Work Type: Trella Romine Diaries

Wednesday October 19th 1977
Did a silk wedding for Friday at Edison and brought it home with me to deliver Friday a.m. Susan Rupright in to try out for delivery. She has two children out of wedlock, but he’s being married Saturday! Mike and Karen says she follows directions. Cheryl and Tanya working on Christmas. Have about seventy-five arrangements ready.
Wrote to Edgar in case he didn’t receive my letter about baskets.

Tuesday October 18th 1977
Howard cut the sycamore tree that shaded the deck. It was only 10 years old but much higher than house and was buckling the patio blocks.
Wrote up account of my talk last night for [blank] and dropped it off on way to board meeting for Historical Society. Committee to see about old library building just won’t get moving. Not much going on.

Monday October 17th 1977 hard freeze lo23 begonias, impatiens, marigolds, their starships and coleus froze.
Took projector, slides, artifacts etc. to Dorothy Davis’ early p.m. for Philippine talk there tonight for Burroughs Club. About 15 there and they took an hour to serve refreshments so I couldn’t give whole program.

Sunday October 16th 1977
In at 11:30 and David there with 18 foot rental truck from Cincinnati to load refrigerator and counters. Karen and boyfriend and Mike and Dave Woessner there when I got back from doing wedding at Free Will Baptist and we went to Mary Alice Lucas’ Farm on Route 4 north of Marion to get barn siding. Ended up with two doors, a wagon wheel and pieces. Very cold and windy. David left for Cincinnati without the cash register. Called me when he got home. Paris and Helen stopped by. Sandra has broken leg- drugged most of time.
Truck cost David $125 rental in gas.

Saturday, October 15, 1977
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Friday, October 14, 1977
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Thursday October 13th 1977 High 50 low 42
Slept till 11:30 exhausted! Washed windows and put in storm windows. Planted “First Lady” tulip by greenhouse and Fritillary “Reubens” in bed by greenhouse door. Pasted clippings in Altrusa scrapbook. Bed at 11:45.
Genealogy book cover & ancestor sheets arrived from Everton’s, logo Logan Utah.

Wednesday October 12th 1977 high temperature 50
Went to auction at “House of Plants” on North Greenwood Street. Bought 6×4 refrigerator with compressor for $160 & 2 counters for $75 for David and Karen’s new meat market*. Now to get them to Cincinnati! Also bought baby Pottery at ninety cents worth an average of $2 wholesale.
Garry Oyler and Art Deal in with dried and silk- came over to auction.
Ate at Ponderosa. Home at 8:00 and bed at 9.

[*Short-lived H.M. Snoot & Hoof on W . Elder St. in Cincinnati next to Findlay Market]

Tuesday October 11th 1977
Finally got rested. Shop not busy so in p.m. girls got 25 Christmas arrangements made. Bill Lehmers in for Indiana Glass order. 3 aisle cloths that Sutton’s borrowed were stapled on both sides, full-length, which left tears all along. Emmanuel Lutheran can’t find the 100 foot aisle cloth used Saturday for William’s wedding and Rev. Osborn of Prospect United Methodist didn’t like it because the name Hemmerly showed up on the aisle cloths used there last Sunday. Good thing I read that “Influencing People” book last night. Letter from Marjorie saying she did not receive permission from mother to publish her 1927 hurricane story but hasn’t been done yet.

Monday October 10th 1977
Sarah repeats everything you say to her and is using her own sentences. Same age as Kristi was when I visited Decker’s in Germany in 72. To shop about 11 and then to Isaly’s for lunch. Up to mothers to look at compressor, but too large for David to load. They left for home about 4.
I came home at 6, snacked for supper and to bed at 11. Read “How to Achieve Success and Happiness in Business” for second time. Good psychology.