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 – 1986-09-11

Thursday, September 11, 1986
To accountant Dave Sheely and Denise $23,000 profit so gave Kass 800 for her IRA. $91,000 net worth. DBY to Star. $500 in Travelers checks out of Romine rental account, haircut and ironed. Home until 5:00 odds and ends of getting paperwork done. Back into Marion to meet David and Mary at Isaly’s. Took Manual of 1896, Cassad postcard collection and Harding video script and pics to Marjorie Brandt. David worked on Funeral Directors program at shop until 9:00. He has hay fever. Called Kathi for anniversary.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1986-09-10

Wednesday, September 10, 1986
Ray and Danny Foertsch and Ray’s wife out to redo front lawn. I fertilized and seeded it. They helped put away Grill, bug lights, picnic tables Etc $50. Gone by noon.

Spent PM cleaning up DBY- Marion schools 1896 and awards presentation. At 5:00 Mike Manz age 12 from Wood Valley came to collect leaves. Nice kid. David arrived at 6:00. Had beef and noodles for supper. Brought my new Bondwell 2 laptop computer. Runs on built-in battery or AC current. Fun. 3 1/2″ disks- 380k memory- just at $1,000 with disks, etc.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1986-09-09

Tuesday, September 9, 1986
Letter from Pat Dugan of Canton enclosing Jeff Brown’s membership card for OAHSM. He’s miffed because his Myers Lake Revisited has not won award in two tries. Pat says he did editing on Larry Nelson’s book that did win. Called Larry and he offered to bring his manuscript and compare it page by page. Pat resigned from Awards committee!

Transplanted Silene regia to outdoor bed at greenhouse door and planted seeds of schizanthus verbascum and worked on Day Before Yesterday.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1986-09-06

Saturday, September 6, 1986
Using the Manual of the Marion City schools that Jane Myers gave me. I wrote my Day Before Yesterday, between 10:30 and 3:00 p.m.

Called Erma Hutchman about 11:00 and invited her and Bill for supper. They came at 5:00 and we toured the grounds. They helped me carry plants into the greenhouse as it may frost before I get back from Western trip. Had pot roast, salad and apple pie.

Nice evening of talk. Bill gave me suggestions on preserving Claridon Prairie herbarium specimens.