Author: Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine

Friday, July 13, 1984
Gave Mary $32 for two trips to Fremont and $14 for film. Finished the general index at 3:30 a.m. and left it on table for Howard to proofread. Only found two mistakes. Up at 8:00 and called Royce not to clean as house needs picked up and I won’t be here. Then found no water pressure and pump not working. Took index and headed for Mary’s. She drove her car as my window won’t wind up. Ken went too. To Lesher’s by 11:15 and John says he can get the 700 entries on two pages. Ate at Clyde at Winesburg Inn. Got cherries. Home by 3:30 and to bed and slept until 6:00. So tired. Walked around Terradise- Dry again. Howard mowed part of new grass by garage.

Thursday, July 12, 1984
Up at 8:30. Called David and he told me to print out dBase file and use it to create a WordStar file for illustration index. Stupidly did it in non-document mode and couldn’t print it so had to do it again. Took to shop to print camera ready and send it by mail to Fremont. Also did invitations for Hemmerly’s 50th anniversary party and minutes of shareholders meeting and left on Kass’s desk. Kathi called Dave is with snobs from Bay Area. Kristy got home from Germany yesterday.

Wednesday, July 11, 1984
To Fremont by 9:30 met John- layout man. Took corrected contents and Judge Russo pictures to change. Several decisions got copy reduced to 64 pages total. Have to have index to them by Friday a.m. Refused Mrs. Cools offer to take me to lunch so could come home and get index done. Created file in dBase2 as it would be it would take too long to learn StarIndex. Now to figure how to print it out. In at 5:30 to mail material.

Carol Conrad called- will be moving from Merchant August 1st

Tuesday, July 10, 1984
Temp 96°

Teeth cleaned at 10:15 then to shop for board meeting with Kass. I voted David and Kathi’s shares. Took all hospitalization paid by shop away. Raised paid life insurance to $20,000 for management. Set up matching IRA funds for all employees up to $50 a month. Min. is $15 a month from employee $15 from Hemmerly’s. Planned Hemmerly’s 50th anniversary. Mrs. Robert Everett called saying their farm was bought by Clark Everett in 1884 so it is a centennial farm. Checked it at courthouse and found entry of 1884. Got parking ticket. Took Mary’s Cornerstone pics to Brown house for Emil Cool to pick up. Picked up pics at Meijer’s. Home and napped. Called Emil at Brown. Says I better come to Fremont tomorrow. Into styling salon for perm at 6:00 home at 9:00.

Monday, July 9, 1984
Called Mary to get a Polaroid of Cornerstone of Courthouse- after all, that’s what’s the celebration is all about- to take with her with last 14 pages of book to Lesher printing at Fremont. To Columbus for 10:00 a.m. board meeting of a OAHSM- last meeting for Chuck Blakeslee as president. Rehashed Regional meetings. Home at 5:00. to bed at 6:30 but woke up at 8:00 restless but exhausted.

Ray Foerst installed door at historical center.

Sunday, July 8, 1984
Howard cleaned the house while I went to shop to print out yesterday’s work on letter quality printer. Mary Lesher wants to use it that way and not type set. Film still not in at Meijer’s. got buns and home at 3:00 made sloppy joes, dip, and fruit salad. Heckers brought Helen Romine. Hutchmans, Jordans and Cottrell’s ate in kitchen and then visited on patio. John and Bill moved Dave’s canoe under deck. Left at 9:00 and I went to bed.

Saturday, July 7, 1984
Worked all night on chapter 13 to bed at 5:30 AM. Had gardened a.m. and rested PM because I thought I only had a couple hours work on book. Started at 10:00 p.m. and worked right through.

Friday, July 6, 1984
Worked like mad entering material. Shop called at 3:30 saying Emil Cool at shop- wasn’t supposed to come until 4:30. Copied chapter 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 gave him originals and all the pics. Had redone the whole illustrations index and renumbered all pics.

Thursday, July 5, 1984
All day doing pay stub of book- have the aerosol glue on everything.

Wednesday, July 4, 1984
Into courthouse at 8:30. Quite a crowd about 100 gathered for dedication of the courthouse marker 100 years to the day that the Cornerstone was laid. Marion concert band added lots and glad I had programs to distribute. Had stopped at shop and made 40 copies. Then to Center to get my fruit salad ready for picnic at John Green Cemetery. Cottrell’s picked Clara and Anna Gillen & me up. Nice affair- Judge Meyers read Declaration of independence. Home about 3:00 and relaxed until evening and then worked on book.