Author: Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine

Monday, April 6, 1987
Ruth Mosher called wanting to issue a sheet of corrections for the book. Asked her to list them for me. To meeting of Huber Committee at courthouse at 10:00. John Watkins back after heart attack in January. Willis Nye resigned as co-chairman- hurt by Carroll Neidhart’s announcement of Huber Industrial Park in West Marion. Refused to accept it. To Turroff’s for lunch with 4 Bakers* and Mary. Then to Palace for Thayer Soule on Venice. He showed his 1959 film! To shop and copy material for Dr Robert S. Brown to use for Ministerial Association on Beirut. Supper with Mary at Sister’s Chicken.

[*Floy, Fanny, Loren and Jesse Baker]

Sunday, April 5, 1987
Change clocks 1 hour ahead so I got up at 10:00 instead of 9:00.
Warming trend and sun by 3:00 p.m. Snow mostly melted all 10 in of it. Started sorting out all the papers generated by the book after lunch so dragged out and I took a nap. Dave called- sending money to deposit to cover his phone bill- had just talked to Amy Lovell! David called about 9:30 will be up Easter weekend.

Saturday, April 4, 1987 distribution of books at Center regional meeting at Greenville.

Woke to snowstorm and 40 mile an hour wind. To Reece’s for suet for birds and blowing snow and drifts bad. 30 minutes to drive to Marion. Moshers at Center to pre-autograph books. I took sandwiches for lunch. John Cottrell had cleared walks and when Norm came in he did Pleasant Street. About 50 braved the weather. Mary in at 4:00 and I took her to Teresa’s for spaghetti and Terry wouldn’t let us pay for dinner. Gave us orange torte for dessert and sent a pizza home with me! Blowing snow bad so called Charlie Evers and Rob Rob and decided to postpone tour until next Sunday.

Friday, April 3, 1987
Royce here to clean and I had so much stuff piled up it was hard to find bottom. After she left I cleaned under refrigerator, stove, washer, dryer. ugh! had call from Steve that he wouldn’t be at Center until 4:30. Call from Charlie Evers saying Channel 10 TV will be up for Scioto Ordinance Plant tour Sunday. Call from Rob Rupp that Columbus Dispatch and OSU radio will also be here.

John Cottrell and Ruth and Charles Mosher at Center with me to accept delivery of 671 of the copies of “After 40 Years”- still trimming the rest. Have 270 sold out of 1000 ordered. Mary still not home at 8:00 p.m. Snow in North Carolina

Thursday, April 2, 1987
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Wednesday, April 1, 1987
Up at 4:15 to be at WDIF at 5:00 for Charlie Evers program with Donna Lawrence on Marion celebration of Bicentennial of Northwest Ordinance and U.S. Constitution.

At 9:30 met Ruth Mosher and Kathy Robinson at Likens Chapel. Took Kathy around Scioto Ordnance Plant area to photograph buildings for features page in Star Sunday. At 11:30 to WMRN to be on Stacy Rich’s program on bicentennial. Home for lunch and so sleepy I went to bed until 6:00. got up woozy and [sic end of entry]

Tuesday, March 31, 1987
Finished tour brochure while watching two pair wood ducks on pond surrounded by 6 in of snow. Forsythia just starting to bloom- is weighted down.
Took tour brochure into Center to finish after reducing some of the material on shop copier. Had to call Ruth Mosher for the layout map as my only copy is at printers. Supper at Isaly’s and shopped at Big Bear and got gas at Bonded. Should have stopped in the snow storm last night it was 79 cents a gallon then and today had gone up to 85 cents.

Monday, March 30, 1987
Kathi called about 11:00- trip not much fun. Camry and Kristi let sandblown Doug drive her car and he was hit. [sic?] Snow storm starting about 5:00 snowed 6 in.

Tried to write day before yesterday article on quarries but couldn’t remember what Oliver Hamilton said and I didn’t take notes. Also worked on Scioto Ordinance Plant tour brochure.
In at 2:00 with income tax info for conference with Dave Sheeley. To shop to reduce Scioto Ordinance Plant landowners 194_ map for tour brochure. Kass excited about spending $17,000 for an accounts receivable program. Also wants to remodel shop and concerned over benefit program for employees. Mary Waggle has quit and Phyllis he has left- pregnant. Barbara Meddles in hospital- heart attack. Supper at Perkins and forgot to bring home the shrimp I had left. Left tour tickets at Ohio State University for Rob Rupp. Watched Oscar awards.

Sunday, March 29, 1987
Gorgeous day temperature 75°- got mower out and ran over mole runs and mowed some leaves down in woods. So dry in areas that toads usually appear in that I mowed across them. Too bad David didn’t come up. Dave called me. He and Oleta broke up two weeks ago. New girlfriend is Michelle from Philadelphia.
Called Kristi- she has received two appointments to the Naval Academy! From both Nevada senators. Only 8% applying get appointed but she will probably take the Air Force. Called Mary at Vivian’s.

Saturday, March 28, 1987 Regional meeting Carrollton.
Up at 6:00 at 5:45 and left in a fog at 6:45 for Carrollton for Region 4 meeting. Mis-read map and went south on Route 43 from Carrollton and had to cut across country to get to Algonquin Mill by 9:30. About 40 there from 10 or so historical societies. Met Johan Ka____ who was a German prisoner of war in Russia escaped and walked 500 miles across Carpathian Mountains to home in East Germany, but his town had been destroyed. Been in USA 25 years he gave me a Tuscarawas County Bicentennial medal he designed after I spoke on celebrating the bicentennial. East Liverpool lady gave me good ideas from their plans. Home through Dover- never again- here about 6:00.