The flower gardens are beautiful with Iris and many other spring flowers in bloom.
Mary's vegetable garden is looking good as well.
Birthday best wishes go out to Betty Chamberlain celebrating a birthday May 24th: Georgia Pepper on the 26th; Doris Havens who will be celebrating her 91st birthday on May 31. Happy birthday ladies!
Sincere sympathy from all her friends here at Hillcrest to Jean Randall in the loss of her sister Janice Wrisley.
Pastor Richard Noggle had the Sunday night service this week with a message from Acts Chapter 1 verses 2 to 11 "Ascension of Jesus to Heaven" and the promise of His return some day in the future. Shirley Young played the piano.
After the service a time of fellowship and snacks of cookies, brownies, popcorn, and punch for the Pastor because he is leaving Troy in about four weeks. We have enjoyed having him to fill in on Sunday nights and he will be missed by many.
We here at Hillcrest wish him well at his partial retirement in his home area. Thank you pastor.
May 18th was a program by the Canton Music Club featuring Geraldine Thomas with her guitar and many of her songs she has written.
Residents and families are reminded of the pot luck dinner this Saturday, May 23 at 12 noon.
With Memorial Day coming up I thought I would write about Memorial Day in the past.
Back when I was in grade school there would be a speaker and program at the Granville Center Church of Christ and the school kids would be given bouquets of flowers to be placed on the soldiers' graves. We would march up the road to the cemetery where we placed the flowers on the graves marked with brand new flags. It seems to me that we were sometimes led by a band, but I can't seem to remember if it was the high school band or a local group led by Leon Evans and often there would be show or some kind of minstrel at the opera house. Now long gone.