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Volume 5, Number 2 MarchiApril1988Florida's Finest Resident-Owned Retirement Community

Easter Sunrise Service at Hawthorne •••(Photo by Nat Bodinger)

The Chorus, accompanied on the piano by Mabel Lenox, is reflected in the water at poolside as they sang for theEaster Sunrise Service at Hawthorne.

This non-denominational Christian service is presented each Easter, under the guidance of the Spiritual LifeCouncil at Hawthorne, whose chairman this year is Helen Gardner.

The program is done by people of Hawthorne, both Lay and Clergy, with audience participation and ishighlighted by the beautiful choral selections.

It has rained only once in the 13 year history of the event.The program starts promptly at 7 am, and following the soul lnsplrtnq service, benediction and choral

response at poolside, the crowd gathers inside the auditorium for a taste tempting breakfast and wonderfulfellowship.

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Editor's NotebookIs anybody happier today because you passed hisway?

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Fred and Lillian Stephens moved to Hawthorne inMarch 1977. Fred having had a heart attack, they wereboth tired and decided to move to a complete careretirement center in Tallahassee in November of 1983.But in 4 years, 1 month and 3 days, on Dec. 19, 1987they moved back to Hawthorne. The truck had loadedtheir furniture and left when some of their friends atThe Oaks convinced them to stay for a goodbye party,so they did and slept on the floor that night. Lilliansaid her girl scouts would have been proud of them.

The reasons they came back here were numerousbut mainly they decided they weren't old enough forthat type of care, just yet. They love their renewedindependence and the safety they feel in walkingaround Hawthorne.

Lillian was originally from Irwin, Pa. (a town thatwent on the map in the late 1930's). Fred was born inSpringfield, Mass. They met in Cleveland, Ohio when anewly formed auction bridge group decided to go for awalk through the park. Lillian lost the heel off her shoeand Fred fixed it for her. They were married one yearlater on Aug. 13, 1929, on Fred's birthday.

Fred worked 48 years for 3 different companies inthe graphic arts area of Advertising. They have twochildren and 4 grandchildren.

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Lila Towle, from Lindum, Denmark, visited her motherLillian Northrop here in Hawthorne from Dec. 21 toJan. 13, and made lots of friends. Lila married MogensAndersen who is a native of Denmark and she haslived there 11 years, leading an interesting life. Sheworks at Hobro Day High School which is not thesame as our high schools, but is a higher institute ofeducation program for adult women who areunemployed - 25 to 60 years old. This program isfunded by the National, County and Town govern-ments and the local trade unions. Part of her trip herewas paid by the Ministry of Education for reports onwork here so she visited Lake-Sumter College's careerprogram, VO-TECH at Eustis, Community College atDaytona's department for displaced homemakers,Daytona's Tri-County Private Industry Council. Shemet with Dr. Lyman in Orlando who teaches a newmethod for learning skills for those who can't read, notenough education or have a learning disability.

Lila was overwhelmed by the quality of life here atClub Hawthorne and talked to everyone she met andtook hundreds of pictures. Also one of ourphotographers, Frank Moran gave her many picturesof the luminaries, peanut carnival and many others.

She was not only a delightful guest, but gatheredmany ideas for helping the people she works with inDenmark.

Sometimes our lives reach far beyond our little worlds.

Margaret F. Kinnarrd is 100 years old!

She was born February 16, 1888 in Lexington,Kentucky and lived there until five years ago when shecame to Hawthorne to live with her nephewM.G. Karsner and his wife Maxine. She has beenwidowed since 1938. The Karsners had a party for her100th birthday in the Lemon-Lime room here onSaturday, Feb. 13 for family and friends fromWashington, D. C., Tennessee, Georgia, from Orlandoand here in Hawthorne. There were five generations ofthe family at the party.

Every day for breakfast this spry little lady hasjuice, an egg, bacon, toast, jelly and coffee which shefixes herself. She had a corneal transplant in Januarythis year so she wears dark glasses for her daily walksin the sun with only a cane for support.

She likes the Cincinnati Reds baseball team andthe University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball. Shestill gets the Lexington newspaper and reads thesports pages first - then the obituaries. She watchesgame shows on T.V. What a gal!

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Hawthorne HeraldHawthorne-at-Leesburg

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

I-'ublished bi-monthly by the HawthorneResidents Cooperative Association, Inc.

Editor Verna GarberAssociate Editor Bunny McCarlEditorial Staff Elnora Bolan,

Reba Heintzelman, Anna K. Merlino, Marie L.Richardson, Web Stull, Rosalind MacRaeSykes, Dewhirst W. Wade.

Photographers Nathaniel Bodinger,John Tienken

Art Lorraine Thomas

Bunny McCarl, Program Coordinator

Did you know that you need stress? It's true. Withoutstress, life would be dull and unexciting. According tothe National Institute of Mental Health stress adds"flavor, challenge and opportunity to life." However,the problem comes when too much stress is present.

There are some things each of us can do to learn tomake stress work for us instead of against us:

Try physical activity - When you are nervousangry or upset, it helps to relieve tension bysome type of physical activity. When all elsefails, go take a walk!

Share your stress - Talk to someone aboutyour concerns and worries; it will help.

Know your limits - Learn to accept what isuntil such a time when you can change it.

Take care of yourself - There is only one ofyou and you are special.

Make time for fun - Keeping a sense of humorin trying or difficult times will help yourelease the tension.

Be a participant - One of the best ways tokeep from getting bored, sad and lonely is togo where the action is. Come on down to theClubhouse and join in an activity or two thatinterests you. It is a fun way to help relievetension and anxiety. Get involved in theworld and the people around you.

Check off your tasks - trying to take care ofeverything at once can seem overwhelming.Make a list of what there is to be done andset a priority to that list.

Must you always be right? - If other peopleupset you, especially when they don't dothings your way, try cooperation instead ofconfrontation. A little give and take on bothsides will reduce the strain and make youboth feel better.

It's ok to cry - Doctors tell us that a good crycan be a healthy way to relieve your ten-sions. It may even help prevent a headacheor other physical problem.

The best way to avoid stress is to learn to relax. Findactivities th~t will keep you busy rather than sitting athome worrying. Focus on relaxation and enjoyment.Be good to yourself - you are the only you there is!

Many Names of the WindThere is an old saying that "Everybody's talking

~~~ut .the weather but nobody's doing anything aboutIt. This was never exactly the case but it is even lessso today than formerly, with such developments as airconditioning, artificial snow and ice, and the seedingof clouds to cause precipitation, as well as more ar-cane experiments to influence the weather. Howeverit is true that our lives are greatly influenced by th~weather ln ways familiar to all of us.

One of the components of weather is the wind. It isconsidered to be of such importance that in manyparts of the world it has been given particular names.One such received world-wide recognition at therecent Olympic Games in Alberta, Canada. It is thechinook and it was introduced on television broad-casts because it caused postponement of skiing andother competitive snow events. The chinook is a dry,dusty, and warm west wind and blows down out of themountains, causing a swift rise in temperature. It isthus called a "snow eater," and eat snow it did inAlberta.

The well-known California Santa Ana winds aresimilar. Hot, dry, northerly or northwesterly, they flowfrom the Mojave Desert into the Los Angeles Basinand are responsible for some very warm winters in thesouthern part of the state,

Names familiar to residents of two widelyseparated areas of the continental United States arethe New England nor'easter and the Texas norther.These are produced by "outbreaks" from a coldatmospheric source region. The Texas norther con-sists of strong and gusty northerly winds caused bythe southward surge of continental polar air fromAlaska and Canada into the Great Plains in winter.They are accompanied by an abrupt drop intemperature, sometimes from the mid-70's or 80's tobelow freezing in a few hours. The familiar nor'easterthat plagues the New England coast comes fromgales produced by the incursion of polar Atlantic airinto an area formerly occupied by the milder Canadianair.

Similar "outbreaks" but from warm rather thancold atmospheric regions are prevalent in easternEurope and north Africa. The sirocco, occasioned byhot, dry, and dusty east winds blowing off the ArabianDesert, is on,eof these., It touches Palestine and Syria,eastern Spain, Dalmatia and Albania and Palermo inSici~y. In the Aegean Islands it is called garvi and inSpain leveche. The hamattan is somewhat the same innature but derives from the interior Sahara Desertwith northeasterly winds blowing toward the westcoast of Africa.

The Transylvania Alps must live through a wintervisit from the nemere, a wind that is accompanied byblizzards from the Russian steppes.

In th~ United States our weather lore widelycharacterizes March as our windiest month but we. , 'give our Winds no special name: they are just Marchwinds. Now the third month of the year is over andgentle April is upon us. We put behind us for anotheryear the boisterous, blustery, and sometimesstimulating windy weather that we call by no nameother than March.

Marie L. Richardson

Saturday l'Saturday night at HawthorneIS miQRty R8f6 to beat.There's boating, cards and billiards,And music for dancing feet.

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The settlnq sun stretches its rosy glory through thetrees and sky across our expansive marina, and thecrickets tune up to chirp. Happy hour spreads content-ment in our Hawthorne Village.

It's about 5:15 p.m. We glance across thePalatlakaha river to see the 24 ft. Australian RacingSloop coming about into her mooring. Captain VanceWilson says he loves to sail Lake Harris because it isdeep enough for a full keel, the winds can beand there are no rocks.

About 6:00-ish, we stroll across to theClubhouse. Oscar and Dorothy No there, ontheir early evening stroll, to p a Smithsonianmagazine. Chairman M is and crew see to itthe library is always nt spot to visit.

At 6:30 p.m open the door to the billiardto watch omer Ed Conaway play. Threefour tables invited further play byt to 50 players who enjoy the gam ily. But

irman Ted Knecht informs us that urday nightis quiet.

Next door, the Palm Room isPinochle players. Chairmanaverage 40 players starttable assignments. Hountil 6:45. We watchman Betty BoubinRutb Murray, Je

with Single DeckMantz says the

ng in at 6:00 p.m. forr, the games don't start

Howard, as incoming chair-rts to play with co-chairm

urray and Leona Wheeler.ayers next door in the Lemon

play at 7 p.m. Chairman Peggyrage of 80 bridge players take part

of bridge. Each player stays atI evening.

Meanwhile, Hawthornites bike thswim under the stars in our lighted anming pool. Sisters Ernestine JohnsMary Smith and husband Ross are

auditorium for thone-man-band Artand Dot Nelson, (no

p to check that alln. Saturday night

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HawthorneBoat Club

As the Hawthorne Boat Club goes into its 14th yearof existence, it could be written into a scenarioworthy of a Hollywood movie.

Like a giant Yo Yo, the club has had its share ofups and downs from the day it was organized in 1974when a few boat enthusiasts got together "just for thefun of it".

Tommy Thomas was the first Commodore andVirginia Cometta was secretary. As specialcommittees were formed, the membership grew fromthe 18 original boaters to 64 the following year. Thenext year there were more than 100 members.

In 1982 there was a peak exodus of the number ofboats leaving the Hawthorne slips, when the owner ofthe park at that time, Colonial Penn decided to sell itand McDay Corporation from California wanted to buythe park. As it turned out, the residents of Hawthornebought the park and reorganized it as a cooperative.

Then about two years later there was a tide ofnewcomers into Hawthorne and the boat clubmembership once again climbed to almost 100, whichis the present count.

Club members have many more activities thanboating flotillas to various destinations. One of thefavorites is the Crown restaurant in Clermont andanother is going by car to Sanford for a daylong cruiseon the Star of Sanford. The two main events of the yearare the Christmas party and Commodore's Ball.

The most recent and one of the most exciting tripswas in December when a power boat and two float-boats full of people cruised through two big locks onthe Oklawaha River to Silver Springs. Members werebussed from the docks to a nearby hotel for an over-night stay before returning to Hawthorne the next day.The weather cooperated beautifully.

One of the greatest adventures is when boats goout in the center of Lake Harris and "raft" together.One heavy anchor is dropped in the center of therafting line to hold the boats together in one place.People can jump from one boat to another for visitingor exchanging goodies from picnic baskets. Pontoonboats are the most welcomed craft on these excur-sions as they are easy to get on or off.

Many pontoon boat members have joined the clubunder the direction of Captain Dick Ray. He hasreferred to the pontoons as the "Floating Playpens forSenior Citizens". He said "There is nothing better thanto zoom across a nice calm lake like you're flyingwithout wings".

Then there are the famous "Dolphins". This is anunfortunate group of members who have accidentallyfallen into the water.

It was a cold day in September some time ago thatCommodore Perry Owens sat down on a side of hisboat (gunal) but missed and fell over backwards intothe chilly water. Trouble was - he had missed the gunalcompletely, and when he surfaced he was madderthan he was wet.

Then another Commodore, Joe Pasta, hit the"drink" when he had one foot on the dock and theother on his boat when the boat started to drift awayfrom the dock. Joe did the splits as he tried to decidewhether to jump on his boat or back on the dock, anddown he went with a big splash.

Joe Comfort was the next victim to join theDolphins Club, He was talking to a few friends on thedock and in his enthusiasm of telling one of hisfamous stories, he backed off the end and had to behauled up out of the water.

Women can also become Dolphins. After ashopping trip in Eustis, the Frank Svobodas decidedto return home in their new boat. Margaret lost herbalance when she threw a package to Frank and fellface first off the dock into the water. When she surfac-ed she still had her glasses on and her handbag

was fi lied with water but sti II onher arm.

Nat Bodinger, in forefront, and several of the Hawthorne Boat Clubbers tie up atSunset Isle Park on one of their fun-filled exursions. (Reba Heintzelman photo)

"By" Routt admits that hedidn't have his sails trimmed pro-perly when his little 15 foot boattipped over in the middle of LakeHarris. His daughter was withhim, and as the two clung to thecapsized boat, Hap Nelsonhappened along and towed thesailboat and two wet, unhappypassengers back to Hawthorne.

Newly elected CommodoreJohn Bramow has instigated aninformative newsletter to theclub that is known as "TheWaterlogue". Memberscontribute their interesting andhumorous experiences and sug-gestions that make this all addup to a "Iotta fun organization".

Reba Heintzelman

Vod-Vil XIIThe presentation of Hawthorne's annual Variety

Show on February 1st & 2nd, was titled Vod-Vil XII,produced by Elaine Hoffner and Russ Mowry, and wasa terrific success.

This production is a showcase for some of theexceptional talent right here in Hawthorne and eachyear the producers keep coming up with somethingnew and exceptional.

The very first item on the program was the Overturelisted in the program as being done by the Hawthorne"Sympathy" Orchestra - consisted of six unbelievablytalented musicians.

The entire 12 acts went from ridiculous to thesublime with Floor Skits interspersed at the leastlikely moments.

But the outstanding act seven was "The 1988Calendar Girls", pictured above, though no picturecould do them justice. Bob Winther called each girl onstage in Bob Barker style, from January to December.

Music was played to fit the character of everymonth and each girl did her own thing to illustrate it.Photographer Frank Moran posed all of the girls forthe photo with Bob Winther kneeling in front. From leftto right: December· Marguerite Sage who depictedChristmas in green with blinking lights on her hat andcostume. This entire skit was Marguerite's idea andshe made most of the costumes. November - PegHarris in white with icicles dangling from her dressand gloves as she sprinkled frost with the wand shecarried. October - Cindy Pratt all in witches black.September - Mary Lou Harrold, the cheerleader com-plete with porn poms. August - Betty Meyers in a lightblue tennis outfit complete with a rhinestone edged

racket. July - Betty Schneider was the regal MissLiberty. June - Maxine Karsner was the bride in whitewith an 18 foot train carried by tiny Mary Lou Youngwho was dressed in baby pink with a huge satin bow inher hair. May - Cathy Stackhouse in passionate pinkwas the epitome of spring with a basket of flowersthat also had twinkly lights. April - Dot Nelsohsuggested April showers with her silver bathing suitwith a black & silver trimmed transparent raincoat.March- Yvonne Knifely was a sparkly green Peter Pan.February - Helen Scullen made her outfit of black laceand a huge red heart front, with hearts on her hat (Noteher white lace garter, too). January - Betty Lucius in ablue and silver ice skating costume. They werebeautiful.

The entire show was very enjoyable so how cananyone top this, but we will be anxious for the nextone.

SpringA pril brings days of joy and tearsPushing away our timeless fears.Rain your gentle shower that clearsI ts final clutter of winter gears.L et songbirds tune their lilting cheers!

A bright new rainbow arches highPortending Easter is drawing nigh,Redoubling my faith as years fly by.I pray, I praise and glorify -Lamb of God- Maker of earth and sky!

A II encompassing signs I seeP ointing to goals prepared for me,Revealed in answer to my plea ...I humbly come on bended kneeLauding hymns to honor Thee.

Anna K. Merlino

Body Recall

Jo Ferguson, the energetic and personable teacher of Body Recall at Hawthorne since 1982. At right: A section of one of theBody Recall classes in action with an elastic rope. Some other props used in these exercises are a 6" foam ball and a 42"wooden wand (stick or broom handle in lay language). Some 75 to 80 people attend these classes three times a week atHawthorne. It's one of the better things you can do for yourself.

Call For Body Recall!

In January of 1982 when Dorothy Chrisman, ofBerea College, Kentucky came to Hawthorne todemonstrate her Body Recall Program, little did sherealize what prodigious results would evolve from it.Jo Ferguson, a resident here, was inspired to go toBerea College that summer and learn the techniquesof teaching and putting into practice the benefits ofthis creative activity program of Body Recall.

After a strenuous initial workshop, Jo received herteaching certificate and started teaching classes withenthusiasm, in our clubhouse in October, 1982.

The princip al idea of body recall is to move everymuscle rhythmically without strain - much of it whileSitting in a straight-backed chair. This movementstrengthens and mai ntai ns the flexi bil ity and coor-dination of the body. It is geared for senior adults toimprove the heart and lung function and overallmuscle tone. It is a no-risk, gentle and comfortableapproach to exercise that we can enjoy.

In her serious effort to be more effective, Jo goesback to Berea every summer to their ContinuingEducation Department, thus keeping pace with newideas. In 1985 she was awarded an Exemplary TeacherCertificate. In 1987 she attended an area trainingworkshop at Birmingham, Alabama.

The Hawthorne program has grown steadily sinceits inception. Now more than 80 residents meet threetimes a week. Jo explains what each exercise does forthat particular part of the body and then leads the

class through it. Every five weeks or so the studentscomplete a questionaire about their fitness level andtheir gains during the weeks attended. This evaluationof improvement heightens interest in continuing theprogram. Students suffering from arthritis claim bettermobility. Those who lead too sedentary lives say it im-proves their coordination and agility. Others said theyenjoyed better general health and felt stronger. Allwere enthusiastic about the positive benefits of theseexercises for their particular needs.

One of the requirements for the class is a textbookof the exercises used in Body Recall that was writtenby Dorothy Chrisman and is so well illustrated, anyonecan see how to do the exercises at home even thoughthey are unable to attend class, or if they just feel oneparticular part of their body needs extra attention. Anexample would be a person who had a stroke affectingonly one side of the body and that side respondedslower, so the person could exercise the slow sidemore at home. The textbook is also indexed so it iseasy to find the exercise for any particular part of yourbody that needs help.

Jo Ferguson came to Hawthorne in 1978 and im-mediately became an active member of the HawthornePlayers. We remember her in several lead plays whereher special dramatic talents were appreciated. Shewas involved in the Dinner Theatre Group from 1978.Joining Dorothy Singer's tap dancing class, she wentfrom student to teacher and still teaches a tapdancing class every Monday. Interestingly, Jo hastaught dancing since she was 11 years old.

The Program Advisory Cabinet at Hawthornepresented Jo with a Merit award in 1985 for her ser-vices. Her contribution to the Hawthorne activities isexemplary - take a bow, Jo!

Anna K. Merlino