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Susan Weidener, creator of the Women’s Writing Circle, inside the bookshop where the group meets monthly.

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By Chelsea Peifer

Sometimes you create a life you’ve dreamed of and worked for, andsomething comes along that changes everything. In the aftermath, a personcan choose to give up and stay put or to keep going forward, to find newmeaning in a life with different circumstances.

As a writer and journalist, Susan Weidener, of West Chester, had not onlyheard the stories of people from all walks of life, but she had also articulatedand retold their stories so others could hear and understand. Writing hadalways been a way for Weidener to connect with others and to nurture herown soul.

So when Weidener was 44 and lost her husband—and love of her life—toa seven-year battle with cancer, she turned to writing as she chose to moveforward.

Weidener and her husband, John Cavalieri, had two sons, who were ages 7and 11 at the time John passed away.

“There were all of these messages then—and still are—that a singlewoman can’t raise boys alone,” said Weidener. “It’s not true. All a child needsis one charismatic adult in his or her life.”

Weidener’s perspective on single parenting might sound like effortlessperseverance, but she applies her hard work ethic to whatever she approaches,

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In Print and Online!Chester County W hen Vernon Barker was still a

junior in high school in1943, he enlisted in the Navy.

His brother had joined the Navy earlierand had told him about the highadventure of life aboard ship.

And we were at war, and everybodyelse seemed to begoing, so hecouldn’t wait tobecome a sailorhimself and seesome of that action.He sure got hiswish, since he laterserved in most ofthe major invasionsof the war in thePacific.

His boot campwas at Naval StationGreat Lakes innorthern Illinois.Then he was sent toNewport News,where he wasassigned to a brand-new light cruiser,the USS Mobile. Inthose days, the Navy was scrambling tobuild and man the hundreds of ships itwould take to stand up to the powerfulJapanese navy. So crews were being sentinto combat as quickly as combat shipscould come on line.

After a shakedown cruise in theChesapeake Bay to check out the ship’sguns, radio, and many other systems, theMobile sailed through the Panama Canalto Hawaii, arriving there in June 1943.

After a month of training, they weredeemed ready for combat and joinedTask Force 58 for a July 4 raid on MarcusIsland, an isolated Japanese coral atollsome 1,150 miles southeast of Tokyo. Itwas the easternmost territory belongingto Japan.

And, although it was small, it was ofextreme importance to Japan. AdmiralWilliam F. “Bull” Halsey had spurred hismen on by saying, “We’re going to showthe Japanese what the Fourth of July is allabout.” And they did, pelting the islandwith everything they had.

The Mobile then joined the fifth fleetfor the Gilberts campaign. There, shescreened the ships of Task Force 15 as

they struck at Tarawa Atoll in the firstoffensive in the critical central Pacificregion.

It was also the first time in the warthat the United States faced seriousJapanese opposition to an amphibiouslanding. The 4,500 Japanese defenders

were well suppliedand well prepared,and they foughtalmost to the lastman.

Barkerremembers it bestfor the shock thatcame to him onemorning when hewent to go ondeck for a littlefresh air.

“All I could seewas bodiesfloating all overthe place,” he said.“Tarawa was sosmall that theyhad no place tobury the Japanese,so they took the

bodies out to sea 5 or 6 miles anddumped them into the sea.”

Barker manned a 40-mm gun positionthat helped defend his ship from airattack, and in all the campaigns they wereinvolved in, air attack was continuous.His ship’s major responsibility was tosoften up the Japanese defenses againstamphibious assault.

After Tawara came Wake,Bougainville, and Kwajalein, where theMobile performed fire support andcarrier-screening duties. Joining TaskForce 58, she pounded major enemybases at Eniwetok and Rabaul, and thenhelped devastate Truk, the base of theJapanese combined fleet.

Then they sailed for the MariannaIslands, where they struck Saipan, Tinian,and Guam. By March 24, Mobile’s firstanniversary, she had steamed more than70,000 miles and participated in 11major operations against the enemy.

But after having supported Alliedlandings in New Guinea and shelledWake Island, they were to face somethingnew and deadly. While raiding in thePhilippines and Peleliu, they, for the first

From His Cruiser,He Saw Hundreds of Bodies

Floating on the SeaRobert D. Wilcox

Salute to a Veteran

Vernon Barker in boot camp atNaval Station Great Lakes.

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time, were attacked by kamikazes, dayand night. They were the aircraft thatunskilled Japanese pilots tried to fly intoAmerican ships and installations.

Later, the Mobile faced the Kaitenone-man submarines, which, like thekamikazes, were guided by their pilots tocertain death. They were launched fromlarger submarines, and once in theKaiten, the pilot could not unlock thehatches. He was to exchange his life forwhatever damage he could do. Japanproduced several hundred of those deathtraps during the war.

The last action for the Mobile was theinvasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.Barker remembers seeing the famous flagraised on Iwo Jima and the particularlysavage battle for Okinawa, where some100,000 Japanese troops were dug-in in

caves, cement tombs,and fortifications, wellprotected from the pre-invasion bombardment.

The invasion wouldsee the assembling of thegreatest naval armadaever. In total, theAmerican fleet of morethan 1,300 shipsgathered for the navalbombardment of theisland.

During the invasion, nearly 1,500kamikaze flights were flown by theJapanese to sink 34 American ships anddamage 164 others. But naval gunfirewas used longer and in greater quantitiesthan in any other battle in history.

After 82 days, the Okinawan

campaign was officiallydeclared over on July 2,1945, but to achieve that,more ships were used,more troops put ashore,more suppliestransported, more bombsdropped, more Navalguns fired against shoretargets than in any otheroperation in the Pacific.

On both sides, nearly170,000 died. The Japanese lost 7,800aircraft and 16 combat ships. And wenow had a base for the planned invasionof the Japanese mainland.

Then the U.S. dropped the two A-bombs, and the war was over.

Barker says, “Truman was right todrop the A-bomb, because the projected

loss of life in attacking the Japanesemainland was monumental.”

The Mobile returned to San Diego,and Barker was discharged at Great Lakeson Feb. 23, 1946. He later came toCentral Pennsylvania to visit his sister,Eileen, and there he met his future wife,Gloria. He liked Central Pennsylvania,too, so he decided to stay.

Thinking back over his days in theNavy, he says he saw more combat thanhe could ever have imagined. That hadearned him the Asiatic-Pacific Ribbonwith 12 Battle Stars and the PhilippinesLiberation Medal with two Stars. He’sproud of that … and truly thankful thathe came through it all in one piece.

Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber inEurope in World War II.

The light cruiser USS Mobile, onwhich Vernon Barker served in

World War II.

OK, maybe it isn’t in thesame league as theinvention of the

microscope, the discovery ofpenicillin, or the formulationof vaccines, but the creationof the hospital gown thatcloses in the back will certainlybe applauded by every patientwho has ever had to wear oneand who has had to reach,pull, or twist it just so he canget to the bathroom withoutexposing his rear end to theworld.

When I was caring forpatients in the hospital, weoften used two of thoseflimsy, thin cotton gowns onour patients, one tying in theback and the second one overit, tying in the front.

The patients were not asexposed as they were whenthey were forced to wear thesingle gown, and in addition,wearing two gowns madethem feel a bit warmer.Sometimes we would let the patientsbring pajama bottoms or boxershorts from home and wear themunder the gowns.

The tie-in-the-back version of thegown is handy for nurses anddoctors, as it provides easy access tothe patient’s back and makes it quickand simple to, for instance, listen toa patient’s lungs or heart or to givean injection. And it makes it easierfor the patient to use thebedpan if necessary.

However, patients hatethose darn gowns. And withgood reason. And althoughthey have provided fodder forcartoons for years, it’s time forthem to go.

I saw pictures of one kindof newly designed gown, andit looks more like a wrap-around spa bathrobe. It has acrisscross V-neck closure in thefront and elbow-length sleeves.There are snaps instead of tiesand, while it does close in theback, it also has an “accessflap” from the neck down to

the lower back. The particular gown I saw and

read about was created at the HenryFord Innovation Institute and is

currently being usedat a hospital inDetroit. So far,patient reviews havebeen positive. The goal now isgetting the design licensed and soldto a manufacturer who can get thisgoing on a grand scale. (I did a littleresearch on the Internet and foundthat other designers and companiesare working on this issue as well.)

The current tie-in-the-back designgoes back to the early 20th century,and while they were a great idea in atime when patients stayed flat in thebed much more than they do today,they haven’t changed much sincethen, and they certainly don’t offerany measure of privacy.

And here’s another benefit of thespa-like gown, beyond preservingpatient dignity: The new gown ismade of a thicker fabric, so usingtwo gowns on patients who are cold

(in addition tobeingembarrassed)would no longerbe necessary,thus saving onthe number ofgowns thehospital needsto purchase. Themanufacturingcost of the newgowns iscomparable tothose of the oldones, and yes,the new gownslaunder up well.

So, while itmay not win the Nobel Prize, agown that closes in the back will bedearly loved. Way to go, designers!

Gloria May is a registered nurse with amaster’s degree in adult health educationand a Certified Health EducationSpecialist designation.


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Calendar of EventsCoatesville Area Senior Center – (610) 383-690022 N. Fifth Ave., Coatesville – www.cascweb.org

Downingtown Senior Center – (610) 269-3939983 E. Lancaster Ave., Downingtown –http://home.ccil.org/~dasc

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Atglen Library, 413 Valley Ave., Atglen, (610) 593-6848

Avon Grove Library, 117 Rose Hill Ave., West Grove, (610) 869-2004

Bayard Taylor Library, 216 E. State St., Kennett Square, (610) 444-2702

Chester County Library, 450 Exton Square Parkway, Exton, (610) 280-2615

Chester Springs Library, 1685-A Art School Road, Chester Springs, (610) 827-9212

Downingtown Library, 330 E. Lancaster Ave., Downingtown, (610) 269-2741July 9, 6:30 p.m. – Film ForumJuly 18, 6:30 p.m. – Writer’s GroupJuly 23, 1 p.m. – Senior Book Club

Paoli Library, 18 Darby Road, Paoli, (610) 296-7996Mystery Book Club – Call for dates/times

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Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.The Wellness Community ofPhiladelphia: Support Group forPeople with CancerThe Cancer Center at Paoli Hospital255 W. Lancaster Ave., Paoli(215) 879-7733

July 2, 2 p.m.Grief Support GroupPhoenixville Senior Center153 Church St., Phoenixville(610) 327-7216

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July 8 and 22, 10:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m.Caregiver Support GroupAdult Care of Chester County201 Sharp Lane, Exton(610) 363-8044

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July 16, 6 p.m.Family Caregiver Support GroupSunrise of Westtown501 Skiles Blvd., West Chester(610) 399-4464

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Icelebrated my 62nd birthday on April29, and I am still having troubleunderstanding how I could be two

years immersed in my sixth decade. When I think about birthdays, I can’t

remember a time when I said, “I wish Icould be in my 60s.” I do remembersaying that I wish I could be 21, for allthe obvious reasons.

I even thought that 30 was prettygood. By then I had a good job; I wasmarried; I had a newborn son and adaughtertwo yearslater; I hada house andaninexpensivenew car;and I feltthat thingswere goingwell. It washectic andchaotic,though.

When Ihit my 40s,things hadbegun to gowrong. I mean, I had been in my job for12 years and I was actually makingsome money. A couple of bucks left overafter household expenses were paidhinted that I was getting somewhere.

But some serious health problemsinterfered with our lives by the time Iwas 43, and a couple of years later, theteenagers living in our home wereovercome by hormonal madness and anomnipotent wisdom of all things thatever were and ever shall be.

Controlling the demonic forcesturned me into an unrecognizable figureof a man. Did I say there was anger?Oh, yes, and it was a righteous anger.

With the patience of a saint, I taughtboth of my children to drive. And wheneach one passed their driver’s test, I wasalmost willing to buy each a good carand provide a year’s rent somewhere onthe opposite side of the country.

“Get there safely but get there as fastas you can,” I wanted to say, “and don’tcome back until you realize how smartyour mom and I actually are.”

I remember when I was a teenager

how folks who were the age that I amnow would say, “Enjoy being young.Each new year flies by faster and faster.”And I would say, “Blah, blah, blah andblabbity, blabbity, blabbity.”

Just like my teenagers, I kneweverything. How frivolous and carefreeand invincible I was. It’s the universalstory of youth, isn’t it? I told my brotherthe other day that my new favorite songis “Yesterday, When I Was Young” byRoy Clark. Listen to it; you’ll see what I

mean. A

fadedcelebritysingersaid onetime on atalk showthat therewasn’t onedarnedthing thatwas goodaboutgettingold. Isupposethat’s true

for once-famous people who have losttheir luster and have been forgotten bythe public.

But I have never been famous orwidely known by the public. Gettingolder for a regular guy like me is justroutine; I have no delusions orflashbacks of glory.

Look, I’m not saying that gettingolder is a dream. The inevitable loss ofyouth can be difficult. Many of youalready know it; many more soon will.In sad resignation, I have often saidgood riddance to much of thefoolishness and turmoil of that earliertime, while in my heart I yearn for onemore stab at it.

I don’t ever remember saying that Iwish I could be in my 60s, but I surehope I can be in my 70s. The alternativeis difficult to ponder.

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In my June column I described how Ihad sent a third DNA sample toAncestryDNA (a subsidiary of

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Since then, I received a third rejectionemail, asking me to send still anothersample. The original order was about$100 for Ancestry.com subscribers, andalthough there was no extra cost forsending in the additional samples, Idecided that three tries was enough. Iasked for a refund.

Ancestry’s first response was “that isnot our policy,” and they suggested Ihave someone else’s DNA tested on mydime. That was not acceptable, as I wantmy DNA tested, not someone else’s, noteven my son’s, whose DNA wouldcontain genetic material (his mother’s)that is different than mine.

When I explained this to Ancestry,they graciously agreed to refund mymoney.

Unfortunately, this episode throws amonkey wrench into my plan to give acommentary on these pages about myDNA testing and its results. I’ll take amoratorium on DNA columns andresume them when I have decided whichDNA testing venue to use from themany available candidates.

Instead, I’d like to revisit a subject Ihave addressed previously: onlinegenealogy resources. My reason forreturning to this topic is a conversation Ihad recently.

I volunteer as a librarian at my local

MormonFamilySearch Center.Recently I washelping a patronwith an onlinesearch forinformation aboutthe death of hergrandfather. When Isuggested that we trythe subscription siteFold3(www.fold3.com), she referred toFamilySearch (www.familysearch.org)and asked, “Doesn’t FamilySearch haveeverything?”

In this day and age of information, Isuppose it’s easy to fall into the notionthat everything about everybody issomewhere online. So, shouldn’teverything concerning genealogy be onone of the foremost online genealogysites? Not quite!

FamilySearch has millions of recordsof all sorts on microfilm, and it isdiligently indexing its images of originalrecords so that they will be viewableonline. However, I venture to state that“everything” will never be online, neitherthere nor at any other site.

Some sites will have voluminousnumbers of ships’ passenger manifestsbut nothing else. Some will have CivilWar pension records but no passengermanifests. Some will have Irish recordsbut no German records, and so on, andso on.

Just as every family is different, itshistory is different, and a genealogy

researcher must beprepared to dig outwhatever sources areavailable that applyto his or her uniqueancestry.

I believe anotherwidely heldmisconception isthat, because manyof the records wepursue are public

documents, they should be available freeof charge. Folks object to paying forcopies of birth records or payingsubscriptions to online venues beforethey can access information.

This philosophy ignores the fact thateven with public records, someone has tofind them (labor), copy them (equipmentand material), mail them (postage), and,in the case of online venues, digitize and

organize them (labor and equipment),etc.

I pay for an online service for no smallannual fee. Using that service, I havefound dozens of images of original birth,marriage, and death records for myancestors, as well as for my wife’s.

Much as I love visiting Sicily, If I hadhad to travel there to collect the sameinformation, my family tree would bebare indeed.

Next time, I’ll review previouslyanalyzed online sources, covering changesand additions to their sites.

Write to Angelo at [email protected] orvisit his website, www.bit.ly/AFCGen. He isthe author of the book The Lady of the Wheel(La Ruotaia), based on his genealogicalresearch of Sicilian foundlings. Seewww.bit.ly/ruotaia for more information, ororder the book at www.amzn.to/racalmuto.


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By Evelyn Merriam

My husband and I now have a small,lightweight, basic e-reader. Although wewere not excited about the prospect, wedecided to try one because it seemed itmight be convenient at times.

With some coaching, we figured outthe gadget sufficiently and thententatively borrowed a few books fromour library system’s collection. Thelending period was brief, the books notcompelling, and our library’s e-books notrenewable, so they disappeared before wefinished them. Not a very good start.

Technical or scholarly e-books of sortswere available through libraries as earlyas the 1990s. But in 2003, U.S. librariesbegan to offer free, downloadablepopular fiction and nonfiction to thepublic. However, a librarian tells us thatthe restrictions and expense of acquiringe-books limits libraries’ collections.

We attended a brief class about usinge-readers and learned the lingo (AdobeEPUB, Adobe PDF, Kindle e-books,“downloading from the cloud,” etc.).

As we found our way further along,we purchased three books we actuallywanted to read: Francona, a baseball

autobiography; Life after Death, a bookabout a believer’s response to hispersonal grief; and Maggie’s Tale, ahistorical novel aboutthe adventures of ayoung Irish girlearning her keep inEngland in 1900.

Although we sharethe device as onewould a dailynewspaper, we areenjoying the booksand find that readingwithout worryingabout the booksevaporating (as thelibrary books did)more satisfactory.

According tostudies done inGermany, young adults show nodifference in reading speed or brainactivity when reading pages on anelectronic device versus a traditionalbook. However, the backlit screens of e-readers (providing more contrast) areeasier on elderly eyes than traditionalbooks. Older eyes read more quickly andwith less effort via e-readers.

Nonetheless, perhaps it is no surprisethat traditional books are still twice aspopular as digital devices with people

over 60. Previously,British researchersfound that, althoughmature users of e-books found themmore convenient, upto date, and easilyavailable thantraditional books, theybelieved them harderto read.

The researchersconcluded thatreducing the pleasureof reading was not acognitivephenomenon, but acultural one.

That may be so, but I would stillrather turn paper pages, use actualbookmarks, and put the books in theirplaces. Nonetheless, I concede that fortravel, it is convenient to have a numberof books and even a complete Bible athand in a wafer-thin notecard size.

It is also pleasant to have the optionsof reading books we do not necessarily

plan to keep. But for me, the best thingabout an e-reader is being able to accesstitles that are only available in electronicversions.

More than a year after two writerfriends in London told me about their e-books, I am able to read them. One ofthem, Maggie’s Tale by Peter M. Cooke,is not exactly Downton Abbey, but fansof that PBS series would easily be able tovisualize the lives of servant girls in abig, English house. The girls faceunexpected, life-altering choices whenlively evangelistic meetings and colorfulcharacters stir up their formerlyunassuming, orderly town.

Wouldn’t it astound Victorians of allstations, most of whom had yet to see anelectric toaster, to find me claiming toread about their lives while silentlyturning pages on a small, muted-graytablet called an e-book?

Before Evelyn and her husband recentlyretired, they worked in Christian ministry for40 years (including five years in Japan andeight in Pennsylvania). She has publishededucational and inspirational articles, bookreviews, poetry, and Bible reading guides andis working on a collection of personal essays.

If you’re a fan of old movies, you’llrecognize what the classics Gilda,Blackboard Jungle, The Courtship of

Eddie’s Father, and Fastest Gun Alive allhave in common: Glenn Ford. Oddlyenough, though heappeared in around100 feature films,the first biographyon Ford was onlypublished in 2011.

Ford’s son, Peter,authored GlennFord: A Life andtalked about hisdad and the book,which is aninsightfulHollywood biofilled with stories ofone of film’s mostunderappreciatedactors.

In addition toacting, Ford had anumber of otherinterests, includinga great fondness forwomen, whichPeter approacheswith objectivecandor without everturning the book intoa trashy memoir.

“He’s perceived bythe public as a JimmyStewart—awholesome, all-American guy,” Petertold me. “He was that,but he also had a lotof Errol Flynn in him.In reviewing all mysources, I counted 146women he had adalliance with,including Marilyn Monroe.”

Those sources included Ford’s ownwritings.

“My father kept a diary every day ofhis life since 1933, and I have every oneof them. So there was an enormousamount of material there,” explainedPeter. “If you picked any day since then,I could tell you what he had forbreakfast, where he went, what he did,what he thought, who he talked to, etc.”

Glenn Ford was also a packrat ofmonumental proportions. When Forddied in 2006, Peter says he donatedmany of his father’s personal items tocharities. Other items he sold, including

a piano given to Fordby Judy Garland, aslot machine fromFrank Sinatra, and acouch on which he“entertained” Monroe.

In fact, an auctionhouse hauled off two26-foot-long trucksfilled with “stuff ”—and that still barelytouched the surface ofthe contents of Ford’s9,000-square-foothome in Beverly Hills.

“He savedeverything,” saidPeter. “I have everyletter he ever receivedand copies of lettershe wrote. I have hisbaby teeth, the lock ofhair from his firsthaircut, the dish heused as a baby, andevery report card

from school. There [were]also thousands ofphotographs andthousands of books.

“Wherever he went, hewould take scraps ofpaper and write histhoughts. Often, hewould stick theserandomly in books, alongwith letters, Christmascards, and even money.”

Peter donatedhundreds of those booksto libraries but had to

check each one in case his father had leftsome long-forgotten treasure within itspages. In one, he found many lettersfrom singer Sophie Tucker.

Another Ford “hobby” was to secretlyrecord telephone conversations. In thelate 1950s, Ford, unbeknownst to hisfamily and friends, installed a phone tapon the family’s phone. After his fatherdied, Peter discovered hundreds of oldreel-to-reel and cassette recordings of

celebrities and politicians. “He has some of President Richard

Nixon,” said Peter with a chuckle. “Isn’tthat ironic? The most infamous taperhimself getting taped!” Maybe we nowknow where Tricky Dick got the idea!

Peter also recalls childhood Sunday-morning walks with his dad along SantaMonica Boulevard. The two would oftenstop under a leafy fichus tree, and Fordwould ask his son if he wanted somechewing gum.

Adept at sleight-of-hand tricks, Fordwould appear to pull some chewing gumfrom the tree, leading young Peter tobelieve there really was such a thing as a“gum tree.”

In another story, Peter remembersflying in a private plane with his dad toCody, Wyo., for the dedication of theBuffalo Bill Museum. The ceremonyculminated with a live buffalo dangling

in a harness from a helicopter, flying overthe crowd.

But as the pilot hovered above theassembled dignitaries, the terrifiedanimal’s bladder and bowels provedsomewhat unstable. When combinedwith the downward force of the chopper’srotor blades, Peter says it was a mostmemorable event!

Glenn Ford was a complex man,which led to difficulties and intricacies inhis professional and personal lives. Peter’srevelations about his dad—as well as hismom, the great dancer Eleanor Powell—provide a fascinating glimpse of thegolden age of Hollywood.

Thomas’ features and columns have appearedin more than 300 magazines and newspapers,and he is the author of Raised by the Stars,published by McFarland. He can be reachedat his blog: http://getnickt.blogspot.com

Ford with Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946).

Photo credit: Peter Ford

Peter Ford, center, with his parents,Eleanor Powell and Glenn Ford.

Photo credit: Peter Ford

Ford, right, with Peter Ford on theset of Heaven with a Gun (1969).

Tales of Glenn Ford

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A Taste of Intergenerational ItalyThe Kennett Area Senior Center

recently sponsored a “Taste of Italy”spaghetti dinner fundraiser.

Students from Kennett andUnionville high schools greeted andserved the attendees, in addition toclearing the tables after the meal hadconcluded.

KASC staff created “Italianvilla/restaurant” decorations,mustachioed appearances, andcostuming in the presence of “ChefVinny Vincenzo” (portrayed byKennett Square Resale Book ShoppeManager Harry Wackerman).

The evening was anotheropportunity for the seniors andstudents to strengthen theirintergenerational bonds.

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A Garden Worth 10 Scents

The Green Mountain Gardener

Dr. Leonard Perry

How do you describe scents orfragrance in flowers? There areprobably as many ways as there

are people, scent being very subjective.It was in the Victorian times at the

end of the 19th century that fragrance inthe garden became really popular for justthat, not for any functional use. Prior tothat time, fragrance was used medicinallyand to mask unpleasant odors.

It was also at this time (1893) thatscents were first categorized by Countvon Marilaun into six groups.

Since then, these have been expandedto 10 scent groups, all of which are usedfor flowers. These groups are based oncommon essential oils for each group ofplants. It is the volatile compounds fromthese oils that our noses register as“scents.”

1. The indole group has flowers smellinglike and resembling decayed meat or

carrion, such asthe skunk cabbage(Lysichiton) and awake-robin(Trilliumerectum), andattracts dung fliesfor pollination.

2. The aminoidgroup also smellsunpleasant toattract flies,smelling ofdecayed fish orammonia, andincludes manyumbel flowers,such as giantfennel.

3. The heavygroup smells similar to the last, only

sweeter, andincludes some ofthe oldest knownfragrant flowers,such as some liliesand narcissus.

4. The aromaticgroup has some ofthe most pleasantlyscented flowerswith scents ofvanilla, balsam,almond, andcloves, such as insome primroses,peonies, stocks,and pinks.

5. The violet groupand smell is, ofcourse, present in

violets. Smelling of damp woodland

moss, it attracts no insects, as the flowersare self-pollinating.

6. The rose group is pleasant and foundin roses in addition to some peonies andscented geraniums.

7. The lemon group is more often foundin leaves but also in some water lilies andevening primroses.

8. The fruit-scented group includes manyroses and some minor bulbs.

9. The animal-scented group usually isunpleasant and may smell of musk, as insome roses; human perspiration, as invalerian and ox-eye daisy; and animal fur,as in crown imperial.

10. The honey-scented group is similarto the last, only sweeter and often morepleasant. Some examples are the butterfly


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Local Man Celebrates 100Busy, Remarkable Years

Art Colley, a World War II veteran, aSouth Philly “kid,” a university educator,and a longtime camp director forunderprivileged kids, turned 100recently.

Colley moved only eight years ago toAshbridge Manor, a retirementcommunity in Downingtown. Untilthen, helived andraised afamily atnearbyParadiseFarmsCamp.

Thecamp wasfounded in1875, andin recentyears, Colleyliked to saythat it wasthe oldestcamp inAmerica andhe was theoldestdirector.

Colley first worked at the camp as ajunior counselor in 1932 (duringsummers off from studying at TempleUniversity) and returned in the late1940s to serve on the board of directors.

He became a director in the early1960s. His primary job was teachingand coaching—both at the high schooland college levels—but he says, “Camp

was my life.” Born to Italian immigrant parents in

South Philadelphia, Colley describeshimself as a “streetwise kid” who had anearly goal to attend college.

“I didn’t get a scholarship because Iwas making too much money,” Colleysaid of his sports career, which included

competingas a semi-pro footballandbasketballplayer, aswell as aboxer.

Heenlisted inWorld WarII as aprivate inthe U.S.infantry andspent fiveyears as anofficer in the3rd FighterCommandof the U.S.Air Force.

He was stationed in Tampa, Fla., butvisited 13 airbases in eight countries asan officer in charge of advanced combattraining of fighter and bomber unitsprior to their deployment to combattheaters.

In addition to the five years Colleyspent as an officer in the U.S. Air Force,he served 27 years as a reservist.

Art Colley of Downingtown, 100, with his children.

bush (Buddleia), showy stonecrop(Sedum spectabile), and meadowsweet(Filipendula).

As seen in most of these flower-scentgroups, insects or pollinators are themain reason for scent. It basicallyattracts pollinators specifically neededto pollinate a flower, and at the righttime. Usually if a flower is not ready oris past the time for pollination, or hasbeen pollinated, it won’t have muchfragrance.

If a flower is fragrant at night, oddsare that it is pollinated by moths oreven bats. Sweet scents generally attractbees and flies for pollination, whilethose with fruity or musty-smellingflowers may attract flies or beetles forpollination.

While a species of plant may havefragrance, some of its highly bredoffspring may not. These cultivars(cultivated varieties) may have beenbred for other traits instead, such asflower size, shape, or disease resistance.Roses are a good example of such aplant. Often, where there are manycultivars to choose from—as withroses, peonies, daffodils, orcrabapples—only some will havefragrant flowers.

Fragrant summer perennials includebearded iris early in the season, tallgarden phlox later on as well as someof the oriental lilies, and lavender(where hardy).

Dr. Leonard P. Perry is an extensionprofessor at the University of Vermont.


embracing the reality that one personcan make a difference in a person’s life.Her positive mind has forged the way fora positive life.

And her natural charisma may bewhat prompted so many women to jointhe Women’s Writing Circle thatWeidener began in November 2009.

The Women’s Writing Circle beganout of Weidener’s hope and dream offinding kindred spirits who couldconnect as a community of writers.

“It is very important when you are awriter to ease the loneliness and isolationof the work and find a community oflikeminded souls,” Weidener said. “All ofthese women have given me a new leaseon life.”

The group of women meets on thesecond Saturday of each month at theWellington Square Bookshop in Exton.They share their writing with each otherand offer support and validation—thingsessential to any writer’s success, both intheir careers and as individuals.

“The emphasis is on how writing canlead to healing, self-discovery, andempowerment,” she said.

To merely say that Weidener loveswriting would be an injustice to her truefeelings, as she loves every aspect of it—

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“I found that writing was a journeyinto the soul—a path to self-discovery, aswell as a way todevelopunderstanding andempathy forothers,” she said.

“When you puton paper what hastormented you, youtake away the powerof painful memoriesand put thembehind you.”

Weidener isquick to point outthat the groupmeets to connectnot only as writers,but also as wives,mothers, daughters, sisters, and friendssharing their journeys.

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and alchemy of writing.The group recently published an

anthology of stories and poems, calledSlants of Light: Stories and Poems From the

Women’s WritingCircle. Theanthology can bepurchased in somelocal bookstores orat Amazon.com,and it will beavailable as an e-book on Aug. 1.

Weidenerbrought in outsideworkshopinstructors to teachon topics likefiction and memoirwriting andjournaling. Sheshares her own skills

and experiences as well. Weidenerworked as a news and feature writer forThe Philadelphia Inquirer before leavingthe paper in 2007.

While she is committed to freelycheering others on in their journeys—nomatter what age they may be—Weidenerhas also been so bold as to share her ownlife journey in its rawest form in twomemoirs.

Her first book, Again in a Heartbeat,was published in 2010—the same yearthat she turned 60. It is a memoir oflove, loss, and dating again.

Weidener has not remarried sincelosing her husband but still datesoccasionally.

“I never met a man as strong or asconfident, as kind and as honorable asJohn,” said Weidener. “What has keptme going since John’s death is thememory of how he believed in me, mystrength as a woman, and he never

doubted for an instant that I could raisehis sons on my own.”

She learned a lot about herself as shewrote Again in a Heartbeat and hopes thebook can help anyone who is goingthrough the loss of a loved one.

“When a person we love has cancer, orany chronic illness, we may not alwayslive up to our own set of personalstandards,” she explained. “My anger andgrief should not have been directed atmy husband for dying but at the cancerand how the disease impacted our family,our two little boys, and my own naïvedream of a happily-ever-after.”

She points out in the book that whena person you love is dying, they willoften distance themselves from you.

“It would have helped me at the timeif I had had someone to talk about it andwhy I felt so abandoned by him.”

Weidener’s second memoir, Morningat Wellington Square, published in 2012,is the story of a woman’s search to findherself beyond traditional roles. Shediscusses the beginning of the Women’sWriting Circle and the end of her careeras a journalist. Leaving the newspaperwas painful in its own way; her time inthe newsroom was so rewarding and feltlike more of a calling than it did a job.

“I am always amazed when I think ofhow an idea to start a writing circle hasturned into a place where, over the lastthree and a half years, more than 200women have read their work,” Weidenersaid.

“Some come once or twice and don’treturn to the circle, while others havebeen coming steadily for a year, twoyears, even three.”

To follow the happenings of theWomen’s Writing Circle, you may visittheir blog at www.susanweidener.com.

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Books authored by Weidener as well asthe entire Women’s Writing Circle havebeen featured at the bookshop where

they meet monthly.

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