Category: Trella Diaries

Monday, December 7, 2009
Jim C here from 10:15 to 1:30 – Brought the slender Christmas tree from the utility room and all the boxes of Christmas stuff – hung wreaths, unwrapped angels & creche figures, decorated tree – tied bows on outside railings
Call from Sharon Hildreth & I told her to come for visit – they have a new Chevy pickup truck – they left about 4:00 & Gale came at 5:00.

Sunday, December 6, 2009
17° AM 29° PM
Lazy day – Went through another box of memorabilia – It’s difficult to dispose of so much evidence of the many friends and family contacts.

Saturday, December 5, 2009
Busy day at Resource Center – Phil Reid in to pick up my info on Hotel Harding & he added some for me. Couple purchased house at 583 S State & wanted info on it – Ben Jacoby lived there. Judy Peterson helped genealogy researcher. I inventoried books in gift shop & supplemented them with enough copies for book signing next Sat – created invoice to gift shop from Publication – Doubt the last one for $800 was transferred.
No good TV so sorted through one of the large blue boxes in my bedroom – lots of treasures & many throw aways.
Royce cleaned starting at 11:00 since she didn’t get back from her tour to Branson until 10:00 last night.

Friday, December 4, 2009
Received “Friend of the Community” award at the 12th annual night of “A Thousand Stars” at the Marion’s Club House – a Scott Spears project to support “Safety City for kids”. Jim met me at the door and we took seats at the front. Gale presented me & then left for N of Detroit to visit her son & wife to see their new home & work on it.
Pamela Pickens – former Mark Street student with Jim C – singer known (not by me!) as Angela – surprise performer – enjoyed the Pleasant Show Choir – reminded me of Dave & Amy Lovell in the River Valley one. Martha Douce School of Dance tots – so cute.

Thursday, December 3, 2009
Added to chronology up to 1930, cleaned up kitchen & cut cantelope to take to MCHS – Potluck.
Bede Agner – VP – didn’t know Jan Augenstein Pres – wouldn’t be there, I tried to give her an agenda – Election of officers & trustees – & HPEF trustees – She miffed it!
Gale was focused on handing out her Christmas cards – Mike McKay and Mary Jo Baxter volunteer awards – well deserved. Phil Reed – auctioneer – raised about $300 – at last minute Gale asked me to keep record – Valenda helped me. Pat Esterline is the newest paid volunteer and helped me with food. Too many tables set up – about 35 attended.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Called Hartman “After 40 years” Cover & copyright page – Are doing the printing of it now. Call from Gale with additions to news release on book signing –
Wrote year end reports for Corresponding Secy – Resource Center & Publication Committee & e-mailed to Gale for annual meeting reports.
E-mail from David – Enjoying “chronology” gave me some date corrections & said he wished he had kept a diary.
Using Christmas letters entered info for 1973 through 1976 – Lots happening – Don & Kathi break up – marriage to Bob Sands – Steve living here & shot himself later in Ogden Utah while Bob was at Terradise to marry Kathi.
Went through obituaries I keep in a box by my chair – 8 dear friends died along with OHS Bill Laidlaw and 8 friends (See endpapers in this book).

Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Call from Ruth Mosher telling me she & Charles will be at book signing – Compiled a list of my accomplishments & awards for Gale to use for award Thursday – Rewrote the press release for book signing omitting those who didn’t respond & adding Stu Koblenz & Scott Trostle –
Call from George Brown – he will continue to serve as HPEF Treasurer “if I want him to!”
To Marion Eye Center at 3 to have new left lens put in my frame $250 – To Office Depot to exchange ink cartridges that were wrong for 02 to fit my HP printer – Stopped at Aldis $33
All summer work was going on at sewage disposal plant at Wood Valley “Estates” – This week another big excavation on west side!

Monday, November 30, 2009
Woke up at 3:30 and couldn’t sleep so got up at 5:00 AM – Wrote a press release for the book signing Dec 12 – Only story was in The Star, also a memo to Debra at Register, she had many corrections before it can be sent. Jim C here from 10:15 to 1:15 $35 – lots of housekeeping tasks and then to attic – Brought all the Christmas boxes down & sorted through them “Keep” (angels) to MCHS Auction at Annual Meeting & to MCHS archives including a 1990 calendar of Lawrence Farms, found $10,000 check from GE Assurance Ins (loan on policy for brick) for deposit.
To Marion to deposit it and use my Office Depot Rewards Card before it expired – Bought 2 ink cartridge refills but got wrong # – need “02”
Wasted time at computer trying to get Bob Whitman’s phone # – Gale here for supper 6 to 7 – she took the box of Christmas stuff for auction – she found my cell phone under the front seat of the Prius – Very difficult to retrieve

Sunday, November 29, 2009
Slept until 10:15 – Lots of dreaming. Reread correspondence to Dave Decker that was in the big black box – I had forgotten Kathy Tabor – Is she the one who had Dave’s car & Mary & I drove to Chicago to retrieve it?
Rewrote the book review of “Tales from the Sage of Salt Rock” & e-mailed to David for posting on MCHS web page.

Saturday, November 28, 2009
At Resource Center Jim C who was on docent duty asked me to come to Harding rooms where visitors were asking about how President Harding died. “Joan” from in Russia, living in Columbus –
Wrote a book review of “Tales from the Sage of Salt Rock” to be posted on MCHS web page by David H. When I asked Lisa Carlisle to edit it (MAGS volunteer) – she wants to buy one.
Took me an hour 1/2 to shop at Meijer – Prescription for Actonel, paid bill & then drove to grocery end – Saw Ann Herring & told her I would go to Gardin Club Potluck on Dec 8 – So I bought makings for bean salad to take.