Category: Trella Diaries

Thursday, February 15, 1990
MCHS Newsletter 11:00-3:00 4 hrs
Ray would have been 80 today.
Carolina wren
Elm downed by ice into river.
30-55 degrees 2″ rain

Edited out Ventura Publising commands in Newsletter for Jack’s copy & printed out. Fooled around with my income tax but need help on new mortgage – Printed out labels for Margaret for MCHS membership renewals.
In at 3:30 – Stopped at Hemmerly’s & picked up Feb check, copy of new lease & Dec financial report. To Dr. Riego to pick up new lenses- Knew the financial rsecond I put them on they fit 95% better – Also a lighter tint- I think they really didn’t follow presericption first time – no charge. Stopped at Heritage Hall & left newsletter for Jack Telfer & picked up Charlie Evers’ input & financit wing shioal figures for Norm Vogt. To Styling Salon at 5 after stopping at Bakery & to pick up cheeseburger at Dubbles. Perman ent took nearly 2 hrs $28- Marcia told me about beautician on Farming St. who showed her a gas fired hair dryer!

Took labels to Margaret Iams & picked up new entries – John will see if old permanent wave machine is still in attic at Center. Shopped at Super X – 50% off valentine candy. Black & white photos- $2 of 24 exp – 13.001 Kroger’s for groceries & Odd Lots – Home exhausted.
Bought 3 bat wing shirts – 1 me, 1 Mary $13.50 each.

Wednesday, February 14, 1990
MCHS Newsletter 9:30-4:30 10-11 8 hrs.
28-30 degrees – miserable – freezing rain.
Breakfast with David- Everything covered with ice & didn’t get above 32 all day – what a mess to deliver in. worked all day on Hallmarks – MCHS Newsletter. Had set water temp on furnace down to 140 degrees, but had to put back up to 165 to get temp above 60

Kathi called before she went to work at Reno Flower Shop – She’s getting $6 an hour – expert on sales, phone, FTD Computer, etc. She’s glad she can wear tennis shoes there instead of heels like in Alaska.
Supper from last night’s leftovers. wonder how the shop got along. If all of Wanda’s routing is as inefficient as what she did for David yesterday they aren’t through yet – 8 PM!

Tuesday, February 13, 1990
28-65 degrees – Balkmy, Sunny Spring
In at 9:30 to meet with Mayor Brown to update him on progress on book & to recruit Joan Sateward (his secretary) to do research on city ordinances & officials.

To shop to ride with David while he delivered. Came to Caledonia & then did hospital delivery. I cam home to get supper while David took his final delivery. Stopped at new butcher shop near Hemmerly’s & got 3 pork chops. Fixed with rice- had corn, cranberry sauce & butterscotch pudding.
David moved my VCR player from Rec room to TV room & adjusted connections to make picture great. Watched Nature program on wood ducks & hooded mergansers.
Both to bed early. FInished “Bounty Lands” – Enjoy it more everytime I read it as my knowledge of Ohio History increases.

Monday, February 12, 1990
David called from shop about 6:30- Said Wanda had routing done for tomorrow so he was going to Cheryl’s (Boyd’s computer girl) to install program on her home computer. Here about 9:30- So good to have him home. – Showed him SwiftTax & brought him up to date on Howard.

Sunday, February 11, 1990
Book 5 hours
Woke about 3 – Wrote proposal to MCHS to sponsor Marion book & cover letter with proposal to Mayor Brown & Thurston & Charlie – To bed again about 6 & slept til noon – Started actual book with preliminaries until 4 – Took walk – started reading Ellis “Bounty Lands” for 4th time. Enjoy it more each time as I have learned more Ohio history. To bed at 12 after having popcorn.

Saturday, February 10, 1990
Book 5 hrs + 3 hrs.
Finished agenda for meeting with Judge Myers. Picked up Hal Boncutter & was there by 2- Judge waiting at the door. Decided to sub,it “The Story of Marion, Ohiuo – 1822-1990” as title. Set December for goal of publication. Got names for researchers for most of categories. Left about 4:30 & met Mary at Bob Evans for dinner. To shop to copy Hal’s research on City Ordinanaces 1847 to 1885. Found he only copied 75 of the 145 passed. Catalogued them on index cards while watching TV.

Friday, February 9, 1990
MCHS – 9:00-5 = 8 hrs.
In to Heritage Hall to meet Sandy Davis, Regional preservation officer of OHS- Toured building top to bottom. Sany on crutches – very tactful, but insisted courthouse doors didn’t belong in lobby. Requested letter from us outlining changes contemplated. To lunch with Sandy, Jack Telfer & Dick West at Turroff’s & then I took Sandy to Denzers & Koogler house. She will send them National register application & says they have better chance since Marion County has so few listings – 8. Back to Heritage Hall & copied materials for presentation on Marion Book to Charlton & Hal Boncutter tomorrow.

Thursday, February 8, 1990
Called Wayne at Caledonia BancOhio & he will get list from Federal Reserve to get values on Howard’s bonds. Listed them by date & # & printed out info – Put with bonds in my fireproof safe. Told Howard he should get another box at Caledonia & I can sign as deputy so I can get money for him if he needs it.

Worked on paying bills & gathering & entering income tax info on sheet sent by Holbrook. Then transferred it to SwiftTax – Can do everything but sales of property & cashing of money market.

Picked Mary up to go to Richwood. KLeft her at Ruby Thompson’s while I went to school to talk to 75 fourth graders about prairies. Took bunches of prairie grass & a few forb stems. Very attentive & all carefully carried home the “pieces of a prairie”. Visited with Ruby before coming back to Marion – Atge at Wendy’s – home.

Wednesday, February 7, 1990
42-48 degrees cloudy misty
Took Howard to Banc Ohio Plaza branch. Met Tom Gay there for him to “drill out” his safety deposit box (Dick Johnson at his boxes selecting cases of fountain pens to take to California show – nice visit). Howard could not remember that he had a box there & didn’t know what was in it. I discovered it last year when I did his income tax & saw a charge on his bank statement for safety deposit box rental.
Stopped at Boy Scout headquarters to leave Museum books & when I got back in the car he had opened one of the envelopes. It had 10 $1,000 series E Savings Bonds purchased in June 1980. He said he wanted me to have them. I told him I would take them, deposit in a money market account with both our names so I could use them if he needed care. When we got home I put Bonds – dating from 1968!
Royce here to clean- Mary out & we verified her income tax return via SwiftTax.
Fun – In to Harding cafeteria to judge literature entries for PTA Cultural Arts program- Some very creative interpretations on “Where Does the Sky End” – Winners to State- Finals in Washington.

Tuesday, February 6, 1990
Book 3 hrs. Huber 1 hr.
26-50 degrees
Used Quicken to enter all 1990 checking account transactions. Great.
Worked on entering Charlton’s random jottings on events in marion Co. History. Mishmash but good for jogging memory. In at 3:30 to pick up deposit slips for Huber & withdraw $500 from Rental Acct to deposit in Marion Nank. Will use as cushion now & for Western trip in March.

To Dr. Wolfe’s office to ease temples of new glasses- Told them trifocal not as comfortable as previous ones- Will order new ones.
Met Mary at Harding Inn for dinner. She had $15 gift certificate for Avis Oiler for transportation she gives her. Shared it with me- sweet & sour chicken & peach cobbler.
Copied Huber membership letter at Heritage Hall & took to Harry Mauk to sign & mail. Picked up books on Museum management sent by local history office. Shopped at Big Bear. Bananas are 59 cents a lb. – were on sale at 29 cents a month ago.
Studied museum books while watched TV.