Category: Trella Diaries

Daily journal of Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine from 1933 to her death on February 19, 2013.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1998-04-14

Tuesday, April 14, 1998
Mother & Daddy’s wedding anniversary. Married in Windsor, Ontario on the day the Titanic sank.
Got newsletters ready for 10 media in area – some with pictures. Stopped at Shaws at corner of 309 & Pole Lane to inquire about gazebo – $3500 plus $210 tax & $140 hauling – to put on deck under dead beech that has to be removed first.
To Kurt Carhart to see the Civil War era letters she has – also showed me an Annie Oakley glass target ball & the 1840 Connecticut blanket chest. The letters (50 or more) are priceless – she let me bring them home to copy but will give them to her son-in-law instead of MCHS – too bad – interesting visit.
Stopped at Wolohan & got 7 buckets of sealer/filler for Donnie to seal driveway. Picked Donnie up to unload them (not sure we needed 7 – 5 gal buckets!).

Reading Irvine Stone’s “Immortal Wife” from Mary Prior collection – we had similar reading tastes – first Ramona & now this story of Jessie Benton Fremont & her husband & the exploring of the west.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1998-04-13

Monday, April 13, 1998
Planted morning glory (Heavenly Blue) seeds outdoors by trellis & patio deck. Finished work on Howard Mitchell’s book & picked up around the house. H.M. arrived about 12:00 & OK’d the changes I’d made – found Davis School caption misspelled so I made new caption. Laddie Warren of Windmill Publications, Evansville Ind arrived about 12:45 – OK’d the book, but will pick up original photos at H.M.’s house – 100 books $726 – delivery in 3 weeks.
Mary came out for supper. Scanned some of the “panoramic” pictures of Terradise taken with her camera & also brought her camera & I made 15 shots.
E-mail from David with Tommy Hemmerly e-mail address.
Blooming: Star Magnolia (some frost damage this AM), pink magnolia opening, Bradford pear full bloom, flowering plum just opened, spring beauties, mertensia, dutchman breeches, early spring cress, isipyruse butersitum [?], twin leaf, white & golden trout lily, purple violets, daffs still gorgeous – late varieties opening, first tulip blooms, snowflakes, grape hyacinths gorgeous & winter aconite & snowdrops in seed, also erythronium dens-canis – from Keith Lamb.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1998-04-11

Saturday, April 11, 1998
Donnie over – install bigger (louder) wireless doorbell – dug forsythia & replanted on hill by inlet pool. Helped me pot up ferns & Virginia Bluebells.
To HH – accessioned material from my files – Marion Bank – Trinity Baptist.
Took supper to Mary’s & we had a learning session on her computer – I’m learning Windows 95 along with her.
To Lowes – bought another weedeater to replace one stolen last Oct – also a bigger “Westminster chime” wireless doorbell. Watched “Kings Row” on TV – Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan & Ann Sheridan – very young! Had never seen this classic.