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Gadsden GAB
July 2011
A P u b l i c a t i o n o f B i s h o p G a d s d e n
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Gone with the Wind and the Quest for Survival
Vince Lannie
Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the Civil War (1861-2011)
This is the final article of a five-part series by Vince Lannie on the Civil War
or the War Between the States. This is an interpretive investigation, and it inevitably
exhibits conscious and even unconscious biases. Facts alone are objective; interpretation
is always subjective. The ultimate hope is to fuse fact and interpretation into a
balanced and understandable picture. To this end, Lannie reminds us that he is a
Northerner by birth, a Southerner by choice, and a Charlestonian by the grace of God.
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
President’s
Message
From the
Finance Office
Activities /
Events
2
3
6
Birthdays 9
Chaplain’s
Corner
11
The opening pages of Margaret
Mitchell’s Gone With the
Wind (1936) characterized Scarlett
O’Hara, the novel’s indomitable but
vulnerable heroine, as mocking even
the possibility of war between North
and South. Her guests, the neighboring
Tarleton twins, recently expelled
from the University of Georgia,
rebuffed this dismissal since
“war’s going to start any day.” Pretty
sixteen-year-old Scarlett reiterated
her position that there will be no
war. “It’s all just talk,” and she was
“tired of hearing about it.” Besides,
how could anyone think of war
when the anticipated Wilkes Barbecue
and Ball at Twelve Oakes Plantation
would take place the next day.
This was the event that was truly
important and trumped any inane
discussion of war.
Gone With the Wind illustrated
that the South was not a monolithic
society but incorporated various
sub-cultures not always in sympathy
with each other. Ellen O’Hara,
Scarlett’s mother, represented
the delicate French sophistication of
staid Savannah. The Wilkes family
and their Atlanta cousins traced
their genteel cultural roots back to colonial
Virginia. Rhett Butler hailed from
elegant Charleston even though some
youthful indiscretions made him unwelcome
in that city. Gerald O’Hara, master
of Tara Plantation and an uncouth Irish
immigrant, gained his land in a liquorinspired
poker game. Such social differences
prevailed in the Georgia upcountry
and seemed somewhat crude to
the more sedentary seacoast cities. Many
north Georgians dismissed “music,”
“books,” and the Grand European Tour
as necessary criteria for success. The
Tarleton twins, instead, proposed an alternate
formula for a successful gentleman.
“A good horse to ride and some
good licker to drink and a good girl to
court and a bad girl to have fun with and
anybody can have their Europe.”
To symbolize these southern disparities,
Atlanta - new, vigorous, crudeemerged
as the prominent city in Gone
With The Wind. Not Richmond, not Savannah,
not even Charleston. Born as a
railroad hub and militarily important
during the Civil War (1861-65), Atlanta’s
values did not generally reflect traditional
Southern values. During Reconstruction
(1865-1877) it boomed with
new construction and
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P r e s i d e n t ’ s M e s s a g e
B i l l T r a w i c k
As most of
you know by
now, I had a
wonderful vacation
traveling
in Greece
and Turkey—only to return to
work on the first day of hurricane
season! The consistently extreme
hot weather we have experienced
since the beginning of spring has
only added to the general concern
we always experience during this
season, as hurricanes are more
prone to follow warm ocean waters.
However, I could not be
prouder of the incredible planning
that has been done by our
staff, led by Katie Jayne, to assure
that we are as prepared as
possible should one come our
way. We will always remain
here, unless a mandatory evacuation
is declared by the governor.
If this occurs, the BG staff will
be focused on relocating our Myers
Hall, Read Cloister and Arcadia
Close residents to our relocation
site in Spartanburg and securing
our community. We urge
all apartment and cottage residents
to also have a plan in place
for evacuation, as there will be no
staff or services here during the
storm. We will return and services
will resume as soon as it is
safe to do so. In the meantime,
pray hard that none of this will be
necessary!
On a lighter note, you may
have seen me and other staff
members giving tours in recent
weeks. Our reputation seems to
now be “from sea to shining sea,”
as we have had staff and board
members from other communities,
with their architects, visit
from New York, North Carolina,
Florida, Mississippi, and Washington
(state)! All have been impressed
by the entirety of our
amazing community, but the dining
component has really wowed
them. Jim Epper is fast becoming
a celebrity in our field. They just
better keep their envious hands
off of him!
Finally, the Read Cloister renovations
continue to go very
well. Sarah Tipton, Daniel Larrabee,
and Linda McMahon are doing
an incredible job and the end
product is going to be far better
than we imagined due to their
vision and attention to detail. We,
hope by this Thanksgiving we
will have a beautiful new space
for which to be thankful in this
important part of our community.
I could keep writing, naming
staff member after staff member,
of all the great work being done
in every area. This past month we
had our annual “Length of Service”
dinner in the Middleton
Dining Room and I am always
humbled and overcome when I
share this time with such a fine
group of individuals who have
dedicated so much of the time and
talent of their lives to Bishop
Gadsden. As I told them, it is not
lost on me that the life of this
community—and my life personally—have
been immeasurably
enhanced by their years of commitment
and service.
Welcome New Residents
John & Lucia Childs

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F r o m t h e F i n a n c e D e p a r t m e n t
S u s a n L e g a r e
This month I am writing about a love story, which is definitely
a departure from my usual financial-perspective musings. The story
is about my mother, Suzanne Gough, who died in June, but it is
not about my love for her. Rather, it is about the people, things and
places she loved (in no particular order): Paris, arranging flowers,
the color pink, babies, a good hot dog, champagne, the beach, my
father, fine linens, her church, dogs of all sizes, “The Price is Right,”
whimsical hats, her children, high-heel shoes, balloons, ice cold Coca
Cola, sparkly things (like diamonds), Christmas, blue Texas skies,
chocolate, fireworks, yellow roses and living at Bishop Gadsden.
I always said my parents were very brave to
move half way across the United States at ages 77
and 81 to Bishop Gadsden, a place they had never
seen. And it was my mother’s decision. I remember
my dad saying to her, “You will outlive me, so you
decide where you want to be.”
Without hesitation, she announced
Charleston and Bishop
Gadsden.
That was in 1999, and it
was probably one of the best decisions
they ever made. I know
my dad’s life was extended by
living here, and I often say my
mother was “the poster child for
moving through the continuum of
care.”
My Mom lived in every area
of our community—apartment/
cottages, assisted living, memory
support and skilled nursing. Just as
she adapted for years to the nomadic
life of an Air Force wife, she
adapted to each move in the continuum.
Even as Alzheimer’s disease
took its inevitable toll, she knew
she was in a safe and loving place.
I would ask, “Mom, are you happy?”
And she always replied “Yes,
I am.”
This love story did not end
with her death. My brothers and I
have many, happy memories of our
mother and the people, things and
places she loved. We are so very
thankful for the Bishop Gadsden
community, because Mom loved
living here. We believe she is now
free of the frailties of age, sipping
champagne somewhere that looks a
lot like the Left Bank of Paris,
holding hands with our dad, and
strolling in her high-heel shoes!
The Bishop Gadsden Website –
Preparing for its Next Update
In the fall of 2008, Bishop Gadsden launched a new website
that showcased the beauty and uniqueness of our community. Nearly
three years later, the time has come to refresh the site. We want to
improve the areas we know are being used and eliminate those that are
not.
If you are a regular user of the website and would like to comment
on ways we can improve the site, we welcome your suggestions. Or, if you have yet to visit the site, we
certainly encourage you to do so. With activity calendars, Market Place Café menus, and links to our Facebook
page and Blog, there are always interesting tidbits of information available to you.
If you would like to attend a website tutorial and comment session on our website, please join us on
Monday, July 25 th at 10:00am in the Board Room. Additionally, all comments and suggestions on the website
should be sent to Kimberly Farfone, Director of Development and Public Relations at kimberly.farfone@bishopgadasden.org;
or 843.406.6334.

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M e e t T h e S t a f f : S a r a h T i p t o n
V i n c e L a n n i e
Young Sarah Haynes from West Virginia
grew up with a vague “feeling” to improve
humanity in some indefinite way. She
explored this “feeling” during four happy
years at Vanderbilt University, where she majored
in human and organizational development
in order to pursue a leadership role in a
non-profit organization.
To explore the implications of this
commitment, Sarah spent a year as a volunteer
in an Episcopal orphanage in Nevada before
returning to the Southeast, again as a volunteer,
to Pawleys Island, South Carolina, and its
Baskervill Ministry, which focused on at-risk
youth, adult care, and home rehabilitation efforts.
In time she accepted a paying position at
Baskervill with increased responsibilities in
public relations and fund raising. While at
Pawleys Island she found the love of her life.
A romance began with Tim Tipton, the younger
brother of the Episcopal priest-in-charge,
and they were married eighteen months later
in historic Georgetown. Sarah now had a wonderful
husband (and in time a boy and a girl
were born) but still had not found that special
calling she desired. But it would come, eventually,
in Charleston.
The newly married couple realized that
their future careers needed additional education.
Tim pursued management accounting at
the College of Charleston while Sarah was not
sure which way to go. At the age of twenty-
three, with little practical experience, she interviewed for
a position at Bishop Gadsden but did not get it. But she
impressed Dottie Pagliaro (a member of the interviewing
committee and of the Board of Trustees) who helped her
land a job at Sea Island Habitat for Humanity. There she
gained invaluable practical experience. Indeed, her early
“feeling” was becoming more focused but it was still not
clear.
And then something unexpectedly happened. The
Chief Executive Officer of Bishop Gadsden, Bill
Trawick, interviewed her for another position. The community’s
marketing department had recently divided into
two related components. Carole Moore (now retired)
would begin to market for cottages and apartments, and
Sarah was asked to market assisted living quarters and
assume health care responsibilities. Carole Moore and
Jan Carter (in charge of nursing at the time) mentored
Sarah in the many complex dimensions of senior health
care at Bishop Gadsden. “Within sixty days,” Sarah
fondly recalls, “I knew I had found my dream!”
But the “dream” alone was not sufficient and Sarah
entered MUSC to earn a Master’s Degree in Health
Care Administration (1998) and in the same year obtained
a license in Long Term Care Administration. She
retained the position of Director of Health and Wellness
until 2005 when she was promoted to Bishop Gadsden’s
Vice President, a position she holds at the present time.
This has given her the opportunity to develop a close
professional relationship with Bill Trawick who has been
a “phenomenal mentor” and who encourages her efforts
within a framework of responsible innovation.
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I N L o v i n g M e m o r y
Suzanne Gough
August 11, 1921 ~ June 4, 2011
Betty Camp
June 1, 1920 ~ June 9, 2011
Stella Barnett
March 3, 1926 ~ June 9, 2011
Fred Kelsey
April 25, 1927 ~ June 17, 2011
Helen Doran
September 1, 1920 ~ June 19, 2011
Earle McSpadden
August 2, 1922 ~ June 21, 2011
Nancy Cobb
April 22, 1928 ~ June 22, 2011

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M e e t Y o u r N e i g h b o r : M i n R i c h a r d s o n
M a r i l o u W a t t s
When you see Min Richardson tripping
around Bishop Gadsden in her pearls and high heel
shoes, you will take her for a much, much younger
woman. Her vivacious manner and clever intellect
belie her 94 years. Min has many interests,
friends and is always busy.
She was born in Sandusky,
Ohio. Her mother died in childbirth so
her grandparents, with two of their six
children still at home, took her and her
three-and-a-half-year old brother in
and reared them as their own. To this
day Min declares them to be angels as
they gave her a wonderful life. Her
two aunts were school teachers and
kept her on the straight and narrow in
spelling and grammar. She graduated
from high school with high honors and
from Louden Business College. She
got a job with a company that later became
International Paper Co. Not wanting to stay in
a “hick town” a minute longer than necessary she
moved to Cleveland and was personal secretary to
the district manager of National Lead Co. Her first
car was an Essex with a rumble seat. Black with a
yellow stripe.
An old mansion in a lovely part of town had
been turned into a boarding house for folks working
for Union Carbide. Min was lucky to rent a room
there which is where she met her husband, Russel B.
Richardson. They were married for 55 years and had
two sons. Both graduated from MUSC. The older
son is retired on Sullivan’s Island and the younger son
is dean of a hospital in Portland Oregon.
Russel was in the Navy during
WWII. Afterward he returned to
work at Union Carbide which involved
living in interesting places,
including Brazil. Min said this was
good for the children as they became
bilingual
On retirement, they moved to
Dataw Island where Min sold real
estate and Russel played golf. After
Russel died, Tom Myers (who’s
daughter was married to Min’s
younger son) urged her to come to
Bishop Gadsden. She watched her
cottage being built. Tom Myers helped her hang her
pictures in the cottage. She said when she moved, the
commons was not quite complete and every one ate in
one big room at a great big table. Bill Trawick ate
with them. Win Thomas, Min and Joan Hubbard put
on skits. It was a fun place and very informal.
After 10 years in her cottage, Katy, her West
Highland Terrier, died and she moved into apartment
310. She likes it so much she wonders why she waited
so long to make the move. Min loves Bishop
Gadsden because of the people here. She says she has
been happy here from day one.
T i p t o n c o n t i n u e d f r o m p g . 4
Toward the end of this interview, I asked Sarah
to envision Bishop Gadsden ten years hence. Her answer
was thoughtful but without hesitation. She
viewed Bishop Gadsden as a continued national leader
in senior housing and care. Yet it must not rest on past
laurels and never be hesitant to chart new frontiers in
the field. The whole concept and structure of a future
wellness center needs to be examined; new resident
living concepts should be explored as the profiles of
future residents change; and skilled nursing and
memory care facilities must be updated as new
knowledge comes to the fore.
All of this, acknowledges a gracious
Sarah Tipton, is a “sacred trust” for a truly
unique Bishop Gadsden community. “And God
willing,” she concludes, content in her calling,
“I’ll be here.”

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W h a t ’ s H a p p e n i n g !
B Y K a t i e J a y n e , J e n n y J u h a s z ,
C h r i s t y S m i t h a n d B a r b a r a R o b i n s o n
Take me out to the ballgame!!
1 2
3
4
5
Fun at the Riverdogs Baseball Game...
1) Jarko Burbello, Don and Dr. Egleston 2) Jean Simmons and Peggy Schwacke 3)Al
Benjaminson and Tommy Thorne 4) Carol and Nancy Cowgill 5) Hannah and Joan Hazzard
Summertime and the Livin’ is Easy...
1
3 4
Summer Kick-off in the Schlemmer Bistro
1) Maradee Lowrey and Jason 2) Perry
and Mary Cone 3) Jarko Burbello 4) Joan
Hazzard 5) Dottie Ewald
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5

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W h a t ’ s H a p p e n i n g !
B Y K a t i e J a y n e , J e n n y J u h a s z ,
C h r i s t y S m i t h a n d B a r b a r a R o b i n s o n
You Don’t Want to Miss…
July 4 - 3:00 p.m.
Cloister and Arcadia Ice Cream Sundae Social
Schlemmer Bistro
July 4 - 6:00 p.m.
Riverdogs Baseball Game with Fireworks
Front Lobby
July 7 - 10:30 a.m.
Will Parker with Second Chance Music Ministries
Myers Hall Activity Room
July 8 - 3:00 p.m.
Jan Carter Awards - Chapel
July 11 - 3:00 p.m.
“Blue Moon” Ice Cream Social
Myers Hall Activity Room
July 13 - 9:45 a.m.
Trip to Citadel Mall
Front Lobby
July 14 - 4:00 p.m.
Jackie Jacobs - A Lifetime of Needlepoint
Blackmer Hall
July 15 - 3:00 p.m.
Classical Guitar Music by Chris Teves
Myers Hall Activity Room
July 20 - 4:00 p.m.
Speaker Sarah Latshaw: Painted Buntings
Blackmer Hall
July 21 - 7:15 p.m.
Play: “The Sunset Years” ($25) - Front Lobby
July 22 - 3:00 p.m.
“Cool Yule” Happy Hour - It’s Christmas in July!
Cloister Activity Room
July 25 - 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Blood Drive - Myers Hall Activity Room
July 26 - 3:00 p.m.
Peachy Keen Party - Myers Hall Activity Room
July 27 - 3:00 p.m.
Happy Birthday Bugs Bunny
Cloister Activity Room
Arcadia Close Welcomes
Carrie Hooffstetter!
Below: Carrie along with daughter
Norine, Inez, and Johnette during her
birthday celebration.
Resident Update Meetings
Myers Hall
No Meeting in July
Apartment/Cottages
No Meeting in July
Read Cloister
Thursday July 21st at 11:00 AM

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C i v i l W A r c o n t i n u e d f r o m p g . 2
numerous saloons, bordellos, and gambling
houses to satisfy the appetites of its new masters:
northern soldiers and corrupt politicians, uneducated
free slaves, and detested southern scalawags
who sacrificed their principles and honor
for “thirty pieces” of Northern gold.
Within this framework of fratricidal war
and destruction, and the different and vibrant
Southern sub-cultures, the fundamental theme of
human survival within a dying
civilization emerged and energized
Gone With the Wind. There
are always winners and losers in
the Darwinian struggle for survival.
Scarlett O’Hara, Ashley
Wilkes, and Rhett Butler, representatives
of different social classes,
each responded uniquely to
chaos and, at times, even ambiguously.
There was not an ambiguous
bone in Scarlett’s body, and
anything she wanted she usually
got. She preferred her mother’s
soft French elegance but exhibited
her father’s Irish earthiness. Not
really in harmony with the nobleness
of the Glorious Cause, she
usually thought of herself first and
foremost. To spite Ashley Wilkes’
betrothal to Melanie, she married
the boyish and tousled Charles Hamilton; to pay
taxes on Tara, she bullied old and whiskered
Frank Kennedy into marriage; and to enhance
her lumber business, she obstinately hired
wretched prisoners exploited by a cruel Irish
overseer.
But there was another and more important
side to Scarlett. Returning to Tara from
burning Atlanta, she found a dead mother, a bewildered
father, two sick younger sisters, and
two confused house slaves. And there was no
food anywhere to be found “as hunger gnawed at
her empty stomach.” Her famous soliloquy, as
she stood steadfastly in an unplowed radish
patch, symbolized her determination to survive at
all costs. “As God is my witness…,I’m going to
live through this…and never be hungry
again….If I have to steal or kill…,I’m never going
to be hungry again.” Food symbolized her
past, and she would never look back.
Ashley Wilkes’ world was gone, but he
never left it. His response to survival was not to
survive but simply to exist. He seemed fit for
nothing in the new order “for the world I belonged
in has gone.” Scarlett abhorred this defeatist
mentality, and she reminded him of his
gallant military record in the war. But his reality
never penetrated her consciousness.
It was not hunger or poverty that
frightened him, but a once beautiful
and symmetrical lifestyle “that is
gone and I am out of place in this
life.” He did not know how to escape
from such a dilemma. The
mention of “escape” became a lightning
rod for Scarlett. She pounced
on it and cavalierly urged them both
to run away to Mexico and start a
new life. Yet to think of abandoning
Melanie and his child shocked Ashley.
“Scarlett, are you mad?” he responded.
“Isn’t there any sense of
loyalty in you?” Her heartless reply
insisted “there’s nothing to keep us
here.” Ashley’s eloquent answer
ended the conversation and positioned
them forever in different
worlds. “Nothing,” he whispered
disconsolately, “nothing except
honor.”
Rhett Butler judged survival specifically
on his own terms. Initially he had been a scandalous,
cynical, and pragmatic Southerner who early
predicted an eventual Confederate defeat. He was
even proclaimed a blockade-runner hero for the
Cause while at the same time earning millions in
gold selling contraband luxuries. He experienced
his first remorse as Atlanta burned and “the rear
guard of the Glorious Cause [was] in retreat.”
Such courage pierced his heart, and he joined the
retreating Confederate army, “perhaps because I
am ashamed of what I have been.” Such mellowing
sensibilities increased as he grew older and
became increasingly dissatisfied with his lifestyle.
He was a rich man with an apparently unloving
wife, and Atlanta had become “too raw”
and “too new” for him.
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Diaper/Wipe Drive for
Florence Crittenton Home
Thank you to all residents and staff who
participated in June’s Generous Spirit Program to
benefit the Florence Crittenton Home.
In total, more than 110 boxes of diapers and
wipes were donated to
support their mission of
providing young, at-risk
pregnant and parenting
women comprehensive
services to help them
become self-sufficient
and responsible mothers.
THANK YOU!
J u l y B i r t h d a y s !
Barbara Stine 2
Carolyn Baker 3
Don Moore 5
Don Wedewer 5
Phyllis Miller 7
Jackie Bowe 11
Patty Fei 11
Barbara Keil 11
Chance Scrantom 12
John Manos 13
Joan Bamburg 14
Armee Sadler 14
Cal East 15
Bud Garforth 15
George John 16
Blake Putney 16
Tommy Thorne 17
Helen Woodbridge 19
Kay Hall 19
Ted Halkyard 20
Ted Mappus 20
Doug Plate 20
Leona Finch 21
Mildred Rhodes 22
Mary Lynn O’Sheasy 22
Debby Coleman 23
Bert Howard 23
Madeline Hutton 24
Ginny Weckel 24
Brigitte Muller 25
Betty Scott 25
John Childs 29
Martha Mood 29
Fran Thompson 30
Frankie Calcote 31
Sue Howard 31

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Michelle Obama has been hard at
work fighting obesity. Remember the old
faithful Food Guide Pyramid as the “goto”
to learn portion sizes, and
how many servings to eat? Well,
out with the old and in with the
new! The Food Guide Pyramid is
officially retired. It’s replacement
is the “Choose My Plate”
program, which includes this design
and some more current nutrition
concepts which had much
input from our First Lady.
First, when looking at
your plate, half of the plate should be for
fruits and vegetables. Salads and rotations
of colors for foods are encouraged.
Focus on whole fresh fruits, while minimizing
juice. Varying the vegetables and
fruits is the ticket for success. Carrots one
day andbroccoli the next is a great way to
balance the nutrients provided.
Grains (previously called starches)
are ¼ of the plate, where half of your
servings of grains for the day should be
Whole Grains. Whole wheat bread,
brown rice, barley, and oatmeal are some
G A B m y P l a t e
E m i l y B a r r e t t , R D , L D
examples.
Finally, the last ¼ of the plate is for the Protein Serving.
“Go Lean with Protein!” Protein choices should most
often be lean meats, such as salmon, chicken
breast, and lean cuts of pork and beef.
Dairy is not forgotten, as every meal
should have a serving of nonfat or 1% fat
milk, yogurt, cottage cheese or another
cheese variety. “Get your Calcium!”
So, where did the top of the Pyramid
go? You know that part where fats and
sweets are counted. With “Choose My
Plate” these foods have been changed to
“Empty Calories.” This includes foods
that have added sugars and solid fats. Some examples would
include fried chicken, sugar cereals, sodas, and ground beef
that is 75% lean. The average female that is >51 years is allowed
120 calories in this category daily while the average
male >51 years is allowed 260 calories daily. One suggestion
is to “save” these calories for your favorite glass of wine or a
slice of pizza.
Overall, the “Choose My Plate” transition from the
Food Guide Pyramid has been a great success. It is easier to
understand and the overall message is that we should enjoy
our food while eating less of it and that balancing calories
with activity is the key to keeping off weight gain. Check out
the web site at ChooseMyPlate.gov.
C i v i l W a r c o n t i n u e d f r o m p g . 8
He longed for more civilized and genteel roots and
returned to “Charleston to try to make peace with my
people.” Without the tempestuous Scarlett by his
side, Charleston became for Rhett simultaneously
past and future.
Civilizations rise and fall, cities come and go,
but Tara always remained Scarlett’s one true anchoring
love. Her father had once lectured her that land,
Tara, was “the only thing in this world that lasts.”
Having escaped burning Atlanta, when her half-dead
horse pulled her creaking wagon toward Tara, she
was not even certain that it still stood or had indeed
“gone with the wind which had swept through Georgia.”
But there it was, broken, beaten, devastated, but
not “gone with the wind.” Scarlett’s roots ground
“deep in [this] blood-colored soil” which “sucked up”
her life. At Tara “her spirits would be lifted and she
could plan to get her man back.” And if not
Rhett, then there was always Tara.
Different approaches to survival
marked Gone With the Wind as a brilliant
and enduring novel. Ashley remained mired
in “yesterday” and the past. Rhett left
“today” and set out on a pilgrimage to regain
an earlier utopia. Scarlett alone committed
to “tomorrow” at Tara. Tara was
“tomorrow,” and “tomorrow” was her metaphor
for the future.
“After all, tomorrow is another day.”

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Planning Ahead for the Future: A Columbarium Niche
F r a n k R u s s , C h a p l a i n
I appreciate the response to last month’s article, which encouraged you to prearrange
a funeral service. It occurred to me that I failed to mention another aspect of preplanning
that might be of interest to you.
One of the services provided by my office is the securing of a niche in our columbarium,
which is adjacent to the chapel. As cremation becomes more commonplace, it is
important to also think about the final resting place of the body.
If you need more information about the columbarium, or if you are interested in
securing a niche, please call me at 406-2387.
A Bit of History
Written Anonymously, submitted by Dee Garforth
Each year I am hired to go to Washington DC
with the eighth grade class from Clinton, WI where I
grew up. On the last night of our trip, we stopped at the
Iwo Jima memorial. This memorial is the largest bronze
statue in the world and depicts one of the most famous
photographs in history -- that of the six brave soldiers
raising the American Flag at the top of a rocky hill on the
island of Iwo Jima, Japan during WWII.
Over one hundred students and chaperones piled
off the buses and headed towards the memorial. I noticed
a solitary figure at the base of the statue, and as I got
closer he asked, “Where are you guys from?” I told him
that we were from Wisconsin. “Hey, I'm a cheese head,
too! Come gather around, cheese heads, and I will tell
you a story.”
When all had gathered around, he reverently began
to speak. Here are his words from that night.
“My name is James Bradley and I'm from Antigo,
Wisconsin. My dad is on that statue, and I just wrote a
book called Flags of Our Fathers which is #5 on the New
York Times Best Seller list right now. It is the story of
the six boys you see behind me.
The first guy putting the pole in the ground is
Harlon Block. Harlon was an all-state football player. He
enlisted in the Marine Corps with all the senior members
of his football team. They were off to play another type
of game. A game called 'War.' You guys need to know
that most of the boys in Iwo Jima were 17, 18, and 19
years old.
You see this next guy? That's Rene Gagnon from
New Hampshire. If you took Rene's helmet off at the moment
this photo was taken and looked in the webbing of
that helmet, you would find a photograph of his girlfriend.
Rene put that in there for protection because he
was scared. He was 18 years old.
The next guy here, the third guy in this tableau,
was Sergeant Mike Strank. Mike is my hero. He
was the hero of all these guys. They called him
the 'old man' because he was so old. He was already
24. When Mike would motivate his boys
in training camp, he would say, 'You do what I
say, and I'll get you home to your mothers.'
The last guy on this side of the statue is
Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian from Arizona. Ira
Hayes was one of them who lived to walk off
Iwo Jima. He went into the White House with
my dad to visit President Truman.
The next guy, going around the statue, is Franklin
Sousley from Hilltop, Kentucky. A funlovin'
hillbilly boy. Franklin died on Iwo Jima at
the age of 19.
The next guy, as we continue to go
around the statue, is my dad, John Bradley, from
Antigo, Wisconsin. My dad lived until 1994, but
he would never give interviews. When Walter
Cronkite's producers or the New York Times
would call, we were trained as little kids to say
'No, I'm sorry, sir, my dad's not here. He is in
Canada fishing.' My dad never fished or even
went to Canada. Usually, he was sitting there
right at the table eating his Campbell's soup.
You see, like Ira Hayes, my dad didn't
see himself as a hero. Everyone thinks these
guys are heroes, 'cause they are in a photo and
on a monument. My dad knew better.”
Suddenly, the monument wasn't just a
big old piece of metal with a flag sticking out of
the top. It came to life before our eyes with the
heartfelt words of a son who did indeed have a
father who was a hero. Maybe not a hero for the
reasons most people would believe, but a hero
nonetheless.

Resident Frank Meade has been unable to ride his
bike the past few weeks as a mother bird found his
basket mighty handy. We are proud to report that
the day
we went
to press
the eggs
hatched!
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