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Mildred Houseal enjoyed last Wednesday when she and her daughter, Connie Meyer and her son, Duane Lewis went to Mt. Pleasant to have lunch with her other daughter, Sandy Suter. They celebrated Sandy?s Oct. 27 birthday.

Cottager?s met on Monday evening, Oct. 26, in the Campus Center for their monthly potluck. Serving committee members were Larry and Sara Bartlett, Brad and Pat Goff, Jerry King and Myron Shields. Everyone enjoyed a delicious meal and socializing. Betty Beenblossom?s granddaughter, Megan Beenblossom of Independence, Missouri, accompanied her grandmother to the meal. Dick and Jan Gallagher attended as guests of Ted Stewart. Ted introduced Dick Gallagher as the speaker for the evening. Dick spoke of his family farming operation and specifically the field to the south of the UPH Campus where he rotates corn and bean crops each year.

Carol Ray led the discussion of An Elegy for Eddie at the October book club meeting. This is a mystery by Jacqueline Winspear in her Maisie Dobbs series. Eleven people attended. The next meeting will be the fifth Wednesday in November. Members are planning to read The Good Earth by Pearl Buck.

Since there was no school on Wednesday the school-age children carved pumpkins with residents of the Health Center. Fletcher Brower, Lauren Drahota, Ben Kronlage, Parker Tschantz and Sawyer Tschantz each gutted the pumpkins and created the artwork which the adults in the group then carved out. The jack-o-lanterns are on display in the Health Center Lobby.

Vic Thompson had doughnuts delivered to the Coffee Shop Wednesday morning where he treated friends and neighbors with the sweet goodies on his birthday.

Classics Et Cetera for Oct. 29, included ?Waverley Overture? by Hector Berlioz; ?Gloria? from Mass No. 2 by Franz Schubert; 1st Movement of Clarinet Quintet in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; ?Whistle While You Work? from Disney?s ?Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs? by Frank Churchill; 3rd Movement of Symphony No. 8 by Antonin Dvo?ák; Waltzes No. 6 ? 9 from ?Liebeslieder? by Johannes Brahms; ?Bennet?s Triumphal,? march by Melvin H. Ribble

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was at his lowest ebb in popularity in 1789. He mainly wrote arias for operas of lesser composers who were somehow more popular. He got paid for this work, of course, but no acknowledgment of authorship. Add to this that his wife Constanze was ill and pregnant with their fourth child (who died an hour after her birth). He resorted to begging from friends and patrons with disappointing results. His music through this period ?smiled through the tears.?