Saturday October 27th 1979
Stopped at shop for a table before going to Fairgrounds at 8:30 and found that Mr Risch was found dead this morning by his son Delmar. He called Lillian at 8:20 at work. Lillian composed and stayed at shop until about 10 and then went out to home. Delmar was in the cornfield as his dad would have wanted. He was 94 and had been on the tractor harvesting this week.
To the fairgrounds where the Crock family from Upper Sandusky had the fire going and people cutting up peeled apples and cider boiling into copper kettles. Took pictures and brought coffee from mothers and then back to shop. Very busy with mother-in-law’s day and Harding homecoming and getting complaints sorted out. Back to Fairgrounds at 4:30 and helped sell the 61 quarts of apple butter that they made. Sold qts. at $3.75 & Pints at $2. I donated 14 glass lidded jars, 5 lb of sugar and bought one and a half quarts and a gallon cider. Gates’ had Country Store stuff. We gave the Crocks and Bessie Wendling- who made Buffalo stew- sunbonnets from store. Kenny Hemmerly called then we made arrangements for Merlin to bring Roger* to mother’s tomorrow.
[*Roger Hemmerly, Kenny’s half-brother]