Author: Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine

Wednesday, June 15, 1988
92°
Kathi called to tell us that 13 Cadets were dropped from Squadron 13 and Kristi is one of them. She can go to college a year and with good grades reenter Air Force Academy as a sophomore next year.
Worked on newsletter a.m. and watered. In at 4:00 for meeting of Prairie Committee of OSUM citizens council. Tabor Allison had planned to develop most of Campus into nature center. Jack Telfer cut it back to be acceptable to counsel and Main campus.
Supper with Mary at Bob Evans. Grocery shopped- water flower beds. Called Don Beckett and finally got through.

Tuesday, June 14, 1988
Lunch with Mary, Walt, Olgua and Janice at 3:30.
Worked on MCHS newsletter. In at 2:00 for meeting with Commissioners and County prosecutor Jim Slagle. Looks like MCHS will have to borrow $58,000, give it to Commissioners to buy post office and hold a mortgage on it. Nut we can only get a 5-year lease. So what about improvements we make? Definitely do not want it to go to public auction. It is George Snyder’s shortsightedness that’s causing the holdup.
Jerry Ballinger had to leave so called me in evening for recap.

Monday, June 13, 1988
[No entry]

Sunday, June 12, 1988
[No entry]

Saturday, June 11, 1988
[No entry]

Friday, June 10, 1988
Spent morning writing checks including estimated state and federal income tax.
Watered new lawn and fertilized at same time.
Mary picked me up at 4:15 with Jordan’s to go to Al’s in Cardington for supper. I ate all my lasagna.

Thursday, June 9, 1988
In to Marion History Center to copy the recap of our presentation position on post office using the new Sharp copier and get Charlie and Ted’s okay on what I had written. At 10:30 met at Chamber of Commerce with City council Planning Commission co-commissioners. 14 people interested in bringing County and MCHS together to acquire post office. Jerry Ballinger now saying County can borrow money and loan it to MCHS to give to County to buy it! Back home I wrote a summary and got it to Charlie.

Wednesday, June 8, 1988
Temperature fell from 88 at 5:00 to 50° at 10:00. raining at 1:00 a.m.
Jim Strider called to tell me OHS had hired Richard Frankaviglia as head of Local History Office. Changed executive board and board meetings to include him. Wrote letter to board members for Local History Office to send.
In to OSUM to meet with Charlie Evers, Ted Myers and Jack Telfer to map our strategy for meeting tomorrow. I wrote up recap and called each of them for input.
Wrote Dave asking him to change wedding date and sent Kathi copies of my two letters today. But then called her and told her about letters. She intends to accommodate him by flying down from Alaska. Mary brought Whoppers out for supper and I made strawberry shortcake.

Tuesday, June 7, 1988
Howard pulled mullein seedlings from front lawn where I watered last night. Repairman from Kramer Implement here to pull one and a half inch thick out of mower blades. no problem for him.
Spent most of day organizing slides and editing Settlement of Sandusky Plains for talk to Radnor Grange. To Harter’s at 6:00 and we ate at Wagon Wheel. Good food. To their garden. Seedling plans for sale look great but they have lost a lot of transplants due to drought. About 20 at Grange meeting. I don’t think they were much interested in Prairie- great food though- gave me check for.

Monday, June 6, 1988
temperature 91°
In at 9:00 to meet Stan Winck at Snow’s Racquet Store which is slated for demolition this week. His son Dave with him. Pete Miller gave MCHS everything still in building except scales and wrapping paper dispenser. First moved plate glass showcase to Huber museum. Then while Stan went to get his flatbed trailer I tried to find place to store the Walnut topped 20 ft long Victorian counters and shelving 3 ft wide boards.
After many calls found room at old American Malleable building. Joe Murphy, Jr great. Went to get food for Charlie whilel we waited and didn’t put car in park. When I came back it had rolled down across West Center street! Bushed.