Author: Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine

Monday, June 30, 1986
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Sunday, June 29, 1986
Slept until 9:30- bath and hair washed. Breakfast on deck with Howard looking on. Gorgeous blue cloudless sky. Temperature 82. Dave and Oleta went swimming at Whetstone Pool. I wrote letters to Slack and Jordan that I met yesterday, Mary Dye sent original 1894 wedding story, Ralph Ramey, Ted Myers and Kensel Clutter on prairie brochure, Stuart Brown column on wedding as he gave me the original, Tommy Hammerly.

To shop at 8:30 to copy stuff to put in letters. To Center to pick up beans to soak for cooking tomorrow. Shopping Big Bear, money machine for $50 and got gasoline. Home at 10:30 supper.

Saturday, June 28, 1986
Tommy Hemmerly called and they will be coming for the Prairie Conference.

Tuned in to Madge Guthery on The Way We Were [WMRN] at 8:15 and she said today was the once a year open house at the floating Cranberry Island at Buckeye Lake. Called Mary and she said “Let’s go!” Wrote letter to Jenny Fentling- Bertha Morris granddaughter- on a publisher for her poems.

Weeded and fertilized. Mary Dye called to tell me how thrilled she was to read my column on the McNeil-Fairchild wedding.

Got to the bog about 2:00. 1 hour wait for boat and 40 minute visit- Calypogon and rose pagonia the big show. Plenty of cranberry and pitcher plant blooming. Stopped at Hildreth home in Knox County and met Mrs. Darrel Jordan who lives there.

Friday, June 27, 1986
Dave and I picked Mary up at 9:00 a.m. and headed for Toledo. Visited Promenade and Portside area before boarding the Sandpiper, a replica of a canal boat docked near where the canal met the river in the 1840s. We were the only passengers so Dave steered the whole 4-mile trip under bridges with little clearance. Captain Don kept us entertained with stories of what was and is along the banks. Then to Fort Meigs at Maumee- good taped tour made you feel you were there in 1813 during a British Siege. To Napoleon and then home in 2 in of rain.

Thursday, June 26, 1986
Worked on prairie brochure a.m. Know now why I put it off- just can’t use Kensel’s material- no meat to it.

Dave up at 1:30 and helped me about 45 minutes- chopped some weeds. Then mowed. I watered and fertilized. To MCHS program meeting. Dave Cheney a flop on Railroad in Marion- no pep. Lots of railroad buff visitors. Bob T. James offered help on layout of prairie brochure.

Wednesday, June 25, 1986
To Center at 12:30 after trying to use CPM Typestar program JC sent. Won’t load- sent it to David. At Center mixed and bagged Eber Baker beans with Mary, Emily Dale and Geneva’s help. Mrs. Irey and Mrs. Schroeder at Center to buy books for John Sebra- Ed Huber’s grandson 80th birthday. To Turoff’s with Mary, Emily Dale and Geneva. Grocery shopping $43 even with double value coupons.

Tuesday, June 24, 1986
To Girl Scout Day Camp at 9:30 in Pioneer dress. Held at Police Athletic Association near here off 309. Talked 10 to 15 minutes to 10 units about 125 girls- mostly warn them about the many guises of poison ivy.

Took 1894 wedding story to Star. To shop and Kass told of problems with Ozzy I because only 4K of memory. Talked to David and decided to order an Equity 6 IBM compatible. $2,600 but $4,000 job. Can handle A/R when we are ready and inventory. Use same hard disk.

Plowed garden after a nap about 5:00 p.m. Oleta here for supper.

Monday, June 23, 1986
Up at 7:00 to go to final long-range planning committee meeting. Jim Strider did a masterful job compiling the distillation of our months of work. Bill Nolan treated the committee to lunch at Brown Derby and then conned me into taking Regional Coordinator job. 1st VP of OAHSM, Lots of entries for awards came at last minute. Elizabeth Reeb and I went to Sullivant Hall- 15th and High to see costume display and when I got home I found article Stewart Brown gave me about McNeil-Fairfield wedding and used it to write my June Day Before Yesterday column. Finished at 1:45 a.m.

Sunday, June 22, 1986
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Saturday, June 21, 1986
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