October 2004 Volume 11 Number 8

A NEWSPAPER FOR ASBURY METHODIST VILLAGE

Residents, Associates, Families & Friends www.asbury.org

Ghostly Tales From a Spirited Few With the cool crisp air of Autumn come the chilling tales of ghosts and goblins, spooks and spirits, and things that go bump in the night. Read on…if you dare!

The Spooky Truth Reporter, Martin Moon and wife, Janice, think Alaska is pretty cool—freezing, in fact! About Local Spirits

By Paula Strain, Edwards-Fisher hosts haunting Mountain Mary- Alaska—It’s Cool! land are different from those in By Martin Moon, Diamond G Metropolitan or Tidewater Mary- wenty-four Asbury residents and friends land. FForor one thing, their haunting liflifee is used trains, planes, buses and a cruise much like ours—two generations or 50 ship to discover the beauty and vastness It was here that the Aldeburgh seawall T to 70 years long. While a few do horrify (and cool weather!) of Alaska from September ghost went walking…or did it? or terrify, most seem to want to assist 2 through 12. After flying from Baltimore to Anchorage on Oh What A BOO-tiful Continued on page 15 September 3, the group boarded the dome cars of the McKinley Express luxury train for a two- Mourning: An English day tour of snowy and mountainous Denali Ghost Story National Park, with close views (but no close encounters) of wildlife, including bear, deer, By Reg Westlake, Villas moose, wolves, mountain goats and eagles. One don’t believe in ghosts — but per- brave bear wandered alongside the train at a haps I should after learning about a sop. Itrue experience in Aldeburgh, a town Then, on to Fairbanks and a visit to the his- on the east coast of England, and famous toric Gold Dredge No. 8 and an opportunity to pan for gold. Among the most successful, Liz Van Continued on page 15 Billiard recovered nuggets valued at $11- plus by the nearby assay office. The Dredge tour included an all-you-can-eat miners’ lunch (stew) and a stop at the Trans Alaska Pipeline site. The Haunted Kitchen Another plane ride (Alaska Airlines) back to By Marj McGuire, Villas Anchorage and a scenic bus ride to Seward to hen John was transferred from Orono, Maine, where he had an office on the board the 55,000-ton Statendam of the Holland University campus, to southern Maine, we bought an 1820 sea captain’s house America cruise line. A day of cruising the Col- in Wells with property running down lege Fjord followed with snow-capped moun- W tains at port and starboard was especially sce- to a cranberry bog and open water beyond. The house was a New Yorker’s (me) dream nic for passengers in deck chairs sipping hot house: white, with the original old glass in the Continued on page 7 window panes and black shutters all around, sitting on a granite foundation with a granite stoop, and a hipped roof with tall white chim- neys on either side. Fireplaces in every room, INSIDE: mostly boarded over, and the usual New England Protecting Yourself Against the Flu ...... 5 ell containing a dining room, pantry, kitchen and porch. We learned that the house at one time had Francis Asbury Really Got Around ...... 6 The Galloping Goose—oooo, spooky! That Was the Week That Was at Kindley ...... 10 Continued on page 15 Asbury Acts of Kindness ...... 11 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S CORNER VILLAGE The Best Is Yet to Be LIFE

everal decades ago I became Portugal, who taught me how to Back by popular demand, intrigued with the quote, eat some sort of creature he would this month’s issue was S “Grow old along with me; the scrape off the rocks. He tried his brought to you by ghosts, best is yet to be.” I even bought a best to tell me what they were, but goblins, and a spook-tacular sundial with that inscription and I still have no idea, which is prob- staff of residents! packed it away so that when we ably a good thing! These types of bought our first home I could put traveling relationships remain with Editor it in a special place in the yard. me as fond memories, and more Linda Williams Aber All my life I’ve been involved with life lessons. Communications Publications older adults. And I guess it’s from all As the evenings have turned those experiences that I’ve gained cooler here at AMV, and as the days Coordinator a deep respect and admiration become shorter, I’ve noticed more Asbury Methodist Village for seniors in our world, and why and more couples out walking in 201 Russell Ave. that quote has also become a part the evenings. I always smile when Gaithersburg, MD 20877 of me. I see them strolling hand in hand. 301-216-4106 • [email protected] My great aunt owned a nursing Sue DaCamara It gives me more opportunities to home and as a child I was taken Acting Executive Director Resident Editors reflect on relationships, and I won- to work routinely by my mother, Sally Schear, Kindley der if they are experiencing the who was the Director of Nurs- Melva Hiatt, Mund ing, to interact with the residents. My husband and I love to travel, best that was yet to be for them. Lois Lord, Trott Throughout school I was involved especially to foreign countries. Even I’m grateful for the opportunities Gordon Allen, 419 in volunteer activities with seniors. foreign languages haven’t been a you’ve provided me over the past Alice Furlong, E-F Yet when I went to college I decid- barrier to those relationships I’ve couple of months to re-establish Resident Staff ed I wanted to work with children. had with seniors. I’ll never forget relationships, form new relation- Building 419: Genevieve Wimsatt One week of work on the elemen- visiting an ancient spa in Budapest ships and help explain business tary school playground convinced and having a very elderly woman and corporate relationships. And I Diamond: Marjorie McFarland, me to go back to my true calling. sit down beside me and carry on hope that in various ways the AMV Martha Grimm, and Martin Moon So I changed my major and ever a very lengthy conversation with associates and I are helping you Edwards-Fisher: Betty Goen, since I’ve been working with older me in her native language. I had no to experience a wonderful time in Joan Dunlop, Mary Rose Wells, adults. I have learned many life les- idea what she really said to me, but your lives. I continue to believe Martha Hunt, Dorothy Welch, sons from the relationships I’ve we connected on some level. And that as we work together in part- Paula Strain and Betty Savage been so fortunate to have with there was the senior gentleman on nership with each other, we can seniors over the years. a cliff in the southernmost part of make the best even better. Kindley: George Boddiger Mund: Judy Weaver, Winston Taylor and Anne Porter LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Trott: Marjorie Brugger, Marion Livingston, and Dear Editor: in the giving, but it is important to Because it is the long-standing Jeanne North (PACs) At the recent meeting of the Vil- understand that Pay Grade 14 at policy that residents may not give lage Life staff, we were discuss- Asbury is not the same as U.S. Gov- tips or gifts to specific associates, Villas: Reginald Westlake, Tom ing the Christmas Gift Fund , won- ernment Grade 14. the Christmas Fund provides you, Wilkinson, Marj McGuire, and dering how to help our residents I hope we will all give to the the residents, an opportunity to Mary Anstead understand its importance. There Christmas Gift Fund in a spirit of give a financial gift to associates as Printing: was a wonderful article in the “Vil- thanksgiving for all that is done a thank-you for services rendered. Chesapeake Publishing Corp. lage Life” (Aug/Sept) by Jeanne for us both by those we see in the All of you have received a bro- North describing the Fund and Dining Rooms, Maintenance and chure describing the fund, and Design/Layout: who benefits from it. But many Housekeeping and by those we detailing how gifts may be made. Electronic Ink of the residents tend to take for never see or speak to. Please consider this a friendly granted all the work that goes on Anne Porter reminder that payments to the fund behind the scenes here. Most of are due by November 15. Checks us at the meeting agreed that if we Thanks for your letter, Anne. Per- should be made payable to CCAV think about the fact that we tip haps this information submit- and sent to your Apartment or Villa the waiter at a restaurant when we ted by Dan Muller, Villas, will be representative. They are: eat out and that the waiter usually helpful. Diamond: Home’ Reitwiesner (114) has to share that with the dish- Edwards-Fisher: Wally Gedosch (414) washers, bus boys, etc. it helps put 419: Evelyn Lackey (215) into perspective our giving to the The Asbury Christmas Health Care: Administrator’s Office “The mission of Village Life is Fund. If each of us gave just a dol- Kindley: Reception Desk Gift Fund to provide timely, interesting lar a day each year ($365/year) to There are more than 800 asso- Trott: Elouise Weaver (601) and entertaining news about the Christmas Gift Fund, it would ciates that serve Asbury residents. Mund: Jack Busch (316) the lives, concerns and activi- make our collective gifts to all the These include health care work- Villas: Art Hall (580) ties of the people who reside, behind-the-scenes people much ers, kitchen personnel, wait staff, Harold Lanman (Trott 613, x work and volunteer at Asbury Methodist Village.” more meaningful. housekeepers, gardeners, mainte- 5507) has copies of the Gift Fund Some residents feel that Grade 14 Brochure should you wish to review nance, transportation and security Village Life is published by employees should not be included personnel, and administrative staff. the gift opportunity in more detail. Asbury Methodist Village Communications Department

2 OCTOBER 2004 VILLAGE LIFE Are You Jazzed About Jazz?

ark your calendars! On Friday Village Life evening, November 5, the Ros- borough Distinguished Speaker Bits and Pieces M Wonder what your neighbors have been Series will host a lecture and book-signing up to? Here are all the little bits and by professor of music, lecturer and author, pieces that add up to happy times on Dr. Joshua Berrett. His latest book, “Louis and off the Asbury Campus. Armstrong & Paul Whiteman – Two Kings of Jazz”, to be released in November, will On August 30 Karen Beasley, Reynolds and Ken Hall, both be available for sale and signing (at AMV’s discounted price of $20.00). Watch your daughter of Marion Beasley, of 419 building, were married mailbox in mid-October for the official Mund, sang in the Rainbow in Juneau, Alaska, in the Glacier Dr. Joshua Berrett invitation and full details. Room atop Rockefeller Cen- Rainforest Garden. —Asbury Foundation ter. Other performers were Mary Ebinger, Mund, Frank Sinatra, Jr. and Toni Ten- announced at the Mund Coun- nille. The event was put on by cil meeting on September 7 a member of the Republican that the Great American Bake VOTERS WANTED National Committee, but Kar- Sale, held on June 18 in the en’s father assures us that her Mund parlor, raised $1951 for By Joan Dunlop, Edwards Fisher tee ballot. Call the Board of Elec- performance there does not the benefit of America’s 13 mil- tions at 240 777-8683 or visit their he excitement of the politi- necessarily indicate her politi- lion children at risk of hunger. web site at www.777vote.org for cal preference. Many Asbury cal conventions is over and The funds raised by the now is the time to plan to further information. residents are fans of Karen’s as T Mund Bake Sale put this sale exercise one of the most basic priv- The deadline for requesting an she has performed here several in the nation’s top ten. The ileges of a democracy — absentee ballot is October times. sale is sponsored by Share Our the right to vote. That 26th, but since the forms The weekend of September must be mailed, complet- Strength, a nonprofit organiza- right has been secured, 10 Polly Brown, Mund, went ed, and returned before preserved, and made with Mr. and Mrs. Paul “Eddie” tion dedicated to ending child election day it would be more inclusive at great May (Polly’s daughter Lexie and hunger. Mary, the local organiz- wise to treat October cost in our nation’s his- her husband) to Philadelphia er, provided refreshments at the tory and it deserves to 12th as the absentee bal- September 7 Council meeting lot deadline also. to see Polly’s son, David, in an be honored. as payback for the residents’ As an election judge in the Off-Broadway play. After spend- To those new to the area the generosity...... During the Sep- deadline for voter registration is Asbury precinct I have seen count- ing the night they went to the tember 4 weekend Kay Weis, October 12th. On the Asbury Cam- less examples of voters who go to beach in Delaware. August 29 pus please call the follow- the polls in spite of many handi- - 31 Polly hosted Mr. and Mrs. Mund, hosted her son, George ing people for registration caps. Their great sacri- Walter McClelland of Ojai, Cali- Weis of Sacramento, Califor- assistance: fice of comfort and ener- fornia. nia, who was on his way home Rosalie Silverberg-X5007, gy is a wonderful exam- Kim Gorman, granddaugh- from New York where he was Genevieve or Keith Steele- ple to us all, so read the ter of Elsa Tutwiler, Mund, a member of the protest group, X6628 or Ken Jones-X5210. papers, watch television, and her children spent the Billionaires for Bush. Address changes should wade through position day August 19 with their great Congratulations to Winston papers and come to the also be processed before grandmother, swimming in Taylor, Edwards-Fisher! This 417 auditorium any time this deadline. the pool among other activi- year marked the first presen- If you will be out of town or from 7:00 a.m. to 8 p.m. ready to ties....In early September Eliza- cast your ballot. Your vote can and tation of The Winston Taylor physically unable to go to the polls beth Gifford, Mund, spent a will make a difference. Awards for excellence in reli- on election day, November 2nd, week and a half with family you can arrange to vote by absen- gion communication. Winston in Michigan....September 19 - was a member of the Religious 24 Earl and Anna Kragnes, Public Relations Council for , attended an Elderhostel Mund fifty years and was National in Castleton, Vermont. Castle- President in 1967-1969, and ton was the birthplace of Cal- he established this award in vin Coolidge....In September 2003. The first awardees were Sarah Want, Mund, went on David Anderson, who is retired vacation in Rehoboth, Dela- Religion Editor of United Press ware, with her son’s family. Ellie Wagner, Ching-ye Lee, International, and Jim Wallis , and Elsa Tutwiler, Mund, publisher of Sojourners Maga- Harriet Renison, Trott,and zine. Hosted by Greta Kreuz, Genevieve Wimsatt, 419 were WJLA-TV Reporter, the event with other Asbury residents was held at the National Press on the Eyre tour to the Fin- Club, with guest speaker, Rev- ger Lakes in western New York erend Welton Gaddy President, in early October...... In August The Interfaith Alliance. “One John and Lois Odle, Mund, Nation Many Faiths: Religion in attended a family reunion in the 2004 Elections.” Maine...... On August 5 Mildred (Judy Weaver, Mund)

VILLAGE LIFE OCTOBER 2004 3 FOOD FOR THOUGHT Discovering Forgiveness recognized him as he walked career. I remembered the oppor- I remembered him behaving in an to his car across the Post Office tunities he afforded me to serve assortment of self-serving ways Iparking lot and I didn’t hesitate in leadership positions within the and pretending not to know what to call his name. I had not seen organization and beyond. I remem- I was talking about when I brought him in more than ten years. I rec- bered him urging me to apply for a these things to his attention. I ognized him and I didn’t hesitate district level position and celebrat- remembered how quickly a rela- to call his name. At least, it did not ing when I was appointed to it. I tionship that was built on respect feel like I hesitated. remembered him saying how glad and honor had deteriorated and And as I am wont to do, I gave he was that we were now peers. had become a burden to me. thought to this meeting once he I remembered also how he met I remembered. I remembered… and I had gone our separate ways. with the old boys behind closed and it didn’t matter. In those few During my time of reflection, I real- doors when change was in the air moments between recognizing ized that I, indeed, had hesitated. and how he made promises that him and calling his name, I remem- I hesitated and in those few brief were not his to make. I remem- bered the hurt and the disappoint- moments that I did, I remembered. bered how he undermined me and ment… and it didn’t matter. Martha A. Brown I remembered how he had nur- then pretended he did not know I I discovered I had forgiven. Director of Pastoral Care tured and supported me early in my would be offended by his conduct.

IN MEMORIAM

Resident Facility Date of Death

Francis Howard WHCC 8-16-2004 Alfredo Soto WHCC 8-24-2004 Roderick Pressly Kindley 8-27-2004 Evelyn Florence Kalb WHCC/Mund 8-31-2004 Georgette McCann WHCC/Kindley/Mund 8-31-2004 Carolyn Harwood 419 9-3-2004 Margaret Bedsworth WHCC 9-5-2004 J. Wallace Crow Kindley 9-7-2004 Leonard Leslie Kindley 9-8-2004 Wayne Fichtner WHCC 9-15-04 Genevieve Nelson WHCC/Kindley/Diamond 9-16-04 John Dwyer WHCC 9-17-04 Frederick Myers WHCC/Kindley/Diamond 9-18-04 John Board WHCC 9-21-04

A moment of silence was observed for the deceased.

There are two theories to arguing with a By George! woman—neither one of them works. You need only two tools: WD 40 and duct tape. This If it doesn’t move and it should, use the WD 40. Village Life If it moves and it shouldn’t, use the duct tape..

(Collected by George C. Boddiger)

4 OCTOBER 2004 VILLAGE LIFE by Jeanne North campus. t the September meeting The second program, also on of the Dining and Nutri- Care Management, will be aired A tion Services PAC, members Peek the PACs in late October. The PAC plans to heard about a new initiative: the at develop other topics for discussion upcoming Oktoberfest celebration. on AVTV, with an eye to provid- The event aims to emulate the tradi- ing Asbury residents information tional Oktoberfest of Munich, Ger- about health services on campus. many, which began in October of Oktoberfest Comes Watch for future programs. 1810; that year Bavarian King Max At the September Buildings and Joseph offered a giant celebration Grounds PAC meeting, PAC mem- of the marriage of Crown Prince to Asbury! bers heard from Associate Co- Ludwig, later to become King Lud- Chairs Dan McMurdo and Lenny wig I, to the Princess Therese von use up meal credits. all you can take. Wait Hines a review of summer proj- Sachsen-Hilburghausen. That first The Shoppe can staff is reluctant ects, including the power washing Oktoberfest included horse races now take orders to challenge of the gazebo, curb and sidewalk and later evolved into a tradition for beef tender- residents, who repainting, the installation of a ter- of 16 days of festivities including loin, New York may feel they mite control program for the Villas, parades, beer tents, bands, floats, strip steaks, are entitled to improved lighting in hallways of dancing and drinking, sideshows, ground beef, take out what- Edwards-Fisher, the ongoing eleva- booths and rides, with men, women chicken, salm- ever they wish. tor renovation in Mund, an emer- and children dressed in traditional on, shrimp and In the interest gency PA system in WHAT BUILD- lederhosen and dirndl skirts. Today tuna, as well as of fairness to ING, the humidifier installation in some 6 million visitors from around cakes and pies. all, residents are 419. The electric wire deer fence the globe flock to what is touted as Also, catering ser- simply asked to seemed to help keep deer away the largest public festival in the vice can provide any consider the implica- from the gardens. One unhappy kind of service desired, tions of their actions. note was the revelation that some- world. Crown Prince Ludwig from breakfast crois- Do you watch one (or someones) had taken pota- For the Asbury event, set for and Princess Therese von sants to sandwiches Asbury View on Chan- toes and other vegetables from the October 21 from 11:30 to 1:30 Sachsen-Hilburghausen p.m., a giant tent will be set up appetizers, dessert nel 99? If so, per- east garden. on the lawn in front of Kindley. An trays or full meals. For haps you caught the The next big projects, set for “oompah band” will provide musi- information, call Tim Rinkel, Cater- launching of another initiative. The early October, are the planting of cal ambiance to match the food ing Manager, at x6094. Health Services PAC aired the first spring bulbs and the setting out offerings of German variety, which In an effort to involve residents, of a series of panel discussions on of pansies. The butterfly garden will include (nonalcoholic) beer, the Dining staff is working with AVTV’s Asbury View the week of will be returned to grass and fresh and a Farmer’s Market will add to the Dining PAC to form a menu September 27, on Care Manage- wood chips will be put in the com- the atmosphere. One dining room committee to help formulate new ment on campus. Chip Hickey of mon areas. (probably Crawford) will be closed menus. Also, the staff is planning AVTV moderated the discussion; PAC members bring to the atten- that day at lunchtime, to provide to develop a training video to help participants were Kathleen Link, tion of the co-chairs items need- wait staff for the event, which train new wait staff members. Resident Co-Chair of the Health ing attention. Resident Co-Chair Dr. promises to be a gala affair. Hope One rather delicate matter was Services PAC, Pat Ramtahal, Care Conrad Link spoke at length about for good weather! broached: the subject of taking food Management nurse, and Jean New- the increasing work load for the Other news from the Dining out of the dining room. Andrew man, PAC member. This was to be gardening staff resulting from the PAC: The Shoppe and catering are Lindquist, Campus Dining Director, the first of a series of panel discus- landscaping requirements of addi- increasingly popular as ways to pointed out gently that for buffets, sions on Asbury health services on tional buildings. the policy is all you can eat, not

THE DOCTOR IS IN Protect Yourself Against The Flu nfluenza or the “flu” is a seri- ■ Nursing home and assisted liv- in high-risk groups ous viral infection. It is a wide- ing residents I spread problem, especially ■ Persons with chronic heart or Persons Who Should Not Be among seniors. There are two types lung conditions and asthma Vaccinated Are Those With of vaccine: (1) the flu shot and (2) ■ Persons with weakened ■ Allergy to chicken eggs the nasal-spray. The flu shot is the immune systems due to metabolic ■ Reaction to an influenza vac- type recommended for seniors. diseases (like diabetes), kidney dis- cination in the past Merlyn Vemury, M.D., Ph.D. Both types of flu vaccines work in ease, or chronic infections ■ Acute febrile illness (*these Internal Medicine/Geriatrics/ the same way; they develop anti- ■ Children and adolescents on people may be vaccinated after Nutrition bodies in the body, and these anti- long-term aspirin therapy their recovery) Dr. Vemury is the Medical Direc- bodies protect against the virus. ■ Women in their second or third tor at Wilson Health Care Center trimester of pregnancy Myths General Symptoms and Kindley Assisted Living. She is ■ “You can get the flu from the Board Certified in Internal Medi- ■ Fever ■ Sore Throat Persons Who Can Transmit The Flu vaccine.” False - The vaccine is cine, and has worked extensively ■ Chills ■ Cough ■ Health care personnel in hos- made with inactivated organisms in Geriatrics. She has privileges at ■ ■ Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, Headache Muscle Aches pitals, outpatient settings, nursing that cannot cause infection. homes, chronic-care facilities, assist- Holy Cross Hospital and Suburban Persons At Increased Risk For ■ “The side effects are worse Hospital. Dr. Vemury is a Medicare ed living residences, and home care than the flu.” False – The worst participant and accepts Medicare Complications settings assignments. Office# 301-593-7793 ■ 65 years of age or older ■ Household contacts of persons Continued on page 6

VILLAGE LIFE OCTOBER 2004 5 l.to r. Charlene Hightman, Pharmacy Techni- cian, Angie Schneider, Pharmacy Manager, Guy LaFrance, Driver Photo: Juana Arias NeighborCare Corner Francis Asbury statue in D.C. celebrates its 80th birthday. he State of Maryland is continuing to provide its prescription drug program for Maryland Medicare beneficiaries. This program Francis Asbury Really T provides up to $1100 in outpatient drug benefits per person in a twelve month period. The program is administered by CareFirst Got Around BlueCross BlueShield. Because the program is currently being made available to a maximum of 37,000 individuals, it would be wise to apply By Winston H. Taylor, Mund on the campus of Wesley Seminary as soon as possible. he statue of a sturdy Francis in Washington in the 1960s. Certain eligibility requirements have been established by the State. Asbury preaching to one of After its dedication, the statue To qualify for the program, you must be a resident of Maryland and a T his flocks is familiar to most was presented to the government Medicare beneficiary. You may not be enrolled in another program that Asbury residents, out of the win- by the then Methodist Episcopal provides prescription benefits at the time of application. The household dows near the swimming pool. But bishop of Washington, William F. income may not exceed 300% of Federal Poverty Guidelines. This trans- few may know of another Asbury McDowell. During the 1960s, when lates to a maximum annu- statue, astride his horse during his the denomination was considering al income of $27,930 for a 45 years of traveling the circuit moving its Washington headquar- one-person household, or among American Methodist church- ters from Capitol Hill to a new site $37,470 for a two-person es. That statue, celebrating its 80th near church-related American Uni- household. Remember, birthday this fall, stands prominent- versity in northwest Washington, this is income only, not ly along Washington, D.C.’s 16th and Congress authorized ceding title to assets. Mt. Pleasant Street, often called the the Methodist Corporation, which The cost of the plan is avenue of churches. was spearheading plans for the $120 per year. This fee is The bronze equestrian statue new project, with permission but paid directly to CareFirst. was dedicated October 15, 1924, no obligation to move it. There is no deductible in a ceremony highlighted by The move never occurred, largely with this program, but you an address by President Calvin because the headquarters change must pay a co pay for each Coolidge. Henry Augustus Luke- was finally not approved. Another prescription. The co pay man was the sculptor and Evarts reason may have been that the stat- per 30-day supply is $10 Tracy was the architect. ue transfer would have been pro- for generic drugs, $20 for preferred brand-name drugs, and $35 for non- The statue had been placed there hibitively expensive. The 12-foot preferred brand-name drugs. The maximum benefit is $1100 in a twelve through joint efforts of six branch- high statue weighs 5,500 pounds, month period. When this maximum has been exhausted, the card func- es of Methodism then extant, under and it’s granite base weighs 55 tons. tions as a discount card only. the aegis of the Ecumenical Meth- The Statue stands amid a clus- To obtain more information and an application, contact CareFirst odist Commission of the U.S. and ter of nearby churches—Baptist, BlueCross BlueShield at 1-800-972-4612. Information may also be obtained Canada, to promote observance of Catholic, Unitarian, Presbyterian from their website, www.carefirst.com. the centennial of Asbury’s death in and others—and was adjacent to 1916. It was placed in Washington a Methodist congregation, which not only because the “prophet of closed as many of its members the long road” had preached exten- moved to the suburbs after the people are ill with influenza for sively in this area, but also because, racial disturbances in Washington FLU only a few days, but some get much as one person noted, “He was the in 1968, following Martin Luther Continued from page 5 sicker needing hospitalization. In only English preacher who went King’s assassination. the U.S., the flu causes an aver- not back to England at the out- Inscriptions on the base include: side effects are a sore arm and/or age of 36,000 deaths (mostly break of the (American) Revolu- “Frances Asbury, 1745-1916, pio- low grade fever for 24-48 hours. among seniors) and 114,000 tion.” Because the British and Amer- neer Methodist bishop in America,” ■ “Flu vaccine must be given hospitalizations. The “flu season” ican Tories put a price on his hear, “The prophet of the long road,” “If before December.” False – While is usually from November through Asbury was in hiding in Delaware you seek the results of his labors the best time to get vaccinated is April each year. The best way to during much of that war. you will find them in our Chris- October or November, getting vac- prevent/lessen the severity of the At the time of the statue’s place- tian civilization,” “His continuous cinated later can still be beneficial. flu is to get vaccinated. ment, it was reported that the journeying through cities, villages ■ “I got vaccinated last year, so Reference: Centers for Disease statue was the only one of Wash- and settlements from 1771 to 1816 I don’t need to this year.” False Control (CDC), Dept. of Health & ington’s then 16 equestrian statues greatly promoted patriotism, edu- – The flu strains and flu vaccines Human Services, 1600 Clifton Rd., which was not a military figure. cation, morality and religion in the are different every year. Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. A mounted statue of Methodism’s American republic.” Anyone can get influenza. Most founder, John Wesley, was placed

6 OCTOBER 2004 VILLAGE LIFE Why I Wrote Miss Apple: Letters of a Maine Teacher in Kentucky By Eleanor W. Cunningham, Edwards-Fisher my mother was one of them! n 1977 I was looking for something to The movement was started in 1846 by the write about as a member of a writers group American Missionary Association, a non-denom- I at the Gaithersburg Senior Center. I ran inational group of abolitionists, who felt it their across a small cedar box containing several God-given task to build schools and educate the letters which my mother had written in 1920- children of slaves and freedmen. They solicited 21 from Lexington, Kentucky to her mother in funds and recruited teachers from the North, Bucksport, Maine. I read the letters. My curiosity sent them South, and paid their salaries. AMA was aroused and I began to look for answers to also built homes for the teachers on the cam- my questions. Why did she go to Lexington to puses where they taught. teach? Who sent her? Who did she teach? What So behind the personal story of my moth- was it like? er, Ethel Valentine Applebee, I found another My investigation sent me to the public library intriguing story that needed to be told — of in Lexington, KY, and copies of Lexington Lead- thousands of brave young teachers who went er newspaper articles from the late 1800s, tell- to a strange environment to give Black children ing about the teachers and activities of Chan- the opportunity to receive an education. They dler Normal School, which opened in 1898 for loved the children and were loved in return. the education of Black children when there Some of them called my mother AMiss Apple,@ were no public schools for them. To learn more, and that became the title of my book: Miss I read Catherine Clinton's “The Other Civil War, Apple: Letters of a Maine Teacher in Kentucky, North of Slavery” by Leon F. Litwack, and “Chris- published in 2002. tian Reconstruction” by Joe M. Richardson. I had never heard of this piece of American history! When I mentioned it to my friends they also (The book is available locally at the Christian said they had never heard of an educational Book Shop (next to Lord & Taylor) at Lake movement in the 1800s and early 1900s that Forest Mall, on the internet from Amazon, and from the author at her apartment, Edwards- sent thousands of trained northern teachers to Photo: Joon Kim the South to teach. For the first time, I learned Fisher, Apt. #716, Phone 5337.)

Orthodox church, and the modern Photos: Martin Moon ALASKA capital city of Juneau, the home of At left, Pat Continued from page 1 high producing gold mines prior to Hilmoe and Jea- World War II. nette Crockett chocolate and pea soup. In addition, we stopped in Ket- compete for the Among the ship’s port calls were chikan, a bustling port city with gold. Sitka, which retains much of its wooden sidewalks and hillside Russian heritage, including the homes reached by wooden steps. Below, Betty historic and ornate St. Michael’s Other highlights of the trip Goen eats all Cathedral, the restored Russian included a ship-wide moment of she can eat silence requested by the Captain at the Miners’ on September 11 to mark the anni- Lunch. versary of the terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon. On a happier note, Vivian Otto, Pat Jelineh (Jamestown, NY) developer and director of the Alas- Gordia and Harold Lanman, ka tour, hosted a pre-dinner hos- Maurice and Sarah Bernstein pitality hour for Asbury travelers (Rockville), Janice and Mar- in the ship’s “Queen Room.” Cli- tin Moon, John and Edith maxing one of two formal dinners Stedman, Pat Hilmoe, Jea- aboard ship was a dessert served nette Crockett, Susan San- with music and fanfare—what ford (NY), Felicia Stokely, else?—Baked Alaska! Barbara Morris, Whitney Coe Disembarkation was at Vancou- and Tom Nikels. ver, British Columbia, with a bus ride to the Seattle airport and a flight to Baltimore via Denver. A Pack Your Bags and Be Ready bus ride finally brought us home to Asbury at 2 a.m. The tourist season is closing at Alaska, but not at Asbury. Upcom- Participating in the Alaska trip ing trips announced by Travel Director Otto (x5299) include: The were: Vivian Otto, Florence Craw- Finger Lakes, October 3-6; Bermuda, May 15-21; Cape May, April ford (Leisure World), Harriet Ren- 26-29, and the Mississippi (St. Louis to Minneapolis), September 26- Photo: Martin Moon October 3, 2005. Eureka! Sam Finlay wins in the gold son, Betty Roth, Sam Finlay, Liz and panning and the slots ! Lowell Van Billiard, Betty Goen,

VILLAGE LIFE OCTOBER 2004 7 Asbury Associate Gardner is Champion at Fair e would like to introduce you to Asbury Associate W Charito Beall. Charito is a nursing aid at the Wilson Health Care Center in 4-North. She has worked 16 years at Asbury. The reason you should know her is because she won a First Pre- mium Ribbon and a Grand Cahmpion Rosette for a 28- 1/2 pound cabbage at the Mont- Photo: Marjorie McFarland gomery County Agricultural Fair The Grand Champion Rosette Photo: Marjorie McFarland this year! Charito on the won by Charito Beall at the Charito works five garden plots right with her Montgomery County Fair for in the Associate section of Asbury mother, who her 28-1/2 pound cabbage. Gardens. She has displayed at fairs also works at for three years, but this year she Asbury. really outdid herself. In addition to the huge cabbage, she won three other First Pre- Ribbons for other exhibits of peppers, squash, mium Ribbons for more cabbage, several exhibits of tomatoes and eggplant, tomatoes and even more cabbage. squash. She received three Second Premium Ribbons for more Congratulations, Charito. We are proud to know such a success- cabbage, eggplant, and she has assorted Third, Fourth and Fifth ful gardener and will look forward to your exploits next year. (Marjorie McFarland, Diamond) A Fair Amount of Fair Winners

he 2004 Montgom- Melva HIATT (Mund): ery County Fair 1st prize Red Rock (watercolor) T ended on August 1st prize Brookside Nook) (watercolor) 21st with Asbury residents winning one Grand, 10 Margaret HUA (419): First, 11 Second, 5 Third Grand &1st prize Summer Cottage (watercolor) and 4 Fourth prizes for art 1st prize Ballet Dancer (watercolor) and photography. It is an 1st prize Lily Pond (watercolor) abundant harvest, which 2nd prize Watching the Boat Go By (watercolor) was on display in the Hef- 2nd prize Golden Autumn (watercolor) ner Auditorium until the 2nd prize Ducks on the Pond (watercolor) end of September. Pat MUNDY (419): Winners are arranged in 1st prize Daisies (watercolor) alphabetical order. 1st prize Tomatoes (watercolor) 3rd prize Roses (watercolor) Lee BACHRACH (Villas): 1st prize Adam & Eve (cross stitch) Ruth SMITH (419): 4th prize Medieval Panel (cross stitch) 3rd prize Country Estate (watercolor) 4th prize Henry the Eighth (cross stitch) 4th prize Roses (watercolor) 4th prize Chickadee & Pine Cones (watercolor) Evelyn BROWN (Diamond): 2nd prize Sunrise (watercolor) Carl WEISS (419): 2nd prize Homestead (watercolor) 2nd prize Torture Kills Democracy (collage & multimedia) 3rd prize Abstract (watercolor) 2nd prize End Occupation of Iraq (collage & multimedia) 3rd prize End Wars’ Amputations (collage & multimedia) Carroll CREITZ (Mund) 2nd prize Horseshow at Asbury (photo) Jean YOUNG (Villas): 2nd prize Sue’s Bouquet (photo) 1st prize Heart Sampler (cross stitch) 2nd prize Peaceful Valley (photo) 1st prize Lamplight Bridge (cross stitch) 3rd prize Baltimore Inner Harbor (photo) 2nd prize Santa Claus (cross stitch)

(submitted by Jane Allen, Villas)

8 OCTOBER 2004 VILLAGE LIFE Spotted At Asbury— the Leopard Ladies! esidents roared when the Leopard Ladies leapt into sight a tone of the Friday All-You-Can Eat Barbecues held each week all summer R at the Russell Avenue Café on the AMV campus. While many may think of Asbury as a rather tame place, the just-fur-fun group of Asbury Associates organized the dress-in-leopard event in a burst of summer sil- liness meant to amuse and bemuse everyone who spotted them on the prowl for some laughs and some lunch. You can spot them on the first Friday of every month around noon at the café. Put on your own spots and join them! Photo: Marjorie McFarland A Singing Quartet he African Love birds in the lobby of the Wilson Health Care Center are now almost fully grown. They are cavorting and The Leopard Ladies paws-ed for this purr-fect photo op. From left to right chirping on the branches and toys in their cage. Two of the they are: Linda Aber, Communications; Leta Loring, Foundation; Shelly Wel- birds have the gray-blue-green coloring of Papa Bird. The other ter and Chris Sutton, Marketing; Alexis McKenzie, Director of Community Ttwo are yellow and take after Mama Bird. They are a major attraction at and Public Relations; Margaret Adjaye, Receptionist; Debbi Peeks, Founda- the Wilson Healthcare Center. tion; Toni Wilson; Executive Secretary; Cassandra Hoye, Foundation. GuessGuess thethe WeightWeight WhileWhile YouYou WaitWait

Hmmmm…just how much DO Jo and Ned Hopper weigh together? Ooops! Sorry, Hoppers! It’s the pumpkin’s weight we’re supposed to guess. Giant pumpkins outside of the Hefner and Crawford Dining Rooms keep residents guessing while they wait. The one whose guess is closest to correct is the winner, but we bet there’ll be pumpkin pie for all!

VILLAGE LIFE OCTOBER 2004 9 That Was the Week That Was Photos: Celia Nathan By George Boddiger, Kindley lin outfit, complete with mustache, worn by Celia nn Giaquinto, Director of Activities and Nathan, who helped to introduce the other models. Celia Nathan, Assistant, Kindley Building Following this extravaganza were ice cream sundaes A Resident Services staff, put together a cel- served by the staff to all present. ebration to top all celebrations in honor of the Daryl Grant Lindsay later entertained with his piano National Assisted Living Week, September 13-17, and singing, often accompanied by the audience in 2004. Every day offered something fun, interesting, familiar tunes. Quite a day. and different which is why this reporter would On Wednesday, September 15, a Talent Show like to change the name from “Assisted Living” to with residents and associates began before a full “Active Living!” house, starting with harmonica playing by Bob Gaithersburg Mayor, Sidney Katz, opened the Featherstone, poetry by Sally Shear, piano hymns event on Monday, September 13, presenting the by Grace Kikuchi, story telling about blowing out Gaithersburg City Council’s Proclamation, estab- a candle by Ellen Culp, piano rendition of “Begin lishing this week for Gaithersburg. His presenta- the Beguine” by Barbara Snider, joke exchange by Oh what a spin Annie Laurie Clark is in tion was met with a round of applause by the full John Henry and George Boddiger, Mary Scammon modeling for the Vintage Fashion Show house attending the first event of the week-long singing “Summertime”, poetry by Helen Hagan. at Kindley. celebration. The Mayor’s presentation was followed by Spanish Flamenco Dancers, Micaela Mar and Ceci- lia Terrasa from Danza Marina, in beautifully colored dresses with wide skirts. The dancers involved the enthusiastic audience by show- ing them how to do the clapping, which is a basic part of flamenco dancing. This stirring presentation was fol- lowed by an “International Taste of the World” beautifully presented by Tim Rinkel from Asbury’s Catering Department. Foods included chick- Mayor Sidney Katz opened National Assisted Living Above, Ellen Culp tells a story that had residents en tacito’s, sushi, chicken curry, and Week at Kindley. laughing in the aisles! chocolate fondue over fresh fruit. Reverend Fogle and Celia Nathan played the nose Below, Bob Featherstone had feet tapping when On Tuesday, September 14, the pro- and mouth harps, Kentura Decker and Mona Richards, he played the harmonica. gram continued with an elaborate Vin- tage Fashion Show, assembled by Ann representing the Nursing Department, led a sing-along Giaquinto and Alexis McKenzie, using of familiar tunes. Richard Beale played the piano, and many associates in period costumes, starting with Laura Eaton told jokes. resident Annie Laurie Clark modeling a dress that “Sonny and Cher” led the final act going back to she owns dating back to the 1800s. the 1960’s with their number one hit “I Got You Next was Alexis McKenzie wearing a “Flapper- Babe”. Ann Giaquinto and Alexis McKenzie played esque” roaring 20’s outfit and doing the Charles- their parts superbly. Steve Little later entertained ton all the way down the aisle. In keeping with the crowd with guitar and piano playing. Thurs- the 20’s, Sharon Kruskamp wore a full-length taf- day, the 16th, was a lovely afternoon, just perfect feta gown with a fur wrap. Linda Aber, portraying for an outdoor barbeque, in front of the building, of the 1940’s, was in a stunning silver floor length chicken, hamburgers, hot dogs, baked beans, corn gown. Joann Sarver modeled a Loretta Young on the cob, watermelon, and ice cream novelties. dress. Into the 1950’s, Lynn Bragg, wore a cocktail Excellent entertainment was provided by The Smart length dress adorned with perfect accessories. Alex Quartet from Annandale, Virginia, singing barber- Sharon Kruskamp returned in a glamorous shop melodies during the meal. evening frock. Gloria Nicol wore a native We wrapped up the week with an Olympic Theme Sierra Leone costume. Rebecca Thompson Day held on Friday, September 17th. Residents com- showed a lovely bridal gown, as if ready for peted in a Spelling Event and a Volleyball tournament the ceremony. Lynn Bragg returned in a in which 4 teams competed for the Gold! The Olym- chic green gown with a V front and an inset pic events were followed by an awards presentation waist. Ryna Gerber modeled a 1960’s sim- in which all members of the 1st and 2nd place teams ple dress and a strand of pearls in the Jackie were awarded gold and silver medals. And finally, on Kennedy style, Patricia Camerun modeled Saturday residents were treated to a special Bingo a bejeweled evening dress, and Denise Pray- Extravaganza complete with grand prizes and refresh- ther, bringing in the 70’s, wore a very bold ments to conclude this incredibly entertaining week and outrageous housecoat. But it was our long celebration! own Director of Activities, Ann Giaquinto, A special thanks to Alexis Mckenzie, Linda Aber, who brought down the house when she Chip Hickey and Joon Kim, Cassandra Hoye, Debbi donned a blonde wig, poncho, and tie-dyed Peeks and the Williamsburg Clothes closet for all of your help and support in our Assisted Living Week Poetry with Helen Hagan was enjoyed by all. shirt to portray a hippie girl from the 70’s. All of this was livened by a Charlie Chap- Celebration Events.

10 OCTOBER 2004 VILLAGE LIFE VOLUNTEERS

By Reg Westlake, Villas Annabel is the author of over 70 ow do they find time for scientific papers and chapters in it all? It’s a question that the field of cancer research and Annabel transplantation and at the request H applies to so many of Asbury’s volunteers. One of them of the college has given them, and is Annabel Liebelt, of the Villas. She her collection of books, to the col- came to Asbury after retiring from Liebelt lege. She was a contributor to writ- a distinguished career in Medi- ing the history of the National Can- cal Research in the field of can- cer Institute. She is also a member cer, including a professorship and Fits It of the Gaithersburg chapter of the faculty positions at several medi- Association of American Universi- cal schools and positions at the ty Women and helps out with their National Cancer Institute. She has All In book sale. served on cancer and other health Two of her children are physi- Photo: Tom Wilkinson and civic related boards in Georgia cians. Her son is an orthopaedic surgeon in Durham NC and her and Ohio. It was also soon after she came problems. To continue her love daughter is following a very distin- Annabel came to the Villas in to Asbury that she was recruited of church music she now sings at guished career in medical research June 1997. Before coming here she by Earl Kragnes for the Keese Gaithersburg Presbyterian with the and in teaching Podiatrics in Bir- was used to volunteering – Girl School of Continuing Education to Praise Team. mingham, Alabama. Scout Leader, joining in with the become, and which she continues Competing for her time are her Annabel is very fond of music school marching bands and other to be, the Chair of their Public- volunteer activities outside Asbury. and has an easy play organ in her activities and always being active ity Committee, which puts out the For two years she was President of villa. Somehow she finds time in church choirs and senior groups, word about the School’s programs, Chapter 581 of NARFE ( National for lessons each week and when doing publicity and helping with including posters, dining room Active and Retired Federal Employ- at home, playing for herself, the programs. Once at Asbury she soon announcements and TV presenta- ees Association), which has about organ’s soothing notes are wel- started to participate in volunteer tions on Asbury View. 100 Asbury members, and she has come in her busy day. tasks for the benefit of her fellow Annabel loves handbell ringing continued her several years of work- Her summing up: “Some of my Villa residents and has been on the and encouraged a start-up of a ing in membership and participates philosophy about living includes: Villa Landscaping and Library Com- senior group at her church, Gaith- in the monthly chapter Newsletter be an active, not passive, member mittees and served as co-chair of the ersburg Presbyterian, which then assembly. For her college, Western in interest groups, and try to leave Social Committees. Nowadays she became the Asbury Ringers. Unfor- Maryland (now McDaniel College), things better than you found them.” has taken on, with Dan Muller, the tunately she has had to give up she has been the representative for Florida citrus program for the Villas. playing due to arthritis and related its alumni in Montgomery County.

Asbury Acts of Kindness By Alice Furlong dents brought homemade cookies, veg- etable soup, applesauce with raisins and Nadine. “I think I have one in my storage Act 1 garden-fresh preserves. Comfort foods unit; and if I have one, it’s yours,” she from caring friends. Let me add, I was said. It was very early Saturday morning. I Well the drums went bang as the cym- had been discharged from WHCC the home to stay. I was spared, fortunately, a fifth hospital stay!! bals clanged and the clouds just rolled day before after a fourth hospital stay. away!! Nadine went of in one direction Happy to be home, nonetheless I was and I headed for my apartment. A short concerned that a fifth hospital admission Act 2 time later, Nadine arrived at my door might occur. Sitting at my dining room Walking home from the dining room with a large box on a cart. She opened table with breakfast before me, I was on a Sunday after Christmas, I sat at the the box, lifted out a keyboard, set it on aware that my appetite had diminished. piano in the E-F lounge and touched the my desk, plugged it in, and, voila, we Suddenly the doorbell rang, interrupting keys. (How I missed my piano. Didn’t were “in business.” Suddenly, an old my musings. Who could it be so early? In bring it to Asbury.) I played a couple movie came to mind in which a small walked a resident-friend unexpectedly. of tunes. Some residents joined us and, Quaker boy called out in church, “God “Thought you might like these,” she before long, happy Nadine danced is good! God is love!” Might I add, God’s said, holding forward two warm, large, around the room along with some oth- spirit is alive and well at Asbury!!! luscious muffins. “Would I like them? Do ers. When I finally stopped, we all talked What about you? Have you been the you mean ‘love them’?” a bit about the recent holidays. Half jok- happy recipient of an act of Kindness I took them delightedly and planned to ingly, I said, “Well, I didn’t receive exactly at Asbury? Spread the Asbury Spirit by enjoy one momentarily. That loving gift what I wanted from Santa.” sending your report of an Act of Kind- was followed by baked custard topped “What did you want?”, asked Nadine. ness to Village Life. Sharing your experi- with cinnamon, just out of the oven, “A keyboard,” I replied. “A keyboard,” said ence IS an act of kindness! from the same friend. Other kind resi-

VILLAGE LIFE OCTOBER 2004 11 KEESE SCHOOL Keese Keeps Getting Better

By Marj McGuire, Villas his years in the Gen- cal Battle and the Meanwhile, artist David Daniels or this month the Keese eral Counsel’s Office Generals.” continues his 8-week class, “Explor- School presents its usual of the Federal Trade Next, an art pro- ing Watercolor” and Diamond res- F mix of the serious and the Commission. He gram by Dr. Chris- ident, Erwin Vogel’s class on the amusing: spies and art and war and became an Admin- topher With on “Origin of Weird Words and Phras- policy and several tempting trips. istrative Law Judge November first. He es,” continues through October. “Spies and Spymasters of the Civil for the EPA in 1976 will be discussing, Mr. Vogel, an engineer by profes- War” will be presented on slides by and retired as Chief from a personal sion, had had a lifelong interest in Donald Markle, based on his book Administrative Law point of view, “The words and languages. Well-known of the same name. Judge in 1990. National Gallery of Edwards-Fisher’s resident, Betty Then, Asbury resident Judge On October 28th Art: An Employee’s Goen, will hold her second Play Gerald Harwood, 419, will be dis- Robert Torgler, now Favorites.” Reading class on November 3rd. cussing the relationship between a senior docent at On November 4th, Watch Village Life and AVTV for economic and public policy on the Smithsonian National Museum Anthony Pitch, author, editor and more goodies ahead in November October 18th. Judge Harwood’s of American History, will be dis- historian, will present the 19th cen- and December! interest in this topic derives from cussing “Saratoga 1777: The Criti- tury “Curse of Lafayette Square.”

WELCOME NEW RESIDENTS

Don likes to play games on the computer, Long Island, New York, with their two sons. A while Jan enjoys working crossword puzzles third son was born on Long Island. They moved and making jewelry. They have a son, Scott, to Montgomery County in 1975. who lives in Virginia with his wife Tracey and Carol received her degree in 1987 in music daughter Kellie. The Rexes are members of the performance from The Benjamin T. Rome School Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church. of Music., The Catholic University of America. (Joan Dunlop, E-F) Jerry earned a degree in physics from Fordham University in New York City. Carol has been teaching piano, organ and voice privately. She spent many years in music ministry as organist, choir director, and director of music liturgy. She retired from active minis- try in 1996. She is past-Dean of the Potomac Chapter, American Guild of Organists and a member of the Montgomery County Music Teachers Association. Jerry’s specialty is in optical physics, pri- marily in laser technology. After careers in the Defense Department and industry, he joined the Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Photo: Martha Hunt of the Food and Drug Administration in 1975 to become resource expert in safety standards Janis and Donald Rex for optical radiation. On arriving at AMV, he Edwards-Fisher 312, x5413 was chair of the International Electrotechnical Renovation noises were coming from apart- Commission’s technical committee on optical ment 312 in Edwards-Fisher and who should radiation safety and laser equipment, as well as arrive on August 11th, but Jan and Don Rex. vice-chair of the American National Standards Both are familiar faces at Asbury since Don Institute’s technical committee on the safe use drove a campus bus for 15 years and Jan directs of lasers and a member of the Board of Direc- the bell choir known as the Asbury Ringers. tors of the Laser Institute of America. Don was born in Saegertown, Pennsylvania, and Photo: Tom Wilkinson Carol and Jerry share a love of music and are is a graduate of Robert Morris Business School. regulars at concerts in the DC area. Carol is a He worked at Sears, Roebuck and Company for Carol and Jerome Dennis graphic artist, who enjoys both drawing and watercolor. Jerry loves sailing, and is delighted 35 years before starting his Asbury career. Villas 438, x5057 Jan’s birthplace is McKees Rocks, Pennsylva- to crew whenever the occasion arises. They nia and she graduated from Westminster Col- Carol and Jerry moved to the Villas in July both enjoy traveling, especially visiting their lege with a bachelor of Music Education degree. 2004 from Montgomery Village. Raised in widely scattered children and grandchildren. She went on to do graduate study at Carnegie Brooklyn, New York in the same neighborhood, Carol and Jerry are both Roman Catholics, Mellon and Washington and Jefferson College. but attending different schools, their friendship and have spent many years in music ministry Jan has taught in one room country schools, blossomed into romance in the 1950s and mar- and in teaching religious education classes. grades 1-6 in each school. She still works two riage in 1957. (Mary Anstead, Villas) part-time jobs. In 1961, they moved to Dix Hills, Huntington, Continued on next page

12 OCTOBER 2004 VILLAGE LIFE WELCOME NEW RESIDENTS Photo: Tom Wilkinson Photo: Tom Photo: Tom Wilkinson Eleanor and Neil Munch Robert and Mary Anstead Eileen and Robert Rabson Villas 402, x6742 Villas 508, X 4832 Diamond 309, x 6844 Eleanor and Neil moved to Asbury in June The Ansteads moved to Asbury from Potomac e-mail: [email protected] from Montgomery Village, their residence for in spring of 2004. Robert J. Anstead (Bob) was Eileen and Robert Rabson moved to Asbury in the past 32 years. They have many friends at born in Pennsylvania and came to Washington, May. Several months later, Dr. Ray Weiss interviewed Asbury, and were also attracted by Asbury’s ser- DC as an infant. He grew up in the Georgetown/ them on two different occasions on AVTV. vices and space for both storage and office. Glover Park area of Washington, and attended Eileen was born in Binghamton, NY. She Eleanor was born in Syracuse, NY, and attend- Gonzaga High School. After two years in the received a B.A. in Early Childhood Education ed Cornell University. She worked as a home Navy Seabees, he entered George Washington from Syracuse University, and an M.A. from demonstration agent in Albany County, NY, and University, and graduated with a degree in phys- the University of Maryland. She took language was a substitute teacher in Ormond Beach, FL ics. He received a graduate degree in physics courses while living in Vienna, Austria. and in Gaithersburg for 18 years. from Catholic University. Additional graduate Robert was born in Brooklyn, NY. He attended Neil was born in Riverdale, MD, and also grad- work followed at University of Maryland. He Stuyvesant Science High School, spent one year uated from Cornell University, where he met worked for ten years in an Army Research Labo- at Brooklyn College, two years at Syracuse Uni- Eleanor. After graduate work at Stevens Institute ratory, where he did research on semiconductor versity and received a Ph.D in six years at Cor- of Technology, Neil worked on the development devices, 20 years at the Goddard Space Flight nell University. of early liquid propellant rocket engines and Center, working in reliability physics and scan- In the meantime, Eileen was teaching Kinder- the earliest manned space flights through Apol- ning electron microscopy, and eight years in the garten, first and second grades for three years. lo. He worked on early computer technology at Department of Commerce, working on export She belonged to a women’s club P.H.T., meaning G.E. In 1985, he founded the Munch Engineer- control. He retired from the government in 1994, “Putting Husband Through,” while Robert was ing Corporation. He is also one of the founding and went to work at the Institute of Defense getting his doctorate at Cornell. After moving to directors in 1994 of the Natural Philosophy Analysis, where he is still employed. the Washington area, she was a substitute teacher Alliance, which is a worldwide organization He married Mary Kurz in 1958. They have in the Montgomery County school system. She searching for basic truth in advanced physics three children and five grandchildren. was an Instruction Assistant in special education and cosmology. Mary has the distinction of having been born at Beall Elementary School for seven years. Both Eleanor and Neil enjoy bicycling. They in the middle of Independence Avenue in Wash- After Robert got his doctorate, he worked plan to bike the entire C and O Canal in small ington, DC. (Ask her about it!) She grew up in the at Oak Ridge, Tennessee for two years. After increments and you may see them riding togeth- Mt. Pleasant region of DC, and attended Sacred that he was on the faculty of the University er at the Villas and around the campus ponds Heart School and Academy. She continued her of Houston. For five years he worked for the and gardens. Hobbies also include genealogy education at Barry College in Florida, majoring Atomic Energy Commission in biology in 1963. and church activities. in chemistry. She worked in food chemistry for After ten years, he signed up to work for the Neil has long been an Elder in the Gaithers- the U.S. government, until she “retired” to raise a United Nations in Vienna. He was sent all over burg Presbyterian Church, and is in the choir. family. During her “retirement,” she had several the world—to Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Eleanor has been in the Hand Bell Choir, and “at home” jobs, in particular writing teacher’s various foreign countries. He also signed up for for 25 years has worked with Christian Inter- manuals for a religious education series for chil- an advisory committee of the Department of national House to place foreign students with dren. She established and directed her church’s Energy, which met in Australia every five years, local families over the holidays—as she says, “a religious education program for about five years. also visiting New Zealand. most rewarding experience.” Returning to work, she worked for Montgomery Both Eileen and Robert have been very inter- There are four children (two girls, two boys) County Public Schools, and pursued her teaching ested in hiking. They walked the entire C & O and seven grandchildren (four now in college). certificate in secondary education at the Univer- Canal’s 184.5 miles in 1989 in a 10-month peri- (Marj McGuire, Villas) sity of Maryland. Both Ansteads enjoyed three od. Eileen also enjoys piano, swimming, reading years living in Paris when Bob was assigned and learned weaving while living in Vienna. to an overseas position with the Department Robert has done some water color painting, and of Commerce. Their hobbies include traveling, enjoys doing jigsaw puzzles. Both Rabsons have bridge, reading, and their grandchildren. (Mary Anstead, Villas) Continued on next page

VILLAGE LIFE OCTOBER 2004 13 WELCOME NEW RESIDENTS been volunteers in Seneca and Black Hills Parks. children and 5 great-grandchildren. ing WW II they lived in Marseille, while their Robert was Treasurer of the American Society The family began traveling when the young- father was actively engaged with General de of Plant Physiologists for three years. Eileen est son was eleven and have visited Europe, Gaulle’s Free French forces. After the War their was Board Director of the National Chamber the Orient, Australia/New Zealand, Hawaii, Fiji, father was given a diplomatic assignment in Orchestra. China, Russia, Morocco and Brazil. Peru, South America, where they spent the next The Rabsons have three children: Michael, Look for opportunities to chat with Vic; he three years. They then returned to Paris to fin- Barbara and Laurel, and have six grandchildren. has some wonderful stories to tell! ish their studies. The Rabsons are members of Kehilat Shalom Unfortunately, Jane is unable to live with Vic- Their next move was to San Francisco, where Temple in Montgomery Village. tor, but entered the Wilson Health Care Center they lived until they were recruited by USAID (Marjorie McFarland, Diamond) on August 3rd, where she will be living. Vic vis- (United States Agency for International Devel- its every day. opment, providing technical, economic and (Anne Porter, Mund) humanitarian assistance). They spent 32 years working as administrative assistants in develop- ing countries. Their assignments were changed every four years so that they served in several countries- - Anne in Mali, Nepal, Bolivia, El Salvador, Cam- bodia, Tunisia, and Pakistan. Ellen served in Mali, Nepal, Bolivia, at the same time as her sister, but also in Somalia, Sri Lanka, and back to Nepal in 1990. Being posted in a country meant they were able to mix with the inhabitants outside the American community, “a very rewarding experience.” They were able to visit one anoth- er once a year and used their visits to travel to countries nearby and thus they have seen a lot of the world. The sisters retired in 1996 and have spent the last eight years in Washington, DC, working part-time for EPA. They are no longer interested in travel, but do get back to Paris once or twice a year. They have given their collection of African art to a gallery in Alexandria and their collection from Tibet to a Tibetan monastery in Photo: Jim Porter upper New York state. The Mehus are Roman Catholic and volun- Victor Lehtoranto Anne and Ellen Mehu teered for their church during their years in Mund 310, x6809 Washington. They learned about Asbury through Mund G-4, x6420 a friend. Mund residents welcomed Victor on August Anne and Ellen have lived lives worthy of (Judy Weaver, Mund) 9th. Born of Finnish immigrant parents in New envy. They were born in Paris, France. All dur- York City, Victor, by the time he was seven years old, had lived briefly in Siberia and Finland and returned to New York. He spoke Finnish in the home and was tutored in English at school. Citrus Fruit Program Begins in November By 1941, Victor had earned a degree in Eco- ruit Coordinators in the Asbury Apartments and Villas are getting ready for the Citrus nomics at St. John’s University just in time to be Fruit Program that begins in November and continues through April. Each month you drafted into the Army, where he was assigned F can have delicious fresh fruit from Florida---grapefruit, oranges and tangerines---deliv- to the Signal Corps, first at Fort Jackson, SC, ered right to your door. then to Officer’s Candidate School in Fort Mon- An extra benefit of the program is that the Asbury Benevolent Fund earns at least 50 cents mouth, NJ; Warrenton, VA, the Pentagon and on every box ordered. Last season the Fund received $288.00 from the Citrus Fruit Program. eventually as Message Center Officer at Lawson All you need to do to order your fruit is to contact your building or villa coordinator by Field, GA. His final assignment was to Message the announced dates that appear on your bulletin board, in Village Life and on AVTV Chan- Center, Love Field, Dallas. He was discharged in nel 99, and, of course, pay for your order! Delivery is about 10 days later. Some folks split a January 1946. box of fruit with a neighbor or friend, or order boxes of fruit as gifts to their children and His first job as a civilian was in Public Rela- grandchildren. tions for the bituminous coal industry, which Although Joan and Dan Muller (5271) are the overall coordinators, the real work is done had him traveling the countryside. During those by your building coordinators. For information on how and when to place your order, please travels he met his future wife, Jane, who is still contact the coordinator for your residence: with him after 54 years. Later, Victor worked Diamond Marion Kawata D717 for the Interstate Commerce Commission, J C Edwards-Fisher Virginia Offutt EF413 Penney Company in Denver and where he later Mund Bob Bergman M513 established a tax-preparation and financial plan- Trott Virginia Odor T813 ning business. Villas Annabel Liebelt V404 Jane and Victor raised two boys and two girls, 419 Tom Lowery 419/503 but one of the girls died at age 11 of equine encephalitis. One son lives in Severn and a Details about prices, ordering and delivery dates for November will be announced. daughter in Gaithersburg. He has two grand- Many thanks to the Coordinators for all their hard work.

14 OCTOBER 2004 VILLAGE LIFE trails became roads and bridges dumped in the old well for quick ry are fewer, but far more helpful. LOCAL were built, one wonders if the burial. After the farmer came back There was in the 1950-60s a cot- Continued from page 1 ghosts were not merely warning to his farm, he kept seeing the shad- tage whose windows never had to the traveler of dangerous changes owy specter of a Union sergeant. be closed by the residents against the living or get the living to help in the ford occasioned by changing Eventually, the farmer got around a storm. Almost every time a storm them. water levels and currents since the to removing the bodies from the came, windows that had been open Or so research in the limited his- last traveler passed. well for reburial. That night, the half an hour earlier were found tory of ghosts recorded west of The 19th century reported specter spok spokee to him. “Thanks. I closed by people going to do so. the Great Falls of the Potomac, the moremore ghostsghosts thanthan thethe 18th18th waswas d damnedamned u uncomfortablencomfortable The residents never knew who falls and rapids of the Patapsco and or 20th. Most of them werewere there. Now I will closed the windows. Patuxent Rivers and Gunpowder pleasantpleasant a andnd sleep better,” And there was the ghost who Falls would indicate since records nameless ones the specter baby-sat in a Western Maryland of Mountain Maryland began to be like the young said, and faded town. One young couple reported kept in the 1730s. The stories of a man who was away forever. leaving their baby with a teenage few Western Maryland ghosts will killed in the In CarrollCarroll County,County, neighbor, while they went out to illustrate their willingness to help, warwar with MexicoMexico a plantation ownerowner dinner. As they pulled into their although I cannot now read my in the 1840s and whose whowho hadhad beenbeen a driveway on their return, the head- notes to give you the personal and bodybody waswas shipped home harshharsh m masteraster t too h hisis lights showed a woman patting the place names that should be in the forfor burburialial in a cask of rrum.um. slaves,slaves, died just befbeforeore baby on her chest at a second-story tales. ForFor half a centur century,y, until the thethe E Emancipationmancipation window. When the couple entered, The ghosts of Indian braves warwar with Spain ooverver Cuba and Proclamation.P ro cl a m a t i o n . they found the teenager sound guarding the fords in the Potomac the Philippines, he often ggreetedreeted InIn t thehe y yearsears asleep on the sofa and the baby and other Western Maryland rivers guests in the halls of his ffamilyamily to come, the just going to sleep in its crib, well in the late 18th century are the ear- mansion, sometimes offeringoffering freedfreed s slaveslaves tucked in. liest regional ghosts. The white set- them coffeecoffee or ryerye whiskeywhiskey reported,reported, with Although Gaithersburg is well tlers, ignorant of Indian language fromfrom the servicesservices on the side- unconcealed glee, within the Mountain Maryland and customs, and remembering board. having seen on my region, I found no tales of local the bloody years of the French and There were also many Civil War nights the old master riding around ghosts. Asbury Methodist Village Indian wars, considered them fero- ghosts. I recall especially the story the property surrounded by devils has been here long enough to have cious and dangerous. Today, know- of Fox’s Gap ghosts. A number of and imps taunting him. had one or two tales. Are all our ing the ghosts had disappeared as soldiers killed in that battle were The ghosts of the 20th centu- ghosts happy now?

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VILLAGE LIFE OCTOBER 2004 15 Last Laughs for Halloween o tricks from us, but here couldn’t keep up Q: When does a skeleton laugh? are some laughter treats to payments to his exorcist? A: When something tickles his funny share with your guy and A: He was repossessed. bone. Q: What did the papa ghost say to the N baby ghost? ghoul friends over dinner! Happy Q: How do you mend a broken Jack-o- Q: What tops off a ghost’s sundae? A: Fasten your sheet belt. Halloween! lantern? A: Whipped Scream A: With a pumpkin patch. Q: Who does a ghoul fall in love with? Q: What do you get when you divide the Q: What has a black hat, flies on a broom- A: His ghoul friend. circumference of a jack-o-lantern by its Q: What is a ghost’s favorite ride? stick, and can’t see anything? diameter? A: A roller ghoster. A: A witch with her eyes closed. Q: What is a vampire’s favorite mode of A: Pumpkin Pi. transportation? Q: What do you get when you cross Drac- Q: Why is a ghost such a messy eater? A: A blood vessel. Q: How do you make a witch stew? ula with Sleeping Beauty? A: Because he’s always a goblin. A: Keep her waiting for hours. A: Tired blood. Q: What do you call a dog owned by Q: What happens when a ghost gets lost Dracula? Q: How do ghosts begin their letters? Q: What kind of street does a ghost like in a fog? A: A blood hound. A: “Tomb it may concern...” best? A: He’s mist. A: A dead end. Q: What kind of hot dogs do werewolves Q: What hap- pened to the guyguy whowho Q: What sailors like to be chilled to the like best? Q: How do you know if a ghost is lying? bone? A: Hallowieners. A: YYouou cancan see right through him. A: A skeleton crew. Q: What do you call serious rocks? Q: How is a werewerewolfwolf liklikee a computer? Q: Where does Count Dracula usually eat A: Grave stones. A: They both have megabymegabytes.tes. his lunch? A: In the casketeria. Q: How do you picture yourself flying on Q: Why don’t witches likelike to ride their a broom? brooms when they’re angrangry?y? Q: Where did the goblin throw the foot- A: By witchful thinking. A: They’re afrafraidaid of flying off the handle. ball? A: Over the ghoul line. Q: Why did the witch’s mail rattle? Q: Where do ghosts go on vacvacation?ation? A: It was a chain letter. A: LakLakee Erie. Q: What do you call a goblin who gets too close to a bonfire? Q: Why did the vampire’s lunch give him Q: How cancan you tell when a window is A: Toasty ghosty. heartburn? scared?scared? A: It was a stake sandwich. A: They get shudders. Q: What do you call a ghost with a broken leg? Q: What do you call a skeleton who refus- Q: Why didn’t the skskeletoneleton dance at A: Hoblin Goblin. es to help around the house? the Halloween partparty?y? A: Lazybones A: It had no body to dance with. Q: What do you call a wicked witch who lives by the sea? Q: Why did Dracula take cold medicine? Q: What do you say to a ghost with A: A Sand-witch A: To stop his coffin three heads? A: Hello, hello, hello. Q: What do you get when you cross a Q: What do you call a ghost’s local news- were-wolf with a drip-dry suit? paper? Q: What is a witch’s favorite subject A: A wash-and-werewolf. A: Village Lifeless! in school? A: Spelling!

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