Author: David Haldeman

Tuesday July 11th 1978
Called Ron Laiply and gave him the bid for the letter and order blank and called Paul at Hall-Beck’s and gave him the envelope order. Dale Lawrence from Fulfillment called and said there are 22,112 post office addresses in Marion County! Gave them the contract for stuffing, sealing, addressing, sorting and mailing at $11.?? per thousand. Ate with Mary about 4:30 and worked until 9.

Monday July 10th 1978
Charlie Long came to measure kitchen. Will fabricate in his shop ready to install.
3 wedding appointments and got license for new Olds and some display cones and brackets from Mason’s.
Township chairman meeting at shop – 11 out of 15 there and 2 had head family members in hospital. Karen Hardwick there and planned business contacts with Steve and Tom. Felt it was a snappy, to-the-point meeting. Steve and Tom approved my letters.

Sunday July 9th 1978
Howard went with me to cut grasses along County Roads. Transplanted black-eyed Susans to Terradise ditches.
Sorted clothes from 4 closets for Federated Clubs rummage sale. Filled back end of wagon.
To Don McCoy’s to file appeal on zoning permit refusal. He sees no problem in getting it okayed by August 1st so we can place marker before August 12th.
On way home stopped at Duane Brown’s next to “Skunk Cabbage Hollow”* and put in a plan to save it.

[* see 40°35’29.5″N 82°59’31.9″W 40.591513, -82.992201 (suspected site of Skunk Cabbage Hollow0)]

Saturday July 8th 1978
Breakfast on deck and then into shop. Showed Wilda and Jackye around and then they took my Dodge wagon and started for Don’s about 11
While I was at St Mary’s wedding Tonya took Chris’s (her fiance) car to deliver a wedding to Grace Baptist and turned left in front of a guy at Prospect and Edgewood. Both cars badly damaged.
So tired when I got home that I went to bed at 7:30.

Friday July 7th 1978 to boger’s and John had me come in to file for permit which had to be turned down. Closer than 50 feet from center of right of way. Told me to go to Don McCoy to file appeal. Left shop at 3 to pick up Mary and mother to go to Columbus airport. Stopped at TWA to get freight mess on Philippine shipment straightened out.
Wilda and Jackye plane in at 6- they look great!
To Bob Evans Sausage for dinner and then out here. Jackye brought photo album of her home and horses and kids.

Thursday July 6th 1970
Gorgeous morning – helped Howard plant the gold thread Cypress by front step and Andorra Juniper under bell and then kept to my typewriter, revising letter & writing facetious biographies. Phoned Hall-Beck, Quick Print and Fulfillment for bids on printing and mailing. Called John Boger to find out procedure for variance and he’ll go with me tomorrow to see site and turn down our request for a permit. Picked up Mary and we went to Marion Community Theater production of Fiddler on the Roof- Bob Babich stole the show as Tevye.

Thursday July 6th 1970
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Tuesday July 4th 1978
Took Howard for ride in new Olds wagon – cleared edges of steps to River and trimmed euonymus. Fertilized. Had rest of David’s steak for lunch. Picked Mary and mother up and drove to Kuehnle’s. Took Judy and family there – drove to their house to see ducks, geese and goats – bought gold thread Cypress and Andorra Juniper. $22.88.
Sorted slides to send in for prints. $38 worth.
Stopped at shop and inventoried and totaled what Lil & Nel did in front room.

Monday July 3rd 1978
To shop while David went to Erickson’s music – very busy. At 1 went to Inskeep to pick up my new Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser. Had forgotten about insurance and had to call Marion Insurance Agency to get it. Gave them my check for $1,500 so I’ll keep the Blue Dodge. Offered it to David and Karen as a gift but Karen doesn’t want a big car (especially mine!). To Isaly’s for lunch and they left for Cincinnati. Back to work. Folded used aisle cloths- saved about $20.

Sunday July 2nd 1978 cool raining all morning.
Puttered in garden until had to go in for three weddings. Dave had delivered funeral work and stayed to help me (unloaded candelabra we had just picked up for use at church of Brethren at Berean Baptist!). David and Karen, Sarah and Josh and Mary and mother all arrived about 4. David brought steaks he had paid $1.70 per pound untrimmed. He showed his Western trip slides and movies. Some very good shots. Discussed what to do about Snoot ‘n Hoof. Too expensive to open as restaurant. Probably reopen as pizza and cold sadwiches as before. To bed at 12:30.