Travel Club BeckonsThe Pied Piper with his magic flute is no

match for the Hawthorne Travel Club. Askchairman, Charlie Mason or co-chairman DickRay. They will tell you that no sooner do theyannounce a trip and presto the quota is filledwith a waiting list. Why is this so? Because thesetwo gentlemen aided and abetted by their wives,Kathryn and Mary, are a quartet of "eagerbeavers" with gypsy instincts.

They go to any lengths to keep the travelershappy planning the most interesting tours for ourpleasure. Just witness this enticing line-up fromAugust to December.

St. Augustine beckons for August 21-22.This is such a popular tour that it is almost anannual affair. New this year is the BayfrontDinner Theatre which promises to be veryentertaining.

Historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is the focusof the tour leaving on September 28 andreturning October 3. After overnight in Carolinawe shall continue on to New Bern, NorthCarolina, where we visit the Tryon Palace andGardens, residence of the governor of this royalcolony before the American Revolution. We shallspend two days in Williamsburg visiting therestored area, museums and historic sites.Jamestown is our next brief stop enroute toWilmington, North Carolina, a principal deepwater port and scene of the Stamp Act resistancein 1765. Then on to Augusta, Georgia, to theAugusta Hilton followed by a morning tour ofthe city.

A Thanksgiving tour is planned forNovember 25-28 which will take us to BocaRaton where our headquarters will be the

Williamsburg

gracious Boca Raton Hotel for four days andthree nights. A gala holiday dinner is promisedfor Thursday. Friday we shall visit Vizcaya themagnificent Italian villa on the waterfront.Saturday we wend our way through LionCountry Safari before returning home.

Christmas brings us a plane trip to Bermudaon December 22. The fabulous Sonesta BeachHotel will be our home for the next five days.Many seasonal holiday festivities, all with theBritish flair for' hospitality and fun, will entertainthe Hawthornites travelling there.

With ,jbe·s'e coming attractions it is smallwonder that we easily develop an itchy foot andgladly follow our genial "Pied Pipers." Best of allwe need only go to the clubhouse to start anyone of these intriguing journeys. Then we can sitback and enjoy ourselves in the knowledge thatour baggage, hotel rooms, most meals andtedious details are carefully controlled.

- Anna Merlino

"Summertime, and the living is easy. .." so itis at Hawthorne, and seemingly throughout theSouth. Warm weather and sunny days make methink of large front-porch swings, lemonade, icedtea, lazy afternoons... beaches, boating,swimming, cookouts. Summer is an excellenttime to relax and enjoy the long, clear beautifuldays that can only be found in our subtropicalsurroundings.

Here at Hawthorne, indoor activities tend toslow down during the summer months -- a lot ofour residents migrate north and those whoremain seem to enjoy the outdoor life asopposed to engaging in indoor activities. On anygiven bright, sunny afternoon jovial swimmerspack the swimming pool; outdoor chefs andtube-steak connoisseurs gather at the picnic area;boaters and fishermen prowl the waterways;beautifully tanned ladies and gents head for thefairways; a frolicking and gleeful group assembleweekly at the volleyball court as does a slightlymore serious, fun-loving "nine" cut a diamondon the Sales Office lawn.

This time of year also seems an excellentopportunity to take advantage of the lateafternoon and early evening hours offered byarea attractions -- when the temperature drops to"a little more comfortable" and the hustle, bustlecrowd has departed. Summer nights areenchanting and rejuvenating after a day oflounging at poolside or "putt-ering" on the golfcourse.

Meanwhile ... back on the homefront:A few visitors came by to observe an

affair;They came all the way from "Who-

Knows-Where,"Only to find ... our Clubhouse was bare.

Yes, it's quiet around the Great Hall duringthe summer months ... the majority of theactivities having recessed until fall. This is a goodtime for all to "take a breather" so that activitiesmay be "geared up" again in the autumn byrefreshed participants. While you're lounging,traveling, or engaging in physical activities thissummer, be alert and ready to retain any ideathat may enhance our overall program here atHawthorne. We, in the Program Office, also putthis lax period to good use, as we sort our

thoughts and have some spare time to possiblydiscover a better and more efficient way ofhelping you to enjoy "the best times of your life."

During the summer our temporarilydisbanded activities are "out of sight (and) out ofmind," but around September "absence makesthe heart grow fonder." I'm already lookingforward to the crowded weekdays at theClubhouse this fall, but in the meantime I intendto take full advantage of this time that can (andshould) prove to be so beneficial to us all.

"I don't want to say good-bye for thesummer ... but we'll meet in September ... "Sooooo, "Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy daysof summer!"

-Carolyn B. Orme

Misty Moisty MorningOut of the nothingness

Over the everywhereVaporous veiling shrouds

Shadowy shapes ...Gone is reality

Nothing familiar seenFoghorn moans mournfully

World slowly wakes ...Daylight developing

Waking birds twitteringCrowing of roosters shrill

Heralding morn ...Misty fog vanishing

Sunrise TranscendencyWorld luminosity

Bright day is born ...-@Ruth D. Campbell

Penn Notes StaffEditor Elnora BolanAssociate Editor Carolyn OrmePhotographers John Tienken,

Don ComunaleStaff Margaret Abro, Joe Feol,

Anna K. Merlino, Roland Mernitz,Marie Richardson, Edith Schipper,

Rosalind Sykes, Bill Wilkinson

Senator Chiles Speaks at HawthorneSenator Lawton Chiles, a native Floridian

and ranking member on the Special Committeeon Aging was a special guest speaker atHawthorne recently.

He said the short term problem with SocialSecurity is cash flow. There are too few peoplecoming into the system and too many going outof the work force. Between now and 1986 wewill have a real shortage.

He explained there are three trust funds;two are fine but the Social Security fund is short.The most serious problem is that people aredrawing Social Security for more years now. Thecrunch will come in the year 2000. Then there willbe 26 working for everyone drawing SocialSecurity. We must face up to the problem nowand correct it. We will probably have to changethe age of retirement to 68.

Chiles responded to questions aboutRailroad Retirement and Amtrak. The RailroadRetirement funds aren't sound either. He said wedon't have the rail beds now for Amtrak nor themoney to lay them. We may have to do awaywith Amtrak eventually, according to Chiles.

Another question asked from the audiencewas about Congressmen's perquisites. They nolonger get subsidized meals and free barbers.Chiles thinks Congressmen should take sometrips to foreign countries to do a better job. Theincome of Congressmen is not too highaccording to the senator. They can take only$3,000 off taxes for their living allowance.Congressmen should make more so they don'thave to travel the country making speeches tomeet living expenses.

The Senator thinks there are too manyregulations on business, but that Congress mustoversee regulations. Senator Chiles said too, thatwe must do something about illegal aliens. Weshould have a special Social Security card thatcan't be forged. This would stop hiring of manyillegal aliens.

The Senator is against regulating firearmsbut we should have a stiff penalty for everyonethat uses a gun when committing a crime.

Chiles doesn't think anything will be doneabout National Health Insurance. Medical costshave gone up more than anything else and theywould go up even faster with National HealthInsurance.

-Effie Sams

Senator Lawton Chiles

A Nightof Wineand, Cheese

Hawthorne's fourth annual night of "Wineand Cheese," sponsored by the swimming poolcommittee, will be enjoyed poolside, August 16from 8:30 till 11 :30 p.m. The chairman of theparty is Bill Lynch.

Six varieties of wine plus a choice of threesavory selections of cheese are yours to enjoy ina leisurely evening of conviviality.

Now, about drinking the fruit of the grape:drink the wine which pleases you with the dishesyou like. This is the cardinal -- perhaps the only -- rule of wine drinking. Wines, or most of them,are not a subject to be approached with awe andwonderment. Remember, it is each winedrinker's decision to choose what pleases hispalate the most.

It may be that some tastes are inherent inhuman nature. For example, a gourmet wouldbalk at drinking a sweet wine with a salamisandwich, or with Limburger cheese.

The main thought of wine appreciation is toavoid excess, and instead to combine wines,food and conversation into a harmoniousevening at Hawthorne's swimming pool.

-Chuck Steed

Uncle Sam on Parade

Softball Action

Presenting the Colors

Gala4th of July

Spelling Bee Winners

Dalton Minard's Spectacular

Bathing Beauties

Guest Buglar

Horseshoe Contest

Bikes with Flags and Streamers

Song and dance routines.

I'm Herbert withMartha Stewart and Bob Winther.

Vodvil

Salvation with Rudy Borgeson,Edna Patt and John West.

A salute in song.

Grace Magurn

Stick Up If 1withJohn West and Betty Boubin.

Show

Les Blues -our own tapping lovelies.

Discovering Art Talent"Currently on display" -- six times a year

these words alert us to a new attraction to befound in the wall cabinet at the Sales Office.With the cooperation of many talented residents,always willing to share the results of theircreativity, this area has been transformed into afascinating study of ceramics, woodcarving,needlework, handcraft, lapidary and quilling.

The Sales Office lounge is a meeting placefor potential residents, waiting to take the tour,sipping coffee, and swapping tales of homestates. The cabinet is a focal point and whenexamined, amazement is professed at thetalented people residing at Hawthorne. Anadded attraction are the pictures in oils,watercolors and pastels created by our ownartists that grace the hallway walls.

The newly decorated Program Office at theClubhouse also provides an area to displaypictures, wall hangings, woodcarvings andceramics. Carolyn Orme has been mostappreciative of and cooperative with thechanging displays offered for the enjoyment ofvisitors who come to see her in her office.

There is great satisfaction in uncovering theart talent at Hawthorne and arranging it in acompatible manner. My husband Mac is as muchinvolved with these projects as I am. He climbsthe ladder, holds the pictures, carries the heavyloads and changes the brackets on the glassshelves, while I complain of finger marks andthen decide to rearrange the whole display!

Visit our two art centers. We promise tokeep them filled with interesting objects,provided we have your assistance in uncoveringnew talent.

Currently on display at the Sales Office isthe needle-work of Eleanor Monohan, and, as aspecial feature, the almost lost art of tatting byMarcella Ware. Concurrently in the ProgramOffice are wooden inlays of John Moulden, awood carving of John Morgan and an originalwall hanging of Marguerite Deneau.

- Villette Morgan

Hawthorne SecurityHawthorne's neatly uniformed security

personnel can be seen roving our community ina patrol car. They check the buildings andClubhouse for the unusual or offbeat incident.

Never obtrusive, always polite andconcerned for the welfare of residents, theyprovide a sense of personal security and freedomfrom the worries of the sudden emergency. Theyknow what to do, and how to do it.

There is much more to our security forcethan meets the eye. They are trained asEmergency Medical Technicians, firefighters andas security men as well. All this in addition to theprerequisite of prior experience as policemen,firemen, paramedics or ambulance drivers.

Office logs indicate a response to 280 callsin 1980 which included 27 responses to cardiacproblems; 42 falls, six of which resulted inbroken bones, and first aid incidents where cutsand minor abrasions were treated.

There were 93 false alarms where the redbutton was pressed inadvertantly, or a powersurge gave false readings in the control room. Infact there was one emergency call reported every311/2 hours during 1980. Records thus far thisyear show one emergency every 24 hours.

Our men must keep their wits about them,ready to make an instant judgment as totreatment of the emergency. They have to keepalert as they monitor the control panel indicatingemergency buttons in each. home. They mustmonitor the alarm systems covering the riverfront.

These men do their best to keep us free ofthe fears and problems of developedcommunities. Some residents owe their lives tothe rapid response and quick action of theSecurity officers. Many others have been aidedwith first aid treatment. All of us owe gratitudefor the protection they give us and our homes.

-Joe Feol

Everything from Encyclopedias to Knitting

Our library is made up entirely of books andother items donated by Hawthorne residents. Wehave everything from a complete set ofEncyclopedia Britannica to jigsaw puzzles.

We have over 2,000 paperback books.Science fiction and westerns are on the top shelf,biographies and miscellaneous are on thebottom shelf, and in between is a wide selectionof fiction . To the left are two shelves of well-readmysteries.

Paperbacks are the most popular. They areso easy to read in bed! But don't neglect thehardback books. All the hard cover fiction booksare placed in alphabetical order by title. It hasbeen found to be much easier to reshelve thebooks by this method instead of by the DeweyDecimal System used in large libraries. Also, if aperson is looking for a particular book, heusually knows the title but oftentimes not theauthor.

So many people are leery of using the cardfile. It is quite simple. The file is divided intocategories: Biography, Fiction, Drama, Music,Poetry, History, Hobbies and Health. Thesecards are filed alphabetically by author. So yousee we have a cross index. Note the small signson the shelves that direct you to the propercategory.

We have many large print books, especiallyThe Reader's Digest. Don't miss the beautifulpictorial books on the bottom shelf below thepaperbacks. Have you seen Sadie Shapiro'sKnitting Book? It has more to do with humanrelations than knitting.

Marvel Lubis, the library chairman, hasprovided the following survey results showing thenumber of items circulated in a month's time:magazines 662; 'newspapers 130; hard coverbooks 485; paperbacks 973. It has beenestimated that 350 people visit the library eachmonth.

- Eleanor Dickerson

On The Road inthe Silver Turtle

Dar and I are over three weeks into our fourmonth's Land Cruise of the Northeastern part ofthe United States and on to Nova Scotia. When Iwas younger, I read that Concert Pianist ArthurRubenstein made "the world his home," andthought that sounded IDEAL. One of myattractions to our Hawthorne Village is thecontinental mix of our community; for we are allfrom someplace else. We love our Hawthornehome. But we chose to stretch, not break, ourties with far-flung loved ones. Our 26 ft. AirStream Land Yacht is our home-away-from-home for several months a year. In this way, weare able to be at home in a wide range of places.

Departures on the road (when we'replanning from 150-300 miles) involve acomfortable two hour routine, arising about 3 to4:30 a.m. We start as soon as possible on daysinvolving stress of rain, heat or turnpike truckdriving.

Dar prepares breakfast (bless him) while I gothrough my health routine and dress and makeup our bed. After breakfast, I clear up dishes,using a little plastic dishwasher, and pour coffeein a thermo. Then we buckle down the storageareas, and necessities. He goes outside to checkthe car and to unhook the umbilical cordsattached to the electricity, water and sewer.Captain Dar pulls out after a thorough brakecheck. We sit down and start a tape in the taperecorder as we cruise out with our Land Yacht.Then the Silver Turtle sallies into the sunrise!

So far, we have visited two of our widelyspaced children: a son in Washington, D.C., anda daughter in Pleasant Ridge, Michigan. We'vealso had fun with several longtime friends invarious places. This kind of land cruising is FUN-- TRY IT SOMETIME!

- Rosalind Sykes

Yet this poses problems:a. for how long? 3, 5, 10 years?b. Who wants to be president?c. Do you really want to get pinned down

with committee commitments?d. How do you react to your phone that rings

only twice before going dead?On third thought, shouldn't we think on this

a'wee, ere we trap ourselves a'glee? Better still,let's wait a bit! - Clyde Mahan

Procrastinators Arise!Should we form a club? About 23 years ago

in Akron, Ohio (it was really "Fairlawn," a fancysuburb) I heard about an exclusive"Procrastinator's Club" in Cleveland. It soundedinteresting, especially as they were only 45minutes north on 1-71.

They had "stated meetings" at 8 p. m. onthe 13th of each month. However, the meetingwas invariably postponed for various goodreasons:

a. The president was hung-over.b. Snow, sleet, icec. Rain, floods, landslidesd. Fog, poor visibilitye. Browns vs. Pittsburghf. Indians vs. Yanksg. Gone sailing-fishingh. Other urgent activities, parties, etc.i. Some business appointments

So, they never had a meeting to exchangeprocrastinating ideas. Thus I've always feltcheated. Apparently no one cares that I finallyinstalled two shelves in my wife's food-hoardingcupboard after three years' urging. Nor that she'scontinually hounding me to assemble agrandfather clock from the kit I bought two yearsago which still slumbers under our kingsize bed.

Will no one commiserate with me? Howlong can I hold out with no support? Let's form aclub and hang together.

Perhaps we should place a sign-up sheet onthe Triangle in the Big Teepee for only the mostsincere procrastinators who have steadfastly andsuccessfully resisted all external forces to getthem off the dime.

A Visitorfrom Finland

Fred and Naomi Cook of TamariskWay recently extended a real Hawthornewelcome to Erja Koskinen an exchangehigh school student from Finland. Shehas been attending Tri-West High Schoolnear Indianapohs , Indiana, where shebecame friends with the Cook'sgranddaughters. She will be returningshortly to her native Finland. Good luckErja.

55 AliveMature Driving

55 Alive is a safety course for the "mature"driver. Designed by NRT AI AARP to meet needsof older drivers (the "55" refers to our age, notto the speed limit), the six session courseinvolves classroom instruction only.

Overcoming the effects of aging on drivingskills, rules of the road, accident prevention, andother topics are stressed during group discussionand slide presentation to help keep you on theroad longer.

A Pinellas County Judge, who is using ourcourse for court referrals, says 50 to 80 olderdrivers are seen in an average daily traffic courtsession. Older drivers' violations are not drunk orreckless driving, or speeding, but failure to yieldright-of-way, backing, lane-changing, turningand entering and leaving freeways.

So don't let age rob you of your drivingfreedom. Sign up for "55 ALIVE" this fall!

- Ethel Hounshell

Erja Koskinen