Author: Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine

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Trella Hemmerly – 1985-06-28

Friday, June 28, 1985
Royce here to clean. Dave to Marion at 11:00 for appointment with army recruiter. The $25,000 for college after serving 4 years looks good to him. Reminded him he already has $10,000 for college from money Kathi saved from Don’s payments.

Deb Martin of the Star called and asked me to do a monthly column on local history for the Star. Said I would.

Dave built an enclosure of cement blocks for burning papers. Got rid of the 3-ft pile of ashes around the stump yesterday and sure looks better down there. I got into cleaning the shed. It looked like Howard had stood at the door and thrown in anything he thought shouldn’t be in the garage.

Greenhouse won’t be delivered until July 10th- D. Davidson called.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1985-06-27

Thursday, June 27, 1985
Mowed in the woods all morning stopping just in time to bathe and get to Marion by 2:30 to meet Eloise Noonan at Historical Center. She was to evaluate our clothing collection.

Just got out of the tub and Doris and Stewart Gibson from Akron with Wilda Sturm and Jackye Schuck from Wickenburg arrived. delighted to see them but had to call Norm to cover for me. Called Mary and she and Ken came out. All in to Center about 4:00 and then to Turoff’s for dinner. We laughed and really had fun reminiscing. I left them with Mary and I went to OSUM about 7:00 for Eloise’s program. Election of officers was re-elected secretary recording.

Dave cut the Japonica bushes near the pond. They never bloomed and made mowing difficult.

Howard and I drove into the trailer park to see how the 50 acres across the road lies. it’s [drawing of inverted L] shape.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1985-06-26

Wednesday, June 26, 1985
To radio station to be on Morning Magazine with Mary Ann Michaels about Pioneer Green activities and especially the Eber Baker Bean cook-off.

Then to Country Club to speak to Christian Women’s Group theme was Everything’s Coming up Roses and my topic was Rose Fantasies. I gave a brief history of the Rose and some recipes for potpourri cooking etc.

To shop but couldn’t help Kass with black book problem. Ate at Turofff’s with Heckers and Jordans.

Dave has hauled the compost piles to the perennial bed by the mailbox. That area under the beech tree is too nice not to use pretty view of the river.*

[*Site of Interpretive Center to be built]

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Trella Hemmerly – 1985-06-25

Tuesday, June 25, 1985
Haldeman’s up at 5:00- me at 6:00- they left at 6:45 for Bryan Ohio for Funeral Directors conference and to deliver an Osborne Executive. [computer and TerraForms program to Hollingshead Funeral Home, West Unity, Ohio]

Dave and I went to Columbus- he to Center of Science and Industry and me to Ohio Historical Society to look over entries in Awards program. 56 this year and Julie had them all categorized. Called Bill Nolan and set up judging date for July 19th.

Picked Dave up at 12:30 and went to Flaky Jakes for $3.50 hamburgs. Bought a wheelbarrow with a big wheel at Frank’s Nursery. Dave had to put it together.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1985-06-24

Monday, June 24, 1985
David in to shop at 8:00 to give Kass a WordStar lesson.

Karen and the kids and I went to Crum’s to pick strawberries. Got two baskets full- about 10 quarts. Susannah helped too!

David home about 5:00- had a conference with Norma Ekleberry. She convinced him she had done no wrong and hadn’t made up her mind about human services job.

He put all three kids in his red canoe and towed them down the river teaching them to paddle.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1985-06-22

Saturday, June 22, 1985 Mercer, Pennsylvania
Visited one room Caldwell School and “school marm” May Beringer was charming. Then Historical Society and chapel and Cemetery in Mercer where four generations of Stokely’s buried. Benjamin Stokely moved there in 1982.

Lunch together at motel. Evening session mostly talking. Three distant emigrants represented- 1616 to Virginia later Delaware- 1775- Jeru Stokely to Pennsylvania and later Tennessee and that family founded Stokely Canning Company. Then about 1920 from near London came to Canada.

Got best acquainted with James Addison Stokely of Phoenix. He’s descended from Euclid- one of Benjamin’s 17 children.