1601 W. Josephine St., Lakeland, FL - May 2018 Hickory Hills Happenings Kate Sherman - Editor [email protected]

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Happy 100th Birthday, Glen Westphal!

Another long-married couple: Pat and Dave Golden Page 2 Hickory Hills Happenings BIRTHDAYS Please keep these residents and friends in your 01 Goldie Dias prayers as they battle illness or other crises in their 03 Skip Harris lives: Marge Fleshenhaur, Pat Golden, Don Skinner. Steve Will 04 Wes Carter RESIDENT'S NEWS Dottie White Carol Cannizzo Please welcome new resident Athena Roberts living 06 Charles Clark at 1516 El Dorado. She enjoys scrapbooking and Scrabble 07 Kay Anderson among other activities. Come join us at our activities and 09 Patsy Brown get to know your new neighbors! 13 Barb Hand 15 Marv Anderson Marv Anderson had a close call and wants to warn 16 Jack Oyler other residents before they get caught in the scam. There 17 Ray Dalton is a man going around in a nice car claiming to work Linda Johnson for your insurance company. He says he was sent out Arnie Lucia to check your roof and it needs repair. He will persuade 18 Lea Goolet you to make an appointment to get it done right away Janice Carter and have you sign a contract and give him a check. The 19 Pat Halstead guy then calls the next day when the crew is supposed 21 Terry Drake to show up and says they are delayed, but will get there 23 Sharon Sewell that afternoon He is waiting for the check to clear, trying 25 Don Flechsenhaar to keep you from getting suspicious. Marv got nervous 28 Suzanne Borgerson later that first night and contacted his insurance company who told him no such person worked there and he was probably a victim of a scam. Marv tried to contact the ANNIVERSARIES name of the roofing company to cancel the contract but 04 Norm & Margaret Walker the number was a fraud. He quickly called his bank and 05 Milton & Melbalene Tyson was able to stop payment on the check, but it was a near 09 John & Carol Cometti thing. Marv was lucky and didn't lose any money; but he 14 John & Donna Benson sure got a few more gray hairs! Remember, if someone 17 John & Alice Koslouski comes to your door offering to do any work and wants 24 Luis & Jeanette Rosario to be paid before they start, it is probably a fraud and 26 Ted & Monica Walker tell them you're not interested. Instead, if you need work 27 Fred & Sue Day done ask friends for recommendations or check in the 29 Bill & Beth Wamsley phone book for reputable companies. Get more than one 30 Steve & Jo Ann Will estimate so you know if the price is reasonable. Don't become a victim.

One of our residents is not only a WWII veteran, he celebrated his 100th birthday in April with a party in the clubhouse. Glenn Westphal was surrounded by family and friends as they congratulated him on this milestone birthday. Happy Birthday Glenn!

AUXILLARY NEWS Please update John and Carol Cometti's phone number to 315-488-3558 in your directories. Hickory Hills Happenings Page 3 CASTING CALL CARD PLAYING SCHEDULE Get your ACTS together...We are looking for some Mondays Racetrack Canasta 12:45 pm talented Adventurous and Entertaining Residents of Wednesday Crown Five 12:45pm Hickory Hills. COFFEE HOUR We are going to try to put together 2 shows this next WINTER. Our Production team is looking for some Come join us every Friday morning at 9:00a.m. for NEW ACTS. coffee and doughnuts. We talk about upcoming events and park news. It is a lot of fun! You might even hear a The CHRISTMAS program will be on December 15th.. joke or two! It will be a "Sing-Along" with audience Participation and SKITS to keep us in the HOLIDAY SPIRIT. If you would POOL SCHMOOZE like to come up with 5-6 MINUTE SKIT with a few of your friends our Producer would be very PLEASED. Enjoy chatting with other members of our community around the two pools here. Cooler weather sees most FEBRUARY 16TH we are looking at."MUSIC people around the main heated pool at the clubhouse and MEMORIES OF THE 50'S AND 60'S. hotter weather find us late morning/early afternoon at the adult pool. New park residents – this is a great way to get Remember the Bobbie socks and Peddle pushers,T- to know your neighbors! shirts and blue jeans. The Juke Box playing Ricky Nelson and Connie POTLUCK: Frances. Rock-a-Billy with Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline.. Think of all of your favorites and come up with May 7 is the date for the monthly Monday Potluck held an Act for our show. at the clubhouse. We start the food line promptly at 5pm so get there before 5 for the best selection! Bring your We are planning on a fun filled walk down Memory own table service, drink, and a passing dish that serves Lane. We will need your singing voice,Lip syncing act or 12. Come out and enjoy a meal and great conversation practice your favorite kararoke song. with your neighbors!

Plan on wearing your Best costume to the show. Prizes SHUFFLEBOARD: will be awarded for the Best costume and maybe our February Dance will be a "Sock HOP". Shuffleboard players are welcome to play onthe courts whenever they wish. Regular games will resume You'll have plenty of time to dig out your White Bucks in October when it cools off enough to play. and Saddle shoes. Somewhere there's an "OLD Letterman If you have never played a game, don’t worry, we will Jacket or a Poodle skirt. Get it TOGETHER and bring it be happy to teach you. Come out and have fun. We can down from the North or stash it in the closet until THE always make room for more players! NIGHT!

BINGO: Bingo will resume November 13th, same times as always. Thank you to all who supported us this past year and we are looking forward to a great season in 2018/2019! Bill Wamsley Bingo Chair Page 4 Hickory Hills Happenings SUB-FLOOR & FLOORING EXPERTS!

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863.812.4741 800.681.3772 Hickory Hills Happenings Page 5 STREET CAPTAIN NOTIFICATION SYSTEM: HOA NEWS Aspen Dr. Deanna Burgess 863-440-4468 Business transacted at the April 4th HOA meeting Hickory Hills Dr. Dominic Mercurio 863-688-3270 included reports on pool chair repair, the final year Colt Ln Jim & Shelly Coy 740-463-9459 end treasurer's report (it showed a loss for the year of Paddock Ln Wayne Vick 863-680-1097 about $470), buying a new lockable file cabinet with a Chaparral Vi Simmons 863-937-5057 removable key core, and setting the date for the 2019 yard Palamino Dr Judy Muschawick 863-688-5622 sale and HOA annual dinner. The yard sale will be on the Corral Dr Carol Harris 863-284-1286 first weekend of March, the 1st and 2nd; and the HOA Remuda Dr. Dottie White 863-682-6473 annual dinner is set for March 30, 2019. The board will El Dorado Dr Dave & Bob 603-3712 be setting up a new CPR class, let your board members Saddle Tr Jim Xenos 863-686-5341 know if you would be interested in the training. We will Estate Dr Nancy Overpeck 863-206-9883 pay for up to five people so there are some people in the Spruce Dr Nancy Bridges 281-433-6627 park who are trained in CPR. Next meeting will be June 6. Call your captains with any updates or changes, Please! Management will call the street captains with any Principal Actions important information that needs to be sent out quickly. It was the first day of school. As the principal made Some of our street captains are finding it hard to do his rounds, he heard a terrible commotion coming from this task, if you are interested in helping out by taking one of the classrooms. He rushed in and spotted one boy, on this responsibility, including helping to deliver the taller than the others, who seemed to be making the most free phone books once a year, talk with your street noise. He seized the lad, dragged him to the hall, and captain, then let Kate Sherman and Laura in the told him to wait there until he was excused. Returning to office know of any changes. the classroom, the principal restored order and lectured the class for half an hour about the importance of good behavior. “Now,” he said, “are there any questions?” One girl stood up timidly, “Please, sir,” she asked, “May we have our teacher back?” “Where exactly is your teacher?” “He's in the hall, sir.”

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FL LIC. #CCC 057091 Page 6 Hickory Hills Happenings US ARMY HISTORY the Indians. Leaving Fort Washington (near present-day With May containing Army Day and having done a Cincinnati) he headed north on 26 September. Harmar brief bit about the Navy and Marine history, I thought faced difficult supply and manpower problems; his you might like to know about the formation of the earliest men were scattered and there was no organized supply U.S. Army regiment. The following was taken directly transport. Moreover, the integration of the Kentucky from the website of the Army Historical Foundation. militiamen into the campaign proved difficult. Many After the end of the Revolution the Continental Regular officers scorned them, and few militia had any Army was disbanded in 1784. By 1784, only a small military experience. However, they provided crucial group of artillerymen were left as Congress was wary forces for his operation. of establishing a regular army. However, with a large frontier to defend, Congress soon realized a need for a On 19 and 22 October, Harmar attacked the Indians at larger force. Thus, it created the First American Regiment. the Miami Villages, at the confluence of the Saint Mary The regiment was organized on 3 June 1784, and was to and the Saint Joseph Rivers. The Indians, led by Little consist of 700 men from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Turtle, defeated the Army in confused and desperate York and Connecticut. Eight infantry and two artillery fighting. Harmar withdrew with heavy losses and soon companies comprised the regiment. was replaced by MG Arthur St. Clair.

Pennsylvania had the highest allotment of troops to fill, St. Clair led the reconstituted Army of Regulars and and thus could select the regimental commander. Thomas militia back into Indian territory in September 1791. Mifflin, the president of Congress, recommended his Again, numerous difficulties beset the force. St. Clair former aide Josiah Harmar, who was named to the post of built a small fortified supply point called Fort Jefferson, lieutenant colonel commandant. and he tried to regroup his force. By late October, the Command of the regiment involved complicated and high desertion rate alarmed St. Clair so greatly that he confusing lines of authority. The Congress, still a weak ordered three captured deserters executed as an example and ineffective body under the Articles of Confederation, to the rest of the men. exercised direct control. A Secretary at War administrated The weak state of his force compelled St. Clair to set the orders of Congress. out on the offensive. After several days, he ordered the First Regiment to find and to protect an overdue supply The First American Regiment did not fare well in its train. Under the command of MAJ John Hamtramck, early days. Pay was low – $6.67 a month for a private – the Regiment turned back toward Fort Jefferson, but by and the regiment still could not fill the 700-man roster by 3 November, it had not found the supply convoy. The 1789. Moreover, Congress did not clothe, feed or equip next day as the men marched to rejoin St. Clair’s army, the small force properly. they heard fighting several miles ahead. The Indians had attacked early in the morning, catching St. Clair totally Under Harmar, the Regiment was posted to the old unprepared. Again led by Little Turtle, the 1,040-man Northwest Territory, now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Indian force surprised and routed the Americans. Over Michigan. It was charged with carrying out four main half of the 1,450 men were killed or wounded in three missions: controlling immigration to the new lands, hours. building forts, negotiating treaties with the Indians, and protecting surveyors and settlers in the area. While As the survivors broke through the Indian lines, they supplies were often limited, the Regiment usually ran into the First American Regiment and warned MAJ possessed more than enough weapons. The soldiers Hamtramck of the battle. Hamtramck, instead of rushing utilized Revolutionary War firearms, such as the French up to support St. Clair or covering the retreat and saving .69 caliber musket of the Charleville pattern. some of the wounded, fell back to Fort Jefferson. Thus, while the First American Regiment was spared from Pressed by increasing numbers of American settlers, the terrible horrors of the battle, it also failed to aid its and encouraged in part by British agents, the Indians comrades as they retreated. forcefully resisted American expansion, and settlers responded in kind. In 1790, in response to the Indian On 29 September 1789, the First American Regiment attacks, Harmar led the First American Regiment against became the Regiment of Infantry. Two years later, on 3 Hickory Hills Happenings Page 7 PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE HOA BY-LAWS March 1791, it was redesignated the 1st Infantry. The next year it became the Infantry of the 1st Sub-Legion. There has been some discussion about who should be On 31 October 1796, it again became the 1st Infantry. able to serve as a director in the Homowners Association because of the potential for a conflict of interest. Presently In October 1815, the 1st Infantry was consolidated our by-laws state that any person with a relationship with with the 5th, 17th, 19th, and the 28th Infantry to form the the park owner cannot join the HOA as a full voting 3d Infantry. This established the 3d Infantry as the oldest member. After exchanging an email with the HOA regular regiment in the U.S. Army. lawyer, Lee Collings, that clause is probably in violation The Army Historical Foundation with the FL statute 723 which states that any homeowner who also rents or leases a lot in the park is eligible to If any of our veterans would like to learn more about join the HOA. Therefore the board is recommending the the history of the unit they served with, let Kate know following change (bold text are the changes): ...the Park about it and she'll try to research it and get a little history Owner and any person or spouse of any person related to into this newsletter. or employed by the Park Owner, including but not limited to past or present employees, agents, officers, directors, partners, or relatives by blood or marriage, shall not Homeowners Membership Cards: are now be eligible to serve on the Board of Directors of the available for 2018. Please see board membersCustomer: or AMS contact Central Association. (Pam) Marie Minter at Friday Coffee HourJob: 4to x 6 Postcardpay dues of Please think about this proposed change and discuss $10 per individual or $15 per couple Date:to join 9.26.15 the HOA. it among yourselves so that next fall when the full The membership year runs from April 1 to March 31. membership is present again we can make this change. You may give her a call if you wish to be contacted or Also think about whether you want to extend the need additional information regarding this important prohibition to any person who shares the same household organization to which every resident should belong! as any person with a relationship to the park owner. Newsletter Deadline: Remember that the due date to get your article published is the 13th of the month prior to publishing. Please deliver to 1504 Estate Drive or email [email protected] before that date! AMS I look forward to and appreciate your input. Copies ,QVXODWHG$OXPLQXP5RRI2YHU are distributed monthly in the clubhouse screen room, next to the in-park mailboxes. Newsletters can also be viewed monthly on-line at http://4communitymedia.com/ cmnewsletters.html. FMO & Weatherization Program: See FMO Rep Harold Watkins for details to help update your mobile home, with financial aid if eligible. 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Look for their sign and the nearly full parking lot while RETIREMENT JOKES you are in town and enjoy a great meal. This road will Of course, some people never retire...Old golfers never take you over to the Clearwater Aquarium where Winter, retire, they just lose their drive. Old lumberjacks never the dolpin with the prosthetic tail, lives. retire, they just pine away. Accountants don't retire, they just lose their balance. And bank managers don't retire, they just lose interest. But what about vehicle mechanics? They re-tire every day! Hickory Hills Happenings Page 11 THINGS TO DO IN AND AROUND LAKELAND FOR LESS THAN $10

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Don’t miss the summer issues of your community RECURRING EVENTS: newsletter. Sign up with Community Media (your community newsletter publisher) to receive your First Friday, Lakeland downtown summer issues. 3rd Friday, Main Street Bartow Farmers Markets: Every Weds Fort Blount Park, Bartow It’s Easy as… Every Friday, Kentucky Ave. Lakeland downtown 1. Decide how many months you’ll be away 2nd Sat downtown Winter Haven from your community 4th Sat Lake Wales in Market Square 2. Call our office and sign up for the service for Food Truck Rally, 2nd Thursday Munn Park 2nd $4 per month flat fee* Sat. Antiques & Collectibles Main St. Bartow *foreign mailing fees may apply* Sat. Rodeo River Ranch off 60 east of Lake Wales 3. Get your community newsletter mailed to Uptown Yard Sale & Flea Market Main St. Bartow your northern address every month! 4th Sat Lake Wales Car show downtown Toll Free (941) 375-3699 or (877) 723-3699 Page 12 Hickory Hills Happenings IN HONOR OF MEMORIAL DAY Hickory Hills Residents who served: Ron Bader (deceased) Army (Korea) 5 years Ben Buckles Air Force 1 years H. Dischg Jim Corbin Army 22 years Keith Daniels Marine 4 years Dick Day Air Force 5 years Fred Day Navy 8 years Sam Dimatteo Marine 3 years Tom Grant Air Force 4 years Dave Holbrook Army 6 years Ed Leonard Army 2 years Robert Langille Canadian Army 3 years Stanley McClelland Army 4 years Daryl Sanders Navy 4 years Fletcher Sanders Air Force 6 years Luis Santiago Army 30 years Lester Tarry Army 3 years Milton Tyson Army 3 years Dave Unangst Navy 4 years Wayne Vick Air Force 3 years Harold Watkins Army 6 years Glenn Westphal Army WWII veteran Jim Wetmore Air Force 4 years Charlie White Air Force (Korea) 2 ½ years Jim Xenos Air Force 4 years Joe Zigler Navy 6 years *I know I probably missed people, but I can't print what I don't know. Give me your information and it will be in next year's newsletter.

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