The Club House

   The Bridge Club

Marge O'Grady 795-9403,

Dot Brockway 795-1184

Liz Graham 798-9413

The Bridge Club meets Mondays at

12:30-4:00PM at the Wellington

Community Center, Lakeview South room

The Computer Club

Paul Lurix 795-0446

The club meets on the 4th Tuesday of the

month at 1:00PM-4:00PM, at the

Wellington Community Center, Lakeview

North room.

Singles Supper Club

Joan Kahler 798-9052

Seniors without partners meet at a

different restaurant each week for

dinner, conversation and a few laughs.

We really have a great time and we invite

you to join in the fun of food and

friendship

The Wellington Quilters

Marietta Bowie 795-3207

The Wellington Quilters will meet on

Thursdays at 9:30am-12:00noon at The

Wellington Community Center, Card

room

  Duplicate Bridge

Jim Kinard 753-5982

Every Tuesday and Thursday, join us at

12:30PM-4:00PM, for ACBL Sanctioned

Duplicate Bridge at the Wellington C

ommunity Center, Greenview room

On-Stage

Sunny Meyer 793-3743

The Wellington Seniors Theatrical

Company will begin rehearsals in

October for our annual production.

If you can sing, dance, make costumes,

hum or play the kazoo and want to work

hard and have fun at the same time, give

Sunny a call

Canasta and Mah Jongg

Bea Weinstein 790-1644

The Canasta Club meets Mondays at

12:00noon-4:00PM, at the Wellington

Community Center, Lakeview North.The

Mah Jongg Club meets on Tuesdays at

12:00noon at the Wellington Community

Not Too Smart !!!!

  The old Indian chief sat in his home on

the reservation, smoking his ceremonial

pipe, eyeing the two U.S. government

officials sent to interview him. "Chief

Two Eagles," one official began, "you

have observed the white man for many

years. You have seen all his progress and

all his problems." The chief nodded. The

official continued, "What do you think of

all the white man has done?"

The chief stared at the officials for more

than  a minute, and then calmly replied,

"When white man found the land, Indians

were running it. No taxes.     No debt.

Plenty buffalo, plenty beaver. Medicine

man free. Indian people hunted and

fished all the time."

The chief paused, then added, "Only

white man dumb enough to think he could

improve system like that."

Dear Wellington Seniors,

On behalf of the Berzon family,

I would like to express

my thanks for the calls,

cards and prayers received

after the  passing of my husband,

Lawrence, after a long illness. Your

support helped to sustain us

through a most difficult period.

Sincerely, Huguete Berzon

The Wellington Seniors Club offers

their condolences to the families of

Rod Herbert, Ruth Carlton and Mary

D’Apice, on their passing this

Summer.

 The Train

Editors Note: Dear Reader,

I hope you will indulge me for the few minutes it will take  to read this article received during the Summer. I was so moved that I wanted to share these poignant thoughts with you.

Life is like a train ride, it read. We get on.

We ride. We get off. We get back on and

ride some more.

There are accidents and there are delays.

At certain stops there are surprises. Some

of these will translate into great moments

of joy, some will result in profound sorrow.

When we are born and first board the train,

we meet people who we think will be with

us for the entire journey. These people are

our parents.

Sadly, this is far from the truth. Our

parents are with us for as long as we

absolutely need them. They too have

journeys they must complete. We live on

with the memories of their love, affection,

friendship, guidance and their ever

presence.

There are others who board the train and

who will eventually become very important

to us. These people are our brothers, 

sisters, friends and acquaintances, whom

we will learn to love and cherish.

Some people consider their journey like a

jaunty tour. They will just go merrily along.

Others will encounter many upsets, tears,

losses on their journey. Others still, will

linger on to offer a helping hand to anyone

in need. Some people on the train will leave

an everlasting impression when they get

off. Some will get on and off so quickly,

that they will scarcely leave a sign that

they ever travelled along with you or ever

crossed your path.

We will sometimes be upset that some

passengers whom we love, will choose to sit

in another compartment and leave us to

travel on our own. Then again, there’s

nothing to say we can’t seek them out

anyway. Nevertheless, once sought out, we

may not be able to sit next to them because

that seat will already be taken. That’s

okay….everyone’s journey will be filled

with hopes, challenges, setbacks and

goodbyes. We must strive to make the best

of it….no matter what.

We must continue to strive to understand

our travel companions and look for the best

in everyone. Remember that at any time

during our journey, any one of our travel

companions can have a weak moment and

be in need of our help. We too may hesitate

or even trip. Hopefully we can count on

someone being there to be supportive and

understanding.

The bigger mystery of our journey is that

we don’t know when our last stop will

come. Neither do we know when our travel

companions will make their last stop. Not

even those sitting in the seat next to us.

Personally, I know I’ll be sad to make my

final stop...I’m sure of it! My separation

from all those friends and acquaintances I

made during the train ride will be painful.

Leaving all those I’m close to will be a sad

thing. But then again, I’m certain that one

day, I’ll get to the main station only to

meet up with everyone else. They’ll all be

carrying their baggage..most of which they

didn’t have when they first got on this

train.

I’ll be glad to see them again. I’ll also be

glad to have contributed to their baggag

and to have enriched their lives, just as

much as they have contributed to my

baggage and enriched my life.

We’re all on this train ride together. Above

all, we should all try to  make the ride as

pleasant and memorable as possible as we

can until we make the final stop and leave

this train for the last time.