Monday, January 5, 1953
Day off. Cold & snowy. Did banking, put car away early a.m.! Cleaned drawers & de-junked & worked poetry heavily. Sandra Jean called eve. Bed 9:30.
Work Type: Ray Romine Diaries
Trella Hemmerly – 1953-01-04
Sunday, January 4, 1953
Up – snowing, took Sandra Jean 10-12:45 (?) out to see Acres – she loved it, & we had dandy morn- presented her ice skates to her & money, etc. Not so good time p.m. same place with Trella’s family -ending less so tonite — home 10:40 or so.
Trella Hemmerly – 1953-01-03
Saturday, January 3, 1953
Better; but weather worse – cold & snow, Trella’s for lunch. Cleaned my den, & dust-mopped Sandy’s empty room. Supper; & Trella & I worked on house plans till late. Called [illegible].
Trella Hemmerly – 1953-01-02
Friday, January 2, 1953
$232.66 (36 hrs time: $110.86). Felt badly all day & evening about Sandy. Can’t get over it.. Called her tonite – she & Rosy going to Palance. Says about straightened up. To Trella’s for lunch & called her tonite. Cleaned downstairs room, wrote letters and bawled like a baby.
Trella Hemmerly – 1953-01-01
Thursday, January 1, 1953
Happy New Year!? Sandra Jean home 1:00-
un PACKED, & sorted, etc. & got Hemmerly’s truck & moved her to the farm. (Walt & Flo helping with Nash) I was inside – looked cozy. Trella helped too, & we ate her house & to Palace after, she & I ate, too.
Ray Romine – 1952-12-31
Wednesday, December 31, 1952
Home & nice Sandy supper; she went her mom’s at 5:00. I engaged Van for Friday. To Trella’s. WIlliam’s together for egg nog, & Rocky’s awhile, then evening at Trella’s. Swell lunch, looked my picture album. Home 2:30+.
Ray Romine – 1952-12-30
Tuesday, December 30, 1952
Nice day – warmish. Ate Trella’s at noon, David disgusting me. Sandra Jean home 5 (been our a-painting at Flo’s); supper, we packed & de-junked. Bed at 10.
Ray Romine – 1952-12-29
Monday, December 29, 1952
Back to work, having dodged trial as witness (error). Trella’s for lunch. Home tonite. TV & [illegible] S&J. “Turned Garbage” on afterward & shopped a bit.
Ray Romine – 1952-12-28
Sunday, December 28, 1952
Nice (cold) day. Sandra Jean wouldn’t go hiking, riding nor ice skating, so I took off p.m. ala Hemmerly’s truck, found Trella & kids (& Beth) at Terradise; we loaded Mrs. Thomas’ things & took ’em to her. Posted more signs. Sandra Jean at her mom’s. I homed alone tonite. Trella & kids to Hutchman’s.
Ray Romine – 1952-12-27
Saturday, December 27, 1952
Sandy & I dubbed cleaning things out and sorting, throw away, etc. Tonite Trella & I to Beringers’s new home ala places, etc.
Nice evening but Mrs. Hem [Hemmerly?] combed it a bit – I told Trella I wished I’d waited. Sandra Jean water trouble while I was gone.