Category: Trella Diaries

Tuesday, January 6, 1998
Prepared for Exec Committee meeting including listing first of the year appointments for Jane – To HH at 1:30 & found Richard Carey talking to Jane – Had been to Marion Power Shovel warehouse yesterday at their request to pick up pattern – wooden molds for parts of shovel – Had been ham [?]

Monday, January 5, 1998
Easy day – updated addresses (deleting ones on returned HemGen brochures) in Family Tree Maker – Printed out new pg 210 for Thelma and Gene Hemmely & got book ready to mail- Still can’t find check she sent.
David called saying Josh has been tapped for Mortar Board. (Honorary Soc. at OSU)
David sold a Terraform program yesterday to funeral director in Sandusky $2,000 – Will put it on new computer to handle mortuary music arrangements.

Sunday, January 4, 1998
50° – rainy, partly cloudy
Picked Bill Hutchman at 8:30 & headed north (section 4) to do our area of the Killdeer Plains Christmas Bird Count. Mild weather – not many birds except starlings – No horned larks – No birds at Starners feeder when we stopped there, but good cookies. 15 species. Erma had chili, salad, cheese spread and chocolate cake for us. Took our report & $10 for both of us that Bill paid – He said I had been driving for umteen years! –

Saturday, January 3, 1998
Cleaned out Geo Winthrop Desk lid area – now it has “Bills Payable”, “Medical Records”, “Income Tax” file folders.
Mailed checks & nomination for awards of OGS for Hemmerly Genealogy
In to HH at 12:30 – attended MAGS meeting – They asked Gunder Funeral Home to speak on their identification card program? Found a box of video tapes – about 1/2 of them.
Ran a 1997 report of accessions – only about 150 – value $9,000 – last year 400+ accessioned – Willis Thomas in with Sens [?] Bible & seeking info on Furst families of Marion Co – supper with Mary at Wendy’s

Friday, January 2, 1998
Slept 10 hours – Took down outside lights – Explored alligator brief case in office bookcase & found letters Grandma Stevenson had saved 1902-1945 – Uncle Jim – Theresa mostly, but several 1913 flood letters from her sisters.
Ed Lux brought out Christmas Bird Count papers – cleaned binoculars & found that my Nikon ones see double – Read my 2nd edition of Val Greenwood’s genealogical research.

Thursday, January 1, 1998
Cold 10° – AM – 30° PM – Sunny – Royce here to clean – She & Charlie celebrated yesterday – Got all C’mas decorations put away – some in workroom & some in attic – Now to find the right box next year. Recycled the spruce to the tub by the side porch. Mary out at 3:00 – We wrote her thank you to Trinity for members help in 1997 – then entered a few of Uncle Allen’s books into “Allen” database. Decided we needed a “Box” field in order to be able to find them to put MCHS code # on letters. Had pork roast & sauerkraut for supper with “golden mashed potatoes”. My goal for the year is to reduce all the piles & boxes of papers that clutter up my house–
Radio & Marion Star announced “Distinguished Citizen Awards” – and EHMA* got one – I sent in nomination – don’t know if others did. Newsletter says debt is down to less than $5,000 on the $150,000 museum building. Thurs – Met Don Maloney at Prior House – he will contact Karen Wycliff – Cols secondhand book store – moved furniture to HH & bedding – Ate with Mary at Bob Evans.

[*Edward Huber Memorial Assocation]

Thursday, December 31, 2009
DJ 10428
2″ wet snow
Used snow shovel to clear steps and area to feed birds sunflower seed. 2 Flickers across road.
Royce cleaning – she carried more Christmas wreaths etc. to utility room –
E-mail from Dave Claborn – He woke at 4:00 thinking about article he is writing about my setting up scholarship fund – He was happy to have my “Howard” article & C’mas letter – Forwarded his message to Kathi & David – David closed on 3 new clients in the last week!
Left-overs for supper.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009
29 low
33 high
skiff snow
Opened lowest drawer in dresser in my room where I stored Howard’s records after he died – Found information needed for the article & wrote about him – So when Dave Claborn called wanting info on Howard (and me) I e-mailed it to him – He questioned me about 15 minutes on my life & I sent him the “achievements” I had compiled for Jan Augenstein.
Jed had said he & Rachel & Miette would be here “afternoon Wednesday” – Cooked pork chops, made salad, set table, etc. No Jed by 5:00 so I called his cell phone – he will be here at 6:30 – So here I sit at 6:00 – hungry – & “put out.”
Sent Happy Birthday cards to Kensel Clutter & Marguerite Fogle – both 90 years old.
Jed, Rachel & Miette arrived about 6:30 – Jed had crisis – had to fix computer before driving to Republic to pick up Rachel & Miette – Said it was a “good supper” (like Mary always said after she ate here). J, R & M took gifts from table –
Jed – George Sifritt’s fancy belt – Miette doll & globe. Miette helped me count angels & pack away – Jed undecorated tree & packed ornaments & took tree to utility room to store – they left about 10:00.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009
A productive day!
1. Signed agreement creating Romine/Hemmerly $50,000 scholarship fund for 2.7 student at OSU at Marion – Dave Claborn brought 3 copies of final agreement for me to sign – funded over 5 years for science study including biology, botany & geology.
2. Wrote an essay on Howard – 2 pages.
3. Approached by “History Publishers” to assist in publishing a second volume of “Day Before Yesterday Stories”.
4. To Marion to pay Meijer statement of $975.02 including $625 for the 32″ HDTV (and buy Actonel for osteoporosis $38) & groceries & supplies $52.
4. [sic] On TV – “What Darwin Never Knew” – 2 hour Nova on WOSU – DNA studies – “switches”.
5. Sent C’mas letters to 6 friends who remembered me but were not in my database.
6. Mailed contributions & letters.
7. 10:00 PM – World War on WOSU (when I should be heading to bed! – I can’t watch this).