Recent social pictures confirm the fun!

South Jersey’s Social Club for Singles “50 and Up”
Check out our website: www.Fantastic50s.com
Recent social pictures confirm the fun!
Your new teams
Fall: Judy Winter, Sue Kelleher, Tony Williams, Karen
Miller, Charlie Graziano
Winter: Gary Tomar, Pete
Kra-sowski, Phil D’Amico,
Terry Conn, Teresa Gizzi
Spring: Deanna Kingkiner,
Hilda Sers, Joyce Beatrice,
Vikki Brisko, Harriet Shikes
Summer: Georgian Crusenberry, Loretta Krewson, Harriet Shikes, Betty Mckeown,
Joan Knisell
T e a ms C o o r d i n a t o r :
Linda Switzer
Photographer: Barb Snow
Operations: , Pete Gentili,
Georgian Crusenberry, Loretta Krewson, Tom Cusack,
Den Dimarco, Gerri Mornell,
Janet Kelleher, Don Nelson
Janet Kelleher prepared
this unusual pumpkin
cake for the October
social. As you might
expect, by the end of the
evening, not one slice
remained. Thanks Janet!
Based upon the detail of these glass flowers, Bruce from
Blended Eras Antiques estimated their value at about $1200 if
sold separately. Shirley Fasulo must have been ecstatic.
October pictures by Den
DiMarco
Treasurer’s report
Sorry
No report this month
Many thanks to our
gracious and selfless hosts
without whom there would
be no Fantastic 50s!
December Events
2-3
January & Beyond
3-4
Calendar
5
Joining/Renewal Info
6
Bruce illustrates and conveys the history
of one the more interesting-looking item
this evening. Bruce’s background is
extensive, his presentation involving and
his stories mesmerizing. Good show!
Top: You remember the Doublemint twins,
Bet and Carol, right? Lower left: Sue Kelleher
belts out a tune with her usual gusto. Mary
Neal is apparently no stranger to the Chiquita
Banana theme song. Photos by Karen Snow
Sunday
12/1
Pinochle
3-7 pm
Sicklerville
$2
Join us for a friendly night of
pinochle.
Call Pete G at
856.352.0551 to reserve a spot
and receive directions. Bring a snack to
share. Limit 14, Members Only.
Tuesday
12/3
Dance Party
6-10 pm
Glassboro
No Cover
New Location! Dance to the oldies
with Jack Peacock “live” at
PB’s Diner & Tap Room, 500
Delsea Drive N. (Greentree
Road). Host is Toni. Call her
at 856.340.5473 or email her at
[email protected]
Wednesday
12/4
Country Line Dancing
7-10 pm
Sewell
No Cover
Join your Fan 50 friends for some
Country Line Dancing with “Country
Jack Peacock” at Bogey’s
Club & Café, 501 Pitman
Road. Lessons 6-7 pm. $.50
wings, drink specials and a
special country menu. Free lessons 6-7
pm. Host is Toni 856.340.5473 or email
[email protected].
Friday
12/6
Dance Party
6-10 pm
Sewell
No Cover
Dance to the oldies with Jack
Peacock “live” at Seven Star
Diner, 1890 Hurfville Road.
Host is Toni 856.340.5473 or
email [email protected]
Friday
12/6
Pinochle
7 pm
Glassboro
$2
Join us for a friendly night of
pinochle.
Call Fred at
856.243.2550 to reserve a spot
and receive directions. Bring a snack to
share. Limit 20 Members only.
Saturday
12/7
Bird Walk
8 AM
Clayton
Free
With the trees bare, you can see the
birds better! Enjoy a leisurely,
early morning walk with
companionship of other nature
lovers who can answer your
many questions. Bring your binoculars
and/or super zoom camera, and dress for
the weather. Location is Scotland Run
Park Nature Center, 980 E Academy
Street, 08312. Register by calling Jill at
856.881.0845
or
email
at
[email protected]. To join a
7:30 AM Turnersville car pool, call Den
at 856.842.1790.
Saturday
12/7
Dance Party
7:30-11:30 pm
Sewell
No Cover
Dance to the oldies with Jack Peacock
“live” at Bogey’s Club & Café, 501
Pitman Road. Tables must be
reserved
in
advance
at
856.582.0160 or arrive early at
6:30 pm to get a seat at the bar.
Host is Toni 856.340.5473 or email
[email protected].
Wednesday
12/11
Canasta Club
6:30-9 pm
Mount Laurel
Free
New Time & Location!!
If you are a member of the Canasta
Club, join your group tonight at
the Mount Laurel Community
Center, 100 Walt Whitman
Ave. Only Fan 50 members who are
already members of the Canasta Club
may attend. We are not taking new
members at this time. Hosted by Dot
Crowe 856.608.1068 and Carol Barra
609.405.6906.
Wednesday
12/11
Country Line Dancing
7-10 pm
Sewell
No Cover
Join your Fan 50 friends for some
Country Line Dancing with “Country
Jack Peacock” at Bogey’s Club & Café,
501 Pitman Road. Lessons 6-7 pm. $.50
wings, drink specials and a
special country menu. Free
lessons 6-7 pm. Host is
Toni 856.340.5473 or email
[email protected].
Friday
12/13
Dance Party
6-10 pm
Sewell
No Cover
Dance to the oldies with Jack
Peacock “live” at Seven Star
Diner, 1890 Hurfville Road.
Host is Toni 856.340.5473 or
email [email protected]
Friday
12/13
Pinochle
7 pm
Audubon
$2
Join us for a friendly night of pinochle.
Call Grace M at 856.546.6192 to
reserve a spot and receive
directions. Bring a snack to
share. Limit 18, Members only.
Sunday
12/15
Tomasello Winery Fall Gala 2 pm
Hammonton
$75
Tomasello’s Holiday Gala is the
favorite of all us grown-up kids. While
there’s not much opera,
there are opera singers
doing their best to bring the
festive mood in a classical
spirit. December 15 is the
date we’ve chosen for the Fan 50’s
group. Please understand that the place
sells out quickly; therefore, it is
imperative that you call early to make
your reservation. We have a 12-seat
table reserved, but there are frequently
more gala fans from our group. We had
16 attend in October. Don’t forget to
bring your appetite. Fillet
Mignon or Tilapia are the
choices this time. Won’t you
join us? Call Lisa at
1.800.666.9463 to reserve
your place. Be sure to let her
know you are with the Fantastic 50’s
group so we may be seated together.
Payment of $75 may be made by check
or credit card. Host is Don Nelson
856.772.9270 or [email protected].
Tuesday
12/17
Dance Party
6-10 pm
Glassboro
No Cover
New Location! Dance to the oldies
with Jack Peacock “live” at
PB’s Diner & Tap Room, 500
Delsea Drive N. (Greentree
Road).
Host is Toni
856.340.5473
or
email
[email protected]
Wednesday
12/18
Meeting/Social
6 pm
Bellmawr $4 + buffet contribution
This month’s social will be our Holiday
Gift & Dance Night. Holiday and Oldies
music will be played by our favorite DJ,
Bruce Wolfrum and Rudolph will be
back with gifts to deliver to members
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but he wants you to earn them this year.
When you receive your name tag at
admittance, you will find a Holiday
sticker in the corner. The first member
to find another member with the
EXACT same sticker and show
Rudolph, both will receive a gift. You
can use your eagle eyes to guess “How
many candy canes in the Jar” for a
special 50’s gift and Rudolph will also
have a gift for the lucky member sitting
in the lucky seat at each table.
Rudolph is mighty generous this year!
So pull out your dancing shoes and join
in all the Holiday fun planned for all !
Everyone is encouraged to bring their
buffet contribution as requested by the
first letter of your last name from the list
below for 4-6 people so the buffet will
be balanced and enjoyable for all. A
sugar-free dessert will be available.
The Sunshine Club will be collecting
unwrapped gifts for “Family in Crisis”
again this year.
These
donations help to bring joy to
parents and children in need.
Handmade grave blankets will
be available for $15 that goes
to our treasury.
Doors open at 6 pm.
BYOB or
purchase $2 drinks from the bar. Soft
drinks are served free of charge. Don’t
forget we recycle ink cartridges,
costume jewelry and paperbacks. See
you then!
A-E Entrée
L-P Appetizer
F-K Dessert
Q-Z Salad
Thursday
12/19
Movie Night
Voorhees
$5
Join Hilda S and other Fan 50’s for a
movie at the Ritz Theater (AKA
Carmike) starting around 7 pm and join
us for a snack afterwards.
The
discounted tickets are $5. Call Hilda at
609.859.2084 to get information on the
movie and exact time.
Friday
12/20
Dance Party
6-10 pm
Sewell
No Cover
Dance to the oldies with Jack Peacock
“live” at Seven Star Diner, 1890
Hurfville Road.
Host is Toni
856.340.5473
or
email
[email protected]
08052, on or before December 2nd, so
we can reserve our tables together in the
hall. Any questions, contact Angie at
856.779.9257.
Friday
12/20
Pinochle
7 pm
Cherry Hill
$2
Join us for a night of pinochle . January 2014 and Beyond
Call Marie A at 856.751.8299 to
reserve a spot and receive Wednesday
1/1
directions. Bring a snack to share. Chinese Dinner
6 pm
Limit 18, Members only.
Cherry Hill
$22
Tradition! Tradition! It’s an annual
Friday
12/27 club tradition – New Year’s Day dinner
Dance Party
6-10 pm with Harriet and the Fan 50’s. Old
Sewell
No Cover Chinese proverb say “Chinese food on
Dance to the oldies with Jack
New Year’s Day promotes good health
Peacock “live”
and welfare for the rest of the year.”
at Seven Star
It’s an annual Club tradition – New
Diner,
1890
Year’s Day Chinese Dinner with
Hurfville Road. Host is Harriet!
Toni 856.340.5473 or
email [email protected]
As they say on TV, “The big story on
Action News” is that we have a new
Friday
12/27 location for the Annual New Year’s Day
Pinochle
7 pm Chinese Dinner. Unfortunately, the
Erial, NJ
$2 restaurant in Glassboro that hosted our
Join us for a friendly night of annual dinner in previous years is under
pinochle. Call Donna M at construction
and
not
available.
856.228.2345 to reserve a spot However, Harriet has selected a
and receive directions. Bring a snack to wonderful new site for this year’s
share. Limit 16, Members Only
annual dinner… Hong Kong Fusion,
located on Route 70 East, in Cherry
Tuesday
12/31 Hill.
New Year’s Eve Gala
8 pm-1 am
Maple Shade
$60 Harriet has personally dined there on
It is now time to confirm the 2013 New several occasions and reports that the
Year’s Eve Gala at the Knights of food is excellent (and somewhat
Columbus Hall, 636 N Fork Landing unique), the service and ambience are
Road in Maple Shade.
You may terrific, and the location is
remember for the past few years we very convenient.
This
have celebrated the Fan 50’s
excellently
appointed
Anniversary party at this
restaurant has a private dining
beautifully decorated hall.
room for our dinner! Check
The cost is $60.00 per
out the restaurant’s website at
person. They have not
www.HKFRestaurant.com for a peek at
raised their price again this
the dining room and location map.
year. There is a full buffet with a Look for the yellow balloons to mark
variety of delicious food that we the spot.
enjoyed the last nine years. You can
visit the buffet table and the bar as often There will be good food and plenty of it.
as you like. The open bar will include Wonton soup plus all you can eat from
beer, wine, all sorts of liquor and soda.
several appetizers and
Also, what makes the night really
entrees. The entire cost of
enjoyable is the DJ who is very
the
dinner
is
$22
accommodating to our requests. The
(including
tax
and
same DJ will be there to entertain us.
gratuity). BYOB if you
Doors open at 7:30 Please send your wish. To make your reservation, send a
personal check made out to the Knights
of Columbus, to Angie Santori, 22 N
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Lippincott Ave, Maple Shade, NJ
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Sunday
2/9/14
Sounds of Simon & Garfunkel 3 pm
Philadelphia
Enjoy the music of the Philly Pops with
conductor Michael Krajewski and the
POPS Festival Chorus. Simon and
Garfunkel mastered the folk rock genre
and captured our hearts with their
touching lyrics and intricate harmonies.
The acclaimed national touring duo of
AJ Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle
Friday
1/3/14 bring their heartfelt interpretations of
Pinochle
7-10 pm Simon and Garfunkel to the Philly Pops.
Voorhees, NJ
$2 Songs include “Bridge Over Troubled
Call Linda N at 856.795. Limit 16 Water,” “The Sound of Silence,” “The
Members Only.
Boxer,” and “America,” and here’s to
you, Mrs. Robinson. This event is for
Wednesday
1/15/14 season- ticket- holders only. Contact
Social
6 pm Betty G at 856.787.8611 for any seats
Belmawr
$6 that may be available from the ticketThe Winter Team is hosting the holders.
January Social, featuring a different
approach for food. Take the month off Friday
8/15/2014
from cooking for the Social and don’t Cruise to Bermuda
bring a food contribution. Instead, there Baltimore, MD
$731/$799
will be pizza, salad and some other Toni is hosting a 7-day cruise to
“picken’s” served that night, along with Bermuda on Royal Caribbean Cruise
soft drinks from the bar. Line –The Grandeur of the Seas.
If you like wine or beer Sailing date is August 15, 2014,
with your pizza, you can departing from Baltimore, MD. A
bring your own and get shuttle will be arranged for everyone.
setups from the bar. The Just $50 per person will hold your
bar also offers drinks for $2.00. The cabin.
After that, you can make
admission charge for January will be monthly payments. She is working with
$6.00 to help cover the food costs.
a travel agent that can set up a personal
The featured guest speaker is Tanya schedule for you to make it affordable.
McKeown, a Health Educator and a Even lower rates with cabins of three
graduate of the Richard Stockton and four people.
College of New Jersey, where she 7 Night Bermuda Cruise---Cabins:
obtained her Bachelor of Science in Interior: $731.00; Outside $799.00
Public Health. She has also been
awarded the national credential of Meeting/Social
Certified Health Education Specialist
(CHES). Tanya is employed by the 81 S. Lowell Ave.
Kennedy Health System in the
Bellmawr, NJ 08031
Community Wellness Program since
2000. She has been educating the
community on health and wellness From Route 295, take
topics, such as diabetes, fall prevention, exit 28 for State Hwy
168 S toward NJ Tpke/
and memory improvement since 1998.
Runnemede/ Bellmawr,
How Sharp is Your Memory?
Many of us have misplaced our keys, then Black Horse Pike
forgotten someone’s name. Such south a few blocks to a
memory lapses are often a normal part right on Browning Road,
of the aging process. Join us as we then left on S. Lowell.
discuss what memory changes occur
with age and tips for improvement.
Doors open at 6 pm.
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$10 check made out to “Fantastic 50’s”
to Harriet Shikes, 311 Knoll Drive,
Blackwood, NJ. 08012. At the dinner
your check will be returned to you and
$22 cash will be collected from you.
Harriet must receive your check by
December 26th. No refunds for noshows. If you have any questions, call
Harriet at 856.404.8156.
Prices are per person, based on doubleoccupancy, for cruise only on select
sailings and stateroom categories.
Government taxes/fees are additional.
(Single passengers traveling will be
found a roommate in our group to share
the cost of your stateroom. NO
AIRFARE! A shuttle will be arranged.
For information about the cruise please
contact Toni at 856.340.5473.
Payments
Unless otherwise noted, please send all
payments/bills to:
Fantastic 50s
c/o Loretta Krewson
237 S. Atlantic Ave. East, Unit B
Haddonfield, NJ 08033
Sell or Buy a Philly
Pops Ticket
Have a ticket but can’t
make a performance? Want
to go to a performance, but
don't have a ticket? Solve
both problems by calling
host, Betty G. at 856-787-8611. Our shows
are in February, March, April and May.
Deadline for December Newsletter:
Thursday, 11/21, is the deadline for
event info/articles to appear in the next
newsletter. Call Janet Kelleher at
856.608.1436 or email her at
[email protected]
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December 2013
Sun
1 Pinochle
8
Mon
2
9
Tue
3 Dance @
PB’s Diner
10
Wed
4 Country
Dance @
Bogeys
11 Canasta
Club
Thu
5
12
Country
Dance
Bogeys
15 Tomasello
Winery Opera
16
17 Dance @
PB’s Diner
18 Meeting/
Social
Fri
Sat
6 Dance @
7 Star
7 Bird Walk
Pinochle
Dance @
Bogeys
13 Dance @
7 Star
14
Pinochle
19 Movie
Night
20 Dance @
7 Star
21
Pinochle
22
23
24
25
26
27 Dance at
7 Star
Pinochle
27
28
29
30
31
Happy
New Year
26
Fantastic 50’s
521 Whitman Drive
Turnersville, NJ 08012
To join, or to renew your membership, send a check made payable to “Fantastic 50’s” for $20 and mail to Fantastic 50’s, 521
Whitman Drive, Turnersville, NJ 08012. Write Membership on the check and include your email address and phone number
so that we may update our membership records. If you’re a member of Fantastic 50’s, and you’d like to know when to renew,
check the address label on your newsletter. There you’ll see “Your membership expires mm/dd/yyyy” (where mm/dd/yyyy is
your date of expiration.) Renew a month before then!
Every month at our social,
you will find three collection
areas:
A Used Costume Jewelry Box - Tony
W will recycle jewelry into unique art
crafts for 50-50 drawings.
So, dig into those piles of paperbacks,
office trash cans, and overstuffed
jewelry boxes and jump on the Fan 50’s
“recycling wagon!” Our recycling
resolution is a “win-win.” You will find
a place for those items you just can’t
An Empty Ink Cartridge Bin— throw away, and help the group reduce
Cartridges will be recycled at Staples for expenses.
needed office supplies.
A Paperback Exchange Trunk -Bring
up to three paperbacks and take home
three almost new paperbacks (always an
even exchange).
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