mullein (Biltmore) – 24 June 2017

 

Boxelder Bug

Boxelder Bugs [Boisea trivittata] were found at Carrier Park on Amboy Road in Asheville, North Carolina on 17 June 2017. The NWF Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of North America, page 128 says “adults and larvae take sap from seeds, flowers, and leaves, but cause little damage.”

Boxelder Bug – 17 June 2017

Boxelder Bug (groups) – 17 June 2017

Pale Corydalis or Rock Harlequin

Pale Corydalis or Rock Harlequin [Corydalis sempervirens] photos were taken on the North Carolina Bartram Trail, near Whiterock Mountain,on 27 May 2017 and Carl Sandburg Home on 28 May 2017. It’s a member of the Fumitory (Fumariaceae) family. Allan Armitage’s Herbaceous Perennial Plants, (1989) page 156, states that it’s “flowers are pale pink to purple with yellow tips and the fern-like foliage is gray green.” It grows in rocky places and is found blooming Spring to Fall.

USDA Plants Listing: Corydalis sempervirens

Pale Corydalis (close-up) – 27 May 2017

Pale Corydalis (leaves) – 27 May 2017

Pale Corydalis (leaves closer) – 27 May 2017

Pale Corydalis – 27 May 2017

Pale Corydalis (stem) – 27 May 2017

Pale Corydalis near Carl Sandburg Home – 28 May 2017