Category: Trella Diaries

Friday, March 13, 1987
Made displays of maps and 15 steps in publishing “After 40 Years”. In to Marion to take labels to Gloria Dickerson to mail notices of Bicentennial committee meeting Wednesday. To shop to copy Bicentennial article from Philadelphia tourist magazine for Charlton Myers. a.m. Bill Nolan called checking on meeting Monday and so did Linda Showalter. Mary Caskey called with info on Alexander Berry descendants that married Millisors.
Took material for Bicentennial to Joan Radwin at 4:30. Mary and Jordan’s pick me up to go to Al’s in Cardington for supper.
Picked up 500 programs for Sunday. Got 25 sheets of gold paper and made more certificates.

Thursday, March 12, 1987 do income tax ha!
Phone calls all morning. In at 2:00 picked up tickets for Fiddler on the Roof at River Valley. Stopped to talk to Jo Greenwood about tours to Philadelphia, Left film at Meijrs and got Poster board and vitamins, to courthouse to pick up list of committees and take book orders to John Cottrell (almost 200 sold), to get cut and blow dry at Styling Salon $11. Met Mary at Denzer’s Funeral Home to call for Gaile Baker, stopped at library and left Walt’s wedding coat for him to wear Sunday, supper at Perkins. To Hemmerly’s to pick up styrofoam for displays and easels. Home and signed 92 certificates for landowners displaced and find we need 10 more.

Wednesday, March 11, 1987 return home
Left at 8:00 and at Terradise at 6:15. Spent one and a half hours in Somerset, Pennsylvania researching Frederick Sheneman land records. Found several 1796 to 1813- must have been when he came to Ohio.
Howard hadn’t eaten all the meatloaf, noodle casserole and Jello I left for him so Mary and I had supper here. 12 calls on my answering machine. Norm Fogt, Charlton Myers, Harry Mauk, Stanley Hord, Oleta.

Tuesday, March 10, 1987 to Philadelphia Flower Show
Two bus loads left Reading for Civic Center in Philadelphia taking about 100 there for the flower show. Arrived at 11:30 and overwhelmed by displays, gardens, arrangements. Mary got sick after waiting 20 minutes to use restroom. While I was in cafeteria line she almost fainted. June got Red Cross aid for her. She recovered with tea and Maalox. I shot three rolls of film. Left at 4:00. Got inspiration for Marion Bicentennial committee, then sponsored tour to Philadelphia for Bicentennial of U.S. constitution. In Reading by 5:30 and stopped for supper before going home.

Monday, March 9, 1987
Shopping at VF Outlet (Vanity Fair). Went wild on underclothes and nightwear- half price. Got gray cuddlers $5 and shoes for $29 and no tax on clothes in Pennsylvania.
Lunch at Chi-chi’s and then to Woolworths. Bought 20 more frames for displaced farmer certificates.
To visit Mrs. Howe and her efficiency apartment in the B’nai Brith Building. View of row houses from her window intriguing. Took her to supper with us and Marilyn and Heidi grown up at 13. Marilyn and Jim are divorcing.

Sunday, March 8, 1987
To Ulle’s- Reading Pennsylvania
Left Terradise at 8:15 in Mary’s Cadillac. Route 98 to 23 to I-270 to I-70 to I-76 to Route 222 to Shellington, PA. Temperature 60. Lunch along turnpike outdoors. At June and George’s about 5:30. Good pork roast supper and talk much- “other life” and “paraphysical”. Mary and I rated the twin beds in their bedroom.
Talked about Bob and his death. Nice tribute to him in the Mennonite magazine.

Saturday, March 7, 1987 70° sunny
Made chicken casserole and meatloaf for Howard while Mary and I are in Pennsylvania. Told him this morning I would be gone 4 days. He took it pretty well. Took him shopping at Reece’s while I picked up Bicentennial posters at P.O.. Mary out and waited while I got news release ready for 10 surrounding newspapers. She will copy and mail for me. Dave popped in unexpectedly. “So nice, I came home to go canoeing.” – Took walk in woods – some daffs up & one lone winter aconite blooming.

To Waldo at 5:30 with Alexander Berry’s will & Eber Bakier’s plat for Marion County First Family Banquet, Pat Winn, chairman.

Friday, March 6, 1987 Spring cancer moths on window temperature 65 sunny.
Steve White called with the bad news book cannot be ready until Friday April 3rd. He will bring key line proofs next Friday for our OK.

Wrote news release on March 15th recognition with new info on book release. Compiled program for March 15th meeting and pasted up dummy. Met Ellen Pratt at shop at 5:00 with a list of names for her to calligraphy on the certificates that Mary picked up for us at Quick Print. She also got the frames from Meijer and had them there for Ellen. Supper at Ike’s and chatted with Whitmans. Then to Moshers with the news & to get their okay on new plans. Home about 9:00.

Thursday, March 5, 1987
To Oak Street School to talk to remedial reading second and third graders on how to make a book. Used seven of Ray’s poems for children- Contents, Title and Index Pages- cut up and made the dummy- Donna Lawrence will duplicate and let each make their own book.
To Dr. Cloran for teeth cleaning. Home at noon and worked on list of landowners and their heirs that will be at March 15th recognition meeting.
Slept 3 hours- still fighting this cold-or is it an allergy arising from stress- Don’t see how book can be ready by March 15th.

Wednesday, March 4, 1987
Called Steve at 7:30 and got him in person. Said he had just picked up the appendix. Told him he’d have the index tomorrow. He said they are working overtime at Glanz. Made index for appendix and found why page numbers weren’t right my files were more than one page so after 55 records it forced the next page numbers. Lucille Fullerton called saying they had sold their land before Scioto Ordinance Plant but that jogged my mind that the USA sales back needed index. In at 4:30 to mail it and also $2,000 check.