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 – 1988-04-22

Friday, April 22, 1988
Picked Mary up at 8:45 after unloading Ash trees at East Lawn Manor. Had to clean my wagon out before loading it. Beautiful day and interesting to drive into spring. First Redbud and then Dogwood spread through the woods like filmy lace. Arrived at Cedars of Lebanon State Park about 5:15. The cabins gorgeous- vaulted ceilings, loft overlooking living room- TV even. Good to see Tommy and Bev. Her dinner delicious- all fresh veggies, pole beans, broccoli, new potatoes and ham. Program on endemics of Tennessee. Glades by doctors Carol and Jerry Baskins of University of Kentucky Lexington was great. Music after not my style- Bluegrass I guess.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1988-04-21

Thursday, April 21, 1988
Good Friends Club of LaRue visited. About 20. Lovely day and Terradise beautiful. When they left about 2:30 Mary and I went to Columbus. Left info at local history office for annual meeting committee meeting Monday and then to Natural Resources Department at State Fairgrounds to pick up two Ash trees for Marion County and two for Morrow County- about 12 ft high and heavy. Took two to Morrow County Sheriff’s department. Such a fuss by two brawny men about unloading. Dinner at Country Inn in Mount Gilead (once is enough), packed for trip to Tennessee.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1988-04-18

Monday, April 18, 1988
Up at 7:00 and wrote minutes of Huber organizational meeting. In at 8:45 without breakfast for Huber Association board meeting at Marion Historical Center. Main business- how to sell models of steamroller and steam engine. Over at 10:30. Grocery shopping- clothes at Fashion Bug- two jackets, two blouses, one sweater, one macrame bag $99- 20% off all prices some on sale. Home and heated up noodles for Howard and me for lunch. Finished position statements for County Commissioners- MCHS- City of Marion- Wyandotte Incorporated. Made copies at Hemmerly’s. Met Carroll Neidhart, Charlie Evers and Ted Myers at Center to adopt MCHS position. To meeting with commissioners. Nomoney from them to buy.
Back to Center at 5:00 for demonstration of Sharp copier- I’m sold. Joel Field and family out to pay $5,000 payment on Normandy and fix storm door screens.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1988-04-17

Sunday, April 17, 1988 60° sunny windy
Slept until 10:00 exhausted. Howard fixed wren house- put new board with hole over hole squirrels had chewed. Finished position statement for MCHS and George Brown on postoffice.
David and family arrived about 2:30. Had to come to pick up Boyd’s computer- still having problems. They canoed in both canoes in river. I set out plants. Joe Swearingen dug for me yesterday. Baked beans for picnic. Mary brought potato salad and cucumber salad and potato chips. Roasted wieners on piles of sticks I had gathered. David also burned four other piles. Dave Decker called- he’s moved in at El Cajon Apartments and has phone.