Category: Trella Diaries

Thursday, May 3, 1990
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Planted rest of wildflowers from Jeanette Bunnels on hill by road with trilliums. Perm at Styling Salon – talked to Marcia about rounding up 1920’s beauty shop equipment. To Heritage Hall in 1920 “waist” & black skirt to lead tours for 12 Taft 8th graders (over acheivers) Jan Miseilles group – they want a project – Suggested drawings of Heritage Hall. Betty Gorsuch’s Bucyrus group – also about 12- arrived by 3:00 for tour of upper level only. Dinner at Bob Evans with Mary.
Letter from Ed & Sara Sheneman – thanking for Alaska videos & saying they enjoyed David’s family & their enjoyment of the ocean. Thank you note from ruth Haas for Creator’s Guild talk. Call from John Schumaker – Dreswser will purchase 20 hard bound copies of King book – Geo Br own called offering me ticket for concert at Palace tonight – Told him I had to work on preparing book for Corporate Centennial. Picked up pictures of Etowah that Hughes Studio copied. Proofed preliminaries & index & ready to return to David.

Wednesday, May 2, 1990
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Ray Foertsch out. Installed electrical outlet on side porch & by phone. Fixed leaking toilet. Cut off utility pole across road to Chris Opp butchered years ago & some of the multiflora roses- repiled brush pile. Replaced switch in hall – $65.
In to City Hall at 4:00 for meeting of Corp centennial Committee – Charlie Evers & Lowell Thurston – co-chairs not there. I presented idea for a program book – asked to bring in estimates & mock at meeting rescheduled for Fri.
Bought 10 goldfish for pool (got 12) for $1 – to bed about 9-exhausted from so many days of constant activity. Willis Nye called about 9:30 – Meeting next Mon at former Servex Property on N. Prospect under overpass to consider a museum site for Ed Huber museum.
Hughes Studio called – pix ready.

Tuesday, May 1, 1990
Royce to clean – Mowed front & side lawn with self-propelled mower. Set out wildflowers east of Beech deck. So delighted to see the hepatica.
Called Geo Brown to jog him to get pix of Etowah to Hughes for copying for book.

Marion Nature Club to meet here at 6:00 for birding at Terradise – Ed Lux – Charlie Evers & Amy Bradley (Rich is biology prog at OSUM) & had a closs 7 couple from Fountain Place. No publicity about the meeting. Toured along river & then drove around to abandoned part of Williamsport road where it forded river.
Showed my slides on development of Terradise since building in 1953.

Received signed copy of BancOhio but did not have schedule listing assets.
Howard gave me an extra check for $1,000.

Monday, April 30, 1990
Picked Mary up & headed for Forest – Joined Jessie, Martha & Kenton friend on [sic] drove to Jeanette Bunnel’s A-frame house N of Forest. Had good potluck lunch before driving back to woods – And it was a great one – listed 30 spring wildflowers. Every step crushed wild leek (Ramp) Surprised at hepatica- Acute – everywhere & so robust – Lots of spurred violet – rostrata – bishop’s cap & trillium – both dutchman’s breeches & squirrel corn- Surprised at Christmas fern – Also brittlefern spinulose wood fern-
Came past Killdeer woods N of Morral on way home to check on Trilliums – white carpet satisfying.

Sunday, April 29, 1990
Beech leaves erupted. Open Garden – temp 70 – sunny – Va Blue Bells, trilliums, wild blue phlox spectacular. Gave away lambs ear, blue bells (campanula). About 150 people mostly new ones – Clarence & Sally Greer, Ruth Sigler, Wilda Fulton, Ben Potts & Lucy from Siberia.

Saturday, April 28, 1990
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To Region 2 OAHSM meeting with Helen Kaufman, Eula Rhodes & Margaret Gracely. The Telfers, Fogts & Betty Gorsuch also went. At R.B. Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont. About 50 there- Down 25 from last year & 75 from 2 yrs ago. Marvelous Museum & home – 4 generations of Hayes lived there. Education panel presentation a little thin. Jay Snider- Kathi’s classmate of 1959 is the curator but didn’t realize who he was until talking at closing reception at Dillon house. Son of Mildred & Bruce of Trinity!
To Fairgrounds at 6:45 for All American Day – 4H Fund Raiser – I was one of the nominees for Royalty – each $1 contibuted was a vote. I didn’t campaign but felt a little foolish when the other 7 candidates were introduced and I wasn’t – But sat with Mayor Brown & Charlie Evers (who lost out to black Southland Chrysler auto dealter) & Doc Brown cornered him [dealer] to finance program book for Centennial.
Letter from Dave with final payment on his car loan. $20 on shipping charges for lawn mower. Well written – His writing course sank in!

Friday, April 27, 1990
Record 88 Sunny
Set out more snapdragon plants – pulled up lambs ear sedum, myrtle & blue bells. Mowed with big mower – Frustrated because David lowered mowing height & I couldn’t move it back. Got stuck by little pond – Called Ralph Boger & he pulled it out & readjusted height. Mowed paths through woods & upper lawn – leaving sprint beauties.
Entered brick purchases into database – to catch up from while I was gone – from 748 to 865!

Thursday, April 26, 1990
55-86 sunny
Howard with me across river. I dug about 8 buckets wonderful rich soil. Set out plants- pansies, snaps, dusty miller- planted sees of baptisia, silene regia- yellow & orange butterfly weed – purple coneflower. All from Kensel Clutter.
Brought membership list up to date – Have 412 entries now – 112 new ones since May 1989.

Wednesday, April 25, 1990
86 sunny no wind
B’fst on deck with David watching dove build nest. Then across river to check on wood duck box for nesting. In water so couldn’t see in it. Met Ralph Boger – he had just found a prehistoric tool [sketch with sharp indicated on one side] grey granite. Walked to river to see how course has changed since 1948.
In to shop and David moved computer to lower level. I had finished prelims for Reprint & corrected index so sent them back with him. He brot clock & modem back out here from Heritage Hall & re-installed in my computer.
Back in to Heritage Hall to host Popcorn Museum – Elderfun group from Presbyterian Church to your & woman with boy in wheelchair. Was too tired to stay for J. Hickson’s steerint committee for Education Division. Bought 430 plants & peat moss at Central Tractor & Bloom builder at Odd Lots.

Tuesday, April 24, 1990
47-84 Sunny No wind
Gardened
Finished prelims for Reprint – Edited Geo K Brown’s & rewrote my intro – Edited index.
Took Howard to grocery. Stopped at BancOhio & told Wayne Crum I was not impressed with options financial advisor offered to invest Howard’s bonds.
Cooked chicken thighs.

Started mowing about 3:30 – across road. David in about 5:30 & took over while I picked up pizza. Ate on deck. Walked thru woods – David lifted big limbs downed by ice storm in Feb – Put them on river bank for erosion control.
“Cleaned up” my directories on computer & gave me a lesson on DOS & how to access GMK3