Author: David Haldeman

Friday, August 15, 1975
Worked on bookkeeping figures all day. For Inc. have all bills paid & $2,000 on hand. Only payroll yet to pay in August. But my old Hemmerly’s Flowers money very slow in coming in.

Saturday, August 16, 1975
7 weddings. I serviced 2.
Started indexing Jacoby History. Interesting but time consuming. Mary suggests we have them sorted by key punch.

Reports from Grady shows $43,000 profit on old Hemmerly’s. But I think that includes assets transferred to Corp.

Thursday, August 14, 1975
Headachy so not much help to Howard in cleaning up the locust tree. Kids had fun with Hobart’s 4 week old kittens. but Donner’s 2 week old ones cry when picked up. Kids played piano lesson some. Davy won’t learn when you try to teach him but goes back and does it after.
Toom them in about 4:30 to shope in a turmoil of $400 funeral orders for Leslie Ferriman – one of 4 killed in auto accident Monday on 309. Put them on production line & turned out 12 pieces in 30 minutes. Noel Sherman started on delivery job.

Wednesday, August 13, 1975
Brought Kristi & Davy home with me during a thunder storm. As I was closing living room window the big honey locust by the greenhouse split & half of it fell toward the river, bending the 20 year old Colorado Blue Spruce & breaking limbs from the Washington Hawthorne. Such a mess, but thank goodness not on the greenhouse & house.
The frog tadpoles have transformed into frogs juding from the number of small frogs suddenly appearing around pond.

Tuesday, August 12, 1975
Karen, David & I had breadkfast on deck. Then took Sarah to show her the pond & the woods. David took movies. In to shop about 11:00. Showed them the Commonwealth Insurance area next door as possible expansion area. They left about noon. Kathi & I had big conference with Grady on various accountingl problems. Especially how to handle In & Out orders.
To Altrusa Picnic on lawn of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Stopped at Kathi’s on way home to tell her we’ll do the posting her way. She gave me a sweet letter. Also had letter from Marjorie Patterson. Answered it.

Sunday, August 10, 1975
David, Karen & Sarah arrived about 12:30. Had chili for lunch & put the ham they brought in the roaster to cook. Lillian fixed potato salad, baked beans, relish plate, devilled eggs & cottage cheese salad. Jackie fixed fruit in watermelon & Laura had friend bake birthday cake. Sarah was center of attraction & very good. About 40 here. Mother anxious to go home, but did stay so our family8 had tome together. Showed Cape Cod pictures.

Monday, August 11, 1975
David, Karen, Sarah & I left for Wooster about 11:30 taking picnic lunch. Went to open house & Ohio State Development & Research Center. Took wagon tour, enjoyed arboretum, but never did get to greenhouses.
Home in time to go to Kathi’s for supper. Mary & Rocky stopped. Just back from visit with Betty Frazier & family at Rosseau, Ontario. Also went to Algonquin Park.

Saturday, August 9, 1975
Too glad bokay & carnations to mother for her 85th birthday. Having a $2 doz. sale on glads in her honor. And I’m paying $1.65 or 10! Sold over 100 dozen Thursday, Friday & Saturday.
Many people reminisced about buying them on front porch.*
Howard has everything spic & span for the shop picnic tomorrow. I shopped for buns, vegetables, etc.

[*at 229 E Fairground starting in 1934]

Friday, August 8, 1975
So many tomatoes ripe. Stayed home AM & made juice & stewed tomatoes.

Thursday, August 7, 1975
Mrs. Jones here to clean. Spent 3 hrs on Rec Room!