Category: Trella Diaries

Took 5 Marion Steam Shovel books to Steam & Gas Engine Show. Marguerite Schwaderer had things well in hand. No chair for me so I came home, hot & sweaty after eating at Big I at Isaly’s with Mary. They have gone up to $3.00
To Myers & picked up a cart (in a box) Mary will come out Sat. & help me set it up.
Mary Jordan home from hospital- Made a bokay of my daisies & bellflowers – Tucked in a card with a check for $250 – & suggested “we go shopping”.
She looks pale – and determined that she’ll be well soon. Nancy there with her. Carl didn’t say a word.

Wednesday, June 13, 1990
60-87
MCHS 2 hrs, Huber 2 hrs
Royce to clean.
Mary brought video tape out of the tree men taking the top out of her metasequoia. The trunk was split open & bark hanging in shreds. She saved some of the trunk for me & they shredded the rest.
Cleaned garage while Royce did rest of house.
Updated Huber & MCHS & Brick databases & printed out additions to take to HH.
Tom Wagner called with his plans for Fair. Charlie Evers dumped chairmanship on him at last board meeting without asking. Tom’s uncle Bill of Washington DC – interested in writing chapter on entertainment & Crystal Lake for Marion Book.
Washed all bedding in guest rook & I’m sleeping in there. Mattress on bed in my room is slanty.

Tuesday, June 12, 1990
MCHS 5 hrs to Cols + membership update.
To Cols to meet Melinda Davies at Ohio Hist Soc.
Tami (?) in photo collection completely ignored me – even talked to Melinda when she answered my questions. Photos are catalogued much like books. But mostly by “knowing” where they are when we got down to it. Gave us name of computer program that we can get $25 demo.
To Local History Office to introduce Melinda to Richard Francoviglia & return book.
Mary didn’t go with me because tree men were coming to remove top of tree. Came right home & slept.
Mowed from 5 to 7:30.
Marilee Augenstein called Mary H. & said Dr. was very positive after Mary J’s surgery.

Monday, June 11, 1990
[No entry]

Sunday, June 10, 1990
7 hrs MCHS
56-74 partly sunny
Set out walnut trees & purple coneflowers across rd. Set out chrysanthemum plants by pool. Updated Brick database & printed out. Rewrote Horticulture schedule fo Fall Fair. Letters to Dave & Wilbert Snyder- Kathi called – Dave made E-5 petty officer.

Saturday, June 9, 1990
66-84 Sultry Cloudy
Sat. MCHS 4 hrs
Thunder & lightning all night. River at bank level – Mary out to tell me that lightning struck her metasequoia tree & shredded bark in several places.
Pulled weeds-
Worked on updating purchase contributions for HH & checking pledges against my records.

Friday, June 8, 1990
4 hrs MCHS
In to HH at 1:00 to meet Betty Mann Kimball – She had Abigail Harding Lewis’ golf bag to donate to MCHS – Says she gave clubs to her daughter-in-law in Alaska.
Jack Telfer’s big news conference didn’t attract “Nationwide attention” – TV crews didn’t show up.
But it was exciting to know that Jack Kellogg’s & Richard Carey’s considerable collections will be available to public.
Picked up refurbished charcoal picture of David Hemmerly, Daddy’s father. Cleaned picture- re-painted frame & sealed back – $119.
Met Mary at Friendly’s Restuarant for supper.
Eula Rhoads gave me a working over because I “moved things” in Museum Shop – what I did was put map out sop people could see it. Had aksed her to do it several weeks ago & nothing happened. Someone put a display case across a front window in lobby.

Thursday, June 7, 1990
Loaned Hemmerly’s $5,000 for new Caravan – 10% – 3 yr pay back – But will pay it off sooner if can.

Wednesday, June 6, 1990
[No entry]

Tuesday, June 5, 1990
37-69 Sunny
Howard is 88 today – Kathi called to wish him “happy birthday”. She & Bob are expecting Susen to visit next week – last week in June they will fly to NY to visit her & go to Bob’s Class Reunion at Highland Falls.
Gave Howard 10 crossword puzzle books & 2 – 2 liter bottles of Sprite. He thinks is full of vitamins!
Gardened all morning. Cleaned up greenhouse some & worked on new bed at lower entrance.
Wrote letter to Guy Denny of Division of Natural Areas asking him to visit Terradise to evaluate it for a Nature Center for OSUM.*
At 4- Matt McCoy of McCoys Landscaping Service here. Did a walk around & he listed 6 projects I may want done. Will give designs & estimate in about a month. Was very interested in King Book & bought one.

[*this visit sparked the designation of Terradise as an Ohio Natural Landmark in December, 1990]