Year: 1990

Friday, February 9, 1990
MCHS – 9:00-5 = 8 hrs.
In to Heritage Hall to meet Sandy Davis, Regional preservation officer of OHS- Toured building top to bottom. Sany on crutches – very tactful, but insisted courthouse doors didn’t belong in lobby. Requested letter from us outlining changes contemplated. To lunch with Sandy, Jack Telfer & Dick West at Turroff’s & then I took Sandy to Denzers & Koogler house. She will send them National register application & says they have better chance since Marion County has so few listings – 8. Back to Heritage Hall & copied materials for presentation on Marion Book to Charlton & Hal Boncutter tomorrow.

Thursday, February 8, 1990
Called Wayne at Caledonia BancOhio & he will get list from Federal Reserve to get values on Howard’s bonds. Listed them by date & # & printed out info – Put with bonds in my fireproof safe. Told Howard he should get another box at Caledonia & I can sign as deputy so I can get money for him if he needs it.

Worked on paying bills & gathering & entering income tax info on sheet sent by Holbrook. Then transferred it to SwiftTax – Can do everything but sales of property & cashing of money market.

Picked Mary up to go to Richwood. KLeft her at Ruby Thompson’s while I went to school to talk to 75 fourth graders about prairies. Took bunches of prairie grass & a few forb stems. Very attentive & all carefully carried home the “pieces of a prairie”. Visited with Ruby before coming back to Marion – Atge at Wendy’s – home.

Wednesday, February 7, 1990
42-48 degrees cloudy misty
Took Howard to Banc Ohio Plaza branch. Met Tom Gay there for him to “drill out” his safety deposit box (Dick Johnson at his boxes selecting cases of fountain pens to take to California show – nice visit). Howard could not remember that he had a box there & didn’t know what was in it. I discovered it last year when I did his income tax & saw a charge on his bank statement for safety deposit box rental.
Stopped at Boy Scout headquarters to leave Museum books & when I got back in the car he had opened one of the envelopes. It had 10 $1,000 series E Savings Bonds purchased in June 1980. He said he wanted me to have them. I told him I would take them, deposit in a money market account with both our names so I could use them if he needed care. When we got home I put Bonds – dating from 1968!
Royce here to clean- Mary out & we verified her income tax return via SwiftTax.
Fun – In to Harding cafeteria to judge literature entries for PTA Cultural Arts program- Some very creative interpretations on “Where Does the Sky End” – Winners to State- Finals in Washington.

Tuesday, February 6, 1990
Book 3 hrs. Huber 1 hr.
26-50 degrees
Used Quicken to enter all 1990 checking account transactions. Great.
Worked on entering Charlton’s random jottings on events in marion Co. History. Mishmash but good for jogging memory. In at 3:30 to pick up deposit slips for Huber & withdraw $500 from Rental Acct to deposit in Marion Nank. Will use as cushion now & for Western trip in March.

To Dr. Wolfe’s office to ease temples of new glasses- Told them trifocal not as comfortable as previous ones- Will order new ones.
Met Mary at Harding Inn for dinner. She had $15 gift certificate for Avis Oiler for transportation she gives her. Shared it with me- sweet & sour chicken & peach cobbler.
Copied Huber membership letter at Heritage Hall & took to Harry Mauk to sign & mail. Picked up books on Museum management sent by local history office. Shopped at Big Bear. Bananas are 59 cents a lb. – were on sale at 29 cents a month ago.
Studied museum books while watched TV.

Monday, February 5, 1990
7:00-9:00 Boom – 2 hrs
Sunny 27-42
Started cleaning bathroom drawer before I go dre3ss – cosmetics, combs, lotions, perfume in a jumble – 14 lipsticks!
Mary out with letter from Walt with Kathi’s pictures of her house with furniture.
Kathi called & talked about 25 minutes. Great to have a loving daughter.
Wrote checks – want to get them on the Quicken program.
Wrote OSUM telling them I’d be a source person to list in the Prairie Guide.
Had a call from Richwood School to give prairie program talk to 4th graders.
Took a 15 minute walk to Goffs & back in sunshine.
Gorbechev says it is over for the one party (communist) reule in Russia. Central Committee must fight for surviut will compete for pwl in a 2 party system. Not the end of Communism but will compete for pwer politically. Now government decides everything – when they see countries around them changing – What they want is not freedom – it is bread. Written while listening to Dan Rather NBC News.

Sunday, February 4, 1990
Lazy Day – looked through Conrad & Margaret Hemmerly papers. Entered Charlton Myers 1989 notes on computer. Cold – 25 degrees – windy, rain & snow last night. Did Howard’s income tax on computer with Taxwise in about 30 minutes including learning time. Does all the figuring.

Saturday, February 3, 1990
10-4 book 6 hrs
32-44 cloudy
Using PC Outline outlined entered info from land sale records Twp 5-15 range 1829 to 1830. Eber Baker’s mostly. Also dug out copies of Survey of 1819 & traced notes for Marion Twp. Whole township dotted with prairies – interspersed with trees – oak (Bur & White), hickry, ash, elm.
Checked notes for Claridon – Section 12 is my south boundary. Bearing tress were beech 7″ to 12″ diameter. Walked to what I think is secion line – Think I had better have my land surveyed! Looks like my land starts 300′ into Ralph Boger’s meadow! David deduced thishuman years ago.
Made barbecue short ribs for supper & invited Mary out but she had made plans to eat with Geneva.
Watched Nova program on “Mother Eve” – the tracing of humanity through femail chromosome. And the divergence of humans & apes 5 million years ago.
Hap Dowler called with missing links fo title search on lots 199-20 – Heritage Hall.

Friday, February 2, 1990
10-11- 1 hr. EHMA
1-4:30- Book 4 1/2

Took Howard to grocery – Created return labels for EHMA Newsletter mailing & put them on the 125 envelopes. Was able to mail them at Caledonia even though had a Marion postmark.
Albert & Vera Mae Seckel came over to pick up reed Howard wanted to givead nice visit about Prince Imperial & Philip Holverstott’s home (site w of Depot Sales) [along St.Rt. 309 west of St. Rt. 98]
Worked on outline for Book eedntering data from 1819 survey of 22-5-15.
To Cardington with Mary & Carl & Mary. Mary Jordan talkedl about night her family arrived from Indiana to move to farm near Big Island. Had ussn (?) lived. Took taxi there.
So sleepy -went to bed about 8 & sleep b 8:30.

Thursday, February 1, 1990
Created labels for medals – saying given to EHMA members by Dresser-Marion. Pasted them on envelopes & put coins into envelopes at Mary’s. 125 of them. Took them to Marion & picked up newsletter & membership renewals at Laippley’s Quickprint- Bought envelopes to mail newsletter, notice & coins. Took envelopes to Fahey Bank north branch to have them run through postage meter – courtesy of Carl Hughes. To Styling Salon for wash & blow dry- raised to $8.50! Picked up envelopes at Fahey Bank- To Mary’s & she helped me lelstuff envelopes. Realized I didn’t have returns so couldn’t mail them. Got to Country Club just in time to take place at Head Table for Distinguished Citizens Banquet. Just one person (Dr. Hering) between me and Mr. & Mrs. George Voinovich- Ohio next governor. Leeks with the chicken breast & rice caused comment. I introduced George K. Brown emphasizing his carrying on family tradition of giving to community.
Nice talk with Wayne Fowler & wife- In Marion 2 yrs and think it’s great.

Wednesday, January 31, 1990
10-3 Book 4 hours
Worked on Book-