Category: Trella Diaries

Tuesday February 5th
Worked on finding bottom of my desk.

Monday February 4th
Interviewed Jan Ziegler at 11 good prospect but told her no job. Gary Bigler in with application and design school diploma. Hired him for Valentine’s Day at $3.90. To mother’s for lunch. Her neighbors arrested twice for burglary. Signed 11-week contract for WDIF. Junior Achievement advertisement $77. Bought ad on Marion Catholic Book Cover $199. Turn down salesman for ad on telephone covers. Bought pair of three branch candelabra from Charlton W Aster. He no longer is salesman for Rosedale Pottery. They have been taken over by Indiana Glass. Shenandoah salesman in. Bought wreaths and some silk and pottery. Very busy with funeral work. Mrs. Clay Smith died- was my primary Department superintendent as a child. Chris Everhart in to explain her quitting. Cried because I was understanding of her situation. To Hardee’s for coffee while Kenny and Mary ate. They have new kitchen floor covering. Cushion vinyl. 10 employees met for dinner at Gateway Smorgasbord and gave them highlights of Society of American Florists marketing Forum. Saw Paris Romine as we were leaving. Sorted 7 Days mail and watched Jack Lemmon movie till 1:15.

Sunday February 3rd
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Saturday February 2nd
Up for breakfast with Tommy before he left at 7:15 for a field trip to count mistletoe. Start of a survey to determine status as a basis for studies. Lil up at Pat’s Patio and Hearth shop. She is so pretty & the shop has lovely furniture. Cold this morning and saw snow on ground all through Kentucky- made for beautiful landscapes in the hills- the roads are all clear.
Stop in Cincinnati at Market about 4:00 David playing for a Groundhog Day celebration but Karen got our orders up. Vegetable stands out even with temperature 25 degrees
To Lil’s about 7:30 on home. Everything is in order and Howard is in bed. Mail and papers nicely sorted. Found that Gertrude Bosley, Audrey Bolander had died.

Friday February 1st
Cold- to 18- hope grapefruit didn’t freeze. After breakfast Ann & two-year-old came and took us to John’s plant- make walk-in refrigerators. Then to their lovely home along Caloosa river near Pell City. Started North about 11 and got to Murfreesboro about 3:30. Pat had called at 2 and Lil called back and made arrangements for Pat to come get her. They have gave us a tour of her Museum and I had rolled stuffed chicken breasts for dinner. Fresh coconut cake. This is lucky so pleasant. She made Buttermilk Biscuits cut with condensed milk can cutter her mother gave her. Tommy had class in Nashville and got home about 9. Lil and Pat left after supper. Slept under Samuel Bakers 1841 coverlet which they bought from Fanny and Floyd for $300.

Thursday January 31st
To Montgomery and Caffco about 11:30. They brought sandwiches and we bought until 4:30- about $6,000. Richard Straub called while I was there. Started up 231 at 5 after supper at Morrison’s Cafeteria. Caffco people said it was about an hour but over a twisty Road 120 miles it was two and a half hours to Riverside. Found Grigsby’s at Riverside Cove Apartments along Colusa River. Seemed delighted to see us and talked and talked. Nice small apartment. They spend Winters here to be near Ann and John Thomas their daughter.

Wednesday January 30th Kristi’s birthday
Left Vivian’s at 10:15 after a leisurely breakfast. Took I-75 North off at Inverness and after mistaking Eden Road for Eden Gardens we finally got to George and Gatha Goedes. They live on Route 44 between I-75 and Inverness in a Seventh-Day Adventist Park. George has Parkinson’s Ddisease and is resentful of having been talked into moving there. Gatha was so thin and reminded me of Aunt Theresa. They have four great-grandchildren and are 79 years old. Pulled into Madison Florida about 6 p.m. There are no accommodations along I-10 and it was still 60 miles to Tallahassee. Stayed at Madison Inn- entrance being remodeled but the units need it. It is on US 90 but guess was passed by when I-10 was built.
Ate at The College Inn- chicken plate $4.95- 25-cent coffee and 45 cent walnut pie. Where has this town been?

Tuesday January 29th
Waffles for breakfast as the Brattons have them every other morning. Peeled papaya that Carl gave me just ripe nicely and so good. Wrote letters to Marjorie, Reigers and Buss Hinklins and cards to Jordan’s, Romines, the shop. Lazy day. Lil called Opal Setterfield Stockman and I tried to call Stafford’s. Viv unloaded the late Empire chest and David and we loaded it with the help of the Berea College representative who happened to buy lunch on the patio again.
Kass called saying Chris is quitting at the end of the week to take job with Recreation Department Crafts in Peacocks got the furnace in Freddy head Merchants Avenue.
About 3:30 headed for Tampa across the I-75 8 Mile Bridge. Shop in the mall at the end of it but $10 pink pants to go with blouse I bought yesterday and dress shoes $31. 8th at Piccadilly cafeteria. Play Boggle and hearts after we got home. David won.
Loaded the Late Empire chest that was in house where Bratton’s bought it. A $300 and Viv will buy a breakfront.

Monday January 28th
Slept late- had lunch on the patio watching the chameleons. Viv washed and David hung out after he got back from baseball. He still plays twice a week. Went to Mrs. Wilson’s on 13th Avenue to see her antiques. Every cupboard and nook and cranny full. Lots of valuable pieces but not well displayed. Shopped and I bought a rose printed blouse for $13.50.
Marjorie Long Ochurst who graduated from Harding in 1932 and Martha way came over for dessert- apple cobbler with the huge apples from Findlay Market and crust Viv maid in processor. Played Uno and Vivian Martha and I got beat.

Sunday January 27th
Breakfast with Carl in the Esther and Carl packed two papayas for me. Left about 9 and drove to the beach south of them. There was fog over the gulf but the waves were washing the shell banks & the fossil shark’s teeth were easy to find. Left Venice about 10:15. Stopped in Bradenton trailer park on business 41 to visit Chester and Isabelle Scott at her mother Mrs. Rodger’s trailer. Isabelle so tickled to see us and made us stay for lunch. Then walked us all over the very clean trailer park. Fog very bad when we arrived but sun out when we left about 2:30 so it was beautiful when we crossed the Sunshine Skyway. Drove out past condos to Fort Desoto- wonderful recreation area- beaches and we climbed up the fort which was built in 1898. At St Petersburg beach was amazed at the big pink Don Cesar Hotel which was slated to be demolished when I was here 10 years ago. Arrived at Vivian’s at 4:50 and so good to see her and David. Dinner and talk.