Aullwood Audubon Center invited members to an art exhibit at the education center last Sunday afternoon. It’s always a special treat to enjoy the late, great Marie Aull’s beautiful farms. Inside the Center guests enjoyed the fabulous flower paintings, the exhibits of native fauna, school children’s art  projects. Judy McCormick was accompanied by her three grandchildren from Colorado…”their Mother is ‘doing’ a four hundred-or-so-mile walk this week.” Outside every window was a phalanx of bird feeders and dozens of native birds ‘dining’ on various seeds. And, of course there was a large black salivating cat, and several squirrels waiting for their ‘chance’!
The gift shop had a large selection of bird feeders – claiming to be squir
rel-proof.  “I wonder whether any of these could possibly work in my back yard?” was the question.  “Not with our squirrels,” was the universal answer.  When the staff was asked about Marie Aull’s home the response was:  “Well, it’s closed…it’s under the control of the National Park Service now and it’s just rented out for weddings et al.” (Hawthorn Hill next?)

At the Oakwood Car Wash on Patterson the other day, two strangers chatted while waiting for their cars.  The gent wore a T-shirt saying ‘University of Dayton’ – which triggered a conversation.  “I’m Tom Kissel, AD of UD.”  Lots of ‘mutual friends’ were found – Ginny Whalen, Connie Breen, Jane Scharrer, Weezie McGinnis –          
all loyal friends of UD.

If you’re lonesome just go over to Dorothy Lane Market (in Oakwood) and you’ll find more friends than if attending a block-party. What was intended to be a five-minute shopping trip will go on long enough for you to forget what you came for! Paige Bartlett was a great gal to meet. After learning what her children were doing, and…Paige mentioned her recent trip to Antarctica.  “We began at Ushwia, Argentina on the Straights of the Beagle and then spent seven weeks circumnavigating Antarctica….it was a fabulous trip.”  

Dr. William G. Cassel had a birthday party on Monday. And it was impossible to lie about …which birthday?’ because the only guests invited had to be classmates from Longfellow Grade School, or Col. White Jr. High, or Fairview High School. Charles
Schommer, Phil Barnheiser, Roger Lynn, Charles DeArmond, Cy Laughter were in attendance. Jeanne Smith ‘qualified’ for the party but was ‘unable to come’.  Mary Briggs Schommer did go to Fairview  - but she was ‘younger’.

Three class pictures were found – taken on the front steps of Longfellow.  When they were taken to Kinko’s to be enlarged the answer was:  “…we can’t reproduce these because of the Copyright laws!”  “Come on!,” was the retort.  In the 1930’s these pictures were not copyrighted…they’d never hear the word!”  A gentleman behind the protestor followed her to the door and suggested several ways of ‘beating the game’.

Is it good for a makeup?. That was the question spouted by several Oakwood Rotarians who were in attendance at the Hospice of Dayton fundraiser a week ago Saturday night – among them were John Berthy with his daughter Erika, a University of Cincinnati student studying fashion design, Dick & Diane DeWall, Bill & Jackie Lockwood, Perry & Mimi Martin, Georgiana Nye, one of the sponsors, T.R. & Lisa Routsong, Michael & Anne Marie Vanderburgh, Dolores & Jack Wagner and Brenda Humfleet, who is president of the Hospice of Dayton Foundation, with her husband, Charles. The evening was perfectly coordinated with the highlight being a guest appearance by none other than Dayton’s own, actor Martin Sheen. Sheen’s gracious short speech gave much credit to Hospice, and gratitude for being invited as honored guest.

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