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Home Times Monthly
A newsletter for Pond Home residents with
all the news that’s fit to print
February 2021 volume 156
To My Dear Residents,
February ~ the month of love! I think the love we all showed in 2020 and
continuing now is the most unique gesture of love ever experienced in my
lifetime. You residents as well as staff and family members made sacrifices to
keep our home, our workplace, and our community safe. Each sacrifice for the
better of others is a unique act of love.
Sacrifice is difficult and irksome.
Only love can make it easy,
And perfect love can make it a JOY.
Trust me, I am not pretending it has been a joy but want us all to recognize the
sacrifices we have made are acts of love. May your month be filled with love ~
cards, notes, phone calls, and visits, as well as kind words of encouragement to
each other.
Thanks for reading,
Becky Annis, Administrator
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Eat healthy and exercise – “STAY ACTIVE”!
Exercise is back daily two groups 9:15 and 9:45
RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT
This month’s highlighted resident is
Anne Linde. She was born in Boston and raised
in Massachusetts, first in Roxbury and then
Brighton. She was an only child to Bill and
Selma Harris. Prior to her birth, her
grandmother came from Austria Hungary to live
with her family. This grandmother had a big
influence on Anne, sharing her love of cooking
and baking.
Anne was a precocious young child who
started school early, at just age four! She loved
learning and completed grades 3-5 in just two
years. She also skipped her sophomore year of
high school, allowing her to graduate from
Brighton High School at just 15 years old.
Anne had originally wanted to become a fashion designer, but her mother did not want
her to go to college in New York City. So, after graduation Anne attended Boston’s Teacher
College.
During a college mixer that brought together multiple Boston colleges, Anne met her
future husband at 17 years old. Always a sociable woman, she was walking around offering a
tray of chocolates and nuts to all near her. One ‘gentleman’ put his leg out and tripped her.
He did help her up and said he was going to marry her, but Anne gave him a talking to and
told him just how rude she thought he behaved.
Apparently, David Linde (the tripper) was very interested in meeting Anne, despite her
annoyance with him. They eventually went on a double date with Anne’s good friend who
would only go out with her date if they had another couple with them. He won her over, and
they began dating. David wrote her beautiful letters during their courtship. They were
engaged 3 years after first meeting, on Valentine’s Day.
David was originally from Havana, Cuba, coming to the U.S. at age 12. When Ann met
him, he had served in the military two years and could speak eight languages! David studied
Psychiatric Counseling with a particular interest in the Criminology field. He was a professor
of Law Enforcement at Stonehill College and was eventually the Director of Parole Services
for Massachusetts before retiring.
They were married on November 11, 1950. After they married, they lived on
Huntington Avenue in Boston for a year, later raising their family in Bridgewater and
Brockton. David and Anne settled in Easton after retirement.
Anne was a schoolteacher for over 30 years, teaching in Boston, Brookline,
Bridgewater, and Brockton. She loves to say she never got past the third grade, as she always
taught the little kids. She loved the challenge of teaching 3rd grade because it is a transitional
grade. The teacher needs to help the students learn to read for understanding during that year,
a very important foundation for the rest of their life.
After teaching during the day, Anne continued her education at Bridgewater State. She
received her Master’s in Education going to night school.
Anne and David eventually had three sons but endured the sadness of loss of many
pregnancies along the way. Anne’s son, Michael, was born in 1953, her son, Mark, in 1960,
and finally her baby, Gregg, in 1964. Anne’s mom lived near them in Brockton, so she had
the support of her while raising her children. Wanting to be a devoted mother, Anne took a
break from her teaching career while raising her children.
Anne absolutely loved to summer in Hull, MA, or Nantasket Beach. She and David
purchased a summer home in Hull around 1969 and Anne lived on the beach every summer
tanning and enjoying the conversation of her many summer friends. She delighted in the
frolicking of her own family and neighbor kids as well.
Anne was locally famous in Hull and later in Puerto Rico for her extensive bathing suit
collection! A true sunworshipper, she also looked forward to going to Puerto Rico every
February school vacation to a time share she and David purchased in 1977. She expanded her
love of painting while visiting Puerto Rico.
After retirement, they traveled Europe extensively. David always called her his
sunshine. David died September 11, 2017, just shy of their 67th wedding anniversary.
Now, Anne has three grown children, five grandchildren who call her Nannee, and two
great grandchildren. Her son Gregg lives close by with his wife Mary Beth and two children
who visit as regularly as possible. She is a very proud grandmother. Two of her
grandchildren live at her home in Easton now.
Prior to moving into Pond Home in October 2020, Anne had been living at an assisted
living, All American, in Wrentham. Despite moving in during the pandemic, with all its
restrictions, she has managed to become an integral part of the community here.
Anne continues to be a social and outgoing woman. She loves activities, arts & crafts,
music, cooking, food, and especially reading. Since moving to Pond Home she has read 15
books! She can usually be found in the library or joining in the daily activities. She enjoys
her new friends at Pond Home, and we are thankful to have her in the community.
Here she shares a few life mottos:
Never give up.
When things get tough, you have got to focus and move forward.
Life is a Learning Lesson.
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February 25th
Lee’s corner:
January is all about gratitude for me. It’s a time we have come through the struggles of the
holidays and are beginning a new year. Even in my gratitude, I am always deeply reminded
of those who are not long here with us.
I try my best to live a life that honors those who have died. And there are ways of
remembering someone who has died that can help celebrate all the great things about
them. So, I am sharing special things to do to remember someone who has died. I hope
you’ll find some inspiration here.
1.Start a tradition for their birthday.
2. Talk to them.
3. Support a cause that mattered to them.
4. Write to them.
5. Keep something of theirs close by.
I am so grateful for our connection.
Warmly,
Lee
Staff Spotlight
Ron Cloutier
I started working at Pond Home in June of 1995.
What I enjoy about working at Pond home is being in the
kitchen. I have a passion for food and love being in the
kitchen, cooking, cleaning, putting groceries away,
anything kitchen related. I enjoy the residents and I enjoy
the people I work with.
I live in North Attleboro with my wife Katie and two
children, Willow 10, and Tre 8. We have 2 dogs, Forbin
and Tela. Both are black dogs with one blue eye and one
brown eye. They are both some type of husky mixes. We
have all had to adapt our lifestyles due to Covid. I spend
my two days off homeschooling my two kids, it is the most challenging and frustrating thing I
have had to do in years. I am not cut out to be a schoolteacher, but I do my best to try to help
my kids learn and do what my family needs me to do! Before Covid, I enjoyed playing hockey
and going to the gym. I feel it is no longer responsible for me to be doing those things. Like
everyone, I cannot wait till things get back to normal. In what little free time I have, I enjoy
playing my guitar. My family is musically inclined. My dad played sax in the Navy band, my
mother and grandmother were piano players, my uncle is a drummer in a wedding band, and
my grandfather played the accordion. He would play for local nursing homes and has even
played at Pond Home a few times before he passed. My son has been taking drum and guitar
lessons, my daughter has been taking piano lessons. We have turned our basement into a little music room. It is our safe escape from all that is going on in the world today and a great opportunity to bond and spend quality time with my kids.
Did you know…..
One of our residents family is related to Daniel Haws orignal owner of the Pond Home. It’s
long history started in 1615 coming from New Amsterdam to America. The name Haws is of
anceint English origin and it has been traced back in England to 1275A.D. Ebenezer Haws
(one of the sons of Edward Haws) and wife married and had three children. One of them
Erastus Hawes (born March 6, 1824) and his wife Esther (born April 23, 1883) married
February 23, 1854, they moved to Norwood where they had one daugher Mary E. Hawes,
born May 30, 1871. She married William A. Foster Aug.2, 1887 and began a family that grew
into seven children;
Raymond H. born June 2, 1888
Ester B. born November 18, 1890
Edith M. born December 19, 1892
Lawrence W. born September 17, 1898 (WWII killed in action)
Phillip T. born March 7, 1903
Alice N. born October 2, 1906
Grace E. born February 9, 1910
Adrienne’s children are related to Mary Hawes-William Foster. Their grandfather was Phillip.
His brother Lawence was killed in WW II and the legion in Foxboro was named after him.
Thanks Adreine for sharing a very interesting story, she has the full history if you would like
to learn more.
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Guess who….
Which resident had a family member win two cars because she wrote the
last lines of the Chevelet slogan in 1957 and 1959? The winning slogan
she wrote was “Sweet, Smooth and Sassy!” she won a 1957 Chevelet and
$500.00 cash to pay for the taxes (nice deal) and the other slogan was for
the 1959 Studebaker writing the last line “The common sense cars” this
won her a 1959 Studebaker and a credit car for a years worth of gas.
Probably not at todays price 2.25 a gallon .Activity Highlights for December
Monday – Thursday - Exercise Group A 9:15
Group B 9:45
Friday- Geri fit 9:15 and 9:45
Movies and manicures Mondays at 1:00, LR
• 02/01 - Downton Abbey (the movie)
• 02/08 - Show Boat
• 02/16 - Cinderella (not animated)
• 02/22 - Funny Girl (Barbara Streisand)
02/16 10:30, Scrapbooking with Lee, CR
Weekly mystery rides Tuesdays and Thursdays
February Birthdays
NO resident birthdays
“Patches” - 02/09 (yes we will have cake)You can also read
