Year: 1989

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Trella Hemmerly – 1989-07-20

Thursday, July 20, 1989
.06″ rain yesterday.
Slept until 9:00 when R. Frave—- called. Margaret Parker status with Moulten in Region 8. Sending committee structure to Genevieve Foltz with changes and inquiry as to Fetter’s status with certification committee. Spent 3 hours writing letters to cover and thank you to Dan E. Yoder and friends. Mary took Brattens to airport for 1:00 flight to St Petersburg.
Fertilized some beds and weeded. Garden is a mess- so overgrown
Ray Foertsch called to apologize for severing gas line at Bordeaux while removing overgrown taxus.
Cost me $450 to have it repaired.

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Trella Hemmerly – 1989-07-19

Wednesday, July 19, 1989
Mary with David and Vivian Brattenb picked me up at 8:00 for 100 mile trip to Holmes County for the Huber Threshing Day at the Dan Yoder farm. David’s family arrived right at 10:00 at the Flat Ridge School along with the other 58 Huber Association members and friends. My car to the farm.
What a thrill to see the horses pulling the wagons loaded with sheaves to the thresher. The Brinley’s had their Huber HK tractor belted to the rototrack thresher. After some remarks the threshing started with the sheaves fed into the thresher and emerging as grain and blowing out a pile of straw that grew to 4 ft high before the kids found it. But the dinner served inside the Amish home on their bench table (clever adaptation) chicken, dressing, gravy, mashed potatoes (melt in mouth), noodles, honey and apple butter, homemade bread, green salad, date pudding, sugar peanut butter, custard. Rides in Amish buggy and to Charm shopping with Karen. Home by back roads at 6:00. Set out quick lunch for all. Bed at 9:00

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Trella Hemmerly – 1989-07-18

Tuesday, July 18, 1989
Threshing tickets are in hall desk.
Paid bills. In at 3:30 to Mary’s. All of us to West Mansfield to take to Hildreth Genealogies to Cecil Yarrington Schneider. She looks like her aunt Mertie Gantt. Then to Mount Victory to Plaza Inn for dinner. Delicious barbecue ribs. Back to Marion for board meeting (MCHS) and took Bratten’s for first floor tour. The cleanup looks great and the lower rooms have been painted. Board meeting from 7:00 to 9:30. Fundraising plans, reports of Jack Telfer’s activities. I’ve got to get busy on Constitution revision.