Tuesday, November 5, 1985
Voted for Ralph Boger and Carl Lehner for Claridon Township trustees and for the fairground levy. All elected and passed but computer malfunction didn’t let us know until Wednesday a.m.
Author: Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine
Trella Hemmerly – 1985-11-04
Monday, November 4, 1985
Raining for the 11:00 a.m. funeral. Dorothy’s family from Goshen back for the funeral. They were somewhat ignored. Mary and Kenny at funeral home when we arrived. Bridgetown cemetery on steep hill no trees.
We went to house after but was not room for 14 to eat so Mary, Ken and I went to White Castle for hamburgers and then headed home in the rain. Managed to keep together all the way.
Trella Hemmerly – 1985-11-03
Sunday, November 3, 1985
Rained all all the way. Left for Cincinnati about 8:30 got to David and Karen’s just before they left to go to Harvey’s. Linda and Pat there from Alameda, California and Eric and Cathy from Reynoldsburg. A friend had brought a cold meat tray and we lunched on that with wine. All to funeral home about 1:00 and viewed Dorothy. Except for swollen neck she looked lovely. Josh asked to put a note in her hand. It said “I didn’t want you to die. I really likee you but even if you are dead you are still in my heart.”
We all dined on my spaghetti and pie. When we got back to David and Karen’s, David gave me Garrison Keillor book “Lake Woebegone Days” for my birthday.
Trella Hemmerly – 1985-11-02
Saturday, November 2, 1985
Couldn’t settle down to get much of anything done all day. raining. made a dish and spaghetti and a pumpkin pie to take tomorrow.
Trella Hemmerly – 1985-11-01
Friday, November 1, 1985
Dorothy Meister, Karen’s mother, died about 11:00 a.m. of injuries in a pedestrian-car accident suffered as she left the city bus to go to the school in Cincinnati where she was secretary. [Western Hills High School]
David called me about 10:00 saying her injuries were life-threatening. I went to Town & Country Garden Club luncheon at Country Club and called David when I got home at 3:00 and learned she had died. Spinal fluids leaking and massive aneurysm, broken bones and skull fracture. Called Harvey about 9:00 and Linda had arrived from San Francisco and Eric and Cathy also there. Funeral at 11:00 Monday- calling Sunday at Bolton Lunsford Funeral Home.
Called the shop, Mary and Kathi.
Mowed leaves when I got home. Had to be occupied to relieve the great loss we have all suffered. Dave to football game at Carey and not home until 2:00 a.m.
Trella Hemmerly – 1985-10-31
Thursday, October 31, 1985
Planted bulbs all day in the bed west of greenhouse. Tulips, hyacinth, grape hyacinths, crocus, daffodils, and reticulated iris. Still have more to plant.
Have not had a killing freeze yet. Impatiens, dahlia’s, begonias, alyssum, agerate him and geraniums still beautiful. Never remember such a late freeze date.
Dave and I met Mary and Ken for dinner at Ponderosa and then Dave and I went to the Palace to see the Chinese troop [sic] of dancers, balancers, magic, etc. very entertaining.
Trella Hemmerly – 1985-10-30
Wednesday, October 30, 1985
Kristi called with news that she made the National Honor Society. Makes the third generation to receive this honor and 5th person in our family- myself, Mary, Kathi, David and now Kristi. Dave made several comments that made me feel he wished he had tried a little harder- grades and activities. This is really the first year he has shown any concern about them.
Workshop at State Savings. 7 Girls showed up and we made wheat clusters and decorated the grapevine wreaths Howard and I made.
Trella Hemmerly – 1985-10-29
Tuesday, October 29, 1985
Board meeting of OAHSM all day. Awards committee my bailiwick and we planned for better Awards program.
Sessions over about 3:30 and I drove directly home via Route 22 I-77, I-70, I-270, Route 23 and 98 got 35 miles per gallon on trip.
Trella Hemmerly – 1985-10-28
Monday, October 28, 1985
Barbara Shepard of Troy is a great roommate- Room is $73 a night so glad to share the expense.
Sessions all day- Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums [OAHSM] long-range planning. Who should we serve? How? Etc.
Cocktail party at 5:30- the front desk gave Jim keys to rooms 215 and 217 so we went in and helped ourselves to dip- kabobs- crackers, etc, before we found it was for the Sohio party instead of the Ohio party!
Dinner at the lodge.
Trella Hemmerly – 1985-10-27
Sunday, October 27, 1985
To Blennerhasset Island- finally met Linda and Herb Roush at the sternwheeler “Blennerhasset” for the trip over and met Ray Wick, historian for the Blennerhasset Park Board. All pleased to have there a descendant of a family who lived on the island before the Blennerhassets- Benoni and Phoebe Hurlbut and children John, Abigail, Mary and Benoni, Jr.
The reconstructed mansion is beautiful- three-story Georgian with two sets of Colonnades curving to “dependencies” (small houses.)
Got to Salt Fork Lodge after dark 6 mi from route 22! Seven of us guests of Bill Nolan for dinner there.