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Senior Scene
Support of Red Cross first priority
Whether you contribute a large or small check (remember the widow's mite? )money is the ultimate contribution. It makes possible the agency's ability to purchase items to meet the most pressing needs. So skip that dinner out Contribute! Panhandle Senior Travelers Club is a new service for those over fifty, that offers the opportunity to travel with fellow seniors to places heretofore too difficult to do on their own. The next trip planned is in December, by motor coach to beautiful Calloway Gardens to view their Christmas displays. If you've been waiting to start traveling again, here's a way to do it with other seniors. To learn more, plan to attend the next meeting of the club on September 24 at 5 p.m. at the Bayview Senior Center. Dues are just $15 per year and each trip has a group rate, saving members money and giving them a friendly group to travel with! For information, call club president Carolyn Reeves, 4768621. The entire back page of a recent PNJ was covered by an advertisement for bathing suits at a 'super savings of 50%!' I imagine that sale ad was laid out long before Katrina hit, but the timing was most unfortunate. Reading about people in distress lacking food and even potable water, it's doubtful bathing suits are on your mind. So close your eyes and write that check -y'all hear me? Speaking of bathing suits reminds me of my life with them. From the first I can remember, at the age of 7 (yes, I have the photo to prove it) there I am on the beach arrayed in a blue wool suit with cap sleeves and a wool beanie to match. My mother look at me fondly and said, "The blue matches your eyes!" I said, "I hate it it's itchy!" My mother's suit was made of something like taffeta, but children's suits in those days were made of wool. Wool and bare skin are defintely a no-no my expression makes that abundantly clear. Luckily there are also photos of happier choices. I had a turquoise rubber suit, and two others, both made of rubber they were so comfortable, because they stretched! I was 17 and they were my all-time favoties as I hit the Atlantic City beach. I still wonder why "they" stopped using rubber. They really fit, and I never had a 'flat' (or a rip). Well, as the song says, "ThoseWere The Days, My Friend." I think will just get another big beach hat they are so flattering! You must find time to visit the amazing exhibit, created by Betty Vickers and MaryJo Rudd, at the T.T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum. This exhibit is the result of months of research done by these two local women, who wanted to learn more about the lives of Pensacola women during the Great Depression.They searched through women's journals, letters and writings during the 1930s to re-construct the lives, the trials and triumphs, these women experienced. The exhibit, which opened September 13, will be up at the museum for several weeks, and there will be related public presentations offered too, during October and November. To learn more about the hours and days, please call the University of West Florida's Women's Studies Department at 5955985. The severity of the itch is proportional to the reach. The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard. See you next week! |
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