Author: David Haldeman

Tuesday, January 19, 1982 Low 15 – High 29
Terry Zacharias & Virgil Hinamon helped me move chairs & a table from Big Red & mother’s to the Center* for meeting tonight. I spent an hour sweeping to make it a alittle pleasanter. Up to Mary’s to see mother.

Met Steve White at shop. Showed him manuscript – he feels typeset with hard back is best – 200 copies $3,80 – $15.45 each. Would be about 80 pages including pictures, maps. They hand carry all material and deliver books with no fgt. chgs.

Checked over Judy’s inventory figures – 22,000 – seems OK but no supply figures.

Jim Strider can’t come in January will come in June & spend afternoon.

MCHS Board meeting – First time at the Center* – Discussion on relationship with Old Village Marion gropup. They are collecting dues separate from Society. Also on whether to use a fund raising group.

[* new home of Marion County Historical Society – donated by Phil Boyd on S. Main Street just north of Boyd Funeral Home)

Monday, January 18, 1982 Low 0 14 at 11 PM – got up to 20
Worked on Hurlbut history most of day.
Letter from Kathi saying Don will blame her if Rita leaves him because Kathi interferes with their lives when she writes to Dave! Also said he asked Dave if he wanted to return to Kathi & he said no.

Called Del Goff about his sources on Prettyman Stokely but didn’t get any information – Got more family info & told him about Stokely Cemetery.*

Dick Bryson called & we decided to ask Jim Strider for MCHS meeting Jany to suggest long range goals.

[*south of Zanesville, OH]

Sunday, January 17, 1982 Consecutive 32 hours below zero
Duluth Minn – 38 – other Minn -52 – Cincinnati -19

-20 degrees 3:30 AM per Howard
-5 high
Sunny AM – house 58 degrees
Typing all day. Finished the Hildreth part – 110 pages! Only have Hurlbut, Stokely & Riley.
Called Steve White & set up date Tues for him to see the manuscript.

No wind so not as bad as last Sunday.

Birds at feeder all day. Tried to count – almost impossible to know, but saw at one time:
5 Chickadees
5 Cardinals
4 Downy Woodpeckers
6 Juncos
6 Goldfinches
1 Tree Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
3 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Tufted Titmouse
2 Hairy Woodpeckers
3 Blue Jays
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
Serveral House Sparrows & Starlings

Saturday, January 16, 1982 27 high during night – -10 all day

Typing all day –

Sorted checks-
As usual one month missing but approx expenses – estimate Aug.

Food $1,000
Utilities $1,475
Clothing $500
Ins. $500
Hobbies $1,000
Travel $1,825
Taxes $600
Gifts $1,100
Upkeep $1,500
Donations $235
Newspaper/Mag $225
Personal $335
Loans $4,760
Cap Imp $4,760 -New Shed, New Furnace, Stereo, Attic Fan
Savings $2,000
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$21,815
Income Tax $7,000
$28,815

Friday, January 15, 1982 -10 low 16 high
Typed all day.

Mary & Ken & Jordan’s picked me up at 4:00 & we went to Porter’s Restaurant in Mt. Gilead.

Judy called with a few changes in pay schedule that I had suggested – all good.

Called David Decker @ 3:15 – Only talked a few minutes. He seemed to not want to talk.

Thursday, January 14, 1982 Low 7 High 21 – no wind
In to Mary’s to babysit mother so they could take off. They went up to Lake Erie to see ice.

Took pork brains in & made brains & eggs for lunch.

Worked on rental properties. Lost about $3,000 including depreciation. Will offset income & help on income tax.

Went to shop to confer with Judy on new pay schdule. Set her up for $18,000 a year. $125 a week raise.

Mary back about 5:30 & me home.

Wednesday, January 13, 1982 Got to 30!
6″ snow so called Mary that I wouldn’t be in. Called Terry Zacharias & had him go over & help her get frozen rug out of upstairs.

Typed all day – Have 67 pages finished – ready to start Ray & Ivaloo’s family.

Sorted out all the various versions of the genealogy. Find I have about 60 more pages to type.

Tuesday, January 12, 1982
In at 11:30 for Altrusa Board meeting for lunch. Then shopped for cheese & crackers for Altrusa tonight. At shop at 2:30 to meet with Jim Chill of Comprehensive Business Services – very professional but would get reports sooner & in less technical form. About same cost. $244 /month. Year end fees less.
At 5 to Howison & Howard to meet Dorothy Harper & Virginia Howard. Slected wallpaper for Center – 3 correlated designs for different areas. Virginia & I had dinner at Turroff’s & then to Altrusa. Irma Campbell co-hostess planned menu.

But ALt rus bores me. Guess I’ll recommend Kass & bow out.

Called Mary to say sorry didn’t have time to come over. Had problems at Mother’s. In addition to pipes in rear basement frozen – the radiator froze upstairs & ice all over floor.

Monday, January 11, 1982 36 consecutive hours of below zero temp.
Low -6 High 5 above. Wind chill 30 below.

Called Mary – Pipes frozen in basement at Mother’s because hot water heater turned off.

Typed all day on genealogy.

Eating up leftovers from refrigerator.

Read Sacajawea.

Sunday, January 10, 1982 -10 9:00 AM -2 12:00 Chill factor 48 below zero.

Windy & sunny but so cold. House only 60. Worked all day on Genealogy – typed 10 pages – up to Lucy Hildreth.

Called David and he was bundled up ready to go to Bengfals Championshiup Game against San Diego. He plays in the band and had alcohol in his spray bottle – Don’t envy him being out in this. Bengals won 27-7 – Later San Fran 49’ers beat Dallas Cowboys 28-27. David thinks band will go to Superbowl at Pontiac Jan. 24.

Watched “Will – J. Gordon Liddy” – Watergate break-in.

Coldest day of this century.

No place in Ohio got above zero today.

36 consecutive hours of below zero.