Author: Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine

Tuesday, February 28, 1995
In at 10 for Exhibit Committee meeting with Gary and Jack. Gary had plans ready. Permanent at 2:00
To Garden Club 7:30. Don Columber will see that MCHS gets 25 miniature roses for April 30th plant sale.
Darling letter from Sarah in appreciation of my help with her college fees and determination to finish by working to pay.

Monday, February 27, 1995
Most of the day compiling info for Med Center ‘Brown Bag’ lunch Wednesday. ‘Marion County women who Made History.’
Call from Al Freeman down the road. His mother related to the Strobels. May, Fred’s wife, was her aunt but no memory of talk about Strobel wheel.
David called- he is borrowing $10,000 from bank to pay $7,000 taxes. Has interview Wednesday with company needing a fox Pro programmer*. He will be up Thursday with Hemmerly’s delivery program.

*[Link Marketing in Cincinnati]

Sunday, February 26, 1995
Studied Family Tree Maker and updated all entries with sources.
Bob and Sue Harter came at 1:15 and we walked down through woods. Hadn’t been down since early December. The Hawthorne guarding wildflowers bed pulled down by in but roots intact. Branches of Box Elders blocking Pennsylvania Avenue- one grand mess! Bob has catalog for prairie seeds almost ready using word processor that does more than my first computer! Advised him on a few points.
Dr. Dan Murphy brought packet of disintegrating newspapers- oldest 1885 to 1960s. Tollway [?] one probably most important.

Saturday, February 25, 1995
Took me all day to clean up superficially and get all ready for Hutchman’s and Mary. In to Aldi’s and Big Bear to fill in items needed for meatball sauerkraut casserole jello with fruit. Mary brought frozen blueberries for muffins. Had Walnut Creek broccoli soup. Showed the Hutchman’s genealogy program on computer. They left at 8:00 but too bushed to work on HemGen.

Friday, February 24, 1995
HemGen 4+4
Call from Carole- ‘Will I come in and sign checks?’ I said no- didn’t remind her I had been in Heritage Hall everyday this week. So they sent Gene Roush out with checkbook! Then Jack Telfer called- need payroll checks signed from Osborne so he brought them out! Hipsher brought back Purple Martin book.
In between I entered all Margaret Barbara Felty family info in Family Tree Maker.

Thursday, February 23, 1995
Took Whirlpool packet to Hemmerly’s for Virgil to drop off. Picked Mary Jo Baker up at 9:00 and off to Columbus. Found what we needed at National Office Warehouse on Route 161- 2 bookcases and Oak 48 in. desk and eight chairs upholstered to match carpet in Resource Center. $550 for Marion Area Genearlogical Society and $265 for MCHS chairs. To Sawmill Road lunch at Wendy’s and shopped at Computerland USA- a warehouse Micro Center. Priced printers. Back to Marion by 4:00. Dropped off packet for Tom Ivory at National City Bank and for Carl Hughes with offer to send to his contacts!. Left keyboard drawer at Hemmerly’s from Computerland USA. 7 phone calls on answering machine. I’m exhausted.

Wednesday, February 22, 1995
Dave reports to Officer Candidate School at Pensacola on March 11th! Kathi called about 2:00 and Dave called about 8:00. Wedding put off until after he graduates. This morning he dropped his Tomahawk missile cup and it broke. All day finished collating 12 packages for potential donors for Edward Huber Machinery Museum. 40 hours and pages and pages from my copy machine in this effort. No time to work on Day Before Yesterday for Star.

Tuesday, February 21, 1995
In at 9:00 for on-site assessment with Michelle Dolby and JD Britton from local history office. Their checklist covered all aspects. Only Jack, Dick West and I there. Walked over to Maury’s on Main for lunch. Intensive session. Took Whirlpool Grant application to plant. Dick Axthelm said looks fine. Home for a little rest. Back in for board meeting in Auditorium and I was disorganized! Gloria didn’t provide January minutes for mailing!

Monday, February 20, 1995
MCHS 1+9 EHMA 4+5
Made decision to reenter all HemGen data in Family Tree Maker. Was able to do all John Conrad and Elizabeth Siegler info in about 2 hours but that’s only 35 records out of 2000! But a pleasure to work with!
In at 4:00 for Transformation Fund meeting. Then at 6:00 Huber fundraising meeting. At 7:00 board meeting lots of copying of financial reports.

Sunday, February 19, 1995
Continued working on HemGen files