Category: Trella Diaries

Sunday, October 4, 2009
Across the road to visit Jackye and Leon and their new RV – such luxury 27 volt system, two lounge chairs, sofa but they have a leak so they borrowed my hose to fill the hundred gallon water tank. Riding golf cart down in the woods. To Terradise Nature Preserve and they took the short walk to river. To Gist’s RV Sales and Service- closed on Sunday so we’ll go back tomorrow for part to fix leak. Into Heritage Hall- quick tour and talked to Willis Thomas in Resource Center about his schools book- he gave no mention of the hours I spent making sense of his text! Leon interested in popcorn machines. Said he would spend hours in there. Then took a tour of Marion including 229 East Fairground, 449 Van Buren Rockwell home, Daddy’s lots where he raised plants then 309 Kennedy Court, the Shuster’s home- Jackye’s grandparents. All in lower class areas so I had to take them to Vernon Heights and other upscale homes. Back home and I rested until David arrived at 8:30. Took over the conversation- I couldn’t hear any of it! Spent time in the RV before getting two large pizzas at Dugout instead of the dinner at Red Lobster they suggested.
Took Jackye and Leon to the attic. Such a mess but many treasures. Leon entered his genealogy in my Family Tree Maker. He is the Powell genealogist and a great guy. They left for RV about 8:00 and David to bed early.

Saturday, October 3, 2009
Emails and cell phone calls. Jackye David H and me be at Terradise about 5:30.
At Heritage Hall at 1:00 to meet Scott Spears. To storage room under loading dock to the three filing cabinets holding the tapes and vinyl records from WMRN. Scott chose seven of them. Made a list but couldn’t print it so he signed a receipt. Gale will have to do the paperwork!
Dan Saxton and son came to Resource Center to see me. Grandson of Saxton’s who started Wood Valley Estates & collector of Harding memorabilia. He told me that Ladonna Murphy’s house burned this week. I was stunned. Donnie and Mike [Lyon] got out but lost everything!
Dan says he remembers me as he was growing up.
Jim Carpenter invited me to dinner for vegetable soup. I told him Jackye and Leon would be arriving so when I took Jim home he gave me a big container solving my food problem tonight. Bought corn and red raspberries at Crums. Got Actinol and birthday cards, grapes, bananas. etc. at Meijer. Home by 4:30. Almost ready when Jackye and Leon drove in with their new 44-ft motorhome. Parked across road. Had their wine in front of fire in fireplace before eating. Then lots of good conversation and another invitation to visit them in Maui next month. They left about 8:00. to spend night in RV.

Friday, October 2, 2009
[1.5 in. rain AM Sun PM 60°
Email from Jackye Powell will pick up a new motorhome tomorrow in Lexington Kentucky and drive to Terradise tomorrow. Have a cold I’ve waited all summer for.
email from Scott Spears notifying me of my being selected for a community award by ___________

Transferred 2009 MCHS notebook into a larger one and red up my office.

Thursday, October 1, 2009
DJ 9519
Ice on tablecloth I used to cover nasturtiums and morning glories but no other plants frosted.
Email from Gale chastising me for making a date with Scott Spears to see and copy the WMRN reels of broadcast without consulting her!
FedEx delivery of Catherine Sibley’s book first lady Florence Harding with Note ‘at request of author’ – couldn’t put it down and read 75 pages. nice acknowledgment of contribution I made and contact I gave her with Bob Farrell. Took some of the sting out of Gale’s email.
broke minutes for Angela carbetta’s recycling history program. forwarded to Gale.
email from Kathi forwarding class of $59 list link newsletter that Mary Merchant Gruber edits. lots of class info.
didn’t attend capture the moment remembering the one I did attend 3 years ago on the night Mary Hecker died
at Gale’s request I added educational activities of MCHS to her two-page history of publications. my list covered four pages. this is to persuade Meyer Incorporated management that we are an educational facility.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
DJ 9712
Clustered pots of plants on lower deck by gazebo and covered against forecasted frost – also covered Heavenly Blue Morning Glories and nasturtiums by side porch.
Re-wrote article on erecting a marker in Jackson Center Cemetery to submit it to Ohio Genealogy Society writing contest.
Still sorting boxes of papers. Also re-wrote a Day Before Yesterday article on Marion County Historical Society obtaining the Harding public Publishing Company safe in early 1970s. Still hope to find a way to move it to Heritage Hall*. Sent it to Gale for okay to submit to Marion Star. Received Haband order- black shoes, three blouses and gray Jacquard jacket.
Put birthday card and $10 for Tyler but won’t go out until not in time for his October 3rd birthday on Saturday.
Watching another program Ken Burns National Parks
Reminded me ofour first visit there in 1949 – Walt and Trella – Ray, Florence & Sandra Romine – after looking out over its vast area Florence I said ‘I thought it would be bigger’ (does that show her depth?)

Tuesday, September 29, 2009
DJ 9742
54° high 52°low 70% humidity
Lazy day
Call from Dave Clayborn inviting me to tasting food and wine at OSUM next Monday- declined.
Email from Katie- her publisher had my name on list to receive pre-publication book but didn’t send it. She may come to Marion for December 12th autograph party. Told her Jim Robinalt would be here.
Reading Yes Ma’am WAAC Elizabeth Pollock- Mary’s book.
Finished ‘Cabbages and Kings’- O Henry last night
Wore my bathrobe all day.

Monday, September 28, 2009
DJ 9789 62 ° windy
Got into the box with Mary Hemmerly’s World War II WAC letters. Interesting reading. Copied Tiffany award certificate and put in my awards file.
Gale here for supper- she is overwhelmed by workload at Heritage hall.
After floor in new Industrial Center was painted by Whirlpool employees she found termites so holes were drilled to insert poison to kill. $400+ bill.
OSUM Prof has assigned students to research Underground Railroad in Marion County. I referred her to County Histories & Moshers unpublished work for Marion County and questioned saying the Charles Baker house on Vine Street was a station.
Part Two of National Parks
Focus of John Muir and Teddy Roosevelt fight to save America’s treasures.
I’ll be reading again my Muir books. First time in a long time I feel my brain expanding.

Sunday, September 27, 2009
Loafed
Read Sunday paper.
TV wouldn’t activate so I missed part of Ken Burns epic The National Parks

Saturday, September 26, 2009
To Marion Cemetery at 10:15 for burial service for Stuart Browneon the McNeil/Browne site. Military salute for Korean War service. Only a few relatives there all standing. I had to sit!
To Meijer for gas and pay invoice $138 for September. Purchased Breathe Right Strips that have helped. Kathi gave me two. Shopped at Aldi’s for food. to Heritage Hall by 1:00. John Kalb typing on manual typewriter! I got down the notebook of Lucius Carhart’s Civil War letters- 65 of them sorted out duplicates.
Gale stopped in asking my help in proving to Meijer that we are an educational organization. She and Jan Augenstein started the list and showed her the drawer of Dick West collection on Harding. She was amazed. She has no idea of what we have in the Resource Center. Home and unloaded groceries- a job for me.

Friday, September 25, 2009
Last night I put the breathing strip over my nose that Kathi left and wore it all day. Is that the reason I felt much happier? Was sorting papers when David arrived about 2:30. We drove to Thew Cemetery to see the field of big blue stem grass. Found a young Bur Oak Tree and picked up acorns. Back home on golf cart planted about 10 of them in Prairie across road. Also planted the Liatrus scariosa over there. New England Asters blooming and many pink form. Took a ride to trailer park to see new large sewer installation. Also a trip into our woods. David dug up Forget-Me-Not near uprooted sycamore. Planted on pond bank by the pond lily plant. He mowed & I potted up 10 Bur Oak acorns. emptied pots, watered patio plants. David sprayed Roundup on goats beard on bank by drive.
He left about 5:45 for Galion to play with Vaughn Wiester’s jazz band.