Category: Trella Diaries

Tuesday, October 9, 1990
Called Styling Salon & got appointment for permanent at 2:00.
Couldn’t resist nice day – so worked in garden. Planted more grass in spots that didn’t come up. Potted up more geraniums – cutting.
Met Mary at Friendly’s for supper. Then we went shopping at Uhlman’s for a blouse to use my 25% off coupon. $40 paisley blouse reduced to $29 so got it for $21 – love it. Picked up covered bridge pictures at Meijers – All great.

Monday, October 8, 1990
To Columbus for Board Meeting of Ohio Newspaper Project. Will probably be in Marion after first of year. Stopped in at Preservation Officed to pick up info on Certified Local Gov Preservation Program & Jeff told me that Heritage Hall was accepted by Ohio Board for recognition on the National Register of Historic Places.
Stopped at Micro Center in Westerville on way home for Foxplus manual – had none – got another Ventura book. Came home via Rt. 3-42&746 – Enjoy a different route.

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
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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.