Friday March 25th 1977
Howard woke me asking if I knew National City Bank and Crawbaughs [Hardware] had burned Wednesday afternoon. Mary & Rocky hadn’t mentioned it last night. Fire started about 1 p.m. just as I was leaving Marion to come home. Fire hydrants near bank had no water. Into shop and tried to work through mail stacked a foot high.
Home early & to bed early.
Fire lost estimated over $1,000,000.
Got announcement of JJ’s* birth. Himon cover of sheet music about him.
* [Joshua Joseph Haldeman]