Category: Trella Diaries

Sunday, October 7, 1990
Big event of day was my canoe trip with David & family from Bridge at Rt 746 to Roberts Rd. bridge – I even paddled. River just right level so made trip in 45 min. Karen did the ferrying. Wieners – beans & carrots for lunch.
Took boys to KMart to buy a Keystone Easy Shot Camera but they didn’t have it. Got film for them & gave each of the $50 for their trip to France on October 17.

Saturday, October 6, 1990
82-52
Finished visiting the Ashtabula Co. bridges after a quick stop at the beach at Ashtabula. Picked up flat stones. Met Karl & ? Buck at one of the bridges – photographer from Cincinnati. Then into Columbiana Co. where they have replaced covered bridges with concrete ones & let others decay. Bought melons on the square at Lisbon – found they were from Baker Farm. Sent note with sales boy – on chance they might be related.
Home by 5 & cooked short ribs barbeque style & apple sauced & broccoli. Haldeman family arrived about 8:00. Sarah ushered at OSU – Ill game & David & boys canoed on Oledntangy.
Call from kathi on answering machine with nice comments about Terradise Landscaping.

Friday, October 5, 1990
Gorgeous Sunny Day 75
Mary picked me up about 9:00 & we headed to Judy Rockwell’s at Norton (Barberton area) She is 80 but perky as ever. To lunch at an ice cream parlor in Norton. Left about 1 & headed for Ashtabula Co. to seek out their 14 covered bridges. All in excellent condition. Visited 10 – photographed them. – But now they are a jumble in my mind.
All night at Travelodge at Austinsberg – Rt 11 & 45. Not many motels in area & fisherman at one of the bridges didn’t recommend ones in Ashtabula – no AAA ones listed.
Supper in room out of the little cooler & to bed early.

Thursday, October 4, 1990
[No entry]

Wednesday, October 3, 1990
54-78

Tuesday, October 2, 1990
44-70
E & W Germany unified after 44 years
MCHS Newsletter 3 ½
Bricks 2 hrs
Eula Rhoads called at 9:00 to report on Building Committee meetibng yesterday. Main level Women’s Rest Room approved – but most of agenda had no action – Only $45,000 left in Transformation Fund out of $250,000!-
Started outlining October Newsletter. Wrote Wilbert Snyder acknowledging tools he sent & Wright sending pix of Samuel Baker’s Farm 100 years later.
Dick West called saying 47 bricks had been delivered, asked me to come in to decide placement – In at 2:30 & worked until 4:30. This will be panel A & includes family of Jack Telfer, Dick West & mine.
Met Mary at Isaly’s for supper & we shared letters from Dave about his purchasing a condo. Home about 6:00 & mowed across the road for an hr & then back in for Nature Club at Hutchmans. Bill had about finished garden tour when I got there. Dr. Whitehead there & brought me copy of Blue Bell Tavern story by Cooper – Star writer in 1939 – Also book that belonged to Zoa Barks whose farm was site of Blue Bell.

Monday, October 1, 1990
41-68 sunny
OAHSM 6 ½ 100 miles
TO OAHSM Board Meeting at Dublin Stouffer – Stopped at Augenstein’s Deli in Waldo for a $2.50 roast beef sandwich instead of taking the $12.50 lunch from the hotel!
Since I’m not on any committees this year it seems a waste of time for me to attend. I sat in on Reg affairs & awards. Good to see jane Truckis & Barbara Shephard. Meeting Friday night with Barb $59 – Staff toured us thru facilities we will use for meeting on Nov. 2 & 3.
On way home stopped at Wilson’s & bought 5 pumpkins for $7 – stopped at Turner’s fruit farm & picked 1 qt red raspberries $3.00 – Stopped at Augensteins again & got cheese & slaw for supper.

Sunday, September 30, 1990
MCHS 4 ½
Called Dave & he’s expecting my $2,000 “gift” to show his assets to complete deal for house. Worked on bed by mailbox – digging out grass & re-planting iris & daylilies. Mary Jo & Lawrence Baker stopped on way home from Galion. Talked Baker genealogy. Don Shuster called – he wanted family info – Helen Kaufmann, Margaret Gracely & Eula Rhoads out 6 to 10:30 working on committee.

Saturday, September 29, 1990
MCHS 4 hrs
Started a new compost holding area built of brick along river fence E of Rhododendron. Rainy AM & hard rain about 8:00 PM. ½”
Dug 2 hills of sweet potatoes & got enough for a mess.

Balanced check book – Used up my $1,000 overdraft protection almost.

Friday, September 28, 1990
Tater Ault here & chewed up the locust stump by the burning bins. Left big high pile of mixed dirt & sawdust. Brought me 3 huge onions that might have beat out Ed Young at the Fall Fair. Says his bill will be $125 – 4 trees & about 6 shrubs & the hemlock stumps dug by hand.

Sowed grass seed across road. Tall fescue – “Rebel” – also fertilized.