JH Mazy
Town of Chino Valley
Senior Center
November 2015
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1021 Butterfield Rd.
Chino Valley, AZ 86323
Inside this issue:
National Sandwich Day
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Monthly Recipe
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Thanksgiving Humor
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Sudoku
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Thanksgiving Facts
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Word Search
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What Happened in
November?
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Veteran’s Day Luncheon
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Ice Cream Social
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High Desert Artists Arts
and Craft Show
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Sudoku Answer
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Facts about November
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Daily Events
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History of Veterans Day
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History of Veterans
Day—continued
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Thanksgiving Luncheon
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Answer to Word Search
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First Thanksgiving Meal
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Senior Pedicure Service
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November Birthday Lunch
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Garden Café Lunch Menu
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concentration
 Excess thirst
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 Increased
 Weight
hunger
loss
 Tiredness
A
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numbness in the hands or
feet
 Slow-healing
wounds
 Vomiting
and stomach pain
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If you show these signs and symptoms, consult a health professional.
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NATIONAL SANDWICH DAY
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Celebrate of one of America's favorite foods: the sandwich! It is no coincidence
that November 3 is also the birthday of John Montagu, the fourth Earl of
Sandwich. This 18th century English noble wanted to eat his meal with one
hand during a 24-hour gambling event, so he instructed his servants to serve
him his lunchmeat between two slices of bread. To commemorate the birth of
the world's first sandwich-maker, November 3 is now National Sandwich Day!
What's the most popular sandwich in
America? Why, the hamburger, of course!
Chicken sandwiches are a close second.
Buy your favorite sandwich at a local deli
or make your own at home to celebrate
National Sandwich Day!
Recipe of the Month
Garden Café Zucchini Bread
INGREDIENTS:
 3 eggs
 2 cups sugar
 1 cup vegetable oil
 1 teaspoon vanilla
 2 cups coarsely grated zucchini (loosely
packed)
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2 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
DIRECTIONS:
1) Preheat oven to 350°F.
2) In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat 3 eggs until frothy.
Gradually add 2 cups sugar. Stir in 1 cup vegetable oil and 1
teaspoon of vanilla. Beat until thick and lemon colored. Stir in
zucchini.
3) In a medium bowl, whisk together to combine 2 cups flour, 1
teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon
baking powder and 1 teaspoon salt. Stir dry mixture into wet
mixture, stirring to combine. Add chopped walnuts or pecans, if
desired.
4) Spray two bread loaf pans (approximately (8"x4"x3") with Baker's Joy, or grease and flour to prevent
sticking. Pour batter into pans and level off with the back of a spoon.
5) Bake for approximately 1 hour or until done.
6) Allow loaves to cool in pan for 10 minutes, then run a knife along the sides to loosen bread and
remove from pans. Cool on wire rack. Brush tops of loaf with melted butter while still warm.
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It’s the day before Thanksgiving, and the butcher is just locking up
when a man begins pounding on the front door.
‘Please let me in’ says the man desperately. ‘I forgot to buy a turkey,
and my wife will kill me if I don’t come home with one.’
‘Okay’ says the butcher. ‘Let me see what I have left.’ He goes into
the freezer and discovers that there’s one last scrawny turkey left.
He brings it out to show the man.
‘That one is too skinny. What else do you got?’ says the man.
The butcher takes the bird back into the freezer and waits a few
minutes and brings the same turkey back out to the man.
Sudoku
‘Oh, no,’ say the man, ‘Than one doesn’t look any better. You better
give me both of them!’
Answer on Page 8
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THANKSGIVING FACTS
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 Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird of the United States.
 Abraham Lincoln issued a 'Thanksgiving Proclamation' on third October 1863 and officially
set aside the last Thursday of November as the national day for Thanksgiving.
 The annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade tradition began in the 1920's.
 In 1939, President Roosevelt proclaimed that Thanksgiving would take place on
November 23rd, not November 30th, as a way to spur economic growth and extend the
Christmas shopping season.
 Congress to passed a law on December 26, 1941, ensuring that all Americans would
celebrate a unified Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November every year.
 Since 1947, the National Turkey Federation has presented a live turkey and two dressed
turkeys to the President. The President does not eat the live turkey. He "pardons" it and
allows it to live out its days on a historical farm.
Fun Facts about Thanksgiving Today
 In the US, about 280 million turkeys are sold for the Thanksgiving celebrations.
 Each year, the average American eats somewhere between 16 - 18 pounds of turkey.
 Californians are the largest consumers of turkey in the United States.
 Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States.
 Although, Thanksgiving is widely considered an American holiday, it is also celebrated on
the second Monday in October in Canada.
 Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States, where it is the beginning
of the traditional Christmas shopping season.
Fun Turkey Facts
 The average weight of a turkey purchased at Thanksgiving is 15 pounds.
 The heaviest turkey ever raised was 86 pounds, about the size of a large dog.
 A 15 pound turkey usually has about 70 percent white meat and 30 percent dark meat.
 The five most popular ways to serve leftover turkey is as a sandwich, in stew, chili or soup,
casseroles and as a burger.
 Turkey has more protein than chicken or beef.
 Turkeys will have 3,500 feathers at maturity.
 Male turkeys gobble. Hens do not. They make a clucking
noise.
 Commercially raised turkeys cannot fly.
 Turkeys have heart attacks. The United States Air Force
was doing test runs and breaking the sound barrier.
Nearby turkeys dropped dead with heart attacks.
 A large group of turkeys is called a flock.
 Turkeys have poor night vision.
 It takes 75-80 pounds of feed to raise a 30 pound tom turkey.
 A 16-week-old turkey is called a fryer. A five to seven month old turkey is called a young
roaster.
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Find and circle all of the words that are hidden in the grid.
The remaining 26 letters spell a popular Thanksgiving Day event.
Answer on Page 12
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What Happened in November?
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November 1, 1848 - The first medical school for women opened in Boston. The Boston Female Medical
School was founded by Samuel Gregory with just twelve students. In 1874, the school merged with the
Boston University School of Medicine, becoming one of the first co-ed medical schools
November 2, 1947 - The first and only flight of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" flying boat occurred in
Long Beach Harbor, California. It flew about a mile at an altitude of 70 feet. Costing $25 million, the 200-ton
plywood eight-engine Hercules was the world's largest airplane, designed, built and flown by Hughes.
November 4, 1922 - King Tut's tomb was discovered at Luxor, Egypt, by British archaeologist Howard
Carter after several years of searching.
November 5, 1911 - Aviator C.P. Snow completed the first transcontinental flight across America, landing at
Pasadena, California. He had taken off from Sheepshead Bay, New York, on September 17th and flew a
distance of 3,417 miles.
November 6, 1860 - Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th U.S. President and the first Republican. He
received 180 of 303 possible electoral votes and 40 percent of the
November 9, 1989 - The Berlin Wall was opened up after standing for 28 years as a symbol of the Cold
War. The 27.9 mile wall had been constructed in 1961.
November 10, 1775 - The U.S. Marine Corps was established as part of the U.S. Navy. It became a
separate unit on July 11, 1789.
November 11, 1918 - At 5 a.m., in Marshal Foch's railway car in the Forest of Compiegne, the Armistice
between the Allied and Central Powers was signed, silencing the guns of World War I effective at 11 a.m. –
the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. In many places in Europe, a moment of silence in memory
of the millions of fallen soldiers is still observed.
November 12, 1867 - A major eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy began, lasting several months
November 14, 1994 - The first paying passengers traveled on the new rail service through the Channel
Tunnel linking England and France
November 17, 1800 - The U.S. Congress met for the first time in the new capital at Washington, D.C.
President John Adams then became the first occupant of the Executive Mansion, later renamed the White
House.
November 18, 1883 - A Connecticut school teacher, Charles F. Dowd, proposed a uniform time zone plan
for the U.S. consisting of four zones.
November 19, 1863 - President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address during ceremonies
dedicating 17 acres of the Gettysburg Battlefield as a National Cemetery. Famed orator Edward Everett of
Massachusetts preceded Lincoln and spoke for two hours. Lincoln then delivered his address in less than
two minutes. Although many in attendance were at first unimpressed, Lincoln's words have come to
symbolize the definition of democracy itself.
November 22, 1963 - At 12:30 p.m., on Elm Street in downtown Dallas, President John F. Kennedy's
motorcade slowly approached a triple underpass. Shots rang out. The President was struck in the back,
then in the head. He was rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital where fifteen doctors tried to save him. At 1
p.m., John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, was pronounced dead. On board Air
Force One, at 2:38 p.m., Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President.
November 24, 1874 - Joseph Glidden patented his invention of barbed wire
November 26, 1789 - The first American holiday occurred, proclaimed by President George Washington to
be Thanksgiving Day, a day of prayer and public thanksgiving in gratitude for the successful establishment
of the new American republic.
November 29, 1929 - American explorer Richard Byrd and Bernt Balchen completed the first airplane flight
to the South Pole
November 30, 1782 - A provisional peace treaty was signed between Great Britain and the United States
heralding the end of America's War of Independence. The final treaty was signed in Paris on September 3,
1783. It declared the U.S. "...to be free, sovereign and independent states..." and that the British Crown
"...relinquishes all claims to the government, propriety and territorial rights of the same, and every part
thereof."
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Puzzle on Page 3
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Answer
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Basic Facts
November comes from the Latin word novem which means nine. It was originally the ninth month of the
year in the Roman calendar which began with March. When January and February were added to the
Roman calendar, November became the eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar. November is one of the
four months that has thirty days.
Birthstones
Topaz is one of the birthstones for November. Topaz can be found in many colors, but it is the orange topaz
that is the traditional birthstone for November. Topaz is a symbol of friendship.
Citrine is also a November birthstone. Citrine is actually quartz crystal and is yellow to orange in color. It is
often mistaken for the orange-yellow topaz which is the more expensive of the two birthstones.
Flower
The flower for the month of November is the chrysanthemum. The word chrysanthemum comes from the
Greek words chrys and anthemum. Chrys means golden (the original color of the chrysanthemum) and
anthemum means flower.
The symbols of the chrysanthemum are optimism and joy.
Astrological Signs
Scorpio and Sagittarius are the astrological signs for November. Birthdays from
November 1st through the 21st fall under the Scorpio sign. November 22nd through
November 30th birthdays fall under the sign of Sagittarius.
Daily Events
Every MONDAY
12:30 PM -Cards and Games
Every TUESDAY
Interesting things to do
at the Senior Center!
First & Third TUESDAYS
10 AM— 12 PM—Free Blood Pressure Clinic
1 PM—Knitting & Crocheting
8 AM– Walking Club
10 AM—Grief and Loss Group
Second TUESDAY
Every WEDNESDAY
First & Third WEDNESDAY
9 AM—Horseshoes
12:30 PM—Pinochle
3 PM—Line Dancing
6 PM— Elks
Every THURSDAY
8 AM—Walking Club
1 PM-Painting Class
9 AM—Advisory Board Meeting
Fourth WEDNESDAY
12 PM—Shopping Trip
First FRIDAY
8:30 AM—Senior Pedicure Service
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World War I – known at the time as “The
Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty
of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919,
in the Palace of Versailles outside the town
of Versailles, France. However, fighting
ceased seven months earlier when an
armistice, or temporary cessation of
hostilities, between the Allied nations and
Germany went into effect on the eleventh
hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh
month. For that reason, November 11, 1918,
is generally regarded as the end of “the war
to end all wars.”
In November 1919, President Wilson
proclaimed November 11 as the first
commemoration of Armistice Day with the
following words: "To us in America, the
reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with
solemn pride in the heroism of those who
died in the country’s service and with
gratitude for the victory, both because of the
thing from which it has freed us and because
of the opportunity it has given America to
show her sympathy with peace and justice in
the councils of the nations…"
The original concept for the celebration
was for a day observed with parades and
public meetings and a brief suspension of
business beginning at 11:00 a.m.
The United States Congress officially
recognized the end of World War I when it
passed a concurrent resolution on June 4,
1926, with these words:
"Whereas the 11th of November 1918,
marked the cessation of the most destructive,
sanguinary, and far reaching war in human
annals and the resumption by the people of the
United States of peaceful relations with other
nations, which we hope may never again be
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severed, and
Whereas it is fitting that the recurring
anniversary of this date should be
commemorated with thanksgiving and prayer
and exercises designed to perpetuate peace
through good will and mutual understanding
between nations; and
Whereas the legislatures of twenty-seven
of our States have already declared November
11 to be a legal holiday: Therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate (the House of
Representatives concurring), that the President
of the United States is requested to issue a
proclamation calling upon the officials to
display the flag of the United States on all
Government buildings on November 11 and
inviting the people of the United States to
observe the day in schools and churches, or
other suitable places, with appropriate
ceremonies of friendly relations with all other
peoples.
An Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, Sec.
87a) approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th
of November in each year a legal holiday—a
day to be dedicated to the cause of world
peace and to be thereafter celebrated and
known as "Armistice Day." Armistice Day
was primarily a day set aside to honor
veterans of World War I, but in 1954, after
World War II had required the greatest
mobilization of soldiers, sailors, Marines and
airmen in the Nation’s history; after
American forces had fought aggression in
Korea, the 83rd Congress, at the urging of
the veterans service organizations, amended
the Act of 1938 by striking out the word
"Armistice" and inserting in its place the
word "Veterans." With the approval of this
legislation (Public Law 380) on June 1, 1954,
November 11th became a day to honor
American veterans of all wars.
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Later that same year, on October 8th,
President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued the
first "Veterans Day Proclamation" which
stated: "In order to insure proper and
widespread observance of this anniversary,
all veterans, all veterans' organizations, and
the entire citizenry will wish to join hands in
the common purpose. Toward this end, I am
designating the Administrator of Veterans'
Affairs as Chairman of a Veterans Day
National Committee, which shall include
such other persons as the Chairman may
select, and which will coordinate at the
national level necessary planning for the
observance. I am also requesting the heads
of all departments and agencies of the
Executive branch of the Government to
assist the National Committee in every way
possible."
On that same day, President Eisenhower
sent a letter to the Honorable Harvey V.
Higley, Administrator of Veterans' Affairs
(VA), designating him as Chairman of the
Veterans Day National Committee.
In 1958, the White House advised VA's
General Counsel that the 1954 designation
of the VA Administrator as Chairman of the
Veterans Day National Committee applied to
all subsequent VA Administrators. Since
March 1989 when VA was elevated to a
cabinet level department, the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs has served as the
committee's chairman.
was thought that these extended weekends
would encourage travel, recreational and
cultural activities and stimulate greater
industrial and commercial production. Many
states did not agree with this decision and
continued to celebrate the holidays on their
original dates.
The first Veterans Day under the new law
was observed with much confusion on
October 25, 1971. It was quite apparent that
the commemoration of this day was a matter
of historic and patriotic significance to a
great number of our citizens, and so on
September 20th, 1975, President Gerald R.
Ford signed Public Law 94-97 (89 Stat.
479), which returned the annual observance
of Veterans Day to its original date of
November 11, beginning in 1978. This
action supported the desires of the
overwhelming majority of state legislatures,
all major veterans’ service organizations and
the American people.
Veterans Day continues to be observed
on November 11, regardless of what day of
the week on which it falls. The restoration of
the observance of Veterans Day to
November 11 not only preserves the
historical significance of the date, but helps
focus attention on the important purpose of
Veterans Day: A celebration to honor
America's veterans for their patriotism, love
of country, and willingness to serve and
sacrifice for the common good.
The Uniform Holiday Bill (Public Law 90363 (82 Stat. 250)) was signed on June 28,
1968, and was intended to ensure three-day
weekends for Federal employees by
celebrating four national holidays on
Mondays: Washington's Birthday, Memorial
Day, Veterans Day, and Columbus Day. It
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Answer to
Word Search
Puzzle on Page 4
The hidden message is:
MACY’S THANKSGIVING
DAY PARADE
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FIRST THANKSGIVING MEAL
For many Americans, the Thanksgiving meal
includes seasonal dishes such as roast turkey with
stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and
pumpkin pie. The holiday feast dates back to
November 1621, when the newly arrived Pilgrims
and the Wampanoag Indians gathered at Plymouth
for an autumn harvest celebration, an event regarded
as America’s “first Thanksgiving.” But what was really
on the menu at the famous banquet, and which of
today’s time-honored favorites didn’t earn a place at
the table until later in the holiday’s 400-year history?
Turkey
While no records exist of the exact bill of fare, the
Pilgrim chronicler Edward Winslow noted in his
journal that the colony’s governor, William Bradford,
sent four men on a “fowling” mission in preparation
for the three-day event. Wild—but not domestic—
turkey was indeed plentiful in the region and a
common food source for both English settlers and
Native Americans. But it is just as likely that the
fowling party returned with other birds we know the
colonists regularly consumed, such as ducks, geese
and swans. Instead of bread-based stuffing, herbs,
onions or nuts might have been added to the birds
for extra flavor.
Turkey or no turkey, the first Thanksgiving’s
attendees almost certainly got their fill of meat.
Winslow wrote that the Wampanoag guests arrived
with an offering of five deer. Culinary historians
speculate that the deer was roasted on a spit over a
smoldering fire and that the colonists might have
used some of the venison to whip up a hearty stew.
Fruits and Vegetables
The 1621 Thanksgiving celebration marked the
Pilgrims’ first autumn harvest, so it is likely that the
colonists feasted on the bounty they had reaped with
the help of their Native American neighbors. Local
vegetables that likely appeared on the table include
onions, beans, lettuce, spinach, cabbage, carrots
and perhaps peas. Corn, which records show was
plentiful at the first harvest, might also have been
served, but not in the way most people enjoy it now.
In those days, the corn would have been removed
from the cob and turned into cornmeal, which was
then boiled and pounded into a thick corn mush or
porridge that was occasionally sweetened with
molasses.
Fruits indigenous to the region included
blueberries,
plums,
grapes,
gooseberries,
raspberries and, of course cranberries, which Native
Americans ate and used as a natural dye. The
Pilgrims might have been familiar with cranberries by
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the first Thanksgiving, but they wouldn’t have made
sauces and relishes with the tart orbs. That’s
because the sacks of sugar that traveled across the
Atlantic on the Mayflower were nearly or fully
depleted by November 1621. Cooks didn’t begin
boiling cranberries with sugar and using the mixture
as an accompaniment for meats until about 50 years
later.
Fish and Shellfish
Culinary historians believe that much of the
Thanksgiving meal consisted of seafood, which is
often absent from today’s menus. Mussels in
particular were abundant in New England and could
be easily harvested because they clung to rocks
along the shoreline. The colonists occasionally
served mussels with curds, a dairy product with a
similar consistency to cottage cheese. Lobster, bass,
clams and oysters might also have been part of the
feast.
Potatoes
Whether mashed or roasted, white or sweet,
potatoes had no place at the first Thanksgiving. After
encountering it in its native South America, the
Spanish began introducing the potato to Europeans
around 1570. But by the time the Pilgrims boarded
the Mayflower, the tuber had neither doubled back to
North America nor become popular enough with the
English to hitch a ride. New England’s native
inhabitants are known to have eaten other plant roots
such as Indian turnips and groundnuts, which they
may or may not have brought to the party.
Pumpkin Pie
Both the Pilgrims and members of the Wampanoag
tribe ate pumpkins and other squashes indigenous to
New England—possibly even during the harvest
festival—but the fledgling colony lacked the butter
and wheat flour necessary for making pie crust.
Moreover, settlers hadn’t yet constructed an oven
for baking. According to some accounts, early
English settlers in North America improvised by
hollowing out pumpkins, filling the shells with milk,
honey and spices to make a custard, then roasting
the gourds whole in hot ashes.
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