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 – 1980-04-20

Sunday April 20th
Cleaned area around the pool before going to Fanny and Floy’s 60th wedding celebration. Picked up Veva, flowers and mother and met Loren and Jessie about 12:15 at The Freight House Restaurant in Forest. After eating drove around Forest. Constant stream of people from 2 to 4. Fanny is so pretty in a long pink dress and Floyd in a new suit. She brought pictures to display in a gorgeous 1900 album. Sat with the Zimmerman girls and Verdie Baker and they held court and introduced me to all the relatives. Met June Hemmerly Messenger, Harold Hemmerly daughter. Conrad Hemmerly granddaughter. Home through Killdeer Area saw some geese and coots but no gosling’s yet. Forsythia gorgeous all over town and here at Terradise. Early daffs out. Barbara Boggs called she and Don took Hemmerly’s truck to Ann Arbor to pick up seven pieces of Victorian furniture for Mrs Lutton. Needs upholstering but Barbara says it is valuable stuff.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1980-04-19

Saturday April 19th
Mrs. Neva Jones here at 8 to finish cleaning. Wants me to get someone else as her knees hurt. She’s 78! Picked up in woods with Howard for half hour. Don Shuster called, Agnes’ brother in hospital so won’t be able to come to stay all night and go to Fanny & Floy’s reception tomorrow. Not busy at shop so after wedding appointments went out with Lynn O’Dowd to finished shooting Old Village Marion. State & Main streets. To Neva and Jim’s[Harris] to see Glenn and Mildred Patton. Everyone talking at once instead of listening to Glenn and Mildred. Mary Jordan had quite a tale of Marilee being visited in hospital by parole officer from Florida to apprehend her for parole violation. Confused with Mary Lee Augenstein who is in Marysville Reformatory. Call Mary at Walt’s in Mesa Arizona 100 degrees out there today. Our 73 was first it’s been above 70 since last October 22nd

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Trella Hemmerly – 1980-04-17

Thursday April 17th gorgeous weather 65 degrees
Called Tecumseh trying to find Dave Chesser to get him out to install bay windows. Worked in a day “left the dust in different places” but did find some white elephants for Federated Clubs bazaar. Took them in about 5 & mailed letters to Star & WMRN about Eber Baker’s 200th birthday.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1980-04-15

Tuesday April 15th
Carroll’s group arrived before I got there at 7:15 and when I went up he was lighting candles. Board meeting was shunted to a table in Big Red’s workroom. Found later it was not his architectural class as he told me but the Lioness meeting. He handed over the $25 check they gave him for Historical Society. I couldn’t outstay him and looked him in when he left the door open as I left. This proves that he still has a key.

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Got to Big Red Quick Print (Bowen house) at 7:15 but Carroll and his class there ahead of me. So he still has a key even though he gave me his last Friday. I found a pin in the parking area so went up to see if it belonged to one of the women. Carroll was lighting candles- another thing the letter asked him not to do. Board had to meet among the printing paraphernalia downstairs.