Author: Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine

Saturday, February 25, 1984
Mary called about 8:30. They are home! Drove from Columbia, MO today & to there from Limon, CO on Friday!

Read Wordstar simplified book that David brought me.

Friday, February 24, 1984
[No entry]

Thursday, February 23, 1984
High 60
Worked from 9 until 3 sorting & counting 3.387 Jim Thorpe fliers. Took them into mail & had to put heavier PO rubber bands on each packet. Cost $179 to mail them. Dave went with Chris Opp’s folksl to Marion for supper.

Reading rest of Whitman’s M/S – Deposited $200 from Madge Guthery in Jim Thorpe fund & $250 from MCHS at PO for postage.

Letter from Kathi about trip to L.A.

Mary called from Limon, Colorado – probably home Sunday.

Mr. Almendinger over for a visit. They are renaming streets in Wood Valley* – West – Center & East.

[*Trailer park across road from Terradise]

Wednesday, February 22, 1984
Sunny High 53
Mr. Saxton “Pappy” stopped in to say that his wife had a triple bypass at University Hosp a wek ago & just coming out of it. Sounds serious.

Started sorting fliers. Worked about 2 hrs in the sun – really hot.

Took Dave shopping for jeans, jeans jacket, briefs (why fancy ones?). Then he wanted to go to movie while I went to Calligraphy Class. But he was not at Olan Mills at 9:15 when I went to pick him up. Called me at 10:20 “(where the hell are you?”) Had to go in & get him. Gave him silent treatment.

Tuesday, February 21, 1984
Sunny high 51
To Court House at 11:00 to meet with Co. Commisioners & Courthouse elected officials & history buffs to plan 100th anniversary celebration of court house.

To MCHS to pick up copiy of Historic Inventory done in 1981 of Marion Center & some SE. Made copy at shop for CO. Commissioners. Maxine Marshall at shop working on cemetery records. Dr. Whitman called & says go ahead & send fliers, no more to add.

Bridge over Whetstone on 746 is finally open per Dave as the school bus used it today.

Monday, February 20, 1984
Picked up around house as David brought the family with him to Hemmerly’s. I picked them up around noon, grocery shopped, got McDonald hamburgers & brought home for lunch. Showed kids my calligraphy. Cooked pot roast – broccoli – Waldorf Salad – cherry pie & brownies. David had found the “bug” in his payroll program so we toasted in red wine from a plane ride. Then he cleaned up some Cemetery glitches. They left about 8. Suzannah [sic] was so good all day – just look at her & she smiles.

Sunday, February 19, 1984
Picked Madge Guthery up at 12:20 – after cleaning interior of Olds – To Asheville, OH, south of Columbus for meeting of So. Ohio Pres. Soc. at restored train station. Good slide show on Asheville restoration. Talked to Kathleen Kelley about nomination of Women’s Club Home – Madge’s friend Mrs. Van Meter president. Visited 3 churches & museum. Had pizza & salad before leaving. Dave didn’t go to BYF – no clean jeans.

Saturday, February 18, 1984
To Center at 12:45 to host Camera Club – Only Dick & Barbara West & Don Novatny came – they took no pictures but I showed them around. At 2, 8 MCHS members & Bob & Carol & Bobbie Whitman came to put labels on 3,500 flyers about Jim Thorpe book. Finished about 5 – I went to shop to copy first 85 pages of galley proofs – First chance I’ve had to read it. Tremendous research job. Served coffee & cookies to workers.

Watched Olympics on TV.

Friday, February 17, 1984
[No entry]

Thursday, February 16, 1984
First chipmunk at bird feeder.
Wrote to June Howe inviting her for Mch – to Langard telling her we have no record of Nathan Hildreth. Worked on Cemetery Records – Finished Green Camp Twp & am cleaning up entries by others.

Called David to be sure he got the $1,000 loan I sent yesterday. 2 Gold Medal winners for America at Olympics Downhill men – Johnson, Scott Hamilton men’s figure skating.

Bob Whitman called – flyers for Jim Thorpe book have arrived. Will get ready to mail Sat. at Center.