Volume 6, Number 2 Florida's Finest Resident-Owned Retirement Community MarchlApril 1989

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Editor's NotebookMarjorie and John Thiedeman, who live at 104Marigold Street, spent a good bit of last year in andout of sick bay but the last week of the year broughtthe greatest therapy they could have wanted.

Their youngest son Mike and his Mary came fromCenterville, Indiana to spend Christmas. Mike is headof the art department at Earlham College in Richmond,Indiana.

A couple of days later, son Douglas, his wife Betty,their daughter Michelle and son Pat (along with afriend Harlan), came from Salisbury, NC to join theparty. Douglas is a dentist in Salisbury.

Then a big surprise when their oldest son Bill andhis Donna from Elizabeth City, NC came and broughttheir daughter Diane Kavanaugh and her six-month olddaughter Danielle. Bill is retired from 30 years in theCoast Guard.

This was the first time in 20 years that the threeboys had all been together with the Thiedemans and itwas a truly wonderful event.

John said it was a houseful but they loved everyminute of it and especially the new great-granddaughter who was "really something".

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Our own Ish Crawford was inducted into the FloridaShuffleboard Association Hall of Fame at the StateTournament and Banquet in Fort Pierce onFebruary 6, 1989.

Ish was one of the people who helped to get ourShuffleboard activity organized and underway here inHawthorne, was Chairman in 1979 and 1980, and hashelped ever since in many ways.

Ish was president of the Northern District ofFlorida in 1982, 1983 and 1984, and was Florida StatePresident in 1986, 1987 and 1988.

On February 22 this year, Ish and his Kay weremarried 57 years.

On Wednesday, March 15, our local Social ShuffleClub had their usual snack time and held an electionof officers for the new year. Chairman George Braunpresented Ish with a certificate of appreciation fromthe Hawthorne shufflers and his "Hall of Fame"plaque was installed on the Wall of Fame at the frontentrance to the Great Hall so that everyone may see it.

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Viola Fisher will be 100 years old on March 24. Shewas born, raised and lived forever in Illinois but spentthe winters here in Hawthorne with her daughter EllenNenney on Mango Cove, until the trip back to Illinoisgot too much for her. For years Viola walked downRoyal Palm to the clubhouse, browsed and rested inthe Library, then walked back home. But last October,Viola moved into the assisted living care facility ofPine Castle in Ocala. She is coming back for her 100thbirthday celebration with a buffet luncheon at Vic'sEmbers for about 60 to 65 friends and relatives fromIllinois, Michigan and Florida.

Viola taught school in Illinois in a one-room school

for 1st thru 8th grade and one of her students, LindellLoveless, has kept in touch with her through the years.He is now a very successful businessman, flies hisown plane, and he and his wife are coming for theparty and will take this very alert 100 year old lady for aplane ride for her birthday. This will not be Viola's firstplane ride and she has even flown with Mr. Lovelessbefore, but not on her 100th birthday. Keep your wingslevel, Mr. Loveless, you will have precious cargo onboard.

*****Our Hawthorne Nature Club is one of the most activegroups here, always learning more about the wondersof nature and especially here in Florida. OnFebruary 21-23, Bill Partington, director ofenvironmental information center of Florida conserva-tion foundation, headed a group of 45 nature clubberson a three day bus trip through the wilderness acres ofsouth Florida.

The first stop was Archbold Biological Station -4,200 acres dedicated to private research of the area'snative life. Here they saw a healthy growth of Ficusvine that has been growing on the walls since 1935from one root. Then on to Barley Barber Swamps on theeast shore of Lake Okeechobee, that is owned andoperated by Florida Power & Light to protect thewetlands.

The first night was spent at the Clewiston Inn fordinner, overnight and breakfast.

Corkscrew Swamps Sanctuary, near Immokalee,Audubon Society's 11,000 acres was the early morningstop. Some of the oldest trees in southeast Americaare there. On to the Everglades and the Manatee IIboat trip of the 10,000 Islands National Park inChokoloskee Bay. Here they watched the dolphinsleaping in the water beside the boat and in the wake.

The second night was spent at the Rod & Gun Cluband The Sportsman Club in Everglades City. Neitherplace could accommodate the entire group. 8:30 amwas a boat trip with Capt. House in brisk 580 weatheron the Everglades River.

Last stop on the way home was the FahkahcheeStrand, where there are 800 year old cypress trees withmany trees being squeezed by strangler figs. Theythen boarded the bus, stopped for a Dairy Queen treatbefore heading home from a trip they will never forget.

Hawthorne HeraldHawthorne-at-Leesburg

Post Office Box No. 1764 Leesburg, FL 32749-1764Telephone(904)787·1000

Published bi-monthly by the HawthorneResidents Cooperative Association, Inc.

Editor Verna GarberAssociate Editor Barbara GoodfellowEditorial Staff Elnora Bolan,

Reba Heintzelman, Anna K. Merlino, Web Stull,Rosalind MacRae Sykes, Dewhirst W. Wade

Photographer Nathaniel BodingerArt Lorraine Thomas

Our fineFINE ARTS activitiesIf the beauty of fine arts interests you, whether you

are a professional or amateur doer or a serious or light-hearted looker, then Hawthorne is an excellent spotfor you. Many forms of art are practiced under theumbrella of the Fine Arts activity, resulting in a largevariety of opportunities for pleasure, creativity, learn-ing, accomplishment, and appreciation.

Painting is one of the most popular forms ofartistic expression. Hawthorne residents may attendclasses in watercolor, portraiture, oil, acrylic, or mixedmedia. The latter includes pastels, charcoal, pencil,and ink. A relaxed approach is obvious in a session of"Painting for Fun" and in the Open Workshop in whichthe artist chooses his own medium. Another favoriteoccupation is creating three-dimensional pieces, andinterested artists work in wood or metal, clay orstained glass.

Hawthorne residents serve as instructors for someof the fine arts classes. Other classes are taught byprofessionals from outside the park, including person-nel from the Lake County school system. Anyone whofeels an urge to create something of his own iswelcome at any of the classes or sessions, whether ornot he or she has ever held a paintbrush or whittled apiece of wood.

"Pictures through the Lens" is a monthly programthat evolved from Hawthorne's original Camera Club,organized in 1975 by John Tienken, and is a slide showwith commentary. The photographer exhibiting theslides selects 160-200 from a collection of more than300 slides, arranqes them in an artistic whole, andcomments on the subject matter. While Hawthorneresidents are the primary slide show performers, anoccasional program is offered by a photographer fromoutside the park.

Lectures or demonstrations on aspects of art aresponsored by the Fine Arts club from time to time,frequently on a Friday evening. These are presentedby knowledgeable residents or outside guests. Theclub also arranges trips of interest to art lovers. TheAppleton Museum in Ocala has been visited and willprobably be on the agenda again in late April or earlyMay. Other trips have been to the Morse Museum andLoch Haven Art Center in Orlando and to SouthernFlorida College in Lakeland, which is well known asthe location of the largest group of buildings desiqnedby Frank Lloyd Wright.

The crowning event of the year for the Fine Artsactivity is, of course, the annual All Hawthorne ArtShow, held last month. Here all residents have theopportunity to display their works of art. Entries arenot limited to items produced in Hawthorne classesand may be the work of amateurs or professionals.Any category of fine art may be included. The show isorganized and hung by the Fine Arts committee. Theoccasion is much appreciated in Hawthorne, givingthe rewards of accomplishment to the artists whosework is on display and offering the viewers the oppor-tunity of observing the fine talent and beautiful workof friends and neighbors.

Another chance to see some of our residentialtalent will soon be available year round. The "ticketwindow" to the right of the clubhouse front entrancewill soon be displaying a sample or samples ofresidents' artistic endeavors for passers-by to admire.The Fine Arts committee will select the display items,which will be changed frequently.

Residents are most welcome to participate in anyof the activities in the Fine Arts group. Details can befound in the weekly Bulletin and monthly calendar,and members of the Steering Committee, of whichFrances Lachman has been chairman the past twoyears, are available for information. Hawthorne isfortunate to be able to offer a wide range of activitiesin the art field. Residents who get involved in some ofthem, whether actively or passively, will find it anenriching experience.

Marie L. Richardson

The WeaverThe garment that I weave in lifeShall cover me - for all eternity.The skeins of colors, clear and bright,Are God's gifts of love - His gracious generosity.I cannot see the pattern day by day,But I weave with colors that I chooseAs I do my best to follow where He leads,Keeping untangled all the threads I use.The red and purple yarns show grief and painWith black interspersed as sin.While the blue of the sky, the yellow of the sunAre the healing ties of life within.When God in His infinite mercyComes to judge my poor deslqn,I pray to be ready in peace and joyFor the eternity that will be mine.

Anna K. Merlino(from Psalms that make the Heart Sing)

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THE MIRACLE BUSHIn the beginning the orange tree was beside their

home in the Paradise called Hawthorne. The treestood sturdy and straight and gave great promise.

In due season, the tree stretched forth its greenbrances gave them round, golden fruit. Wise citrusgrower Lee McComb said the fruit was K-EarlyTangelos. And they rejoiced as they ate of the juicyand sweet oranges.

And 10, after several years, it came to pass that achill wind swept over their paradise and froze the lifein the strong branches of that orange tree. The leavesdid fall and no blooms or fruit came forth from the barebranches.

They wept as they trimmed away the dead bran-ches. But, they could not bear to dig out the greatheart trunk of their tree. And they mourned over theirloss.

Lo and behold, as time passed, small tendrilsappeared on the sides of their tree trunk. The rainscame and the sun shone and the tendrils grew andmultiplied into branches and put forth leaves until thattree trunk appeared as a healthy bush. The bushstretched forth its little branches and produced threeoranges. And they rejoiced when they tasted thesweet, juicy fruit thereof, for it was good.

During the following season, they journeyed to afar country for many months to celebrate their goldenanniversary.

When they returned, they beheld their orange bushso laden with gifts of gold fruit that the branchessagged to the ground. They rejoiced and called it theirMiracle Bush. They tied up the branches andsupported them so that the oranges could mature.

And, during the fulness of the season, they sharedtheir golden oranges with their neighbors and friends.--One night; a wild creature drilled a small hole inthe rind of an orange hanging on their bush, and ate allthe fruit and seeds thereof and left the cleaned rindhanging on the tip of the branch. They were glad toshare their bush's gold with the wild creature but werepuzzled that a wild creature could glean the fruit inthat strange manner.

Wise neighbor, George Strohsahl, said thatperhaps the very warm weather had expanded the fruitand it had burst forth from its rind and had fallen onthe ground, to be eaten by a raccoon. But that rind onthe tree was completely cleaned out by something,and was too high on the bush for a raccoon to reach.

It became known that small brown bats had beenfound on several boats in the same country. They sawthe boat of Bill and Terry Adams in the marina, andthey saw them kill two bats, thereof. In the course oftime, they conferred with wise citrus growerLee McComb, who said fruit-eating bats could eatoranges on a tree.

Helpful gardener John Kennedy gave them aballoon owl to scare away the wild creature. However,several other orange rinds were left in the samepeculiar state.

In due time, they picked the last of the goldenK-Early Tangelos from the green branches for theirown use.

And they gave thanks for their MIRACLE BUSH.Rosalind MacRae Sykes

Up With PeopleUp With People chose Hawthorne, of all the LakeCounty retirement centers, to spend a day observing"how we live". This unusual group maintains fiveinternational casts of 130 students and staffthroughout the world.

These highly motivated, resourceful young adults,18 to 25 years of age, work for a better internationalunderstanding and make a contribution to worldpeace. Individual selection is based on a personal in-terview. Maturity, personality, motivation, interest inworld matters, ability to communicate and talent arefeatured: 43% are students outside the United States,18% are from minority groups, all traveling through 70to 80 cities in several countries.

The performing arts give them discipline and team-work. Community service takes them to hospitals,prisons, senior citizens centers, high schools andelementary schools. Students work with staff forcareer preparation. Each year 30,000 Host familiesinvite students to stay with them during their tourvisits.

At Hawthorne, Frances Pecoraro had a girl fromItaly and one from Arizona. Eddie and Dorothy Hoolhosted a girl from Mexico City and one fromMassachusetts. Don and Mary Watt entertained onefrom Canada, one from Syracuse, N.Y., one fromDussendorf, Germany and one from Arizona. John andJane Bramow welcomed a student from Denmark andone from West Virginia. Many others in Hawthornewere hosts to these youngsters.

Forty five students took Hawthorne by storm onMonday, February 27, 1989, participating in BodyRecall, Boating, Line Dancing, Golf, Volleyball,Horseshoes, Shuffleboard and musical activities.Their youthful enthusiasm was wonderful. HRCAinvited them to lunch. Dick Johnson and his wife and acouple of friends made all of the sandwiches for theluncheon in the auditorium and residents came ladenwith yummy desserts. It was a very festive occasion.Dan Gorden and Barbara Goodfellow were instrumen-tal in directing the proceedings of the day. All of thegoodies that were left were given to the students totake with them. There were students from Italy, Japan,Denmark, France, Mexico, Austria, Germany, Hungary,the United States and other countries.

Tuesday evening hosts and guests attended asong and dance performance at the ACA Academy inFruitland Park. The enthusiasm of the young

.performers was most contagious. Soon we were allclapping and tapping in rhythm to a Russian FolkDance, an Italian Tarantella, a Spanish Fandango andother dances interspersed with songs from manylands. It surely was an evening of jovial gaiety thatlifted the spirit.

These young people will long be rememberecaffectionately by Hawthorne where they left thehyouthful, happy imprint on all who met them.

Anna K. Merlino

ZONE WATCH

Open your door and reach in yourclip every Friday for the next week'sschedule of activities and news of allHawthorne plans and events, placedthere by your Zone Captain, amember of our Zone WatchCommittee.

And, that is just one of thefunctions of this Hawthorne supportgroup that infuses us with theknowledgeable and friendly vitalitythat makes Hawthorne a uniqueparadise. It was organized in 1974 todeliver the weekly Bulletin byProgram Director, Dr. Earl Kauffman.Expanded in 1987 to work with ourSecurity by Murph Raupple, thiscurrent group of 100 members keepsus informed and more secure.

The Zone Watch co-chairmen, the publisher and the co-ordinators look oversome of the publications the Zone Captains deliver. L to R front:Walter Smoyer, Nancy Stevens, Pat Tidwell, Joanne Hoyt, and Roger Olds.Back: Casey DeGood, Loyal Wilkens, Jack Malach and Glenn Robinson.

(photo by Nat Bodinger)

Hank Parks started with nine zones. Frank Faganrezoned us as Hawthorne grew. Dalton Backus andCliff Dickerson took over when we expanded to thecurrent 63 zones. Ros Braddock coordinated thebulletin, HRCA Reports, AARP Newsletter and theHawthorne Herald distribution for several years.Recently, when Murph Raupple was elected to theHRCA Board, she asked Loyal Wilkens to take over theChairmanship of the Zone Watch Committee, with theassistance of Co-Chairman Jack Malach.

Loyal and Jack divided the 63 Zone Captains intosix groups, headed by Co-ordinators Nancy Stevens,Joanne Hoyt, Roger Olds, Casey DeGood, Pat Tidwelland Glenn Robinson. And, with great good humor,Walter Smoyer took over the responsibility asPublisher of ever Current Lists!

Your Zone Watch Captains introduce newresidents to their neighbors, Hurricane cautions,safety devices, sources of services available, cautionthem to lock their doors, and line up neighbors forregular delivery of program material. LOCK-UP is theirbattle cry! To their credit, there have been No Break-Ins In Hawthorne Since The 1987 Expansion of ZoneWatch!

Current Co-ordinators and Zone Watch Captainsare as follows:

NANCY STEVENS (Zones 1-10) Bud WollschlaegerIGeorge Stenger, Glenn Robinson/Robbie Robins,Duke Wilken/Ed Laske, Bill Lines/Harry Sulken, CorFeenstra/Walter Smoyer, Darrell Fadely/Jack Malach,Bob Winther/Gwen Tate, Douglas SchwanklEmma Dennis, Margaret Ludwig/Robert Ludwig, andMarshall Brown.

JOANNE HOYT (Zones 11-20) Cliff Dickerson,Cathy Collier, Loyal Wilkens, Gloria Tonkel,Howard Graham/Trudy Adams, Alberta Ball, EdRaynsford, Jack Williams/John Sedder, HelenGoodwin/Joanne Hoyt, and Jack Csinicsek/BudSickler.

ROGER OLDS (Zones 31-30) "Coach" Van Meter/Harry Dietsche, James Jost, Lloyd Wickersham, LenDvorak, Rachel Lesser/Helen Guth, Marie Crossley,Earl Maharay, Ted Karpinski, Bob Spratt/Russ Mowry/Walter Derr, and Ed Jessen.

CASEY DEGOOD (Zones 31-40) Ruth Campbell,Viola Deyo, Wendell Vernquist, Bill Lansing, HenryDrane, Stan LockelVic Goodman, Ed Bressler, PaulineTalley, Joe Scofield, and Art Rostron.

PAT TIDWELL (Zones 41-50) Donald Roose/DonaldClark, Marguerite Deneau/Jean Amerlan/ShirleyGerson, Virginia Compton/Marion Bonner/lrvin Creed,Gil Ashley/Paul Wilson, Donald Watt/Ernest Schanze,James Cole/Walter Johnson, William Watson, RolandCoarts/Gene Steumke, Tony Kukuc/Wade Drake, andJane Bramow/Jane Dornbrook.

GLENN ROBINSON (Zones 51-63) Jim Jensen,Betty Connor/Betty Boubin, Murph Raupple, ErvHelland, Jim Moore, Millie Vesely, Bill Lynch, HoneyLambright/Evelyn May, Elmer Bartow, Jack Van Vliet,AI Bakeman/Arlene Bakeman, Joe Hall, and RobertBlossom.

A great big thanks to all members of the ZoneWatch structure who keep Hawthorne informed, alertand safer.

Rosalind MacRae Sykes

Hold Hands & Stick TogetherMost of what I really need to know about how to

live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned inkindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of thegraduate school mountain, but there in the sandbox.

These are the things I learned: Share everything.Play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where youfound them. Clean up your own mess. Don't takethings that aren't yours. Say you're sorry when youhurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Livea balanced life. Learn some and think some, and draw,sing, dance, play and work everyday some. Take a napin the afternoon. When you go out into the world,watch for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.

Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed inthe plastic cup. The roots go down, and the plant goesup, and nobody really knows why, but we are all likethat.

Goldfish, hamsters and white mice and even thelittle seed in the plastic cup - they all die. So do we.

And then remember the book about Dick and Janeand the first word you learned. The biggest word of all:Look. Everything you need to know is in theresomewhere. The golden rule and love and basicsanitation. Ecology and politics and sane living.

Think of what a better world it would be if we allhad cookies and milk about three o'clock every after-noon, and then lay down with our blankets for a nap.Or if we had basic policy in our nation and othernations always to put things back where we foundthem and cleaned up our own messes. And it is stilltrue, no matter how old you are, when you go out intothe world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.

Submitted by Gert Jensen

Florida Citrus FruitsThe orange, grapefruit and tangerines are the most

important of all tropical and semi-tropical fruit in theworld.

Here at Hawthorne, the Valencia orange treesformerly covered half of the grounds. On JacarandaDrive alone, there are about 10 varieties of citrus, allhybrids of small size.

The various new hybrids of tangerines appear to bequite resistant to freezing throughout Lake County.

Columbus, on his second trip to America, intro-duced the seeds from their citrus fruit to the newsettlement at St. Augustine, Florida.

There is a growing trend in landscaping homegrounds here in Hawthorne and elsewhere withvarious of hybrid citrus trees, for their year roundgreen foliage, fragrant and beautiful flowers, and theease of shaping and control of growth for screeningand shade.

List of popular citrus:Oranges: Navel - early, sweet, almost seedless andhardy. Hamlin - early, sweet, small, juice and hardy.Valencia - later, good flavor, medium juice and hardy.Temple - mid-season, rich, larger, seedy, susceptibleto frost. Hybrid tangerines: Satsuma - early, rich,stores poorly, very tasty and hardy. Dancy - early,sweet, small, juicy and hardy. Minneola - mid-season,sweet, juicy, some seeds and hardy. Honey Tan - mid-season, rich flavor, thin rind, seedy. Grapefruits - RubyRed - early, sweet, juicy, seedy, semi-hardy. Duncan-early, extra sweet juice, seedy and semi-hardy. Marsh-early, good (white and pink), juicy, seedy and semi-hardy.

Dewhirst W. Wade

The Good NeighborConcept

Hawthorne's good neighbors began early in 1974when 17 volunteers offered to share their talents inleading these first activities. Today's programcalendar lists 149 activities. The officers and steeringcommittees are real good neighbors. The volunteerswho go into the Leesburg community to help in thehospitals, nursing homes, schools and the libraryspread the good neighbor concept of Hawthorneresidents. Our good neighbor club provides transpor-tation for residents unable to drive. The zone captainswatch for residents needing help. All of us are awareof our neighbors' habits and check when a change isnoticed. Yes, Hawthorne is a community of goodneighbors.

One activity is a good neighbor to all Hawthorneresidents in need as well as the Leesburg community.AARP Chapter 1775 extends it's service to allresidents, members and nonmembers. The Chapterstarted in 1974 with 142 charter members. Today, ithas grown to 1100. They search for areas of need

where they can serve. Health Awareness is the primegoal this year. We train residents in learning CPRmethods ofgiving the breath of life. Later this year wewill train volunteers to assist the terminally ill usingthe Hospice program. A caregiver's course will trainvolunteers to assist the spouse of 24 hour care for thehouse-bound. The blood pressure testing will addcholesterol level testing. We will offer glaucoma andcataract testing. Our meals on wheels volunteersdeliver a hot meal every day to those who cannotprepare food. We maintain a blood reserve forresidents needing units. Hearing tests are conductedeach month. The vial of life will be promoted and theloan closet is available to borrow many aids for thephysically impaired. 55/Alive safe driving classes arepopular. The legislative committee keeps us aware ofstate and federal actions affecting the elderly. Ourannual nursing home Christmas dinner treats 50patients of two homes to meet Santa Claus. We willsponsor holiday dinners for residents findingthemselves alone at this joyous time. Many charitableorganizations receive donations of our excess fundseach year.

Newcomers are encouraged to join our chapter,get involved with our volunteers, keep the chapterstrong with good leadership and be a good neighbor.

Dick Parks

V od- ViI XIII

If Hawthorne's 13th annual Vod-Vil show provedone thing, it was that the community is filled withpeople with an abundance of talent.

From the minute Card-Girl Jo Sickler walkedacross the stage announcing the next act, to the finaleof the cast singing "This is the end of our show",everyone felt that they had been genuinelyentertained.

After Ogden Ludlow announced the tap-dancingline of six of Hawthorne's younger gals, big TomButler came on-stage and belted out several songswhile playing his guitar. Then Russ Mowry appearedfrom nowhere as a bothersome "Sonny Boy".

Fritz Freiwirth and Cor Feenstra were startled fromtheir card game when Cor's "wife" (Evelyn Mare) cameout sleepwalking. She picked up Fritz's gold watchand walked off. A minute later she came back andtried to take Fritz's wallet off with her, assuring Corshe would "have it back tomorrow". The act endedwhen she came back and tried to take Fritz with her forthe night, saying she would have him "backtomorrow" ...

It was a "Great Night For Singing" for ElizabethJensen and Harley Anderson, then the action toneddown a bit when John Marino sang "The Girl That IMarry". Suddenly Bob Winther came out and squashedthe sweet illusion with his own rendition of the song.Ruth Syster came on stage dressed like a bag ladyfrom a local flea market, the girl that Bob married.

Lovely Mary Watt looked like a regal queendressed in light peach chiffon, as she sang the oldfavorites "Summertime" and "Until There Was You".

The audience howled with laughter when RussMowry - as Captain John Smith, was scalped in a lightre-production of "The True Story of Captain JohnSmith". When Bud Sickler as Pocohontas rushedonstage to embrace her father, one of the balloonsmaking her breasts popped, adding to the hilarity.Walter Smoyer narrated the scene.

Before the show and during intermission our very

talented duo Charlotte Fowler and Betty Klingermanplayed familiar numbers on the piano and organ.

After the Fun With Music group had played for theopening of the second half, Bill Lanslnq sang anumber that he had composed.

Olive Wiggins looked like she came right from thevery heart of old Ireland as she sang her medley ofIrish songs. Her green chiffon dress was enhancedwith sparkling crystal beads and her voice certainlyhad a lilt of Irish laughter.

When Mary Miller tried to sing her "Mocking Bird"number she slid from one bad note to another, neverquite reaching the original tune. The result was sour,off-key and devastating. However, she discarded hercrazy hat and started to sing. The audience heaved asigh of relief and applauded her lovely voice. LouisePaquette was the frustrated pianist who tried to helpMary.

Eight residents supplied the "Buy Low-Sell High"to the rhythm of organ drum-beats. Then a line of ourprettiest gals presented "Cha Cha Anyone".

One kook who wished to remain anonymous,played her keyboard with one hand and with the other,picked up and drank a glass of milk, dropped music allover the floor, had trouble adjusting her piano stool,peeled and ate a banana, then couldn't get a tissue offthat was stuck to her hand. When the keyboardwouldn't stop playing the Clarinet Polka, our kook leftthe stage with the audience wondering "what that wasall about".

Although there were about 65 people in the showitself, there were again that many volunteers. It wouldbe impossible to mention all of these hard-workingpeople, but the show COUldn't go on without their help.

However, special credit goes to Director ClaraHammond and her assistant Jo Ferguson. TrudyAdams had charge of the Afterglow party following thesecond night performance and her husband Fred keptthings moving backstage.

Just a quick note of statistics. There were 729people at the two-nights performances. The totalproceeds of $1,093 went into the Hawthorne GeneralFund.

The show ended with the entire cast onstageSinging "This Is the End of Our Show", and BillLansing's song summed it all up with "Hawthorne,Hawthorne, best park in the whole countreeeeeeeee".

Reba Heintzelman

The bathing beauties were a big hit in the variety show. From left to right: Doris Noland, Ruth Donner, Lillian Braun, RosalindSykes, Betty Klingerman, Ruth Lague, Anita Scullin and Yvonne Knifley. (Nat Bodinger photo)