Author: David Haldeman

Tuesday, April 29, 1975
Took Judy with me to Columbus to meet NCR man at Eve’s Flowers to look at cash register that also posts. After 3 hours decided it will help our operation & bought it. Electronic. $4,500. Delivery June 1.
Shop meeting at 6 to get gripes aired. Not really as serious as Kass thought but good to get it in open. Made several decisions on minimums and delivery charges.
Home just in time to enjoy daffs in the twilight glow.
CBS special on the Viet Nahm War & announcement of South Vietnam surrender to North Vietnam. Called Kathi & Bob. Plans the same.

Sunday April 27, 1975

Debby Smith and “Grover” Cleveland married at Claridon United Methodist Church. Deb in a ecru dress whe embroidered collar. English Renaissance music. I was the official photographer. Used Kodachrome II with Nikkormat 50 & 35 mm lenses and also Kodak X-25 as backup.
Home about 4 & Howard helped me set out potted daffs & the litlies left from Easter. About 50 and started raining about 6. No sun all day.
Finished weaving the white, yellow, beigeyarn that I got in Salt Lake. Watched “The Man” on TV. Don Imel— had Cincinnati for travel spot.

Monday, April 28, 1975
Laura off sick, Debbie off honeymooning. Dave’s day off. Martha in half day so Connie did the work.
Mailed projector to Kodak for repairs. Bought 2 dresses at Penny’s on their 20% off sale. Got 300 lbs. fertilizer at Marion Grain $27. Picked up copies of old Baker photos at Stewarts & had passport pictures made. Ordered 6,000 postcards for $187.
Pork chops & hash brown potatoes for supper.

Saturday, April 26, 1975
Note from Judy on desk. Resigning! Laura involved somehow – seems Laura tells people what I say that she wants me to- with no regard to what I have or have not said. Persuaded Judy to continue with the billing.
Set up a staff meeting at 6 Tuesday & ask for complaints.
2 weddings – 1 in Prospect. Mary & Rocky stopped by on way home from hospital. Rocky more alert than for months. Stopped there and at Mother’s after wedding. Loren at Mother’s, home at 9:00.

Friday, April 25, 1975
Woke with terrific headache. NCR salesman in at 11:00. Had Judy sit in. He started with a $10,000 machine. Said no quickly to that – it wasn’t even a cash register! A $5,000 cash register will post.
More problems with Pitney-Bowes machine. I left at 5:00 and repair man had it working ok. Judy was to come in and work on billing tonight.
To Kass’s to see what had upset her. Just the spatting when I’m not there. She, Laura & Dave out to see me last night. Told Howard not to tell me.

Wednesday, April 23, 1975
Richard Carey at shop at 7:30 to go over MCHS by-laws. He is nominated for president next year.

Thursday, April 24, 1975
Daffs blooming no forsythia yet. Temp 70.
Set out trilliums we dug last Sunday. Ron from Sears recharged refrigerator after finding leak. $71. Kass called as I was leaving for little theatre “Gigi”. Wanted to talk about goings on at shop that she can’t take any longer.
Picked Mary up for play. A little stilted. Home about 11.
Deposited $3,000 from my IDS to repay borrowed Hemmerly’s account.

Tuesday, April 22, 1975
Dug red bud tree by garage to take to Ann & Jim Shultz when I went to dinner. Planted it at SE corner of their house. Jackie, Cliff & 2 week old Christopher and Jackie’s mother from Long Island.

Monday, April 21, 1975
David & Karen left about 10.
Took South American artifacts & projector to Epworth to setup for tonight about 3 and came home & rested. Mary a guest for a fitting dinner and then ran projector. Bulb burned out in the “Bogota” and we couldn’t get the gate open to change it. Proceded with Mary’s snaps & a talk on the handicraft.

Sunday, April 20, 1975
Left about 8 to pick up Cliff Mitchell to go to Cedar Bog. Met David & Karen & Hink there & was conducted through the locked gate & along 2 mile boardwalk by Watkins kin of Sally Roush. Very interesting and unique. Too cold for picnic so lunched at “Old South” buffet. David & Karen home with me & to Mrs. Wait’s woods to dig more trilliums & other wildflowers for David. Took our picnic supper into Mothers. Mary there and Uncle Allen called. Mother insisted that she “was not at all good.” – but she’s fine.