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 – 1987-10-24

Saturday, October 24, 1987
Cut black-eyed Susans, thin coneflower and New England Aster and hauled across road and scattered them for 1989 blooming I hope.
Met Bob and Sue Harter at 1:30 at [St. Rt.] 739 and old Erie Railroad track where I spotted a prairie remnant several
years ago. Survey turned up 15 prairie species- Stiff Goldenrod every place and poison ivy. Sue and I cut grapevine and made wreaths as we went. Also walked railroad right-of-way behind Carter lumber. dinner with Mary at Bob evans. Traded letters from Kathi and Kristi. Started raining about 8:30.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1987-10-23

Friday, October 23, 1987
Royce here and we washed windows inside and out and put up storm windows. Martha Neville brought Achimia and Lamb’s Ear. In at 5:15 to pick up MCHS newsletter. Norm and Donna Ruth Fogt helped with labels- the database didn’t spew them all out by using zip codes- a mess. Then we went to McDonald’s for Big Macs using their coupons. Shopped at Walden’s and got a new WordStar book.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1987-10-20

Tuesday, October 20, 1987
Mary out with video of last night’s newscast. Showed the four destroyers steaming in a line with the burning platforms- 1,000 rounds of ammunition fired. We wonder if Dave was involved and how.

Kass called- she wants to rent the barbershop area- they haven’t paid rent for a year if they can be evicted by November 1st would be a card shop and novelties. All the things I never could sell. But I didn’t discourage her.

Roy finished patio. $210 including the yard work last Friday.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1987-10-19

Monday, October 19, 1987
To Columbus for OAHSM board meeting. Met Bill and Chris at 9:15 to go over my committee suggestions.
On way home all radio newscasts telling of stock market crash- over 500 points drop on Monday- 22% of the value of the market.

At home the headline in the Star was about U.S. warship attack on a military platform in the Persian Gulf later in the article they mentioned they named them and the Hoel* was one of them. I called Kathi and she hadn’t heard.
Ray Foertsch worked on laying brick for patio.

[*Dave Decker was deployed on the Hoel]

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Trella Hemmerly – 1987-10-17

Saturday, October 17, 1987
Mary and I had wonderful day driving to Marietta and Blennerhasset Island. Trees in full color, especially at Dawes Arboretum- they truly glowed with autumn light.
Took ferry from Parkersburg at 12:00. Pavilion for picnic built since 1985 spoils the view of the Mansion as the ferry approaches. The kitchen is now furnished- have nine items that were Blennerhasset’s.
Visited Campus Martius Museum in Marietta. John Briley did the Rufus Putnam house tour. Home about 8:30.