Senior Moments
Submitted by Irene R. Cote
The Epping Watson Academy Senior Citizens Club is thinking Christmas. Get this - the response for knitted caps for the soldiers was so wonderful that they now don't have enough heads to put them on. Isn't that great? Our new project is Christmas stockings for our soldiers. If we start in July, we should be done by November. Not all of us will sew, so the rest will collect items to put in the stockings. This new request is also out there everywhere. So just picture it - all soldiers over there somewhere opening their stockings on Christmas! Can you imagine just how many? Dare to guess? (We'll let you know later.)
We were very happy to help three young people attend the summer Recreation Program through our donation. Government funding is no longer available for these kids so we hope others will help as well. It's a wonderful cause right here at home. Wonder if they play our games - like - kick the can, dodge'em and keepsies.
We're relinquishing the "Blue Bird" over to the Recreation kids for the summer. It looks like it will be busy every day. In the meantime, we're making plans to get back on the bus in the fall to fun places such as the Castle in the Clouds, etc. Our last bus trip was to the Desert of Maine, stopping at Portland for the night where we saw places we never took time to enjoy before. It was a lot of fun BUT - no more bus trips on hot days!!!.
One of our favorite trips was to the Harvey Farm on Red Oak Hill, Epping, for a Club picnic. We really enjoyed the newly renovated milking parlor and the famous homemade ice cream and warm fresh donuts. What a combination! Talk about sinful food for seniors. We plan to do this once a year. That should please our doctors. The hospitality was great. Check it out this summer - such clever folks.
We won't stay home all summer though. One trip will be on the train to Old Orchard Beach where we'll enjoy the ride, the food and the sights!
We thank all the friends who stopped at our Memorial Day Bake Sale to buy and say hello. Did anyone else notice that there were many more residents observing the special day then ever before? We were impressed to see so many appreciate our war heroes and our community. Thank you American Legion for a wonderful parade and great hamburgers and hot dogs.
Ready for another frown breaker? >>>>>>Two old ladies were traveling in the car and the passenger noticed that they went right through two red lights. As they started through the third, she screamed to her friend, "You just drove through three red lights!" Her friend replied, "Oh, am I driving?" >>>>>> Message - driver beware.
By the way, each Club meeting includes a program. We invite local people, friends and neighbors to come and talk about their hobbies, history or whatever. Everyone has a story to tell and we really are good listeners.
