Category: Trella Diaries

Tuesday January 5 1943
Got most of the ironing done this morning bu 12:00 came about 30 minutes too soon. Just got dishes done & house straightened when it was time to go to Scout meeting. Kathy would make just as I was trying to get ready on time.
Scouts are working on Arts & Crafts. Some things really show work bu too many of them try to get by with nothing.
Wally & daddy went to an Air Raid meeting & I worked on the quiz for missionary meeting Thurs. To bed at 12:30. Don’t know why we can’t turn in earlier.

Monday January 4 1943
Kinda took the day off. Dampened clothes & went over the house lightly. Experimented with grandma’s loom. Want to teach weaving in connection with our study of Latin America.
Mary H. had to work but Mary J. came over to go with me to Guild. Went out at 10 till 8 but car wouldn’t start. After threatening to take the bus it came around for Wally & we drove out- Donna Mae. Nothing much unusual- last month the Guild voted to become a circle of the Missionary Society in May.
Home & worked on records of the book. Walt had boys here for poker. Jimmy Bull took Chessie for his grocery store.

Sunday January 3 1943
Almost late to Sunday School. Wally & Kathy didn’t go. Home for dinner. Had Sunday School Council meeting at 2:00 & church Constitution Committee meeting at Ed Uncapher’s at 3:00. Took ice cream & potatoe chips to Mothers for supper & then recorded them all but daddy off School of Missions at 6:30. Kathy in nursery.

Saturday January 2 1943
Cleaned house & washed. Went to Library at 3:00 to meet Mildred Gorby to get material on Latin America for missionary course to start for Jrs. tomorrow night. Then went shopping with the $10 for clothes that Wally gave me for Christmas. Bought a green tailored dress ($5.00) with pearls for bottom & a brownish tan hat ($3.00). We tooki in a move at night “Geo. Washington Slept Here”.

Friday January 1 1943
Welcomed the New Year with Mary & Bob J, Florence & Milton Baker, Bernard & Rosina. Mary H. & Peg Basinhart here for our annual New Year’s Eve party. Our prophecies from last year were about 50% right & the ones for next year dod not predict the end of the war.
Wally worked a while in the morning then we went to Mother’s for Turkey dinner. The one Mary got from Universal for Thanksgiving, Been frozen up since then, Daddy took the train for Akron all alone at 3:15. We then decided to take Grandma to Aunt Mays & did so. Plenty tired when we got home finally.

Saturday June 18th 1938
[Trella note: my memories of the day 45 years later]
Wally and I went to Uncle Allen’s to pick up the Delphinium and Roses he had ready for us to decorate Trinity Baptist Church and made the bouquets and place them.
The wedding was at 2:30. I dressed at home and took a good look at the green and yellow room where I finished growing up. Daddy and I arrived at the church as Mrs. Roberts was playing “Oh! Sweet Mystery of Life”. Church was full- surprised to see E. Paul Bachman on back chair. Learned later he came to see who Walt was marrying as he had seen him with Mary so much. Halfway down the aisle (by myself- daddy wouldn’t give me away) I realized I wasn’t wearing the gold cross with Lord’s Prayer that Walt gave me! Put it on the minute I got home for the reception. Had receiving line at the church and everyone waited outside to throw rice as we came out. Reception in yard at 229 East Fairground. Scott Baker baked the cake. I said “he wished for us everything we wished for ourselves.” Mother pinned her gardenia corsage on me and Walt and I left in Daddy’s car with gang following us. They gave up beyond Galion not knowing we were only going to Mansfield for dinner. I had cantaloupe with ice cream in center for dessert then we headed back to 552 North Greenwood Street to spend our first night in our new home.
Daddy, mother, Mary and Aunt Sylvia came over Sunday morning to see us off for trip to Pennsylvania and Daddy brought our wedding certificate for us to take along. He wanted us to be able to prove we were married! I never remember seeing the certificate again.

[no entries the rest of 1938]

Friday June 17 1938
Willard Durfee and I gathered wild daisies in the Drake lot at Greenwood in Fairground Street to use for decoration for the wedding tomorrow.

Thursday, June 16, 1938
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Wednesday, June 15, 1938
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Tuesday, June 14, 1938
[No entry]