Author: Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine

Saturday, August 9, 1986
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Friday, August 8, 1986
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Thursday, August 7, 1986
Cleaned some drawers etc. Met Kass at 1:00 for lunch at Isaly’s- having problem with Faye Garverick- takes her responsibility of buying too seriously and offends other employees by attitude. Asked Kass if she Faye was having family problems. I have no solution. Need another part-time designer at shop. July was up $5,000 over last year $37,000.

Shopped at Penney’s after picking up pics of Dave and me. Got jacket, skirt, pants in tweed and a large bag to match. Good to travel.

Wednesday, August 6, 1986 Rain 8/10 of an inch.

Thought I’d get all of the piles of things in my room sorted but took most of the day to get the Hemmerly Reunion letters written, printed and mailed.

Tuesday, August 5, 1986
Mary and I left at 8:30 to go to Dennison-Lindsay funeral home for Bob Shuster (Jr’s) funeral. Don and Bob’s wife both spoke of how he turned blue within a few minutes of death. Could it be Tylenol poisoning? He had taken Tylenol for 104° fever he had the day before.

Met Virginia Bob’s wife. She’s from near Baguio in the Philippines and Tom’s new wife is Nicaraguan. Also met three of Tom’s children. Wilda came from Wickenburg and Judy, Bob’s sister from Taiwan. Bob’s daughter from Tulsa and one from Akron there and Judy’s children from Michigan and Florida.

Monday, August 4, 1986
Wrote to Dave. Watered flowers- so dry.

Took check from different account in to Ted Myers at 4:00 and then met John Cottrell at the Center. He brought Lucy Jane Cheney (Mrs. Ed) and son John from Pittsfield, Massachusetts. They gave us a Marion Pebble from 1877 and the 1895 historic Marion Star.

Sunday, August 3, 1986

Tommy and Beverly got up and went to church with Mary at 8:30. I met them at Mary’s at 10:00 and we headed for Urbana: lunch at Partner’s Steakhouse and then to Cedar Bog for 1:00 tour with Terry Jarawski. Mary and Bev toured too. Terry asked me for inside dope on why no protection for OSUM Campus Prairie. I laid blame on Dean Hazard who wants to plant corn.

Drove along abandoned railroad south of Milford Center and lots of Royal catch fly. Home about 5:30. Light lunch and Hemmerlys headed for Murfreesboro about 6:15. Went to church with Mary to hear of Willis Thomas visit to Indian mission in West. Sleepy.

Saturday, August 2, 1986
Mary and Bev spent day together. Home at 7:30 Bev told me of her [illegible]

A day of triumphs- Prairie Conference huge success about 125 people from all parts of Ohio- Really had nice comments on my paper and one man said he had never seen such an ovation given a speaker at any conference. Charlie King says it should be published!

Egged on by Mr. Terwilliger of Cincinnati I gave Ted Myers check for $1,000 to start endowment fund for campus prairie. Charlie King, Larry Yoder and Ralph Ramey ecstatic. Claridon Prairie brochure delivered at 11:15. Visited these prairies: Marion Campus, Claridon, Daughmer, planted and natural at Killdeer.

Called David they got home at 6:30 a.m. drove from western Nebraska.

Friday, August 1, 1986
Mary took Tommy and Beverly to Forest to visit Fanny and Floy and Loren and Jesse while I polished my paper on Settlement of the Sandusky Plains. Almost forgot to include Jacoby’s info from the Ohio magazine of 1906.

All of us to OSUM for opening session of the 5th Ohio Prairie Conference. Mrs. Ramey was registrar and book salesman. Bought $50 worth so Glen Helen benefited. Pat Armstrong of Illinois has planted her yard with Prairie flowers. Priscilla Hewitson and brother great with pioneer music.

Thursday, July 31, 1986
Got first letter from Dave mailed it 29th written 26th. He is a squad leader. Tommy and I photographed Claridon Prairie for 3 hours.

Up early with Mary driving headed for cranberry bog*- stopped at 1812 Buxton Inn in Grandville for lunch. No one asked to see permit at Cranberry Bog store where we rented a rowboat for $5. Tommy rowed us the half mile to the boardwalk entrance to the island. Loosestrife about only thing blooming- reminded me of Keith Lamb’s bog with cotton grass. Home for quiet supper and then to Palace Theater for “Music Man” – George Schram’s first Palace directing- well.

[*at Buckeye Lake near Newark, OH]