Author: Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine

Thursday, January 19, 1984
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Monday, January 23, 1984
Call from Carroll Elsey wakened me. Wanted to talk so met him at shop- He’s contemplating suicide but Phil Boyd told him to find someone to love – So he picked me! – Told him I didn’t have time in my life for complications just as David walked in – Karen had visit to Dr. Davidorf in Columbus, her good eye is showing streaks. Will go in for freezing surgey tomorrow AM. They had Susannah – all smiles & blue grey eyes. We went to Gladies for lunch & to Guys & Dolls for gifts for all kids. When I called to see if my car was ready (took it in at 11:00) – no one had worked on it all day. Had it in for shock absorbers. When I god home Barb Cornwall called – I forgot to go to Eastlawn Manor to help her with Birthday Party.

Sunday, January 22, 1984
Worked on Cemetery Records. Found a couple of things to make it easier to run. Talked to David & he will correct them. Karen having lines across vision in her good eye. Going to Columbus at 8:00 AM tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 18, 1984
Called Madge Guthery, Irma & Carl Campbell, Forrest & Catherine Loudenslager & Phil Boyd & so have $3,000 pledged for Dr. Whitman’s book!

Tuesday, January 17, 1984
Wrote letters to Jean Reeder, Iris Runyon, Doris Fogelson, Pauline Chambers – Uncle Allen. Sorted Bickel information that Jean R. send.

Called Dr. Whitman at Mt. Gilead to come to Board Meeting about Jim Thorpe book. Picked Mary Brocklesby up to take her – stopping on way to copy things at shop.

After board meeting Dick Carey suggested some MCHS members raise the money to publish Dr. Whitman’s book. He pledged $500 & I matched it.

Monday, January 16, 1984
Mary called before leaving on their trip – Walt in hospital in Phoenix – lungs filled up. Condition stable but critical.

Norma did payroll on computer & was delighted with its ability to figure the hours (a feature Cheryl refused to use) – and now we know it’s accurate. David taught her the A/P program & check writing and she ate it up.

His letter to Kathi was a model of diplomacy – But he was glad I told her off in mine.

Mary Jo Baker, Corinne McAfee & Maxine Marshall in at 7:00 to learn to put cemetery data into computer. Barb Midlam brought over 6 townships for us to work on.

Dave in town with me & we bought him a camoflage jacket $60! David back to Cinci at 9:30. Left there at 6 AM.

Sunday, January 15, 1984
Dreamed Hemmerly’s Flowers had moved to the courthouse & we couldn’t find anything. Really was the mess that Kathi assumed in her letters. I had written her after talking to David explaining our side & trying to make her see that Cheryl was using her as a pawn to get even with us for firing her. I finally called Kathi & read it to her but all she could say was how poor the morale at Hemmerly’s is — Phooey. My heart is broken but Dave was very consoling. He has learned to accept rejection from his mother so I guess I can too. Mary & Ken out with cactus & Mary thinks I take things too hard. Answered letters. Dave shot sling shot & went across river on ice.

Saturday, January 14, 1984
Took Dave & Chris Opp to Depot Sales for school on Cross Country skiing – went to shop to work on payroll schedule but David had changed the password & I couldn’t get into the program for information. Mary & Ken came by to copy her itinerary & we went to Jordan’s to see Carl who fell on ice.

Picked boys up at 3:30. Mail had letter from Uncle Allen on Bickels, Gayle Zimmerman on Barbara Marg. Hemmerly Felty descendants, Leota on Region 2 meeting in April, & letter from Kathi siding with Cheryl & blaming David & me for her “devastation.” David called later & his letter from Kathi ripped him apart for low morale at Hemmerly’s.

Friday, January 13, 1984
Royce to clean at 7:00 as she had an appointment at 12:30 for job at QuickCheck – Couldn’t believe it when she asked me to fix her lunch before she left.

In to shop at 1:00 to meet Barb & Jim Midlam to confer on publishing their cemetery records. They have about 10,000 records from 114 Marion Co. cemeteries.

Talked to David later & it is no problem to enter the data using DbaseII & then reformat it the way Midlams want it.*

*[Tombstone Inscriptions of Marion County, Ohio was published in 1985 by the Marion Area Genealogical Society. The records can be found online at cemeteryindex.com]

Thursday, January 12, 1984
To Upper Sandusky with Mary Heininger after leaving wagon at Inskeep for checkup. Mary never had researched & was amazed at finding marriage, birth & death records. Also found grandfather estate settlement. I copied all Hemmerly records – Maybe I’ll get that book written yet.*

*[She did in 1997 – published the Hemmerly Genealogy – The Descendants of Johan Conrad & Margaret Elizabeth Siegler Hemmerly]