Author: David Haldeman

Thursday, January 18, 1979
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Wednesday January 17th 1979
2 salesman & 3 wedding appointments pretty well took the day. Sent acknowledgements for 10 commercial histories and letter to Grant E. Mauser III who sent order for book. Asked him for his Congressman father’s history.
Got the backroom staff busy cleaning off shelves and made them realize the dogs need to be used up.
To supper at Turroff’s- only Bernhard Brooks and Kenny there- both Mary’s sick I guess or mad because Geneva Brewer joined us last 2 weeks?
Home by 7:30 into editing. Finished H’s and bed by 11:30. This project is teaching me to use my time more efficiently.

Tuesday January 16th 1979
Headache- so bathed, typed histories and went to work at 12:30. Irma Campbell in and filed indexed stories while I worked on editing all afternoon. Gloria Dickason in and gave her some typing and questionnaires to write up. Wrote a letter to David.
To MCHS board meeting at Bowen-deWolfe house. Had my agenda well in hand and finished by 9 including putting address labels on newsletter for 300 members. Home- letter from Jackye. She makes her kids ailments seem funny- enjoyed it and she invited Mary and me back to the bunkhouse.
Worked on editing histories from 10 to 1 a.m.

Monday January 15th 1979
Shop runs so smoothly without Dave and Laura- unbelievable!! 3 wedding appointments. Linda Starner and Irma Campbell in with indexing.
Mary home sick with a cold so I didn’t go up before going to Camera Club.
Barry obnoxious- sat at president’s table all through the meeting so there was no room for Paula Dean the new secretary. Discussion on what kind of show to make for Arts Festival and decided to use the contest themes.

Sunday January 14th 1979 28 degrees at 10:30 a.m. 4 degrees 10:30 p.m.
Slept until 10 dreaming of blizzards, but the one forecast didn’t materialize here.
Worked all day on History. Typed the Creasap Family- 8 stories. Did the S’s and found Aunt Ruth Sheneman’s Drollingers in the Seiter account of trip from Germany.
I talked to Mary about going to SAF* convention in San Francisco and then to Hawaii. July–

[*Society of American Florists]

Saturday January 13th 1979
Wedding at St Mary’s at 1. Carroll in and I gave him a copy of minutes condensed. Sent Marj Williams Brandt a bouquet and a copy so she won’t have to go through all of them to write the history.
Lots of funeral work- Laura did $120- $45 was 2 orchid arrangements that should take only ten minutes Tonya $224, Mary $240 and Dave $190! Had no trouble getting out the work with the reduced hours.
Mike refused to shovel snow so I started to, but Mary came out and did it. Dave thought I should have fired Mike.
Temperature 38 but forecast of near blizzard tomorrow. Chicago has 12 in and O’Hare Airport is closed.
Worked all evening on the W’s proofreading.
Took boxes to Paris and Helen to pack their Christmas things. Paris seemed uncomfortable. Got dates of their genealogy.

Friday January 12th 1979 low 10 by 26
After working more on MCHS history in at 11:30 to meet Greg Smith of WDIF. Sold me an 8 weeks ad program at $41 per week and then called to say it would be $50 more! Wedding appointment with the Hernandez of Puerto Rico who said flowers would be $2,000 in Puerto Rico, but want 8 bridesmaids to carry a single rose. Mary in with Trinity history and took the one that Gary wrote to finish it. It ended in 1965! Gary had copied it from picture history.
Worked all evening on the Creasap history. Very detailed about Thomas Creasap 1694-1790 but I had to make 8 stories about current families. Bed at 11:30

Thursday January 11th 1979 -16 this a.m. up to 10 and sunny.
Lazed morning away until I called bank and found I was $650 overdrawn. Hunted up talk check, Christmas money and dividend check, but still had to borrow $550 from Howard. Took it to Caledonia to deposit and ordered sync cord from Vivitar. Took a walk in the snowy woods. Beautiful sunshine and no wind.
Started on MCHS minutes at 3:30 and worked until 10 excerpting pertinent facts for use at 10th anniversary meeting and for Marj Williams Brandt to use for history of society. Brought back memories, but exhausting.
Watched 1 hour film on China. Not sure I want to go there. Seems so drab- all work.
I called Kathi to tell her I had sent box with banjo-uke and doll. To bed at 11:15.

Wednesday January 10th 1979
Slept until 10:15. Kass called while I was having breakfast. Had made a wedding appointment for me for 10:30 but didn’t tell me. It was Mrs. Moore with her last daughter.
Orders for history starting to come in on the order blanks enclosed with bank statements.
Had pizza with Dave, Chris and Faye Garverick- she’s looking rested now.
At 3 Carroll and I drove to 7499 Wildcat Pike to visit Marie English. She had called me saying she would like her furniture to go to a museum and was considering the Marion County Historical Society. Her house is a treasure. Two of the rooms must look the same as they did in 1890. Hundreds of knick knacks, cut glass, hand-painted China, gorgeous Victorian furniture. But Marie is the star of it all. She was without heat for 10 days during and after the blizzard. Her stories of bank robberies when she was president of Campbell National Bank. Late for Wednesday night dinner. Then to Hall-Beck and gave BBB info for MCHS Bulletin.

Tuesday January 9th 1979
Dorothy Rutherford in at noon to train for register and front room. Seemed to me she was not learning very fast. Cheryl is very patient with her.
Carroll thought I should photograph Congressman Brown’s visit to the Bowen house so I came home for my camera. Met them there at 1:30. Ron Cross also there- he got the CETA workers for us.
Took Kathi’s Christmas package to UPS, after going to Wiant’s to buy tape. Sent my banjo uke for Davy. I bought it for $5.50 in 1928, money I earned picking strawberries at $0.02 a quart. Hope he appreciates it. Cost $4.95 to send two packages including the doll in the trunk for Kristi’s birthday.
Larry Mathiot called here about 9:30 to get my reaction as MCHS president on the library decision. They will sell it to Trinity for $125,000. Edited until 2 a.m.