Category: Trella Diaries

Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Call from Ohio State Bank on how to access my online banking. Call from Tom Beckel at McDaniel – has garage door opener left with 2005 Prius & paper to sign – call from Dick Burtch – sign paper to get me $340 deposit on lot next 229 E Fairground – returned/
Deposited check at Ohio State Bank – to HH. Gale gave me badges for 40th Anniversary people & made a template for certificate honoring Founding Charter Members. Got ok to ask for donation to get the answers to quiz.
Home about 4:30 – loafed.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Up at 7:30 – Bfst – fed birds – From 8:30 until 2:00 sorting papers to complete notebooks for Velinda Mackay & Doug Ebert new MCHS Board Members. Cancelled hair cut at 1:30 to have more time – picked up exotic flower arrangement at Tri-Rivers – to HH to Resource Center – called about 10 of Founding Members (to Dec 31, 1969) & every one delighted to hear from me & will come Fri- Sent letters to 5 more after mailing visited Madge Guthrey at Marion manor & left her letter with her – smiled a talked a little. Back to HH & reformatted the Charter Member list (to 12/31/1969 – 250 joined).
Gave incomplete notebooks to Valinda & partial one to Doug Ebert – her first meeting.
Home by 8:15 – exhausted.

Monday, February 16, 2009
¼ in snow
River down – no deer tracks
TO Tri-Rivers again – Forgot it is a ‘Holiday’ – But not for Gale – she has media center empty & is washing shelving – got boxes of bonds down for me & I sorted out 50 road bonds – too big for 8 x 11 sleeves – she ordered larger ones. Gerry printed out 30 letters to founding membners & gave me envelopes – Found 2 notebooks of Hallmarks but not complete.
Home by 5:30

Sunday, February 15, 2009
¼ in snow melted 28° – 36 °
Trying to compile MCHS notesboos for Valinda Mackey & Doug Ebert – frustrating.
David emailed the 40th program formatted on 8 ½ x 11 – corrections back to him.
Fri Death of Punch Walker (Julian) on front page of Star – He didn’t stop on 529 at 98 – called David & he cancelled trio at 40th out of respect for Jay who was to play drums.
Star featured my MCHS history ½ page with color pix of Courthouse Historic Marker.
Worked on my remarks for 40th. Emailed to David for instructions on creating a generic label for COunty Bonds we will be giving as souvenirs.
Compiled a list of still living founders/Charter Members from original list of 70+

Saturday, February 14, 2009
56th wedding anniversary
Snowing when I got up at 9 – Oddly the driveway was snow covered toward the walk – then in a straight line clear to the grass – took pix!
Compiled program for 40th – Tried to email to dDavid – no connection.
Edited Collection Management Policy to give Director control no Cmag + committee [sic?]
Scrambled eggs, toast, bacon & cider for supper.
Raccoon on deck

Friday, February 13, 2009
Dow Jones 7850
Slept until 10:00
To Tri-Rivers at 1:30 to pick up arrangement & the school was closed – To Ohio State Bank – bal $5,000+ – so no deposit from Reassurance Life application for online banking. Mailed letter to Norm & Donna Ruth Fogt about 40th.
Rest of day on 1983-1986 Notebooks. Have most of presidents listed. Found deed to 255 S. Main from Bouyds to MCHS. Copied for display? – but mostly spinning wheels!
Emailed David about equipment to show Marion 1976 DVDs.
Sent Jed & Susannah each $10 for gas money for trip to Terradise.
Red fox & skunk killed on road.

Thursday, February 12, 2009
½ in. rain 1 step flood
Royce late & left early – car trouble so had a ‘chauffeur’ from the garage. I had lots of picking up to do. Took photos out of water box on loan from MCHS>
To Marion County Park District meeting at County Bldg at 12:15 – got check for CD’s – invested my gifts to the Terradise Nature Preserve Fund – $16,000 – took it to Brad Bebout – He & Karen Kelly will h ave Jack telfer sign the Dreyfus transfer to be added to the $16,000 for total of about $25,000.
To HH & Jim Carpenter helped me enter names of Charter members to Dec. 31, 1969. Printed it out in 20 point to post during 40th Anniv.
Took 5 ‘Schools’ to Marion Convention & Visitors Bureau to sell – took blurb on Hemmerly’s & gave to Diane – She will take photo to put with it.
Home by 5:00 – prepared supper & set table. Made veggie tray of baby carrots, broccoli, red & green peppers, celery & veggie dip; – fried pork chops and boiled red potatoes, mint ice cream & peanut & chocolate bars.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Dow Jones 7939 – up 50 points
River flooded to first step by terrace by dark – Thunderstorm about 6 PM.
Wrote 50 words on Hemmerly’s Flowers for Star ‘Merchants edition’. Will take photo tomorrow of Diane & Mike.
Dave Matyak here for 2 hrs. Carried plants to Rec room from garage & cut a piece of a rug for new Prius for my feet to keep pad clean – He has his laptop back. It needed a new hard drive – gave him the data on a 40 gigabyte flash unit.
Trying to compile a list of MCH Presidents but need the notebooks at HH. Still sorting papers to compile notebooks for Valinda Mackey & Doug Ebert.
69 mph winds all evening.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Sorting papers AM – sent By-laws Standing Rules & Collection Mgment policy to Bob Hill in Prospect – $1.34 postage
Found the Jan 26 newspaper on the driveway where snow had melted.
To Dr. Wingers at 4:00 with hearing aid that WAS in purse when I dumped it out.
Took 5 copies of ‘Schools’ to Hemmerly’s & offered to write history of it for Star – Diane grateful.
To HH for Executive meeting. Gave report on 40th activities planned – Randy WInland there so gave him his free copy of ‘Schools’
Gale had tables full of tools collected from archives. Will use some to fill the Jacob Snyder tool box shipped by Wilbert Snyder from Boulder, Colo.

Monday, February 9, 2009
Prospect Merchants at HH 6:00
Sorted out more pictures for 40 years history & the rededication of Prospect 1913 bridge in 1984.
Proofed the history & printed copy for Jamie Steven even tho I had emailed it to him – 8 pages – I’m sure he will have to edit it-
In my new red Prius that started with no problem to Marion – Shopped at Aldi’s – $29 – then to McDaniels to give them title to 2005 Prius for transfer – Jim Waddell came over to visit – sorry he missed David Friday. To Dr. Winger at 3:00 – My left hearing aid that isn’t working was not in my purse. He cleaned the right one & I go back tomorrow at 4:30 – before exec meeting.
Mailed letter to Reassurance Life Ins. requesting $10,000 toward 2009 Prius.
Took me 15 minutes to unload all the recyclables that Tom Beckwe loaded for me.
TO Marion Styar and met Jamie Steven – seems happy to have my articles – several people I met all day said they enjoyed articles in yesterday’s Star.
Gale & I to Perkins for supper & back to HH to meet with group from Prospect – she gave them the $100 tour – 2 hrs!
Susannah had been here with the MCHS notebook . Left nice note on table.