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September 2006Volume 13 Number 9

Residents, Associates, Families & Friends www.asburymethodistvillage.org

A NEWSPAPER FOR ASBURY METHODIST VILLAGE

By Virginia Williams, Trott

In the spring of 2006, Bob-bye Kudzma and Dot Howe found themselves to be the recipients of three antique

wooden jig-saw puzzles. An anony-mous donor had left the puzzles on the fifth floor jig-saw table. Bob-bye and Dot donated two of the puzzles to the Williamsburg Lane Museum, and Bobbye is keeping one for a grandchild.

Resident and photographer, Hal Gaut, found the two cathedral scene puzzles on display on Wil-liamsburg Lane in the 201 Russell Avenue building. And I had the good fortune to view the one Bob-bye kept. It’s is a charming circus scene with brightly colored indi-vidual figures of circus performers and acts. It had been created in England around 1800.

John Spilsbury, a London engrav-er and mapmaker, in 1760, mount-ed one of his maps on a sheet of hardwood. He then cut around the

borders of the countries, using a fine-bladed marquetry saw. This type of jig-saw puzzle became a

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The Maloys Celebrate 70 Years of Holy Matrimony

On June 15, 1936, Rever-end Ray and Bess Maloy said “I do,” and 70 years

later they still do! Their three children, together with their 19 grandchildren and 22 great grand-children joined with 150 guests in Hefner Auditorium on June 17th to celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary. Ray and Bess met at the University of Michigan and were married there in Ann Arbor

Happy 70th Anniversary to Ray and Bess Maloy.

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A Brief History of Jig-saw Puzzles

Photo Hal Gaut

A charming circus scene jig-saw created in England around 1800.

Photo Hal Gaut

These antique jig-saw puzzles are on display on Williamsburg Lane.

The Rose Window PuzzleBy Marjorie McFarland, Diamond

Every building has a jigsaw puzzle table and many people enjoy working the puzzles. Some are easy and others are more difficult.

Recently at Hefner, the group from Diamond had a very difficult puzzle. It was sent to them by Nancy Feller Starnes of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Its subject-the Rose Window of the Washington National Cathedral. On the back of the box was a quote from Nancy’s father, former Diamond resident, Richard Feller. As Clerk of the Works at the Cathedral for more than 33 years, Dick Feller planned, engineered and directed many of the works at the Cathedral. But the Rose Window in the western nave was truly his passion.

The very intricate pattern of the window is an abstraction of Creation in the marvelous Universe in which we find ourselves. You can see how difficult it must have been to put the pieces together. And especially so when early in the project unknown persons-probably children-scattered the pieces already put together so that a fresh start had to be made.

Finally the puzzle was completed and it is now hanging on the wall at the Hefner puzzle area. Many people worked on the puzzle, but the truly hard workers were Carol Brewer, Marilynn Grotenhuis, Mary Lou Luff and Lois Meidenbauer. Marilynn Mod-

podged the puzzle and Turner Wiley arranged for framing it. Harry Lowery took a picture at 6:30 one morning in order to get the least light reflection on the picture. The picture puzzle is dedicated “To the Memory of Canon Richard T. Feller, Clerk of the

Photo Harry Lowrey

A puzzling crew. Front from left: Marilynn Groten-huis, Turner Wiley, Carol Brewer. Standing left to

right: Mary Lou Luff and Lois Meidenbauer.

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2 September 2006 VILLAGE LIFE

VILLAGELIFE

Fresh from the Laughter Zone

EditorLinda Williams Aber

Communications Publications Coordinator

Asbury Methodist Village201 Russell Avenue

Gaithersburg, MD 20877301-216-4106 • [email protected] information: 301-330-3000

Resident EditorsSally Schear, Editor Emeritus,

KindleyMelva Hiatt, Kindley

Ann Porter, MundLois Lord, Trott

Gordon Allen, 419Alice Furlong, Edwards-Fisher

Lydia Page, Park View

Resident StaffBuilding 419: Genevieve Wimsatt

and Mike Hua

Diamond: Marjorie McFarland, Martha Grimm, and Harry Lowery

Edwards-Fisher: Betty Goen, Joan Dunlop, Eleanor Cunningham, Dorothy Welch, Paula Strain, Martha

Hunt and Betty Savage

Mund: Judy Weaver and Jim Porter

Trott: Marjorie Brugger, Virginia Williams, Hal Gaut and

Jeanne North

Villas: Reg Westlake, Tom Wilkinson, Marj McGuire, Mary

Anstead, Dan Muller and Jean Hubbell, Guild Reporter

Design/Layout:Mina Rempe @Electronic Ink

Printing: Chesapeake Publishing Corp.

Village Life is published by Asbury Methodist Village

Communications Department

“The mission of Village Life is to provide timely, interesting and entertaining news about the lives, concerns and activi-ties of the people who reside, work and volunteer at Asbury Methodist Village.”

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

To the Editor:

Congratulations on the July/August issue of Village Life. As the first issue of the next 50 years as an Asbury community newspaper, it sets quite a challenge for future issues. From cover to page 16 (the new resident paragraphs) I read with great interest and I want to congratulate all the contributors.

Especially Reg Westlake, whose history of the first 50 years was fas-cinating. He researched it all thor-oughly, thanks to Marshall Groten-huis, and went on with other char-acteristic items from the pen of this writer “from across the pond.”

News everywhere. Westlake’s other items, Villa resident Anna Toye’s 102nd birthday; events at Park View; Dan Muller’s stories; Mary Anstead’s piece about Martha Brown’s wardrobe and it’s origin in Ghana (and what’s done with the greatest part of her investment in those clothes); the upcoming Keese School catalog for the Fall semes-

ter; very welcome thanks for the thoughtfulness of the drivers of the campus shuttle; even a poem from H.M., whose modesty is tantalizing; the travel section (two page spread on one of Vivian Otto’s typical trips to interesting destinations); even the story on New Orleans’s recov-ery from Katrina and many other items of interest to all, too numer-ous to mention.

It is a marvelous issue. And thanks to Asbury’s volunteers we can anticipate more of the same as we travel into the next 50 years.

A Delighted Reader

To the Editor:

Page 7 has an interesting article (TECH-KNOWLEDGE-Y) on the origins of the Internet, which was substantially correct from my expe-rience, with one glaring error. “Vin-egar” Bush? His name was Vanne-var Bush (a strange name, in itself). I attended MIT from 1943 to 1950

(with time out for military service in Europe), and Dr. Bush was one of the “elder statesmen” at MIT at that time. I did an internet search on Vannevar Bush and got a number of hits; one discussed his role in the concept of computer intelligence which led o the Internet.

Incidentally, the article mentioned the SAGE program; I was working for MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory when SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) was implemented; this was before transistors had been developed for computer switching, and the early SAGE computer used five stories of vacuum tubes!

Now, the Internet is pervasive, and can be used for letters to the editor.

David C. MooreKindley 423, x6645

(Note from the Editor: Just for fun, try typing Vannevar on your computer and see what Spell Check does with it!)

By Eleanor Fryer,

First Editor of Village Life and Resident of Diamond

We are getting more and more here at Asbury. Now I don’t mean cars or trucks. I mean these single electric motored

chairs, which are more and more zooming around our corridors and in and out of elevators. There are indeed many courteous and careful drivers, but-oh, those hot rodders!

Those of us who have been expected to jump out of their way want to make it clear that we may be mobile, but we just can’t jump out of their way, not can we hear or see them coming up behind us. Then,

too, there are the learners who think they are going forward but are back up, and vise versa. They make no sound as they wheel over carpeting.

We plead with them to remember that a good half of us have some ailment such as bad eyesight, have little hearing, are still and slow walkers, aches and pains, too, bad knees for instance, poor feet, heart trouble and strokes, and the list goes on. But we can’t move any faster-no, not as fast as the drivers of these carts.

Maybe someone can provide rules of the road for these handicapped drivers so that the ambulatory walkers feel safe.

Asbury’s Hot Rodders

Mina’s a Mama!

Congratulations to Mina Rempe, the designer extraordinaire of Vil-lage Life. On Sunday, August 27, at 8:14 a.m. baby Molly Ann Rempe was born to Mina and husband Mark. Molly Ann weighed 5 lbs. 9.75 oz. and was 19 inches long. Mark, Mina, and Molly ... Marvellous!

VILLAGE LIFE September 2006 3

Just as we were about to head out the door to

catch our flight, I received a text message on my cell phone that read, “Important, call me...Renata!” As if there wasn’t enough pressure getting to the Dulles airport in time to check in, negotiate our way through security, and navigate our way to the gate. After a frantic search through my carry-on luggage, I located the cell phone number Renata had been using since arriving in Poland with Nicholas the week prior. As I grabbed for my phone, I began to have second thoughts about what had been a well-planned and long antici-pated vacation, along with the baptism of our son at his namesake church near the Baltic Sea.

Within a few minutes of impatiently waiting for an international connection, I was greeted with an aggravated, “You will not believe this. Our hotel is only able to confirm one of the four reservations for our party! You will have to call CheapTickets (the Internet-based travel agency) to work this out before you get on the plane. The hotels in Gdnask are completely booked and we may not have accommodations when you all arrive tomorrow morning.” Ugh, just what I needed to hear!

Fortunately, good old Mom was traveling with me and willingly accepted bearing the burden of being put on hold and finagling with a cus-tomer service agent at CheapTickets for 45 minutes. Meanwhile, I had only one objective: beat the clock and get us in one piece from Gaithersburg to Dulles on the brink of the com-mute hour crawl. By the time we arrived at the airport, Mom had worked her magic and

with confidence reassured me that Cheap Tick-ets confirmed the reservations with the hotel. Unbeknownst to us, this was not exactly the case. Nevertheless, my stress level began to sub-side with the comforting news that we would have a place to rest after our 11-hour, overnight journey.

Despite the rocky start, everything began to fall into place upon our arrival at the Lech Wale-sa Airport, where we were greeted by Renata and Nicholas, who immediately jumped into my arms. As Renata helped us collect our bags and exit the terminal, she informed us that her parents had driven them to the airport and were waiting to meet us outside. My first thought

was, here I am having not slept all night, looking a bit disheveled and about to meet Renata’s dad. So much for great first impressions!

Admittedly, I had been feeling a bit of trepida-tion about meeting Renata’s father. Inasmuch as most men dread that initial inspection by what is typically the father-in-law to be, we had the added element of complexity in that we would be unable to connect with a common language. That would surely make it difficult for me to charm my father-in-law! As it turned out, all my worrying was for naught. In a flash, I was embraced with a warm hug, a reassuring smile, and what was must have been a well rehearsed and enthusiastic, “Welcome to Poland!” With that, I was officially part of her family.

For those who have not been to Poland, I can tell you that this is truly a lovely country and one that is rich in history and tradition. Despite what I had heard about Polish cuisine, the variety of menu options and the quality of all of our meals far exceeded our expectations. I also found the people I met during my ten day visit to be overwhelmingly gracious and good spirited. I will also take a risk in adding that based on my observations, the majority of Polish women are extraordinarily beautiful! Of course, it goes without saying that none held a candle to my wife, Renata.

In retrospect and without question, the most memorable part of our trip was our son’s chris-tening at St. Nicholas’ Church. Despite the fact that I did not comprehend a word of the Mass preceding the christening, and required diligent prompting by Renata during the ritual itself, what was most remarkable was simply being present with Nicholas. Surrounded by both sides of our family and Renata’s closest friends, we witnessed the door opening for our son to begin his spiritual life as a member of Christ and his incorporation with the Church. From that moment forward, I realized that this would always be a very special place and moment in our lives together.

David DentonPresident/Executive Director

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S CORNER

A Trip to Remember

Nicholas Denton has a serious moment at his baptism.

History buffs may be interested in knowing that St. Nicholas’

was erected in the late 12th century and was the first Catholic

Church in Gdansk. This Gothic church is the longest in Poland,

and it was the only one to survive WWII without a scratch. Also of inter-

est is the fact that the first shots of World War II were fired at Wester-

platte, a Polish stronghold outside the city of Gdansk, on September 1,

1939. Not surprisingly, Gdansk was almost leveled during WWII. During

the next twenty years, Gdansk was meticulously rebuilt. To the untrained

eye the city appears to have been unscathed by the war. Gdansk was also

the home of the “Solidarity” movement. Today, the city has almost half a

million inhabitants and is dynamically growing.

A Historical Perspective


VillasAnnabel Liebelt recently cel-

ebrated in Perry and Akron, Ohio with all 4 children, 2 spouses, 1 S.), 1 boyfriend, and 9 grandchildren ages 6-22 and some additional rela-tives and friends. Next day, a gradu-ation party and a few days later a 20th wedding anniversary. Lots of sharing!

Jean and Frank Young traveled to Lakeside, Ohio in June to attend the Young family reunion, spent some time in Ohio visiting relatives and friends and then a week in July with son Rick and his family in Winnet-ka, IL...Ninetieth birthdays are not unusual at Asbury but Reg Westlake on August 5 was especially memo-rable for him. His and Isabel’s fam-ily traveled over 75,000 miles to be with him on that day; they have no family in this country. Daughter Ann, husband Paul and their chil-

dren Rosanna and Benjamin came from their home in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, and his sister Florence and his and Isabel’s son Anthony came from Bath and East-bourne in England. It was an occa-sion for champagne and birthday cake in the morning and a family dinner party at the Flaming Pit in the evening. Family members who had not seen one another for years were able to join together to make it what Reg says is the happiest birthday he has ever had.

Edwards-FisherThe first week in September Lois

and Richard Shaw, Edwards-Fish-er, attended an Elderhostel in Port-land, Oregon. The topic for study was “Portland.”... Hoover Rupert recently returned from Michigan where he was the lecturer for the Cranston Memorial Lectures at Epworth Heights Assembly. Previ-ous endowed lectureships which he has held include Chautau-qua Institution, NY; Wilson lec-tures, Oklahoma City University; Illiff Lectures, Denver University; Matheny Lectures, Hammond, LA; T.W. Rupert Foundation Lectures, Fayetteville, AK; Spann Lectures, Puget Sound University, WA Wes-leyan Lecturers, Macon, GA; Scarritt Lectures, Vanderbilt University, TN. Other lectureships include: Scan-dinavian Methodist Conference, Oslo, Norway; National Youth Con-ference, Amsterdam, Netherlands;

U.S. Air Force Preaching Missions, Warner Robbins Base, Macon, GA; Kagnew Station U.S. Army, Asma-ra, Ethiopia; Lake Junaluska, NC; Sequoia Assembly, Fayetteville, AK; Universities of Kansas, Illinois, and Florida, Centenary, Shreveport, and Greensboro Colleges... Emily Geg-lia, granddaughter of Betty and Frank McCracken, Edwards-Fish-er, paid a visit to a friend in the Peace Corps in Russia this sum-mer. Her sister, Bethie Geglia, spent the summer working with coffee growers in Costa Rica. In Septem-ber Emily went back to her job in New Orleans where she composes web sites for people and Bethie has gone back to college in Madi-son, Wisconsin.

Building 419Jane and Gordon Allen in Build-

ing 419 entertained a lot of family company in July: A son and friend from Columbus, OH, the first week; another son, from Houston, the last week, and in between, their daugh-ter with her daughter and her three grandsons from Dayton, OH.

Jean Newman of Building 419 traveled to Long Island, NY, early in August to visit her daughter, Bar-bara, and to attend a birthday cel-ebration for her first great-grand-child, Zoe Butcher. Believe it or not, the party was a Hawaiian-style “luau” for about 70 adults and an assortment of children. Held in an Italian restaurant with an Ital-ian buffet, it was apparently a typi-cal Long Island affair for the first birthday. They returned the next day. Her newly married daughter Andrea and son-in-law Wayne Tym-panic had accompanied her on the round-trip and left two days later for their two-week honeymoon in Greece.

DiamondThe resort trek continues: Betty

Halls spent time with her family at Bethany. Lydia Little and her family were at Ocean City. Mary Mount with children, grandchil-dren and a six-month great-grand-child got together at Hilton Head... Eleanor Fryer is having her two daughters here at Asbury-one comes from St. Petersburg and the other from Toronto. It isn’t often they can all get together... Mari-lynn and Marshall Grotenhuis are going to a family gathering in Chicago. Afterwards they will go on to Downers Grove to see some old neighbors... Dena Robinson is going to Branson with Vivian Otto’s tour. After that she is going to Swit-zerland to visit a family whose son lived with Dena during her own

son’s high school years... Teresa Ma went to China where she is affiliated with an orphanage which cares for abandoned children... Lois and Mitch Wendell are plan-ning another long tip... Carmen, the manicurist at Diamond’s Beau-ty Salon went to Hawaii with her family to visit her husband’s sister. ..We are glad to have Mary Ann Dimond back home after her long health siege. But we are sorry to know that Betty Lewis was badly stung by wasps as she was sitting on her balcony. We hope she feels better soon.

MundA boy and a girl, twins, Dylan

and Lydia, turned up as Phyllis Derby’s first great grandchildren. The twins also have great grandpar-ents living in the Villas, Helen and DeWitt DeLawter...Elsa Tutwiler and Sally Duncan, both Mund residents, will be roommates when Asbury’s trip to San Antonio takes place in November.

KindleyOn July 29th, Rosalie Silver-

berg, Kindley, was entertained by some of her former Villa neighbors: Betty Bagg, Mary and Jim Meh-ring, Lue Thomas, Melva Williams, and Jo and Bob Yount, for lunch at O’Donnell’s in Kentlands. She is missed in the Villas but is enjoying being at Kindley.

Nancy Crandall Phillips and hus-band, Jim Crandall, are spending six weeks in Italy after which they will return to California and make a decision about where to make their home. Nancy’s mother, Wilma Phil-lips, Kindley, says their address right now is Cool, California. (Cool is northeast of Sacramento.)... George and Colleen Weis and baby Harper spent the weekend of August 11 with George’s mother, Kay Weis... Hildegard Raabe, spent two weeks with her son, Bertram Raabe, and his family in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina...

Village Life Bits and Pieces

Wonder what your neighbors have been up to? Here are all the little bits and

pieces that add up to happy times on and off the Asbury Campus.

Rosalie Silverberg enjoys a lunch out with friends.

Pictured here are Annabel and the 9 grandchildren from Left to right, front row: Alex, Ethan, Annabel, and Daniel. Back row: Bradley, Rebecca, Maura, Jim, Stephen and Andrew.

Reg celebrates his 90th with the help of Bob Yount who celebrat-ed his 80th on the same date, August 5th!


tool for teaching geography to the English children. Until about 1820, jig-saw puzzles remained primar-ily educational tools. (Many of us have purchased map puzzles for our children and grandchildren.)

Puzzles continued to be improved, and cardboard puzzles were introduced during the 20th century. By the 1920s, puzzles emerged as a national pastime Wealthy people selected puzzles for their weekend house parties at country retreats.

In the following years, puzzles became a mass market production. Parker Brothers stopped making games and devoted its entire fac-tory to puzzle production.

When the Great Depression came in 1929, puzzles became a popular and inexpensive source of enter-tainment. Drugstores and circulat-ing libraries added rental puzzles to their inventories.

After World War II puzzles went into a decline. Rising wages pushed up the costs of wood puzzles, but simultaneously high quality cardboard puzzles became more attractive.

During the past few years, there has been a resurgence of wood puzzles, which can even be cut by computer-controlled water jets. However, the less expensive and better cardboard puzzles remain a healthy activity. They are a great focal point for group interaction and social gatherings, as well as stress reducers. Best of all, they are an answer to some of the inane television shows and violent video games! When what to do is a puz-zlement, try a jig-saw puzzle!

(With thanks to Daniel McAdam and Ann Williams for their jig-saw puzzle histories.)

PUZZLESContinued from page 1

Good Friends

Who are your friends? They are probably peo-ple with whom you

share a mutual affection, people who support and encourage you. They are probably people who have learned the rhythm of giving and receiving so that you feel a real mutuality in the relationship.

And there are those friends

who are much more than friends. With them, it is much more than outstretched hands willing to help, kindly smiles that can put your fearfulness at ease, a joyful companionship that has a way of dispelling all sense of loneli-ness. With these friends, who are much more than friends, you can be your authentic self. There is no need for pretense for you know that you are loved and accepted...

loved and accepted when you are at your best and when you are at your worst.

Many of us are working on try-ing to be the kind of friend who is more than a friend. We will have approached it when we experi-ence the spiritual inspiration that comes from discovering that we believe in each other... and that we trust each other.

A Treasury of MemoriesBy Reg Westlake, Villas

“The Fly is up and a gentle up-stream wind is blow-ing, while the fish are moving in a way that stirs the pulse.” Words that stirred the pulse of a youngster over 70 years ago. They come from Hardy’s Anglers’ Guide and they are open on the page before me now. Hardy’s of Alnwick, England are the world’s pre-eminent fishing tackle makers, founded in 1872. The Guide was not just a beautifully illustrated catalogue, with color plates, of the company’s fishing rods, reels, lines, flies, baits and every fishing accessory, but was also full of articles on fishing techniques. It con-tained letters of appreciation, such as

“It may interest you that I killed yesterday, on the Wye, in about 15 minutes, a 16 lb. salmon on this rod, and a sea trout cast. My ghillie was much surprised at its power.”

For me this catalogue contained a dream world. This class of angling was only for the wealthy, the toffs. To fish on these rivers cost a lot of money and a car to get there, and the price of a rod and equip-ment was far out of reach of a working class income. It would have taken over a month’s of my father’s weekly wages to buy a rod and reel and all the other necessaries, and I never entertained the possibility of being able to do so. Yet I would study this catalogue from cover to cover, absorbing all the fishing lore it contained and imagining myself on the bank of a lovely trout stream on a May morning.

The Hardy Anglers’ Guides date back to 1876 and mine is the 1934 edition. It still has the attraction for me that it did all those years ago. It is now a collect-

ible. But most of all it is a treasury of a young man’s memories.

Hardy’s Anglers’ Guide, 1934, a treasure then and now.

Treasures I’ve Had ForeverBy Betty Savage, Edwards-Fisher

One of my dearest treasures is a gold chain which holds a gold soccer ball with a raised blue enameled “D” on it signifying Drexel

University. My husband, the goalie, on Drexel’s Soc-cer team, caught the ball which guaranteed them the Middle Atlantic Division 1949 Soccer Championship.

This chain also holds an engraved baby locket which cannot be opened because my mother teethed upon it. She gave it to me after our first daughter was born.

Martha A. BrownDirector of Pastoral Care

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Peek the PACsatBy Jeanne North, Trott

Take a deep breath: the quiet summer is over and Asbury’s Partnership Advisory Committees are

preparing for the new season. With the reactivation of the Legislative PAC, the number of Asbury resi-dents signed up as PAC members has soared to more than 160. On the magic date of July 1 of each year, the membership of the PACs is reconstituted, as some members rotate off after a two-year term, while others join.

Anyone wishing to be on a PAC is encouraged to contact Margaret Pyles, Membership Representative of PACO, at extension 5249. Get-ting ready for the new season are the current members of the PACs, listed below:

ASBURY MEDIA: Dan Muller, Resident Co-Chair, Warren Ebinger, Melva Hiatt, Cathy Hugh, Barbara Marrs, Marjorie McFarland, Martin Moon, Jeanne North, Mary Waldron, Genevieve Wimsatt; Associate Co-Chair: Joon Kim.

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS: Sidney Mintz, Resident Co-Chair; Albert Benson, Carol Brewer, Wayne Brubaker, Kenneth Hall, Bobbye

Kudzma, Conrad Link, Harry Low-ery, Eleanor Schlaretzki, Paula Strain, Anita Taylor, Betty Thorne, Elsa Tutweiler, Robert Yount; Asso-ciate Co-Chairs, Lenny Hines, Dan McMurdo.

CULTURAL ARTS: Emma Jo Yount, Resident Co-Chair; Jane Allen, Carol Cade, Margot Dibble, Kate Dudley, Jean Emery, Doris Gammon, Frank Gardner, Ruth Lotz, Hope Marindin, Dorothy McCutch-eon, Janice Moon, Willa Moore, Eileen Rabson, Alma Stewart, Eliza-beth Vail; Associate Co-Chair, Joan-na Davis.

DINING AND NUTRITION SERVICES: Vivian Otto, Resident Co-Chair; Bar-bara Briggs, Joanne Coe, Catherine Crim, Calvin Crosson, Janet Dor-man, Eleanor Fryer, Miriam Hall, Dorothy Jamieson, Evelyn Lohr, Betty Lowe, Lois Meidenbauer, Lorraine Miller, Lois Odle, Virginia Offutt, Florence Robinson, Barbara Schuler, Mary Trundle; Associate Co-Chair, Andrew Lindquist.

ENTERTAINMENT: Marion Bea-sley, Resident Co-Chair; Bettina Curtis, Mary Elliott, Bonnie Fansler, Dorothy Farrall, Martha Grimm, Melva Hiatt, Jeanette Marr, Eliza-

beth McKenna, Tom Nikels, Lydia Page, Bernice Wilkinson, Virginia Wollin; Associate Co-Chair, Alexis McKenzie.

FUTURE PROJECTS: Harmon Shaw, Resident Co-Chair, Clara Arm-strong, Jane Braucher, Jacob Busch, Joseph Feinberg, Norma Guttag, VirGinia Holmes, Ned Hopper, Wal-lace Jobusch, Kaz Kawata, Marjory McGuire, Avis Moore, Mary Trundle, Lowell VanBilliard; Associate Co-Chair, David Denton.

HEALTH SERVICES: Robert Hartman, Resident Co-Chair; Susie Altman, Cliff Bachrach, Robert Ber-rien, Brock Caffee, Geraldine Corn, Bonnie Fansler, Dorothy Farmer, Irene Fiege, Dorothy M. Johnson, Phyllis Laumaillet, Kathleen Link, Jean Newman, Emily Noto, Harriet Renison, Doris Rigby, Phyllis Robb, Zandra Coale, Mary Weathers; Asso-ciate Co-Chair, Ann Schiff;

LEGISLATIVE: Gordon Allen, Resident Co-Chair; Mary Anstead, John Bankson, Dick Hall, Tom Lewis, Rex Nester, Virginia Odor, Florence Robinson, Lois Shaw, Felicia Stokely, Barbara Sweeney; Associate

CO-CHAIR: David DentonMARKETING: Earl Kragnes,

Resident Co-Chair, Thelma Adams, Leona Bachrach, Charlotte Butler, George Butler, Mary Jane Dillon, Dorothy Feinberg, Margaret Friend, Alice M. Gardner, Eleanor Halstead, Carolyn Iverson, Betty Lewis, Duane McKenna, Dorothy Mintz, James Porter, Dena Robinson, Genevieve Steele; Associate Co-Chairs, Andrew Morgan, Michele Weichert; Reli-gious Life: Norman Heim, Resident Co-Chair, Edward Caffery, Louise Elliott, Bernard Fogle, Ruth Gibson, Martha Grimm, Arthur Hall, Virginia Hawke, Catherine Heim, Dorothy Howe, Lois Lord, Mary Lou Luff, Helen Podolsky, Anne Porter, James Pyke, Janis Rex, Nancy Sauer, Bon-nie Steele, Keith Steele, Ruth Sylves-ter, Mary Rose Wells, Betty Wilbur, Ralph Wilbur; Associate Co-Chair, Martha Brown; Security, Reception and Transportation: Sam Finlay, Res-ident Co-Chair, Judy Bankson, Jody Bell, Gordon Dibble, E. Scott Dillon, Betty Fiske, Eleanor Fryer, James Gammon, Murray Miles, Richard Patterson, Marianne Shaw, Felicia Stokely, Shirley Wildman; Associate Co-Chair, Walt Albright.

The PACs Gear Up for the New Season: Here’s the 2006-07 Roster

A Letter from

Camp Hazelhurst

Reading Doris Kearns Good-win’s latest book about Abraham Lincoln’s place

in American history at a time of national crisis reminded me of how deeply rooted the demo-cratic tradition is in America. The stump speaking of Lincoln’s day, the three- and four-hour debates, the heated small town discussions drew the electorate into intense involvement in the political pro-cess and the setting of the direc-tion of the nation.

Here in the Prairie Club’s Camp Hazelhurst on the sandy south-eastern shores of Lake Michigan, the twice yearly Site holders’ meetings exude the same kind of passion for local affairs as Site holders take up the important issues of self governance-Camp

maintenance, Security, Saturday Night Barn programs, Conserva-tion projects. Does the work of the Caretakers warrant a raise in their salary? Can’t the potholes in the roads be better fixed? Did that tree in front of the Grays’ cottage really need to come down? What is to be done about the infrac-tion of the no-glass-on-the-beach rule that resulted in a trip to the Emergency Room for a teenager’s badly cut foot? Who will volun-teer to chair the myriad commit-tees required to run the Camp?

At Asbury, residents have the same opportunity-and obligation-to participate in the governance of Asbury Methodist Village. Through the Partnership Advisory Commit-tees, or PACs, residents can have a voice in how things work, letting the Administration know their wishes on a whole range of mat-ters, from Buildings and Grounds to Health Services to Marketing to

Religious life to Security, Recep-tion and Transportation.

The Partnership Agreement, devised after a study process begun in 1993, laid out a plan for an exchange of views between residents and the Administration intended to improve communica-tion. PACs would recommend and advise the Administration on the wishes of the residents; the Admin-istration would listen to residents and convey to PAC members its thinking and plans, but retain the right to make policy.

Time was, in the early days of Asbury, before the era of indepen-dent living, when the Administra-tion made all the decisions, with no input from residents. With the rise of the resident councils, the first of which was in Trott, came the beginning of a big change.

Residents wanted a say in the affairs of their building and soon set in place a whole array of com-

mittees that dealt with every aspect of resident life, from Fire Safety to Floor Hostesses to Small Economies (“leave no lights on in apartments or rooms when not occupied”). Those committees were the seedlings from which self governance grew in our com-munity.

As Frank Hoadley’s book “Find-ing Our Way” shows, democracy has flourished at Asbury. It may not be a perfect system, as Win-ston Churchill so famously said: “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time....” Messy, unpre-dictable, difficult, confusing, exas-perating, no doubt, but ultimately, the truly American original, found in our nation’s history, on the shores of Lake Michigan, in towns and villages across the country, and yes, even here at Asbury.


PAPERVIEW

There’s never a dull moment at the AVTV Channel 95 television station located in the Rosborough Center. Now we’ve got the Paper-View of

what’s news in the studio so you can be in the know.

By Jean Hubbell, Villas

It seems only yesterday we said farewell to Chip Hick-ey as our TV Station Manag-er, but it was really the end

of May. Since then, new Station Manager Joon Kim has been in full charge and doing a great job. He’s made getting the studio and theatre equipment in good repair his prior-ity, and has added a “blue screen” to the studio for those fun special effects that add a background to any scene. In addition to the enhance-ment of “Asbury View” filming, the running announcement pages, or scroll, on AVTV have become lively and up-to-the-minute current with candid photos from all around the campus. Joon has enlisted the help of resident volunteers who take photos and send them to him electronically for placement on the scroll.

As of August 7, a new addition to the AVTV staff arrived in the form of Eric Thornett, Assistant Station Man-ager. Having accepted the assign-ment of introducing Eric to the Asbury Community via Village Life, this reporter wandered over to the studio Tuesday morning in hopes of getting some candid shots of Eric at his new tasks. That was before finding out that he had just arrived the day before and was still finding out what those new tasks would be! Since the filming of “Asbury View” was going to be in the after-noon, Eric sat down right then for an impromptu conversation.

“I came to Asbury because I like the vibe of the place. It’s kind of low-key with a small station which I thought would compliment me well.”

Eric is from Fairfax but has just recently moved to Germantown. He comes to us with a lot of film-ing experience behind him, some working in this area. He majored in film while attending Virginia

Tech in Blacksburg, VA. He says our studio is a lot like the college studio so he feels right at home here at “Asbury University.” That’s a good thing since Joon was plan-ning to take some much-deserved time off the very next week leaving Eric fully in charge after just one week. You could call that “trial by fire” but according to Joon, Eric will be handling the major load for a while so that Joon can catch up with the managerial responsibili-ties and paperwork he now has.

Now that Eric has settled in and been here for three weeks (as of this writing) he says, “I like the free candy here in the studio, and Joon has been great to work with.”

All of AVTV fans appreciate the outstanding job Joon has done since taking over the senior posi-tion and now look forward to hav-ing a new team in action. Welcome aboard, Eric.

Meet the New Team at AVTV Controls

Photo Jean Hubbell

Meet the new Assistant Station Manager, Eric Thornett, pictured here with Station Manager, Joon Kim. Go team go!

It’s Survey Time Again!By Lowell Van Billiard, Edwards-Fisher

The annual resident survey will be in your in-house mail box by September 11, 2006. Each resident is urged to complete the survey and return it to the container in your apartment center or in-house mail room by September 30, 2006. Your answers are completely con-fidential. The surveys are collect-ed and sent to a survey company which collects the data and then destroys the original copies.

The quality service board (con-sisting of the Executive Director, Department Managers and Resi-dent Council Chairs) identified five major areas of concern from last years’ survey:

1. Communication2. Safety

3. Security4. Building and Grounds5. Dining ServicesVisible improvements have

been made in the communica-tions area. AVTV has a new scroll and other program improvements have been made. A briefing by Ed Thomas has been promised, which will include a summary briefing on all Asbury Communities. The Consolidated Apartment & Villas monthly operations report is to be included with each Resident Council minutes starting in Sep-tember.

In the area of security a study of campus security has been com-pleted.

In the area of buildings and grounds new carpet in 419 has been installed, the trash and laun-dry rooms in Mund have been

updated, and those in Trott and Edwards-Fisher are scheduled to be updated.

In the dining Services area new chairs are on order for the Craw-ford and Hefner Dining rooms. A new Executive Chef and Chef Manager have been hired and a full time Training Coordinator is being recruited.

The Resident Survey will be used by the Resident Council Chairs and the Administration to sense community feeling and to help develop future plans. Individ-ual comments and concerns are encouraged and are very useful.

If you plan on being away dur-ing the survey period, please call Joanna Davis at x4268 and arrange for an advance copy or special mailing. Your input and thoughts are needed!


Idle ThoughtsBy Reg Westlake, Villas

Words that Fail Me

It’s a Guy Thing

By Dan Muller, Villas

Last week our niece and my sister visited us for a few days. We spent much time remi-niscing, laughing, and discussing absent

family members. Being somewhat of a braggart, I showed them some of the “Guy Thing” col-umns that I had written. When we got to the

one about presents; with women, the smaller the better, and with guys, the bigger the better, our niece said “Let me tell you about Vinny” (For background, Vinny is her husband and they live in rural Georgia on about thirty acres.)

She said, “One year, he bought me a red pickup truck for my birthday, another year he bought

me a golf cart with camouflage paint called the TERMINATOR, next a wood chipper that was about as big as Connecticut, and finally an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV).”

Then with a great big grin she said, “When his birthday came around this year, I bought him a dress that was just my size.”

Don’t Get Mad, Get Even

Perhaps we have to be as young as they are to know the meaning of new words. Thus Jazz meant something to me but not

to my father, although why it was called that I never stopped to ask. But the Blues, a term for sadness, were an easily understood musical name. Then came Swing, which was lively and rhythmic and perhaps was intended to describe the lively dancing it encouraged. The next big style was Rock and Roll. Rock?

Did it refer to some kind of body movement? Ditto with Roll. Whatever, “Rock around the clock” set the feet tapping and who bothered about the meaning anyway?

But come to the present. Performers (I hesi-tate to call them singers) do something called ‘rapping’ - a nonstop rapid and tuneless flow of words expressing, it seems, a view - usually a dis-approving one - about something, but what they disapprove of is hard to know because it is very hard to make out what they are saying. And now we have something called Hip Hop which I cannot come to terms with at all - the name, the music, anything about it - but which seems to be an every day term and style of music to the modern generation.

‘The modern generation’ — that’s it. I am where my father was with Jazz.

Dog Days in the Asbury

Residents’ GardensHal Gaut, one of AVTV Channel 95’s Candid Photo suppliers,

snapped these dogs before they could snap at him!


There’s a statue on our campus Whose identity does he claim?Rumor says that he’s John Wesley, or Would Francis Asbury be his name?

When he came riding on his horse That 80th Anniversary Day,Someone said, “There’s John Wesley,” “No, it’s Asbury,” old timers had to say.

Francis Asbury preached Methodism Up and down this land,That’s why we have the statue, Of this very famous man.John Wesley stayed in England, Asbury was his volunteer,He wore out several horses Traveling miles from year to year.

So when you see that statue, Just stop and tip your hat,And thank the ones who named our home For Asbury. Aren’t you glad of that!

Eleanor W. Cunningham, Edwards-Fisher

Campus Confusion

Mac & Zil

Photo Joon Kim

GULP! It’s a Monthly Puzzle!Fi you can raed this, you hvae a sgtrane mnid too.Can you raed this? Olny 55% of plepoe can.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.

The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tnhig is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sltil raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the hmuan mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmin huh? Uaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpelling was ipmorantt! If you can raed tihs fworrad it.

Sbittmued by Bbbyoe Kdumza, Ttort


By Lois Lord, Trott

Teachers were desper-ately needed, and non-education majors were being hired on a tempo-

rary status. It was 1950 and the influx of veterans’ families flooded the schools. I was assigned to teach 5th grade in Gaithersburg. Back then, Gaithersburg was mainly Old Town, with a cluster of streets with Victorian houses, several churches, an empty movie house, farm supply stores, and surrounding dairy farms. I boarded as there were no apart-ment buildings. The train whistle sounded for passing freight trains, although a commuter train prob-ably stopped at the little station. A greyhound bus drove through twice, going up to Frederick and returning again to Washington about 4 p.m.

The county used empty build-ings to relieve the overcrowding at the old, two-story red brick school-house (k-12) located on Summit Avenue. Fourth grades used an empty grocery store on Diamond Avenue, near the corner drug store (looking like it does today).

Our 5th graders were assigned to a small frame, two-story Masonic Hall on Russell Avenue, just down from the fire station. Russell Ave-nue dead ended at The Method-ist Home, a farm with the pres-ent Administration Building. My classroom was half of a dusty hall, divided into two rooms by a row of bulletin boards on rollers. A man taught the other class.

Miss Beacraft, sister of Helen Bean who lives in Trott, taught about 15 of the bigger boys in the former cloakroom. She was quiet, kind and provided a presence which instilled orderly behavior. Besides, she knew their parents! I sensed she was not well, and she had lost her fiancée in the war.

The second floor was boarded off. My half of the hall contained a stage with cracked, blackened scen-ery. Peering behind it, I discovered stacks of old props and chairs piled up to the ceiling. It had to remain. Two windows on either side of the room dimly lighted the drab walls, wooden floor, an assortment of desks, my scarred wooden desk, and a single scarred blackboard on rollers. This was my world! Soon,

colorful construction paper with magazine pictures covered the bul-letin board. I bought cheap cur-tains for the small windows. It was an improvement.

A school bus transported the children between the main school and Masonic Hall, including the lunch time. Miss Beacraft drove me in her car. With no playground, we put up a barricade in the street for recess. The girls used the bare ground for jump rope, hopscotch, and tag. Some climbed our nearby apple tree.

After morning break the chil-dren tossed snack leftovers into a large carton near the stage. After school, I would hear the squeaking mice as they scampered into the box to devour the tidbits. Once, I put my hand into something soft and fluffy in my desk drawer. It was the nest of a mouse. What a shock! I wasn’t a country girl.

I’ll never forget certain 5th grad-ers; the junk dealer’s son who had a crush on the demure blond with long, golden curls (the daughter of the school principal); the farm boy who proudly brought me a slab of fresh pork after their butchering; the bouncy daughter of a prosper-ous dairy farmer, who was always elected to bring her 4-H prize-win-ning chocolate cake for our parties, and the alert son of a Maryland University professor.

I remember certain incidents. Once a policeman strode into the classroom. He removed a boy who had broken into the train station and robbed the cash box. An over-bearing mother of a timid little girl arrived to observe and promptly answered any question I asked her daughter. A scary memory was when a student suddenly fell to the floor in an epileptic seizure. I had been forewarned to hold his

tongue so he wouldn’t swallow it. Within minutes he revived, sur-prised at being surrounded by a group of silent classmates.

Of course, we heard every sound from the nearby class. When our caged NIH mice, part of our sci-ence project on Healthy vs. Poor Diets, used their exercise wheel, it squeaked. One day the teacher next to us appeared, conspicuously holding an oil can and proceeded to oil the offending parts. The noise must have been driving him crazy.

Much to my dismay, the super-intendent, decided to join the lat-est California fad in progressive teaching. All reading textbooks were removed. We were to make charts of the children’s everyday experiences and use our science and social studies books for read-ing instruction. I enjoyed devising all types of projects and took an art workshop so we could get a free kiln and supply of clay for art projects. I don’t remember any art, music or P.E. teachers. I purchased a globe and several children’s books with my slim salary. I also ordered a window beehive, which revealed the interior of the hive as the work-er bees came and went, gathering pollen. This was a great success. The class also put on a play, took a field trip to the dairy farm, and went on a nature hike.

Quiet settled in when the bus drove off. The little mice reappeared as I cleaned the blackboard, put up math problems, and gathered up papers for my night’s work. Car-rying my load and dressed for the weather of the season, I began my walk back to the boarding house: up Russell, down Diamond and across the railroad tracks and 355. My contact with other teachers was limited to K-12 faculty meet-ings and our PTA meetings. Lunch offered only brief moments, as we often had playground duty. My landlady filled me in on the latest happenings in Gaithersburg town life as I ate by myself in the dining room. I returned “down county” each weekend, eager to share the fascination of working with differ-ing personalities and developing minds, which presented me with constant creative challenges.

I was hooked on teaching.

My First Year of Teaching Gaithersburg 1950

Lois Lord on playground duty back in 1950.


VOLUNTEERS

By Reg Westlake, Villas

Among Asbury’s benefits are the three workshops in the lower levels of the Diamond, Edwards-Fish-

er and Trott buildings. The benefits are not confined to those who fol-low their hobby but to the many that get repairs done there. Allen Coale is a devoted woodworker and prominent in his voluntary activities for the community is his chairmanship of the Trott work-shop. The shop, with its recently improved complement of power tools, is a great boon to residents bringing articles of furniture and other items for repair. Any pay-ment is voluntary and the pro-ceeds go to the Asbury Foundation. Allen presides over the workshop’s affairs and hopes that some of the newer residents will become mem-bers; each workshop is open to all residents.

Allen came to the Trott building in Asbury in 1997 and soon joined the ranks of volunteers. This was merely a continuation of his vol-unteer activities for Silver Spring Methodist Church and the Asbury Guild. He is a driver for Meals on Wheels when called upon and he

is also a driver for the Baltimore branch of the American Cancer Society should they have any Gaith-ersburg area patients to be taken to doctors’ and hospital appoint-ments.

Within Asbury a major contribu-tion by Allen is the chairmanship of the Trott Residents Council and his representation of them on the CCAV. He is also a member of the choir at Vesper services and the Easter and Christmas services. Yet another of his voluntary efforts is organizing groups to attend per-formances at the Rockville Dinner Theater by the Drama Group of Montgomery College on the Col-lege campus - 25 went last year.

Allen’s second wife died three years ago and he remarried in May of this year. His marriage was to Zandra Sperling, a fellow resident of Trott, and they are still coping with the task of coming down from two apartments to one. In conse-quence Allen is busier then ever but continues with his voluntary work for Asbury in and beyond his workshop. For which Asbury resi-dents are thankful and wish him and Zandra great happiness in their new life together.

Photo Hal Gaut

Allen Coale, Wood If He Could and He CAN!

By Jean Hubbell, Guild Reporter

If you hear water running at odd times on the second or fourth floor of WHCC, it might be the sound of a washing machine filling in the new

residents’ personal laundry rooms. The two new laundry rooms are the latest gift of the Guild for the residents in WHCC and are the culmination of a project started a year and a half ago when Guild President Mary Waldron saw first hand the need for such facilities.

Mary’s friend and neighbor in 419, Bertha Schuler, found herself in a medical emergency situation one night and ended up at Wilson coming from the hos-pital with only her nightgown. Bertha shared her story on “Asbury View” a few weeks ago pointing out the problem when she ended up with the need for a fresh garment and no hope of getting one before morning. Thus began Mary’s inquiries into possibilities of a personal laundry.

WHCC Administrator Ann Schiff listened to Mar, and explorations of possibilities began with the end result of two $10,000 laundries to be funded by the Guild. The cost may seem high but plumbing, wir-ing, equipment, some remodeling, all were needed to bring about the completed project. As Ann com-

mented to the Guild and again on “Asbury View,” all laundry at Wilson is done on a weekly schedule and at 180 degree temperatures - not the heat at which you normally wash regular clothes, especially deli-cate fabrics.

Now the project is completed and any resident or resident’s family member or caregiver can make use of the laundry to do personal wash for the resident. The laundry rooms are next to the back-of-the-building elevators. Already some have found their way to the inviting interior. When filming for “Asbury View,” Mary encountered a resident happily reading while she waited for her wash to finish. Another resident came in and provided an ironing board. Decorations are on the walls along with instructions and courtesy for use. The Guild hopes more residents or their family/caregivers will take advantage of these two new facilities. Be sure to take a peek if you are visiting at Wilson and let others know what is now available to them. And many thanks to those who gave special finan-cial gifts to the Guild in support of this project and to Mary for her persevering in bringing this idea to fruition.

Washing Wishes Come True at WilsonSew What? Walker Bags, That’s What!

Would you like to help the Guild provide walker bags for those desiring them? If you have a sew-ing machine capable of handling heavier fabrics, such as quilted materials and heavy cottons, we would be happy to hear from you. For many years residents of the Home and Kindley made the bags to be sold in the Home/Kindley Gift Shop for the modest sum of $5 to $7.50 depending on size and style. It was their very valuable way of contributing and much appreci-ated. Now we are need of others on the campus who would be will-ing to make an occasional walker bag for the Gift Shop. The residents are happy to pay the small amount knowing all Gift Shop profits come back in services for residents and those making them enjoy this way of contributing, a totally WIN-WIN situation. If you are interested, leave your name and extension at the Kindley Gift Shop (call 4292 or come in person) and you will be contacted.


Ideas Good at Any Age

What Part of “Know” Don’t You Understand?

By Keith Steele, Building 419

On the 18th. of August did you see a number of political types on our Campus? Asbury Democratic Club held an open house in Parker Hall for candidates who will be listed on the Democratic

Primary Ballot next month. E-mails were sent to all of them (70 persons) inviting them to come and meet our members. It was a tremendous suc-cess. Counting club members and guests there were over 100 attendees. Twenty-eight candidates and/or their representatives spoke to us during the two hour meeting. Sample unofficial ballots we given to the residents prior to the meeting. Present were candidates for United Sates Senator and Representative as well candidates for quite a number of State and County offices. At the conclusion of the meeting cookies and punch were available as we were able to talk with the candidates one on one.

I am confident we came away with more knowledge about who we will be voting for on Election Day. Never before have some of us been able to put a face with certain candidates for positions such as Clerk of the Court, Sheriff, States Attorney and County Council members. With the number of candidates listed on the ballot (70 or more) we need to have made our decisions before we arrive at the actual voting process. A couple of weeks prior to the Primary you should be receiving your sample ballot in the mail. I suggest you have it marked and that you take it with you when you go to vote.

Just be sure and vote regardless of you party affiliation. You can still register for the General Election which is held on November 7 provided you are registered by October 11. For any new residents, we vote in the Hefner Auditorium.

At the meeting it was announced that the Club would participate in the Gaithersburg Labor Day Parade.

Going Into Labor DayBy Paula Strain, Edwards-Fisher

Labor Day was officially established by an act of Congress in 1894 as the first Monday in September as a way of honor-ing the working class and also providing a three-day week-

end in late summer. For at least three centuries every Monday was a day of labor for the women of the world who did the fam-ily laundry. It usually took a day to a day and a half of work and this continued well into the 20th century in the United States.

In the first decades of the 20th century, American cities finally had more population than the countryside and also had adequate water, plumbing, sewage and electricity supplies to encourage engineers to find ways to mechanize washing, drying and iron-ing the laundry-and also to think of ways to reduce the need for ironing. This took them most of the 20th century, well into the last quarter, but id did reduce family laundry to something that could be done in less than half a day while other activities went on as well.

Today it is even easier for those of us with a small family. Every Monday morning I take my laundry down the hall to the laun-dry room, place it in the washing machine along with the soap powder, turn a few dials, walk out and return 25 minutes later to put the clean, damp clothes into the dryer where another few dials are turned and pushed. I then return in about 30 minutes to take out the dry clothes, fold them and put them away. As I do my laundry with the ease I have, I think with regret and sor-row of the women in the world who still have to do the family laundry by hand, often in nearby rivers. Their Labor Day is not one to celebrate.

Travel and Theatre Committee Trips and Tours

DATE EVENT CONTACTSept. 11-15 Branson, Missouri Otto x5299Sept. 15 New Windsor/New Market Allen x6660 Lunch at Mealey’sSept. 22 Kennedy Center Otto x5299 National Symphony Orch.Sept. 28 Strathmore Klepek x5743 Baltimore SymphonyOct. 4 Toby’s Dinner Theatre Briggs x6662 “Kiss Me Kate”Oct. 14 Olney Theatre Allen x6660 “The Foreigner”

DATE EVENT CONTACT

Oct. 20 Kennedy Center Otto x5299 National SymphonyOct. 24 National Cathedra Allen x6660 Tour and Tea Nov. 27-Dec. 1 San Antonio River Walk Otto x5299Dec. 2 Olney Theatre Allen x6660 “Cinderella”Jan 4, Mar. 8 & 18 Strathmore Klepek x5743June 7 Baltimore Symphony (FILLED)Jan. 10-27 Eastern Caribbean Cruise Ebinger x6555

By Keith Steele, Building 419

About three years ago at the suggestion and prodding of one of the older gen-tleman residents we proceeded to form

a Democratic Club here on the campus of our community. Presently the club has over a hun-dred dues paying members. The older gentle-man (now 92 years old) is currently one of our directors. We asked him if he would like to join us when we went to work at the County Fair

at the Democratic booth. He replied that he would like to. He joined us and for a couple of hours he was something to behold. You should have seen him. He wore his seersucker suit and of course his bow tie. He worked harder than any of us confronting every passerby offering them a “Vote Democratic” sticker. He would visit all the nearby booths with stickers in hand. Then he decided to visit the anti-abor-tion booth for what he said was for a “mean-

ingful discussion.” Such enthusiasm puts us younger ones (I am

a mere 79) to shame. Whatever our beliefs are we must not let them die because of our age. As long as we are able we must stay involved and do our part to push ahead with our ideals even when many around us do not agree with us. Even if this individual was working for the other party I would have admired him for doing what he believed in. (Did I say that? Yes I did)


Luke and Greta Belsito Mund 215, x6501

Greta Belsito grew up in Brooklyn, New York. After high school she worked at the New York Stock Exchange and Macy’s. It was in 1941, while she was working at the stock exchange, that a friend introduced her to Luke Belsito.

Luke’s family lived in New York City, but moved to Brooklyn when he was six . He graduated from Manual Training High School. After high school he attended Savage School for Physical Education, a teachers’ college, and went on to Ithaca College where he received a Bachelor of Science in Education degree. Luke continued his education at Fordham University where he earned a Master off Science in Educa-tion degree.

In June of 1941, Luke enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was sent to the Naval Training Station at Norfolk, Virginia, where he was a chief petty officer and a physical training instructor. On Pearl Harbor Day he became recruit training chief. Then he was commissioned as an ensign and was sent to the University of Arizona for training as a communications officer.

In September, 1943, Luke and Greta were married and made their home at the California Naval Base until March, l944, when Luke was transferred to Harvard University for further training. There he received notice to report to New York, where he was given special orders to ship out.

His first assignment was aboard the USS Cas-cade; then he was moved to the USS Mt. McKin-ley; both communications ships.

When Luke was discharged from the Navy in 1946 he became a teacher at McKinley Junior High School. Then he was asked to start a Special Education Program at Manhasset High School.

Along with teaching Luke was a coach of soccer and lacrosse for forty years. Summers he was a camp director.

Luke and Greta raised two sons and a daugh-ter, making their home in Wantagh on the south shore of Long Island. When Luke retired in 1980 they moved to Stuart, Florida, where they lived for 24 years. When Luke needed a hip replacement they moved to the home of their son in Arkansas until the move to Asbury.

Greta has volunteered at their church, knits

and likes to play Mah Jong. Luke’s favorite game is lacrosse which he began playing in 1932.

The Belsitos are Catholic It was their daugh-ter, who lives in Clarksburg, who suggested Asbury as a retirement community for them.

Judy Weaver, Mund

Patricia McN. BenzMiller Edwards-Fisher #611 X6459

The month of June has weddings, gradua-tions, Father’s Day, but now we Edwards-Fisher residents can add June 28, 2006 as a cause for celebration. This is the day we welcomed Patri-cia BenzMiller to apartment 611.

Born in South Ozone Park, New York, Patricia has a BA from Hunter College in New York City and continued, whenever time would allow, to accumulate graduate credits from Fordham, L.I.V., and Fairfield Universities. She worked as a long distance telephone operator for AT&T and as a copy girl and editorial clerk for the New York Sun.

Patricia was an English teacher in the New York City public high schools for 14 years and for 3 years at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich, Connecticut. She taught ESL for 2 1/2 years at Bridgeport University with 6 or 7 nationalities all in one room. Classes at one time or another included Kurds, Iraqis, Iranians (‘76-’79 Shah selected pre-university students), Europeans and South Americans.

Widowed, after caring for her husband during many long illnesses, she has 2 sons and 2 grand-sons. Patricia was able to attend her elder son’s wedding in the Philippines and spend some time in Japan.

Doing art work with pastels, writing poetry, listening to music, visiting museums, attending Symphony and the theatre are her favorite hob-bies and interests. Patricia also enjoys writing letters (“no e-mail for me!”), reading, listening to Bill Moyers’ interviews and watching old movies.

In the past as a volunteer she has hosted a blind 2 year old, daytimes for 2 summers, taught

ESL to Spanish speaking immigrants; read to paralyzed patients on Welfare (now Roosevelt) Island in New York City. A Roman Catholic, Patri-cia has brought sacraments to shut-ins (Boston), worked at a shelter literacy program sponsored by the Jesuit Church in Brookline.

A Bethesda neighbor of her son’s recommend-ed Asbury Methodist Village as a place for her to settle down and we Edwards-Fisher residents are delighted she made the choice.

Joan Dunlop,Edwards-Fisher

Marylou Morrow Edwards-Fisher #105

Celebrating our country’s independence wasn’t high on Marylou Morrow’s list of things to do as she packed boxes for her Asbury arriv-al. She moved into Edwards-Fisher, apartment 105, on July 7, 2006.

Born in Durham, North Carolina, she was educated there and in Washington, DC. Mary-lou worked in the Anesthesiology Department of NIH for 25 years and also served on the War Production Board and was with the GSA.

At the end of World War II she enjoyed the unique experience of driving the first Ameri-can made car to appear in post war Germany. As might be expected with such a desirable vehicle, it was stolen, but the MP’s were able to recover it before the thieves crossed the border.

Marylou is interested in bridge, knitting and golf. She has volunteered with the American Red Cross and has been a part of Head Start and has done other work with children. She has been a part of the Global Volunteers in Poland.

A widow, Marylou has a daughter, a grand-daughter and four great grandchildren. Her daughter was born in Germany and Marylou has also lived in Japan. A Protestant-Episcopal affiliate, she chose Asbury because it was locat-ed near her daughter and in an area with which she was familiar. We are happy to welcome her to our Edwards-Fisher family.

Joan Dunlop, Edwards-Fisher

WELCOME NEW RESIDENTS

Photo credit: Betty Goen

Photo credit: Jim Porter



WELCOME NEW RESIDENTS

Caryl Dikkers Trott 204, x4589

Another delightful lady has moved into Trott. Caryl arrived August 22, 2006. She had been liv-ing in Bethesda prior to her move.

Caryl was born in Aurora, Illinois and graduated from an Aurora high school. After graduation she attended and graduated from a secretarial school in Chicago, Illinois. She did secretarial work for both a law firm and a utility firm in Aurora.

While in their teens, Caryl and Robert Dikkers met at the Aurora First Baptist Church. After his high school graduation, he served two years in the U.S. Army. World War II had ended by this time, so he got a position as a Government Civil Engineer in Washington, D.C. He and Caryl were married in 1952.

Caryl and Robert made their home in Bethes-da, Maryland. They adopted two children-Shan-non and Scott. Shannon lives in Colorado and Scott lives nearby in Gaithersburg. Caryl has three grandchildren.

Caryl and Robert enjoyed traveling both in the Caribbean and Alaskan areas.

Caryl is a member of the First Baptist Church of Bethesda.

Ellen McCrorie Trott 111, x5600

Ellen arrived at Asbury June 27, 2006. She came just as far as from lovely “Old Town Gaith-ersburg,” where she and her husband, Thomas “Mac”, had lived for 47 years.

Ellen was born in a very small town near Peoria, Illinois, where she attended a one room country school. From there she went to high school in Wyoming, Illinois. Next it was off to Bradley University in Peoria, where she majored in Home Economics.

Mac and Ellen were married in 1944 and recent-ly observed their 62nd anniversary. Their family consists of a daughter in Toronto and a son in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are blessed with four grandchildren-three girls and a boy.

Ellen chose Asbury when Mac had a stroke sev-eral years ago. When she could no longer care for him at home, her obvious choice was the Wilson Health Care Center. After all, she had watched Asbury grow from a one building facility to its present state. When Mac was safely settled in, Ellen applied for an apartment, and here she is.

Both Ellen and Mac were long-time employees of the Montgomery County Public School Sys-tem-he as a math teacher and she in Food Ser-vices as a Cafeteria Manager and Area Supervisor. She retired after 26 years of service.

Her hobbies are pretty characteristic of a Home Ec major-in addition to reading, they include cro-chet, needlework, and sewing. They are also relat-ed to her many volunteer hours at the Gaithers-burg Senior Center crocheting items for infants. Speaking of the Senior Center, she also assisted Helen Bowman of the Villas in establishing a Senior Center in Gaithersburg.

During their traveling years, Ellen and Mac vis-ited England, Ireland, Canada and Alaska.

Ellen’s church preference is Lutheran. It’s great to have her here, and incidentally, she’s a mine of information about earlier days in Gaithersburg.

Marjorie Brugger, Trott

Mary Goodwin Edwards-Fisher 711, x6912

Mary joined the Edwards-Fisher family July 14 after living in Bethesda for fifty years. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio.

She studied Elementary Education with a minor in Art at Case Western Reserve University. Then she attended art school at American Uni-versity and Corcoran School of Art. Mary took many short trips to study art in various places with different teachers. She studied in England,

Ireland, France, Norway and Israel.She married John DuChez, a medical student.

After he joined the Navy, she moved with him to Rhode Island, California and New Orleans. She volunteered in the Naval Hospital, George Washington and Sibley Hospitals. They had two sons, and she has two grandsons. Her husband died in 1966. Four years later, she married Harry Goodwin and gained a step-daughter. They vis-ited Alaska, Mexico and Florida.

Mary joined the Potomac Valley Watercolor-ist and Washington D.C. Watercolor Association. She has shown her art work in various shows throughout Maryland and Virginia. Along the way, she did portraits, sculptures, and oils and is still painting.

Mary is a regular member of the Fourth Pres-byterian Church and later Concord-St. Andrew United Methodist Church. Her religious affilia-tion is Methodist.

Betty Savage, Edwards-Fisher

Domenica “Dolly” Cuozzi Bldg. 419, Apt 517, x4487

Dolly Cuozzi arrived at Asbury, all the way from West Orange, New Jersey, where she has lived for 50 years, and moved into Building 419 on May 12, 2006. Born on July 28, 1920, in Newark, Dolly grew up in Kearney, New Jersey. In 1941 she married and went to live in North Arlington, New Jersey. She has three grown chil-dren, two girls and a boy, born in 1943, ‘47 and ‘ 52. After high school and again after the children had grown up, Dolly went to work in the office of a clothing company. Her husband, William J. Cuozzi, Jr, was a lawyer and judge; he died in April of last year...

Dolly is Catholic. She enjoys watching nearly all sports on television, has played a little ten-nis and ping-pong, and at Asbury has taken up water exercises in the Rosborough swimming pool. She also likes to sew and read mystery novels. Her children are all married, the son only recently, and she has two grandsons by one of her daughters, who lives in Providence. The other daughter, a teacher, is married to a cardi-ologist and lives in Rockville. The son lives in Indianapolis.

Gordon Allen, Bldg. 419



Photo credit: Hal Gaut

Photo credit: Hal Gaut


Works (1957-1991) and Mrs. Billie Feller.”It is a beautiful picture enjoyed by all who

pass by. The next time you are in Hefner, do take a look at the picture of the Cathedral’s Rose Window. And for those of you taking the Octo-ber 24th tour of the Cathedral with Betty Lou Allen, you will see many great treasures, includ-ing the magnificent Rose Window.

That’s how the headlines will read when Asbury Communities employees and residents participate in the October 6, 2006 Lee National Denim Day(r), the largest single-day fundraiser for the fight against breast cancer. Participants are encouraged to wear denim in exchange for a $5 donation to the Women’s Cancer Pro-grams of the Entertainment Industry Founda-tion (EIF).

The Entertainment Industry Foundation, as a leading charitable organization of the enter-tainment industry, has distributed hundreds of millions of dollars to support charitable initia-tives addressing critical health, education and social issues. EIF funds some of the most prom-ising research being conducted today to devel-op new and more effective approaches to the Research Fund. Focused on early detection of cancer, the initiative is supporting EIF’s Breast Cancer Biomarker Discovery Project - an ambi-tious, groundbreaking scientific project where a group of internationally recognized scientists and clinicians from some of the best scientific institutions in the world are collaborating to develop a blood test that will detect breast can-cer in its beginning stages, when survival rates are highest.

“Lee National Denim Day is extremely impor-tant to our employees, as many of them have been personally touched by the disease,” said Alexis McKenzie, Director of Community and Public Relations. “I’m excited about involving both our residents and employees in this very worthwhile cause.”

You’ll be hearing a lot more about this excit-ing communities-wide event on AVTV Channel 95. Be watching!

IN MEMORIAM

Resident Facility Date of Death

Thomas F. Dyson WHCC, Mund 07-13-06

Harold Hinnerichs WHCC 07-16-06

Glenn E. Gilliam Villas 07-21-06

John G. Moseman Mund 07-24-06

Edith Schramm WHCC, Kindley, E-F 07-28-06

Doris Mandelbaum WHCC, Kindley 07-29-06

David H. Hammers WHCC, Villas 07-30-06

Ann McCullough WHCC, Kindley, E-F 08-06-06

Charles Rainey WHCC, Diamond 08-11-06

Henry Cunningham Diamond 08-13-06

“Asbury Methodist Village Dons Denim

for a Cause”

2006 Ambassador Actor Pierce Brosnan says, “I’m proud to join Lee Jeans and the Enter-

tainment Industry Foundation in this tremen-dously important battle to eliminate breast

cancer from all our lives.”

By Joan Dunlop, Edwards-Fisher

Two Edwards-Fisher residents Louise Roth and Don Horton are celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of their

birth. Louise was born on September 4, 1906 in northern Pennsylvania and Don on August 12, 1906 in Haverill, Massachusetts.

Don Horton was my first interview and so I’m using the maxim of age before beauty. He and his wife Helen moved into Asbury on March 15, 1977. They chose apartment 204 and Don has lived there ever since. When asked the secret of such a long life Don responded that he owed it all to the support of his loving family. He has two children, six grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. Getting married in 1928 was rated as his most memorable event. He and Helen had planned

to elope, but the family found out and so they had a small June wedding in New England. Don has always enjoyed life at Asbury and continues to appreciate it each day.

Louise moved into apartment 112 in Febru-ary of 1998 and has made it her home. She attributes her long life to taking good care of herself and making the most of each and every day. Louise feels that there was not one special event she could single out in her life, but maintains that a pleasant family atmosphere throughout the years has given her complete satisfaction. This is all she could possibly ask for.

One hundred years of productive living is an awesome accomplishment. I feel hon-ored and blessed to count Louise and Don as friends.

‘06 Was a Very Good Year

shortly after Bess’s graduation. After a 34-year career in civil and military aviation with the FAA as aero engineer and test pilot in Kansas

City, Washington DC, Paris and Brussels, Ray and Bess had a call to ministry in jails and prisons. So, for the past 30 years they have together had a Ministry of Reconciliation in jails and prisons and at present are Chaplains in the County Jail in Hagerstown, MD. At 94 years of age, they have no plans for retirement

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