1601 W. Josephine St., Lakeland, FL - February 2020 Hickory Hills Happenings Kate Sherman - Editor [email protected]

The New Green Wise market on South Florida Page 2 Hickory Hills Happenings BIRTHDAYS from lawsuits resulting in injury incurred during HOA 05 Ralph Ariola events. 07 Kathy Viens 12 Rick Legault Congratulations to the winners of the December 13 Alice Meunier (Bouffard) Decorating Contest: 1st Place went to Steve and Joanne 16 Sue Day Will, 2nd to Mike and Nancy Burgess, and 3rd to Merv Robert Robar Mortimer and Bev Parker. 18 Janice Carter Llyod Turner Our Lakeland Police liason, Angie Ellis, gave us a tip 19 John Miller to help avoid becoming a victim of fraud at one of the 20 Frank Roberts Friday coffee hours. It was something that many us just 21 Fred Day automatically do and it seemed like a useful thing to pass Mary Holbrook on to all who read this newsletter. We are used to using 22 Ray Roy the last two digits for the year when writing the date on 24 Sybil George forms. This can create an opportunity for fraud because Athena Roberts anyone can add two more digits to change the date from 26 Eileen Fiore 2020 to 2005 or 2017, etc. Get in the habit of writing all 27 Guy Carpenter four digits for the date for the year 2020 while we are John Schreiner concious of making sure we use the correct year.

Shout out a big welcome to our new residents: Cynthia ANNIVERSARIES Reynolds at 839 Corral Dr., George Dale in 1430 Saddle 22 Luis & Maria Santiago Trail, and Joseph White at 1627 Palamino Way. We wish 23 Paul & Monalisa Pratt you all good fortune in your new homes. We must say goodbye to Edna Morales.

Lorraine Watson's new phone number is 863-816-6107. Our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Nancy ART CLASS Ryan who passed away December 14th. Her husband Jim Ryan and brother Jim Wetmore are in our thoughts. June Bartotto will lead an art class at the Former resident Annabelle White passed away in January. clubhouse. She is doing a Watercolor art class the 1st and 3rd Monday of the Please keep these residents and friends in your prayers month. Cost is $10.00 and all supplies to as they battle illness or other crises in their lives: Joyce do the project furnished. Come and join Amon, Holly Carter, Tim Griffie, Cyndi Hittle, Jeannie us at 9:00 a.m. to see the amazing pieces Heingardner, Kay McClelland, Gayle Martin, Dominic of art you can do with water. Mercurio, Marie Santiago and Bill Wamsley. BINGO: RESIDENT'S NEWS Regular Bingo games have resumed. Cards will go on The annual HOA Yard Sale will be held Friday sale starting at 5:30 until 6:15, calling begins at 6:30 pm. February 28th and Saturday, February 29th. It Snacks will be served about halfway through the evening. will follow the format of the last several years with the Come out and support our in-park Bingo! resident's pre-sale beginning Friday at about 4 pm to 6 pm. Saturday will be the public sale beginning at 8 CARD PLAYING SCHEDULE am. Maxine will begin selling fresh muffins at 7 am. A bake sale and hot dogs will also be part of the yard sale. Mondays Racetrack Canasta 12:45 pm Volunteers to pick up, deliver, and price sale items are Pinochle 7 pm needed! Many hands make light work and the proceeds Thurs 7 pm Euchre of this sale pays for the insurance we need to protect us Fri 7 pm Bid Euchre Hickory Hills Happenings Page 3 COFFEE HOUR HOA AUX Come join us every Friday morning at 9:00a.m. for coffee The date for the ‘70s show was incorrect in the Januay and doughnuts. We talk about upcoming events and park newsletter. The correct date is March 14th. If you would news. It is a lot of fun! You might even hear a joke or two! like to be in this show, contact June Bartotto or Connie Wood for meeting times. Watch the bulletin board for more information. DANCE Tony and Trish will entertain you at a dance on February LINE DANCE CLASS/EXERCISE 7, beginning at 8 pm. Tickets are $8 and will be available from Dan Shepherd, the Roys, Barb Bader or Jude Jude Woodcock is leading a group to learn some new line Woodcock. Come out and enjoy the music and dance dance moves and also to spend some time just dancing. if you like. Once tables are set up Friday evening or The group will meet at 11 am on Wednesday. Come out Saturday morning, sign up at a table for a seat later at the and join us! dance. As a celebration of Rick Legualt’s birthday, DJ John will MOVIE NIGHT host a karaoke party in the clubhouse on February 15th. This free music night is open to all so come out and enjoy The free movie this month is February the music, dance, and maybe sing a song or two! 16th at 7 pm, in the clubhouse. The Jude Woodcock is leading a line dance/exercise class movie will be announced later. Dan Wednesdays at 10 am in the clubhouse. Come join in a and Kathy Shepherd host this for the fun way to get some exercise! HOA and supply free popcorn. Bring your own drink. They use a large screen for a true “big screen” experience! DOMINOES We are trying to set up some domino games in the clubhouse for something new to entertain us. One of POTLUCK: the games is at 1 pm on Thursday. There possibly may Our community potlucks are the be another time set up in the evening as well. Look first Monday of the month with for a notice on the bulletin board or on the door of the Febuary's on the 3rd, at 5:30 pm. clubhouse. If you work and can't make it until a few minutes after that, come anyway! Have a friend or neighbor bring your passing FRIDAY HAPPY HOUR dish and get there when you can. Please bring a dish that Join fellow residents Fridays at the adult pool can serve twelve, your own table service and drink. It's a to have a drink or two and unwind at the end good way to meet people from around the park! of the work week. 4 pm until whenever. SCRAPBOOKING GOLF Millie King leads this activity in the clubhouse or library This year we will be playing at Imperial Lakes Golf every Tuesday at 1 pm if you would like to join the fun. Course with tee-off time 9:30 am on Thursday. The She can help new people get started and enjoys sharing course is off Shepherd Rd in Mulberry (just off FL39 her expertise with other scrapbookers. known as Florida Ave in town). 18 holes $20,00 + prize money 9 holes $17.00 + For more Information call : Felix at 815-735-5019 or his Secretary at 815-878-4717, Page 4 Hickory Hills Happenings PARK RESIDENT VEHICLE I.D. STICKERS Meridian, Mississippi This is the true story of George Phillips of Meridian, Available for purchase from Marie Minter. When placed Mississippi, who was going to bed when his wife told in your vehicles rear driver’s side window, you will be him that he'd left the light on in the shed. George opened identified as a resident of our park. Thanks for your the door to go turn off the light but saw there were cooperation. people in the shed in the process of stealing things. He immediately phoned the police, who asked, “Is someone FREE PHONE DIRECTORIES in your house?” and George said, “No,” and explained the situation. Then they explained that all patrols were The new directories are here. They are available from busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an Kate Sherman at 1504 Estate Drive. Kate officer would be there when available. George said, will be out delivering door-to-door, but if “Okay,” hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police you don’t get a copy feel free to come to again. “Hello, I called you a few seconds ago because her house to pick one up. there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now because I've just shot them all.” Then he hung up. Within five minutes three squad cars, Homeowners (HOA) Membership Cards: are now an Armed Response unit and an ambulance showed up. available for 2019-20. Please see board members or Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed. contact Wayne Iles to pay dues of $10 per individual or One of the policemen said to George, “I thought you $15 per couple to join the HOA. The membership year said that you'd shot them!” George said, “I thought you runs from April 1 to March 31. You may give her a call if said there was nobody available!” you wish to be contacted or need additional information regarding this important organization to which every resident should belong! SHUFFLEBOARD: Shuffleboard games are every Tuesday and Friday NEWSLETTER DEADLINE: morning at 10 am. We have all the game equipment you need available and are happy to teach new players. Remember that the due date to get your article published Come join us! is the 13th of the month prior to publishing. Please deliver The breakfast sponsored by the Shuffleboard club is the to 1504 Estate Drive or email [email protected] second Saturday of the month, the 9th, beginning at 7:30 before that date! I look forward to and appreciate your input. am until 9 am. All you can eat French Toast, pancakes, Copies are distributed monthly in the clubhouse screen link sausage, biscuits and sausage gravy, juice and coffee room, next to the in-park mailboxes. Newsletters can also for $5. We have great cooks so come and enjoy breakfast! be viewed monthly on-line at http://4communitymedia. If you have never played a game, don’t worry, we will com/communitynewsletterlogin.php. be happy to teach you. Come out and have fun. We can always make room for more players! as a palm!” HOA CLUBHOUSE SALE Once a year the HOA sponsors a large sale to help RAY OF SUNSHINE: residents clean out good but unwanted items and shop for Nancy Smith (863-680-1383) ) is used and wanted items. This usually raises enough money doing a great job sending out cards to pay for the insurance the HOA needs to carry for our to those who need a bit of sunshine during events. There are a few hours on Friday for resident only a dark time. If you know someone shopping and it opens to the public on Saturday. No pre- who is struggling with illness, stress, sales for anyone. Just save your items until the Friday grief or who just needs a bit of before the sale and volunteers will be around to pick them encouragement let Nancy know so she can reach out up. to them. Remember to check your in-park mailbox on the table in the clubhouse screenroom for any cards you might receive. Hickory Hills Happenings Page 5 SUB-FLOOR & FLOORING EXPERTS!

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HERITAGE PARKING GARAGE HOA NEWS The 836 space Heritage Parking Garage should be open The annual meeting was held January 14th. After reading this month with pay-to-park spaces on the first level for and accepting the Secretary and Treasurer reports a short visitors to downtown Lakeland. The cost will be $1 per discussion was held about purchasing a storage building. hour during business hours, with free parking available The consensus was to hold off until after the next statutory on the first and second levels after business hours and all meeting in January. The elections were held next and the day on weekends. This should ease the parking situation following people were elected to the board to join Chyrl downtown when people want to go for dinner, clubbing, Grubaugh for the next year: Dan Shepherd, President; or visit the downtown parks after work or on weekends. Barb Bader, Vice President; Wendy Warbritton, Secretary; The two Pay Stations (Pay-By-Plate) collect coins, Dawn Miller, Treasurer; Wayne Iles, Entertainment, and dollars and credit cards or visitors can use the convenient Kate Sherman, Director. The new directors were sworn ParkMobile app,” said City Tony Delgado. in and the meeting was reconvened with Dan chairing. A date was selected for the annual yard sale of February The Heritage Parking Garage is a unique project that has 28 and 29. It was proposed to build corner railings for four entities paying for the garage. Each entity will retain the stage to hopefully keep residents from tripping and ownership of the parking spaces, paying a pro-rated share falling. A motion was made to spend no more than $100 of the construction and development costs. The City of to build the railings. Lakeland purchased 411 spaces, Lakeland Regional Flag Flying Holidays: February 22nd, Washington's Health Systems purchased 125 spaces, MidFlorida Credit Birthday; February 17th, President's Day; February Union purchased 175 spaces and Heritage Plaza owner 12th, Lincoln's Birthday. BKP Five LLC will have 125 spaces. The cost for the garage is approximately $11 million. DRYER VENT OUTSIDE BINGO CLEANING Call Carol Harris @ 863-284-1286 for information & carpooling. SAVE TIME • SAVE MONEY • INCREASE EFFICIENCY PREVENT A FIRE • RESIDENT DISCOUNTS 863.581.7479 Page 8 Hickory Hills Happenings

Life of Riley drinks section. The market encourages you to get a drink, set it into the drink holder in your cart, and enjoy it as you A new man is brought into Prison Cell 102. Already there browse the market. Or you could stop and get a drink is a long-time resident who looks 100 years old. The new as you get ready to eat or leave. We started browsing to man looks at the old-timer inquiringly. The old-timer the right. Many of the fruits and vegetables were ready says, “Look at me. I'm old and worn out. You'd never to eat and packaged into various sizes, including fruit believe that I used to live the life of Riley. I wintered and yogurt parfaits. The prices were very comparable to on the Riviera, had a boat, four fine cars, and the most Publix markets and there were several organic selections. beautiful women, and I ate in all the best restaurants of The market is the place to shop for people with chemical France.” The new man asked, “What happened?” “One sensitivities or who want to eat organic. day Riley reported his credit cards missing!” The hot food section has something for everyone, some traditional and lots with the newer, modern combinations. RESTAURANT REVIEW You can select from noodle bowls, sushi, hot or cold In the article below is the “official” subs, pizza whole or by the slice, or several other choices. ad for the new GreenWise Market on There was an extensive salad bar and eight hot soups plus S. Florida just north of Pipkin in the a few Asian or seafood inspired meats. The price for old K Mart building. The site has the salad bar/buffet was $7.99 per pound and you make been remodeled into a combination up the combinations. The soup was available in three deli and organic/green market that aims to encourage sizes starting at $3.99 for the single serving size. A fresh people to be kinder to themselves and the planet. As the bakery case rounded out your takeout meal. Next to these article describes, the store is divided into several sections sections was a cold case where you could choose cold for the prepared foods and a more traditional grocery sandwiches, salads, and prepared foods to take home and aisle section. Joe and I stopped in to explore the market heat. Bottled drinks of many kinds are also sold there. after I read an article in the Lakelander magazine. Our Just make your choices and take everything up to the impressions are described in this section. checkouts to pay and eat in or take home. If you want to shop the grocery aisles, it would be best to start at the When you walk into the entrance you pass a small section other end of the store and work your way back up to the of the outdoor seating area with the larger seating area hot foods area. wrapped around the side of the building looking out over some green space. It was windy the day we stopped and In the grocery aisles you will find many unusual foods it was blowing hard across the outdoor seating so we ate that are organic or chemical additive free. Also sold are inside. However, on a better day it looked like a very “green” items like waxed brown paper sandwich bags, pleasant place to eat your food. biodegradable disposable cutlery, and biodegradable trash bags. The household cleaners are also more natural Inside the store you first see the fresh fruits and vegetables and kinder for the planet and our water supply. Part of to your right, the hot prepared foods straight ahead along the focus is on entertaining so there is a section of cheeses with a salad/soup bar and to the left and behind you is the and speciality crackers for hosting the perfect party. MOBILE HOME DEPOT It was fun to explore and we enjoyed what we ate for Your Mobile Home Parts Warehouse! lunch. Just be aware that the prices are higher than in DOORS • A/C UNITS • Low-E WINDOWS more conventional stores because organic food still ALUMINUM PRODUCTS • RV ACCESSORIES commands premium prices. SCREEN ROOMS • HURRICANE PANELS 54” x 27” TUBS/SHOWERS A/C Installs! Lakeland: 3360 US Highway 92 E LIC #: CAC1818340 (863) 666-6163 www.mobilehomedepot.net Hickory Hills Happenings Page 9

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ESTIMATES & SMILES ALWAYS FREE (863) 244-7407 or (800) 377-7885 Page 10 Hickory Hills Happenings THINGS TO DO IN AND AROUND LAKELAND FOR LESS THAN $10 of an American writer, a Britich Cabaret singer, an older German boarding house owner and a Jewish fruit vendor • Listen to the Lakeland Community Band, an all- as the Germany slowly yields to the Third Reich. volunteer band with many musicians who played professionally along with those who play for the love Feb 14 Creating a Florida-Friendly Landscape in an of music. Their free concerts will all be held at the HOA World presented by Lakeland Water Utilites and Branscomb Auditorium at Florida Southern College, UF/IFAS Extension Polk County in the Lakeland Electric beginning at 2:30 pm. At 1:45 local artists will Building on the first floor. Lunch is free and available perform a pre-show. There will be monthly shows soon after 11:30 am, the talk begins at noon and lasts to during the winter; February 9th is the date this month. 1pm. Register by phone at 863-519-1041. • For the entire month of February stop in to the Polk Museum of Art to view A Brush with HerStory: Feb 14-16 & 21-23 Farce of Nature presented by Plant The Paintings of Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso. Ms. City Entertainment 101 N. Thomas St. Dellosso is a master of Old-World Masters painting style and these paintings represent women artists who Feb 20 to March 22 Kinky Boots Theatre Winter Haven never attained recognition for their work but whose Thur-Sat 7:30 pm Sun 2:30, $28. This musical based on paintings are glorious. Free a true story finds a factory owner struggling to save his • Attend First Friday downtown Lakeland for a new family business and Lola an entertainer with a fabulous event: Mardi Gras! Food, drink, beads & more. Free idea teaming up to design and produce a line of sturdy 6-9 pm stilettos. The musical just came off Broadway and is • Attend a free lecture Feb 20th in Hollis Room at so new the theatre wasn't even allowed to announce the Florida Southern College production until July 2019! • 111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr at 7 pm as Gene Smith, history professor, explores the character of George Feb 21-23. 28, 29 & Mar 1, Mar 6-8 Roald Dahl's Washington and how it was essential to the founding Matilda the Musical This Tony Award-winning show of our nation. Free is about the power of imagination and the inspiring story of a girl who dreams of a better life. Winner of 47 international awards and continues to thrill sold-out FEBUARY SPECIAL EVENTS: audiences of all ages around the world. Fri-Sat 7:30 pm, Feb 5-8 Keep on Smiling Lakeland 2020 Sun-n-Fun Sun 2 pm. $22 Seniors Lakeland Community Theatre grounds. FMCA/SEA RV Rally. Come see RV's for sale, Lake Mirror Complex attend RV and craft seminars, visit vendors. Entertainment nightly for those staying on the grounds. Enjoy our ice Feb 21 Detroit Tiger's Spring Training Exhibition Game cream social and pet parade. Fri is Senior Day $3, Sat is BOGO day (buy one for $8, get one free. Free parking. 8:30 am – 4 pm. Feb 27-Mar 8 Florida Strawberry Festival Plant City

Feb 8 Flippin' for Charities Joker-Marchant Stadium Feb 28-Mar 1 Up, Up, and Away Hot Air Balloon 7:30 am to 3 pm. "Flipping for Charities", the 62nd Annual Festival Sun-n-Fun Come out and enjoy the Up Up And Kiwanis Pancake Festival in Lakeland, FL, hosted by the Away Florida Hot Air Balloon Festival taking place Citrus Center Kiwanis Club. This year's event is being February 28 – March 1, 2020 in Lakeland, FL. Watch presented by MIDFLORIDA Credit Union. In addition, the Lakeland skyline transform into a mix of bright, Southern Homes of Polk County is a Diamond Sponsor brilliant colors as hot air balloons launch from the Sun along with Platinum Sponsors - Detroit Tigers Foundation n’ Fun Expo Campus. Embark on a scenic balloon ride of Florida and Uncle John's Pride. Adults $8. in one of many balloons on site in addition to the many activities offered at Up,Up And Away Florida Hot Air Feb 13-16 Cabaret Florida Southern University in the Balloon Festival. For example, this three-day festival also Loca Lee Buckner Theatre. Thur-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2:30 features picturesque balloon glows and tethered balloon This classic musical is set in the Berlin of the 1920s just rides. In addition to the live great music entertainment before World War II. The story explores the relationship and other non-stop family entertainment, we also offer Hickory Hills Happenings Page 11 vibrant balloons displays and great food options, arts and craft vendors, skydivers, helicopter rides, and so much 2nd Sat downtown Winter Haven more! In short, our guests are sure to have a blast at this 4th Sat Lake Wales in Market Square community Hot Air Balloon Festival. Tickets available online from the Up Up and Away Food Truck Rally, 2nd Thursday Munn Park website, $15 daily or $20 three-day pass available only online. Parking and tethered balloon rides require cash 2nd Sat. Antiques & Collectibles Main St. Bartow only. Every Tuesday enjoy Jazz Night at Union Hall 1023 S. Forida No Cover and Happy Hour from 4-8pm Jazz RP FUNDING CENTER begins at 6 pm

Feb 1 Piff The Magic Dragon Sat. Rodeo River Ranch off 60 east of Lake Wales Feb 11 Shen Yun Feb 13 Tracy Byrd 3rd Sat. Uptown Yard Sale & Flea Market Main St. Feb 19 Jersey Boys Bartow Plant City Classic Car Cruise-in downtown RECURRING EVENTS: 4th Sat Lake Wales Car show downtown First Friday, Lakeland downtown 3rd Friday, Main Street Bartow 4th Wed Moonlight Market at Grove Roots Brewing Co in Winter Haven. Shop, eat, and sip local. 6-9pm Farmers Markets: Every Weds Fort Blount Park, Bartow Every Friday, Kentucky Ave. Lakeland downtown       

                   !"    !#      $%  & Page 12 Hickory Hills Happenings GREENWISE MARKET Local bakery Born & Bread Bakehouse will sell their Located at 4747 S. Florida Avenue, GreenWise Market products inside the store Saturdays and Sundays, opens its doors in Lakeland! With a 25,000-square-foot featuring sourdough bread, almond croissants, traditional layout, the Lakeland GreenWise location is the first true croissants, and house-made granola. GreenWise prototype. “This is the first store out of the Lakeland-based coffee roaster Patriot Coffee will be ground, the first store that is our design. All of the other served as drip coffee in the “POURS” shop daily. stores have been spaces/[buildings] we have acquired and Local artists Fred Koehler and Josh (Bump) Galleta have had to make fit,” says Brian West. collaborated to create “Lakeland on the Move,” a work of art representing many parts of Lakeland and people of Although a sister brand of Publix, GreenWise offers a all ages, races, and abilities. different experience. Some of the store features include Local Community Partnerships include VISTE, Talbot cup holders in shopping carts for you to enjoy drinks from House, and Boys & Girls Clubs. Perishable food donation the POURS section while you shop, along with indoor/ partnership with Feeding Tampa Bay through Feeding outdoor seating and meeting spaces. America. Upon entering GreenWise you see department labeling such as “EATS,” where you will find a combination of produce, hot food, a salad bar, the deli, and the bakery.

The “POURS” section is dedicated to on-tap beers, kombucha, acai bowls, smoothies, local drip coffee, and espresso. GreenWise will participate in the app program “Untapped.” Untapped allows you to locate your favorite local and small-batch beer offerings in your area when they are in stock.

“CUTS” is where you can pick up meats raised with no antibiotics or added hormones; sustainably sourced seafood; fresh, never-frozen fish; house-made sausage; and so much more.

“FINDS” is the place to go for the perfect charcuterie board or what we like to call the essentials to hosting Proudly roofing since 1985 guests. Find good olives, charcuterie, wine, and beer. Ask a specialist about finding the perfect pairings. Lastly, in the “CARE” section you can shop personal- care products: everything from vitamins and nutritional supplements to natural soaps and shampoos. Local Partnerships:

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ESTIMATES & SMILES ALWAYS FREE (863) 244-7407 or (800) 377-7885 Hickory Hills Happenings Page 15 WOULD YOU MAIL YOUR BABY? appears to be the last journey of a child by U.S. post, when In January 1913, one Ohio couple took advantage of the her grandparents mailed her 40 miles through Kentucky U.S. Postal Service’s new parcel service to make a very to visit her sick mother. After the story made the news, special delivery: their infant son. The Beagues paid 15 Superintendent John Clark of the Cincinnati division of cents for his stamps and an unknown amount to insure the Railway Mail Service investigated, questioning why him for $50, then handed him over to the mailman, who the postmaster in Caney, Kentucky, had allowed a child on dropped the boy off at his grandmother’s house about a a mail train when that was explicitly against regulations. mile away. “I don’t know if he lost his job, but he sure had some explaining to do,” Pope says. Regulations about what you could and couldn’t send through the mail were vague when post offices began Though Maud seems to be the last successfully mailed accepting parcels over four pounds on January 1, 1913. child, others would later still try to mail their children. People immediately started testing its limits by mailing In June 1920, First Assistant Postmaster General John C. eggs, bricks, snakes and other unusual “packages.” So Koons rejected two applications to mail children, noting were people allowed to mail their children? Technically, that they couldn’t be classified as “harmless live animals,” there was no postal regulation against it. according to the Los Angeles Times. The above is reprinted from History website. Pope has found about seven instances of people mailing children between 1913 and 1915, beginning with the AMERICAN TRIVIA baby in Ohio. It wasn’t common to mail your children, yet for long distances, it would’ve been cheaper to buy the stamps to send a kid by Railway Mail than to buy her For the trivia fans out there, here is a quiz dealing with a ticket on a passenger train. songs that are so identified with a particular singer that it is forever their song. For instance, “Bridge Over In addition, people who mailed their children weren’t Troubled Water” will always be identified with Simon handing them over to a stranger. In rural areas, many and Garfunkel. Try your hand at matching the song with families knew their mailman quite well. However, those its key performer. It may not be the one you think of first! two viral photos you might have seen online of postal By the way, it doesn't include the Beatles, ABBA, etc, workers carrying babies in their mailbag were staged since this is American trivia. photos, taken as a joke. A mailman might have carried a 1. “Friends in Low Places” swaddled child who couldn’t walk, but he wouldn’t have 2. “Hound Dog” let a diaper-wearing baby sit in a pile of people’s mail. 3. “Chattahoochee” 4. “Margaritaville” In the case of May Pierstorff, whose parents sent her to her 5. “Me and Bobby McGee” grandparent’s house 73 miles away in February 1914, the 6. “California Girls” postal worker who took her by Railway Mail train was a 7. “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue” relative. The Idaho family paid 53 cents for the stamps that 8. “Mrs. Robinson” they put on their nearly six-year-old daughter’s coat. Yet 9. “Your Cheatin' Heart” after Postmaster General Albert S. Burleson heard about 10. “Mona Lisa” this incident—as well as another inquiry someone had 11. “Flowers on the Wall” made that month about mailing children—he officially 12. “Hold Tight” banned postal workers from accepting humans as mail. 13. “Cheek to Cheek” Still, the new regulation didn’t immediately stop people 14. “White Christmas” from sending their children by post. A year later, a 15. “The Little Old Lady from Pasadena” woman mailed her six-year-old daughter from her home 16. 1“Rock around the Clock” in Florida to her father’s home in Virginia. At 720 miles, 17. “Feels So Right” it was longest postal trip of any of the children Pope has 18. “Light My Fire” identified, and cost 15 cents in stamps.

In August 1915, three-year-old Maud Smith made what answers on page 17 Page 16 Hickory Hills Happenings BASEBALL HISTORY franchise history. Although many sources (including the As Spring Training nears I thought some readers would Phillies themselves) claim that Reach and Rogers bought be interested in some baseball history. After a brief the Brown Stockings and moved them to Philadelphia, introduction about the formation of the National Leagues, all available evidence suggests this is not the case. there are brief histories of two of the oldest continuous Significantly, no players from Worcester ended up with teams. One appears below, the other will be in next the 1883 Quakers. month's paper . In 1884, , the former manager of baseball's The of Professional Baseball Clubs, first openly professional team, the Cincinnati Red known simply as the National League (NL), is the Stockings, was recruited as manager in hopes of reversing older of two leagues constituting the team's fortunes. Also in 1884, the team changed (MLB) in the United States and Canada and the world's its name to the "Philadelphias", as it was common for oldest current professional team sports league. Founded baseball teams in that era to be named after their cities on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association (for instance, the "Bostons" and "New Yorks"). However, of Base Ball Players (NAPBBP) of 1871–1875 (often as "Philadelphias" was somewhat hard to fit in newspaper called simply the "National Association"), the NL is headlines, some writers still continued to call them the sometimes called the Senior Circuit, in contrast to MLB's "Quakers" while others began shortening the name to other league, the American League, which was founded "Phillies." The nickname "Phillies" first appeared in the 25 years later. Philadelphia Inquirer for April 3, 1883, in the paper's coverage of an exhibition game by the new National Both leagues currently have 15 teams. After two years League club. At some point in the 1880s, the team accepted of conflict in a "baseball war" of 1901–1902, the two the shorter nickname "Phillies" as an official nickname. leagues of 8 team franchises each, agreed in a "peace "Quakers" continued to be used interchangeably with pact" to recognize each other as "major leagues", draft "Phillies" until 1890, when the team officially became rules regarding player contracts, prohibiting "raiding", known as the "Phillies." This name is one of the longest regulating relationships with minor leagues and lower continually used nicknames in professional sports by a level clubs, and with each establishing a team in the team in the same city. nation's largest metropolis of New York City, and the league champions of 1903 arranged to compete against In 1887, they began play at the stadium eventually known each other in the new professional baseball championship as . Despite a general improvement from their tournament with the inaugural “World Series” that Fall dismal beginnings, they never seriously contended for of 1903, succeeding earlier similar national series the title. The standout players of the franchise in the era in previous decades since the 1880s. After the 1904 were Billy Hamilton, and champions failed to reach a similar agreement, the two who in 1896 set the major-league record (since tied by leagues also formalized the new World Series tournament several others) with 4 home runs in a single game. Due beginning in 1905 as an arrangement between the leagues to growing disagreements about the direction of the team, themselves. National League teams have won 48 of the Reach sold his interest to Rogers in 1899. 114 World Series championships contested from 1903 to 2018. 1904 With the birth of the more lucrative American League Philadelphia Phillies “Quakers” (AL) in 1901, the Phillies saw many of their better players In 1883, sporting goods manufacturer Al Reach(a defect to the upstart, including a number of players who pioneering professional baseball player) and attorney John ended up playing for their crosstown rivals, the Athletics, Rogers won an expansion National League franchise for owned by former Phillies minority owner Benjamin Philadelphia, one of what are now known as the "Classic Shibe. While their former teammates would thrive (the Eight" of the National League. They were awarded a spot AL's first five batting champions were former Phillies), in the league to replace the Worcester Brown Stockings, the remaining squad fared dismally, finishing 46 games a franchise that had folded in 1882. The new team was out of first place in 1902—the first of three straight years nicknamed the "Quakers", and immediately compiled finishing either seventh or eighth. To add tragedy to folly, a .173 winning percentage, which is still the worst in a balcony collapsed during a game at the Baker Bowl in Hickory Hills Happenings Page 17 1903, killing twelve and injuring hundreds. Rogers was A's (five blocks west on Lehigh Avenue from forced to sell the Phillies to avoid being ruined by an Baker Bowl) for 1927. avalanche of lawsuits. The Phillies tried to move to Shibe Park on a permanent The Phillies won their first pennant in 1915 thanks to the basis as tenants of the A's. However, Baker Bowl's owner, pitching of Grover Cleveland Alexander and the batting Charles W. Murphy, refused to let the Phillies out of their prowess of who set the major-league lease at first. He finally relented in 1938, and only then single-season record for home runs with 24. However, because the city threatened to condemn the dilapidated by 1917 Alexander had been traded away when owner park. Despite the move, attendance rarely topped 3,000 William Baker refused to increase his salary. Baker was a game. known for running the Phillies very cheaply; for instance, during much of his tenure there was only one scout in the The lowest point came in 1941, when the Phillies finished entire organization. with a 43–111 record, setting a franchise record for losses in a season. A year later, they needed an advance from The effect of the Alexander trade was immediate. In 1918, the league just to go to spring training. Nugent realized only three years after winning the pennant, the Phillies he didn't have enough money to operate the team in 1943, finished sixth, thirteen games under .500. It was the start and put it up for sale. of one of the longest streaks of futility in baseball history. The new owner was willing to invest more money in From 1918 to 1948, the Phillies had only one winning building a good team, including expanding the farm record (78–76 in 1932), only finished higher than sixth system to develop young players. This paid off in a twice, and were never a serious factor past June. During young cadre of players that were known as the “Whiz this stretch, they finished last a total of 17 times and next Kids”. This coincided with the final collapse of the As. to last seven times. This saddled the franchise with a reputation for failure that dogged it for many years. The Philadelphia had been an "A's town" for most of the first team's primary stars during the 1920s and 1930s were half of the 20th century. Even though the A's had fielded outfielders , Lefty O'Doul, and teams as bad or worse than the Phillies for most of the who won the vaunted Crown in 1933. time since the 1930s, the A's continued to trounce the Phillies at the gate. However, a series of poor baseball Baker died in 1930. He left half his estate to his wife and and business decisions on the A's part allowed the Phillies the other half to longtime team secretary Mae Mallen. to win the hearts of Philadelphia's long-suffering fans. Five years earlier, Mallen had married leather goods and shoe dealer Gerald Nugent. With the support of Baker's The Phillies have had a series of cycles from being last in widow, Nugent became team president. Baker's widow the league to winning championships, suffering declines died in 1932, leaving Nugent in complete control. Unlike in their fan base during the losing cycles. However, they Baker, Nugent badly wanted to build a winning team. are still going strong. However, he didn't have the financial means to do so. He was forced to trade what little talent the team had to make ANSWERS TO TRIVIA QUESTIONS ends meet, and often had to use some creative financial methods to even field a team at all. 1. Garth Brooks 2. 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