the elderly population ignited Bernice's interest inthe field of gerontology. Working with theuniversity as an administrator in the sociologydepartment, Bernice said the demographics sheobserved created an awareness of what washappening in gerontology, leading her to believethis was an exciting "new" field of endeavor.

While vacationing in Florida nearly a yearago, Bernice and her husband, John, discovereda house in Leesburg with beautiful gardens."Gardening is my first hobby," says Bernice, andthe gardens at this house prompted them to buythe house and move to Leesburg.

"Of course, we had always liked the CentralFlorida area; we liked the terrain and the climateand long ago decided that .if we moved toFlorida it would be to this part of the state," shenoted.

They had semi-retired to Wilmington, N.C. ,a few years earlier, and the "retirement" toFlorida has also evolved into a semi-retirementas her husband still does consultant work andBernice has now made the move to Hawthorneas Program Director.

Although she's a relative newcomer toLeesburg, she has already become involved as amember of the League of Women Voters, theOrganic Garden Club, Democratic ExecutiveCommittee and of the Woman's Club.

Enthusiastic about her work here, Bernice iseager to meet and get to know Hawthorneresidents and to familiarize herself with the greatvariety of programs here.

A get acquainted reception is in theplanning stages when all residents will be invitedto meet Bernice Martin. Watch your Bulletin andplan to be there.

Hearty Welcome to Bernice MartinIt's so nice to have a Program Director

around the house -- is the tune being hummedaround Hawthorne these days with the additionof Bernice Martin to the staff.

Filling the Director's post vacated lastsummer by Dr. Earl Kauffman, Mrs. Martinarrived on the Hawthorne scene January 7. Herhours since that time have been filled with getacquaintance sessions as she meets ourHawthorne residents and familiarizes herself withthe scope of Hawthorne's program.

Bernice comes to Hawthorne withoutstanding credentials including a master'sdegree in gerontology from State University ofNew York. She has worked with the ErieCounty, N.Y., Office for the Aging, and beenExecutive Director of the Lutheran ChurchHome, a domiciliary for older persons in NorthCarolina.

An awareness of the increasing numbers in

Hawthorne's New Program Director - BerniceMartin.

Robins, Robins EverywhereAlready, the robins -- hundreds and

hundreds -- have returned from their wintersojourn across the Caribbean. ThroughoutPeninsular Florida these creatures delight us asthey feed, rest, and drink on their leisurely flightnorth, where they delight people there as well bybeing the first of the migrating birds to return inspring.

They seem to have no special time tableonce they have reached Florida . They come andgo as fancy -- and food -- dictate. Sometimesthey stay around for only a day; often some ofthem stay for several days. A few laggards andstragglers, perhaps preferring our climate, stayaround for weeks.

No matter that they strip our pyrocanthas oftheir colorful red berries which, some say,intoxicate them, we love them and are reluctantto see them leave.

Six Years Bring ChangesSix years can bring many changes in a

retirement community. And so it has atHawthorne where we celebrate our sixthanniversary on March 7. The park has grownfrom a few close-knit friends to a village ofapproximately 1,930 residents. We even haveour own voting precinct.

Some of the original settlers are still activelyinvolved, but many new residents have alsotaken up the volunteer tasks with vigor andability, bringing new talents and ideas. A fewold-timers have left to be near·their children andgrandchildren. Others have moved to personalcare facilities because of infirmities. We miss theirfamiliar faces ..

Life still goes on at a rapid pace here asseen on the monthly calendar. When Dr. K.retired from active duty last June as ProgramDirector, he left it so well organized that for oversix months it has been more or less self-sustaining. Colonial Penn Communities recentlyappointed Mrs. Bernice Martin as our newProgram Director. We welcome her.

Other changes will occur this year. We willbe celebrating our sixth anniversary with newactivities including the big re-dedication day.Final details will -be announced in futurebulletins.

- Margaret Albro

Spring ComesTo Hawthorne

You have to believe in happiness,Or happiness never comes ...Ah, that's the reason a bird can sing --On his darkest day, he believes in spring.So sang Douglas Malloch, a little-known

poet, at the beginning of this century. In thespring, our sleeping hopes awaken,. along withthe rising sap in the vegetation around us.

For us, in Florida, spring does not bring thebreak-up of the snow and ice, as it does incolder climates. Most of us remember when thesnow melted, revealing wet, brown patches ofearth and grass, which gradually spread to theentire ground. The green shoots filled the airwith their fresh odor, and we opened thewindows, which had been closed all the longwinter.

Yet, here, too, we have the awakening ofspring. New buds, pink and yellow and brightgreen, sprout on the trees. The hickory trees,whose leaves we have been raking up all winter,have finally shed them all -well, almost all- andare putting forth sticky little pinkish furls of newleaves. The redbud trees, with their dark rose-red buds, stand out against the yellowish-greenof the other trees. Shrubs unfold their bright laceof flowers, and the dogwood trees open theirwhite or pink flowers. Nearer the ground, theazalea and other blossoms are coming out.

The birds, though all of them have neverleft us, come back to nest and sing. We hear theclear call and trill of the cardinal, the cheerytorrent of notes of the mocking bird, the huskycall of the redwing, and the songs of many otherbirds. The seem to sing for the pure. joy of it.

The sunlight grows warmer, and thegardeners are bringing in new soil and putting inne.w plants. For spring, the renewal of life hascome again.

- Edith Schipper

Penn Notes StaffEditor. Nona McKinneyAssociate Editor Bernice MartinPhotographers John Tienken

Don ComunaleStaff Margaret Albro, Elnora Bolan,

Mary Elizabeth Caldwell, Joe Feol, Clifford Hollister,Dr. Earl Kauffman, Anna K. Merlino, Roland Mernitz

Marie Richardson, Edith Schipper

Nellie Connally talked briefly to guests at theHawthorne home of the Merrill Wrights.

Happy HolidayIt's Valentine's Day so you'd better bewareIt's that time of year when Romance fills the airAnd though you might think you've been nipped

by a sparrowIt's really Dan Cupid with his bow and arrow.The women at Hawthorne will giggle and sighAs each Hawthorne man gets a gleam in his eyeAnd then all the men will get frisky and bold,The women will act like they're sixteen years old.On Valentine's night as we meet at the BallThe sweet sound of music resounds through the

Hall,The Clubhouse is filled with the joy that we're

feelingOur tender renditions soar up to the ceiling.We pour out our hearts in each Valentine song,A dozen police come to find out what's wrong;We offer them food and tall glasses of brewThey join in the dancing and stay until two.As we bid farewell to the genial policeWe each get a ticket -- "Disturbing the Peace."

- Ethel McQuillan

Nellie ConnallyVisits Hawthorne

It was an "easy day," she only had fivecoffees to attend. Nellie Connally was on herthird coffee of the day when she spent an houror more at Hawthorne recently and she was"fresh as a daisy" and full of exuberance.

Gracious hosts for the afternoon affair wereMerrill and Malvina Wright of Jacaranda Drivewho invited local area dignitaries and somefriends in Hawthorne to come meet Mrs.Connally, wife of presidential hopeful JohnConnally.

Mother of three and grandmother of 11grandchildren who she referred to as a"mismanaged kindergarten," Nellie Connallytravelled with her husband of 39 vears all lastyear. This year a more hectic schedule will sendthem on separate campaign trails. "This countryis bigger than both of us," she says, relatingplans to meet as many people as possible bygoing in separate directions.

Home -- when they get a chance to go there-- is a ranch in Texas and Nellie Connallyprofesses to liking life at home better than therigors of campaign travelling.

"I didn't want John to run for President,"she said. "I didn't want to watch him age beforemy very eyes. We have reached a time in life tohave leisure time and enjoy our grandbabies."They discussed it and decided "if we really lovedthose grandbabies, we should give somethingback to this country." So the decision was made.

Silver haired and bubbly, Nellie Con ally toldthe gathering how much she liked Hawthorneand said she'd like to "pull right in beside one ofthese homes" and stay right here.

For one who professed to never have madespeeches while her husband campaigned forgovernor of Texas, Mrs. Connally stalwartlyreviewed her husband's attributes concludingwith the statement, "I know he has hope for thiscountry and he loves it -- if you'll go with us, wecan turn this country around."

Thanks to AllI want to thank everyone at Hawthorne for

being such generous, feeling people, for yourChristmas cards and gifts of love to Nidya Rojas.

-Rita Moulden

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Arthur Kozlik is the president ofHawthorne's Chapter 1775 of the AmericanAssociation of Retired Persons for 1980. Hesucceeds Carl Curtis who led the Association toits most active and successful year. Art already ismaking plans for this year to be one of expandedservices and increased activities. Here are theideas already on his agenda:

1 - An expanded health service using theresources of the county health department andother health delivery agencies. He is planningvisits by health mobiles to give blood tests and flushots.

2 - Two new committees will be added tothe yearbook. Walter Smoyer, first vicepresident, will be chairman of publicity andeditor of the news letter. The lap robe committeewill urge Hawthorne knitters to knit things todonate to the nursing home guests at Christmas.

3 - The quality of meetings and specialevents will be maintained at the high levelachieved under the leadership of Carl Curtis.

4 - Consumer services are to be expandedto bring experts to the community who willconduct workshops on pertinent problems.Capable people have been appointed to handlefertilizer, mulch, and candle sales.

5 - Practically all committees remain intactunder the direction of experienced leaders.

6 - Because this is a national election year,the legislative committee, under the direction ofEffie Sams, will develop the usual politicalprograms.

Officers for 1980 are: Arth ur Kozlik,President; Walter Smoyer, First Vice President;Jeanne Clement, Second Vice President; RuthPiette, Recording Secretary; Lee Thomas,Corresponding Secretary; William Ohme,Treasurer; Mary Hubbard, Assistant Treasurer;and Carl Curtis, Immediate Past President.

-Dr. K.

Anthology Progress Reported

Hawthorne AARP

The Hawthorne anthology is stepping brisklyalong in its path toward the goal of publication.All manuscripts submitted have been read bycommittee members and are in process of beingevaluated. The format of the finished book hasbeen selected, and other details of productionand business are falling into place.

The deadline for submission of writtenmaterial has passed, but there is still time for

Quid Pro QuoIn the American vernacular, the above title

could be roughly paraphrased as "You can'texpect something for nothing" or "You get whatyou pay for." The American free enterprisesystem is a fine example of the verity of theseexpressions.

We have an excellent example of how thesystem works right here at Hawthorne. As youall know, we have an energy problem and itbehooves all of us to try to conserve. Thisneedn't be self-sacrificing martyrdom; but asusual, "all of us" have to be shown the way by arelatively few leaders.

Some time ago, Ed McKinney as "primemover," with the enthusiastic cooperation ofColonial Penn Communities, together with theAnderson Salvage Company of Lady Lake, setup an aluminum scrap collection program hereat Hawthorne, and since then everyone hasprofited.

Since early 1978 nearly two tons of scrapaluminum (mostly beer and soft drink cans) hasbeen pitched into the collection trailer in ourmaintenance yard, picked up by John Andersonand trucked to Orlando to be sold. Profit fromthe sale, split 50-50 with Anderson, has alreadyresulted in income to our local AARP chapter ofnearly $400.

In 1978, the major aluminum producingcompanies paid $18.6 million for scrapaluminum produced by civic-mindedorganizations such as ours, thereby savingthemselves an estimated $18 million in rawmaterial and energy costs.

Moral of this little story: despite its manydeprecators, the profit system works foreveryone who is willing to do his share.

- Nick Nickerson

Hawthorne artists to submit cartoons, sketches,or line drawings, and the committee herebysolicits and will earnestly welcome such offeringsif they are turned in by March 1. Please leaveyour contributions with Carolyn in the office.Any questions may be directed to Dr. EarlKauffman, 728-1402.

- Hawthorne Anthology Committee

Chairman John Roth.

Peanut

Peanut Lady (Mrs. Bennett) and friend.

Concentration of a winner.

Carnival

Vera West and her three grandchildren.

One peanut for a chance to win.

Louise Paquette and the musicians with friend

Dice Game was a popular favorite. Julio Megan's beautiful child.

Josiah Hall, AthleteThe walls of Josiah Hall's "office" on

Oleander Cove are covered with pictures,awards, certificates, and other indications of hisactive life, broad community interests, and manyaccomplishments. When he recently won fivemedals (three gold, one silver, one bronze) atthe national Golden Age Olympics in Sanford,he was demonstrating one of his long-continuingaccomplishments, prowess in athletics.

At the University of Florida, from which hewas graduated in 1931, Joe competed in

Happy Valentine's DayValentine's Day holds nostalgic significance

for me. I well remember the valentine box atschool, which was opened the last half-hour ofclasses on Valentine's Day and the contentsdistributed. Many were for the teacher, but Iusually received two or three from my schoolfriends. But the big thrill came later, after schoolat home, when I waited for the door-bell to ringand someone yelled "Valentine," and mysteriouslooking envelope was shoved through the mailslot in our' front door. Some were humerous,perhaps costing only a penny; others were themore expensive kind decorated with lace, heartsand cupids. More often they were original home-made ones. But I treasured each and everyone.

When I grew up, my boy-friends usuallybrought me heart-shaped boxes of candy orflowers on Valentine's Day.

When I married, my husband always madeit a point to remember Valentine's Day, as hewas well aware of the romantic attachment I hadfor it. Once he even mailed one to me at theplace where I worked. When the mail-boyopened it by mistake, along with the other mail,he teased me the rest of the day.

Now that I live alone at Hawthorne, I lookforward each year to the Valentine's Dayactivities. Valentine's Day is Hospitality's day.

This year Hospitality plans a catered, sit-down luncheon followed by card-playing. Theluncheon menu consists of chicken salad, fingersandwiches, cinnamon apple rings, cherry tartsand beverages.

Door prizes will be drawn, and a prize forthe winner at each card table will be awarded.

All this for only $3. Get your tickets early.See you there.

- Margaret Albro

& Man of Achievementintramural heavy-weight boxing and wrestling.He was on the varsity track team and heldcollege records in the high jump and highhurdles, the shotput and discus throw. Heplayed varsity football and was named to the All-America team. He came very close torepresenting the United States at the 1932Olympics, placing fourth in the tryouts for threespots on the decathlon team.

But it was not his athletic ability alone thatresulted in Joe's selection in 1956 as a memberof Sports Illustrated Magazine's SilverAnniversary All-American team. The 25 men sohonored were picked from 80 nominated bycolleges and universities across the nation asoutstanding college athletes in the class of 1931whose subsequent careers characterized them as"men of achievement" in business, education,medicine, theology, diplomacy, and the military.After graduation, Joe, with time out for graduatestudy and service in the Navy in World War II,taught and then served in administrativepositions in Florida schools and the StateDepartment of Education, becomingSuperintendent of Dade County Schools themonth after his selection to the Sports IllustratedSilver Anniversary All American.

Community affairs have been a large part ofJoe Hall's life, and his volunteer activities includeservice in such diverse organizations as theNational Conference of Christians and Jews, theKiwanis Club and Florida Junior Chamber ofCommerce, the Everglades National ParkCommission, the Boy Scouts of America. In1962 he was awarded an Honor Certificate bythe Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge for atalk he gave to teachers at the opening of school.

Joe and his wife Faye moved to Hawthornein July, 1978, where, Joe declares, retirementlife is "ideal, couldn't be better." He keeps in trimthrough participation in the exercise class, andthe Halls enjoy square dancing, social bridge,and the day trips planned by the Travel Club. AtHawthorne, Joe has not completely retired fromcommunity service: he volunteered to mark themileage, by eighths of a mile, on Hawthorne'sfour walking routes. The stenciling job turned outto be much more than an easy morning's work.It did, in fact, take 10 hours of squatting,crouching and bending while wielding the paintbrush -- another example of Joe Hall's athleticprowess and Willingness to serve others.

- Marie L. Richardson

What Hawthorne Wants in MusicFive years of Concert Series performances

clearly show that Hawthorne residents have highcultural interests and deep appreciation forprofessionally performed classical music.

Conclusions reached as a result of thesurvey taken at the December concert, when theFlorida Symphony Orchestra performed here,established that nearly all those responding werepleased with the programs and the selection ofartists. With a few exceptions, they concurredwith the selection of 3 o'clock Sunday as thetime for the performances. Most of the peopleanswering liked the variety and quality and didnot indicate any specific dislikes in the concertsof the past two years. A relatively small numberwere not well pleased with brass bands or loudmusic indoors. Some did not particularly care forvocal solos or duets, especially when sung in aforeign language. A few wished they could seethe artists as well as they hear them. Some didnot like strings or chamber music. There wereother individual dislikes, but they were a smallminority.

There were specific concerts which appealedto [heir listening senses. The SymphonyOrchestra was selected by a big five to one.Collectively, the most prevalent other choiceswere Glee Clubs, Bands, Piano, Choral Groupsand Strings. They accounted for nearly half ofthe responses. Thus, this group pretty wellcovered the spectrum of the selections beingoffered.

We went out on a limb, as it were, andasked for suggestions. The answers were, in themain, very heartening and in some instanceswere glowing. The preponderance of advice wasto continue just what we are doing. Otherconstructive suggestions included more programnotes, better parking, cushions for the chairs,and the return of The Miami Boy Choir. Severalsuggested that we increase the ticket price, ifnecessary, to maintain the present highstandards. Others suggested emphasis on youngpeople like Glee Clubs and College Groups. Stillothers felt we should reduce the non-classicalprograms while a few objected to all seriousmusic.

The reaction to the new equipment was allpositive. However, we cannot provide anelevated stage as suggested to accommodate theSymphony Orchestra, or for that matter, thegrand piano. This will require more time andcontinued effort.

Space does not permit listing all theindividual preferences and suggestions, but theywill be used as guidance in future seasons. Yourparticipation in the survey is appreciated, andcontinued expression of your opinions may bemade in the suggestion box.

The ticket sale and audience size, rangingfrom 500 to 650, proves that the Concert Seriesis the best cultural bargain in Hawthorne and hasthe support and interest of one out of fourresidents. This is a large participation by anystandard. With support of this quality and size,the Concert Series, in coming years, willcontinue to be one of the finest professionalquality and selections it is possible to obtain.

-John Wetzel

Bissexto Calendas(Leap Year To You)

W.T.I.C.Run and leap all ladies fair!Julius Ceasar says you may,If you are of a mind to dareConquer a gentleman's heart today.For this is THE day, the ONLY oneThat every four years on the lineThese twenty-four hours to setting sunRise and fall on February twenty-nine.Julius is long gone these years.Now ladies' hearts and minds are freeTo lead or follow their masculine peersGathering honey - like a bee.Yet it is good to celebrateThis bissextile golden day.Your reward - a date or a mate,So start leaping without delay.

-Anna K. Merlino"In 45 B.C. Julius Ceasar reformed theCalendar and called it Bis-sexto Calendas byadding, every four years, one day to the 365days of the year. He gave the extra day toFebruary because it had the fewest days of all.

Cambodian KaleidoscopeHow quickly we forget. Turn the

kaleidoscope of time just a fraction, and newpictures appear. Try as we might to recall theones displaced, they don't easily come backagain. Let the clock tick, the chimes sound, thecalendar turn, and the glory or sadness of themoment fades. It is so with the trivia of a toy; itis tragically true with matters of life and death.

Only a few weeks ago the world waselectrified when the news media turned to thebits and pieces of the suffering in Cambodia. Weread the stories and watched the televisionpictures with horror, the pictures of the campswhere refugees are living and dying undercircumstances that numb the mind and sear thesoul. Offers of help overwhelmed the meagermachinery of succor. Cruel and selfish menstood between the open mouths of starvingbabies and the outstretched hands of a caringworld.

All of this was yesterday, last week, or themonth before Christmas. The kaleidoscope haschanged; now the pictures are of Iran,Afghanistan, Pakistan, and howling mobs ofhoodlums in the streets. Do we ever think ofCambodia any more?

In a sense the Cambodians are our ownpeople. Mary and I once lived and worked withthem. On the shelves in our closets and lockedin the files of our memories are pictures of happypeople, laughing children, ambitioussweethearts, and proud parents. These are theones. for whom the United States, through itsforeign aid programs, were emerging from thedark night of oppression into the enlightment ofhope. The two years alloted to us to work in thisfar-away country, with these strange yetwonderful people, changed our lives. Now, asthey die, in a way we do also.

in the quiet of the night Mary and I oftenwonder about Ti Hi, the Cambodian girl whotried so hard to take care of us when we werenew arrivals in her country. We smile when werecall the cold sweet potato as dessert, amisunderstanding, when all we wanted was abowl of soup for supper.

I am still in debt to Tan You How, myinterpreter and friend. He taught me French anda little Khemer. He opened doors to the officesof the governor of Kandall Provience and hisministers. He guided me into an understandingof Cambodian people and their social structure,

an education too few Americans were privilegedto secure.

Through our slides and pictures otherCambodians look back at us with eyes that stirour memories and touch our hearts. Here arejust a few we want to write about: the motherholding her sick and fly-covered baby toward usso we could take its picture; children lining thebank of the Mekong River to wave goodbye afterwe had visited in their homes; the farmer whohad such a good laugh at the price we paid forthe bells from off his water buffalo; our efforts toteach softball in French to school boys who hadnever seen the game played; the graceful beautyof the Palace dancers.

Where are all these people now? Dead,starved, clubbed, shot? We do not know; wenever will. But for us the kaleidoscope of our lifein Cambodia never fades. Is it likely that thehope of happiness we once saw there will everreturn, or will that picture be dissolved in theblood of continuing torture? -Dr. K.

GoldenAngelAward

There's a new distinctive pin being wornwith the Hawthorne Logo . You will see this pinon only one person (thus far) for her unfailing,dedicated friendliness extended to ournewcomers. We're calling this the Golden AngelPin first to be awarded to Abby Lacy.

Back in 1975, Abby took it upon herself towelcome and call on new arrivals as they movedinto Hawthorne. She would ride her cycle aboutthe streets and when she saw a moving vanunloading, that would be her cue to "call on" hernew neighbors. Then as Hawthorne becamemore heavily populated and it became moredifficult for Abby to cover all the streets sheformed her welcoming committee. Her helperscover each zone and making sure all newcomersare called upon to offer any help which may beneeded.

Abby has been recognizing others efforts ofservice to each other with her angel awards andnow Abby has received the Golden Angel Awardof Distinction. We are proud of her program andproud to have Abby among us.