Author: Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine

Wednesday, March 21, 1984
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Tuesday, March 20, 1984
55 – 1″ rain
Wrote to Vinca Aparies [sic?] for help on getting landscape materials for Marion Hist. Center. Uwse WordStar & took all morning – but learned a lot. Then started copying income tax. Made meatloaf, baked potatoes & lima beans for supper. Dave had Industrial Tech after drivers Ed so I picked him up at 6:15. Crossword puzzle in Star too hard for me tonight.

Finished reading Neville Shute’s “An Old Captivity” of Brattalid like in Anya Seton’s “Avalon”.

Monday, March 19, 1984
To Burrough’s Club carry-in dinner. Program on Medicinal Plants & roll call on Ireland. Pretty boring. Brought home book on Ireland “White Goats & Black Bees” that Margaret Iams loaned me. To Penney’s & brought home 3 shades draperies to try out. Dave had first “hands on” driving school. When I picked him up at 5 let him drive home via the prairie road by RR. He did very well & was so careful.

Walt heart operation to be today bu haven’t heard anything.

Sunday, March 18, 1984
Corrected index to Thorpe Book.

Cooked pot roast & invited Mary & Ken out for supper. They took Dave to BYF & I picked him up at 7:00 – Grocery shopped.

Saturday, March 17, 1984
36 high River flooded from snow melting
Snow mostly gone.
Took Thorpe book flyers to Hemmerlys- Alrready had severl requests for them from Bob Whitman being on radio yesterday.

Took car to Sears for 4 new shcock absorbers. Guaranteed for life of car $68 – shopped while waiting – Bought variable speed tape recorder $120- nightshirt $16 – WordStar instruction book $18 & Birding in Ohio by Thompson (gives Hemmerly’s # as a birding hotline). Went to Eddie Hoffman’s apt. & the map I sent with Steve is not Eddie’s map! Got his signature. To Gloria Marshall – grocery shopping & home. 5:00 PM. Bill Patterson out AM to estimate repair of foundation by garage – $275.

Friday, March 16, 1984
With Mary to Columbus to visit Rowland & Mary Vanatta Bishop- Angus Vanatta’s granddaughter. She had invited her brother Alva from Oak Harbor & sister Fern from Columbus also. Had a wonderful day getting acquainted & eating lunch. Then all to visit Vera Vanatta Bohrer – Mary Vanatta’s aunt at rest home. She was all dolled up for us & told me about Eliza RIley Hildreth- Considered her a real lady & particular house keeper – A day to remember.

Thursday, March 15, 1984
Bob Whitman & Steve White met here to iron out questions on Thorpe Book. Needed to keep pages at 126 so I suggested they use the roster pictures 3 on a page instead of 2 which saved the 4 pages needed. So now we are back to a $6,400 contract. Steve says index typesetting included in the price so all he needs is a straight print out.

Finished income tax. Another 4 hours – found a few minor errors & didn’t change tax. I have to pay one bit – $1,647.00

Wednesday, March 14, 1984
Worked on index until Dave came home – In to LK to have dinner with Jordans & Heckers as they have chimichanga on Wed.

Walt had heart catherization & after second doctor’s opinion will probably have bypass surgery.

Tuesday, March 13, 1984
Worked all day on index correcting errors & then entering them. Did get it to print out finally. Baked snickerdoodles for Altrusa – hostess tonight. Took Dave to get launch pad ($19) & battery ($8)- for the rocket to be built for Indus Tech & then took him to meeting. Helen May Chairman of our hostess committee. Each brought 3 doz cookies – had green punch. Took cookies left to Mobile meals. Grocery shopped & home exhausted at 9:30. Worked cross word puzzle. Sen Hart good showing in primaries.

Monday, March 12, 1984
Up at 8:00 & David & I started on index again. By noon had a 3 column printout – lunch – & then a pix, school & team index. Jackie in to work on Osborne Executive for David’s client. The Osborne Exec arrived that he has sold on Funeral Director’s program.
Left at 3 – stopped at Elder Beerman & got 2 pr. Bend-over slacks @ $12.99 each. Home by 6:45 – to bed at 9:00 – tired.