Category: Trella Diaries

Friday, April 3, 1987
Royce here to clean and I had so much stuff piled up it was hard to find bottom. After she left I cleaned under refrigerator, stove, washer, dryer. ugh! had call from Steve that he wouldn’t be at Center until 4:30. Call from Charlie Evers saying Channel 10 TV will be up for Scioto Ordinance Plant tour Sunday. Call from Rob Rupp that Columbus Dispatch and OSU radio will also be here.

John Cottrell and Ruth and Charles Mosher at Center with me to accept delivery of 671 of the copies of “After 40 Years”- still trimming the rest. Have 270 sold out of 1000 ordered. Mary still not home at 8:00 p.m. Snow in North Carolina

Thursday, April 2, 1987
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Wednesday, April 1, 1987
Up at 4:15 to be at WDIF at 5:00 for Charlie Evers program with Donna Lawrence on Marion celebration of Bicentennial of Northwest Ordinance and U.S. Constitution.

At 9:30 met Ruth Mosher and Kathy Robinson at Likens Chapel. Took Kathy around Scioto Ordnance Plant area to photograph buildings for features page in Star Sunday. At 11:30 to WMRN to be on Stacy Rich’s program on bicentennial. Home for lunch and so sleepy I went to bed until 6:00. got up woozy and [sic end of entry]

Tuesday, March 31, 1987
Finished tour brochure while watching two pair wood ducks on pond surrounded by 6 in of snow. Forsythia just starting to bloom- is weighted down.
Took tour brochure into Center to finish after reducing some of the material on shop copier. Had to call Ruth Mosher for the layout map as my only copy is at printers. Supper at Isaly’s and shopped at Big Bear and got gas at Bonded. Should have stopped in the snow storm last night it was 79 cents a gallon then and today had gone up to 85 cents.

Monday, March 30, 1987
Kathi called about 11:00- trip not much fun. Camry and Kristi let sandblown Doug drive her car and he was hit. [sic?] Snow storm starting about 5:00 snowed 6 in.

Tried to write day before yesterday article on quarries but couldn’t remember what Oliver Hamilton said and I didn’t take notes. Also worked on Scioto Ordinance Plant tour brochure.
In at 2:00 with income tax info for conference with Dave Sheeley. To shop to reduce Scioto Ordinance Plant landowners 194_ map for tour brochure. Kass excited about spending $17,000 for an accounts receivable program. Also wants to remodel shop and concerned over benefit program for employees. Mary Waggle has quit and Phyllis he has left- pregnant. Barbara Meddles in hospital- heart attack. Supper at Perkins and forgot to bring home the shrimp I had left. Left tour tickets at Ohio State University for Rob Rupp. Watched Oscar awards.

Sunday, March 29, 1987
Gorgeous day temperature 75°- got mower out and ran over mole runs and mowed some leaves down in woods. So dry in areas that toads usually appear in that I mowed across them. Too bad David didn’t come up. Dave called me. He and Oleta broke up two weeks ago. New girlfriend is Michelle from Philadelphia.
Called Kristi- she has received two appointments to the Naval Academy! From both Nevada senators. Only 8% applying get appointed but she will probably take the Air Force. Called Mary at Vivian’s.

Saturday, March 28, 1987 Regional meeting Carrollton.
Up at 6:00 at 5:45 and left in a fog at 6:45 for Carrollton for Region 4 meeting. Mis-read map and went south on Route 43 from Carrollton and had to cut across country to get to Algonquin Mill by 9:30. About 40 there from 10 or so historical societies. Met Johan Ka____ who was a German prisoner of war in Russia escaped and walked 500 miles across Carpathian Mountains to home in East Germany, but his town had been destroyed. Been in USA 25 years he gave me a Tuscarawas County Bicentennial medal he designed after I spoke on celebrating the bicentennial. East Liverpool lady gave me good ideas from their plans. Home through Dover- never again- here about 6:00.

Friday, March 27, 1987
Spring Beauty is blooming
Ccall from Steve White about noon- index received, typeset and should be printing as he called. Books will be delivered next Friday!! Called Moshers to share news.
Got all my income tax info together & entered in Holbrook’s “Preparer’s Info” book. Some relief.

Met moshers at 6:00 at Likens Church and we drove through the route for the tour of Scioto Ordinance Plant on April 4th. Then back here and laid out the brochure on the computer also showed them how the index was created. They left about 9:00

Thursday, March 26, 1987
Worked on index and had it finished by noon. Then realized it didn’t have the part III in the index so added it and started over. Had ready to print it out at 3:15 but it took until 4:30. Dashed into Marion Post Office and got there just before 5:00. Sent index by express mail- my part is done!
To MCHS program meeting at OSUM at 7:00. Hal Boncutter didn’t show up- learned later he was in Florida. Oliver Hamilton gave marvelous talk on Marion County quarries.

Wednesday, March 25, 1987
Mary left for St Pete to visit Vivian and David Bratton
working on index.
Scilla and large crocus join species crocus, cilla, winter aconite, anemone Iris reticulata all blooming.
Working on index. On way to Center stopped and picked up a 1906 long Marion postcard from 135 North Greenwood.

To Center and started copying the 1895 Marion Star with histories of all Marion Industries- businesses- law etc. for Herb Gary. But Dave Brown came in and monopolized time. Northwest Ordinance and US Constitution has no connection to Marion, numbers on Scioto Ordinance Plant map for fuze lines are wrong etc. Herb came in but no time for him. To supper with Mary and Helen Romine at Teresa’s new restaurant. Terry Firstenburger Italian- food good.