Halcyon House news

The weekly church services were provided by Pastor Rick Zickefoose, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, in the Epworth Chapel. The sermon was titled 'Foundational Christian Beliefs.” Scripture was from Corinthians 3:11. Beth Janecek served as pianist.

Halcyon House hosted its annual Holiday Craft and Vendor Show on Saturday, Nov. 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hundreds of shoppers packed the halls of Halcyon House to purchase greeting cards, homemade baked goods, handcrafted jewelry, Usborne books, collective good toys and gifts, Younique, See the Joy Boutique, handmade doll clothes, shawls, purses, Christmas ornaments and lots more! The Annual Craft and Vendor Fair is always the Saturday before Thanksgiving.

Halcyon House resident Fred Stark presented an interesting and informative program regarding 'Arts and Trademarks in the 20th Century.” Fred shared information about the famous designs of his father, William Stark.

Mary Lyn Helscher hosts a weekly Bible study at Halcyon House at 1 p.m. on Monday afternoons in the Morrison Center. She is currently discussing angels.

A 'Gone With the Wind” trivia program had everyone looking for words pertaining to this iconic movie on their word search puzzle. Helen Reshley shared some of her collection including a 'Gone With the Wind” music box and several fun fact books on making the movie. Margaret Mitchell began writing GWTW when she was 25 and recovering from an injured ankle. It took her 10 years to write, and she didn't intend to have it published. A friend's remark, 'Imagine you writing a book,” made Margaret so angry that she sent the manuscript to a Macmillan editor. In early drafts the GWTW Tara was called 'Fountenoy Hall,” and the name for Scarlet was originally Pansy. After filming, GWTW had more than half a million feet that had to be edited to 20,000 feet. There weren't enough extras in the entire Screen Actors Guild to shoot the Confederate wounded scene, so director Selznick saved money by ordering 1,000 dummies to round out this epic battle. Hattie McDonald was criticized by some African-Americans for playing in a supposedly racist film. She responded that she would rather make $700 a week playing a maid than $7 a week being one.

At Cranium Crunch a word search puzzle of words pertaining to World War II was distributed. Residents shared memories about family members who had served in the war. Thousands of people from several countries lost their lives in the war.

On Friday, residents enjoyed a Thanksgiving craft, making a clothespin turkey using paper leaves as the feathers - a quick little craft that the residents enjoyed.

Residents of Arborwood enjoyed the smell of pumpkin pie spice and sugar cookies last Thursday. This week, residents in Rosewood are finishing the painted scarecrows, which will be displayed on the wall.

Recent events at Lending Hands included a time on Veterans Day when three Lending Hands participants shared stories about their involvement in the Korean conflict, from fighting on the front lines to service stateside. Sherry Sieren read short stories to the participants. The original Aladdin movie was enjoyed on cinema day. Peg Buffington played familiar tunes on piano. Participants helped staff to create a decorative Christmas planter. They sampled muffins they made during cooking class, which included banana nut, blueberry, chocolate chip and bacon. Rachel Nicola brought Thanksgiving stories to share. Dorothy Koehler played piano, and her daughters Karen Seibert and Mary Jo Koehler sang hymn duets which she accompanied.

Happy Birthday wises go out this week to Linda Sturdevant and Stan Bauer.

Halcyon House residents and team members extend their deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Donna Parker.