FLORHAM PARK SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB
NEWSLETTER
NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER - 2013
FLORHAM PARK SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB
Senior Citizens Center
111 Ridgedale Ave.
Florham Park, NJ 07932
Phone Numbers
Senior Center Main No. 973-520-8984
Senior Center Office
973-520-8983
Elective Officers
President:
Charlene Sozansky 973-822-3145 Treasurer: Russell White
Vice President: Vacant
Secretary: Angela Landon
973-377-0107
973-765-0022
President’s Message
Let’s hope this year we don’t have any weather surprises like Irene or Sandy so our fall foliage can be
displayed in all its glory here in Florham Park. We had a beautiful day for our picnic in September and the
sandwiches and entertainment helped make a very enjoyable get-together of our club members. Again, a big
THANK YOU to our Hospitality Chairs Eileen & Vinnie Cerrato and Supply Purchasers, JoAnne and Tom
O’Brien, our volunteers Joe & Zehra Boorujy, Bridget Grennan, Elsie Hajdics, Jean McGuirk, Claire Mindnich,
Ruth Moolin and Bob Nann; as well as the many members who supplied the great desserts, and the tasty ices
supplied by Charlie Germershausen.
Please note: The last regular meeting for this year will be November 13th. Our Holiday Luncheon will
be on Wednesday, December 11th (see sign-up sheet in this Newsletter). We currently have 42 people signed
up so we will have our own bus going to the Sacred Heart Cathedral trip on Thursday, December 19th
(note the date).
Enjoy your Thanksgiving, have a wonderful Christmas and Chanukah Season, and may you enjoy good
health and happiness in 2014. Please also remember to contribute to our Seniors Helping Seniors so we can
help them through the Holiday Season.
Sincerely,
Charlene
Standing Committees
Activities
Volunteers needed
Programs
Olga Petrilak
Hospitality
Eileen Cerrato – JoAnne O’Brien Co-Chair
Attendance
Rosalie Coll
Good & Welfare Rosalie Coll
Membership
Publicity
Newsletter
MCCoOPO
Past President
Marie Anzalone
Winifred Schurek
Philip Beischer
Marge Obremski
Dennis Callahan
Hospitality Committee
Tables 3 and 4 will be responsible for clean-up for November (there are no meetings in December).
Thank you tables 1 and 2.
We feel we must once again define the responsibilities of the committee and table members:
The Hospitality Committee will assume the following responsibilities:
1. Set up the room
2. Make the coffee and distribute to the tables
3. Distribute any refreshments available for the meeting
The assigned tables will only be responsible for the clean-up as follows:
1. Collect coffee carafes and creamers and table numbers
2. Use large containers to collect garbage from tables
3. Collect and return any items to the kitchen and store in area provided
4. Wash and dry creamers carafes, large urns and put them away
Once again these duties are not new and we will expect the cooperation that we have always had in the
past.
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Membership Committee
Name
Beane, Anita
Dolan, Michael
Dolan, Susan L.
Montalbano, Lillian
Palumba, Paula
Welcome New Members
Birthday
5/8
8/17
11/22
6/13
7/3
Address
8 James St., Florham Pk. NJ
250 Ridgedale Ave.-K3, Florham Pk. NJ
250 Ridgedale Ave.-K3, Florham Pk. NJ
9 Northern Ave., Florham Pk. NJ
8 Thayer Ct,, Florham Pk., NJ
Scarlatta, Joe
Scarlatta, Joan
Cocubinsky, Marian
12/12
11/8
Reinstate
1/9
87 Beachwood Rd., Florham Pk., NJ
87 Beachwood Rd., Florham Pk., NJ
101 Edgewood Dr., Florham Pk., NJ
Membership Committee
ATTENTION SENIORS
Your 2014 dues are payable Jan. 1, 2014. The dues are $10.00. Please make checks payable to
Florham Park Seniors and send before April 1 to:
Marie Anza lone
224 Brooklake Rd.
Florham Park, NJ 07932
IMPORTANT: Note that according to our Club By-laws any member who fails to pay their dues
by April 1, is classified as “delinquent” and will automatically be removed from the Membership List and
lose all privileges. A delinquent member will not receive the newsletter, or notices and will not be able to
attend trips, parties or other club sponsored activities. Currently a change to the By-laws is being
proposed to achieve reinstatement and states as follows: After April 1st an additional late fee of
$15.00 will be added to the $ 10 for that year’s membership.
for that year’s membership.
Sunshine
If anyone is aware of a member who is ill or in the hospital, please call Rosalie Coll at 973-822-0610.
Telephone Tree
The Telephone Tree is used primarily for notification of the death of a club member or the member’s
immediate family. This is done so that we can individually extend our condolences and attend local services.
We also call in the event of the cancellation of a meeting, or some type of emergency heat or cold situation.
Our Telephone Tree starts out with three people: Sis Badcock, Eileen Cerrato and myself; each of us
calls nine people; and each of those nine call approximately six others so that we cover our entire membership.
We are all volunteers doing a service for our members.
If you are not being called or do not want to be called, please let me know so you can be added or
removed from the list.
In case of the death of a club member or someone in the member’s immediate family, please call
Charlene Sozansky at 973-822-3145, or, if she is not available please advise Eileen Cerrato at 973-822-2296.
Thanks.
Charlene
MCCoOPO
The Morris County Craft Fair will be held on November 2nd at the Morris Health Care Center (formerly
Morris View) from 10 am until 4 pm.
Outreach Ambassadors for the Seeing Eye are available to present a program to our organization. Tours
of the Seeing Eye facility will begin in January 2014 on Monday and Thursday at 1 pm. Each applicant pays
$150 for their first dog and $50 for each subsequent dog. The actual cost per dog is approximately $60,000
over the dog's lifetime.
BINGO
Join us for Bingo at the Senior Center on Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m. on 11/12, 11/26, and 12/10.
Senior Exercise Class
The next 10-weeks of exercise classes will begin on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 thru Thurs. Mar. 20, 2014
for a fee of $10. Classes will be held two times per week: MONDAY from 1:00 to 1:30 p.m., and
THURSDAY, from 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. If you would like to attend, complete the sign-up sheet for this period
and either mail it to me with your check, or bring it completed with a check to the first class.
Thank you for your continued interest in this program.
Ruth Moolin
4 Cory Road
Florham Park, NJ 07932
973-822-2272
The Senior Foundation
The Senior Foundation has received a Fifteen Hundred Dollar donation from the TD Bank and a One
Thousand Dollar donation from an anonymous donor.
The Foundation is now in a better position to address the needs of the Senior Center.
In Memoriam
Let us take a few moments of reflection for the following members who have departed:
Robert Filler
Walter Malita
Alphonse Mirable
Joseph Pladis
Other Announcements
Programs at the Florham Park Library
Movie Night
The Florham Park Library will be showing movies on the last Tuesday of each month. Movies will
begin at 6:30 p.m. and end about 8:45 p.m.
Second Sunday Series at 2:00 p.m.
November 10th: History of the New Jersey Shore.
Have you ever wondered why there is an elephant-shaped building on the beach at Margate, a concrete ship
stuck in the sand off Cape May Point, a town named Love ladies , or Ship Bottom?
December 8th: Celtic Harp Holiday Program.
Back by popular demand, Aideen O’Donnell, a harpist and singer, will be at the library to celebrate the holiday
season.
Additional Programs
November 6th: Make Friends with Change.
Join us this Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m.for a presentation by local author and certified life coach Laurie
Leinwand.
November 12th: Homework; a Parent’s Survival Guide.
Do you and your child dread homework time? Join us on this Tuesday evening 7:00p.m.for some tips and
techniques for surviving the dreaded homework.
Senior Rides
Senior Rides offers free transportation service for senior citizens in the local area.
They also now assist seniors with meal deliveries, blood pressure checks by certified EMTs and
paramedics, and have volunteer crews to clean roof gutters, plow driveways, and shovel sidewalks.
For information call 973-747-4356 or email seniorrides@yahoo.com.
Florham Park Cub Scout Pack #2 Collection
Florham Park Cub Scout Pack #2 will be working with Navy for Moms 2013 Holiday Project to send
much needed items to our troops deployed overseas this holiday season. The Cub Scouts will be holding a
Collection Drive during October. They are reaching out to the local community to help Navy for Moms reach a
national goal of sending 8,000 care packages to our brave sailors and marines.
Collection bins will be located in the Florham Park Library, the Florham Park Senior Center and in
Briarwood & Brooklake Schools from October 7-28.
Florham Park Boro Website
For members with access to the Internet, you can go to the website http://www.florhamparkboro.net to
read the current news about our Borough and also sign up for the Newsletter which would be delivered to your
email and contains important upcoming events in Florham Park as well as a letter from the Mayor.
World War II and Korean War Veterans
A program called Honor Flight transports veterans of World War II and Korea free of charge to
Washington, DC to see the war memorials created in their honor. The program for New Jersey is run out of
Williamstown High School in South Jersey. This year a bus was chartered to transport North Jersey veterans
and guardians to Williamstown where they joined others on the Honor Flight Trip.
Judy Johnson of Budd Lake, NJ whose dad is a Navy man and whose husband and son are veterans is
working to try to reach as many veterans as possible so they have an opportunity to go to Washington. If you or
anyone in your family is interested, please contact her at 973-347-0321 or jdjohnson26@optonline.net.
A Call for Artists
Residents of Florham Park interested in forming an Art Association of professional and non-professional
artists please contact SANTO ROMANO at santoromanojr@gmail.com or (cell) 908-722-3456.
Free Shoes
Black and Beige SAS size 9 with laces. Call Sue at 973-377-2160.
SENIOR CALENDAR
Fri., Nov. 1
Movie Matinee. Advise and Consent (1962 138 minutes) with Henry Fonda, Charles
Laughton, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres,
Burgess Meredith and Paul Ford
Wed., Nov. 6
Executive Board Meeting
Fri., Nov. 8
Movie Matinee. Going My Way (1944 126 minutes) with Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald,
Jean Heather and Rise Stevens (7 Academy Awards including Best Picture)
Tue., Nov. 12
BINGO
Wed., Nov.13
Regular meeting at Community Center at 10:45 a.m. Meeting starts promptly at 11:15
a.m. Program –.Destination: Las Vegas your Musical Review starring Francine Evans
and Joel Zelnik.
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Fri., Nov. 15
Time - 10:00 a.m. at the Senior Center
Time - 1:00 p.m. at the Senior Center
Movie Matinee. The Bourne Legacy (2012 135 minutes) with Jeremy Renner, Rachel
Weisz, Edward Norton, Joan Allen and Albert Finney
Fri., Nov. 22
Movie Matinee. Doctor Zhivago (1965 200 minutes) 11:30am start with Omar Sharif,
Rod Steiger, Geraldine Chaplain, Julie Christie, Alec Guiness and Rita Tushingham (5
Academy Awards)
Fri., Nov. 29
Thanksgiving Weekend – Senior Center closed
Tue.,
Nov. 26
BINGO
Time - 1:00 p.m. at the Senior Center
Wed., Dec. 4
Executive Board Meeting
Time - 10:00 a.m. at the Senior Center
Fri., Dec. 6
Movie Matinee. The Major and the Minor (1942 101 minutes) with Ginger Rogers and
Ray Milland
Wed., Dec. 11
Holiday Luncheon at Hanover Manor
Program – Hanover Park Chamber Singers and a group called “Good Time Players”enjoy their assortment of “Oldies but Goodies” dating back to 30’s, 40’s, 50’s and on.
Fri., Dec.13
Movie Matinee. The Thin Man (1934 91 minutes) with William Powell, Myrna Loy and
Maureen O’Sullivan ( 5 Academy Award Nominations)
Thur., Dec. 19
Bus trip to Newark Sacred Heart Cathedral-Christmas Concert
Bus leaves Pool parking lot at 5:15 p.m. Returns approx.. 10:30 p.m.
Activity Leader – Nancy Zeliff
973-377-9415
Fri., Dec. 20
Movie Matinee. Christmas in Connecticut (1945 102 minutes with Barbara Stanwyck,
Dennis Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet)
Fri., Dec. 27
No Movie – Holiday Break
Activities
And Reservation Slips
Chairperson:
Volunteers needed
Note: All payments should be made by check payable to: Florham Park Seniors. Unless indicated
otherwise, refunds will be given only to those who cancel 24 hours prior to the activity date.
Guests needing assistance with walking, dining, or other personal needs must be accompanied by an able
companion who will assist them.
Key to amount of walking: w = walking, sw = some walking, nw = no walking
Please Note
The Florham Park Police Department has requested that all members who park at the Pool Parking Lot
while on bus trips provide the following information:
Name, Phone Number
Car Make, Model, License Plate No. and Color
Phone No. of person with spare key to your car in case of emergency.
Note: This is an optional request deemed necessary by the Police Department to facilitate auto
movement in the event of a civil emergency.
----------------------------------------Newark Sacred Heart Cathedral Christmas Trip (sw)
Thursday evening, December 19, 2013
Carol Sing has become one of the most significant Christmas concerts in Northern New Jersey. The ambiance
of candlelight and season décor, along with the Cathedral Choir, organ, brass, percussion and thousands of
participants, combine to create an event that truly must be experienced.
Please note there is no meal included, eat before departure. Seats are not reserved. For those members
unable to drive to the pool parking lot at night, please note this on your reservation as we hope to get some
volunteers for individual transportation. Bus will pick up at the Pool parking lot at 5:15 p.m. Return is
approximately 10:30 p.m.
Cost: Members: $10.00 Nonmembers: $35.00 Return this reservation slip with your name and full
payment to: Nancy Zeliff, 21 Pinch Brook Dr., Florham Park, NJ 07932
973-377-9415
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name(s)__________________________________________________Phone No.__________________
Car Make___________ Model___________ Color_______________ License Plate No. ____________
Phone No. of person with key to your car in case of emergency_________________________________
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Happy
Birthday
NOVEMBER
Ammirato
Dembroff
Desimile
Dolan
Galanti
Giasullo
Haemmerle
Haidri
Jakucionis
O'Brien
Scarlatta
Sigler
Sodano
Tuli
Virosco
Louis
Irma
Rita
Susan
Ann
Carmella
William
Shamima
Adel
Tom
Joan
Nancy
Bea
Om
Shirley
DECEMBER
11/19
11/10
11/10
11/22
11/25
11/24
11/9
11/28
11/05
11/12
11/8
11/3
11/9
11/1
11/24
Bauer
Bendick
Botticelli
Dellano
Dellano
Dickert
Eagan
Giordano
Gleichmann
Krehely
Lombardino
Love
McNerney
Newmann
Patrick
Powell
Reino
Ryan
Scarlatta
Sena, Jr.
Siegal
Spada
Zeien
Ronald
Michael
Mary
Ralph
Margaret
Alice
Dolores
Karen
Ted
Evelyn
Louisa
Robert
Patricia
Doris
Peggy
Natalie
Jerry
Gloria
Joe
Peter
Beatrice
Marjorie
Mary Jane
12/30
12/22
12/29
12/2
12/27
12/10
12/1
12/26
12/14
12/9
12/10
12/17
12/22
12/10
12/05
12/26
12/1
12/25
12/2
12/16
12/17
12/31
12/16
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FLORHAM PARK SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB
Holiday 2013 Luncheon
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Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Place: Hanover Manor, 16 Eagle Rock Ave., East Hanover, NJ
Doors open at 11:30 a. m.
Cocktail Hour – 11:30 a.m. – Cash Bar
Hanover Park Chamber Singers -12:30 p.m.
Luncheon- 1:00 p.m.
Entertainment until 3:30
Entrées: Roast Beef, Chicken Francaise or Broiled Salmon
Cost Members $12.00; Non-Members $32.00
Deadline for Reservations and Full Payment: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
If you want to be seated with friends, please include their names and food choices on this reservation form,
otherwise the committee will make your seating assignments.
Cancellations must be made by Wednesday, December 4, 2013. There will be no refunds after this date.
Holiday 2013 Luncheon Reservation Form
Make checks payable to: Florham Park Seniors
Mail to: Rosalie Coll
48 East Madison Ave.
Florham Park, NJ 07932
Please seat the following together (10 people per table).
Name
Entrée Choice
1. _____________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________________
5. _____________________________________________________________
6. _____________________________________________________________
7. _____________________________________________________________
8. _____________________________________________________________
9. _____________________________________________________________
10. ____________________________________________________________
FLORHAM PARK SENIOR EXERCISE CLASS
Taught by Florham Park resident and Jazzercise instructor, Stephanie Akers
The class will consist of light aerobic exercises and stretching to improve balance and fitness for Florham Park
residents who are aged 62 and older.
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WHEN: Mondays from 1:00-1:30 p.m. and Thursdays from 10:00-10:30 a.m.
WHERE: Florham Park Senior Center.
FEE: $10 per person (covers the 2 classes per week for 10 weeks – starting Jan. 6, 2014 thru Mar. 20, 2014.
Please make checks payable to “The Florham Park Senior Citizens Club”.
BRING: A rubber exercise band which is long and strong enough to fit under your feet and not break while
stretching. You are encouraged to bring a water bottle.
WHO: Classes are for senior citizens who are residents of Florham Park. Beginners are welcome!
HOW: Complete the form below and return with payment.
QUESTIONS: Contact Ruth Moolin – 973-822-2272 – 4 Cory Road, Florham Park
Name __________________________________________________________________
Street address_____________________________________________ Florham Park, NJ
Phone #_________________________
Emergency Contact Name: _________________________Phone # _________________
I agree that the Florham Park Senior Citizens Club, its officials and volunteers, or its exercise program and
instructor; the Florham Park Recreation Department, or its employees and volunteers; or the Borough of
Florham Park, or its elected or appointed officials, officers, employees, volunteers, or agents, will not be held
responsible for any accident or injury sustained by the named participant during the course of this program or
activity.
Signature of Participant ________________________________ Date _______________
Florham Park Senior Citizens
Borough of Florham Park
111 Ridgedale Ave.
Florham Park, NJ 07932