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Vern started working on the farm at a very young age. He really enjoyed the farm life and everything about it as he loved the outdoors.cowHe enjoyed working in the fields and also in the barn milking the cows.tractor That is what he was doing when I met him as he would see me driving by from our summer camp on the St. Lawrence river.

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He would listened to the Grand Ole Opry every morning on the radio while milking the cows. His favorite singer at the time was Eddie Arnold along with eddy arnold a lot of the old time country singers which have been slowly disappearing. Afterwards, he found other good country singers, like Randy Travis and Tanya Tucker who turned out to be his favorites.
He would play softball for relaxation. He was a pitcherballfor a local team. They would play every summer on the weekends. Then came the Korean war and he was drafted in the army. That was just 8 months after we were married.

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When he returned from the service he decided to do construction work and run heavy equipment.dozerHe enjoyed working outdoors and working with dirt. He helped build a lot of interstate 81 in New York. He also did a lot of other types of land clearing and loading trucks. front-end loaderThe dozer and front-end loader were 2 of his favorites to run. He was in this line of work for over 25 years and then he had to take a medical retirement. He loved this type of work and it was hard for him to give it up but he had no choice.

                                     

To occupy his time. he took up gardening and woodworking. He enjoyed growing his own vegetablesgardenshelf and had more fun eating them as he loved to cook. He had a workshop in the shed and cut out animal figures, birdhousesbirdhouse and other things. The one thing he really enjoyed was the Braves baseball                  team. We would watch them everytime they were on, even when they were in the cellar. He had a lot of favorite players like Rafael Belliardr.belliardHe really enjoyed him and called him (Pac Man).He is now retired from the game. Another player that he liked was Chipper Jonesc.jones He thought he would be a great third baseman and he did turn out to be great. He liked most of the main pitchers but another favorite was Greg Madduxg.madduxHe said he was so precise in his pitching and he was really happy that the braves had signed him. The braves general manager made a lot of good decisions with most of the players that he acquired. I still watch them everytime they are on.

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