CHAPTER A
Chapter A meets the first Thursday of the month in the municipal complex. We are open to new members. We are open to new members.
Doors open at 11:30 and meeting starts at 12:30 p.m. We enjoy coffee and doughnuts at the end of the meeting.
Bring your checkbook so you can sign up for trips we offer.
If you have a question, you can call our president, Dick Meier, at 908-359-6948.
The sunshine was a surprise; it’s been so rainy and murky. Mother Nature has a way of evening things out and she has opened the doors summer with a bang. Suddenly the roses are blooming.
Today’s regular meeting (June 2) will feature Ruth Claus speaking on “Great Public Gardens of New Jersey.” She’s a member of the Rutgers Cooperative Extension and Master Gardeners of Somerset and Hunterdon Counties.
Events coming up:
June 7 Garden State Arts Center to see “Cameos.” Cost is $13 for transportation, show and box lunch. Bus departs from Pathmark lot at 10 a.m. Come and relive great music of the past.
June 9 The comedy “Blithe Spirit” at Hunterdon Hills Playhouse. Lunch and show for $55. Depart at 10:15 a.m. from the Pathmark lot. We leave on time. Wow! June is busting out all over.
July 6 “Chitty Chitty, Bang Bang” at Fulton Theater, Lancaster, Pa. This is a new place for us. Cost is $82 for show and lunch at Willow Valley. Bus departs from the Pathmark lot at 9:30 a.m.
July 7 At the regular meeting, we’ll have a speaker on the care of your feet. Got to treat those tootsies kindly.
July 10 Anniversary party at Falcons Camp, noon to 4 p.m. Lunch and dancing, or you can watch those who do the chicken dance. Cost of $25 is refunded for members. It’s $35 for guests (not refunded). I wonder if we’ll have that big shrimp bowl?
Friday, Aug. 12 Monmouth Race Track. Bus leaves at 10:30 a.m. from Pathmark lot. Cost is $70 for admission and a great meal at Basile’s. Large, comfortable bus, so you can snooze going home.
Aug. 14 Annual picnic at Falcons camp from noon to 4 p.m. Cost of $15 is refunded on arrival. Festivities start at noon and go till 4 p.m. with two seatings of food, with games in between.
Sept. 15-19 Boston and historical environs. We’ll have step-on guides when we visit Lexington and Concord; a visit to Cambridge, home of Harvard University; and Gloucester, “America’s Oldest Seaport” with Old Ironsides.
The trip of five days and four nights includes four breakfasts and four dinners. Cost is $440 for a double and $575 for a single. You’ll need $75 at sign-up, with the balance in three equal payments. We’ll park our cars in the municipal parking lot.
Perhaps it is too early to say, if there are open seats we’ll be happy to accommodate non-members. Keep this in mind and inquire.
On Tuesdays from 1 to 4 p.m. the regular card-playing group meets in the senior room. You don’t have to be a member of the club.
On Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to noon or longer, the mah jongg players are in our senior room. I see these players bring a fine spread of goodies to keep up their strength.
Need transportation? Know that the Hillsborough bus service for seniors is there. Call 908-369-3880.
For this month only, we’ll go to Atlantic City on July 11, instead of the first Monday of the month, which some people thought interfered with 4th of July festivities. Bus departs from the Pathmark lot at 9 a.m. Please note this so you won’t be disappointed. Call Jo for details at 908-359-6418.
”Four things come not back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life and the missed opportunity.” Arabian proverb.
Elsie Slusser
(908-369-4478)
CHAPTER B
Chapter B members meet on June 9 for the Anniversary Luncheon. The luncheon with a country western theme will be held at the Somerville Elks.
Doors will open at 11 a.m. and our social hour will begin at 11:45 with dinner to follow at 1 p.m. Tickets at $30 per person were sold in advance; upon attendance, you’ll receive a refund of $20.
Our annual special ‘Breakfast with Seniors’ is being held at the Municipal Building on June 23. Cost is $3. This is our breakfast where invited guests from Emeritus Assisted Living and Avalon Assisted Living attend. Pancakes, eggs, pastry and bagels along with coffee and juice are on the menu. Games and prizes immediately follow breakfast.
Tickets for our annual August picnic went on sale at our May meeting and will be offered for sale again in July. Picnic will be at the Polish Falcon Hall in Hillsborough on Aug. 11 for a cost of $20. A refund of $15 will be given upon attendance at event. As per request of some members, some salads have been added to the menu. I think you will be pleased with the changes.
As many of you know, we have three wonderful senior activity rooms in the Municipal Building which are open to all seniors over 60 each weekday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
These rooms are used each day with people playing bridge on Tuesday mornings, mah jongg on Friday mornings, pool and shuffleboard several afternoons and many other card games. But our new co-presidents Ed and Nancy Bertin would like to have even more events each day beginning in September. So get your thinking cap on and come up with some ideas to present to them. They are open for suggestions.
Need more information? Call 908-359-8412.
Nancy Greggo
Hillsborough Senior Center
The center at 339 South Branch Road is open from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday. Its phone is 908-369-8700.
Blood pressure screenings are the third Tuesday of the month at 10:30 a.m. Caram (an East Indian game, similar to billiards) and other games are played every Thursday.
Cards are played daily. You can flex, stretch and tone with Rose on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Daily programs:
Friday, June 3 Chilled strawberry soup tasting.
Monday, June 6 Kings in the Corner & Cup Shuffle Game.
Tuesday, June 7 Wii bowling.
Friday, June 10 Bingo.
Monday, June 13 The History of Flag Day.
Tuesday, June 14 “All About Skin Cancer” with free dermatology screenings by Dr. Smita Agarwal, Dermatology Center of New Jersey.
Wednesday, June 15 Pokeno.
Friday, June 17 Father’s Day celebration.
Monday, June 20 Mandala art.
Wednesday, June 22 Mind Your Mind. Challenge your reasoning skills.
Friday, June 24 Lisa’s homemade pizzas.
Monday, June 27 Trip to Montgomery for guitar and keyboard performance by Jess & Christopher Aggabao.
June 28, 29 and 30 Fire safety.
