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Trella Hemmerly – 2009-06-30

Tuesday, June 30, 2009
First terrace wall finished and timbers placed along steps and ramps.
Replanted miniature rose bush and put chicken wire around the three pots on ramp. Planted two more coreopsis and two Royal Catchfly in bed by lower drive. Cleaned and watered petunias and geraniums and pergola bed and watered them and tomato plant. Tomatoes showing change from green.
Crew has wall 8 timbers High and the ones along steps laid.
To Marion Manor at 6:00 to tape three sessions of the Exchange Club. Madge Guthrey, Charlie Evers and Joe Ione and Trella. Scott Spears prepares topics and Round Table discussion. Following taping chatted and Charlie [said] that the letters Harding wrote to Nan Britton were found hidden in a house by Marion attorney Don Williamson and were in Columbus to be opened in the future. That will cause a lot of comment he said. I was stunned. He was describing Harding’s letter to Carrie Phillips not Nan Britton.
When I got home from about 7:00 David’s car in driveway and could hear him mowing in the woods. Fried chicken and had a cheese broccoli microwave dish. Susannah here at 8:00 when we ate. And then David cut the Redbud and seedling trees in pergola bed and mowed across road. Pleasant surprise. He sold TerraPro program and will install it tomorrow at St. Paris.

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Trella Hemmerly – 2009-06-29

Monday, June 29, 2009
80° cloudy
Workers started about 10:00 a.m. Had another six to eight timbers but waiting for bigger shipment to come in. Used up ends to continue framing steps to patio.
I planted the eight yellow gazanias Dave Matyac and Marilyn brought and one of Gale’s coreopsis in lower drive bed. Weeded and watered plants, mowed upper and lower lawn, watered pots on deck.
Chipmunk dug out the miniature rose from the pot with banana peels.
Gale and grandchildren brought Chinese food and also a blueberry pie from bake sale at Log Cabin where Gale was on duty all day. Left enough food for Susannah’s supper when she came from OSU Columbus about 8:00

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Trella Hemmerly – 2009-06-28

Sunday, June 28, 2009
Dave and Marilyn visited and brought two mangos- six yellow gazanias- and returned books I had loaned Dave. Delighted to find ‘The Little Bulbs’ by Elizabeth Lawrence & The Silent Meow- Paul Gallico (and a cat cile)- had missed them but forgotten Dave had them.
We toured Terradise Gardens and inspected progress on terrace steps reconstruction.
Emailed Robin Cook about photos that Marcia said Robin had told Joyce she was bringing her but never showed up. Robin told Grace she had photos but did not say she was bringing them to her because when she left home for Erie, Pennsylvania she didn’t even plan to come to Ohio.
I forwarded Robin’s email to Marcia by mail.

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Trella Hemmerly – 2009-06-27

Saturday, June 27, 2009
85° sunny
Wrote short history of Hemmerly’s Flowers for 75 years
Dropped it off at the shop and picked up my purse- Left it when I was there yesterday! Lisa Carlisle was late to the Resource Center. She came from the R&R auction of plants.
I spent 3 hours checking City directories for names and dates and wrote another page of Hemmerly’s history from 1996 when we moved to 615 East Center Street [sic – they moved in 1965]
Jim Carpenter was acting as docent and Heritage Hall had 15 visitors. He had been at the Celebrate Summer and antique car show on Center Street from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and offered to drive me and park near the action. Enjoyed talking to Jack Kellogg who has a 1930 Ford with a rumble seat much like Rayle Conyers that took Bernard and me to the senior dance in 1933.
Saw a 1925 Hudson like Uncle Miles Standish had.
Jim and I had a barbecue beef sandwich and Gale and Dan joined us. Talked to Carroll Neidhart at his exhibit and Jim Hill stopped to chat.
Took Jim Carpenter home and was home by 5:00. Reprise of ‘As Time Goes By’- my favorite TV show. Story of Jean and Lionel- Judy Dench and Alistair and Judy and Harry in London, England.

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Trella Hemmerly – 2009-06-26

Friday, June 26, 2009
91° sunny
Got a lot more out of today than if I didn’t go to Columbus for the 2009 Tiffen Award. After haircut at Le Salon I picked up Jim Carpenter- shopped at Meijer for weed whacker string, ice, Roundup and root growth fertilizer. He whacked the weeds along the riverbank and cut back the forsythia. Loaded mulch in red cart and after weeding bed along stone wall mulched it. Cut off the dead marigold blossoms.
Drove to Terradise Nature Preserve and he had whacked the paths and around the shelter house. I picked up loose limbs. Took pictures to show Karen Kelly. Sent her a message about no clean up at Terradise Nature Preserve. Her reply: she lives too far away! Dick and Mary Cooper were assigned by friends of Prairie Parks to do it. So suppose the logs will lay there until they rot.
Stopped at Hemmerly’s Flowers after taking Jim home and asked Diana’s permission to send article to Marion Star on the 43rd anniversary of moving to 615 East Center, Paul and Jean Dasher’s building. Okayed it 75th anniversary.
Email from Kathi- visited pain chiropractor. asked how old she was when she started walking so I got out her baby book- 11 months.

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Trella Hemmerly – 2009-06-25

Thursday, June 25, 2009
92° 44% humidity sunny shower 8:00 p.m. 3
Pepbard [sic Peppard?] working on wall is son of Keith and Grandson of Jane Pepbard I knew in Altrusa. Three working hard shoveling to create a flat wall. Spent most all afternoon laying the first row of timbers since it is the foundation. Got 48 timbers laid before quitting about 5:30.
I went to Marion for a visit to Dr Winger to check wax from hearing aids. Picked up batteries and Actonol prescription at Meijer and $40 groceries at Aldi’s.
Emails from Bill Laidlaw and Bob Gobholtzer acknowledging my decision to not attend Tiffin award tomorrow.
Thunderstorm just before Susannah got in from Columbus at 8:15 I had eaten at 5:30 but sat with her while she had lasagna again.

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Trella Hemmerly – 2009-06-24

Wednesday, June 24, 2009
90° sunny
David ready to leave when crew from Johnson Property Services arrived along with Tracie. He showed them old electrical connection that he would like to keep (old pump to river). Pickups, dump truck with trailer hauling a bobcat fork lift.
They removed steps and timbers by noon. Then loaded timbers and pickup and stood around. I saw them hauling scoop of dirt so went down and suggested they dump it in low spots near pond. Had to get back to a solid base for new timber wall. Bobcat really tore up lawn.
Baked lasagna and had my supper of it. Susannah hasn’t shown up by 7:00- didn’t tell me whether she would be back tonight.
I scooped up sedum acre [sic] and dumped it in tub to scatter under hemlock.
Watered.
Sent email to Bill Laidlaw, Bob Gobholtzer and Jim Carpenter. I won’t go to Columbus Saturday for Ohio Historical Society annual meeting in Tiffin award to Ken Davison.
Susannah arrived about 8:00 p.m. from OSU in Columbus. Ate the lasagna I baked and to the guest room to study.

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Trella Hemmerly – 2009-06-23

Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Marcella Haldeman’s funeral
David Arrived at 8:30 while I was still in the bathtub. I cleaned up the newly potted rose bush that raccoons got into last night he watered all the combination pots added topsoil to the lantana bed and screwed it in with digger. I swept out the gazebo.
To Bucyrus at Good Hope Lutheran Church at 10:00 a.m. for Marcella Haldeman’s funeral service in the chapel. Good seeing Tricia, Marcia and Lisa and their families. Made us feel a part of them. Closed casket but after service the girls asked the mortician to open it so we could see Marcella. That really touched me and gave me closing.
Sat with Laurie Haldeman at lunch- Sherman and Twila’s daughter. She worked in Marion for the doctor Frederick Smith. Had an Osborne computer and works for a company that scans books for online access.
Talked to Martha Kostenbader- it was with her and Marcella that we toured Germany.
Back home by 2:00 and David did chores until Laurie arrived and we headed for Haldeman Cemetery on State Route 314 south of Steam Corners. I read Sherlock Holmes while David and Laurie hiked back to cemetery- all signs of lane lost.
Stopped at Dave and Marilyn’s on the way home. Susannah arrived. Cut my lettuce crop for supper.

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Trella Hemmerly – 2009-06-22

Monday, June 22, 2009
turned on air conditioner for 3 hours. Light still in sky at 9:30
Re-potted miniature rose bushes: one with cut up banana peelings. Raked some windrows but decided to mow them. Also mowed front lawn and some down by pond. Took a short nap and then to Heritage Hall to meet with Gale and Jan. Gale working on news release for pre-World War II car show and art show next Saturday. Jan and I started on naming committee chairman and members. She had Gale’s contract- three copies and 6 months ending December 31st $300 bonus. We signed it.
To Servex no help on phone. Decided I was too tired to go to calling hours for Marcella Haldeman in Bucyrus. Reheated pizza for supper. Susannah arrived about 7:45 and heated did some for her along with bean salad and strawberries.
Watched Antiques Roadshow and Secrets of the Dead. To bed by 9:30.

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Trella Hemmerly – 2009-06-21

Sunday, June 21, 2009
88°
Email from Lori Haldeman Lambe. Marcella Haldeman died Friday June 19th.
Cleaned up the garden tools from Home Gardening and put in mulch mesh carrier as Father’s Day gift for David. Drove to Urbana in 1 and 1/4 hours but no Haldeman’s car there at 1:30 so I toured the Urbana University campus. When I came back David’s car parked. He had gone to Kroger’s for groceries and I just missed him. He helped me up the new ramp to the kitchen door.
Karen, Jed, Rachel and Libett [sic – Miette] there. Dave Sapp cooked steaks on the outside grill and I ate out there. Finely cut salad and asparagus wrapped with bacon. Ice cream with fresh pineapple, strawberries and peaches.
Left at 5:00 and was at Meijer by 6:00 52 .6 miles per gallon gas $2.60
Susannah called while I at Sapp’s. She will be at OSU and will spend two or three nights a week with me at Terradise starting tomorrow. Took a nap- no TV, I’m so tired.