Category: Trella Diaries

Tuesday November 15th temperature 45 windy and cold
Made bean salad. Scott finished walls and primed them really looks like a room! E-mail from Kathi saying Dave & Johanna will be renting a car so called Johanna at work to verify. Wrote to Sifritts and Marcella Fetter James. Signed TC and HC sheets Jack wanted and mailed. Got a lovely resolution from Marion County Park Commission commending me for a gift of $10,000. To Kass and Pete’s to see fancy shade. But not for me at $400. Looked at light fixtures at Lowe’s. Grocery shopped at Kroger’s, gas at [sic] . To Heritage Hall at 6:00- Had six proxies all for renewing contract final vote was 13 for, 4 against. Vote for $1,250 raise was 3 to 7 for. Tried for $2,500 but drew back.

Monday November 15th 47 degrees – 27 degrees
Only Scott working. Hauled aluminum siding away. Put lattice around base of deck and set steps. I cleaned kitchen of white dust. Cloth dust mop broom sweeper. Wrote to Bob Farrell telling him about my letter to Furman and Warren Harding visit. Richard Carey came out with concerns about opposition to approving Jane’s contract at board meeting tomorrow. I called Don Alspach to suggest he propose a raise for Jane.
Before I could tell him why I was calling he said he had been going to call me or Richard and suggests a 10% raise for her ($2,500) which made me so glad. David sent email saying Lou Motzer (neighbor ever since they moved to Coffey Street in 1970) had died of a heart attack.

Sunday November 14th
Cleaned up new room with Shop-Vac. And a little more sorting and discarding in garage. Wrote Warren Harding III and sent pix of him of November 6th. Wrote Oren Linger thanking him for Trinity history. Wrote up evaluation of Jane Rupp and e-mailed to Richard Carey.

Saturday November 13th
David called $10,000 of Dreyfus transferred to him instead of $5,000 I requested. On phone for an hour about that. No results. Only a consultation number. To RC no visitors so I got Bricks database cleaned up and newly laid brick locations entered. Ran into Genevieve Beers at Meijer- update on her FMS. Took Wendy’s supper to Mary’s. Grocery shopped at Meijer

Friday November 12th
No workers. Natural gas flooding Ashley area after drilling for oil. Schools closed so Scott home with his two girls (8 and 10) To Marion to pick up dry cleaning, return closet book and board split rails to Lowes. Dropped off recycling at Sims, dinner with two Mary’s at something good. Took two boxes of stuff to Goodwill. To Wilhelm for materials to stain railings.

Thursday November 11th
Pay bills, Jim O’Dowd here washing windows and putting in storm doors. I did more cleaning in kitchen and ran two loads washing. Freddie painted around outside picture window in living room and installed dead bolt on rec room door. Three calls and one caller on Star ad. Scott here off and on. His mother having cataract operation.

Wednesday November 10th 65° Windy
Scott and Freddy worked until noon putting on another coat of mud in new room. Took jackets and coat to Peerless to be cleaned and left an ad at Marion Star to sell AC, TV and salvaged doors. Took 20 copies proxy and James contract to Virginia Howard to mail to board. Picked Mary up and was at River Valley High School by 10 for their Veterans Day Celebration. This year focusing on women in the service and on the home front. We each talked to a class of about 20. Mary showed her wack photo album to her class. To Bordeaux and picked up boards for shelves in garage. [Diagram of AC pipes.] Ralph Hedges here painting garage to match siding. Don Keil came and dug cannas, clean the spouting, cut perennial foliage and scattered prairie plants across road. Nice note from Warren Harding thanking me for tour Saturday.

Tuesday November 9th 76 degrees and sunny warm
Scott and crew didn’t work here today. Unloaded VCR tape from cabinets and re-thought closet use. Worked in garage shelves and got room to get car in. Mulched leaves and driveway. To Heritage hall at 4 p.m. for meeting of personnel committee. Eula and Margaret brought Dan Bush and Don Ryan in to bolster their anti-Jane agenda. Anna went on for 15 minutes. No communication. Then said wastes time talking to people. I reminded them if Jane leaves they’ll need someone to do the accounting, newsletters, membership records, news releases that Jane now does that I did formerly. But finally had a motion to renew her contract but with no raise and it passed! Richard Carey, Virginia Howard really put down M&E and A’s arguments. I and Mary Hecker had dinner at Bob Evans. Ralph Hedges and wife out to evaluate paint job I have. Garage door area. Living room. And new TV room. He suggested textured ceiling.

Monday November 8th
Kensel Clutter brought five Burr oak seedlings from his farm and planted them around the evergreen copse across the road. Gave me list of 12 plugs of prairie plants he planted on Green camp prairie. Scott and crew mudding seams on wallboard. Was about 6:20 relaxing after supper and catching up on Diary when I wrote the above date and realized it was tonight. Not tomorrow that I was to speak to Town & Country Mothers Club on Bethlehem Road! Made it only 10 minutes late. Talked on Marion County Historical Society with a little hours history. Sold 2 DBY and they gave me $20! Home by 9:45. Woman who was at Crusaders meeting gave a glowing report on my Florence Harding program.

Sunday November 7th
Al and Matt Sisson and two other men here at 9:15 to pick up old entertainment center and green Lazy Boy chair. Also took some of the salvage- laid out near oak stump.
Into Hemmerly’s for Christmas open house. Nice to talk to old customers and employees. Picked up wreaths they redid in Fall colors. Home and made Johnny Marzetti and had Mary out for supper. Watched “Annie” on TV. Sort of. To bed by 9.