Category: Trella Diaries

Sunday, May 6, 1990
Mary & Geneva out & helped figure out how to play tapes thru VCR on TV.

Saturday, May 5, 1990
Studied camera – and started taking Terradise pix.
Gardened – cleaned up bed below kitchen window- potted up impatiens individually to give them better start. Planted 2nd kind of pansies.
David will be playing with the band for Ringling Brothers Circus in Cinci – Wed thru Sun – Tuba!*

[* note from David – never played tuba – always on trombone]

Friday, May 4, 1990
50-65 raining 1.2″
Call from Wilda – Kent Schuck was killed in a one-car auto accident on his way to Las Vegas to solve a construction problem. Agnes called later – Suggest we send flowers together.
In at 2 for meeting at OSUM Prairie Committee called by Tom Bowman for materil for his Master’s thesis on adult education needs. Kensel Clutter- Bill Hutchman – Tabor Allison & I. Really at rap session. Didn’t go to 4:00 meeting of Centennial Committee. Called Joan Steward & told her I could not be involved in publishing a program book for the Centennial.
Had supper at Rax – Stopped at Servex to look at Camcorder & bought a Minolta Master 8-80 $999 with extra battery & tape – Instruction book is 40 pages & there is 9 pcs of equipment.
Thank you, Howard!

Mailed corrected material on foreward to David along with pix of Etowah.

Thursday, May 3, 1990
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Planted rest of wildflowers from Jeanette Bunnels on hill by road with trilliums. Perm at Styling Salon – talked to Marcia about rounding up 1920’s beauty shop equipment. To Heritage Hall in 1920 “waist” & black skirt to lead tours for 12 Taft 8th graders (over acheivers) Jan Miseilles group – they want a project – Suggested drawings of Heritage Hall. Betty Gorsuch’s Bucyrus group – also about 12- arrived by 3:00 for tour of upper level only. Dinner at Bob Evans with Mary.
Letter from Ed & Sara Sheneman – thanking for Alaska videos & saying they enjoyed David’s family & their enjoyment of the ocean. Thank you note from ruth Haas for Creator’s Guild talk. Call from John Schumaker – Dreswser will purchase 20 hard bound copies of King book – Geo Br own called offering me ticket for concert at Palace tonight – Told him I had to work on preparing book for Corporate Centennial. Picked up pictures of Etowah that Hughes Studio copied. Proofed preliminaries & index & ready to return to David.

Wednesday, May 2, 1990
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Ray Foertsch out. Installed electrical outlet on side porch & by phone. Fixed leaking toilet. Cut off utility pole across road to Chris Opp butchered years ago & some of the multiflora roses- repiled brush pile. Replaced switch in hall – $65.
In to City Hall at 4:00 for meeting of Corp centennial Committee – Charlie Evers & Lowell Thurston – co-chairs not there. I presented idea for a program book – asked to bring in estimates & mock at meeting rescheduled for Fri.
Bought 10 goldfish for pool (got 12) for $1 – to bed about 9-exhausted from so many days of constant activity. Willis Nye called about 9:30 – Meeting next Mon at former Servex Property on N. Prospect under overpass to consider a museum site for Ed Huber museum.
Hughes Studio called – pix ready.

Tuesday, May 1, 1990
Royce to clean – Mowed front & side lawn with self-propelled mower. Set out wildflowers east of Beech deck. So delighted to see the hepatica.
Called Geo Brown to jog him to get pix of Etowah to Hughes for copying for book.

Marion Nature Club to meet here at 6:00 for birding at Terradise – Ed Lux – Charlie Evers & Amy Bradley (Rich is biology prog at OSUM) & had a closs 7 couple from Fountain Place. No publicity about the meeting. Toured along river & then drove around to abandoned part of Williamsport road where it forded river.
Showed my slides on development of Terradise since building in 1953.

Received signed copy of BancOhio but did not have schedule listing assets.
Howard gave me an extra check for $1,000.

Monday, April 30, 1990
Picked Mary up & headed for Forest – Joined Jessie, Martha & Kenton friend on [sic] drove to Jeanette Bunnel’s A-frame house N of Forest. Had good potluck lunch before driving back to woods – And it was a great one – listed 30 spring wildflowers. Every step crushed wild leek (Ramp) Surprised at hepatica- Acute – everywhere & so robust – Lots of spurred violet – rostrata – bishop’s cap & trillium – both dutchman’s breeches & squirrel corn- Surprised at Christmas fern – Also brittlefern spinulose wood fern-
Came past Killdeer woods N of Morral on way home to check on Trilliums – white carpet satisfying.

Sunday, April 29, 1990
Beech leaves erupted. Open Garden – temp 70 – sunny – Va Blue Bells, trilliums, wild blue phlox spectacular. Gave away lambs ear, blue bells (campanula). About 150 people mostly new ones – Clarence & Sally Greer, Ruth Sigler, Wilda Fulton, Ben Potts & Lucy from Siberia.

Saturday, April 28, 1990
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To Region 2 OAHSM meeting with Helen Kaufman, Eula Rhodes & Margaret Gracely. The Telfers, Fogts & Betty Gorsuch also went. At R.B. Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont. About 50 there- Down 25 from last year & 75 from 2 yrs ago. Marvelous Museum & home – 4 generations of Hayes lived there. Education panel presentation a little thin. Jay Snider- Kathi’s classmate of 1959 is the curator but didn’t realize who he was until talking at closing reception at Dillon house. Son of Mildred & Bruce of Trinity!
To Fairgrounds at 6:45 for All American Day – 4H Fund Raiser – I was one of the nominees for Royalty – each $1 contibuted was a vote. I didn’t campaign but felt a little foolish when the other 7 candidates were introduced and I wasn’t – But sat with Mayor Brown & Charlie Evers (who lost out to black Southland Chrysler auto dealter) & Doc Brown cornered him [dealer] to finance program book for Centennial.
Letter from Dave with final payment on his car loan. $20 on shipping charges for lawn mower. Well written – His writing course sank in!

Friday, April 27, 1990
Record 88 Sunny
Set out more snapdragon plants – pulled up lambs ear sedum, myrtle & blue bells. Mowed with big mower – Frustrated because David lowered mowing height & I couldn’t move it back. Got stuck by little pond – Called Ralph Boger & he pulled it out & readjusted height. Mowed paths through woods & upper lawn – leaving sprint beauties.
Entered brick purchases into database – to catch up from while I was gone – from 748 to 865!