Author: Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine

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Trella Hemmerly – 1985-08-08

Thursday, August 8, 1985
Called Dr. Charles King, head of Ohio biological survey and the Clutters* can go on the Prairie tour in Madison County Saturday.

Ray and Donny worked until noon and then Danny came. Ray finished all of the carpentry work including gate and steps at East End of beech deck. Dave dug out area for bigger brick walk at foot of porch steps and Donnie laid brick. Had to trade Belden Brick from here and there in other walks to get enough.

Dave fertilized lawn under oak tree and front of house and mowed. He sold his Penthouse magazines to Donny for $15! Says he found a stack of them down in the woods, got some from Chris and bought some. Sure glad to get them out of the house.

Corn from garden again. So tired I drove the car over to pick it up. Fried trout and just carrying it to deck to eat when Donna Ruth and Norm Fogt came to go over agenda for board meeting until 20th. Here until dark. Julie of Local History called about awards notification letters. I [illegible]

[* Kensel & Opal Clutter, prairie enthusiast and farmer]

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Trella Hemmerly – 1985-08-07

Wednesday, August 7, 1985
Rainy day so Ray and Donnie got cement blocks set in greenhouse and benches back in. I hosed them down and pushed gravel off brickwalk and washed it. Was 15 minutes late for Garden Forum but Mildred Barrow had told them no Harvest Festival at mall so we decided to push calendar. Order 100 instead of 50 and make a dollar and a half on each.

To shop but couldn’t help Kass on the BDOS error on her black book disk. Sending it to David for Disk Doctor. To PK and brought round red table for deck. Paid them $402 for lumber and got 10 packs seeds at five cents instead of regular price of $0.55.

Corn from garden for supper. Dave has scavenged enough lumber then he now has a roof on his shack.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1985-07-31

Wednesday, July 31, 1985
Rainy off and on- sure glad I postponed picnic until Sunday.

Ray and boys got East deck finished and laid out steps and platform to patio and steps to river.

Wes Sharp and helper here from Peacocks to put in fin radiation in greenhouse. Will finish tomorrow. But making room for them to work got me to cleaning basement. Got everything moved and cleaned except South wall. Dave got into Daddy’s tool chest. Not much left in it for such a big chest

Dick and Ruth Davidson stopped on way to Maurice Richmond’s showing- Dick’s uncle. Brought a framed 1914 Marion County map put out by Harding Publishing Company value $150. A gift to Marion County Historical Society. Says Rusty will be back Friday or Saturday to finish caulking.

Dave moved island in kitchen and broke mother’s dishes. CorningWare. (For Christmas he bought me another one – added 2009 )

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Trella Hemmerly – 1985-07-30

Tuesday, July 30, 1985
Ray, Donny and Danny finished steps from South deck to landing. Tore end out of side porch and framework for East deck up.

I
at 2:30 to shop to try out Panasonic copier they have set in to try. With trade-in of old copier about $2,100. Really great with enlargements and reduction.

Permanent at Styling Salon- $25. Met Dave at shop to Ponderosa for supper. Then shop for grills- about decided on a gas-fired one any place from $120 to $250. Bought Dave new photo album. He has three posts of rail fence by mailbox up- 12 to go!