URecommended by N.R.T.A. and A.A.R.P."

Just Had A Horrible (7) ThoughtOr maybe itls not so bad at that. It's 3

o'clock in the morning and as often happens ingetting out Penn Notes, I'm impelled out of bedto jot th is th ing down.

Wouldnlt it be something to warm thecockles of Hcwthome 's heart if, at a synchroniz-ed time, and after considerable practice, ofcourse, everybody here who has an organ wereto open wide every window and door in his home,and all playa pre-selected syncopated ditty si-multaneously with all stops open, and with fulltremulant and percussion.

Maybe even the Choral group could getin on the act -- and fill in the gaps between theorgan locations ... the pianos, too.

Crazy, man? Uh-Huh.It would last on Iy a few minutes, but

wouldn It it be fun? o. 0 and unusua I ?

Channel Four Tells You MoreDay by day I in every way Hcwthornes

own Channel 4 TV station gets better and better... Heard it again today, and yesterday, too.That professiona I touch begins to show through.II Hawthorne Today" is on the way, and th isshould be gratifying news to Frank Fagan and hisbevy of broadcasters. Frank's the first director •.and his patience and perserverance (to say noth-ing of his mike-style) have well been worth allthe work and time of pioneering the project.Dick Parks is current anchor man . More and moreHawthorners daily join the listening ranks, - withthanks for the service. Soon we 'H have IIHaw-thorne Today" in pictures, too.the tune could be an adaptation of "Deor Heartsand Gentle People" (they never, ever let youdown).

Me, 11mnot yet a mu-sician, but I've got my organand 11mon my way. Why notstart right now and get thesheet music for "Deor Hearts"••• and work on it?

This will come as a ~surprise to Don Brown and hismusic makers 0 •• and it may 1)grind itself right into the ground.~ :.J

le.J~fie'In our opinion, by taking "DearHearts and Gentle People" andlocal izing the lyrics a Iittle, wecould come up with a Community song •• 0 OurSong. It ought to fit because our people are whatthat song is a II about. Th ink about it.

PerkioJ

LUCKY 3,OOOTH

Hawthorne resident Ernst H. Hovemeyer was pre-sented the 3,OOOth certificate for completing theNRTA-AARP Defensive Driving Course which wasrecently sponsored at our commun ity by the localAARP Chapter. Hovemeyer accepts the monumen-tal certificate from trainer-instructor Theodore Gi-zicky.

Dr. K's Korner

With October here ••• we will witnessthe unfolding of Howthorne/s unique I ife style.There will be many opportun ities to become in-volved in a wide variety of activities. Or if youprefer ••• not become active in anything, youknow that your wishes are respected.

We are already feeling a quickening tem-po in the life of our community as many of ourfriends return home from roaming around thecountry. It is a .delight to hear them declarethat "it is so good to be home at Hawthorne II • Al-most every day an automobile - sometimes with atra i Ier attached - passes by our door.

Then there are the many new faces whichappear in close timing with the arrival of motor-ized box cars of furniture. The population of ourcommunity is going to almost double betweennow and the end of the year.

There is a quickening tempo to the pro-grams, too. Many regular activities are exper-iencing an increased attendance and the zippi-ness of eager, energetic participants. Newactivities are ready to be launched or are wellalong in the planning stage. These will be dis-cussed in detail in the Program Bulletin andscheduled on the monthly Program Calendar.

The most significant activity of Octoberwill be the Community-Wide Program PlanningConference. It will be held in the Clubhouseon October 25, beginning at 2 p.rn, (The orig-inal date announced in the September Bulletinhas been changed to October 25). It is at th istime that most of the programs for next year willbe outl ined, many specific plans will be formu-lated, and leaders for each major activity will bechosen •• chairman, co-chairman and recorder.These leaders will comprise the Program AdvisoryGroup wh ich meets with the Program Director onMonday mornings to evaluate the past week IS

activities, plan for the week coming up, andwrite much of the bulletin. Put October 25, at2 p, m. on your calendar.

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Horstman, for the purpose of reflecting the colorof Hawthorne Life, and. to balance out informationwith a Hawthorne oriented chuckle or two.

Dental Chairs Can Be Funan experience of Harry Galbraith

While living in a small underdevelopedcountry I lost a filling in one of my teeth. UponEdnals advice I went to a Dr. Mendoze who turn-ed out to be a rea I cha ra cter I a Iways hav ing tworubber ba 115 in h is hands - even in church. Hisoffice was separated from the waiting room by alarge plate glass window, permitting his waitingpatients to observe him at work. If I sat uprightin the steel dental chair the head rest hit me inthe shoulders, and if I slid down far enough formy head to fit in the rest I I would sl ide out on tothe floor. The good Doctor proceeded to washhis hands with a can of Ajax cleaner - then hewashed the sink and dusted all of his equipment.

He then suggested that he look at my up-per partial - while fumbl ing with it he reachedinto his own mouth and pulled out his own partialexplaining that mine must be quite old as they nolonger made them from the same material. Duringthis time he replaced his partial and mine severaltimes - I was somewhat worried for fear he wouldget them mixed up. All of th is took about 35minutes. Finally I mentioned my lost filling.With this he was off and running, informing methat my plate certainly did nothing for my person-al ity.

~, Again I mentioned my missing filling. Hesaid to come in Sunday morning at 10.This I did. As I was escorted into theoperating room, the eight men waitingin the anteroom appeared at the win-dow to watch the operation. The sani-

tation was not up to standard as the city waterwas shut off for the day and he had run out of A-jax. My warped personality was again reviewedand from his archives I was shown many jaws thathad been used to develop more personable plates.

During the process, the fill ing fell onthe floor. I can imagine what the customers inthe anteroom must have thought when they sawtwo grown men crawl ing around on their handsand knees. Unfortunately he found the fill ingand had it in my mouth before I had a chance toexamine it so I was not sure it was the fill ing orsome form of plant life. As nothing grew out ofthe cavity I have accepted that it was the filling.

A few days later we received over onehundred oysters in a plastic bag addressed to IIMr.and Mrs. Edna Galbraith. II He must have appre-ciated our business.

U. S. Air Force Band-Here ..Great!The rafters rang. All feet beat to the

rousing music of the U. S. Air Force Band righthere in Club Hawthorne. On the evening of Sep-tember 19th Hawthorners were treated to what th isreporter can say I with clear conscience, was amost wonderful night of music by 45 full fledgedartists replete with an impressive array of sophis-ticated electronic occentersj a soloist who knew

HUH?

Can this trio of puppy promenaders be the nu-cleus of the Hawthorne Kennel Club? JackDonohue, Lew Padden and Ada Pidgeon walk-ing their beloved invisible dogs.

Do You Remember?When these radio programs were a "must II inevery home?

1. Fred "Allen's Alley" (& the Jack Bennyfeud)

2. George Burns and Gracie Allen (&Gracies' zanies)

3. Chari ie McCarthy & Mortimer Snerd ?4. Amos & Andy (Kingfish & "Buzz me Miss

Blue")5. Mollie Goldberg or Ma Perkins (Daytime)6. Inner Sanctum (the creaking door)7. Longine Symphony {for relaxation}8. Major Bowes Amateur Hour (Round In

round)9. The Big Band Sounds of Kay Kaiser, Shep

Fields, Wayne King or Fred Waring10. Last but not least I Arthur Godfrey and

his Talent Scouts.

what he was singing - and he weaved with it; andaccompl ished conductors whose batons kept every-thing in absolute control. In the ,~auditorium were about 300 happy ~ Jr I JHawthorners and friends who de- dlightedly swayed and toe-tappedthe whole show through, to bend-beets, classicsand boogie-woogies.

Climax was a reading against a sym-phonic background, of "The Americans", writtenby a Canadian. It roused a standing ovation.Hopefully this will become an annual event.Voila!

Look Ma .. IIm A Model!Count the days •• count the hours.

Promptly at one 0 'clock Thursday, October 10th,Club Hawthorne will well up with real live organmusic played by Gwen Black as background forHawthorne's first luncheon and style show. Flor-ence Abraham's personal organ is being importedto the Club for the occasion. It will be a sit-down affair with tables decorated by Arts andCrafts.

Catered by Boulevard Buffet of Lees-burg. Tickets are $2. 10, includes luncheon andshow.

This is a style show you must not miss.You'll see how the new fashions look on peoplelike you and me. Our own Hawthorners are themodels.

They've been rehearsing and trainingthese many weeks under the experienced direc-tion of AI ice CI ine, our popular party putter-on-ere Lodies ' fashions are by The Village Gate;men's wear by Larsen's Men's Store) hairstylesand make-up by Princess Beauty Shop. All ofLeesburg. Runn ing commentary for the show willbe by Ann Kogel.

It's another Big Hawthorne specialtyinvolving a huge committee backstage and frontof house to make it tick and Penn Notes regretsthat all cannot be mentioned here. There are 46of them •.. 19 models. But we're sure they willbe identified at the showing. AI ice insists, how-ever, that we find space at least to express herthanks to everyone who worked so hard and wellto put the show on the road •.. and this we do,sincerely.

( Pin a Medal onIf there were any medals round, Penn

Notes would want to grab a couple of them andpin them on Elsie Franta and Violet Ross for the

COUNTING TICKETSEverything was in readiness when the happy Haw-thorners departed the clubhouse for our great Jai-Alai trip •• thanks to the two ladies who plannedeverything to the last detail. Elsie Franta and Vio-let Ross take a last minute check of tickets beforeboarding the bus.

Elsie and Violet lmagn ificient way they organ ized and executedthe Jai-Alai trip to Ocala in September.

It took two big chartered busses to shut-tle our enthusiasts. We left at 10:30 in the morn-ing, returned about 6. Nearly all of the 100 whowere with us were seeing THE fastest game in theworld for the very first time. Only a few wereexperts.

Florence Abraham is one. Florence gaveus the information that the ball is called a pelota,and at times it is hurled at 150 miles an hour fromthe cesta; thatls the sl im "basket" used to catchand cast the pelota. She told us something aboutwagering, too. But itls too involved for mentionhere, except we did hear that several Hawthorn-ers had a very profitable afternoon, •.. Myrleand Les Padden headed the Iist. (coincidence!The Paddens topped the horse racing too)

Jai-Alai gets in your blood ... watchingit, or playing it. But it isn '} likely that Hawthorn-ers will ever play. Weill just watch, thank you!

An Interview With Estelle by Marion Ralph

"To lk to Estelle Halloran about icons."This was my first Penn Notes assignment after al-most seven weeks of visiting points northward.The assignment appealed, partly because we hadacquired an icon in our travels years ago. It wasa fascinating interview, but it wasn If confinedto icons.

To begin with, Estelle insists that she isnot an authority on icons. She first became in-terested in the subject when she was a student atRhode Island School of Design. She did not fol-low through, however I until about 15 years agowhen her interest was renewed by an acqua intancewhose mother had brought three icons from Greeceunder difficult circumstances. Thereupon Estelledid some extensive research, wrote a paper abouticons, and gave talks on the subject; but herch ief interest was in making reproductions, usingthe original method of gold leafing, which shesays is fast becoming a lost art.

We all knew Estelle was an artist, but toappreciate fully her achievements in both paintingand sculpture, one should see all the awards andhonors she has won, not only in her home state of

Connecticut, but also in Florida, where she andher husband have Iived since 1969.

One of her paintings that should be ex-hibited here at Hawthorne is entitled "Sugar."Through a microscope with a polarizer attachment,she studied sugar crystals and painted what shesaw - perfect geometric designs in the form eflittle open umbrellas striped with blues, blacks,purples, greens, and highlighted with oranges andyellows.

Estelle's many accomplishments could fillan entire issue of Penn Notes. One which shouldbe mentioned is her award winning design for astained glass window which was installed in theRosen Community Church, Anna Maria, Florida,in March 1972.

Estelle has never accepted remunerationfor her talks or exhibits, but whenever a groupasked what the fee would be, she told them, "Anyold costume jewelry with brilliants that the ladieswant to bring will be appreciated." From theseshe has fashioned two lovely crystal balls. Thefirst she gave to the Anna Maria Church; the sec-ond hangs from the chandel ier in her dinette.

BOATERS GRADUATE

This photo was taken at the Continental C. C.graduation dinner of the 1974 class. It showsthe Coast Guard Auxil iary officers who con-ducted last years series, and are expected topilot the 1975 course.

Ahoy Matey!All residents who have a mutual desire (both

men and women) to organ ize and establ ish a BoatClub within the park, that would promote a nauti-cal program with associated activities, are urged toattend the first formal meeting of the HawthorneBoat Club, to be held in the clubhouse Thursdayevening, October 3, at 7:30.

For those who still desire to attend the CoastGuard Classes for safe boating, such a series hasbeen arranged. It will be a 6 week course of 12lessons on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Evenings. Anominal charge of $5 includes necessary literature.If the wife desires to attend, an additional chargeof $1 is made. The course will start the first Tues-day in February, 1975. It will be required of allboat owners at Hawthorne.

Becoming a DonorAnyone interested in becoming a Donor

may do so in any of the 50 States. His organs atdeath for transplantation, or h is body for anatom-ical study may be donated officially by signing a"Uniform Donor Card, II in the presence of two

witnesses, who also sign. The ccrs is then carrieduntil the donors death. The donation need not beregistered with any agency or entered in a will.The card can be rescinded by tearing up the card.Further details may be had from Harry Lambert.787-8763

0n Touch with Managemen~Our TV Cable System has been complete

for sometime now within boundaries of the 468lots comprising development of Hawthorne's Phase1 of construction. Prior to completion of the sys-tem, permits were issued for installation of severalTV antennas so that early residents could enjoygood reception.

It is noted that a few antennas remain, andit will be appreciated if owners will now arrangefor their removal. In the event your TV has notbeen connected to Hawthorne's Cable System,please call Mr. Sink at 728-3009 for this service.

There will be considerable activities inand around homes during the next 30 days, aswork on our Emergency Alarm System enters finalstages. The computerized consoles and printoutmachinery, which will be installed in the SecurityOffice, are due for del ivery any day. Followingthis installation, the wiring and placing of "RedButtons" in homes will go forward. Thank you foryour courtesy during th is time when our el ectron icpeople will necessarily enter homes to completethis very important part of Hawthorne's SecurityProgram.

LTil next Penn Notes,Amos W. Henley)

October HappeningsOctober 7-8 NRTA/AARP Housing Committee

Visitation.Luncheon Style Show, 1 p. m.

at the Clubhouse .50/50 Sale. Our own Flea Mar-

ket. You keep half of whatyou sell; the balance goes tocharities. All day at theClubhouse.

Pancake Supper at 5:30 p.m.Program Planning Conference at

2 p.m.Halloween Dance at 9 p.m.Potluck Supper at 5:30 p.m.During the Bingo game, the draw-

ing sponsored by the Sales De-partment for a Caribbean Cruiseand color television.

October 10

October 12

October 13October 25

October 26October 27November 6

Mervand Gwen Black (Jacaranda) havebeen a busy twosome these past few weeks. First,Gwen visited friends and former business associatesin Detroit. Next, upon her return, was a visit by3 interesting people from up No 'th , After that,another visit from Mervis sister (Peg) and husband(Judd) from New Jersey.

~Now itls 10 - yep, 10 grandchildren for

Henry and Betty Perry. This time it's a 7pound,1 ounce baby boy I born August 18th to the Perry's3rd child, Nancy, and husband Dave Paterson ofMemtor, Ohio. Newcomer's name is Paul DavidPaterson.

{i}Officers of Citizens National Bank of Lees-

burg hosted a II Hawthorne residents to a glamoroustea and premiere showing of art by Hawthornersearly in September. The art show was then openedto public view for the remainder of the month ...Oh, and incidentally, the Sun First National Bankhas contributed the air compressor for inflating ourbicycle tires. A thoughtful gesture, and we1rethankful for it. ~

ITI-:,1;1 Q The Hawthorne Gadabout "\. <:tt.UA.b • IThe Arkansas Traveler has left Mountain

Home in that state and has moved here. Moreover,he brought along his wife. Curt and LaRue Davisare settled in at 151 Jacaranda Drive and areready to have you stop to visit.

~When Bill and Merle Hafner (new to Haw-

thorne in early July) were biking, they stoppedto talk to John and Mary Piel who were inspectingtheir newly installed home in Valencia Cove. Bothmen were aston ished that they had worked for theArmy Engineers Rock Island district in III. at thesame time, but had never met until all came here.

~The Art Piehls and the Emil Hartzers have

been very close friends, visiting together I goingto square dances, dining together, but they reallycarried it to extremes. Art was in Lake Commun-ity Hospital, and who joined him? Emil! It'sgreat that both are fine aga in.

~Here's an item for the "wish we had known II

department. Hap and AI ice Maul arrived from Sa-lem, N. J. to 185 Jacaranda on Aug. 7 and cele-brated their Golden Wedding anniversary on the23rd. Belated congratulations; friends.

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It's difficult to move from as far away asHot Springs to Hawthorne when you are in excel-lent health, but to arrive in mid-September witha broken foot must have been most frustrating.However, Edith Carlson has an indomitable spiritand her husband, Lester I has plenty of energy.By this time we hope they are able to leave 127Dogwood Trail and join in our activities.

~The second group of pioneers is here, and

like the newcomers of last November and Decem-ber all are anxiously awaiting neighbors. Art andRuth Leary, formerly of Park Forest, III., are insolitary splendor at 105 Chestnut St. Over in an-other section in Phase II, Stewart and Elna Smithfrom Kirkwood, Mo" are alone at 241 Palo Verde.A little closer to neighbors are the very young atheart Joe and Theresa Schweidler from Culver,Ind. and now at 100 Camellia Drive. Welcome,all!

Didjuno how many people it takes to pro-duce a day of entertainment like the Labor DayEvent just run off at Hawthorne? Well, th is pixgives a pretty good idea. Maybe only once ortwice a year an even bigger crew will be need~d,(It's been done already!) Penn Notes will leaveit up to you to identify this Labor Day Crew. The)are your neighbors who saw to it that our Community had a joyous day of fun and games, and danc-ing, and fishing, and, - and, - and, --. If yousee any of these 15, stop them in their tracks andsay, "Thanks, fellas and gals, for a bang-up goodtime. We appreciate your work. II