Author: David Haldeman

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Trella Hemmerly – 1978-01-08

Sunday January 8th 1978 temperature forty-five a.m. high winds and 10 at night.
Woke up with headache.
Picked Mary and mother up at 12:30 and headed for Patterson Cemetery. Wet snow not sticking all the way over and back. Rocky’s grave still had the flowers on it and hadn’t been filled in so we put the grave blanket by Uncle Roy’s marker and one wreath there and the other on Rocky’s mother’s grave.
Glad to get home by 3 as the snow really started coming down and by dark had 2 in.
TV & bed at 10.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1978-01-07

Saturday January 7th 1978
Took crock pot of noodles in for Cheryl. Her grandfather’s funeral was at 10:30 & Kass went. I took wedding to LaRue. Widow with eight children married her husband’s brother. Stopped at Maggie’s on my way home. Just coming to the door left her gasping for 10 minutes.
Finished Conrad Richter’s “The trees”. Makes me feel as if I had lived Sayword’s life in early Ohio.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1978-01-05

Thursday January 5th 1978
Took my car to Race Motors to have serviced while Mary and I went to Cincinnati in her Rambler. Got to Findlay Market about 11. David was in his new “H.M. Snoot ‘n Hoof” store and he sure has done lots of work since I was there in November. But not many people around the market area and his good meat still in the case. Only selling about $50 a day.
Mary and I went shopping at Shillito’s and out to Coffey Street about two. Josh took one look at us and started crying but Sarah her usual elfen self. David showed Hemmerly reunion film and their Christmas. Barley soup for supper. Left at five-thirty- fog and wet snow. Home 9:00.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1978-01-01

Sunday January 1st 1978
Watched only a little of Rose Bowl Parade. Picked Mary up and we went to assigned area north of Route 95 West of Marion for bird count. But too tired to get out of car on a miserable day and saw only expected birds. About 3:30 drove to Kildeer area and saw a flight after flight of geese from Refuge area into cornfields. Thousands of next sticking up look like sticks. Also several flights of ducks.