Gadsden GAB - Bishop Gadsden

Gadsden GAB
June 2012
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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A B O R E R S I N T H E V I N E Y A R D : T H E R E T I R E D
E P I S C O P A L C L E R G Y A T B I S H O P G A D S D E N
V i n c e L an ni e
INSIDE
THIS
ISSUE:
VICE PRESIDENT/
COO MESSAGE
2
MEET YOUR
NEIGHBORS - THE
HIESTANDS
3
A FATHER’S STORY
4
A MORAL VICTORY 5
ACTIVITIES /
EVENTS
8-9
BIRTHDAYS
10
CHAPLAIN’S
CORNER
11
Within the wide and diverse Bishop
degree. After the War, he obtained his
Gadsden Community reside six
degree and enrolled at Sewanee, where
Episcopal clergy: one bishop, four
he married Babby, and was ordained a
priests, and one deacon. As a group, they
priest in 1950. After pastoral work in
spent decades pursuing diverse,
the Carolina Lowcountry and Savannah,
demanding, and
he was recruited as
fruitful ministries in
a missionary to
different American
Central America,
dioceses as well as
where he minisin Europe and Latin
tered to English,
America. But the
Spanish, and the
years flew by and,
indigenous people.
they, like all of us,
He served in El
found the time
Salvador and Guacame when it
temala for seven
was no longer
years. After taking
possible to sustain a
a sabbatical leave
full-time career.
to study anthropolLike St. Paul, they
ogy at a Jesuit
had “fought the
university in Mexgood fight” and had
ico City, he was
“kept the faith.”
t rans ferred
to
And so in their own Pictured left to right - Rev. Colton Smith, Rev. Marilyn Nicaragua and was
time, each came to Powell, Bishop Haynsworth, and Rev. Floyd Finch; eventually elected
Bishop Gadsden for not pictured - Rev. Joe DiRaddo and Rev. John Ball. its Bishop in 1969.
a deserved retirement. These clerics are
He later served as the Bishop of El
Bishop Edward Haynsworth, the
Salvador until the bishopric was handed
Reverend Floyd Finch, the Reverend
over to native clergy. He then returned to
Joseph DiRaddo, the Reverend John Ball,
New York, where he was chosen as the
the Reverend Colton Smith, and the
Presiding Bishop Executive for Latin
Reverend Marilyn Powell.
America. After twenty years of this work,
he looked forward to retirement. However,
THE RIGHT REVEREND AND MRS.
he accepted a call to become Assistant
EDWARD HAYNSWORTH
Bishop of South Carolina in 1980 and
Bishop Haynsworth, born in Sumter,
remained so under two Bishops. When his
South Carolina, was an athletic youngster
wife became ill, he decided to retire.
who loved outdoor living at summer
Aware that the Bishop Gadsden
camps, especially Camp St. Christopher
community was expanding and needing to
on Seabrook Island. He attended The
attend to his wife, he was one of the first to
Citadel in 1940, but World War II called
secure a cottage.
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him to duty before he completed his
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V I C E
P R E S D I D E N T
/COO MESSAGE
S a r a h T i p to n
June is upon
us, and I have
two big things
on my mind.
First, in a few
short days, one
of the most
important
events to date
in our long-range master planning will occur: an
intense 2-day design “charette” to produce a
master plan of the Bishop Gadsden campus of the
future. A team including our board of trustees,
management staff, resident leadership, and a host
of design and engineering professionals, as well as
financial consultants, will participate in this
interactive process. During the charette, design
professionals will respond in real time to
suggestions and ideas from the group, producing
schematic plans that will later be further refined
and developed.
An added value is the real-time financial
modeling that occurs simultaneously, so
comparing the financial feasibility of various
options can be done quickly. Along with the
information gathered in the previous months
through focus groups and other research, in these
two days we’ll consider the needs across the entire
campus. At the end we’ll have something of a
driving map – showing the optional routes and the
various stops along the way – to take us 10-15
years down the road.
The second big thing on my mind is the start of
the “season” – hurricane season, that is. Of note
this year is that the official start date of June 1st
P L A N N I N G
D a n i e l
A
V A C A T I O N
L a r r a b e e ,
arrives with two named storms already behind us.
We fortunately escaped any tangles with Alberto
and now Beryl, but does it worry anyone else that
this is the first time since 1908 that two Atlantic
named storms have formed so early in the year?
According to the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the only
other year with two storms arriving this early was
1887. Although NOAA forecasts a “near-normal”
Atlantic hurricane season this year, remember that
“normal” to NOAA means somewhere in the
neighborhood of the 1981-2010 averages: twelve
named storms, six hurricanes, and three major
hurricanes.
Bishop Gadsden engages in year-round planning
for hurricane season. We establish a Hurricane
Preparedness Week during the month of June (this
year June 18-22), during which we carry out
extensive hurricane evacuation exercises focusing
on our healthcare areas, for which we are
responsible under licensure. Some details include
ensuring adequate food, water, and other supplies,
preparing residents in our health-care areas for
evacuation (packing clothing, medications,
equipment, etc.), contacting our contracted
resources for transportation and lodging, and
practicing the physical loading of buses. We also
provide to each apartment/cottage resident a staff
resource team who will be available to answer
questions or assist as residents make evacuation
plans. The message? Bishop Gadsden plans
carefully, and we want you to as well. Make your
plans and be fully prepared to put them into action.
And then pray like mad that we won’t have to!
O R
A N
E n v i r o n m e n t a l
?
E X T E N D E D
L E A V E
S e r v i c e s
D i r e c t o r
If you are planning to leave for a period greater than two weeks, please fill out the leave form, located at the
concierge desk. This form will automatically make you a part of our Extended Leave Program and enter you
into a drawing for a $500 credit off monthly service fees! (Drawing will be held at October resident update.)
Building Services will come into your residence and prepare your home for your absence in such a way that
your risk for catastrophe will be considerably reduced; humidity will be controlled within acceptable levels
resulting in a mold-free environment, and BG will benefit from reduced energy expenses, all at the same time.
Be assured that all will be reset to normal prior to your return home. If you do not wish to participate in the
program, you must OPT OUT of the program on the leave form. Thank you and good luck!
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M E E T
Y O U R
N E I G H B O R S
: THE HIESTANDS
E d i t o r i a l S t a f f
The Hiestands grew up in the 1930s not far
from each other, Ginny in Lakewood, Ohio, a
suburb of Cleveland, and Jean in Le Roy, a small
country town about 40 miles south of Lakewood.
Although their hometowns were close, Jean and
Ginny would not meet until after WWII, at Ohio
Wesleyan University.
Shortly after Pearl Harbor, Jean joined the
Army Reserves. He was able to spend two years at
Wesleyan before being called into active duty in
the spring of 1943. He was discharged three years
later.
Ginny entered Wesleyan in the fall of 1943, by
which time Jean was at Florence, South Carolina,
Air Base. With the end of the war and Jean’s
discharge, he decided to head back to OWU.
Upon his return to college, Jean entered his
Economics 201 classroom and found it empty,
except for a very attractive coed. He went over
and asked if the seat next to her was taken.
Trapped by the question, she had no choice but to
acknowledge that the seat was, indeed, available.
And thus their romance had begun.
Jean entered Harvard Law School in the fall of
1946.
There he and Noel Ferguson were
classmates, although neither would realize this
until they met at Bishop Gadsden more than 50
years later. In the meantime, Ginny completed her
senior year at Wesleyan. They were married in
December of 1947 and moved to Cambridge,
Massachusetts, where Jean finished law school.
Ginny helped supplement their income from the
GI Bill by going to work for two MIT
professors. Their one and a half years of studying
and frugality were a very interesting and happy
time.
After law school, Jean spent three years in
private practice in Dayton, Ohio, a number of years
working in the law department of a small insurance
company, and three years in politics as Deputy
Director of Insurance for the State of Ohio. He
finally settled down with State Farm Insurance
Company in Bloomington, Illinois. He retired in
1989 as Vice President and General Counsel. Jean
and Ginny raised four talented children in
Bloomington.
Shortly after his retirement, Jean was asked to
speak at an insurance convention at South
Carolina’s newest resort, Kiawah Island. Ginny
happily accepted his invitation to join him in
escaping February weather in Illinois. The two fell
in love with the idea of living on Kiawah and
decided to invest in a condo before going home.
Their new condo became an escape to a warmer
climate and beautiful beaches. In 1989, Ginny and
Jean decided to make a permanent move to Kiawah
Island. They started building a home just before
Hurricane Hugo hit. Lucky for them, only concrete
supports were in the ground, and no damage was
done.
Their Kiawah home continues to be a place of
celebration and happiness for the couple and their
growing family. They will gather soon to celebrate
Jean’s BIG BIRTHDAY!
Ginny spends time doing the bookkeeping for
the Village Shop. Jean has served on the Outreach
and Activities committees. He has also shared his
love of Jazz with others by giving a series of talks
accompanied by his DC music collection. Jean and
Ginny have been very happy in their “new home”
at Bishop Gadsden.
Ginny and Jean love their apartment at Bishop
Gadsden. It faces the west, filling its rooms with
sunshine. Their life has been exciting, making
new friends and continuing their friendships on
Kiawah Island.
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A
F A T H E R
’S MEMORY
N o e l F e r g us o n
Recently, when we were talking about Father's Day, I was asked whether I remembered the day of my
son Tom’s birth. I remember it vividly. I took Faith to the hospital early in the morning and then went to
my office a few blocks away. I kept in close touch, and late in the afternoon I was told that I could come. I
dashed to the hospital. As I hurried into the hospital, the receptionist said to me in a serious tone, "Dr.
Cockerille wants to speak to you before you go upstairs." Wild thoughts swept through my mind. What
could be wrong? A two-headed baby had been born in Illinois and was being kept alive. A now defunct
tabloid was reporting on the story and, though I never bought that tabloid, I did see copies occasionally.
Could something like that have happened to my son? Other awful thoughts ran through my mind.
Fortunately, Dr. Cockerille, in his spotless white coat, arrived in a few minutes. "What's wrong?" I asked
anxiously. "Everything's fine," said the doctor as he sat down, "you have a fine healthy son and your wife
is quite well, but now that you are the father of a son, you have major responsibilities. Nothing is more
important than choosing the right college for your son, and there isn't a better college for a young man
than Hampden-Sidney." All my fears were caused by an extremely loyal alumnus, but is it fair that I
should still be grateful to Tom for having only one head?
Thinking about Father's Day has brought back memories of those happy days of early fatherhood. I had
never been around babies, and I found Tom's development fascinating. He was an entertaining little boy. I
wonder whether a few incidents in which I was involved will bring back memories to others.
Being a father does bring responsibilities. As a child, I loved archery, and when Tom was about four,
we visited my mother's home in Michigan and I brought back from there an old bow and some arrows.
One summer Saturday I was showing the bow and arrows to Tom in the back yard. I said to him, "Run in
and ask your mother for an apple." I gave no explanation for my request. Windows were wide open and I
was able to hear the conversation. "Mommy, Daddy wants you to give me an apple. Why? So he can shoot
it off my head." Hearing that, Faith came flying out of the house to make sure that I didn’t do something
foolish. A mother bear does protect her cub.
My first very own car (as opposed to the
family car) was a blue and white 2-door 1950
Chevrolet which I dearly loved. By 1959, when
Tom was five, it was beginning to show signs
of age (a large rust spot appeared on the roof so
that the car now had three colors), but I still
loved it and it ran well. On one rainy Saturday,
as we were driving on Columbia Pike in
Arlington, a very battered car emerged from a
side street. It really looked dreadful. It was a 4door car, but the rear door on the driver's side
had been replaced by a piece of canvas. From
the back of the car came a cheerful voice. "Gee,
Dad, that car looks worse than ours." True, but did he have to say it?
To all Fathers—
On behalf of the Bishop Gadsden GAB staff...
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M E M O R I E S
O F
A N
A T T O R N E Y : A M O R A L V I C T O R Y
Frank Meade, Esquire
Part One of a Continuing Series.
It was quite early in my law
practice days when my father’s
secretary poked her head in my
“cubicle of an office” and with an
amused smile, told me she had a
personal injury case for me.
“What’s it about? I asked.” “The
man claims there was a dead
mouse in a Coke he bought; your
father wasn’t interested.” I asked
what happened to the Coke. She
said all she knew was that he was
holding something in a brown
paper bag. My curiosity piqued, I
told her to send him in.
And in he came; I swear I had
never seen a dirtier white man. He
was a small wiry man in the
roofing business … the kind that
uses hot tar! He told me that after
work the evening before, he had stopped at a store
in North Danville, bought a Coke out of the cooler
box, opened it, and continued home in his pickup.
On his way he took a swig only to feel
something solid touch his lips. When he got home,
he held the bottle up to a hanging light bulb and
saw what looked like a mouse in the bottle. “How
did it affect you?” I asked. “Well, I felt a little sick
to my stomach, he replied. I thought anyone else
would be sick as a dog!” “Have you been to a
doctor?”, I asked.
“Not yet,” he said, asking if I knew one.
I called Dr. Nevin, a young doctor and client of
mine, who seemed willing to examine my new
client and perhaps give him some medication. “Do
you have the bottle?” he asked. I responded that
the “gentleman” was sitting across the desk from
me with a brown bag containing the bottle. The
doctor said, “Send him up and the bottle, too.”
The bottling company’s lawyer, a well-known
former state senator, not only didn’t make me a
settlement offer, he didn’t give me, or the case, the
time of day. He apparently thought my client,
whom he had seen, couldn’t convince a jury that
the mouse was in there when the Coke was
bottled.
Some months later, the case came on for a jury
trial. Fortunately, my client had a “Sunday-go-tomeeting suit” to wear and agreed to shave and
“clean up good” for his court appearance. When I
called my doctor friend, he said I didn’t need him
to testify; that my client could describe his
injuries, how he was doctored, and the medical
costs. But he said, “Frank, subpoena Dr. Moran,
the pathologist at the hospital.”
Dr. Moran, the Chief Pathologist and a senior
player I knew at the tennis club, was very unhappy
with Dr. Nevin for having him analyze the mouse
without telling him why, and he was unhappy with
my causing him to lose time from work. He,
however, came to court and testified. Simply put,
Dr. Moran testified that Dr. Nevins had sent him a
bottle with a mouse in it for analysis. He said an xray of the mouse revealed that its ribs were not
fractured and that its lungs contained Coca-Cola.
No broken ribs, of course, proved my client didn’t
stuff the mouse in the bottle. The Coke in its lungs
proved the mouse was in there when the Coke was
bottled!
“A U T O P S Y WI N S
MOUSE
IN
THE
BOTTLE CASE” was the
headline in the newspaper
the next morning, adding
that my client was awarded
the princely sum of $600!
A moral victory at least!
V O T E R R E G I S T R A T I O N I N S O U T H C A R O L I N A
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REVEREND AND MRS. FLOYD FINCH
Father Finch was the official chaplain of the
Bishop Gadsden Community (2001-7) until he
gratefully relinquished the position to Father Frank
Russ. Born and raised in North Carolina, he obtained
several degrees from different institutions, married
Leona in 1954, and was ordained a priest a year
later. He served various churches in the Carolinas
and Georgia during his long ministry until his
retirement in 1993. He still continued his pastoral
work in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, and at St.
James Church (just across Camp Road) and as
part-time and later full-time chaplain at Bishop
Gadsden. At present, he remains the Diocese of
South Carolina’s official chaplain to all retired
Episcopal clergy and their spouses, not only at
Bishop Gadsden but to the over one hundred retired
clergy in the Diocese. Unknown to most, Father
Finch is a “fifth-great-grandson” of Benjamin
Franklin. Imagine a descendent of an American
Founding Father living at Bishop Gadsden!
REVEREND AND MRS. JOSEPH DIRADDO
Father DiRaddo, son of an Italian father and a
Scotch-Irish mother, converted to the Episcopal
Church while a student at the University of
Pennsylvania. He attended the Episcopal General
Theological Seminary in New York City, married
Goodie, and was ordained in 1954. After brief
pastoral work in New Jersey, he was invited to
go to Austin, Texas, to upgrade several mission
congregations into parish status. A new assignment
moved him to San Antonio (1982), where he spent
many happy years building a large parish and a
thriving school. He relocated to Charleston to be
with his wife’s mother, who eventually died at
Bishop Gadsden. In 1999, he retired to Bishop
Gadsden, continued his ministry in several
Charleston parishes, and served briefly as assistant
chaplain at Bishop Gadsden. Today he periodically
preaches at services and helps Father Russ at
liturgical functions.
REVEREND AND MRS. JOHN BALL
Father Ball describes himself as a small town
Southern boy who married Nell, a Southern girl.
World War II curtailed his chemistry studies at
Sewanee, and he joined the navy and became a
submariner. After the War, he finished his college
degree and considered the ministry but was not sure.
He pursued the business world, and married his
wife. After reading Norman Vincent Peale, he
decided to become a priest in 1959. He did pastoral
work in Atlanta at a time when the desegregation
movement was an issue for many churches. He
moved to San Antonio for three years and then east
to South Carolina, where he pastored churches in
Denmark and Barnwell. His last two assignments
were in Charleston. First he served at St. Philip’s
Church and then as interim Dean of the Cathedral
Church of St. Luke and St. Paul. Twelve years later,
with a sick wife, he retired to Bishop Gadsden,
where his wife died in 2009.
REVEREND AND MRS. COLTON SMITH
Father Smith comes from a Mississippi churchgoing family with a Methodist mother and an
Episcopalian father. Initially interested in medicine,
he felt called to the ministry and enrolled first at
Sewanee and continued his studies at the Episcopal
General Theological Seminary in New York City.
One summer while visiting Nicaragua, he met an
English nurse, Angela, who became his wife. After
his ordination to the priesthood in 1961, he went to
Jackson, Mississippi, where he served three
missions and several churches. His advanced views
on desegregation caused dissatisfaction with some
of his parishioners. As a result, he accepted a
position as chaplain at the University of Southern
Mississippi at McComb for four years and later was
rector of two Jackson parishes for nearly 15 years.
After a sabbatical to Coventry, England, the Bishop
of Mississippi appointed him Canon to the
Ordinary (that is, the Bishop) and his right-hand
man. He held this position for seven years until a
new Bishop brought in his own choice. At this
point, he accepted a call to be rector of the Church
of the Savior (on Johns Island) which he held for
nearly ten years until he retired to Bishop Gadsden.
Even now he periodically serves St. Stephen’s
Church, as well as Canterbury House in Charleston.
REVEREND MARILYN POWELL
Deacon Powell, long a lay minister in the
Diocese of Tennessee, enrolled in a four-year
program for lay people at Sewanee with the
intention of studying for the priesthood. She was
not certain of this vocation, then read a book about
the permanent diaconate, and decided this is what
she wanted to do. She attended a summer program
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in clinical and pastoral education and learned first-hand, laboring in a soup kitchen in Atlanta and working
with dispossessed street people.
She went to Sewanee’s school of theology for one year and was ordained to the permanent diaconate in
1985. This vocation included tending abused women in Tennessee and later, in Charleston, with the
Magdalene House for former incarcerated women until 2010. She and her husband Joe (a former fighter
pilot) moved to Bishop Gadsden in 1999, where he died in the same year. Living at Bishop Gadsden for
13 years, she is chaplain for the Cloister and serves as deacon at Sunday services in the Chapel.
Though each of these clerics came to Bishop Gadsden for retirement, it did not mean that they had
“finished the race.” Instead they continue their ministry in a more individual and intimate way. They often
assist sick and dying residents and console bereaved families and friends. Some abet Father Russ in
liturgical functions while others offer pastoral work in Charleston. On theological and liturgical matters,
their views run the Episcopal spectrum from high church to low and from traditional to liberal on sensitive
Church issues. But regardless of differences, they remain anchors of spirituality and reservoirs of hope to
all who live and work at Bishop Gadsden. Their sustenance, in the final analysis, is Christ “who lives in
them.”
Editors Note: In addition to the Episcopal Clergy noted in the article, Bishop Gadsden is home to other
Clergy members, including a Baptist Minister, Rev. William Gregory, Sr.
“S U P P LEMEN T S M AR T ” ?
W e n d y D e Bo n a , W e l l ne s s P r o f e s s i o n a l
A R E
Y O U
Eating a wide variety of whole foods, in small
portions, is the best way to get the essential vitamins
and minerals we need for a healthy life. So when is it
appropriate to supplement with a multi-vitamin or
other vital nutrient we could be lacking?
Answer: ALWAYS, but be sure to ask your doctor
before popping over-the-counter pills. The same
supplements might keep us healthy but they can also
interact—sometimes dangerously—with our
medicines or favorite foods. For example: Grapefruit
may interact with a surprising number of
medications. Calcium can interfere with absorption of
other minerals, as well as some thyroid hormones and
antibiotics. High doses of vitamin C can interfere
with the absorption of anticoagulants, speaking of
which, be aware of the effect vitamin K can have on Coumadin. These are just a few concerns that we all
need to be aware of, so coordinate with your doctor and pharmacist to get optimal benefits.
“Buyer Beware” is a good rule of thumb before we consider supplementing our diet. Vitamins and
supplements are not regulated by the FDA, so many promises and claims are simply inaccurate! This is
alarming, especially when they are so readily available at the corner drugstore. If your doctor
recommends a supplement, make sure the USP seal of approval is on the bottle (consumerlabs.com is
another sign of a quality product). This means the listed content amounts are accurate. This does not,
however, mean it is safe or beneficial for you to be taking! Are you confused? Don’t be. Educate
yourself and proceed with caution. See you in the Wellness Center.
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W H A T
’S HAPPENING!
b y Ka t i e Ja y n e , J en ny J uh a s z , Ch r i s ty S m i th ,
a n d B a rb a ra R o b i n s o n
A Parade of Hats! Arcadia celebrated Mother's
Day with a Tea Social. The ladies looked great.
Pictured here are Betty Burris, Armee Sadler,
CoraLee DuPont, Mary Crawford, Carol
Hoeffstetter, MJ Shannon, Molly Stender, and
Elizabeth Houston (seated).
During the Mother’s Day Tea Social, Elizabeth
Gaver, the Rev. Joseph DiRaddo, Caroline Gaver,
and Eleanor Gaver (seated) smiled for the camera.
Upcoming Highlights
for Read Cloister
Affordables
Charleston, Mt. Pleasant, Pawleys Island
Fashion Show
Friday, June 22 at 3:00 PM
Morse Activity Room, Read Cloister
Monday, June 25, at 2:00 PM
Frozen Yogurt Outing
Departing from Read Cloister Entrance
Residents from Read Cloister, Arcadia Close,
and Myers Hall attended a Sock Hop on Friday,
May 25th – complete with wonderful talent by
Jeannette. Pictured is Nelloise Disney
enjoying a refreshing sip of Coca-Cola. There
was a lot of singing and dancing. Everyone had a
great time!
Thursday, June 21, at Noon
Read Cloister Lunch on the Town
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W
H A T
’
S
H
A P P E N I N G
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b y Ka t i e Ja y n e , J en ny J uh a s z , Ch r i s ty S m i th ,
a n d B a rb a ra R o b i n s o n
** Mark Your Calendars **
June 1 at 4:00 PM
Piccolo Concert - Flute and Guitar
Bishop Gadsden Chapel
June 3 at 4:00 PM
Piccolo Concert - Oboe and Guitar
Bishop Gadsden Chapel
June 4 at 12:20 PM
Spoleto Chamber Music
Dock Street Theatre
Depart from Commons Front Lobby
June 5 at 6:40 PM
Spoleto - Hay Fever
Dock Street Theatre
Depart from Commons Front Lobby
June 7 at 4:00 PM
Piccolo Concert - Violin and Piano
Bishop Gadsden Chapel
June 8 at 12:20 PM
Spoleto Chamber Music
Dock Street Theatre
Depart from Commons Front Lobby
June 8 at 6:40 PM
Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra
Gaillard Auditorium
Depart from Commons Front Lobby
June 9 at 4:00 PM
Piccolo Concert - Harmonica Choir
Bishop Gadsden Chapel
June 15 at 10:00 AM
Outing to Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
College of Charleston
Depart from Myers Hall Entrance
June 18 from 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM
June Community Market
Bishop Gadsden Entrance
June 20 at 4:00 PM
Shrimp City Slim Performs
Put’s Pub
June 28 at 11:00 AM
Lunch Outing to “Time Well Spent” Tea Room
Summerville, SC
Depart from Myers Hall Entrance
C h a r l e s t o n J u n e
E v e n t C a l e n d a r
Please note, these are not Bishop Gadsden events;
therefore, no transportation is provided.
Through June 10:
Spoleto Festival USA
www.spoletofestivalusa.org
Piccolo Spoleto
www.piccolospoleto.com
Through July 4:
270 Years of Middletons
Middleton Place
Friday, June 1:
Night at the Museum
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
The Charleston Museum
Saturday, June 2:
Sweetgrass Arts Festival
12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Mt. Pleasant Waterfront Park
Monday, June 4:
Battle of Midway Anniversary
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Patriots Point
Friday, June 22:
Moonlight Mixer
7:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Folly Beach Pier
Thursday, June 28:
Carolina Day
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Parade from Washington Square
June Resident Update Meetings
Myers Hall Residents
Thursday, June 14, at 11:00 PM
Myers Hall Activity Room
Apartment/Cottage Residents
Wednesday, June 20, at 10:00 AM
Blackmer Hall
Read Cloister Residents
No meeting in June
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J U N E
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Mary Aichele
Frank Clement
Phyllis McCoy
Katina Manos
Frederick Ross
Leila Street
Warren Watts
Hella Zur Loye
Jean Hiestand
Harold Jacobs
Marie Putney
Albert Benjaminson
Suzanne Duckworth
John Jordan
Harold Wade
B I R T H D A Y S
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Louise Andriadis
Eliza Chrystie
Jule Graham
William Reynolds
Nancy Rudy
Marilou Watts
Jacqueline Jacobs
Harry Hamilton
Irvin Richards
Frances Read
June Dickerson
Mary Newton
Henry Moses
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Angela Smith
Janet Smith
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Louis Anderson
James Allen
W. Robert Eels
Maxine Greer
Katherine Harms
Harriet Barnwell
Claire Allen
Helen McLendon
Mary Louisa Ball
Welcome New
Residents
John and Patti Purdy
Jacqueline O’Shaughnessy
Earl and Elaine Virts
GOING TO THE MOVIES?
S a l l i e G o ug h
We are fortunate to have two movie theatres
near Bishop Gadsden: Cinemark James Island and
Terrace Theater. So we have some choices where
to go and what to see.
Recently, Jamie and I saw Salmon Fishing in
the Yemen. What a nice movie, a whimsical idea
that is brought to reality. With very likeable
characters, it was just a pleasant film that was fun
to see in the Terrace Theater, an unusual retro-type
of establishment. If you don’t get to see it in a
theater, then look for it on DVD.
A few days later, we were driven to figure out
what the sensation was all about over The Hunger
Games. It’s what kids are all talking about these
days, the book as well as the movie. I can’t
recommend the movie to you. It is entertaining in
a Lord of the Flies kind of way. And keeping up
with the youth of the day, the movie has its merits
if you want to have an interactive conversation
with your grandchildren. If you don’t have
grandchildren ages 7-16, you can pretty much
forget going to this movie. We see no redeeming
value, but you can count on there being a sequel.
Because we had already seen The Hunger
Games and our grandchildren wanted us to go to
a movie with them over Mother’s Day weekend,
we went to see The Avengers. It had plenty of
special effects and monsters to keep the kids wide
awake. I admit to drowsing a little and I can’t see
why anyone around our age would go to The
Avengers, except with grandchildren who wanted
to see The Hunger Games instead.
We really enjoy movies but we like the
popcorn even more. If you join up at James
Island Movie Theater, you can get a huge tub of
popcorn for just $3.50, which is about $3.40 more
than it is worth, but a lot less expensive than if
you bought it without the membership. With the
huge tub, you can even have some popcorn left to
take home. We have a growing library of DVDs
here at Bishop Gadsden and shelves full of the
old-technology videotapes. Get one of those,
jump into bed with your leftover popcorn, and see
exactly what you want.
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ECUMENICAL WORSHIP SERVICES OFFERED AT
BISHOP GADSDEN
T h e R ev . F r a n k R u s s , C h a p l a i n
Bishop Gadsden is associated with the
Episcopal Church, but did you know about
worship opportunities for
residents from other
denominations and traditions?
I’m pleased to announce that,
beginning Thursday, July 5, a
new service will be added to
the schedule of services in
the chapel. The Rev. Dr. Earl
Bland, pastor of the James
Island Presbyterian Church,
will officiate at a monthly
service held every first
Thursday of the month. The
time will be announced.
First Scots Presbyterian
Church sponsors a communion service for
residents every third Thursday of the month at
3:30 PM in the chapel. The service is led by the
Rev. Dr. Terry Wilson, Director of Pastoral Care
at MUSC.
Each week lay Eucharistic ministers from
Nativity Roman Catholic Church hold a
communion service in our chapel. Then each
second Thursday of the month, Fr. Tom Kingsley,
pastor of Nativity Parish, comes to BG and
celebrates the mass.
B I S H O P
G A D S D E N
And each first Friday, Rabbi Stephanie
Alexander from Beth-Elohim congregation leads
a monthly Shabbat service in
the chapel’s ecumenical
oratory, located in the narthex
(foyer).
In addition, each
December a Chanukah is held
in the Gussenhoven Living
Room that is open to all
residents.
The Bishop Gadsden
community—residents and
staff—are invited to an
ecumenical prayer service at 12
noon every Thursday. Names
are gathered throughout the
week and each person is called
by name during the ten-minute prayer service.
In addition to the weekly Episcopal
Eucharistic services held in the chapel on
Sundays and Tuesdays, the chaplain’s office is
committed to facilitating religious services for
all residents in our community. If you have a
specific request concerning a service from your
own denomination or tradition, simply speak
directly to me. Refer to the weekly activities
schedules for the listing of the date and time for
the worship services mentioned above.
C O M M U N I T Y
A T
P R A Y E R
R u t h C oy l e
Perhaps you have wondered just what this activity entails. There are
signup sheets placed in several locations on campus, where you are
invited to list person(s) for whom you would like to have prayers said.
The service is interdenominational, and all are welcome to attend. We
gather at noon on Thursdays, and the service lasts about ten minutes.
Names requested are read aloud, and one may offer their own if they
desire. I urge you to attend this meaningful offering of prayer.
I N
Clarice Foster
12/4/1916 – 5/23/2012
L O V I N G
M E M O R Y
Anna Mae Bonaparte
8/31/1914 - 5/29/2012
Elizabeth Claiborne
2/18/1924 - 5/30/2012
Save the Dates Mondays in 2012 from 3:30 to 6:00 PM
at the Entrance to Bishop Gadsden
June 18
July 16
August 20
September 17
October 15
More than 25 vendors are participating, including Ambrose Family
Farm, Local Roots Wildflowers, Joseph Fields Farm, and Robert Fields
Farm being some of our farmers, and food artisans, including Baguette
Magic, Rio Bertolini’s Fresh Pasta, Olinda Olives and Olive Oil, and
Fresh Pickles Fresh Produce, plus food trucks and local craftsmen and
artists!
The Gadsden GAB is a monthly publication written by and for the residents of Bishop Gadsden.
Submissions are welcome from all residents and are used on a space-available basis.
Committee members:
Frances Porcher, Editor
Walt Ector
Katie Jayne
Kimberly Farfone, Managing Editor
Kent Freeman
Vince Lannie
Noel Ferguson
Suzanne Mersereau
Sallie Gough
Stephanie Ochipinti
Katharine Harms
Marilou Watts
View the Gab in color on-line at www.bishopgadsden.org/GAB.pdf
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