Category: Trella Diaries

Wednesday, October 24, 1990
36-60 cloudy
Perused new book on Ohio History 1765-1813 – Tecumseh era – factual acct by Bill Gibson.
Worked on brick data base. In to HH at 1:00 for my “volunteer duty” for Wyandot Museum. Fred White in to see the Ray Romine cartoon that he donated. I couldn’t find it & called John Hickson & he had never seen it (Later Dick West found it on John’s desk). Eula protesting Jack’s continued expenditures. Ruth Mosher concerned about Camp Perry people who want to publish history of camp but all they’ve done is collect material.
Mary picked my TV for me (repair shop closes at noon) & brought it to HH to lead into my car. To dinner with her at Perkins. Home at 5 & took walk in woods under golden maples, sycamores & beech.

Tuesday, October 23, 1990
45-55 Sunny windy
MCHS 2 hrs
Sorted original & copies of brick orders & got numbering up to date. 1,048 sold to date.
In to Cr. Claran at 11:00 for teeth cleaning. Took originals of brick orders back to Heritage Hall – Letter from Glenn Patton ordering brick for his dad E.E. Patton. – Also notification from Ohio Preservation Office that Marion P.O. has been accepted to the National Register of Historic Places.
Home by 1:00 – Finished moving pile of brick by pergola (from former brick walk) to by rock wall next to lower driveway – Loaded them in car to move. Then cleaned car with shop vac of all the dirt & stones accumulated in it.
In at 6 to meet Mary for dinner at Harding Lodge. Then to Hospital for Garden Club of Marion meeting. Nice talk with Cliff Mitchell. Tracy ___ landscape designer gave excellent talk on perennials – Lots of ornamental grasses.
Home & popped Tiny Tender popcorn that I got at Walnut Creek – It spoils me for any other popcorn

Monday, October 22, 1990
MCHS 9 hrs.
Worked on Standing Rules – editing mostly – Finally got labels to print out – Not in Fox Central – using DBaseII commands. Did Nov Dec & Jan expirations for Margaret Cottrell.
In to Heritage Hall at 3:30 to copy Standing Rules for the Organization Meetings of the Function Groups. About 20 Function & committee chairmen there – also distributed “priorities” to each group to assign to committees.
Hal Boncutter took to the Legal Funtion with enthusiasm. I worked with hom on lining up his duties – assembling legal documents – overseeing contracts.
Supper at home – watched TV

Sunday, October 21, 1990
– Gorgeous Sunny Day
Worked on Standing rules until 2:30. Then picked up Mary & cruised Marion Co. & Wyandot Co. rds for prairie seeds.

Saturday, October 20, 1990
34-51
Didn’t frost flowers but had to scrape windshield
Standing Rules 9 hrs
Picked Mary up at 8:15 & took her to WMRN to be on Madges The Way We Were program to talk about Covered Bridges.
She handled it very well – She knows the subject thoroughly. I gave some program info on MCHS & OAHSM & touted the Geo. W. King Book.
Stopped by Claridon Prairie on way home & collected big & little blue stem, cord & rye grass, liatris, tall sunflower, prairie dock, gray-headed coneflower, New Jersey Tea, bush clover, etc. Planted all of it in exposed gravelly aread across road. Also planted silene regia in garden prairie area.
Worked rest of day on finishing Standing Rules to have ready for Function Committee Monday PM.

Friday, October 19, 1990
Tours HH 8:00 – 11:30 3 ½ hrs.
In to HH at 7:45 – Social Committee functioning. Introduced Jack to the 60 Marion City School teachers who chose the Museum Tour for their In Service Day. Led 2 groups on tour. Finished getting Newsletters ready to mail & enlisted Dick West to take them to P.O. Picked up Mary J & met Mary H & Geneva Brewer at Terradise. Mary drove us for a Fall Color tour to Eastern Ohio. Lunch at Apple Valley. To Sandyville to pick up candy for Hemmerly’s – 5 cases $143 – Then to Walnut Creen& got Tiny Tender popcorn – my favorite. Home about 5:00. To bed at 7:00 – relaxed from memories of glorious color.

Thursday, October 18, 1990
12 ½ hrs – Hallmarks
Up at 8:00 & at the computer & finally got MCHS labels printed out using Fox Central. Called David & told him I would use the committees & activities WordStar file & not bother to change it in Ventura.
In to HH at 12:30 to copy 500 Newsletters on copier. Used volunteers to fold & Mary also came in to help. Mary &* I finished up about 6 (others left) – went to Wendy’s for chili & back to HH at 7:00 to lead Kappa tour. Gary & Denise Iams asked me to do it. Dorothy Strawser Klehm spoke on Marion Schools since 1828 – was my 5th grade teacher & there were 49 in the class. Home at 9:30 exhausted. Called Norm to tell him we needed $25 more at P.O. to cover mailing of Newsletters – and he objected! & I spent the whole afternoon running Hallmarks to save us $75-

Wednesday, October 17, 1990
78-54
9:30 to 6:30 – 1 hr – 8 hr Minutes & Hallmarks
Royce cleaning while I wrote up minutes for board meeting. Then updated brick & MCHS data bases so I could generate labels for mailing Hallmarks.
So nice out I dug a few more geraniums, impatiens & begonias for the greenhouse in between computing.

Tuesday, October 16, 1990
Hallmarks 5 hrs
Spent most of the day working ahead of window washers – getting storm windows out of closets off & on.
David & I back & forth on modem with Hallmarks. Much better than sending disks by mail.
In at 5:30 to meet Mary at Turoff’s for dinner. To HH by 6:30 & Jack there. Glada Bull & Gary Sims new trustees there for board meeting. I taped meeting including my last appeal to not put up walls at end of lobby & door thru facade – No response.

Monday, October 15, 1990
42-68 Sunny PM
Worked on Newsletter & planted daylilies that Dr. Ginn had discarded. Grass coming up in corner bed by mailbox. That’s what I get for letting Brenda (Ray Foertsch’s helper) finish planting it for me. Grass in areas where crabapples were removed is coming up nicely.
Mowed upper areas with push mower.