November
2008
118 Alamance Road, Burlington, NC 27215 Phone: 336-227-2328 Fax: 336-227-2329
VOL. 11 ISS. 9
Celebrating
November
Aviation History Month
Native American Heritage Month
Inspirational Role Models Month
Georgia Pecan Month
Fig Week
November 1-7
Sadie Hawkins Day November 1
Daylight Savings Time ends;
Zero-Tasking Day
November 2
Cliché Day
November 3
Election Day (U.S.) November 4
Veterans Day (U.S.) November 11
Remembrance Day November 11
Thanksgiving Day November 27
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The Evolution of Flight
November marks Aviation History Month and the
anniversary of the world’s first human passenger flight in
1783. Experiments with flight and the invention of
ingenious machines to achieve it are documented from
around 400 B.C., and reports of flights with unmanned hot
air balloons date back to 220 A.D. China.
However, it was not until French brothers and papermakers
Joseph Michel Montgolfier and Jacques Etienne
Montgolfier created their hot air balloon powered by
“Montgolfier gas” (the “force” they saw making sparks rise
in a fireplace) that a flight machine successfully carried a
person. Though the brothers were not scientists, they were
highly educated and interested in flight. They read the
work of English scientist Joseph Priestly, who discovered
oxygen in 1774 and wrote papers on the properties of air.
In one of their first experiments, the brothers made a small
bag out of silk and lit a fire under the opening at the bottom,
causing it to rise. At the time, they did not realized their
balloon rose because the heated air inside was lighter than
the surrounding air. Hot air balloon travel later became
known as “lighter-than-air” flight.
The brothers’ first giant balloon, made of a paper-lined
linen bag 38 feet in diameter, launched in June 1783. It
rose to 6,000 feet over Paris and traveled over a mile before
landing. Their second launch in September that year
carried a sheep, rooster, and duck. It crashed to the ground
after 15 minutes in the air. Their third balloon carried
human passengers Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis
d’Arlandes. It launched over Paris on November 21, 1783
and flew five miles in its 25-minute trip. This first manned
flight paved the way for the entire future of world aviation
and space travel.
Sources: Aeronautics Learning Laboratory; eBalloon.org; U.S. Gov’t
Printing Office
November 2008
Speaking of Flying…Remember
the Nun?
The month of November, besides being Aviation
History Month, marks the birthdays of two
actresses who starred in the popular sitcom The
Flying Nun (1967-70). Sally Field, who played
the starring role of the young, flying Sister
Bertrille, was born on November 6, 1946 in
Pasadena, California. Canadian actress Madeline
Sherwood, who played the Reverend Mother,
celebrates her 86th birthday on November 13.
The Flying Nun was about a young surfer girl
named Elsie who became a nun and lived in a
convent in San Juan, Puerto Rico (but all filming
took place in Hollywood). Sister Bertrille, as
Elsie was renamed, weighed just 90 pounds and
discovered that her light weight, along with the
oddly shaped head gear that was part of her nun
habit, gave her the ability to fly. The flying nun
got herself into many humorous mishaps and had
to deal with the reaction of the convent’s strict and
conservative Reverend Mother Superior Placido.
The sitcom ran for three years and was a hit
among both adults and children. It was even
commended by real-life Catholic nuns for its
realistic portrayal of convent life. However,
critics thought the show was “corny.” The show
was Field’s second attempt at a lead television
humor role after the cancellation of Gidget, and
the two roles branded Field as a novice humorist,
hampering her efforts to land subsequent dramatic
roles for quite some time. Despite this and Field’s
ultimate acting success, The Flying Nun is one of
the roles for which Field is most remembered.
Name that “Flight” Tune!
Do you know your music? See if you can match
the following songs with a “flight” theme in
their titles to the popular artists who performed
them. (Hint: Two songs on the list were made
famous by the same singer.)
1) “Come Fly with Me”
2) “Rumors are Flying”
3) “Flight of the Bumblebee”
4) “Straighten Up & Fly Right”
5) “Jet Pilot”
6) “Flying High Together”
7) “Fly Me to the Moon”
8) “Leaving on a Jet Plane”
9) “Up, Up & Away” (In My Beautiful Balloon)
10) “Flying Home”
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
F)
G)
H)
I)
The Fifth Dimension
Lionel Hampton Jazz Orchestra
Frank Sinatra
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
The Nat King Cole Trio
John Denver / Peter, Paul & Mary
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Bob Dylan
The Andrews Sisters
Answers: 1) C; 2) I; 3) G; 4) E; 5) H; 6) D; 7)
C; 8) F; 9) A; 10) B
Sadie Hawkins Day
Created in the 1930s
by U.S. cartoonist Al
Capp in his comic strip
L’il Abner, Sadie
Hawkins Day
(celebrated the first
Saturday in November) is a day when women
everywhere get to be “forward” and ask the
man of their choice for a date, or just intiate
spending time with a male friend. So what are
you waiting for, ladies? Why should a comicstrip character have all the fun?
November 2008
Happy 80th Birthday, Mickey!
Iconic Walt Disney character
Mickey Mouse celebrates his
80th birthday this year on
November 18, the anniversary
of his animated cartoon debut.
On that date in 1928, the
squeaky mouse appeared on the
big screen in Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie,
which ran at the Colony Theatre in New York
City. Between then and 1995, Mickey Mouse
appeared in nearly 130 animated feature films.
According to the Disney web site, Mickey Mouse
is arguably the most famous Disney character of
all time. Despite this, he was not one of Walt
Disney’s original creations. Walt’s signature
character before Mickey was Oswald the Lucky
Rabbit – which Walt lost the rights to and could
no longer use. Walt worked with American
cartoonist and animator Ub Iwerks, whom he had
partnered with on the Oswald character, to create
Mickey Mouse. The rest, as they say, is history.
Mickey Mouse’s comic strip debut came less than
18 months after his first film appearance, and it
continued for 45 years. He was also the
inspiration for the famous variety show television
series The Mickey Mouse Club, which began in
1955 and ran all over the world. Through the
decades, the show featured continually changing
casts of children, performing comedy skits and
song and dance routines. Many cast members –
including Annette Funicello from the 50s and
Britney Spears from the 90s – went on to have
successful careers in music and acting.
With appearances all over the world – in film,
television, print, and on millions of merchandise
items – Mickey Mouse is happy today performing
the esteemed role of Chief Greeter at the Disney
theme parks worldwide.
We welcome the following new
staff members to our family!
Elizabeth Wright
Homeplace extends a warm
welcome to our new residents
Beulah Isley and Glen Shepard.
Please take the time to stop and
visit. Invite them to be your guest at
any upcoming activity.
SAFETY FIRST
Every month we do fire drills to make
sure we are prepared should an
emergency ever occur. These practice
drills are primarily for the staff but they
benefit residents and families too. If you
are ever in our building during one of the
drills, please participate and encourage
all residents to also follow the evacuation
plan. Remember—Don’t take alarms for
granted, you never know when a true
emergency is occurring. Be Prepared.
Thank you.
“I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a
soul remembering my good friends.”
William Shakespeare
November 2008
Save Time and Do Nothing
It’s the end of Daylight
Savings Time once again,
so make sure to turn your
U.S. and Canadian clocks
back one hour at 2:00 a.m.
on Sunday, November 2.
What will you do with that
extra hour? The proponents
of “Zero-Tasking Day” say you should do nothing
this year with your free hour – since doing nothing
is what recharges you to go back to that long list of
“somethings” for the rest of the year. Here are
some suggested “nothings” you might do this year:
1)
2)
3)
4)
Take a nap or meditate
Take a quiet stroll and listen for bird calls
Bask in a hot bath or shower
Enjoy a porch swing with a friend
Here’s hoping your “nothing” is really something!
Homeplace of Burlington
118 Alamance Road
Burlington, NC 27215
November Birthdays
If you give a project to a person born in
November, chances are you’ll be very pleased
with his/her results. People born this month
tend to be very focused and disciplined and
think analytically. They can also be very
emotional and have personalities with
hypnotizing qualities. Famous November
babies include:
Aleene Abee . . . . . . . . . . . November 17
Edith Anderson . . . . . . . . . November 30
Mary Cauthren . . . . . . . . . November 9
Effie Conally . . . . . . . . . . . November 14
Earl Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 30
Virginia Moore . . . . . . . . . November 13
Lucille Rich . . . . . . . . . . . . November 18
Charles Bronson . . . . . . . . November 3, 1921
Doris Roberts . . . . . . . . . . November 4, 1930
Loretta Swit . . . . . . . . . . . . November 4, 1937
Burgess Meredith . . . . . . . . November 16, 1907
Estelle Parsons . . . . . . . . . November 20, 1927
Marlo Thomas . . . . . . . . . November 21, 1937
Tina Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . November 26, 1939
Jimi Hendrix . . . . . . . . . . . November 27, 1942
Bruce Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 27, 1940
HAPPY NOVEMBER BIRTHDAY!
Postage
Information
November 2008
The Flu Season is Coming!! The Flu Season is Coming!!
There was a Flu Consent Form mailed with the statements last month. We will be
giving the shots on November 12th from 9 am—3 pm. If you have not returned your
form please do so immediately so we can be prepared. Additional forms are available at
the front desk
Could it be??
Minnie??
We had our own Minnie
Pearl along with The
Corn Pickers for a fun
filled country night of
entertainment in
October. There was
definitely a lot of
pickin’ and grinnin’
going on.