Year: 1990

Wednesday, October 31, 1990
31-68
Worked on relaying brick walk by greenhouse.
In at 5:00 to meet Mary at Rax. Then shopped at Big Bear – home.
Called David – He may come up to Shelby tomorrow & stop here while OSUM people are here.

Tuesday, October 30, 1990
Took Howard to Caledonia to bank & grocery. Mary out & got video working to copy. She knows how to push the right buttons. Started taking up brick by greenhouse that don’t match. Cut off bamboo in greenhouse beds & cleaned up area. Cleaned part of garage so guys can get in to service water softener.
All that wore me out – C allied Dean Hazard’s office & set up date for Thursday at 1:30 for visit to Terradise.
Back out & cleaned up leaves around steps & moved old bricks to pile by stone wall.
Mary brought birthday gift out from Kathi – cuddly gray zippered & hooded sweat shirt. With $20 check in pocket. Also sent Oneida pewter angel.

Monday, October 29, 1990
Sorted papers – setting up new files for personal papers.
Called Mary Brocklesby to see if she wanted me to pick her up to go to Program Meeting. She said cousin Bob Thew from NJ was visiting & they would come.
Mary took me to dinner at “Peppers on the Border” – Marion-Marysville Pike – New Mexican Restaurant. Had chimichangas. – To Marys to rest for an hour before going to HH for Jack Kellog’s program honoring 125th birthday of W.G. Harding. He was great – brought lots of pictures & collectibles.
Gave Hal Boncutter the Legal Function file taken from my files.
Got letter from Steve Jenkins suggesting I use enclosed picture of our Ex Dir (rear end of P. Imperial).
MCHS had received a 1980 IBM Computer – takes up whole end of accessions room!
Also got a rejuvenated copier from Masonic Lodge.

Sunday, October 28, 1990
32-51
Tried to learn Mail Merge. Not much luck but did get letter ready to send to unpaid pledgers to Purchase Fund.

Saturday, October 27, 1990
In the LHR Motel at 8:00 to meet Bill Nolan for bfst. In Marion yesterday for Ohio Cattleman’s Assoc. & stayed over to have bfst with me & came out to Terradise for about an hour. So much to catch up on – haven’t seen him for a year.
Then to Mary’s to go to Ada to visit Gail Zimmerman – she was 95 on Oct 13. Video taped her family memories handed down to her by her grandmother Caroline Felty Zimmerman – niece of our great grandfather John Conrad Hemmerly Sr.
Ate lunch at Ohio Northern Cafeteria in midst of Homecoming crowd.
Gail said take anything I wanted from her garden as her gardening days were over. Madge in Green Acres Nursing Home – had a heart attack recently – Home thru Hardin County Amish Country past several places Aunt Lily Fetter lived. Got all plants planted.

Friday, October 26, 1990
32-45 Impatiens frozen
Brick 10:00 – 4:00 6 hrs.
Family group records
Worked until 4:00 on Brick files index & report forms. Creating family group reports.
2 Mary’s picked me up at 4:15 – Stopped at Mileys Carpet on way to Cardington. Can’t lay porch carpet on cement until April. Probably cost $150 – Lasagne for supper at Al’s Restaurant.
Mary didn’t want to go to play Little House of Horros so watched TV & worked on sorting out stacks of papers into MCHS, Huber, OAHSM & personal. Ended up with waste basket full of discards.

Thursday, October 25, 1990
38-43 windy chil factor 30
Brick files 6 hrs
Called David about 8:00 to have him add “0” to 999 by modem. Says Josh calls from France every night – homesick I guess. Worked on files until noon. Mary out to help unload TV – put it in Rec Room. Then she hooked up other TV through the VCR so I can tune it through VCR.
Ruth Mosher out about 1:00 for a “Users Group” meeting – She has WS4 so I gave her my WS5.5 disks to use Maillist since she doesn’t have a data base program. She commented that she knows of no other “Mother-Son” relationship like David & I have – working so closely – learning from him. She’s worried about Chuck’s inability to concentrate. Took a walk around the house.
Finished taking geraniums etc into greenhouse. Covered fish tub geraniums with pool liner.
Kathi called saying earthquake in Reno was noticeable but no damage. James “Buster” Douglas no longer heavy-weight champion. 3rd round knockout Evander Holy – stupid.

Wednesday, October 24, 1990
36-60 cloudy
Perused new book on Ohio History 1765-1813 – Tecumseh era – factual acct by Bill Gibson.
Worked on brick data base. In to HH at 1:00 for my “volunteer duty” for Wyandot Museum. Fred White in to see the Ray Romine cartoon that he donated. I couldn’t find it & called John Hickson & he had never seen it (Later Dick West found it on John’s desk). Eula protesting Jack’s continued expenditures. Ruth Mosher concerned about Camp Perry people who want to publish history of camp but all they’ve done is collect material.
Mary picked my TV for me (repair shop closes at noon) & brought it to HH to lead into my car. To dinner with her at Perkins. Home at 5 & took walk in woods under golden maples, sycamores & beech.

Tuesday, October 23, 1990
45-55 Sunny windy
MCHS 2 hrs
Sorted original & copies of brick orders & got numbering up to date. 1,048 sold to date.
In to Cr. Claran at 11:00 for teeth cleaning. Took originals of brick orders back to Heritage Hall – Letter from Glenn Patton ordering brick for his dad E.E. Patton. – Also notification from Ohio Preservation Office that Marion P.O. has been accepted to the National Register of Historic Places.
Home by 1:00 – Finished moving pile of brick by pergola (from former brick walk) to by rock wall next to lower driveway – Loaded them in car to move. Then cleaned car with shop vac of all the dirt & stones accumulated in it.
In at 6 to meet Mary for dinner at Harding Lodge. Then to Hospital for Garden Club of Marion meeting. Nice talk with Cliff Mitchell. Tracy ___ landscape designer gave excellent talk on perennials – Lots of ornamental grasses.
Home & popped Tiny Tender popcorn that I got at Walnut Creek – It spoils me for any other popcorn

Monday, October 22, 1990
MCHS 9 hrs.
Worked on Standing Rules – editing mostly – Finally got labels to print out – Not in Fox Central – using DBaseII commands. Did Nov Dec & Jan expirations for Margaret Cottrell.
In to Heritage Hall at 3:30 to copy Standing Rules for the Organization Meetings of the Function Groups. About 20 Function & committee chairmen there – also distributed “priorities” to each group to assign to committees.
Hal Boncutter took to the Legal Funtion with enthusiasm. I worked with hom on lining up his duties – assembling legal documents – overseeing contracts.
Supper at home – watched TV