Author: Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine

Wednesday, January 31, 1990
10-3 Book 4 hours
Worked on Book-

Tuesday, January 30, 1990
1:00-3:30 – MCHS 3 1/2
3:30-4:30 – Book
11 to 12 – Book
Used PC outline – really great.
Fog so thick couldn’t see houses until got to Marion. And sun shining there.
Re-take of Rod Rupp video presentation by OHS to MCHS at 1:30. Then to Doug Loudenslager’s office to meet with him as Rotary president- Jack & Charlie & Doug Smith of Badescher Communie [sic]. Rotary offering to fund presentation of Marion County History to use at Museum, schools & clubs. Want my input on data to be used by professional writer to script it.
Met Mary for supper at Isaly’s – shopped at Big Bear – $17.
David called about 7:00 – at shop working on payroll. Here about 10- put Optimzer program on my computer, but I have to clean up files before using it.
Worked on creating outline for Chapter 2 until 12.

Monday, January 29, 1990
21 – 36
10:30 – 2:00 – 2:30 – 5:00 Book
16″ -1966
20″ -1973
26″
TV says 3″ snow in Marion but I’m seeing 6″ oni the deck railing. Snowed much of the day.
Studied outline program in WordStar & mastered basics in about 1/2 hr-but much more to learn but had enough know-how to outline first chapter for Marion Book.
Al Tozer called saying both John Rall & Karl Stewart will share their negatives if we come up with list of clients – that’s the way they are filed.
Jack Telfer called saying MCHS has been granted certification by OAHSM – told him to release news item enclosed with letter – Counterpoint to our fund raising publicity- showing we are “professional.”
Another call from McVay asking if I had found a copy of Marion Centennial for him.
Smithsonian Magazine arrived – Good article on computer virus detective – Gene research on DNA – delcine of migrating birds – Bubonic Plague in 1347. Great magazine.
Letter from Keith Lamb. His daughter Melissa has moved to Pittsburgh.

Sunday, January 28, 1990
33 degrees
Worked on Huber financial report & called David with update so he can get newsletter finished & to me. Updated MCHS membership – research for Marion History.

Saturday, January 27, 1990
Newsletter Huber – 1 hr.

Finally made a pillow from the comfort 7 got a little sleep – At bfst asked Sarah to go shopping with me. “Plans with friend.” Karen reminded her it wasn’t until afternoon. “Don’t have any money.” So much for my efforts to be friendly. So I left alone about 10 – Stopped at Kenwood Mall. Overwhelming, but found a white high necked blouse at Lazarus – Button too tight so alteration put a snap on for me $38 – marked downs from $54. Never paid that much for a blouse before. Took I-71 to Rt. 72 to I-70 at Springfield- N on state route 54 to 4 – Interesting geology- could see the moraines under the melting glacier after being in Alaska.

Stopped at Wendy’s for sandwich & frosty & at Willis Nye’s to pick up copy of Huber financial report that I left without making a copy for Newsletter. Home about 4:00 & entered info on computer – Felt lousy – always do after visiting 6404 – not one word to thank me for $1,750 toward kitchen. Had to ask what they got with Christmas money I gave them. Oh, well, I guess its the generation gap – but I have so much love to give that they don’t want. Thank goodness for David

Friday, January 26, 1990
26 degrees – 55 Sunny
3 hrs Huber
David’s 45th Birthday

Entered Cockshutt financial report in Huber Newsletter – cleaned car inside and washed windows. Odds & ends & finally left for Glen/Gary about 1:30 to take brick info. Mike Lyon showed me complete process of incising names – Exacting work. Then stopped at CD Garage in Mt. Gilead & they took branch out from under my car. Wind yesterday left litter all over road. Stopped at Arvey’s in Columbus & got ream of copy paper – labels – pens – ribbons & disks for MCHS – about $50-

To David’s about 5:45 – kitchen looking usable – Range top ($700) installed (with $200 ventilator) & high rise faucet – Karen used it for first time to put water in vase for flowers I took David for birthday. Rib eye steaks grilled on new gas grill – brussells sprouts, peas, cheese cake & pumpkin pie – clam chowder – Harvey there – usual hubbub. Boys gave David a pinata filled with candy – All gave him funny cards.
David, boys & I went to office to use Ventura to create Huber Newsletter. Very complicated, but I think I could learn it with some help. Finished about 11 – 2 1/2 hrs. work – Looks good.

Sunday, December 31, 1989
50° to 35 degrees 1/2-in rain
Foggy, misty rainy day with Bill Hutchman for Killdeer Plains Audubon Christmas Bird Count. 19 species, 346 individuals birds- & earned everyone of them.

Saturday, December 30, 1989
To Columbus for Quicken- 3 1/2 hours. average December 19.2 degrees normal 32°, 9.4 in snow normal 4 in

Mary picked me up about 10 to go to Meijer’s Center in Columbus to buy Quicken for MCHS to do accounting. Norm says he will learn it- $41. To Li’l Professor bookstore in Worthington- got Alan Eckert’s ‘Twilight of Empire’ and paperback ‘Blackhawk War.’ Stopped in Waldo at Grolls and looked at recliners- one I wanted is out of stock! One on floor had a hold on it. Home about 3:30. Answered Willis Nye’s call- wanted an ear for his concern over dominance of Huber Association by Dietsch, Winck, Swaderers who’s only interest is in selling Cockshutt models. Told him of Harry Bard’s attack on me. He said Harry has left a trail of people (women) that he has antagonized unreasonably.
Touching TV story about destruction of library in Bucharest during recent liberation.

Friday, December 29, 1989
10:00 to 5:15 7 1/4 hours volunteer.
To Mary & Carl’s for dinner with Mary. Her house so beautifully decorated
To Heritage Hall at 10:00- Worked all day on Membership forms. Mailing of 526 copies of open house announcement (Mary helped) & brough Brick database up to date – 454 sold to 12/28.
I turned in $350 to cover family and Terradise Computer Systems and Hemmerly’s Flowers
Harry Bard in office lamenting fact that plumbers hadn’t been in to fix boiler- and he could fix it if he had the parts, but he couldn’t get hold of a plumber to get them.
Later Sloan- the plumber called and said he hadn’t come because of so many emergency calls because of -20° weather but had heard Harry wanted the parts. (All this after Harry didn’t answer his phone and Norm searched building and couldn’t find him.) So I said okay bring the parts over.
Later I went to lower level and heard Harry talking about me to Dick West so I went into his work room- amazed at his attack on me was for ‘interfering and what was none of my business.’ He said I had no right to talk to the plumber. Called me names and says he won’t work in the same building with me. I cried it out alone.

Thursday, December 28, 1989
10:00 to 5:00 8:00 to 10:00 9 hours volunteer
Worked on bricks database all day in all morning. Modified database to include member in a logical field so I can print labels for Brick buyers who are not members. But it wouldn’t work. Picked up open house announcements and took to Heritage Hall. Helen Kaufman working and she folded them. She had draft of minutes of December 19th meeting ready.
Met Mary at Bob Evans and led her home.
Reworked Helen’s minutes.