thristmas BreamIn a few short weeks we will celebrate the

greatest of all birthdays. Church bells will againsummon the faithful. The story of Joseph andMary and the babe in the manger will be told a-gain. Hymns of praise will be sung. Christmasis the most joyous, most mean ingful hoi iday ofthe year.

In years past as we approached the Christ-mas Season, the tempo of life accelerated. Wehurried to find last minute gifts. We ran fromone party to the next and sandwiched in visits torelatives and friends. And when it was all over,we said, IIgosh, I'm glad Christmas only comesonce a yeor ",

At Hawthorne we have found a new wayof life. A strange, wonderful new lifestyle. Aswe approach th is Christmas Season our tempo wi IIspeed up too. But at a more leisurely pace. Therewill be time to dream a bit. I can see some gablesout! ined in twinkl ing colored Iights. Holly wreathshung in windows, and gaily decorated Christmastrees. I can hear the traditional Christmas musicfloating from homes as I take my even ing bike ride.I will stop and Iisten to the stroll ing carolers wend-ing their way down Palo Verde Drive.

As Christmas Eve approaches, I know thatSaint Nicholas will stop at Hawthorne. His sleddoes not need snow - remember, he and h is reindeerfly over the roof tops. Oh, this year I shall surelyawaken when the prancing hooves of Donner andBIitzen al ight on the roof of my mobile home. Butwait, I don't have a chimney for Saint Nick to -I've got it,' I'll just give a whistle and invite himto come in through the door. He won't mind if Iwatch him 'cause I'm grown up. He knows that he

exists only in the minds of children (and in theyoung at heart).

I can see a group of young at hearts trim-ming the tree and decorating Club Hawthorne withholly, mistletoe and evergreen boughs. Strings oftwinkl ing Iights and the sound of jingle bells beckonus to come and share in the fun. I can smell thearoma of roasting turkey and dressing. The spicy,delicious smell of mince pie wafting from the kitchen.

I can see all our friends and neighbors whoare spending the hoi iday alone sitting down to en-joy the Christmas dinner together. How happytheir voices sound singing their favorite carols.Look - who is that coming in from the patio? Why,it's the jolly old gent himself and he has a bag ofgifts to distribute. Ho, ho, ho - - -

Later I can see the rest of the stay-at-homesdrift in with their company to join in the galaChristmas festivities. Silent Night, Holy Night.What a wonderful Christmas this can be. What awonderful dream. Will it be only a dream 7 Wehave come a long way dur.ing the past year. Wehave organized activity groups which are capableof hosting a really great Christmas Party. Therewill be many of us who have no plans togo homefor the holidays. Nor are we expecting visitors orrelatives. Let's make this dream come true. Wecan make this dream a real ity.

Your Penn Notes staff takes this opportunityto wish you all the merriest Christmas and the hap-piest of New Years!

Editor

Dr. K's Korner

Program plann ing for the next six monthsis well underway as practically all of our 30 diff-erent activity groups are now organ ized with new-ly elected officers.

A great deal of time has also been spent onthe Zoning of Hawthorne, the selection of ZoneCaptains and the immediate tasks upon whichthese leaders are working.

Several months ago a committee placedeach resident's name on a huge map so we couldtell at a glance where each fam ily Iives. Anothercommittee drew lines on the map dividing the com-munity into zones of approximately 25 homes each,identifying individuals in each zone who mightserve as Zone Leoders,

Your Program Director contacted these peo-ple and we now have our Zone Leaders who havemet and establ ished guidel ines. Already I mostresidents have been contacted one or more timesby h is or her Zone Capta in.

These are the duties of the Captain:1. Become acquainted with each person In

the zone.2. Identify people who will need specialattention in cases of emergency such asfires, evacuation, illnesses.3. Learn the interests of the people withspecial reference to programs they wouldlike to have and leadership roles they·might perform.4, Serve as Iiaison representative with theProgram Offi ce ,5. Help recruit people for programs suchas the Christmas party and other commun-ity-wide celebrations.

The Zone Captains and the Program AdvisoryGroup, along with many volunteers met recently toplan the holiday events which you'll read about on

, another page.Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!

PENN NOTES EDITORIAL STAFFEditor - Dick ParksAss't Editor - Rae PaxtonMy~ahar:9Y ""~~dy~~rea-;~ >- FIQLenceA~bpjTl - Ge~me M~m id - M~ar:gaIetAL9r-o - ~Mi.s"iaszek - Mar·i.QDJ~alph -Marx Smith .:J:lJlI!:>'.~~~EEa.ith - Vi 1Jl2.n iaCometta - ~o~ley- Che~ Horstman"

by George McDermid

As this is written in mid-November we are"hard put" to envision what Thanksgiving '74will be Iike at Hawthorne. Perhaps in 175 we ']]all have a big bang-up affair at the Clubhousewith ---? providing the festive air and festivefare. Certainly the talent and facil ities are here.

Pioneers who celebrated Thanksgiving 173 atHawthorne were few in number. Most seemed toset off in twosomes and foursomes for the tradi-tional feast at nearby eateries such as RamadaInn, Pirates Cove or the Hoi iday Inn. Some fewentertained at home, but most were too newlyarrived to have facil ities ready.

One thing is a virtual certainty in '74. Thewords of that early American Bard, "Over theRiver and Through the Woods to Grandmother'sHouse We Go" won't apply. No horse will findhis way through "white and drifted snow" toGrandmother's house in Hawthorne.

But isn It Thanksgiving Day, a purely Ameri-can tradition, a truly marvelous tradition? Ourearly New England pioneers paused for a day intheir,hard uphill fight to merely sustain life andrei igious freedom just to give thanks to their Godfor His mercies and blessings. This custom haspersisted through nearly three centuries and hasbeen officially designated a legal holiday byGovernment entities.

Penn Notes sincerely hopes that you had agood Thanksgiving Day and that you rememberedat least a small prayer of thanks for this lovely.world of Hawthorne.

HAWTHORNE Bus ScheduleTuesday and Friday coll 728-3009 and the buswill pick you up at your door.

Leave Hawthorne at 9:30 a.m. to Palm PlazaLeave Palm Plaza at 11 :30 a.m. to HawthorneLeave Hawthorne at 1:30 p.m. to downtown

shopping area at Leesburg.Leave Leesburg at 3 :30 p. m. for Hawthorne.

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Wednesday - Reserved seat to AltamonteSprings Mall at Orlando. Call 728-3009 forreservation. Fare is $2.50. Bus leaves fromthe clubhouse at 9:30 a.m. Bus leaves Alta-monte Springs Mall at 2:30 p, m , for Haw-thorne.

WE HAVE A CHARTER by Rae Paxton

The 11man with a vision" returned to Haw-thorne Nov. 8 and the group of American Asso-ciation of Retired Persons officially becamechartered as AARP Chapter 1775.

Foster J. Pratt, national AARP immediatepast president, flew here from Cal iforn ia to pre-sent the official charter to President Claude Ha-zen in the presence of dign itaries from the na-tional and state AARP, Colonial Penn Communi-ties, neighboring AARP chapters, and Hawthorneresidents.

Pratt brought greetings from National Presi-dent Douglas Woodruff. He spoke of his visionwhen all he saw here was a sign advertising themany acres for sale; a later vision of what couldbe developed; another vision when Colonial PennInsurance Co. was approached to establ ish thesubsidiary company I Colon ial Penn Commun itiesInc. and build the community; another visionwhen the clubhouse was only foundation; anothervision at the ribbon-cutting and still anothervision when the in itial AARP group was startedlast June.

"Now I have that complete vision. I hopeyou will have the vision to carryon in the AARPprograms", which, he stated "are for the benefitof all senior citizens. II Officers were nominatedand will be elected at the annual meeting Dec.6th. They will be installed at a special meetingDec. 18 when National Executive Director Ber-nard Nash visits Hawthorne.

Madolyn Horstman supervised the receptionwhich followed. Co-chairmen were Ruth Halter-man, Marion Piehl , Edna Zitzewitz, FlorenceAbraham and Gwen Black. Mr. and Mrs. HarryGalbraith directed the welcoming committee andAI CI ine registered new members.

ITIS OFFICIALClaude Hazen, president of Hawthorne Chapter1775, A. A. R. P., receives the chapter's charterfrom Foster J. Pratt, immediate past nationalpresident.

"RAP IT WISELY"These words of wisdom were spoken by Mrs. EdithHeller, president of the Lake County AARP Chap-ter as she presented the gavel to the HawthorneAARP president Claude Hazen. Participating inthe charter presentation ceremony were (left toright) Lawrence Howbert, Florida regional AARPDirector; Mrs. Heller; Arnold Ross, President ofColonial Penn Commun ir ies; Foster Pratt I immed-iate past national AARP President; Amos Henley,Vice President of Operations for Colon ial PennCommun ities; Hazen; and Dr. Earl Kauffman I Haw-thorne Program Director.

Christmas CardsHawthorne Style

Estelle Halloran and her Art Group are mak-ing a large Commun ity Christmas Card to be dis-played in the Clubhouse. There will be amplespace for signatures of all the residents - Onecard to all your friends and neighbors. There willbe a box to depos it donat ion s if you care to do so.A worthwhile Charity will be the recipient.

Your editor has also heard that there will bea hoi iday mural in the huge front window of theClubhouse to be done by this busy group. ThanksEstelle.

We also hear rumbl ings from other activitygroups of plans for a beautiful holiday celebra-tion. EIizabeth Spicher and her Choral groupopen ing the season on the 12th. Sure hope theyhave street carol ing in their plans.

Hear that Buster Cohetta and Charley Hadikwill again do the decorations. They did such abang-up job for the barn dance, we can't wait tosee what they have in mind for Christmas.

Dr. Kauffman is working with the Zone Cap-tains and the Advisory Board groups to formulateplans for a joyous week of celebrations. Theycan use your help. Please ask Dr. Kauffman howyou may help.

Editor

WHAT'S HAPPENING

SHOW TIME by Mary Smith

"The world is so full of a number of things,I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. "One of the many great events here at Hawthornewas our first genuine play I LUV on November24th. I hope you all took careful note of themany details, for a dream exists that we will beseeing our own plays produced here at Hawthorneone of these days. Here, among our big and won-derful family, I am sure we can find many fineactors and actresses. Imagine, if you will, open-ing night - audience dressed to the nines -friends and neighbors on the stage - costumes andstage settings by our Arts and Crafts departmen ts -music by our own Music department - and, whoknows, maybe even the play itself written by oneof the talented residents of Hawthorne - doesn'tit blow your mind? Requests for our fine produc-tions from Leesburg to Timbucktoo? Watch outworld, here comes Hawthorne. BUTI even if weonly use our own stage, for our own friends, we'llall have a lot of fun - and that is what Hawthorneis all about.

The Halloween Hoedown is long past, but thesmiles linger. The festive setting had such authen-tic touches as real Iive an imals, as well as tradi-tiona I decorations. Who else but those out-goingcommittee members, Jack and Betty Hanson wouldth ink of that. Wasn't Dick a gen ial M. C? Whocan forget the antics of Gwendolyn and "her"gray-bearded escort! How about the ch ic feedbagjumpers (and pink tights, yet), the precision marchof the clever cards, all the hoboes. The partici-pants in games and dances had a roll icking time,but onlookers loved it I too.

The party had its beginning at the ProgramAdvisory meeting, plans being carried out by peo-ple who had fun working together. A ChristmasParty is being engineered by the same group and aNew Year's Eve celebration, as well. Are thereothers with equally wonderful abil ity who willvolunteer their ideas and experience to plan futureparties? One every four to six weeks isn It toogreat a goal, is it?

H I SPORT by Ed Misiaszek

I wonder if we here at Hawthorne real ize howfortunate we are to be located such a short distancefrom so many major sports events and other great at-tractions that are within a days trip from our homes.Various golf tournaments such as the Disney WorldOpen, that was enjoyed by many Hawthorne golfbuffs, the Florida Citrus Open, the Lady ErrolLadies Open are all within 50 miles from here. Thenthere are dog races, harness and thoroughbred horseraces, Jai-Alai at Orlando. The world renownedDaytona Speedway at Daytona. Deep sea fish ingtrips on charter or party boats out of Daytona andSmyrna Beach on the East coast or out of CrystalRiver on the West coast for Gul f fish ing. Thenthere are the Miami Dolphins, the Florida Blazers,Florida State and the University of Florida footballteams plus the Orange Bowl and Tangerine Bowlgames. Many major league baseball teams havetheir spring training camps at nearby areas.

Le+s take advantage of these great attractionsand en joy them. How about making up some ofthose great bus excursions, Vi and Elsie? Sportsanyone?

MUS IC ANYONE by Trudy Cleves

One morn ing recently, on Hawthorne IS TodayShow, Dr. Kauffman said, "What a time Christmasis for music!" And indeed it is. He must havebeen listen ing to the joyful sounds emanating fromthe Lemon Room as the Hawthorne Chorus rehears-ed for its Christmas Concert, to be presented onDecember 12. What could better set the tone fora Happy Christmas Season at Hawthorne!

To Elizabeth Spicher goes the credit for theinception and development of the HawthorneChorus. She conceived the idea, and with her co-workers ferreted out the talent. She then procuredthe music, and serves as accompan ist and director.Combined hard work has resulted in a well-balanc-ed and harmonious chorus of 25 to 30 vocalists.

Management of the Chorus is now in the handsof Ruth Macintyre, Chairman; Elizabeth Spicher,Co-chairman; Kathryn Guy, Recorder; and theSteering Comm ittee consisting of EIizabeth Spicher,Chuck Ullery, Esta Johnson, Anne Hall, and EdJessen.

Off to the Bahamas soon wi II be the Fred Clarks(left) who won a cruise to the islands, offeredby the Hawthorne Sales Department. The namesof Mr. and Mrs. Earl Guth (right) were also pick-ed from the box, and they won a color televisionset.

Plann ing for Christmas at Hawthorne is wellunderway. Be sure to mark your ca Iendar for thesespecial hoi iday events:

1. Christmas songs by our very own Haw-thorne Chorus under the leadersh ip ofElizabeth Spicher at 7:30 p.rn, onDecember 12.

2. Christmas fun, under the chairmanshipof Helen Edger, at 7 p.m. on Decem-ber 23.

3. The true meaning of Christmas, a vesperservice led by Harry Spicher at 7:30 p.m.on Christmas Eve.

4. An old fashioned family pot luck dinnerat 5 p, moon Christmas day. Lena Stottwill be the leader with Chari ie Masonand h is crew in charge of the coffee andthe kitchen.

To ring out our first full year at Hawthorneand to salute 1975, the dance committee under theleadership of LD. Roberts and Robert Gugel isplanning a community wide party for New Year'sEve. It will include many innovations to providefun for everyone.

In Touch with ManagementA five percent (5%) discount will be ex-

tended to Hawthorne residents who might pre-fer to pay lease payments in advance for thecalendar year 1975. Th is discount will applyto all full year's lease payments received onor before January 101 1975. Savings that canbe real ized in the accounting procedures ofColonial Penn Communities, Inc. make thisoffer possible. It is not a solicitation to thosewho prefer to remit on a monthly basis.

Amos W. Henley, Vice PresidentCOLONIAL PENN COMMUNITIES

.Lights .... Action .... QuietThis issue has a lot of dreams that only take

a Iittle in itiative to make them a real ity. GeorgeLawrence and Jack Beall are doing just that.George presented the Little Theater play 11 LUV"and we hope you enjoyed this program. We thinkthat George should be encouraged to offer a seriesof plays for our en joyment.

Jack Beall has put together a concert series.The first to be presented December 2 by the LakeSumter Community College Chorus. The second inthe series of fine concerts will be presented Dec.20 and will feorure the Lake County Ladies Chorus.These are two excellent choral groups and we aresure you will enjoy them. January, February andMarch will feature orchestral and band concerts.The cost for this series of fine concerts is $3 andthe subscriptions will be sold at the Clubhouseonly.

We commend George and Jack for their un-sel fish efforts to provide entertainment for all ofus. There is an awful lot of time and work in-volved in schedul ing these two new activities.Don It Iet them down. Let's show them our ap-preciation in attendance figures, take the time totell them how you Iiked their offerings, then askthem how you can help in putting on future pro-ductions. EDITOR

New' Gang At WorkThis issue of Penn Notes has been produced

by the reorgan ized staff of resident reporters. ChetHorstman is taking a well earned rest after editingthe last six issues.

Penn Notes came on the scene last March andis distributed the first week of each month. Our

goal is to reflect the Iifestyle we are creating atHawthorne. Each succeeding issue will be a groupeffort and will reflect the ideas of the entire staff.

We welcome your comments and suggestions.We salute Colonial Penn Communities and AARPfor their foresight to include a monthly publ icationin their plans for the ideal retirement commun ity .

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(TIi'/;UU/lb ?The Hawthorne Gadabout 'IEDITED B4MYRTIS MAHARAY

Ride along Palo Verde Drive and at #225 youwill see the names "The Bob Whites" on the mail-box. Bob and Margaret are from N. J. and N. H.They keep looking for their feathered counter-ports but haven It managed to catch a gl impse ofthe many that scurry across roads here.

{i}Numerically, Jacaranda Drive was occupied

backwards, as the first residents moved into the200 section in November I 1973. Finally, thevery first house of the street, #100, has recentlyseen residents. They are Ralph and MildredSlater, formerly of Quincy I III.

{i}The Texans, in this case ex-Texans, do things

in a big way. Have you seen the large tree, ring-ed by a pretty planting of shrubs, on the propertyof Dick and Gladys Branham at 142 Palo VerdeDrive? These people are taking great pride infurnishing the very first house they have everowned.

At Morrison Methodist Church during a ritualwhere you greet the people behind you, severalHawthorners welcomed J.R. and Aline Van Metereven before they moved into their residence hereat 102 Carmellia Trail. J.R. prefers to be called"Coach" as he has been a teacher for 50 yearsand coached for 35 of those years in West Virginia.

~The Van Meters persuaded friends from the

same town, Beckley, W. Va., to come to Haw-thorne, also, to 139 Azalea Trail. They are twobrothers, Clayton and Doug Schwank, and theirsister Elizabeth.

~LaRue Davis has created an interesting sou-

venir of her and Curtis many trips to the RogueRiver, Oregon. She has threaded small pieces ofdriftwood on a horsehide thong to a depth of abouttwo feet. Several artificial birds perch on thisconversation piece hanging in the carport of 157Jacaranda Drive. Here's hoping we have a HobbyShow soon so that LaRue can exhibit the cleverplacques she has made that feature stones from theOregon coast.

That intriguing bit of ironwork on the houseof AI and Marge Hedlund, 119 Redbud Way, has

a history. In Highland Park, III. where the Hed-lunds lived was the well-known Ravinia OperaHouse. It was encircled by a striking ironworkfence. Thirty-five years ago it was destroyed byfire. An intact bit of the fence was recovered bythe Hedlund daughter/and has been a treasuredaddition to every home they have owned.

{i}Even though Dorothy Gillon IS address is Iist-

ed as 128 Jacaranda, the house faces on WillowLane. It has the distinction of being the one andonly house on the street, so far. Dorothy comesfrom Birmingham, Mich igan and is another of ourmusical enthusiasts, the piano being her field.

~The name Johnson seems to be one of the most

popular ones here. One of the first Johnson cou-ples to arrive, Wheeler and Esta, celebrated theirGolden Wedding Anniversary in June at their sum-mer home in Michigan. The fifth and last ones tomove in, to date, are Urban and Marie of 351Hawthorne Blvd, formerly of Boca Raton, Florida.

{i}Newcomers Marion and Vivian Schall of 130

Tamarisk Way are both ex-teachers. They maypossibly lay claim to being the most recent newly-weds at Hawthorne, having yet to celebrate theirsecond wedding anniversary.

~Hawthorne could probably have its own R. V.

Travel Club. Jim and Anita Barr of 115 RedbudWay would surely join as they have been all overthe U. S. including Alaska three times in theircamper. Moreover, in several different trips theyhave spent time in ten foreign countries. Jimsays they aren It done yet, as they hope to visitthe Scandinavian countries sometime.

~On a practical note, did you know that you

may contact the Program Office for prices andservices rendered by local insect and pest controlgroups to hand Ie those pesky creatures that seemto be a part of Florida life? The plans cover in-terior and exterior treatments of homes as well asof lawns.

Mark your 1975 Calendar for January 13, 14and 15 when Hawthorne will host the 26th semi-annual National Doubles Championship Shuffle-board Tournament.