Year: 1978

Saturday November 11th 1978
Took flowers to Williams for Marge’s wedding to Richard Brandt. Then to Brown House with reception decorations. Gorgeous day.

Friday November 10th 1978
To dinner with Lil and Edna Hatfield at Pancake House.
Then to take film to Cliff Mitchell and spent the evening talking. Jackie says Friends of the Library feels that MCHS should have the library building. Suggested telephone campaign to gain support.

Thursday, November 9, 1978
[No entry]

Wednesday November 8th 1978
Committee chairman meeting at OSUM. Tom Bain has contacted all groups that I gave him. Good attendance and much enthusiasm.

Tuesday November 7th 1978
Voted- chance finally to vote against John Isler who gutted the courthouse back in 1975. Whole crew and working on 5 funerals. Most of it done by noon. Called Karen Hardwick. She has no time to contact businesses that haven’t submitted histories. So I wrote the letters and sent statements to 20. Took history orders to John Cottrell. Shopped at Foodland. Watched election returns on TV and radio. Larry Adams beat Isler by 1000 votes! Sheriff’s Levy defeated and was Scheiderer mad. Sorted out history notebook.
Kass, Laura and I called on Lil’s mother Mrs. Risch at Denzer’s.

Monday November 6th 1978
Barry photographed some churches and houses for history. Mike in to deliver and washed my car. I’m having the delivery boys pick up the 1979 history mail to save me a little time.
To supper at Mary’s, Kathi called- problems with Davy. He cut stitches on rug Auntie gave him. To “Incredible Iceland” travel series Bill Davis. Geneva [Geneva Brewer] with us.

Sunday November 5th 1978 71° gorgeous sunny day.
Picked up mother and Mary at 9:45 and with Mary driving headed for Cincinnati. Karen had omelette and bacon and a little cake for me. Took corduroy jumpsuits for all of the kids and Mary had crocheted an Afghan for Jed. He was so good while we were there. Now weighs almost 11 lb gaining 3 lb since birth. Took a 4 generation picture. David has relaid his brick patio and walk. He left at 3:15 to play a job and we left about 3:30. Home through Brown County in Georgetown and Hillsboro. Phone ringing when I got home. Mrs. Risch, Lil’s [Lillian Connelly] mother, died this PM. Watched “The Sting”. ?!

Saturday November 4th 1978 72 Sonny
Woke to WMRN news with my recording about workshops. Picked up typewriter and books at shop and was at Trinity by 9. Carroll there to help me unload. Ann and Ken Buehlman helped set up room and Al and Barry arrived with photo stuff. Suddenly the rooms were full of people with stories, with ones needing typing and ones with photos. Tom Bain in his element meeting former students. Mary and Geneva getting dinner ready for tomorrow kept us in coffee. Had a snack with them in my Junior Department room*. Finished about 4. Sorted things out at office. Carroll stop by to take me to dinner at Isaly’s for birthday.

[*Trella taught Jr. Dept at Trinity Baptist Church in the 1940’s]

Friday November 3rd 1978 Sunny temperature 70
Vivian [Vivian Adams] called to wish happy birthday. Mary gave me Bulova digital watch!
Kathy woke me at 8:30 with phone call. Talked to her and kids. Steve was moved to Connecticut hospital but Inge didn’t meet him because her father died and she was in Germany. Howard had subscription to “Country Living”, two little log cabins and two place mats for my birthday. Barry took shop photos at 12:00- all 18 of us. Then the big surprise- a potluck lunch that covered all of Laura’s work table. She gave me five Kodak mailers. Letter from Uncle Allen with his biography and Grandma and Grandpa Sheneman’s rewritten. Larry Mathiot interviewed me for WMRN again. Got driver’s license renewed. Home at 5 and BBBV, Carl and Mary and Mary Rockwell waiting to take me to Malabar Inn for dinner. BBB gave me a printer’s tray.

Thursday November 2nd 1978 temperature 65
Howard and I harvested the cones from the spruce beyond the pond- a good peck. Gorgeous day. Drove over to the Claridon railroad prairie- photographed milkweed and grasses. Made apple dumplings for lunch. Dale from Rick’s Floor Covering out to redo cove. Paid them for floor covering job over $700. Sorted slides to have prints made. Picked Mary Jordan up to go to Altrusa Style Show. Took aisle cloths along for bridal part. Mary won $25 gift certificate from Keifer’s. Got hot fudge sundaes at Ross’s after.