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Chronicle
22nd Edition November 2019
HISTORY OF VETERANS DAY
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Soldiers from wars both old and new, march down city In America, the nation’s first unknown soldier was laid to
streets. Flags hang from homes, businesses, even car rest at Arlington National Cemetery on Armistice day 1921.
antennas. Ceremonies remember those who dutifully He was a casualty of The Great War. Since that first
serve their nation. Its Veterans Day or Remembrance Day memorial, other unknown soldiers from America’s wars
as it is known in much of the world, a time to remember have been interned in the tomb and it has become
veterans of the armed forces. tradition for the President or one of his representatives to
lay a wreath on the monument every November 11th.
It all began in a railroad car with a document to end the
wars that ended all wars. World War I, also known as The A resolution was passed in 1926 inviting all Americans to
Great War, shocked the global community with its remember Armistice Day and the soldiers who fought so
unprecedented toll in human life. Germany was running hard for peace. By 1938, the day was marked with so many
low on manpower and supplies so they agreed to sign an ceremonies and parades Congress made it a legal holiday .
armistice or truce in the French commander Ferdinand
Froch’s private railcar on the eleventh hour of the After World War II and the Korean War, Americans wanted
eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. All was quiet to open up the holiday to include not just World War I
on the western front. The fighting had ended. veterans but all who served in combat. In 1954, President
Dwight Eisenhower, a World War II vet himself, legally
Exactly one year later, President Woodrow Wilson decreed changed the U.S. Armistice Day to Veterans Day honoring
that Americans should observe a moment of silence at those who served in all American wars.
11:00 a.m. to remember the armistice and to embrace the
peace. In England and Canada, citizens wore paper Over the decades, the holiday has changed with the times.
poppies. Poppies have become a symbol of the armistice. Originally it was a call for world peace, then in the U.S. it
The poem “In Flander’s Field” described a one-time battle- became a day to remember war veterans. Today, Veterans
field. Day is set aside to honor not just those who served in war
but also those who have served their nation in peace.
Thursday art will be group
Resident Meeting events to make ornaments for
decorating the dining room
Monday, November 4th Christmas tree.
1:30 in the Dining Room
Don’t forget Sunday rosary!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Nov 2 @ 3:30 Art Show / 3:45 Sequoia Crosswhite - Native American Flute
@ 5:30 Potter Family Ladies Dinner Show
Nov 4 @ 1:30 Resident Meeting
@ 4:00 Archaeology of South Dakota Presentation
Nov 7 @ 3:30 Joyful Guys & Gals
Nov 11 @ 9:50 Veterans Gather for Classic Car Procession To The Parade
@ 1:15 Democracy Shrine Chorus Performs In Honor Of Our Vets
Nov 13 @ 10:30 Children’s String Concert
Nov 14 @ 1:00 Volunteer Opportunity - Fold Letters For A Non-Profit Group
Nov 17 Family photo opportunity!
Nov 19 @ 4:00 Wheel Of Fortune Happy Hour
Nov 21 @ 11:30 Birthday Bash With Stringbean & Sally
Nov 28th Traditional Thanksgiving Lunch Served From 11:00 to 1:00
If you want to invited family, please make reservations with Heather. Boxed
dinners will be available for residents to pick up from 5:00 to 6:00.
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Once again, our veterans will be a part of the Rapid City Veterans Day
Parade. The Counts Car Club will be here to pick them up at 10:00. Once
everyone is loaded, the procession will leave our back parking lot for the
meeting place downtown. Once they return from the parade, they will
have lunch and then the Democracy Shrine Chorus will honor them with
their musical talents.
Thank you to all of our veterans for your selfless service to our country.
You are our heroes!
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Come learn about South Dakota’s archaeological history.
Presentation by David Williams, Senior Archaeologist, for the
state of South Dakota.
Monday, November 4th @ 4:00
The Archaeological Research Center explores, preserves, and
exhibits the archaeological record of South Dakota's human
story for present and future generations.
Wheel Of Fortune Happy Hour
Tuesday, November 19th
@ 4:00
Come enjoy word puzzle fun, drinks and pub snacks
with your friends and neighbors.
November Ornament Thursdays
See Activities Bulletin Board For Examples or Pictures
November 7th
Volunteer Opportunity
RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) is
needing our assistance with folding their
quarterly newsletters in preparation for
mailing. This is your opportunity to help the
Rapid City community without leaving
home.
When: Thursday, November 14th @ 1:00
Where: Activities Room
Hope to see you there!
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Special Family Photo Offer
Mist & Moonlight Photography is offering family photos for our residents.
Photos will be available in time for Christmas cards.
Date: Sunday, November 17th
Time: Sessions are available from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Price: $55 for a 15 minute mini photo session
*Groups of 7 or larger need to schedule a regular photography session.
Includes: 1—8x10 photo with the electronic file and a print release giving you the rights to
that photo for future printing. See Heather for your appointment.
Barbara Downen, Esther Downen’s daughter, is the photographer and she is excited to
offer our community the convenience of a professional photo session without having to
leave home.
I love being a photographer. And I hope that love shows in every image. I love that I can
stop time, and document memories for my clients to keep forever and pass down from
generation to generation. I love to capture a couple's love and affection for each other on
their wedding day, paying attention to every little detail that they have worked so hard on to
create a magical day.
I believe it is important for everyone to be photographed.
For your family, for future generations, but mostly, for you. So that you can look back at
those incredible moments in your life and remember...as if it were yesterday.
Mist & Moonlight Photography. Documenting love and the best moments of your life.
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New Resident Welcome
William and Florine Burke
Flo grew up on a farm in Whitney, Nebraska during the depression. She comes from a family of 12 and
she and her siblings grew up working on the farm out of necessity. Flo’s dad died when she was 15-
years-old. Her mom then moved the family into a five bedroom home in Chadron. To make ends meet,
she took in boarders to help pay the bills. In addition, Flo and her siblings took on jobs.
Flo had a close friend named Kay who’s grandmother offered to pay for both of their tuitions to Nation-
al College Of Business in Rapid City. During her college years, Flo worked at Decker’s Drug and met Bill.
Bill was born in Silver City, South Dakota and comes from a family of five kids. After high school, he
worked at a cabinet shop and the owner also had him work on his farm in Lemmon. His tasks there
were to work on a grain bin and a new barn, he helped harvest wheat. He recalls a day that the bugs
were so thick they actually shut down harvest.
He then went into the service in 1952 and served in the Korean conflict until 1954. After coming home
from his military service, he met Flo one day at Decker’s Drug. He pretended to be looking at cameras
in order to talk to Flo. That must have been a good conversation because from there they started
dating and after Flo graduated from business school they got married and started a family. As a family,
they were very involved members and leaders of Faith Lutheran Church. In fact, it seemed that they
were at church more than they were at home.
When their youngest was six-years-old, Flo started selling Avon. In eleven months, the Chicago office
called offering her a district manager position. Bill’s employer, MDU, had a position that they needed
him for at the Bismarck office which is where Avon needed Flo to be. Sounds like divine intervention at
work! Avon paid for their move to Bismarck and Flo was so successful she became the number one
manager out of 400 managers nation-wide. This success allowed them to pretty much fill their bucket
list. They have been to 40 different countries which allowed them to do many different things including
riding a camel to dinner in Australia.
Avon moved them back to Rapid City just when MDU needed Bill in Rapid City again. Flo continued to
work for six years and one year after Flo retired Bill retired from MDU. They lived in their Johnson
Siding home until moving to their new home at The Village At Skyline Pines. Here they enjoy watching
the wildlife out their window and relaxing.
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New Resident Welcome
Annie Quinn
Annie is one of ten kids. She grew up on a farm in Leola and what she remembers of childhood is that it
was filled with hard work. She graduated from high school and then taught at a country school. While
she was working as a teacher, she met the love of her life, Ray. They probably met at a dance even
though he wasn’t a very good dancer.
In about 1950, they moved to Rapid City and Annie worked for the telephone company. In 1958, they
built their Rapid City home. They raised their three children in this home and Annie lived there until
moving to The Village At Skyline Pines. She enjoyed the bowling trips she and her sisters would take to
various places as a get-away. She is blessed to have had many grandchildren in the area that she
babysat as well as attended their activities.
Betty Fetzer
Betty grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and after graduating high school she went to college at
Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois for three years. There she met her husband Ed Sewell.
Ed’s father was part-owner of Sewell and Tobin Furniture in Rapid City so they moved to Rapid City and
Ed began working for his father. Betty stayed home and raised their two sons.
As the years went on, Betty decided she wanted to see the world. California and Arizona where two of
the states that she lived in but she always came back to Rapid City during the summer to see her boys.
Last summer, the boys decided that they wanted to have their mother closer to them and so she be-
came a resident at The Village At Skyline Pines.
Arliss Peterson Betty Shinnick Bob Corkle Cal Anderson Donald Wichmann
Donna Larson Jolene Yunginger Sylvan Hauff LeRoy Ligtenberg
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November
The Month In History
November 1 - All Hallows Day, also known as All Saints Day among Roman Catholics,
commemorating those who have no special feast day.
November 1 - Bob Corkle was born.
November 1, 1950 - President Harry S. Truman was the target of an unsuccessful
assassination attempt by two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist movement.
November 1, 1995 - The first all-race local government elections took place in South
Africa, marking the end of the apartheid system.
November 2 - Cal Anderson was born.
November 2, 1947 - The first and only flight of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" flying
boat occurred in Long Beach Harbor, California.
November 2, 1962 - During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President John F. Kennedy
announced on TV, "the Soviet bases in Cuba are being dismantled, their missiles and
related equipment being crated, and the fixed installations at these sites are being
destroyed."
November 3, 1957 - Soviet Russia launched the world's first inhabited space capsule,
Sputnik II, which carried a dog named Laika.
November 4, 1922 - King Tut's tomb was discovered at Luxor, Egypt, by British
archaeologist Howard Carter. The child-King Tutankhamen became pharaoh at age nine
and died around 1352 B.C. at age 19. The tomb was found mostly intact, containing
numerous priceless items now exhibited in Egypt's National Museum in Cairo.
November 4, 1979 - About 500 young Iranian militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in
Teheran, Iran, and took 90 hostages, including 52 Americans that they held captive for
444 days.
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November
The Month In History (Cont.)
November 4 - Donald Wichmann was born.
November 7, 1944 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented
fourth term. Roosevelt died less than a year later on April 12, 1945.
November 7, 1903 - Polish chemist Marie Curie (1867-1934) was born in Warsaw,
Poland. In 1903, she and her husband received the Nobel Prize for physics for their
discovery of the element Radium.
November 8, 1939 - An assassination attempt on Hitler failed at the Buergerbraukeller
in Munich. A bomb exploded soon after Hitler had exited following a speech
commemorating the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch. Seven others were killed.
November 9-10, 1938 - Kristallnacht (the night of broken glass) occurred in Germany as
Nazi mobs burned synagogues and vandalized Jewish shops and homes.
November 9, 1965 - At 5:16 p.m., the Great Blackout of the Northeast began as a
tripped circuit breaker at a power plant on the Niagara River caused a chain reaction
sending power surges knocking out interconnected power companies down the East
Coast.
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 11 - Celebrated in the U.S. as Veterans Day (formerly called Armistice Day)
with parades and military memorial ceremonies.
November 11 - Donna Larson was born.
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November
The Month In History (Cont.)
November 11, 1918 - At 5 a.m., 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.
November 11, 1972 - The U.S. turned over its military base at Long Binh to the South
Vietnamese, symbolizing the end of direct American military participation in
the Vietnam War.
November 12, 1923 - Adolf Hitler was arrested in Germany after the failed Beer Hall
Putsch.
November 13, 1927 - The Holland Tunnel was opened to traffic. The tunnel runs under
the Hudson River between New York City and Jersey City and was the first underwater
tunnel built in the U.S.
November 13, 1942 - The five Sullivan Brothers from Waterloo, Iowa, were lost in the
sinking of the cruiser USS Juneau by a Japanese torpedo off Guadalcanal during World
War II in the Pacific. Following their deaths, the U.S. Navy changed regulations to
prohibit close relatives from serving on the same ship.
November 13, 1956 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation on public
buses was unconstitutional.
November 14, 1666 - The first experimental blood transfusion took place in Britain,
utilizing two dogs.
November 15 - Arliss Peterson was born.
November 15 - LeRoy Ligtenberg was born.
1010November
The Month In History (Cont.)
November 17, 1989 - Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Prague
demanding an end to Communist rule in Czechoslovakia. Riot police and army
paratroopers then moved in to crush the revolt.
November 17, 1993 - The United Nations opened its first war crimes tribunal since the
Nuremberg and Tokyo trials following World War II. Judges from 11 nations were
sworn in to examine recent mass murders in Yugoslavia characterized as ethnic
cleansing.
November 18, 1993 - South Africa adopted a new constitution after more than 300
years of white majority rule. The constitution provided basic civil rights to blacks and
was approved by representatives of the ruling party, as well as members of 20 other
political parties.
November 19, 1863 - President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg
Address during ceremonies dedicating 17 acres of the Gettysburg Battlefield as a
National Cemetery.
November 19, 1998 - The U.S. House of Representatives began an impeachment inquiry
of President Bill Clinton, only the third presidential impeachment inquiry in U.S. History
- the other two being of President Andrew Johnson in 1868 and President Richard Nixon
in 1974.
November 20, 1917 - The first use of tanks in battle occurred at Cambrai, France,
during World War I.
November 20, 1945 - The Nuremberg War Crime Trials began in which 24 former
leaders of Nazi Germany were charged with conspiracy to wage wars of aggression,
crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
1111November
The Month In History (Cont.)
November 20 - Betty Shinnick was born.
November 20, 1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis concluded as President John F.
Kennedy announced he had lifted the U.S. Naval blockade of Cuba stating, "the
evidence to date indicates that all known offensive missile sites in Cuba have been
dismantled."
November 22, 1963 - At 12:30 p.m., in downtown Dallas, President John F. Kennedy's
motorcade approached an underpass where the President was struck in the back, then
in the head. He was rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital. 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 25 - Jolene Yunginger was born.
November 25, 1963 - Three days after his assassination, John F. Kennedy was buried
with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
November 26, 1940 - During the Holocaust, Nazis began walling off the Jewish Ghetto in
Warsaw, sealing in 400,000 inhabitants while denying them adequate food, sanitation
and housing.
November 28 - Sylvan Hauff was born.
November 28, 1943 - The Teheran Conference began, attended by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Josef Stalin.
Among the major topics discussed, a second front in Western Europe, resulting in D-
Day, the seaborne invasion of Normandy in northern France on June 6, 1944.
1212November 2 - Please Don’t Eat The Daisies (Special Time: 1:30 to 3:15)
Lawrence Mackay (David Niven), a professor at Columbia University, lives happily with his wife, Kate
(Doris Day), and their three children. But when he leaves his career in education to become a theater
critic, his newfound celebrity causes problems with both his friends and family. A scathing review upsets
a close friend, and Kate becomes jealous when his work keeps him out late feting with Broadway stars,
including the particularly flirtatious Deborah Vaughn (Janis Paige).
November 6 - The Long, Long Trailer
Nicholas Collini (Desi Arnaz) has to travel for his job as an engineer -- so his fiancée, Tacy (Lucille Ball),
suggests that rather than buy a house after their wedding, they invest in a motor home so they can see
the country together. But the aggravations of life with nosy trailer park neighbors and the dangers of
piloting an enormous trailer across narrow country roads soon take their toll on the happy couple,
putting their young marriage in turmoil.
November 9 - Calamity Jane
In the lonely Deadwood, Dakota, territory, sharpshooter Calamity Jane (Doris Day) falls for cavalry Lt.
Danny Gilmartin (Philip Carey) when she is forced to rescue him from the Indians. Recognizing that the
women-starved townsmen long for a "real" woman, Calamity journeys to Chicago to bring back famous
singer Adelaid Adams, but mistakenly brings her maid Katie instead. Heartbroken when Danny
falls for Katie, Calamity all but ignores her jovial friend Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel).
November 13 - Uncle Buck
When Cindy and her husband, Bob, have to leave town for a family emergency, there is only one person
available to babysit for their three kids: Bob's lazy, carefree brother, Buck (John Candy). While he imme-
diately gets along with the two younger children (Gaby Hoffman, Macaulay Culkin), Buck must
change his bachelor lifestyle if he wants to be a responsible caregiver for the angst-filled teen-
ager, Tia (Jean Louisa Kelly).
13November 16 - Pillow Talk
Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's (Rock Hudson) succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior de-
signer Jan Morrow (Doris Day), who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy rou-
tines. After Jan unsuccessfully lodges a complaint against him, Brad sets about to seduce her in the guise
of a sincere and upstanding Texas rancher. When mutual friend Jonathan (Tony Randall) discovers that his
best friend is moving in on the girl he desires, however, sparks fly.
November 20 - You’ve Got Mail
Struggling boutique bookseller Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) hates Joe Fox (Tom Hanks), the owner of a
corporate Foxbooks chain store that just moved in across the street. When they meet online, however,
they begin an intense and anonymous Internet romance, oblivious of each other's true identity. Even-
tually Joe learns that the enchanting woman he's involved with is actually his business rival. He must
now struggle to reconcile his real-life dislike for her with the cyber love he's come to feel.
November 23 - On Moonlight Bay
When tomboy Marjorie moves with her family to a new house in a small town in Indiana, she begins
a romance with William. While she transforms from a tomboy to a young lady, her father is not so
sure about William who has unconventional ideas.
November 27 - The Pursuit Of Happiness
Life is a struggle for single father Chris Gardner (Will Smith). Evicted from their apartment, he and his
young son (Jaden Christopher Syre Smith) find themselves alone with no place to go. Even though
Chris eventually lands a job as an intern at a prestigious brokerage firm, the position pays no money.
The pair must live in shelters and endure many hardships, but Chris refuses to give in to des-
pair as he struggles to create a better life for himself and his son.
14November 30 –Miracle on 34th Street
Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle...Santa Claus; then Susan
meets Kriss Kringle, a department store Santa who believes he's the genuine article.
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