Year: 1990

Wednesday, May 30, 1990
38-65
Royce late – car trouble – so I had to take her home – she didn’t have key so took here to Burger King to get Chad & her car.

Sent pkg of newsletter & King reprint to Bill Elliott in Mobile, Alabama – Sent Kathi pkg of Flower & Garden magazines & King reprint. Took softbound copy to George Brown – gift for his support. He ordered all hardbounds (110 copies for family!) that won’t be ready for 2 weeks. Thought he should have a copy now.
Delivered 3 more copies to Mary Ellen Kerr, picked up check & took to John Cottrell.
Stuart Browne of Ft. Lauderdale called – He’ll be in Marion for Annual Meeting June 24 with sister Eleanor. Will meet them at 2:00 at HH.
Kass called – Need Hemmerly’s Board meeting to buy another van – 100,000 miles on this Ford.
Carroll Neidhart called- saw death memorial for “Elizabeth Hemmerly” d. 13 April 1885- checked family records & it is Conrad Hemmerly II wife. Daddy’s aunt. tried to call kathy Kim – a descendant. No ans.

Tuesday, May 29, 1990
In to HH to take books & meet John Cottrell with his record of purchases. Jack running all over town delivering invitations to Press Conference on June 8 to announce Harding Rooms sponsorship. Worked with Melinda Davies – intern. She has been working on catalog system for photos.
Took Willis reprint to him. He didn’t mention it but know he had headache. Wanda sleeping. Mary ellen Kerr came in with gift for her birthday. Invited me to her apt – wanted to buy 3 reprints & a brick & pay dues & too hard for her to get to HH.
Shopped for precise rolling ball extra fine Pilot pens for Howard – $1 each – grocery shopped.
Mailed Annual Meeting notice & bylaws – 397 pieces.

Monday, May 28, 1990
.3″ rain
Mowed lower & upper lawn as Willis Nye called & said they would like to come out about 4:30. Told him I had to meet David to pick up the soft bound & would try to be back.
Mary drove while I put labels on Bylaws & annual meeting notice mailing. Took most of the 3 hr trip, down & back.
Haldeman’s waiting at Young’s Dairy Barn N of Yellow Springs. All had ice cream & talked – started back about 3:30 after collecting specimen of plant blooming profusely S of Young’s (identified later as lyre-leaf sage) – Poured rain most of the way down & until we got back around Marysville – But Nye’s had come & gone when I got home.

Sunday, May 27, 1990
Botanized – found Kensel’s buttercup – turned out to be repens-escape. Stopped to visit with them. Collected rosa blanda & planted on my prairie. Got sweet potato plants & set them out.

Saturday, May 26, 1990
A do nothing – this & that kind of day.

Friday, May 25, 1990
Rain
Finished a June Hallmarks announcing annual meeting & providing ballot for bylaws & officers vote. Took it & Bylaws that David “Ventured” * to Boy Scout office. They ran it while i had supper with mary J & Mary H at Bob Evans. I took the paper, but charged me $32. But that’s better that $65 at Laippley’s.
Started collating Bylaws & stapling them.

[*Used Ventura Publisher software]

Thursday, May 24, 1990
45-70 sunny
Worked out doors all day – Set out impatiens, dusty miller, miniature dahlias. Set chrysanthemums in bed under Star Magnolia. Mowed front yard & back by lower driveway with push mower.
Wrote checks & balanced check book. Sent $5,000 to Steenrol Managed Municipals – Tax free fund. (from Field note – interest not pd on Land contract – Bal $15,000)

Wednesday, May 23, 1990
Writing 2 hrs – HH 1 to 5 = 6 hrs
48-65 Partly sunny
Planted a few impatiens & dusty miller. Fertilized around patio – Wrote article about King book for Star tab – Used quotes from the book.
In to HH at 1:00 – People from Texas & Philomena Gregg & her Marietta College Pres. nephew toured building. Mr & Mrs. Baker volunteers out of no where with no training.
Worked with Bowling Green intern Melinda Davies hunting photos for Star tab. Finally found a box of photos & negatives for 1971 history & sorted out some. Took to Star & ran into Anthony Conchel – new editor – So introduced myself & gave him the pix.
Used new at HH word processor to write gift certificate for brick & delivered it to Virginia Myers. First letter on it had it for 6 months.
Picked supper at Wendy’s – Meant to mow but after eating & reading paper just couldn’t get going again.
George Brown in at HH & I told him about costs rise of reprint. He said when all figures are in – let him know – His family may pay more.

Tuesday, May 22, 1990
45-60
As I write a luna moth is fluttering against the glass door. As I wrote today at the computer, I watched a female mallard with 7 ducklings explore the pond and dablle in the duck week. A line of turtles on the inlet pipe didn’t phase the ducks.
Wrote story on Marion History (population & industry) before 1890 for Star’s tab.
Larry Winchester called to say softbound would be ready Friday and hardbound in 2 weeks. He found another binder to do it $350 cheaper & I think total bill may be $500 less than $7500 estimate. – and will give us the over-run.
In at 3:30. Cashed the $5,000 CD that matured & put in checking account in case I need it to pay printing bill. To HH for Fall Fair committee meeting. Dinner with Mary at Isaly’s & then to Hutchman’s. Had Bill & Erma help revise Horticulture Schedule for Fall Fair – then with Bill to my first meeting of Marion Garden Club. Not a very friendly group. But great speaker- Dave Williams – on mulches. Home about 6:00.

Monday, May 21, 1990
12-4:00 Huber Board & Prog. 3 7 hrs.
48-51 cloudy, windy cold
Wrote to Jackye & Wilda – so difficult to know what to say. Also wrote Snyder in Boulder telling him to send his father’s tools. Sent ck & photos to Hayes Presidential Center for returning my camera left there. Then reworked Bylaws for last time – final corrections.

IN at 4:00 to cash CD – & forgot that I had to turn it in. So grocery shopped – home for suspper & then back in for Huber Board meeting at 7:00- John Watkins presented his TriRivers site plan – Mauk asked me to start proceeding for adding 3 members to Board- Some people that know how!

Gary Barnhart program on early industry. So much research & so many wrong statements!
Home about 10 & called David. Transferred Bylaws file to him for Venturing*. He sent me a letter he wrote to Kathi!

[*Editing in Ventura Publisher]