Category: Trella Diaries

Daily journal of Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine from 1933 to her death on February 19, 2013.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1991-04-28

Sunday, April 28, 1991 Open Garden
Bfst on deck. Made signs & put them at intersections – ‘Terradise Garden Tour’ – David ran copies of Terradise Brochure. Mary hosted over 200 who signed guest book on Beech Deck. Skip Track of Dept. of Natural Resources here with his video camera & photograph for film to be used on public broadcasting – His famly (3 kids under 4) cute.
Davids left at 5:00 – had promised kids supper at JerZee – even tho I had spaghetti ready it was a relief to get to rest after walking constantly for 5 hrs. Bobby Boyd & wife from Kirkpatrick Church called on Howard. Over 2000 signed register.
26 kinds of wildflowers blooming. 16 trees & shrubs.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1991-04-27

Saturday, April 27, 1991
OAHSM 7 hrs
Royce cleaned while I was at Reg II meeting.
Up at 7:00 & to HH by 8:45 – 2 in without registering & 2 no show so total was 60.
Everything went well – MCHS volunteers all in place – Cottrells – Jane Brown – Richard Brandt, Marguerite Martin – JHack & Doreen Shaffer – Margaret Gracely – Eula Rhoades – Erma Hutchmant – Anna Bush – Jack’s presentation was on how much money he has raised & Dick West’s ‘connecting with the community’ was a run-down on the museuims in Marion! 79th Quartermaster Corps from Marion returned from Persian Gulf in 3 buses just as our group loaded into buses for your of Stengel True Museum & Palace Theater.
I stopped at Meijer to get comets (goldfish) 10 for $1.25 – but I got 16. Bud Sawyer had come out from meeting & Ed & Tricia Valentine had been here. Mary came out ahead of time to host them.
Show Bud computer set up – prep for Brass Tacks workshop in Elyria on June 22. Haldemans with Olivier Boss arrived about 10:00

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Trella Hemmerly – 1991-04-26

Friday, April 26, 1991
Delmar Brewer here when I got back from Marion. Mary came out to get him started & she fixed hose reel so hose came in on right (left) side. Delmar trimmed around fence posts & front bank & mowed across road. Hauled lawn furniture out of shed. Sept driveways – sand under bricks.
I planted the last 2 Simplicity Roses in bed E of driveway. Delmar left just in time for me to go to Al’s with Mary H & Mary J.
It is so gorgeous – Crabs all coming into blook. Redbuds spectacular.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1991-04-22

Monday, April 22, 1991
Hallmarks 8 hrs
Exec Comm 6 ½ – News Release
Norm called suggesting we use to-date figures in Newsletter for Purchase Fund & supplied them. Jack T called upset at using the Transformation Fund Budget so I pulled it. So it took all morning to redo the Newsletter. In to HH at 1:30 to get Jack’s OK & then to Boy Scout office to run it. They did 4 sides of 2 8 ½ x 11 sheets in 30 minutes. But printed this way (instead of 8 ½ x 22) we had to staple them. Got Jack’s OK to buy an electric (battery) stapler $64 – but we save about $50 on Newsletter printing. Helen Klingenpeel & Mary & Margaret Cottrell came in to help get the mailing out. Just in time before the 4:30 Exec Committee meeting – Norm objects to having Marion Genealogy Society meet at Heritage hall – He’s nuts!
Met Mary at Isaly’s for Stroganoff. Bought a bale of peat moss – $8 – Planted morning glories in a pot & walked in woods – so gorgeous.
Wrote news releases on Terradise Open Garden & Reg II meetings & April 30 Program Meeting.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1991-04-19

Friday, April 19, 1991
Raining 56
MCHS – Hallmarks 6 hrs
Skip Trasck called from ODNR – Raining! Can’t videotape – I called Carpet Plus for window washing service next week – Also Delmar Brewer for yard work. Called Kramer Implement to bring battery for John Deere 210 lawn tractor. Called Mary asking her to pick up Telfer’s Newsletter article & called him to tell him she would. Updated Huber database per Willis Nye call saying he had paid Harry Bard’s dues. Worked on Hallmarks.
Mary brought Jack’s article out * letter from Kathi.