Halcyon House News

Mary Dawson and her cousin, Judy Swailes of Columbus Junction drove to Fairfield where they had lunch with cousins, Shirley Hill of Moravia and Jeralee Larsen of Fairfield. On the 18th, family and friends of Mary Dawson gathered in the Marshall Gameroom to celebrate her birthday. They had a variety of pizza, tasty birthday cake and icecream for lunch with games, laughs and more laughs following in the afternoon.

The Baughmans of rural Keota have recently made Halcyon House their new home. Daryl and Irene had lived in the same place for the past 56 years. Daryl served in the Army Infantry stationed in Germany combat from 1944-1946. Irene came from Chariton, where she owned a grocery store and filling station that serviced the trucks of a grocery line that has now become Hy-Vee. They both have been known to try their luck at the casino, enjoy the game of Bingo and playing cards.

Rosie Stelton enjoyed the company of her great niece, Meghan Hamilton and five-week-old daughter Brynn, making Rosie a great-great-aunt. Coleen Alonzi also joined them for lunch in the Timmins Dining Room.

Mary Ellen Wright has been enjoying the company of sons, David of Colorado and Craig of Brighton this past week.

Nancy and Ed Crites traveled from Manassas, Virginia, to spend a week with Phyllis Lyle. They are gearing up for the Halloween party. Nancy and Phyllis are planning a lot of fun mom-and-daughter times.

The Fairfield High School Music students utilized Halcyon House for their home away from home on Saturday, Oct. 24, as they practiced and waited for their competition times at the Washington High School. The groups were located throughout the campus, very organized, so polite and a delight for the residents. Our Fairfield neighbors were a pleasure to host, and what a great town we live in.

The Wellness Department planned a Hallowing Halloween Party with participants dressed in costume with plans to scare all that dare. The soup, appetizers, desserts and witching brew were served in the Applewood Bistro. Games were played in the Morrison Center before the witching hour with lots of ghoulish goodies to devour. Halcyon residents, Bea Johnson, Rosemary Laing, Marilyn Mangold and 35 others enjoyed playing the mummy wrap, passing the toilet paper with no hands, the Monster Mash and the eyeball/spoon race. Alice Edgin was the winner of the funniest costume dressed as a Jester, Wes and Carol Madsen tied for the scariest with Wes in his Indian warrior costume and Carol as a Vampire. The most original title went to Dean Slater as he became the Lone Ranger. Rob Edgin was voted the most risque costume as he dressed to portray a French Maid. Many thanks to Denise Franzen, Mary Richardson, Jarek Pozarycki, Kevin Randall and the Silver Cord students; Vanessa Moeller, Sadie Carter, Colten Horak, Mason Sinn, Nolan Eubanks, Wyatt Harbison and Matthew Leichty for donating Halloween decorations and assisting with setup for the party and serving dinner.

The musical duo named Central Standard Time entertained to a large audience on Tuesday morning. Skip Clarquist and Butch Kurn from the Illinois Quad Cities play and sing music from the ?30s, ?40s and ?50s. In the past three years, they have gone from part-time entertaining to full time as they travel the states of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin delivering over a 1,000 performances.

Pastor Maureen Howard provided church services at the Epworth Chapel on Sunday afternoon. The sermon was titled ?The Holy Spirit Cannot be Silenced? and the Scripture read was Mark 10: 46-52. Eva Gallagher served as the pianist.