Category: Trella Diaries

Saturday, June 22, 1991
[No entry]

Friday, June 21, 1991
OAHSM 12
Bud Sawyer picked me up at 6:30 & headed for Elyria at The Hickory’s by 8:30. Lorain Co. Hist. Soc. Set up in cramped basement room – but everything worked ok. About 20 there – young, old, no experience, users. Thank goodness & felt prepared. Some grounds ready to buy – others didn’t know how to use a keyvbaoard. ASurprised that Ron Burdick asked me to pay for my lunch. Had spent about 20 hrs getting ready & another 12 hrs today. Enjoyed drive with Bud. Home by 6:00.

Thursday, June 20, 1991
Called David at Kitty’s in Canada on Lake Isabella near Parry Sound. Talked to Kitty & Alan – good to hear their voices again. Seemed pleased to have David & family visiting. Had been sailing & canoeing.

Wednesday, June 19, 1991
[No entry]

Tuesday, June 18, 1991
MCHS 4 ½
In to Isaly;s for Class of ‘33 Bfst. 22 there so guess cards helped. Then to HH to pick up new Briock orders including ones for 35 Mariobn Postmasters.
MCHS Board meeting 7:00 to 9:30 – Collections Management question about selling duplicate papers – referred to committee.

Monday, June 17, 1991
bricks 2 hrs
MCHS 5 hrs
Mallard & 5 ducklings on road, front yard & pond. Great feeling to have the greenhouse, garage & patio cleaned. Royce & I worked from 9:30 to 12:30 & things sure look better. Burned 6 bags of trash & have 3 in car to haul to Marion. Set out 2 pots of petunias on patio.
Lunch, bath & to computer to work on Charter for MCHS Hall of Fame. Had 9 suggestions to improve it as presented by J. Telfer. Wrote executive minutes & final version of letter to Co. Commissioners to accompany resolution asking for $10,000 – $5,000 for operating & $5,000 for J.T. salary.
Had bacon, eggs & toast for supper. Then watched TV until bored with re-runs so back to computer after call from Norma Prennie needing lists to call for Fair volunteers. Made data base of those attending program meetings. Printed out – Then created plats for Lower Corridor B&C panels up 4 rows.

Sunday, June 16, 1991
87-71
Up at 7 to work on plats for Lower Corridor panel on computer. In at 10 with it. TOdd Holback & helper laying up lower courses. Worked at Heritage Hall until 3 cleaning up brick records. Checked all originals. Found 2 errors & corrected. Ate with Maray at Wendy’s for $1.80 each!
Set out 12 mum plants that I grew from cuttings – Among Miss Kim lilac – get mad every time I dig into the mud that McCoys dumped on top of soil I worked (Howard did) for years getting friable.

Saturday, June 15, 1991
Bricks 7 hrs
Sun 7 ½ hrs
In to HH at 10:30. Keith Kohler sorted bricks to fit my plat for Lower Corridor panel – We made great progress alone but had ‘help’ from Dick West & Norm Fogt. Corrected Lower Lobby A panel – Found I shold make my plat as someone sets the bricks aside to lay.
Woprked right through until 5 – went to dinner at Harding Motor Lodge (2 hrs!) with Eula & Margaret.
Home about 7:30 – Watched Miss Ohio Pagent [sic] until about 10 – to bed.
Mt. Pinatubo volcano erupting on Luzon – Clark AFB & Subic Bay Naval Station evacuated & speculation about long term weather affects.

Friday, June 14, 1991
Bricks 6 hrs
Finished adding ‘name’ field info ito Bricks data base.
In to HH at 1:30 & worked with Dick West on plat for Lower Lobby A panel – I came home about 6:00 after shopping at Big Banana & Nickels Bakery.
Worked on next panel all evening.

Had planned to go to Delaware for supper & visit new Oakland Nursery there – with 3 Marys. But Mary J having dinner with family members & it was so hot Mary & I decided to eat at Turoff’s.

Thursday, June 13, 1991
Bricks 3 hrs
Delmar Brewer out to work – mostly trimming cut along river bank – along road W of lower driveway – cut red bud there that was dying. Cut Mexican bamboo along rail fence above compost pit. Now if I could get the pile of dirt smoothed I’d feel place looks pretty good.

Worked on entering info in ‘name’ field.