Category: Trella Diaries

Monday, September 23, 1991
.4 inch rain
Mailed stack of mail & cashed check in Caledonia & left Fall Fair posters. Stopped at Cord Camera on way to Ohio Historical Center for OAHSM Exec Comm. Say cost of repairing my Minolta Freedom camera would be $79. Looked at similar cameras from $129 to $179
My last Exec. Committee meeting (as past Pres of OAHSM). Will miss last board meeting while in Reno. J.D. Britton shows real signs of leadership. New program for Trish & regional rep to actually visit non-member Historical groups. Plans to get Local Historian to more local historians. Suggested a get together breakfast for all past board members on Sat AM at Annual Meeting. Suggested it might get some there that wouldn’t otherwise come.
To Marysville via Rt 33 – To Hildreth’s about 5:30 & Harold sitting middle of room (all dressed up in blue jacket) with the wooden shovel, the brass Hildreth School bell, Wm Hildreth III ‘bleeder’, 3 tin types, framed picture of David & Eliza Hildreth & 4 children & the saddle bag that Wm Hildrethr III rode from Knox Co. to Uniopn Co. with $800 in gold to buy the 500 acres. David called with invitation to JHed & Susannah’s birthday party. Enthused with big contracts interviewing another program.

Sunday, September 22, 1991
Lazy morning – watered some more. Packaged Jed’s Hildreth Genealogy & Susannah’s. Map of USA placemat & sewing kit (with $50 checks each) – Paid bills,. In to HH at 1:00 to pick up Fall Fair Horticulture things & run Exec Commit copies of minutes. Back home by 2:00 to meet Helen Kaufman. We worked on entering locations data in brick data base. Took a break to look at alleged Kings Mills Barn & Kreis Rd. I don’t thing it is. Helen left at 7:45 – TV.

Saturday, September 21, 1991
34-71
Impatiens by drive frosted on top. Ruby red mums in full bloom.
Mowed & watered. Called Ralph Boger to tell him I have the last 2 of his pictures./ He came over & I asked if he could push the oak tree chips over the hill by lower drive. He brought his front loader & also smoothed out the dirt piled there. A job McCoy Landscaping didn’t finish. Will find a rock to mount my Terradise plaque on when soy beans are harvested.
Called Mary to go to supper but she had chicken dinner at noon in Prospect, so I finished the pimento loaf. Watered & trimmed.
Harold & Miriam Hildreth arrived unannounced. H will sell Hildreth treasures. Wanted $1,600. Settled for $1,250 & fell like a fool letting him take me.

Friday, September 20, 1991
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Thursday, September 19, 1991
MCHS Board 4 hrs
Bricks 1 ½ hrs
Wrote up minutes of board meeting. In town at 1:45 to meet with Kass about updating corporate minutes. She had recorded check book for 5 years & made notes of me to write them up. Picked Mary up & drove to CorMor Nurseries in Wyandot Co. to pick up 2 flats (100) opf vinca plants for John Teetor. Stopped at Big John Silvers for fish dinner & also got root beer shakes at Dubbles. Spilled mine so stopped at Mary’s to clean up. To Photo Shop at Union Station to get film end out of case, stopped at Macola to order business cards, left copy of minutes at HH, to Teetors to leave vinca, to Nyes to take treasurer’s report & visit, to Meijers & K-Mart looking for oval frame. Got home at 7:15 & Helen Kaufman was waitin for me to help enter location into data base file so people can find their brick. Did wall LCA (265 entries in 2 ½ hrs)
Popcorn, TV, News – read Star – did crossword puzzle & to bed.

Wednesday, September 18, 1991
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Tuesday, September 17, 1991
75 – Hurrah.
In to Isaly’s at 9:30 for bfst with members of Class of ‘33 – 15 there. Then to Travel Agency for Continental Coupon Book for $449 – 2 round trips within year. To HH – Slate was in my mailbox. Did research of Fire Dept – Found nothing but interesting 1880 notes – grocery shopped – Big Bear. Mostly liquids for Howard. Home about 1:00 & transcribed notes & entered Bricks. Finally hit 1200. Printed out new lists for office at HH & Glen Gery.
In at 6:45 for Board meeting. Cathay Fourman (bless her heart) brought articles about me from the Local Historican. Jack crowed about picture of him with Mike Steen of Marion Bank ad. – Board suggested not proper. Also questioned acquisition of John F. Kennedy collection.
Helen Kaufman & Dick West helped check panels of bricks to enter in locator file. Home about 10:30.
Nominating Committee report –
Pres. Eula Rhoads
V. Pres – Gary Sims
Rec Secy – T. Romine
Corres Secy – Anna Bush
Treas – Gary Somerlot
Trustees:
Va. Howard
Cathy Fourman
Conny Jenkins
Margaret Gracely

Monday, September 16, 1991
94 Sunny wind 7 mph
Spent afternoon taking video & snapshots
Hipsher’s Tree Service (3 men) came about 12;30 – Told them David requested white oak not be cut – Dan Gilsor (Urban Forester of the Dept of Natural Resources) returned my call about 12:45 just as they were ready to start cutting the trunk. He advised not cutting it now & to get advice from a registered tree firm on stabilizing the tree. Made Hispsher mad when I told him – Dumped the load of chips on top of dirt – not in hole – left logs on grass for firewood – Even tho he had a whole pickup to sell for firewood. But at least ? of the 15’ diameter tree is still standing. And despite Hipsher’s warnings that it could fall any time they didn’t make any effort to stay out from under it with wind @ 15mph. I wonder if putting the swing on the tree caused the splitting?

Wrote up; Exec Comm minutes for Sept 3 meeting. Called Helen Geyer to see if Charlton had reported on Slate for Officers – Had sent her nothing. Supper with Mary at Turroff’s – EHMA Board meeting – I made the critical motion with much coaching to negotiate to purchase Lincoln Mercury property for museum & headquarters. Passed unanimously.

Sunday, September 15, 1991
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Saturday, September 14, 1991
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