Author: Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine

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]

Wednesday, January 11, 1984
Worked on non-profit status papers for Marion Area Genealogy Society.

Tuesday, January 10, 1984
In to Glora Marshall’s for 1/2 hr & then to Home Federal to get bank book updated & mother’s interest straightened out. Stoppe at shop & David had Norma entering accounts payable on Osborne for a test run. Had the W-2’s run on computer & ready to mail.

Felt lousy with cold I’ve been fighting for a week. Home & checked interest statements received from Home Federal. Dave kicked screen door after it stuck & he got it open. Then bawled me out because it stuck. Apologized later. Not to Altrusa – felt too bad.

Monday, January 9, 1984
To Columbus for 10:00 AM meeting of Board of OAHSM – Presented Awards Program for 1984 prepared with Jim Strider’s help. Back to Marion by 3:30 – Bought bottom sheets at Penney’s. To shop where David was working on Accounts Payable program on computer. Picked up pizza & took home for supper. Worked on Bird Count program & then David went with me to board meeting of Marion Area Genealogy Society where Marion Co. Cemetery book was being planned. Brought home Big Island Twp records & Dave Cheney notes. David says he will write a program in Dbase II so we won’t have to learn Word Star to type it.

Sunday, January 8, 1984
In to Center at 11:30 stopping at Zoa Pixler’s to pick up an ostrich fan C-1910 used when Cmarion Clubs Federated. Dropped bird count off at Jim Hills. About 40 came to Twelfth Night – Marguerite Martin played for carols, Gary Barnhart made presentation of Geneva Switzers furniture – including piano. Dick Bryson was conspicuosly absent. No one had hear a word from him. Took Christmas tree & decorations down. Picked up bag of leaves and hauled them to garden across road. Dave too busy watching TV to help. Patch 2 pr jeans. He did his laundry.

Saturday, January 7, 1984
Told Dave no allowance if he didn’t clean room – Hadn’t been for a month so he got right at it!

In town at 11:00 to the shop. Kass & Norma working. Norma has Nov. report ready for accountant & a tentative check book balance for Dec 31 – about $2,000. Deposits so messed up almost impossible to straighten out. Got Oct. statement from accountant – $6,000 deficit for first 4 months – July-Oct. To May’s to finish paying for Kathi’s ring = $355 total. Pendant was $49 + gold from wedding rigns – 20″ chain $58 – diamond in Mother’s platinum setting $275 sizing peridot $12.50. Mary & I went to 229 E. Fairground to get rent – nop one home & no storm windows on. Then to MCHS Center & cleaned sidewalk of ice. Grocery shopping & back to Hemmerly’s to mee Bill Schertzer of Genealogy Society to copy treas records for non-profit application. Sphaghetti for supper.

Friday, January 6, 1984
Planned to write letters but Howard asked me to check trash to be sure he only burned right boxes – So I got involved in cleaning the Rec Room – an all day job & more. Washed shelves, set aside one box of knick-knacks for garage sale. read some of mother’s diaries on the shelves down there.