Year: 1990

Sunday, March 11, 1990
3 hrs – revisions- chapt 1
Called Kathy – getting a cold – runny nose – ache. Dug perennials to take to Kathy. No pep.
Prince Imperial Story in Star – with pix Albert Seckel loaned.

Saturday, March 10, 1990
Book 10-2 – 4 hrs
Worked on Book-
Cooked pot roast & called Mary to come out – She brought Geneva – Said she’d tell Bill Hutchman what he missed. Sorted notebooks & piles of papers in my room. Filed some, emptied shelf for Historical reference books & got new file stuffed with book research. Much easier to work.

Friday, March 9, 1990
Still exhausted – Had to take my car to Mt. Gilead – C&D garage for service & wheel alignment.

David called about 4:30. He was at shop working on SBT Acctng for Faith Evanoski. Came up for Hemmerly’s party at Nicolosi’s Party. Many attended – All employees & guests – 37 with David & me. Sat with Rosanne Hopf & Don – He’s Publisher of Marion Star & supportive of history.
David MC’d & had me give a little Hemmerly history ad lib. Many told me they learned a lot & enjoyed knowing how we got started. David back to Cinci. My car returned to Hemmerly’s by Pete Belt.

Thursday, March 8, 1990
MCHS LRP 4 hrs
50
Tired.
In to Boy Scout Office for MCHS Long Range Planning committee. John Hickson is exasperating. Wants to plan exhibits instead of looking at big picture.

Wednesday, March 7, 1990
15-50
Grass Fire! Finally persuaded Howard to burn all the bags of newspapers. He had his basement full. Didn’t count on wind & dryness & it burned about 2 acres of grass across the road. I fought it for 1/2 hr, dipping water out of Trailer Park Lake & my pool. Finally called 911 & fire dept was here in 5 min. They were returning from another grass fire.
Exhausted from carrying water. Had to call Hutchman’s & cancel dinner invitation tonight.
Ran hose across road & let it run too long – so no water.
Called Mary & she brought out some water. Thankful for that but I needed a hug too.

Royce here to clean & I didn’t get much else done. Everything piled up in my room.

Tuesday, March 6, 1990
MCHS 1 hr
20-43 high midnight cold PM
In at 9:00 to meet Al Tozer at Hughes Photo Studio. John Rall had brought out packages of envelopes of negatives – filed by clients – fantastic 8×10 negatives. John suggested we take envelopes to sort through – Al & I will meet at his house next Monday to work on them. To HH to fill out mailing form for Hallmarks – Asked Jack to mail them so I could pick Mary up at 10:30 to go to Forest for lunch at Jessie Baker’s – Jeanette Bunnell, Martha Cramer (Jessie’s daughter) & woman from Kenton – then to Jeanette’s house (barn!) in country. But she sparks my interest – loft & antiques – Planned trip to her woods for wildflowers on April 30. Jessie went with us to visit Fanny. She is so frail – had a hernia operation – recovering but hard for her to walk.
Napped 1/2 hr at Mary’s – Then to Harding to judge botany entries for Science Fair. 2nd round – 5 entries to judge. Gave top to geotropism if put on seeds of re-oreintation. Then to Nature Club – Charlie Evers on Alaska. Well done interpretive content. Invited club to Terradise for May 1 meeting. Shopped at Big Bear for supper for tomorrow.

Monday, March 5, 1990
MCHS 4 hrs – Hallmarks & bricks.
26-50degrees cloudy
Wrote Biographical info for 4H All America Day – Edited Prince erial story. Took both to Star & Sheilda Ballyntine phtographed me. Saw Charlton Myers at Bank – cashed check – Picked up Marion Co. map to used for National Reg applicout 3:00 totion. To HH about 3:00 to sort & complete labelling Hallmarks. Hal Boncutter helped me- Couldn’t mail them because didn’t have labels for 30 more purchases of bricks.
Stopped film off at SuperX – got gas – home about 5:30. Warmed up spaghetti.
Entered 30 more brick purchases & printed labels to add to mailing of Newsletter.

Sunday, March 4, 1990
40-20 degrees
482″ snow this season at Valdez, Alaska
1 hr – MCHS bricks.
Fixed baked spaghetti & fruit salad for lunch for Haldeman’s & Maxim. They arrived at noon. Across river to put up wook duck box that David made. Marshmallow roast in woods – supper at Wendy’s.
So many trees down across river.
They back to Cinci at 6:00. Me to HH to take Newsletter labels & pick up brick orders. Home at 7:30 – too tired to work – watched stupid Ferris Beuhler movie.

Saturday, March 3, 1990
Music lessons going on in basement. Hink came over to give sax student a boost. Lamenting utilities refusing to take food stamps. – Even being unemployed is a joke to him. David & I to PDQ to pick up newsletter – looks great. $177 for 750 copies – 8 pages – then met Karen & girls at Sam’s Warehouse – like Costco in Anchorage. Bought bleached jeans & shirt for Sarah. Groceries & stationery items for me. Gave Karen $250 to buy groceries while Maxim was there. Stopped at Antique Shops in waynesville on way home. Took Newsletters to Mary to fold. Home about 5:00 – to bed at 7:30.

3 hrs – Newsletter & book (didn’t count travel time)ack to David’s & met Maxim from The Ukraine. Chubby, pleasant, polite & the English he uses is without an accent. Watched part of Kathi’s Video on trip home from Alaska.
David had shown my way from Walnut Hills to UC – YMCA on way to printers so I could take in both “Bye Bye Birdie” & David’s “Fleeting Moments” orchesta & dance. But Sarah didn’t mention my going to BBY (she’s in chorus) so I skipped the hassle & let David do the driving.
Sat in balcony in Tudor style ballroom at Pearson’s* (trumpet) suggestion so could get full view & dancer’s in 20’s & 30’s clothes for “Alexander’s Ragtime Ball”. David’s trombone great & he did take off on Cab Calloway – Over at 12 & we picked Sarah up at cast party at fancy home.

[*Cincinnati trumpeter Pierson DeJager]