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Page 2 John Woolman Poetry & Prose Birthdays Monday, October 9, 2017 Page 3 Ben’s Meetings Travel Adventures The Mail Room will be closed in BCCC Classes observance of the Page 4 PV Forum
CCRC Finance Columbus Day holiday. Page 5 PV Shakespeare Lori Heading, Communications Manager Treasure Houses Page 6 GS Postponed Pre-Reading Event Page 7 Worship Services Come Out & Cheer PV Birders Page 8 New Residents Art Works Page 9 Book Sale Page 10 Justice Contest in Wood Page 11 Tour of Honor NFS Events Page 12 Upcoming Concert You are invited to the Weekly Dish Opening Reception of this Page 13 Winter Greenhouse Al Fresco Dining exhibit of artistic wooden Paul Chappell objects. Page 14 Trips, Trips, Trips Meet & Greet Page 15 Travel Tables Sunday, October 8, 2017 Channel 1970 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. Page 16 Energize w/NFS Page 17 Elevators Passmore Lounge Dining Services Request Chinese Performance Sue & Flossie, co-chairs, Page 18 Book Chat Passmore Gallery Bristol Theater Newtown Bus Tour Page 19 Croquet Thank You Afternoon of Music & Art Page 20/21 Additions to Library PENNSWOOD BULLETIN 1 Page 22/23 Credit File Security Articles and Notices
Poetry & Prose Thursday, October 12, 2017 7:00 p.m. in Penn Hall Expect to be uplifted and amused. In Penn Hall on October 12, listen as John Woolman: your fellow residents lift our spirits by reading their favorite pieces. Pioneer of the Spirit in Colonial America Poetry & Prose is a celebration of The Art of the Written Word. This twice-yearly Date: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 event is a much-anticipated literary tradition in the Village. Expect to be Time: 7:00 p.m. levitated! Place: Penn Hall Anne and Paulina Dan will offer a reflection on the Co-Chairs spirituality of John Woolman, comparing and contrasting him with Saint Augustine and with HAPPY BIRTHDAY Saint Francis of Assisi. Jan - 8 In doing this Dan will describe Edith - 8 Woolman’s work and witness on behalf of three groups in Connie - 10 pre-revolutionary America: Eleanor - 10 Native Americans George - 11 African Americans Liz - 11 European Americans Chuck - 12 All are welcome to come and hear about the remarkable spirit after Naomi - 12 whom our skilled nursing center is Becky -12 named. Margaret - 13 Marguerite Mary - 13 for the Quakerism Committee
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Sharing Travel Bucks County Adventures Community College Continuing Education The Amazon Classes to Begin at Pennswood Village • American Constitutional History: Room assignment: Penn Hall Six Thursdays, October 12 to November and 30, (No class on November 9 and 23.) 10:00 a.m. to noon in Penn Hall. • Watercolor-Basics & Beyond: Nazca Lines Six Fridays, 9:00 a.m. to noon, October 12 to November 17 in the Activities Center. • Line and Value Drawing: Six Fridays, October 13 to November 17, 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. in the Activities Jay Center. Sally Marrington, Wednesday, October 11 BCCC Liaison 7:00 p.m. in Penn Hall UPDATED Ben Hoyle’s Resident Meetings in Penn Hall Lounge
• Wednesday, October 11 at 3:30 p.m. • Friday, October 20 at 8:30 a.m. • TIME CHANGE - Friday, October 27 at 8:30 a.m. • Wednesday, November 1 at 8:30 a.m. -Tom Atkins sitting in for Ben.
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Save the Date: Educational Session on Tuesday October 17, CCRC Finance 2017, 7:00 p.m. The next educational program on CCRC in Penn Hall finance issues has been scheduled. for the next Forum Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 presentation by LORI Time: 10:00 a.m. ROSOLOWSKY, Bucks Place: Penn Hall County Singer, Songwriter, Pianist, and Actor, entitled The presenter will be: “Miraculous Escapes, Michael Griffin, CFO Pennswood Village Music and More: A Family’s Story.” The topics will be: Lori (who has presented at Pennswood Sources of Funds to Operate a CCRC; before, and knows us well) will share How Much Government Oversight is poignant and humorous stories of her Given to CCRC Financial Health. relatives’ unlikely escapes from Nazi Everyone is welcome. persecution, and their contributions Save the date ! to American life, including music composed by her great uncle, Herbert Daniel for the Fromm, and videos of her aunt, Edith PVRA Financial Review Advisory Coliver, a translator for Herman Committee Goering at the Nuremberg Trials. You won’t want to miss this multi-media performance and talk. Helen for the Forum Committee
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Pennswood Shakespeare In 1 Henry IV, we have just begun to look at the rebel group, who they are, and why they want to dethrone King Henry, their former compatriot. As they plot his overthrow, they talk admiringly of Richard II, the now “silent king” whom they helped Bolingbroke push aside. And they continually remind Henry that Mortimer, not he, has a legitimate Treasure Houses title to the crown. See what you think of their plan for insurrection. Unlocked Watch how Hotspur defines what honor The Resident Art Gallery Committee is, keeping in mind his penchant for action invites you to visit up to ten apartments to and his preference for battle. We also meet enjoy the treasures fellow residents have the first woman in this play – Hotspur’s wife, acquired during their lives. You will see Kate. 1 Henry IV portrays a male-dominated Japanese prints, Chinese antiques, snuff world, so Kate’s appearance is both unusual boxes and beer steins, among many and presages a scene of magic and music other interesting objects such as the Inuit that seems utterly out of place in this war carving of a dancing walrus, above. story. We assemble next Tuesday, October 10, The day for the visits is Friday, October 3:30 p.m. in the Game Room. Everyone is 20 and the apartments will be open from welcome, especially if you can sing in Welsh 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. A list of the and bring a dog who knows at least one available apartments will be put in your Shakespearean sonnet. box on October 19 and on the day, a balloon will beckon you to a participating John for Pennswood Shakespeare. apartment. Yoma for the Resident Artists
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POSTPONED George School Summer Reading Discussion We are postponing the Sunday, October 15, George School Reads event - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. No new date has been set yet.
Karen Suplee Hallowell, Director of Alumni and Parent Relations/George School
SEEKING JUSTICE CONFERENCE ON NOVEMBER 9— PRE-EVENT READING A Colony in a Nation by Chris Hayes (published 2017) Note: Some people find pre-event reading enriches their experience. Over the next 5 weeks, we will be sharing a short summary of four books you may want to explore in more depth. Thanks to Lynne Waymon for this review... New York Times best-selling author and Emmy Award-winning news anchor Chris Hayes contends that we are two nations: the Colony and the Nation. In the Nation, the law is alive and well, but in the Colony, fear trumps civil rights, racist policies reign, and aggressive policing resembles occupation. Hayes shows how America’s arbitrary and erratic criminal justice systems treats one group of Americans as citizens and another as the colonized to be exploited, drained of resources, and ignored.
In this very personal account by a respected journalist, Hayes traces what it was like to grow up in New York City and how efforts to keep big cities “orderly” led to unfair and unjust policies. He explores issues such as whether being “tough on crime” really works; why “white Americans are more likely to be killed by cops than their peers in any other Western democracy” [although black Americans are still more likely to be killed by cops than white Americans]; and how college campuses have their own set of laws for the privileged (mostly white) young people who attend. Fascinating read! Marguerite for the Seeking Justice Conference
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Come Out & Cheer! Justin, 2nd grade teacher at Newtown Friends School, is also a soccer coach. He invites Pennswood PENNSWOOD residents to his upcoming home soccer games. BIRDERS MEETING (Pennswood resident Jerry Heineke is their Classroom Pal.) A Pennswood Birders meeting is Game dates: scheduled on Tuesday, October 10 • Monday, October 16, against Valley at 2:00 p.m. in the Resident Christian School at 3:45 p.m. Conference Room. • Friday, October 20 against Princeton All are welcome! Charter at 4:00 p.m. Nan Newtown Friends School will host the Quaker Classic For the Pennswood Birders tournament on Tuesday, October 24 at 3:45 p.m. Pam Reifsneider, NFS/PV Liaison
Resident Usher Friends Meeting for Interdenominational Schedule Worship Worship Service Resident ushers Sunday, October 8 Sunday, October 8 scheduled for Penn Hall 10:30 a.m. evening programs for the 11:00 a.m. in Penn Hall Barclay Terrace Room week starting: Dr. Richard Armstrong Everyone is welcome. Sunday, October 8 Martha Davidson, Organist Team #3 Marjorie, Chair, All are welcome! Friends Meeting for Claire Worship Ruth for the Carlo Interdenominational Sue Congregation Eadie
Philip, Chair, Resident Ushers
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Welcome New Resident at age 49 in a traffic accident. The family was active in the First Baptist Church. Actually, they were the among the founding Edward M. “Ed” members of the congregation. The church “BRING IN THE KID”- Ed began his is only a few miles from Pennswood, and professional career as an undergraduate Ed remains an active member. Choral student and part time employee at the music is an important part of his life, and University of Rochester working in a Physics he enjoys classical music, with a leaning Department lab. When there was a problem toward opera. He and his friend and current the senior people could not solve, and one resident of Pennswood Village, Sarah Davis, of the scientists knew of Ed’s talents as a lab have enjoyed ballroom dancing together for tech, Ed was asked if he could help. He did, the last several years. He is still active in and his reputation was established! inventing, designing and building electronic Ed grew up in Rochester, NY, and “gadgets”, and has several significant obtained his BS in Physics at the University projects in the works here, at his new home. of Rochester. He started work on his What drew Ed to Pennswood? His doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania dancing partner and dear friend Sarah but was interrupted by the draft during the moved here a year ago, and Ed had been Korean conflict. He continued to use his her frequent partner at dinner, movies and scientific education while in the service, other Pennswood Village activities. Having where his laboratory job was to analyze the witnessed the good times here, Ed chose to properties of anthrax and other chemicals join the fun. used in warfare using his expertise in Alice for the Biographies Committee scientific measurements. Ed and his wife moved to Levittown, PA, and stayed for 64 years. He spent 41 Cell Phone Courtesy years working as a senior research scientist While our cell phones have become a necessity for Rohm & Haas in Springhouse, PA. His in our lives, they can also be a nuisance. For the benefit of our Community, please silence specialty was electronic measurements. or turn off your cell phone before attending An interesting discovery he has made here at programs, worship services, meetings, or Pennswood is that another resident scientist other group activities at Pennswood. If you had been working on the exact project he receive a call while in the café, dining room, was doing with Rohm & Haas, but for a activity center, fitness area, or other public different company! area, please consider leaving the public area to speak on your phone, so that those around Ed and his late wife had four children you are not privy to your discussion. Thank while living in Levittown, 2 sons and 2 you for your consideration. 8 PENNSWOOD BULLETIN 10-6-17 daughters. Sadly, one of the girls was killed Tom Atkins, COO ARTICLES AND NOTICES
BOOK SALE: Our Pennswood Community Made it Happen Again THANKS to the efforts of many in the community, the Library’s second semi-annual book sale, “Fall for a Book,” was a success, thanks to all of you. Thanks, Barb Sellers, for your leadership and organization. HOUSEKEEPING – Thanks for setting up the tables so promptly and graciously. FACILITIES – Thanks for hauling over 200 boxes of books from storage into the Activities Center. The Library Committee is as glad as you are that the task is easier than before, and the elevator unnecessary. And, thanks for the good lighting in the Activities Center. ADMINISTRATION – Thanks to Sally for setting up the schedule for use of the Activities Center. ACTIVITIES CENTER USERS – Thanks for your patience as tables of books temporarily took over the space. BOOK DONORS – Thanks for providing your books – an interesting collection, fun to browse and worthwhile to read. BOOK ORGANIZER – Thanks to Anne who, throughout the year, sorts and boxes books in the Activities Center, always getting ready for the next sale. GRAPHIC ARTIST – Thanks to Daisy for making this year’s large poster showing once again the picture of books in the Activities Center before they were there last March. RESIDENTS AND STAFF – Thanks to all of you who bought books, CDs, DVDs or Kindles. We hope you enjoy what you found at bargain prices. And, if you just came and browsed, we hope you enjoyed those moments as well. RESIDENT VOLUNTEERS – Thanks to about 30 residents who set up the sale, straightened books during the sale, collected payments, and packed up the remaining books at the end. The sale couldn’t have happened without your enthusiastic participation. WRIGHTSTOWN LIBRARY – Thanks for promptly removing the books we had not sold, taking them for your own sale. PVRA and the BANK – Thanks for accepting $930 for the Library Committee’s PVRA Account. WHAT’S NEXT? »» The Library Committee will use the funds to buy more books and DVDs, as we endeavor to keep our collection current. Much of the money will be used for Large Print books, which are expensive and greatly appreciated. »» Please continue to donate books, perhaps returning some of those you just bought after you have read them. »» Kindles not purchased at this sale are still available. If interested, contact Caroline. »» Spring into Reading, our Spring sale, will be March 14-15. Save your quarters and some shelf space. Caroline, chair, and the Library Committee 10-6-17 PENNSWOOD BULLETIN 9 Articles and Notices
SEEKING EVIDENCE OF JUSTICE: A CONTEST Another lead up event for the Seeking Justice Conference at Pennswood on November 9. Forms are available on the Peace and Social Justice bulletin board. Please put your completed sheets in Susan Abtouche’s mail box on her office door by Wednesday October 18. Winners will be announced and prizes awarded at a celebratory event, date, time, location to be announced before the end of the month.
Name ______Apt.# ______
1. Identify a Pennswood resident who volunteers in a soup kitchen.
2. Identify a movement or organization in Bucks County devoted to environmental justice. ______
3. What happened in Levittown, PA, on August 3,1957? ______
4. Design a poster, bumper sticker, or sign for justice. (Draw a picture and staple it to this sheet.)
5. Select three school districts in Bucks County. Find out how much is spent per student, what is the ratio of teachers to students /average class size, and what percentage of students qualify for free lunches. District $/ pupil teacher/student ratio % free lunch ______
6. Does Pennswood Village ask prospective residents whether they have been convicted of a criminal offense, and does Human Resources consider hiring people convicted of a criminal offense that does not preclude working with the aging population? ______
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Bucks County Tour of Honor Community Activities On October 2 three Pennswood residents and myself met at Parx East in Bensalem at 4:30 a.m. Right Next-Door to be driven to Washington, D.C. There were six buses carrying approximately 324 World War II and Newtown Friends Book Fair Korean Veterans. This Trip of Honor was a simple October 12, 13 and 14. acknowledgment and a thank you for our service. This trip was like nothing I have ever experienced The Book Fair begins on Thursday, in my life. We had a police escort from Parx East October 12 in the Newtown Friends all the way to Washington. When we arrived the School Auditorium and continues through Washington Police took over and escorted us to all Saturday, October 14 during Fall Fest. the War Memorials we had on our itinerary. Visiting these Memorials brought back memories of our Thursday, October 12, times in the Service. It gave each of us, I'm sure, a 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. deeper appreciation for all the blessings we have, Friday, October 13, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. our families, our friends and our Country. Those Saturday, October 14, noon to 3 p.m. of us from Pennswood who participated were Bill Coleman, Allen and my particular hero, Suzy. Suzy This annual event features a wonderful entered the US Airforce underage. She changed selection of children’s books including her birth certificate with ink eradicator and forged Quaker-themed books for Newtown her mother's name as her mother would not agree. Friends School families, students, faculty, She took her Aunt Annie with her to the recruiting and friends. center because she was supportive of her decision to enlist. The date was December 7,1943, exactly Newtown Friends Fall Fest two years after Pearl Harbor and she served three years. Saturday, October 14 At Arlington Cemetery we witnessed the Newtown Friends School invites you Changing of the Guard where two veterans laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. I'll never to our annual Fall Fest. This is a great forget the sight of so many men and women standing community-building event for folks of all in silence, while the wreath was laid. Included in ages. Join us for hayrides, games, food this group were about 40 people in wheelchairs. vendors, pumpkin painting, scarecrow What courage, effort and determination it took to building, and fun crafts. There will also be make this trip. They are indeed to be honored and a book fair for children and adults. Come acclaimed heroes. to watch or participate. The event will be I encourage all veterans to take this Saturday, October 14 on the Newtown opportunity to go as guests of Bucks County Tour of Honor when it is offered again in the spring. We Friends School fields from 12 to 3 p.m. offer special thanks to Joe Szafran, Chairman and Pam Reifsneider, NFS Liaison Christine Ferrara, Secretary/Treasurer and all the volunteers who made this enormous event possible. Submitted by Chuck 10-6-17 PENNSWOOD BULLETIN 11 Articles and Notices
Upcoming Pennswood Village Concert Saturday, October 21 Eliot Zaira and Raquel Fisk, guitars, piano 3:45 p.m. in the Woolman House Enrichment Center. Harriet for the Concerts Committee
The Weekly Dish on Dining Services By Jim Thoma, Dining Services Manager
• Last Week’s Oktoberfest Birthday Night Numbers: The Dining Services team served 432 meals to residents, staff and guests between 4:30 p.m. and 6:35 p.m. This represents meals sent to all 6 serving segments. (Café, Main Dining Room, Barclay Dining Room, Woolman Dining, Tray Service and Preston Dining.) Thanks to the 49 Dining Services staff who were here on that evening to coordinate and execute this major event. We hope that you all enjoyed yourselves. • Fall Kitchen Tours – Thursday, October 12 and Tuesday October 17: Space is limited– sign-up sheets for these two dates are currently posted on the “Items of Interest” outside of Penn Hall. • Save the Dates: Birthday Night Thursday, October 26 – Fall favorites and special Halloween dishes. This Birthday Night will be followed by a the Social Dance Class in Penn Hall. Stop by at 7:00 p.m. for an after-dinner refreshment and lesson, or enjoy watching this fun, interactive dance class. Saturday November 4 – “A special evening honoring Ben Hoyle”. You will see separate reservation sheets for these two events very soon in your mail boxes • Styrofoam Soup Container have temporarily returned: I have acquired new samples which will produce a sustainable solution for Pennswood. In the next few weeks, we will be working collaboratively with the Dining Advisory and the Environmental Concerns Committees. The goal is to select an item which meets the needs of the community, and supports fiscal and environmental stewardship for the Pennswood Community.
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SAVE THIS DATE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22 at 7:00 p.m. in PENN HALL PAUL CHAPPELL West Point Graduate, Iraq veteran, author of six books on peace, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Leadership Director speaking on “WHY PEACE IS POSSIBLE". Marguerite for the Peace and Social Justice Committee
Thank You for Joining Us Winter The Dining Services team would like to thank everyone that joined us this summer on the Patio Greenhouse for our al fresco dining. It was a pleasure to offer outdoor dining this summer as an addition to Opening our traditional service in the Main Dining Room and the Barclay Dining Room. Once again many Friday, October 13 & familiar faces enjoyed their meals and the beautiful Saturday, October 14 atmosphere Pennswood Village provides. 1:00 – 4:00 p.m., It has now come to the point in the season when 9:00 a.m. to Noon we need to put down the umbrellas and put away ALL RESIDENTS (and STAFF). the tables, the season for outdoor dining has come to an end. The last day to enjoy al fresco dining Bring your plants to the area will be Sunday October 8, during the Main Meal. outside the greenhouse. We will We welcome each of you to join us next year when spray them with organic spray and we reopen the patio. label them with your name.
Michael Schuckert, Front of the House Manager, Jack Dining Services for the Greenhouse Committee
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The trip organizer, often the person TRIPS, TRIPS, TRIPS who proposed the trip, has three functions: I recently received a message addressed communicate about the trip - a Bulletin article, to “The Activities Director”. We, thanks to the be the contact for questions or last minute voluntary efforts of our residents, don’t have changes, and account for those going and or pay for such a person. We do it ourselves returning. Dori will arrange for transportation for ourselves and for our community. Often and reservations and tickets if it’s a group. those who provide these activities do so with She will put up and take down the sign-up funds we have raised together. sheets and provide those going with the trip One of the PVRA Committees that information several days before the trip. I did doesn’t have a budget line item is the Trips say Dori Colton was a key to making this work Committee. That’s because those who go on didn’t I? the trips pay the cost. The Trips Committee Sometimes, a trip idea seems so provides the opportunity, with the considerable worthwhile to the Committee that we post it assistance of Dori Colton in the Transportation for sign-up without a designated organizer, Office, for residents to take group trips to but we will have one before the trip goes. concerts, restaurants, gardens, museums, We have a rule: no organizer or insufficient plays, lectures, and houses and other sites of interest, no trip; otherwise any trip idea is historical interest, among many other things. worth considering. We have had seemingly You will see frequent articles about upcoming good trips fail for lack of an organizer. trips in the Bulletin. Doug for the Trips Committee The Trips Committee consists of Carole Adamsbaum, Nan Cooper, Elaine Daniels, Diana Davis, Dorothy Eberhard, Margot Hilson, Jack McCullough, Les Moore, Ann MEET & GREET Nugent, Mary Jo Ranton, Lionel Ruberg, Bernie and Stephanie Dianne Schmidt, David Swain, Marge Wade, and Doug Meaker, Chair, with Dori Colton Friday, October 20 and Jim Gilbert from the Transportation Come meet our newest staff members, Department. Bernie Moran, Resident Healthcare How does a trip happen? Someone - Advocate, and Stephanie Vassallo, they don’t have to be a Committee member - gets an idea for a trip that might be interesting Social Worker in Barclay, at an informal for a group in the community. They may then setting on Friday, October 20, from talk to Dori about the logistics – transportation, 11:00 a.m. to noon in Penn Hall Lounge. timing, interest, accessibility, cost, etc. or bring Refreshments will be served. the idea to the Committee Chair. We need Amy Keiper-Shaw, Resident Life Director three things for a trip – an organizer, a date and time, and a minimum signed up interest. 14 PENNSWOOD BULLETIN ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Broadcast on Channel 1970 Community Meeting to DiscussThe Integrated Fundraising Proposal: Creating a Foundation to Support allCharitable Causes at Pennswood— This program was originally presented on Monday, September 18, 2017 in Penn Hall. The discussion was facilitated by Ben Hoyle, CEO; Nancy Morrill, Clerk of the Stewardship Committee; and Susan Abtouche, Director of Development Tuesday, October 17 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 18 11 a.m., 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Friday, October 20 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Lori Heading, Communications Manager
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Table Games: Friday, November 17 at 11:00 a.m. in ENERGIZE the Enrichment Center Come join Newtown Friends 6th graders for Your Fall & Winter table games in the Enrichment Center. We’ll Take part in the Friday Friends be playing Scrabble, Uno, BINGO, and Jenga, to name a few. All are welcome. Program at Pennswood Village! Technology Tutoring: Bring your putters, mallets and balls! Friday, December 1 at 11:00 a.m. in the Friday, October 13 at 11:00 a.m. on the Courts Activities Center It’s time to learn a little about the game. Join Do you have questions about your laptop, Newtown Friends School’s sixth grade as they iPad, iPod, Kindle, and/or iPhone? Newtown learn to play croquet, bocce and putting, on the Friends sixth grade Friday Friends will be in the Pennswood courts. Come to help instruct or simply Activities Room on December 1 from 11:00- watch to enjoy. Meet us at the courts! Hope to see 12:00 to demonstrate tips and techniques for you there. various devices. Bring your portable device and come to get your questions answered. Apartment Visits & Chats: Please sign up early in the Tech Center! Friday, October 20 and Friday, October 27 Space is limited. As part of the Friday Friends Program, Newtown Friends sixth graders will be coming to Pennswood Holiday Ornaments and Cards: to learn about the residents' life in the community. Friday, December 8 at 11:00 a.m. in the Small groups of students will visit an apartment Enrichment Center and learn more about residents’ daily life and life Join us to create holiday ornaments and experiences while also sharing about themselves. cards for your loved ones. Newtown Friends If you are interested in hosting a small group sixth graders will be making ornaments for of students (3-4), on Friday October 20 and/ residents in Barclay and Woolman to spread or 27, from 11:00 a.m. to noon, please contact some holiday cheer. All materials will be Sally Marrington in Pennswood Administration, provided, just bring your holiday spirit! 215-504-1129, or [email protected] Holiday Sing-Along with Jack More detailed information will follow. Friday, December 15, 11:00-11:45 The 3rd annual Rabbit Run: in the Woolman Enrichment Center Help us to celebrate the holiday season with Friday, November 3 in the Community song. On December 15, Newtown Friends Garden sixth grade, will be gathering to sing holiday On Friday, November 3 Newtown Friends 6th songs with Jack and our friends in the graders will be in the Pennswood gardens chasing Woolman Enrichment Center. Come spread out the rabbits! It’s sure to be a sight to see. Come some holiday cheer and enrich the lives of join the fun or come to watch! those in our community. We will gather to warm up in the Barclay Terrace Room at 10:45 16 PENNSWOOD BULLETIN 10-6-17 a.m. and move to Woolman at 11 a.m. ARTICLES AND NOTICES
A Request from Dining Woolman & Barclay Services Elevator Upgrade Due to the high number of catered events Project already booked for the month of October, Dining Services will not be able to accept any Pennswood Village continues to lead the additional catered event requests for October. way in the provision of residential and health If you need assistance with contacting catering care services and is taking an opportunity services outside of Pennswood, we can assist to do a preventative mechanical upgrade to you. Please contact Michael Schuckert, 215- one of our most used and critical elevators. 504-1125 or Gilana Zebekow, This upgrade will keep us current with 267-968-6577. We appreciate your Pennsylvania Labor and Industry standards. understanding and flexibility. Starting on Thursday, October 5, 2017 the Mary Cooley, Dining Services, Director Woolman and Barclay Elevator will be shut down, put out of service, and our elevator You Are Invited to a service company OTIS will begin working on this upgrade project. We have a final Chinese Performance inspection date scheduled for Wednesday, Sichuan Opera face-change, October 18, 2017. We expect the elevator to Silk Dance, Chinese Magic, back in service by 4:00 p.m. and Traditional Opera, This elevator will remain out of service with first-class performers from for the duration of this project. China. During this period of time please use the Free Admission elevators located near the Café and Penn Hall as an alternative to move between Friday, October 13 floors. Gentle reminders to persons who use 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. motorized mobility devices (electric carts) in the George School please use the Penn Hall elevator. FAC Multi-Purpose Gym. We would like to thank you in advance for For information, call Karen your help, patience, and understanding throughout the duration of this project. Hallowell, Pennswood Village Liaison, 215-215.579.6620, Ralph Staub, Maintenance Manager [email protected]
10-6-17 PENNSWOOD BULLETIN 17 Articles and Notices Newtown Historic Book Chat As she lies bedridden, Elisabeth Tova Bus Tour Bailey watches a common woodland snail Join us on Wednesday, November 15, and lets us share this unusual life in The 2017 for a bus tour of historic Newtown. Sound of a Wild Snail Eating. Learn about the historic sites along the quaint streets. Virginia For the Library Committee The BCT bus will depart from the main Bristol Riverside door promptly at 9:45 a.m. and should arrive at home at about 3:30 p.m. The BCT cost will Theatre Offers Discount be $10.80 since we will be making one stop to Pennswood for lunch at the historic Temperance House on State Street. Lunch will be separate checks. The current musical production at the Bristol Please come prepared to make a minimum Riverside Theatre, 25th Annual Putnam donation of $5 to the Newtown Historic County Spelling Bee, has been extended for Association. an additional week: October 11 – 15. Because The sign-up sheet is posted on the many Pennswood residents are subscribers Transportation Bulletin Board outside of at Bristol Riverside, the theatre would like to Penn Hall. express its appreciation by offering $25 tickets to everyone at Pennswood (residents and Barbara staff), for any performance of “Spelling Bee” For the Trips Committee from Wednesday, October 11 through Sunday, October 15 — matinees and evenings. This discount is not available on-line, but by phoning the theatre’s box office at 215-266- 0100 and identifying yourself as “Pennswood,” you can purchase $25 tickets for any performance, October 11 to 15. Night Blooming Cereus cuttings will happily Also, Bristol Riverside season subscribers go to anyone who wants any. I'm trimming have a valuable benefit often overlooked: the plants this week. They're very easy Subscribers may attend any subscription- succulents to grow and produce gorgeous series production for a second time at no cost blooms one night a year. Give me a call if by requesting a free “Encore” ticket. interested. John for the Trips Committee Submitted by Linda 18 PENNSWOOD BULLETIN ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Come to An Afternoon of Music, Art, and Stories
What: Arabic and Jewish music that showcases a path to peace through the creative collaboration among musicians of different backgrounds; stained glass, jewelry, quilts, woodwork, ceramics and paintings (available for sale) by Bucks County artists; and stories as our two Syrian families share (in their new English) memorable moments of the past year and their hopes for the year ahead. When: Sunday, November 12 - Reception starts at 2:45 p.m.; program 3:15 to 5:30 p.m. Where: Congregation Kol Emet, 1360 Oxford Valley Rd., Morrisville, PA. Transportation available: A Pennswood bus will be available to transport residents to this event, leaving at 2:15 p.m. and returning by 5:45 p.m. The transportation cost is $5.50.
Admission to the event is a suggested donation of $20. Make checks payable to “Tzedek v’Shalom” (for Refugee Resettlement), and mail to BCICRR, PO Box 219, Richboro, PA 18954-1707 or leave in Marguerite’s mailbox.
Sign up on the Trips board before October 31 (only 14 spaces are available on the bus). For more information, contact Diane.
Kathy and Diane for Abrahamic Initiative
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FICTION Adelbayo, Ayolami Stay with Me Davis, Fiona The Address Donoghue, Emma Room Lucey, Donna Sargent’s Women *Meyers, Margaret Dislocation Rekulak, Jason The Impossible Fortress Seiffert, Rachel A Boy in Winter Shamsie, Kamila Home Fire Spufford, Francis Golden Hill *Szalay, David All That Man Is
MYSTERY *Mayor, Archer The Company She Kept *Black, Benjamin Even the Dead *Brown, Sandra Seeing Red *Clark, Mary Higgins All By Myself, Alone Connelly, Michael The Late Show *Patterson, James Haunted *Penny, Louise Glass Houses *Walker, Martin The Templars’ Last Secret
NON-FICTION / BIOGRAPHY Alexie, Sherman You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir Ashton, Rosemary One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858 Begley, Adam The Great Nadar: The Man Behind the Camera *Casserley, Anne Donegal Tales *Child, Lee No Middle Name: The Complete Collection of Jack Reacher Short Stories *Croke, Vicki C. Elephant Company *De Waal, Edmund The White Road Forman, James Locking up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America Gidla, Sujatha Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India Goldstein, Bill The World Broke in Two Continued on next page 20 PENNSWOOD BULLETIN ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Harbison, Craig The Mirror of the Artist: Northern Renaissance Art in Its Historical Context Isenberg, Nancy White Trash: The 400-Year Untold Story of Class in America *Kurz, Elisabeth Oma (resident author) Newman, Judith To Siri with Love *Perelman, S. J. Baby, It’s Cold Inside *Rosenthal, Bob Pete Seeger in His Own Words *Spero, Patrick Frontier Country: The Politics of War in Early Pennsylvania *Sutton, Peter Art and Artists: New Yorker Cartoons *Wharton, Florence Langhorne – Crossroads of History:Samuel C. Eastburn’s “Olde Attleborough” *Winchester, Simon Pacific
LARGE PRINT Desmond, Matthew Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Grafton, Sue Y is for Yesterday Kluger, Jeffrey Apollo 8 Le Carre, John A Legacy of Spies Robb, J.D. Secrets in Death Scottoline, Lisa Exposed Sermak, Kathryn Miss D & Me: Life with the Invincible Bette Davis
OUR CEO IS RETIRING (Not until the end of the year.) Come join us for a resident and staff event to say “cheerio” to our CEO, Ben Hoyle, on Saturday, November 4, 2017 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. in Penn Hall & Penn Hall Lounge. There will be hors d'oeuvres, desserts, jazz combo, DJ, and more! A Great Britain themed party. PENNSWOOD BULLETIN 21 Articles and Notices
The following article is from the Bucks County Can anyone see my credit report if it is Crimes Against Older Adults Task Force. frozen? Amy Keiper-Shaw, Resident Life Director Certain entities still will have access to it. • your report can be released to your existing Freezing Your Credit Files creditors or to debt collectors acting on their
behalf. The Bucks County Crimes Against Elders Task • government agencies may have access in Force wants to warn residents and inform response to a court or administrative order, a them of steps that they can take to protect subpoena, or a search warrant. themselves after the massive Equifax data How do I place a freeze on my credit reports? breach. Contact each of the nationwide credit reporting What is a credit freeze? companies: Also known as a security freeze, this tool • Equifax - 1-800-349-9960 or online at: lets you restrict access to your credit report, Freeze.Equifax.com which in turn makes it more difficult for identity • Experian - 1-888-397-3742 or online at: thieves to open new accounts in your name. Experian.com/Freeze That's because most creditors need to see • TransUnion - 1-888-909-8872 or online at: your credit report before they approve a new TransUnion.com/Freeze account. If they can't see your file, they may You'll need to supply your name, address, not extend the credit. date of birth, Social Security number and other Does a credit freeze affect my credit score? personal information. No. A credit freeze does not affect your credit If you are 65 or older, Pennsylvania law states score. that you cannot be charged a fee to place or A credit freeze also does not: remove a freeze on your credit account. For • prevent you from getting your free annual residents under the age of 65 a freeze will cost credit report $10.70 for Experian, FREE for Equifax (due to • keep you from opening a new account, the data breach) and $10 for TransUnion. applying for a job, renting an apartment, or You will also be charged these fee amounts if buying insurance. But if you're doing any of you want to temporarily lift your credit freeze these, you'll need to lift the freeze temporarily, in order to make purchases on credit such as either for a specific time or for a specific party, vehicles, mortgages or even get new credit say, a potential landlord or employer. The cost cards. There is no fee to temporarily lift the and lead times to lift a freeze vary, so it's best credit freeze for victims of identity theft. to check with the credit reporting company in advance. Unfortunately there is some expense incurred • prevent a thief from making charges to your by residents for this unfortunate incident. existing accounts. You still need to monitor all Pennsylvania Attorney General Shapiro has bank, credit card and insurance statements for recently filed legal action against the agencies fraudulent transactions. charging this fee. Continued on next page 22 PENNSWOOD BULLETIN ARTICLES AND NOTICES
After receiving your freeze request, each Three types of fraud alerts are available: credit reporting company will send you a • Initial Fraud Alert. If you're concerned about confirmation letter containing a unique PIN identity theft, but haven't yet become a victim, (personal identification number) or password. this fraud alert will protect your credit from Keep the PIN or password in a safe place. unverified access for at least 90 days. You You will need it if you choose to lift the may want to place a fraud alert on your file freeze. if your wallet, Social Security card, or other personal, financial or account information are How do I lift a freeze? lost or stolen. In the vast majority of states, a freeze • Extended Fraud Alert. For victims of identity remains in place until you ask the credit theft an extended fraud alert will protect your reporting company to temporarily lift it or credit for 7 years. remove it altogether. A credit reporting • Active Duty Military Alert. For those in the company must lift a freeze no later than three military who want to protect their credit while business days after getting your request. The deployed, this fraud alert lasts for one year. cost to lift a freeze varies by state. To place a fraud alert on your credit reports, If you opt for a temporary lift because you contact one of the nationwide credit reporting are applying for credit or a job, and you can companies. find out which credit reporting company the A fraud alert is FREE. The company you call business will contact for your file, you can must tell the other credit reporting companies; save some money by lifting the freeze only they, in turn, will place an alert on their through that particular credit bureau.
versions of your report. What's the difference between a credit If you need instructions on how to mail freeze and a fraud alert? in your request to freeze your credit file • A credit freeze locks down your credit. you can request a copy of Bucks County • A fraud alert allows creditors to get a copy Consumer Protection's "Freezing Your of your credit report as long as they take Credit File" brochure, email your request to steps to verify your identity. For example, [email protected] or if you provide a telephone number, the visit our website at: business must call you to verify whether you are the person making the credit request. www.BucksCounty.org/ConsumerProtection Fraud alerts may be effective at stopping click on the blue Consumer Tips & Brochures someone from opening new credit accounts button and then "How to Freeze Your Credit" in your name, but they may not prevent link. the misuse of your existing accounts. You If you do not have access to a computer, call still need to monitor all bank, credit card 215-348-6060 and provide your name and and insurance statements for fraudulent mailing address so that we may send you a transactions. copy.
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AT THE MOVIES: Penn Hall — 7:00 p.m. The Film Committee FRIDAY EVENING FILM Frank Adler is a single man raising a child prodigy, his spirited niece, Mary, in a coastal Friday, October 6 town in Florida. Frank’s plans for a normal Defiance (2008) school life for Mary are foiled when the seven- RATED: R for sex and nudity year-old’s mathematical abilities come to the Length: 2 hours, 15 minutes attention of Frank’s formidable mother, Evelyn, Starring: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary. Evelyn comes Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, George MacKay to see Mary and Frank. She tells Frank that, In 1941 Nazis are slaughtering Eastern if he doesn’t put Mary into a gifted school – European Jews by the thousands. Three Mary has been offered this opportunity – she brothers, Tuvia, Zus and Avael, manage to will take him to court to get custody of Mary. escape and take refuge in the forest where Frank is ready to fight her in trial in order to they played in childhood. Seeking to avenge keep Mary with the help of their neighbor, the deaths of their loved ones, the brothers Roberta, who has been a mother figure to her. turn their daily struggle for survival into a battle MONDAY EVENING FILM against the Nazis. As news of their exploits Monday, October 9 spreads, others join the fray, willing to risk The Accountant their lives for even brief freedom. This is an RATED: R for strong violence and language American war film set during the occupation Length: 2 hours of Belarus by Nazi Germany, a story of the Starring: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, Jewish arm of the Resistance that hasn’t J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal, Jeffrey Tambor been told before, not like this. Christian Wolff is a math savant with more SATURDAY EVENING FILM affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as Saturday, October 7 a freelance accountant for some of the world’s Gifted (2017) most dangerous criminal organizations. RATED: PG-13 for thematic elements, With the Treasury Department’s Crime language and some suggestive material Enforcement Division, run by Ray King, Length: 1 hour, 40 minutes starting to close in, Christian takes on a Starring: Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, legitimate client: a state-of-the-art robotics Lindsay Duncan, Octavia Spencer, company where an accounting clerk has Jenny Slate discovered a discrepancy involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, it is the body 24 PENNSWOOD BULLETIN count that starts to rise. ARTICLES AND NOTICES
Upcoming SATURDAY EVENING FILM Saturday, October 14 Movies Maggie Growls (2002) RATED: NR FRIDAY EVENING FILM Documentary film Friday, October 13 Length: 1 Hour Starring: Maggie Kuhn The Well Digger’s Daughter (2011) MONDAY EVENING FILM RATED: NR Monday, October 16 The Girl on the Train (2016) Language: French with English subtitles RATED: R Length: 2 hours, 45 minutes Length: 2 hours Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Astrid Berges- Starring: Frisbey, Nicolas Duvauchelle Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson
Tuesday, October 31, 2017 ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARADE Calling all ghosts, goblins and witches! It’s time again for the annual Halloween Parade. Newtown Friends School students will be donning costumes and parading the hallways of Pennswood on Tuesday, October 31. The parade will arrive at Pennswood at 10:45. Don’t be scared, step into your hallways, or come to the main building to enjoy the sights! This year the students will parade twice around the main lobby. Pam Reifsneider, NFS Liaison
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PENNSWOOD VILLAGE Transportation Schedule: October 8, 2017 to October 14, 2017 All trips on this schedule will depart from the MAIN Door. NOTE: In order to be added to any trips listed here you must contact the Transportation Office Sunday, October 8, 2017 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m...Travel to Newtown & Langhorne for Worship (requires prior sign-up in the Transportation office) 6:45 p.m….Chorus Rehearsal; George School Meetinghouse, George School
Monday, October 9, 2017 (No Shopping Scheduled) 8:00 a.m…..9-11 Memorial and Museum; New York City; NY (sign-up closed)
Tuesday, October 10, 2017 9:00 a.m….Pearl S. Buck House; Perkasie, PA (sign-up closed) 10:15 a.m….Summit Shopping Center & Newtown (return 12:00 p.m.)
Wednesday, October 11, 2017 9:30 a.m….Special Shopping to Trader Joe’s/Whole Foods; Abington, PA (return 12:00 p.m.) 1:00 p.m….Shopping to Giant & Liquor Store at Flower’s Mill (Langhorne Library trip is every 2nd and 4th Wednesday); return 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 12, 2017 12:30 p.m….Farmer’s Market and Newtown (return 2:15 p.m.) 7:00 p.m…Princeton University, Richardson Auditorium; Princeton, NJ
Friday, October 13, 2017 10:15 a.m….Summit Shopping Center & Newtown (return 12:00 p.m.)
Saturday, October 14, 2017 10:15 a.m…Shopping at Oxford Valley Mall; Langhorne, PA (return 12:30 p.m.) 11:30 a.m….AMC Neshaminy Theater; Bensalem, PA (sign-up closed) Please sign up on “Request for Transportation” sheet posted on the Transportation Bulletin Board outside Penn Hall for all trips except Sunday worship. Sunday worship requires sign up in the Transportation office. 26 PENNSWOOD BULLETIN WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Sunday, October 8 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Transportation to area churches and Newtown Friends Meeting 10:30 a.m. Friends Meeting For Worship—Barclay Terrace Room 11:00 a.m. Interdenominational Worship Service—Penn Hall 3:00 p.m. Art Works in Wood Exhibit Opening & Reception—Passmore Gallery Monday, October 9 Columbus Day
8:45 a.m. ABC’S Class Aerobics, Balance, Coordination, Strength—Aerobics Room 9:00 a.m. Aqua Blend—Both Pools 10:00 a.m. Ai Chi—Warm Pool 1:00 p.m. Duplicate Bridge—Game Room 2:00 p.m. B&B Class: Balance and Bands Kick Start (testing required)—Aerobics Room 2:45 p.m. B&B Class: Balance and Bands Progressive (testing required)—Aerobics Room 7:00 p.m. Movie—The Accountant—Penn Hall
Tuesday, October 10
9:00 a.m. Aqua Blend—Both Pools 10:00 a.m. Strong Core Healthy Backs—Warm Exercise Pool 10:00 a.m. BCCC Class Ancient Technology—Private Dining Room 10:15 a.m. Matter of Balance (sign-up required)—Aerobics Room and Game Room 1:30 p.m. Sit and Stretch—Barclay Terrace Room 2:30 p.m. Restorative Yoga September Session (sign up required)—Aerobics Room 7:00 p.m. Quakerism Presentation —Penn Hall
Wednesday, October 11
8:45 a.m. ABC’S Class Aerobics, Balance, Coordination, Strength—Aerobics Room 9:00 a.m. Aqua Blend—Both Pools 10:00 a.m. PiYoChi—Warm Exercise Pool 10:15 a.m. B&B Class: Balance and Bands Progressive (testing required)– Aerobics Room 11:15 a.m. Tai Chi—Passmore Aerobics Room 1:15 p.m. Volleyball—Lap Pool 1:30 p.m. Chair Yoga—Aerobics Room 3:00 p.m. B & B Class: Balance and Bands Kick Start (testing required)—Aerobics Room 7:00 p.m. Sharing Travel Adventures—Penn Hall PENNSWOOD BULLETIN 27 WEEKLYArticles ACTIVITIES and Notices
Thursday, October 12 9:00 a.m. Aqua Blend—Both Pools 10:00 a.m. Strong Core Healthy Backs—Warm Exercise Pool 10:00 a.m. Dance—Aerobics Room 10:00 a.m. BCCC Class American Constitutional History—Penn Hall 11:00 a.m. Pilates Practice—Aerobics Room 11:00 a.m. Science Times—Game Room 1:30 p.m. Pilates Intro for Beginners (sign up required)—Aerobics Room 2:30 p.m. Pelvic Floor—Aerobics Room 4:00 p.m. Apple Help—Tech Center in Activity Center 7:00 p.m. Poetry & Prose—Penn Hall
Friday, October 13
8:45 a.m. ABC’S Class Aerobics, Balance, Coordination, Strength—Aerobics Room 9:00 a.m. Aqua Blend—Both Pools 9:00 a.m. BCCC Class Watercolor—Activities Center 10:00 a.m. Strong Core Healthy Backs—Warm Exercise Pool 11:00 a.m. Friday Friends, Bocce, Croquet & Putting—Outside Courts 11:00 a.m. Pennswood Singers—Barclay Terrace Room 1:30 p.m. BCCC Class Line and Value Drawing—Activities Center 1:30 p.m. Read the Bulletin Aloud—Barclay Kitchenette 1:30 p.m. Chair Chi—Aerobics Room 2:30 p.m. Yoga—Aerobics Room 7:00 p.m. Movie—The Well Digger’s Daughter—Penn Hall
Saturday, October 14
9:00 a.m. Aqua Blend—Both Pools 9:30 a.m. Zumba Gold—Aerobics Room 10:00 a.m. Volleyball—Lap Pool 11:15 a.m. Strong Core - Healthy Backs—Warm Pool 7:00 p.m. Movie—Maggie Growls—Penn Hall
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