Category: Trella Diaries

Sunday October 3rd day 1
Packed up records in boxes. Also cassette tapes. Moved most of furniture out of TV room. The house is a mess. Up at 7 a.m. still Dawn. Scott Crum and his workers (Fred Sr and Fred Jr Crist) at 7:30 and the huge dumpster was delivered soon after. Into HH at 10 to meet Stuart Browne. His cousin from Galion Robert McNeal also came. I photographed the McNeal – Fairfield – Wallace – Busby photo album pages with digital camera. Hundreds of pix. They took me to lunch at Maury’s on Main Street. When I got home the whole superstructure was torn off.

Saturday October 2nd
To Nicholls Furniture to check out entertainment centers- none suitable but found a Lane recliner in green and a lamp with table. Will hold until remodeling is finished. To HH- RC girl in from Powell researching Hecker and Haust? She bought a DBY. I copied Salt Rock and Grand township. Two copies. Took Wendy’s Bacon Hamburger, salad and frosty to Mary’s. Shopped at Aldi’s. Watched “Philadelphia Story” on TV- Katharine Hepburn, Gary Grant and Jimmy Stewart when they were young. Call from David won’t be up as he’s trying to get his house painted all by himself- what did his two boys do all summer?
Call from Kathi- She and Bob flew over to San Diego today to visit Dave and Johanna. She has bronchitis and her lens implant left her not seeing well

Friday October 1st
To NuSupply and paid $350 down on 633 Bordeaux carpet. To Palace and checked out leg room in balcony. Okay so got two tickets for Irish dance program October 14th. To HH- Mary Jo Baker in and Jan and Rosemary Boblenz running Huber newsletter.Alice Galloway in researching Elizabeth Ruehrmund (first of two graduates of Marion High School) for cemetery tour. Took Eleanor Hawkins jacket to her. To Kensel Clutter’s to pick up 1846 tax maps so I can copy them. Scott Crider (a Carroll Neidhart clone) out for information to plan a color scheme for Terradise. Took digital camera shots and printed out for him. Card from Norman Anderson (Raleigh North Carolina) and classmate Jeanette Evans (Sacramento California) who saw me on C-Span.

Thursday September 30th
To Senior Center at 12:30 to talk on “Changes in Marion Streets” only about 10 there for programs- others opted to play cards including Rosella Pickens Neighbors still chipper at 93 and pretty! Picked Mary up and to Kenton Marble and Granite company they want $775 for Hemmerly marker that Haupt priced at $700- Stopped at Paul N. Hemmerly’s for his okay he was going to call me for sizes tonight! Mary and I ate at Tim Hortons- home and to bed by 9

Wednesday September 29th
Piddled. Rain 1 ½” most at one time since April. Temperature fell from 72° to 49° in an hour. Letter from Erving Beauregard (Professor emeritus of history at University of Dayton) with copy of his letter to Brian Lamb of C-SPAN protesting the follow-up C-SPAN program on Harding. Wrote him asking for permission to forward to Marion Star. Also sent article on “Abstracts of Title” to Marion Online.

Tuesday September 28th
Still catching up from overextending myself Sunday. Mary out with more Medicare gap insurance info that she wants to follow up on. Answered Bob Ferrell’s letter and checked videotape Mary made of an American Love story only one copy of video tape

Monday September 27th
Don Keil brought 2” cement blocks and finished low wall on north side of lower driveway. Dug out about 100 daff bulbs by white oak stump to make way for white azalea and meteor sedum in front of stump planted them among the hosta on lower terrace. Joy (PR development director for OSUM) came out for my autograph in “After 40 Years” as a gift from her to Ted Graham developer of Marion Industrial Depot. Hour chat. Kathi and Bob have new email server.

Sunday September 26th
Picked up Eleanor Hinklin at 9:15 and arrived at David’s at 12:05 David took me to Best Buy in Eastgate area and on second try I bought a DVC Trio 3 Sony Handycam Camcorder with laser link playback and a video card for computer to grab snapshots. Josh went to Cheviot and picked up Harvey Meister who carries portable oxygen. Bob and Kathy Hinklin joined us for pork tenderloin plus Jed’s 21st birthday today and Susannah 16th on Tuesday back to Marion by 8:45. Lots of talk with Eleanor- story of swinging bridge built by her grandfather Stanley.

Saturday September 25th
Deposited $20,000 in money market for use in remodeling. At RC found all well and estate probate records of Ebenezer Roseberry in C Myers file. Note saying “Return to Probate Court” after my death. Called Eleanor Hinklin at David’s suggestion and she will go too. Made computer birthday cards for Jed and Susannah with their pix.

Friday September 24th
Search for and printed out more info on digital camcorders to take to David. At RC search for C Myers file on John Green for Tom Schmidt (Careys) inquiry. Found that Elkhannah Green was his son. He was Lucy Yeager Hemmerly’s (John) second husband. Picked up Mary J met Mary H at Bob Evans. To Margaret and George Huffman’s on Garden Place to take Green Springs pix. Letter from Bob Ferrell. He’s still interested in Harding Home in Caledonia. Opened money market at Marion Bank.