The Heart Line: News Bulletin. Volume XIV, Number 1
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NEW$ Bill LE Tl N RbXBURY GO.tDENAIRES • ·t=· - of · VOLUME XIV FREEDOM HOUSE .NUMBER 1 JANUARY, 1983 14 Crawford Street Ro~bury, . Massae;husetts' 0~ ( 21.. ·.. (617) 445-3700 MRS. ETHEL FREEMAN-EDITOR THAT YOUR B-patient, B-prayerful, B-humble, B-mild, B-wise as a solon, B-meek as a child NEW YEAR B-studious, .B-thoughtful,. B~loving, B-kind, B-sure you m~ke ~-~-tter·~ subservi~!lt to min~ MAY BE B-cautious, •B-prudent, .B~trustrul, B-truei B-courteous -to -all, . B-f~iendly· with few HAPPY B-temperate in argumeni, plei~ure_and win~, B-careful of condu_ct of mon~y and .titpe B-cheerful, B~grateful, · B-hopeful, B-firm·, B-peaceful, benevolent, willing to learn B-courageous, B-gentle, .S-libe~al and jus~ B-aspiring, B-humble because thou ~re dust, B-peni tent, circumspe_ct, _·sound in the faith B-active, devoted, B-fait.hful 'till death B-honest, ... B"'."·holy,. transparent and pure, B-dependent,· B-Christ~like .. and you'll be secure. Submitted by Goldenaire Rolline Evans *****************~**************** I• A · · The National ·: Institute .on Aging has released a report on health in later-· life~ .Would you believe what they ·have · REPORT discovered? · It finds that disease and disability, not aging, take the greatest toll on health in later life. It .concludes that ' aging does not impair heart muscl.e, that intelligence can ·. sometimes improve.'. with .age. A study showed that the heart of an older person, if free _of disease, appea~s to pump about as well as that of a young adult.! Proble~s related to -,an older heart's ability to move blood may .be considered: th~ effect of disease, not aging. •. ***************************~*****•* FOLI_AGE House: plants come with .instructions ! follo~-eve~y rule PHOBIA ~tPlace L· in a · sunny- window;. or· H Keep soil moist and cool·'~ Small· talk; I'm ·told is vital, Misting is a' must; You know, I think I might prefer The ~kind you only dust! *************************.********** -2- WARNINGS Each day, we receive warnings about everyday things. Never put food on the seat area of your grocery cart as it may be full of germs. Sometimes children put their feet there, leaving germs from their shoes. Do not place unwrapped fruits or vegetables in the cart or basket. Wrap them in plastic bags since you have often witnessed children stand ing right in the center of the cart. ********************** DID YOU That the Aetna Life and Casualty Insurance Company of Hart ford, Ct., two years ago cancelled the Aetna World Cup KNOW? Tennis Tournament it had sponsored since 1972? It has now named Arthur Ashe, Jr., the tennis star, to its board of directors, a post that pays $16,000 a year plus benefits. ******~*************** A These little cake and jelly tarts were sold on Londori ~Bridge in the days of Queen Elizabeth I. RECIPE ½ cup butter-½teaspoon s·alt-1 teaspoon vanilla-1 cup · sugar- 2 eggs-1½ cups flour-2te~apoons baking powder-2/3 cup milk pie pastry-apple jelly. Make yellow cake batter. Cream the butter, adding to it the salt and vanilla. Graduaffly blend in the sugar. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sif t the flour, measure and sitt together with the baking powder. Add alternately with milk -to the cream butter and egg mix ture. Line muffin tins with pastry. Into each pastry cup put½ teaspoon apple jelly; Then drop in a spoonful of cake batter so that the tin is about 3/4 ·full as for cup cakes. Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 20-25 minutes till the cake is done •. ************************ CHILDISH When Bill's mother found his clothes scattered about on the chair and floor, she asked, nWho didn't hang up his clothes HUMOR when he went to bed?" A voice from under the covers answered HAdamn. A father used to sing his children to sleep until he .over heard one of them saying, vv rf you pretend to be asleep, he stopsn. A little: boy getting ready . for bed interrupted a family . gathering- in the living room to say, '1 I 'm going to say my prayers now, anybody want anything? 11 ;'; ,, ,~ i't ,·~ ,,, ,., ,·~ A teacher in advising the importance of a good breakfast listed on the blackboard the various foods one could eat~ About 10 o'clock the following morning·, one boy arrived with his mother who said, ti I'm sorry Charles is late, but he insisted he had to have a good breakfast. After having juice, bacon, and eggs, cereal, pancakes and milk, Charles 11 threw up • After that, who wouldn't:! ·. · i;*i~'ic*i'::i•,~~ .-.. · i" · A quote: 9'Happiness is; having parents who ·also hate liver. n -3- ·~:.· .. ~.,,• ... · · -.---:\ - .... HEALTH There is a disorder called· sl~ep apnea. Persons suffering from apnea stop breathing sometimes during : sleep. If' -they do ,not; awa~:en, they _may __die. Through research~ it h~s been discovered that a commonly used sleeping pill may worsen a life threatening· s·leeping disorder. It has been iridicated that there is a hiih · ·, · incidence ~- of._ ~PA~a in _t:p~ general population that is ·undetected,. .. maybe· as ··gt:<e-at' as 30 percent of. all people_ over .the ·ag~ 01 , 65. Most of this has -not been diagno~~d and not bee~ .~eport~d ~~9~physicians. If you are taki~~ - sleeping pills, be· sure·~ to _consult your doctor. ·,. ***~******************************• • .,,, f· '' ... t . l• , : BIRTHDAYS M~y your special day .. '. •, in every way IN b.~: all you hoped it would be · ~ As full of happiness FEBRUARY !.. _ as any birthday could be! Ceceline. Riley 2 Lucy Benjamin 16 Callie Coates 7 Mary Reed 17 Elnora .Pea 9 Geneva Stewart 17 Laura Jones 10 Emily Ferguson 18 -Georgia P_arris _10 Margaret White 18 .. Doshia Do.ckett 12 Pauline Chaffin 23 . Eleanor Williams 12 Nellie Johnson 24 Vera Martin 14- Mae O. Kennedy· 24 Mary Riley _;· 1 : 14- . Mae Ha~_ris 26 .. ******************•* Omitted in Janua~~~-------Edith Elliott 16th ***************************" CARROTS It used to be said that ea.ting carrots was good for y·our eyesight. Did you ·know that they are from AfghanistaQ· and ·· are now extensively grown throughout the ,country anq are available the year_round? _1 _ • ···They are an ,excellent source of ·vitamin A. When buying, . those which are well-formed, smooth and:_firm and blemish free are , the best choice. · · "' ' Slender ·_ types . are more tender- than the . large varieties .. Avoid carrots. which are wilted, flabby.:;_ cracked or haye 0 large green · '! i s.un-burned areas :at the top. .. · Carrots may be stored in plastic bags .in the refrig~rator for several weeks without loss 1 of nutritional. value _cif appearance. If carrots have tops, remove them befor~ storing. :; If left on, the . tops will- absorb the misture . from the carrots causing them to shrivel. Carrots may be canned or frozen'. ***********~~**************** QUOTES ·, Oh Lord, help my ~ords '· to be gracious and tender today, for tomorrow, I may · have to eat them. · . · ******** .. I fina11·y got :if all together·, but I forgot where ~ 'put it. r To err is human-to ·· blame · it on -the -other guy is even more human. -4- .,, . ,1/ .. :.. ~; · · .- . I~ m .: j us1= catching up .. with yesterday~by :tomo~row I shotitcf' ·:be ·ready for·.: today. : · ;'c * 'lo'nhHt * · · .. ,-·. Some - folks ·- give ·. the · Lorc(··a.11 the · credit for their success o ~ • J, • • l ' . , ·but none ,·of ·the· cash. · . :. '************~*i****** OUR _:· .. · Maybe --it t:7as th~_. vi'sions: ·of. ~~g~r]?lums cia~cing ·_:~n thei1: ,·· .heads or Just the .usual ·ant1c1pat1_on, ..of tl:l~. cpming holiday TRIP : . season that •stirred wi·thin the ·45 young-a.t~h.ear_t Goldenaires as they- board_ed -the '}l~~h~iio. bus Monday, December 6th, for a three day Christma·s tr'ip· .. to Bethlehem, Penn. We departed from Freed~m House at approximately eight.·,· i.- o' clock in th~ ·mo~hin~;· enj6ying a soothing scenib ride with frequent rest stops and ·a sumptous box lunch enroute .-. :·· Mid-afternoon fotind· us arriv'ing at the Quality Inn in White hall, Pennsylva:nia, our home for two nights. We wezre -g-iven a warm holiday welco"me by· a· most gracious and efficient staff who made our entire stay such a pleasurable experience. Early evening found us on our way t .9_):3ethlehamf where we met our local .guide, a most charming and knowl.edgea];)le lady. Immediate·ly, a won,derful feeling began to permeate our be ing,_ as though we were experiencing 1he. true meaning of Christm~s. , ,- With one .exceptioh, all windows in· h~~es and churches had a single -candle · in each window. The . odd . feature .of this was that· ~11 lights w~~e on the ·. outside of· the windows and all the lights were white on bui+dings, bridges and trees~ which lent an aura of · peac~ _and quietud_e .- to t}?.e ,-, surroundings. It made - one feel -awed ·and _reverent ·:as . though we had followed that star ·and were ab6ut ·to· bear witness to a great event. Upon returning to our hot~l, a delicious roast -beef dinrie~ awaited us ( soup-t~-nuts) ". · ai(ter . whiGh we . retired to the ·: .--Hospitality Room for more.· refresbµlents anq . fellowship provided by the hotel staff. -·. -. __ -_. ·_ ·: Tuesday, December 7th, we ··.r~t.urned., to Bethlehem ·Moravian Community for a more in d~pth ~ou~ of churche·s, schools and .• . _.. buildings of intere·st and ··to 1·earn more about the history, customs and people. Duri~g the _aftern6on, we were able -~o visit many in~eresting' gift.