Selections from Trella Romine's library at Terradise Nature Center
There are many, many ways, oh Bud,
To gauge how much we miss you;
“Crusader” deadline, though, is near,
So time’s the important issue:
In a word, if they make you, all alone
A squad, you’ll never fail ’em–
For it’s taking ten to fifteen folk
To fill your shoes at Salem!
by Ray Romine Wednesday, April 1, 1942
What would it do to your pretty head
If all the people to whom you’ve said
“Drop in and see us, you really should”
Would?
by Ray Romine Monday, September 18, 1950
Now I see my Christmas shopping ain’t all over, like I thought–
Here’s this after-Christmas SWAPPING what the other fellow bought!
Revised 10/16/1948:
Now I find that all my shopping
Isn’t over, as I’d thought:
Comes the after-Christmas swapping
What the other fellow bought.
by Ray Romine Friday, December 1, 1933
Dear Congressman: your policy
To state takes but a minute:
“Regardless of the merits of
This measure–I’m agin it!”
by Ray Romine Thursday, May 17, 1945
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Woke a 7 AM and in to Perkins for waffle and egg & sausage breakfast.
To Menard’s to pick up 5/8″ x 5 ” lag screws for boardwalk.
Back to Terradise and mowed leaves.
Worked on Boardwalk and finished bridge portion and started with odd shaped deck to join boardwalk to bridge. Ran out of deck boards and stopped around 3 PM. Headed back to Cincinnati.
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
After rehearsal with Ken Taylor’s Central Jazz Band at Central Christian Church in Dayton, drove Rt 4 to Terradise arriving about 10:30 PM.
Slept in sleeping bag on living room couch.
Saturday, November 4, 2023
[David & Susannah Haldeman work day]
Up at 6:30 AM and drove truck with 4 concrete slabs for the vernal pool boardwalk. Many leaves from Kentucky Coffee Tree down on lower driveway. Also, hawthorne next to steps down to hickory trees had fallen. Cleaned up and burned hawthorne on the spot. Moved rowboat up the hill and plan to use it to shade out the Japanese Knotweed infestation just off the driveway.
Susannah cleaned up the front plantings of dead hosta and prairie plants.
Tried to start Toro Zero Turn mower, but starter just whizzed.
Picked up spare front tire at Miller Lawn & Equipment, and they will call me Monday for pickup
4-6:30 PM Clarion Brass (Ken Taylor, Anita Hunt, Jeff Clymer and myself) played for Mt. Washington Holiday Walk.
Mondayt April 28, 1947
Penny Postcard to Trella from Ray Romine
Front:
Trella Haldeman
552 N. G’wood St.
City
Back:
4-28-47
11:15 PM
Hi – Hope you’re improved? Much, that is.
Just got home (11:00) & figured too late to call! You’re still under weather, hence postcard.
Talk went well — enjoyed pinch-hitting; had nice lunch; everything Jake.
Mounted H. Co. stuff prior to talk – all went well also.
See you soon. (Wrote letter Thomas*– half apologizing) (no slosh, no fumble)
Ray
P.S. Pupa from Hocking Co. (Colledted only Sun) has hatched – with surprising results: recall largets gray (5″) moth found on tree trunk? THis was another just like it! The “Thru the Year” part of book on Smokies is by Art Stupla — who Thomas says took lacta there – remember?
P.P.S. I have “Manual of Ohio Weeds” – came yesterday.
[*Edward S. Thomas – Ohio Historical Society Naturalist]
[Letter from E.M.Sheneman to Ray Hemmerly about Bina Dunn’s marital problems-transcribed by Trella Romine]
Sunday, May 1, 1921
Now I do not know what I may say before I finish this.
Ray does not know as much what has been writen by Jack as Jim and May does, so a few lines to Ray first.
Jack has sold Bina’s good, good nice home since she has been here says for $3,000. There was a mortgage on it but not pushing it. Jack has sent the contract to Bina to sign and she has not signed it yet, and his orders was not to let anybody persuade her not to sign it as he did not want any bink [sic] about it. A letter from him Friday. He was looking for his contract back. How do you expect he will feel and do when he does not get it. Now Ray, another thing you do not know that May does also Jim and that is he has threatened to come out here and take Johnie away from her and take him home with him, then she says her last hope is gone. Ray, much more I could tell you. He had promised her no home, no anything. Now I want to say to all three of you, we expect him to be BULL MAD when he finds out she has not signed the contract (if it was you would you sign your intrest in it wouthout any promise ahead?)
Now under these circumstances we do not know but Jack might pop in on us anytime and might accomplish what he has threatened Bina with here-to-fore. And as we have no protection and so far from town out here what could we do. She would like to be in Marion so if he did come there would be police, etc to call on if any serious thing would occur. She is afraid out here. And Ma and I are not much short of that, for Ma has seen him MAD and he did not care what he done.
Bina is complaining today where he has kicked her on the back, and Lillie
has protected her when she has been choked, so now she is afraid of her
life here. I want you to consult together and see what can be done if
anything, as you see we do not feel safe ourselves. We are all feeling
reasonable well in heaalth but not very well in mind under the
circumstances.
Mon. Morning. Things look black here this morning, don’t know what the outcome will be.
Yours in hope.
E. M. Sheneman
[Trella Note:
Bina is daughter of E.M. and Lucy Sheneman and wife of John A. Dunn of
Minneapolis. She had come to her parents home just east of Marysville,
Ohio following domestic problems. Johnie is her retarded son, age 7 at this time. Lillie is her daughter who died on March 2 in Minneapolis . Ray is the husband of Bina’s sister, Ivaloo. Jim and May are older brother and sister of Bina. Following all this Bina chose to use her middle name and after her divorce from Jack she became known as Theresa Sheneman. Allen Sheneman of Santa Ana, CA. her brother, has (rest illegible)]