Author: Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine

Friday, November 17, 1989
Mailed Melanie Kaufman Regional Rep Handbook. Credit department Bank Ohio, Veterans service
High 32° sunny
Nightmares about Kathi and Bob’s trip from Anchorage to Haines- be glad when they are safely in Reno.
Spent all day in mynew kitchen getting supper for Jordan’s & Mary. Cooked chicken thighs & made casserole with herb dressing. Cooked yams & made orange sauce. Had everything ready by 2 to go into oven at 4 for dinner at 5:00. Had fire in fireplace. Everything tasted good.
Mary had Kathi’s itinerary- Leave Anchorage Thursday November 23rd in Reno Sunday December 3rd via Haines and Alaska Marine ferry.

Thursday, November 16, 1989
2 1/2 inches rain. Temperature fell to 30 degrees wind 20 mph wind chill zero degrees.
Dreamed the first chapter of Marion City history book too bad I didn’t write it down when I first woke up.
Worked at computer all day. Created new labels for Class of 1933 and printed address labels and notices for 65 class members. Howard helped to fix them to postcards.
Wrote to Bank Ohio Dayton to substantiate my creditworthiness- income- charge accounts and my indignation in being rejected for Wolohan’s account.
Call from Richard Frankoviglia about Melanie Kaufman not being notified of Region 1 meeting at Paulding. Genevieve didn’t invite her! When Genevieve called her to report meeting held at Paulding Tuesday she really upset Melanie. Sending Melanie all material.
Called Mary Jordan & invited for supper tomorrow at 5:00
Rice Hardware called offering me $600 GE Range for Bordeaux for $500 as they couldn’t get the $455 one in time for Thanksgiving.

Wednesday, November 15, 1989
High 60° rain Royce cleaning.
In at 4:00 for meeting at City Hall of City Centennial group. Mayor Brown invited city leaders for support of Celebration. Joan Stewart asked me to outline committees needed & personnel.
To Mary’s where Wade and Gatton Nursery was planting her two Bradford Pear trees- $700 paid by Insurance claim on her Birch that was dying anyway.
Had pizza sent in as it was raining and we were tired. she gave [rest of day blank]

Tuesday, November 14, 1989
To Lima by 9:45 to see Allen County Historical Society computer program to manage collections. Ray Schuck cordial and turned me over to John and Anna who showed and copied ‘Nutshell’ for me. On to Paulding for 1:00 meeting with Paulding Historical Society Group to plan Region 1 meeting on March 17th. Learned Genevieve had not invited Melanie Kaufman- the new Region 1 rep & the main reason I went to the meeting. Good thing I was there- Genevieve would have pushed off the total planning on to Paulding Society. However we did get a budget set up, planned site and food. Les Davis, Virginia Paulus were great. Their society has 2 60×100 metal buildings and a volunteer group that works every Tuesday. Royce and Ruby Smith took me to site of Blue Creek log cabin school where grandpa Sheneman taught in 1873 or 74. Also to ‘Junction’ where the Wabash and the Miami area canals met.
Left Smiths at 5:00 and drove through rain half the way home. Had planned to stop to see Gayle Zimmerman but too tired and too late. Home about 8:00 after getting gas and groceries.

Monday, November 13, 1989
temperature 68° sunny
Call Genevieve Foltz to confirm her presence at Paulding tomorrow. She indignantly inform me she had called the meeting.
Updated Huber database and printed out membership lists for Charlie Evers (nominating committee chair) and Willis Nye. Wrote Kathi and sent 20 copies of her Christmas letter (edited) and pictures of David’s family.
Cut off the gorgeous flowering kale in front of house and planted it in entrance bed so I can plant the two hosta Krossa Regal that Mary gave me for my birthday. Cut off mums and the potentilla.
In at 2:30 for executive committee meeting at 3:00 to consider offer of $26,500 for cottage at 255 South Main street. Of three options Jack had me adopt two- accept $26,500 discount the $30,000 we wanted by real estate fee of say $1,500 by $2,000 to be paid $5,000 a year to the Heritage Preservation Endowment Fund.
Met Mary at Bob Evans for dinner. Stopped at Nye’s with Huber minutes and membership. Willis in favor of selling Cockshutt models at cost and realizing $25,000 rather than wait 10 years for $45,000.
Took tan dress back to Lohman’’s for credit- it didn’t fit.
Ruth Mosher called- forgot meeting. She told Jack she would do correspondence for him- he brushed her off! Called Kathleen Haldeman to tell her Sandy Davis will be here December 7th.

Sunday, November 12, 1989
Sunny temperature 50
50° Called David inviting them up nexty Sat & Sun- no can. Paid bills and sorted papers. Have a $2,500 balance. Will need extra money to pay for roof ($4,000). Finished mowing down in woods and beyond shed. TV full of fall of Berlin Wall- 1 million East Berliners and West Berliners.

Saturday, November 11, 1989
temperature 55° cloudy windy a.m.
To sum it up precisely ‘I lived today- the work has kept quite nicely.’
Steve Smith out about 10:00 with his bill- $1,300 plus $450 for island. Got to chatting about many things including his buying of Bill and Erma Hutchman’s 3 acres on East River Road and in to planting a prairie. So we went to Claridon Prairie to collect seeds for him. Big and little blue stem, sawtooth sunflower, tall coriopsis, gray headed coneflower, liatrus, etc. He didn’t leave until after 12:00
12:00. Took Howard to Reece’s for groceries and got wieners, pop, potato chips for wiener roast down in woods with trailer park kids – Jason, Chad, Nat & Sean. They picked up sticks for the bonfire. I mowed leaves after we ate and they continued to feed fire.
Dee called to see what to do about getting license. I told her to wait until Dave gets back from Sea Duty on November 19th.
Tired. Watched Young Edison on TV and Golden Girls & Empty Nest.

Friday, November 10, 1989
Ralph out to repair ceiling in TV room where roof leaked- $30. Total bill for paper, putting it on and painting was $711
Continuing to put things away and relegate odds and ends to basement garage cupboard. Finally got kitchen ship-shape and scrubbed floor.
Mary Jordan and Carl and Mary Hecker picked me up at 4:00 to and to Jerry’s in Galion for dinner. All had scalloped potatoes and ham and I had a birthday cake and accordion serenade. Beautiful red sky driving home.
Berlin wall down after 28 years. It went up while Kathi, David and I were on our trip to West Coast in 1961.

Thursday, November 9, 1989
Ralph Hedges finished papering kitchen. I gathered up things for Salvation Army including Ray’s ping pong table, four chairs, electric grill, ironing board, hair dryer etc. But they didn’t come to pick them up. I left at 1:00 for Heritage Hall to meet Gary Barnhart in archives. He is sorting newspaper collection to shelves. 2:00 press conference with release of Heritage Hall brick and sponsor program for transformation fund. 3:00 met Kathleen Haldeman at Recorder’s Office to research ownership of Lippincott house her daughter bought. Hap Dowler helped her when I got stuck.
4:45 p.m. met Mary at Ponderosa for steak. Then to her house to select books I wanted from her attic collection- Rocky had good taste. Then she gave me book containing uncle Jim’s account of trip to Florida in 1911 and Forest’s trip in 1913 when he was 13. Another family treasure.

Wednesday, November 8, 1989
Ray Foertsch here to fasten cupboards from kitchen to garage wall to left of greenhouse doors. Took storm doors to shed to store. That involved cleaning out north side of shed, putting shutters in rafters, sending Miriam Stowe’s rugs and the skids to Heritage Hall that held the newspaper collection from OHS. Swept out eight year’s collections of squirrel acorns. Then Ray put up pegboard so it was solid on north garage wall and was able to hang most tools.
Had him take carpets and the snow blower to Heritage Hall donating it to society as I have never used it in 4 years. Bought it from Kenny for $200.
Returned Bill Nolan’s call to thank him for award he maneuvered for me at OAHSM annual meeting. Caledl Kathi after I edited her rap verse Christmas letter. 8° in Anchorage for high. Have had an offer of $165,000 for their house.