Author: Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine

Friday, October 12, 1990
Raining
10 hrs MCHS Exec Comm.
Eula called & talked 30 min on how can we stop spending. Wrote up Exec Com minutes. Made changes on Trustees & Committee chair as suggested yesterday and added infor on list of all trustees since 1969. Wrote proposal to stop irresponsible spending at HH.
2 Marys called off Color trip scheduled at 11:00 so I got above finished in time to meet Mary for supper at Turroff’s – Good lasagne & green beans. Picked up lattice at Mary’s that Ray Foertcsch cut in two & framed for compost pile.
To HH & copied pages of minutes from 1969 to 1971 to finished compilation of officers. Stopped at Helen’s with minutes & she doesn’t want proposals presented Tues. So do we just let Jack bleed us dry?
Bill in mail from McCoy – Brick walk & sand cost $3490. 23 hrs labor by greenhouse.
Left call for Stevbe Smith to see if he will fix rotted greenhouse sills.

12″ above normal rain for year – 42″ to date.

Thursday, October 11, 1990
1″ rain
4 hrs MCHS
1 Newsletter
3 Exec Comm.
1 worked back to cut brick to finish walk. Ran out of saw blades & needs 1 brick to finish. (Last day they worked – Bill $500)
Mary brought out 4 daylilies from Dr. Ginn’s collection – Got 1 planted on terrace along with one of Rocky’s seedlings & the Ladies Mantle that Harter’s gave me.
Dragged big pot of red geraniums & white begonia into rec room. Couldn’t manage the big hibiscus. Have decide to turn pool into flower bed as david suggested since the sand is within 12″ of top. Nice to have source of sand at hand. Will bury the tub in iot to made a home for the 3 remaining gold fish – 1 jumped out of tub.
Finished Function Committee input. Put Helen & Jack’s Hallmarks stories into computer.
In at 4 & left letters at Marys for Ray F. to pick up – Got 2 loaves of bread at Nickles – Then to Exec Committee Meeting. Helen not very forceful in maintaining order – Norm nit picking committee structure but finally came to agreement. Home for supper.

Wednesday, October 10, 1990
Worked on Newsletter till 10:30 – bath – David called from Boyd’s just as I was ready to leave for luncheon at OSUM for Dr. E. Gordon Gee, new President. Was provoked he [David] didn’t call me from Cincinnati since I had told him I had a luncheon on Wednesday – He could have come here first to pick up suitcase for Jed & apples & onions & pumpkins.
Wore new teal blue suit dress & paisley blouse. Only about 50 at luncheon. Citizen’s Council – Jack Telfer, Ted Michaels & Ralph Howard who raised the monty to start OSUM – Madge Guthery, Joan Radwin, John Keggan. Sat with Dr. Cloran. Madge asked me to be on her program Oct 20 on covered bridges with Mary.
Hurried home but David had been here & gone. Worked on Newsletter.

Mark & helper showed up at 8:00 AM to dig out walk by greenhouse & starting to lay bricks. Hauled excavated dirt to fill in along road. Told them to use extra sand to fill in pool.

Tuesday, October 9, 1990
Called Styling Salon & got appointment for permanent at 2:00.
Couldn’t resist nice day – so worked in garden. Planted more grass in spots that didn’t come up. Potted up more geraniums – cutting.
Met Mary at Friendly’s for supper. Then we went shopping at Uhlman’s for a blouse to use my 25% off coupon. $40 paisley blouse reduced to $29 so got it for $21 – love it. Picked up covered bridge pictures at Meijers – All great.

Monday, October 8, 1990
To Columbus for Board Meeting of Ohio Newspaper Project. Will probably be in Marion after first of year. Stopped in at Preservation Officed to pick up info on Certified Local Gov Preservation Program & Jeff told me that Heritage Hall was accepted by Ohio Board for recognition on the National Register of Historic Places.
Stopped at Micro Center in Westerville on way home for Foxplus manual – had none – got another Ventura book. Came home via Rt. 3-42&746 – Enjoy a different route.

Sunday, October 7, 1990
Big event of day was my canoe trip with David & family from Bridge at Rt 746 to Roberts Rd. bridge – I even paddled. River just right level so made trip in 45 min. Karen did the ferrying. Wieners – beans & carrots for lunch.
Took boys to KMart to buy a Keystone Easy Shot Camera but they didn’t have it. Got film for them & gave each of the $50 for their trip to France on October 17.

Saturday, October 6, 1990
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Finished visiting the Ashtabula Co. bridges after a quick stop at the beach at Ashtabula. Picked up flat stones. Met Karl & ? Buck at one of the bridges – photographer from Cincinnati. Then into Columbiana Co. where they have replaced covered bridges with concrete ones & let others decay. Bought melons on the square at Lisbon – found they were from Baker Farm. Sent note with sales boy – on chance they might be related.
Home by 5 & cooked short ribs barbeque style & apple sauced & broccoli. Haldeman family arrived about 8:00. Sarah ushered at OSU – Ill game & David & boys canoed on Oledntangy.
Call from kathi on answering machine with nice comments about Terradise Landscaping.

Friday, October 5, 1990
Gorgeous Sunny Day 75
Mary picked me up about 9:00 & we headed to Judy Rockwell’s at Norton (Barberton area) She is 80 but perky as ever. To lunch at an ice cream parlor in Norton. Left about 1 & headed for Ashtabula Co. to seek out their 14 covered bridges. All in excellent condition. Visited 10 – photographed them. – But now they are a jumble in my mind.
All night at Travelodge at Austinsberg – Rt 11 & 45. Not many motels in area & fisherman at one of the bridges didn’t recommend ones in Ashtabula – no AAA ones listed.
Supper in room out of the little cooler & to bed early.

Thursday, October 4, 1990
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Wednesday, October 3, 1990
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