Category: Trella Diaries

Sunday, August 4, 1991
11:30 – Passing Walmart – Parking lot blacktopped. 106426 95- Sunny.
12:30 – Findlay – mail letters
12:40- back to I-75
1:00 – lunch at Rt 69 & I-75
1:15 – lvg
1:45 – Toledo
1:50 – Mich 110 miles
(off at Sibley rd & W to telegraph N on 24 to 12 E to 39)
To get to Hyatt Regency)
24 & I-91
2:45 155 mi.
3:50 Toll Bridge – 75 & Blue Lake Huron St. Clair River.
4:20 [illegible]
5:20 – Grand Bend – Pop 700 – All walking along sidewalk!
5:45 – Sashay into Bayview
6:00 – The Bluffs Motel 3 mi S. of Goderich $50 Can.
To Candlelight Ruehan sandwich ‘Tour’. St. Christopher Beach – Sunset Hill – Salt Mine – Sunset. 308 mi.

Saturday, August 3, 1991
83/70 misting rain .2 in
Bricks – 7 hrs – 3 plats LC-A-B-
Watering all day – called Clinton Hobbs to verify plans for Aug 10 tour of Claridon Prairie. Called Martha to have her call Howard while I’m gone.
Worked from 2 to 9 on plats – LLA-LLB-LLC&LLD. B&C are already laid, but needed correct doumentation. Had to enter most of LLA & finish LLD-Postmasters-Organizations-schools. Todd will be in Monday to lay.
Called Mary for help – She picked up bread & bananas for Howard.
Promised rain not enough to mention.

Friday, August 2, 1991
98
Watering all morning – Dug daffs for Kitty & Mrs. R. C. Backhouse. Stopped at Nu-Supply & selected counter top and stool. Estimate when I get back next Fri.

Thursday, August 1, 1991
95 – humidity 27%
Bricks 11 hrs
Up at 6:30 – Hair washed- bath – Bfst on deck with Howard. To Glen/Gery to take updated lists & give final OK for orders to go for mfg. 16 mile round trip. Took Howard to Reece’s for groceries. Laid soaker hose by lower driveway flower bed. Anita & Paul Monnette drove in while I was there. Camping at River Bend & all over US before returning to “Top of the Hill’ in Ocala, Fla. Nice visit. Then Randy from Nu-Supply came to measure for new bathroom cabinet & floor & stool for estimate. Be 4 weeks at least to get cabinets. From 11:00 until 2:30 at computer on brick files. Mary came out to pick up video of trip to Kathi’s. My photos came in mail from Kathi so she saw them too. Back to computer until 6:00. Dick West called – work on sorting bricks at HH tomorrow at 2:00 – Worked on plat sheets until 11:30.

Wednesday, July 31, 1991
Slept until 9:00 – Watered by Magnolia tree. Overhead Door men finished installation of door opener – Had replaced door panel yesterday $350.
Worked all day on Brick files – Had to get my mind back in gear. Have renamed the panels & got that straightened out.
Took mail to P.O. & mailed Insurance Book back to L. Hoff. Called J.D. Britton to see if room for Helen Kaufman at OSU table at AASLH as she plans to go with me.

Tuesday, July 30, 1991
MCHS 3+2+3 = 8 2 trips 40 miles
David at computer when I woke up at 7:00 – installing software for my new scanner. Taught me how to use it – not much good for text but great for line art. Bfst on deck with Josh & Susannah. J.D. Britton (LHO) called to see if I was going to Dearborn to receive my AASLH – decided to go since OHS will have a table. David & Josh loading canoe when I left for HH to meet Mr. & Mrs. Wilbert Snyder of Boulder, CO for tour of Heritage Hall. Betty Millisor had found his tools & had the box marked so I could point them out to him. John Hickson gave him a print out of all the items he (Snyder) gave MCHS. Home for lunch (sweet corn from McMahans). Paid bills. Letter to awards coordinator of AASLH. Watered front beds. Wrote minutes of April 30 program meeting & condensed minutes to read tonight. In at 6:00 for supper at Turroff’s with Mary – sausage & sauerkraut & mshed potatoes – $3.91 -jello.
Phil Reid entertaining presentation on Marion Fire Dept 1950 to 1990. New technology changed fire fighting. Kensel & Opal Clutter on Social Committee – saw him & OSU student collecting seed at 309 & 23 today. Said he found prairie dropseed that Bob Harter found.

Monday, July 29, 1991
Dick West picked me up at 9:00 after I set hose for watering. To Glen/Gery Brick Co. to check HH Bricks. Mike Lyon sick, but using his records we checked them & loaded about 30 boxes to take to HH – Home by 11:30.
Fixed supper for Mary – string beans, ham & new potatoes. She brought corn.
Wrote to AA.
David, Josh & Susannah in about 9:00 & went to bed soon after.

Sunday, July 28, 1991
[No entry]

Saturday, July 27, 1991
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Friday, July 26, 1991
MCHS 3 hrs.
To Mary Brocklesby’s to pick up books for MCHS – mostly school books.
Nice tour of her house – many modifications since 1840! Then to HH to see John Hickson to locate Wilbert Snyder’s record of gifts (tools moslty) and to locate them. Couldn’t find them, but documentation ok.
Napped. Mary J & H picked me up for trip to Al’s for supper.