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A Trip in Back in
Time for Young and Old
By Christy Riley
Teen Scribe
Photos by Bob Robinson and Christy Riley... See Below
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It goes to show that age knows no boundaries when conversing with new
friends and old. More than 100 people threw out the age barriers and
got to know each other recently at the Annual Senior Scribes Spring
Fling.
Young adults took a trip back into time with their senior counterparts,
enjoyed 50s and 60s music, dinner, dancing and an evening of... well...
just having fun.
The event took place at the Lighthouse Christian Center and included
adults of all ages. Some came wearing 50s style garb, including several
in “poodle” skirts.
Some took command of the dance floor, some talked about their memories,
others enjoyed talking about their current activities.
Hershel Fee said one of his favorite memories was the sock-hop dance at
school.
“At this dance you danced in your socks and then had to find your
shoes,” he said. “The fun thing was trying to find your shoes from the
whole pile.”
Jerry Harmon has joined the electronic age, reading all of her
newspapers online, four of them to keep up with her children who live
in different surrounding areas.
“When I want to know what’s going on in Greenville, I go to County News
Online (a Senior Scribes Scholarship Fundraising project),” she said.
“I read every story every day.”
She likes to cook and sew, and makes shopping bags for her children.
The retiree from the Darke County Sheriff’s Office still makes a
“peanut butter roll” that she’s been making for 50 years.
Senior Scribes president Delbert Blickenstaff enjoyed the music of the
evening, but admitted he prefers Broadway music.
“I’ve always been involved in some kind of music,” said the soon-to-be
91-year-old. And he likes to write.
“I write limericks poems. A limerick is a poem that rhymes and has a
pattern to it,” he said. “I like to write fiction. I practiced medicine
for 30 years. From those years in medicine, I make up stories.”
He also talked about his current hobby...
“I am a stained glass artist. I got involved in that 22 years ago. It
is a very nice hobby to have,” he said, noting also that it is an
expensive hobby. “The glass and tools to cut the glass are expensive. I
recently bought a ‘kiln’ to melt the glass a couple months ago.”
Highlights of the evening included buffet dinner, door prizes and photo
opportunities with a special guest... Elvis Presley. Senior Scribe
Karen Baker coordinated the annual event with the help of several other
Scribes; Joe & Robin Shumaker of “Rockin’ Robin” provided the music.
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