Category: Trella Diaries

Monday, July 15, 1991
To Waldo Cheese & Meat by 9 & picked up food tray for party for Richard Francoviglia. $17 – piled high – lots of food but not arranged well. Ohio Hist Center when I check in for Tricia to help – here came Richard to help. So had to tell him about the party. Only about 16 Board members on hand & most had letters for his scrap book. Others sent so about 25 – Put copy of the plaque on the front in a see thru pocket. Board meeting over by 2:00 so party was early. Hope no one came at 3:00. Richard invited me to his office to see pix of house he & Ellen bought – a Mansion!
Also got a flyer on his book Hard Places – story of mining. I supplied Marion Power Shovel & Huber info for it.
Stopped for gas & free car wash at Hudson Ave Shell & at Harters to take shots of Bob’s prairie – 100 species in 200 sq ft.
Home about 6 – had stopped at Buehler’s for another quiche – but froze it.
Too tired to go to Huber Board Meeing. Don’t approve of building on land we don’t own or can’t lease (Tri-Rivers site) & Dr. Mauk doesn’t want to hear that so just as well I didn’t go.

Sunday, July 14, 1991
Bob & Sue Harter & grandsons Zane & Zachary arrived about 10 & it was great to have his appreciation of my prairie plants – served quiche, melon & lemonade on the deck. Then to Rt. 95 RR Prairie – 2 sites – Wild White Indigo in seed & Royal Catchfly blooming. Must have had a little rain there because the Claridon Priaire looks much more stressed. Bob spotted a nest on ash branch above pond – turned out to be blue gray gnatcatcher – watched adults feed three young.

Saturday, July 13, 1991
MCHS Bricks 4 hrs
Worked at computer all morning on brick records. 1184 bricks ordered but 35 are Postmasters and 4 are label bricks.
Mary out & we decided to go to Delaware for supper at the Mill in Buehler’s – got a quiche & had the salad bar.

Friday, July 12, 1991
[No entry]

Thursday, July 11, 1991
MCHS Newsletter 8 hrs
Fertilized annuals in front beds & watered patio beds. Called Voisard to see what they planned to do about pump for river – says Ron will be out tomorrow when David is here. Rusty called about fixing greenhouse sills. Suggest concrete bags to replace rotted wood.
Worked from 12 to 8:00 on MCHS newsletter. Tried to import it into Ventura, but get stymied.
Forgot to look at partial eclipse of sun about 3:30. Didn’t notice any darkening as I worked at computer at west window.
Got notice from Exec Dir of Amer. Assoc for State & Local History that I have been chosen for their award for contributions to local. state or regional history.
Bonnie Bell (Ed Johnson’s program Prairie Video producer) called. She had visited Dottie Morris in NJ since Willa Morris was her great aunt & Bob a favorite ‘Uncle Bob’. Had good visit.

Wednesday, July 10, 1991
Took plat to HH about 9:30 & found that Todd was cleaning brick & didn’t really need it. Took phone to Servex & they finally found an adapter for the 1050 Code-a-phone. Took the second code-a-phone too & they will send it in for repairs. Got home about 2 & Royce had left, house nicely cleaned.
Re-learned Super Calc & used it to lay out the Organization/School/Postal panel.
David called to say he & Josh would be up Fri. afternoon to work on pump. Gave me some SuperCalc help. Bought Crum’s sweet corn home for supper. Really good.

Tuesday, July 9, 1991
OAHSM 6 $15 postage
Mary out to make a few changes in her will – wants me to have her diamond pendant that Rocky gave her. It’s appraised at $2,400.
Worked on letters to OAHSM most of day until in to HH meeting at 4:00 after picking up Sarah’s airplane ticket that they didn’t give me Fri.
Geo. Brown throwing his weight around at Exec Com Meeting. Wants sponsors to have plaques even tho they’ve only paid ? of pledge & there’s nothing to show for their money in the lobby, atrium, library or granite steps!
Left meeting at 6:00 to go to Styling Salon for Perm. $38 – goes up every 3 months!
Home about 8:30 after grocery shopping at Sack & Save.
Dick & Ruth Davidson here from Cols to see what repairs Greenhouse needs.

Monday, July 8, 1991
Water was gone when we got home last night – But back by evening. Spigot had been turned on & hose pulled onto driveway. Called Voisard – Lee at funeral – no chance to decide what we need – since last Tuesday? Also called Overhead Door again. They will replace just the lower panel on the garage door.

Sunday, July 7, 1991
To Mary’s at 9:30 to leave for Cinci to celebrate Sarah’s birthday [16]. Stopped at Young’s Dairy for egg sandwich & coffee after taking back roads to Springfield. Karen didn’t want the Indiana Melons we brought, but did cook the corn. David made homemade ice cream with real cream – so good. Sarah baked her own cake – devil’s food with caramel icing trimmed with blueberries & raspberries. Gave her a set of 3 lacquered & painted boxes from China that we got at Cinci Museum Center 0 and schedule of trip to Reno on July 18-24. Home about 11:00.

Saturday, July 6, 1991
MCHS Bricks 6 hrs
Got up at 2:00 & worked on rows 21 thru 26 of B panel – then got most of Lower Corridor D (by Print Shop) done before deciding it’s 19 bricks in a row is too many. Will divide it into people & organizations. Quit at 7:30 – bath, breakfast & by then Delmar Brewer was here. Pulled his 12’ wagon into lower woods with tractor & filled it 3 times with down wood. Also trimmed low hanging trees – He reset the walk on middle terrace & sprayed Roundup on walks & terrace. I fished hardy lily out of pond where I put it last winter when the pool was dry. Both the tropical & hardy ones I got this spring are blooming.
Redid Mary’s will on computer. She brot corn out. I fried pork chops & we ate on deck. 94 but a little breeze.
To Doris & John Hickson’s topick up his apple disks that he has entered all collections info on. Lovely home on Van Meter land in Oak Savannah. Interesting collections of Ohiop River glass & paper weights & Lenox birds.
To HH to take plat & clarify records.