Author: Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine

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]

Wednesday, July 30, 1986
Cleaned and cooked all day to be ready for Tommy and Beverly Hemmerly who arrived from Murfreesboro about 5:30. Mary helped from 4:30.

Tommy is selling sets of slides with a script to a Wise Company. Showed some and also ones they are preparing for a book “Middle Tennessee Flora.”

Tuesday, July 29, 1986
Teeth cleaned at 10:00. Took brochure proof to Ted Myers and Kensel was there. Tried to get in touch with Ralph Ramey. His office said he was bringing buffalo meat up. Took proof to Dave Gatshall.

Monday, July 28, 1986
Geneva and Barb finished Dave’s room and got furniture back $283.

To Columbus for OAHSM board meeting. Feel I shouldn’t have let Bill Nolan talk me into first vice president Regional Affairs chairman. Jokingly offered to be campaign chairman for him for one year term on Ohio Historical Society board and he took me up. Hope he doesn’t expect too much. Saw Dr. Ness in hall and told him about Wyandot Popcorn Museum offer and then took appraisal papers to Amos Loveday. Both seemed interested it’s valued at $250,000 .

Got $0.62 gas north of Delaware. Picked up proof of brochure from Dave Gatshall and took it to Norm and Kensel. Minor suggestions. I think it needs lines around each page. Carrol Neidhart called for letter for Preservation Award.

Sunday, July 27, 1986
Watered with fertilizer and ran hose on rhododendrons and grass. Polished talk most of the day had BDOS error and David will be proud of how I got around it. Copied the file to another disk but had lost some of it so moved files around till I had it all again.

Had call from Mary Heininger about my Chautauqua article- June Tozer about Town & Country Garden clubs responsibility at MCHS and from Bill hutchman about Prairie Conference but no word from Dave Gatshall on Prairie brochure.

Saturday, July 26, 1986
Worked all day on my “Settlement of the Sandusky Plains” talk for Prairie Conference. Geneva and Barb back to work on Dave’s room. Got first coat antique white on walls and ceiling. Had a garden lunch for them: sweet corn from Seckle’s, coleslaw and tomatoes from Geneva, broccoli and peppers from my garden and watermelon, pineapple and blueberries from Kroger’s. Watered whole area around house with malathion. Mosquitoes have been bad this year.

Cool- down to 84 and lower humidity really great.

Friday, July 25, 1986
94°.
David Haldeman called about 11:00. Got to Linda’s about 12:00 their time last night. He was seeing his suppliers in San Francisco today.

Barb and Geneva Brewer here working on Dave’s room. Filled holes and sanded. Royce cleaned Rec room. Sure will enjoy having these two rooms to use again. Got corn at Seckles and Barb, Geneva and I ate on deck.

Thunderstorm about 9:00. Dropped temperature from 94 to 70.

Thursday, July 24, 1986
David Brown of Wyandot Popcorn Museum called. Wants to unload. Up at 6:30 to weed walks before sun came up. Worked on Dave’s room getting it ready for Geneva and Barbara Brewer to paint. They came about 1:45. By then temperature was 88° and sultry. Ray Foertsch brought his grinder and sharpened blades on John Deere 210 mower. Mowed lower lawn and around pond. Wyandot Garden Club, 13 members, came about six and stayed until 8:00- mosquitoes, heat and all. Led them past Prairie on their way home. Called Premingers. Pat said David called about 7:00. Humboldt County and 250 mi from Alameda.

Wednesday, July 23, 1986
Ray and Don Foertsch out to cut two limbs off white oak that broke and fell no wind just fell. Worked on weeds in walks.

In to Center at 1:00. Got interested in 1921 Marion Tribune and copied several pages for a column. Bob Jones came in to see Center and Norm and Donna Ruth Fogt in.

Kathi called early. Dave had called her last night about 9:30 on base in San Diego. Can call again in 3 days.