At
Lockwood
Of
June
2015
Burton
EQUAL HOUSING
OPPORTUNITY
We Love our
Residents!
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Do you enjoy the music of the fifties and sixties?
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Do you remember the Platters?
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Cal Roberts is a great entertainer that was a member of the Platters, and he
is coming back to Lockwood in hopes of getting you in the mood for summer.
Also while you are there, enjoy a refreshing summer drink!
Come to the Lobby on Friday June, 19th @ 2PM for an afternoon of fun!
The Platters were one of the top vocal groups of the fifties, delivering
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smooth,
stylized renditions of pop standards. Like the Ink Spots a decade earlier, they
were the most popular black group of their time, achieving success in a
crooning, middle-of-the-road style that put a soulful coat of uptown polish on
pop-oriented, harmony-rich material. Their lengthy string of hits began in
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1955 with “Only You” and continued until the end of the decade, including
four singles that reached number one .
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“The Great Pretender,” “My Prayer,” “Twilight Time” and “Smoke Gets in
Your Eyes.” The secret of the Platters’ success had to do with their choice of
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material: adult ballads and standards that predated the rock and roll era and
delivered with crisp, impeccable harmonies framed by string-laden arrangements. Much of the credit is due to Buck Ram, the group’s producer, manager
and guiding light, who had worked with acts like the Ink Spots in the Forties.
Movie Theater Trip
The Lockwood bus will be going to the theater and to a restaurant for lunch.
Please sign up in the book in the lobby and you will be contacted on the time
and the movie that will be showing. The day is June 22nd.
The trip to Meijer on Thursday June 18th will be cancelled
Sorry for inconvenience's this has caused.
Sam’s Club
Come to the game room on Wednesday June 3rd. at 10:30 am so that you can
try some samples of food that the Sam’s club has to offer. There you will learn all
about how the club works and special offers too. Hope you will attend.
ORIGIN OF FATHERS DAY
The campaign to celebrate the nation’s fathers did not meet with the same enthusiasm–perhaps because, as one florist explained, “fathers haven’t the same sentimental appeal that mothers have.” On July 5, 1908, a West Virginia church sponsored
the nation’s first event explicitly in honor of fathers, a Sunday sermon in memory of the 362 men who had died in the previous
December’s explosions at the Fairmont Coal Company mines in Monongah, but it was a one-time commemoration and not an
annual holiday. The next year, a Spokane,Washington woman named Sonora Smart Dodd, one of six children raised by a widower, tried to establish an official equivalent to Mother’s Day for male parents. She went to local churches, the YMCA, shopkeepers and government officials to drum up support for her idea, and she was successful: Washington State celebrated the nation’s
first statewide Father’s Day on July 19, 1910. Slowly, the holiday spread. In 1916, President Wilson honored the day by using
telegraph signals to unfurl a flag in Spokane when he pressed a button in Washington, D.C.In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge urged state governments to observe Father’s Day. However, many men continued to disdain the day. As one historian
writes, they “scoffed at the holiday’s sentimental attempts to domesticate manliness with flowers and gift-giving, or they derided the proliferation of such holidays as a commercial gimmick to sell more products–often paid for by the father himself.”
Motor City: Here we come again...
The next casino trip will be on Monday July 13th and will be leaving at 8:30 am. The Bus trip
will be going to Motor City by popular request. Everyone enjoyed the trip. If you want to go
you will need to pay by July 6th and the cost is 25.00 . However you will get that money back
in game play You are welcome to invite your friends and family.
Please pay Cindy in the office . Thank You!
A note from the Dining Room
Please remember to return your dishes back to the dining room after your deliveries. Thank
You!
Resident Meeting
The resident meeting will be on Tuesday June 16th at 1:30 pm in the Dining Room.
No Bingo this day. Sorry for the inconvenience
Lite Aerobics
The lite aerobics class will be cancelled until further notice.
The month of June comes from the Roman, or Julian, calendar. June was initially
named Iunius. The name either comes from the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter, or from the word "iuniores", the Latin word for "younger ones". In the early
Roman calendar June only had 29 days. It was Julius Caesar who added the additional day giving June 30 days.
Honoring all Fathers
With a Trip to Outdoor Adventures
Come ride the Lockwood bus, on Friday June 12th, 2015 @ 11:00 am.
We will be going to Outdoor Adventures in Davison for a cookout and some fishing and also miniature golf if you would like. You will be able to get some ice cream in addition to the
cookout as well. This outing is limited to nine people, and of course all women are also
welcome to come and enjoy the great outdoors. It’s a fun afternoon to just relax and enjoy
the fellowship and fresh air. So please sign up in the book located in the Lobby on the first
floor, if you plan to attend this trip.
Genesee Valley Mall
On Friday June 26th @ 1:00 pm the Lockwood bus will be heading to the
Genesee valley Mall, so you will be able to shop at the stores there or maybe you would
like to get a bite to eat at the food court inside the mall. If this is something you think that
you would like to do, please sign up in the book. Thank you!
Out To Lunch Bunch
Are you ready for a good time with your Lockwood friends and some great food? A time
that is enjoyed by everyone? Then come along with the “Out to lunch Bunch” . This month
we will be venturing out to Cracker Barrel in Flint. You need to sign up in the book as
seating is limited. June 15th @ 11:00 AM
Longway Planetarium
The Longway Planetarium has reopened from the new renovations . And here is your
chance to come see a great show and all of the new technology offered at the planetarium. The bus will be leaving on Monday June 15th at 1:15 pm. The cost is 4.00 dollars for
seniors.
As always please sign up in the book as bus seating is limited.