Chester County Edition November 2015 Vol. 12 No. 11

‘We’re Here Because They

Were There’Retiree Works to Share,

Preserve Vets’ Firsthand Histories

By Lori Van Ingen

When 75-year-old Charlie Lloyd was only 3 years old, he and his younger brother waved American flags as convoys of soldiers and tanks passed by on their way to Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, and, ultimately, Europe.

“It made a strong impact on me,” Lloyd said. “We can never repay them for their service and sacrifice.”

Lloyd himself later served in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, 271st Combat Communications Squadron, from 1961 to 1967, “but we never saw combat” like the World War II veterans did.

Lloyd worked in national sales management and then had his own business as an independent contractor, retiring three years ago.

When the TV mini-series Band of Brothers was in the headlines in 2001, Lloyd read about the Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable. Curiosity drove Lloyd to his first meeting, and he was hooked.

Lloyd heard that Band of Brothers’ Major Dick Winters was a member of the roundtable, but unfortunately Lloyd never got the chance to meet him due to Winters’ health issues.

Charlie Lloyd with a cardboard stand-up of local veteran Major Dick Winters, part of the World War II display at his local historical society.

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Who Should Be Screened for Lung Cancer?page 8

Finding Gems at Fall Flea Markets page 5

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By Callie Corley

Walking up Andrew Higgins Drive to the corner of Magazine Street, the National World War II Museum rises against the New Orleans skyline like a giant stone vault, holding the history, and perhaps some secrets, of what’s been termed America’s “Greatest Generation.”

It’s a history touching every facet of American life. Sixteen million men and women served in the armed forces during World War II. Inside the museum’s five (soon to be six) buildings are the stories of those lives. For many, those stories are also passed down on family trees from generation to generation.

The Louisiana Memorial Pavilion is the place to start your journey through the museum. There you can buy tickets and talk to museum volunteers.

With a little luck, you’ll hear a firsthand account from one of the approximately 20 World War II veterans who volunteer with the museum. The Memorial Pavilion is also where you start your Dog Tag Experience.

With a general admission ticket to the museum, you receive a dog tag allowing you to follow the life of a World War II

participant. The Train Car Experience is your first stop with your dog tag, recreating the first leg of a journey that carried millions of Americans away from their families and into service.

Throughout the museum you check in at different stations, collecting the stories for your dog tag and learning more about the person whose life you’re following.

If your museum trip starts early, Jeri Nims Soda Shop is a great place to grab a snack or a quick breakfast, while The American Sector is a full-service restaurant serving lunch and dinner.

You can add a little flair to your visit with a live show at Stage Door Canteen, where music of the war years comes to life. Find the show lineup and ticket information online before your visit at www.stagedoorcanteen.org.

Once you leave the Memorial Pavilion, cross the street to the main portion of

the World War II Museum. The newest addition, added in 2014, is Campaigns of Courage, considered the heart of the museum experience.

The Road to Berlin exhibit showcases the grueling challenges servicemen faced in the European theater, from the deserts of North Africa to Germany’s doorstep. The interactive experience brings together the entire campaign from battle to battle and reveals the strategy and the sacrifices that helped win the war.

The exhibit presents a uniquely personal perspective on the cost of war, with personal items, such as family photographs, strewn across a beach of real sand from Normandy. The Road to Tokyo exhibit is scheduled to open later this year.

Continue your journey through history with a stop at the U.S. Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center. Replicas of six World War II-era aircraft, including B-17 My Gal Sal, are suspended in air and in time. The four-story viewing deck provides a 360-degree view of the aircraft.

The Vehicles of War exhibit offers a glimpse of what it was like on the ground, facing an attack from different war machines or being rushed from the battlefield with an injury. There you will also find the Medal of Honor Wall and “Final Mission: The U.S.S. Tang Experience.”

Set aside enough time to see everything at the museum, including the Beyond All Boundaries movie (produced and narrated by Tom Hanks) and the Final Mission interactive experience. Each requires an additional ticket and happens at pre-set times throughout the day. Be sure to check times and prices online before you go at www.nationalww2museum.org.

Beyond All Boundaries is a 4-D experience that puts you on the front lines. Archival footage and narrations of real-life stories bring to life a growing

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Blood of Heroes: A Visit to the National World War II Museum

Photo by Callie Corley.

The Atlantic Wall was Hitler’s 3,300-mile defense network. This section was on Utah Beach. The marks are from the thousands

of American weapons fired on the German-held beach on D-Day.

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The newest addition, added in 2014, is Campaigns of Courage. The Road to Berlin exhibit showcases the grueling challenges

servicemen faced.

Photo by Callie Corley.

Art Arceneaux received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his part in missions flown over Japanese islands during World War II. Talking with a veteran during your trip to

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threat in Europe and news of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.

The movie affects every one of your senses, enabling you to better understand the magnitude and weight of the war that changed the world. You feel the rumble of tanks as America enters the war and see and hear steam rising from the jungles as American troops fight for freedom.

The production also highlights the courage of Americans at home, as every citizen—male, female, black, white, immigrant—answered the call and lived up to the demands of wartime.

One of the most emotional stories in the museum is that of the U.S.S. Tang. The interactive experience puts you inside

America’s most-decorated World War II submarine on its last patrol.

The commander gives orders as visitors man battle stations. The experience

combines actual tasks with an overhead projection of the submarine’s final, fatal fight. Standing at a duty station, the makeshift compartment rings with the sounds of firing torpedoes and mechanics.

There’s a sense of pride as crew members take down more enemy vessels, followed by panic with the realization your efforts aren’t enough to save the ship.

If you’ve already been to the museum, the new additions should bring you back on your next trip to New Orleans. You’ll leave feeling prouder than ever to be an American, knowing your cultural heritage runs in the blood of these heroes.

American assault troops in an LCVP landing craft approaching Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The smoke in the background

is from supporting naval gunfire.

Photo by Callie Corley.

Static displays of restored World War II-era aircraft and vehicles.

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The Beauty in Nature

Small Birds Wintering in Local Woods

Several common kinds of small birds winter in deciduous woodlands and

older suburban areas with their many tall trees, including those here in Central Pennsylvania.

But each wintering species uses a different part of the woods to get its food. Some species feed from forest floors, while others use various parts of the trees, reducing competition for food among the various types of these birds, though there is some overlap.

Resident Carolina wrens and wintering winter wrens have brown feathering that camouflages them on the dead-leaf floors of wooded bottomlands near streams where they search for food. Both species scratch among fallen leaves and poke through brush piles and log piles after a diversity of invertebrates not covered by snow.

Little, mixed groups of resident Carolina chickadees, tufted titmice,

and wintering golden-crowned kinglets flutter vigorously around twigs and buds in their search for tiny, hibernating insects and insect eggs. These tiny birds also hang upside down on those tree parts to inspect them more closely.

Chickadees and titmice are gray as winter woods, except the chicks have black crowns and bibs. Kinglets are olive with an orange stripe on top of males’ heads and a yellow one on females’. All these species blend into their woodland habitat.

Resident white-breasted nuthatches and wintering brown creepers eat dormant insects and insect eggs from crevices in tree bark. Nuthatches walk up and down vertical trunks and peer into cracks for food, which they pull out with tweezers-like beaks. They are the only birds in North America that walk down a tree trunk headfirst.

Creepers fly to the base of a tree and spiral up it toward the top, while looking into crevices for food, which they extract with their thin, curved-down bills. When they reach the top of a tree, they flutter to the base of the next one and spiral up it.

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Art & Antiques by Dr. Lori

Finding Gems at Fall Flea Markets

While lots of novice collectors are in the spirit of summer antique hunting, the autumn

marks the time for the true collectors to shop for their collections. You can find great items and good deals at this season’s flea markets.

At every flea market—originally named for the bugs that were attracted to old objects that were pulled from attics and basements in 19th-century France—there are some bargains and some bologna.

When shopping at a big outdoor flea market event—for a couple of hours or an entire weekend—remember to be prepared. Even if you aren’t shopping for Boy Scout memorabilia, this is a good motto.

Be prepared with comfortable shoes, a good sun hat or umbrella, canvas shopping bags, bottled water to ward off dehydration, some snack food, and cash in small bills.

Get the lay of the land first before you buy. I have coined the phrase “walk with your wallet” when it comes to flea-market shopping.

Before you buy anything, take a lap around the entire outdoor flea market. I just do not start shopping right out of the shoot. I always look before I leap.

I know it sounds like a big job, but your personal trainer will commend you for the extra exercise and your financial advisor will be thrilled at all the money you save. This “walk with your wallet” method will help you see what’s available for sale and stick to your budget, too.

Look at each table or booth carefully. Talk to the sellers to see what you might like to negotiate for and how willing they are to deal. Look at how the booth is organized, consider the condition of the seller’s offerings, and see just how much inventory they expect to sell off at the seasonal flea market.

Collect information and get the lay of the land as you look at the antiques

offered for sale. Don’t get too invested in any of the objects just yet. Don’t buy too quickly; home in on quality stuff and good bargains.

If you aren’t sure about the authenticity of a piece, take a pass and reconsider it later. You can use your smartphone to send a picture to me so I can tell you what a particular object is and what you should pay for that flea-market find. It’s easy at www.DrLoriV.com on your mobile phone.

During your shopping, if you think something should be priced lower than

its asking price considering its condition or other factors, just don’t buy it. Wait to see if there is something more attractive to your collector’s eye and to your wallet.

Converse with the seller; he or she may be willing to offer a reduced price or more information.

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Don’t worry about missing out on an item when you are walking the market. Many people don’t think a specific antique will still be available if you don’t act fast, but I find that as a shopper, you are better served if you know what is available before you buy.

This gives you greater negotiating power too. Getting information about the inventory at a flea market will help you spot the good stuff at a good price.

Slow and steady wins the autumn flea-market race. Happy hunting!

Celebrity Ph.D. antiques appraiser, author, and former museum director, Dr. Lori hosts antiques appraisal events worldwide. Dr. Lori is the star appraiser on Discovery channel. Visit www.DrLoriV.com/Events, www.Facebook.com/DoctorLori, or call (888) 431-1010.

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Some Advice for Helping Friends in Mourning

When someone you know loses a loved one to death, you want to reach out but may feel

unsure of what to say or do.Perhaps you haven’t lost someone close,

and it’s difficult to appreciate what your friend is going through and anticipate their needs.

Allow me to share some advice.Don’t agonize over what to say. Keep it

simple and heartfelt—for example, “I’m so sorry,” “My heart goes out to you,” “I’m here for you,” or perhaps even “I’m at a loss for words.” Avoid platitudes such as, “It’s for the best” or “You still have a lot to be thankful for.”

Let your friend do the talking and listen attentively and non-judgmentally. Refrain from giving advice.

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Keep in mind that grief affects one’s body, mind, and soul and that, although there may be similarities, no two people

grieve alike.Don’t

underestimate the pain your friend is experiencing and don’t discourage tears or urge them to “be strong.” Don’t try to withhold your own tears, either; they’re simply a sign that you care.

Share memories of your friend’s loved one—kind or funny things they did or words of wisdom they shared with you.

Find a favorite photo of the deceased person, frame it, and give it to your friend.

Encourage your friend to practice self-care, getting adequate nutrition, exercise, and sleep and scheduling regular medical checkups, as well as avoiding unnecessary stress.

Offer to help in practical ways, such as fielding phone calls, preparing meals, running errands, or walking a dog. Make concrete offers (for example, “I’m going to the grocery store—what can I get you?”) or simply go ahead and do things like

deliver a casserole or tend a garden.

Many newly bereaved people experience a spiritual crisis, so don’t be alarmed if this happens with your friend. Listen empathically to doubts and fears. If they

persist, encourage your friend to speak with a religious leader.

After the FuneralContinue to stay in touch after the

funeral is over. That’s when the reality of the loss, with all its implications, sets in, and grieving people need support more than ever.

Don’t avoid the subject of the deceased person or mention of their name. It’s comforting to the bereaved to know that others still remember their loved one as time goes by.

Be patient. Since grief saps energy, take the initiative in the relationship, calling and arranging visits.

Recognize that timelines for healing

vary from one person to the next. Don’t pressure friends into doing things they don’t feel ready for, such as sorting through and disposing of a loved one’s belongings.

Encourage friends to seek professional help if they’re not able to function in day-to-day life (suggestive of clinical depression) or they appear stuck in one phase of grieving (denial or anger, for example).

Remember special occasions throughout the year that are likely to be difficult: birthdays, wedding anniversaries, and holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, as well as the anniversary of death. Call or send a card to let friends know you’re thinking about them.

Above all, keep in mind that bereaved people don’t expect friends to provide answers to difficult, often philosophical questions—such as “Why did this happen?”—or to take away their pain.

What they do want and need is the comfort of knowing they are not alone.

Lisa M. Petsche is a social worker experienced in grief counseling. She currently works in hospice palliative care.

Lisa M. Petsche

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To get screened for lung cancer, your husband will need a low-dose computed tomography (CT) chest scan, which is a painless, noninvasive test that generates detailed three-dimensional images of his lungs.

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Bert and IBy Bill Levine

A few years ago, spurred on by my budding genealogical interest and incipient old age, I conducted a brief search for my mother’s maternal family but gave up when I found enough turn-of-the-century “Mollie Jacobsons,” my grandmother’s name, to fill up a tenement block.

But one known twig of my mom’s maternal family tree has sprouted at least some muted excitement over the years. My mom’s cousin was Bert Parks, whose real name was Bert Jacobson.

Born in Atlanta, Ga., in 1914, Bert was the Wink Martindale of the 1950s. He was host of more early TV game shows than you can shake a shtick at—12 in all. Unlike your average ’50s quiz-show host, Bert was scandal free, maybe because his shows like Party Line, introduced in 1947, topped out with grand prizes of $5.

My cousin Bertie was most famous for hosting the Miss America telecast from 1955 to 1979, during the golden age of the pageant.

No one cared back then that the talents of the 50 beautiful contestants

ranged from baton twirling to baton dropping. In those days, a contestant whose ad-lib answer was “wishing for world peace” was viewed as a statesman and not a bimbo.

Watching the Miss America telecast was a big deal in those days, like a Super Bowl with Velveeta and cheese whiz, and of course with Bert emceeing it was a really, really big deal in our den.

But for me, it wasn’t a wholly satisfying experience. Why couldn’t Cousin Bert get us free tickets to Convention Hall in Atlantic City and backstage passes to meet the contestants in swimsuits? In fact, until very recently I was quite disappointed that I never was able to glom onto Bert’s fame so that our kinship impacted my life.

Early on as a kid, I asked my mom

for some tangible evidence that we were related to truly one of the great mediocre talents of mid-20th century America. She just gave me a shoebox.

I rummaged through it and came up with a tenuous connection to Bert, a Christmas card from 1959 that just featured his kids. It wasn’t even signed “to my favorite cousin.” In fact, it bugged me that Jewish Bert would even be sending out Christmas cards.

In 1961 my parents went on a trip to New York, where they saw Bert on Broadway as Harold

Hill in The Music Man. They did go backstage to see Bert, in my significant absence. What’s worse is that the only gift they brought back from the Big Apple was an unsigned Playbill of The Music Man with Bert on the cover, eschewing the minimum New York City kid’s gift of

a Statue of Liberty keychain. The only benefit I ever enjoyed, until

recently, as Bert Parks’ cousin was to use the connection in those awkward ice-breakers that require you to provide an interesting fact about yourself. I was always able to under-whelm my fellow strangers with the fact that Bert was my cousin.

This saved me from having to use my second most interesting fact, which was that my Irish terrier, Ginger, modeled a flea collar on the Channel 4 news show.

Then in 2013, Bert changed my life. I looked up his Wikipedia entry, having forgotten just when he was host of Country Fair. There, in the first line, was the revelatory blurb: “Parks was born to Aaron Jacobson, a Jewish merchant who had immigrated to the United States from Latvia.”

Latvia—my mom’s maternal family was Latvian. Bert had given me the gift of my heritage. What more could I have asked from him?

I could only think of one thing. I wished he could have introduced me to Vonda Kay Van Dyke, Miss America 1965, my favorite Miss America because her talent was ventriloquism.

Berk Parks

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Admiral RickoverThrew Him Out Not Once, but Twice

When Bill Houley was growing up in Rochester, N.Y., he gave little thought to the military.

But he did give some thought to college. To give him a leg up on that, his parents sent him to the prestigious prep school, Phillips Academy Andover.

He did well there and was accepted at Yale. But he recognized that going on to an Ivy League college, as so many of the Phillips graduates did, wasn’t exactly his cup of tea. He was looking for high adventure, which led him to decide on trying for an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy.

And in 1955, at age 17, he was lucky enough to get it.

At the academy, one of his officer mentors took him aside and asked if he had given any thought to the submarine service. That would give him ample chance for the close friendships and camaraderie that Houley was looking for.

So, when he was required to select a service as a senior, he chose submarines.

In those days, the Navy required officers to serve a year aboard a surface ship before service in submarines. So Houley did that and then attended Naval Submarine School in 1960. Next came a three-year tour of duty aboard a World War II-built diesel electric sub.

Diesel subs were small, cramped, and slow. But Houley liked everything about the experience—especially during the deployment to the Mediterranean. That provided time to play tourist and enjoy visiting such exciting

places as Rome and Paris. At the same time, however, he

requested nuclear propulsion training. And that meant being interviewed by Adm. Hyman Rickover, who approved all officers who served in nuclear subs.

The admiral was famously a no-nonsense guy with a prickly personality. Although he was widely seen as a genius who was dedicated to his service and was essential to the coming nuclear Navy, he was not noted for small talk

and making friends. Houley says, “He was feared, honored,

immortalized, but not really likeable.

When he was first promoted to admiral, he had not been on the promotion list sent by the Navy to Congress for approval. His name was added to the selection list by the Congress itself.”

When Rickover interviewed candidates, he was known for often asking questions for which there were no answers. The admiral’s staff had warned Houley to speak quickly and tersely. There was to be absolutely no baloney.

So how did the interview with him go then?

“Saying it was a disaster is painting too nice a picture,” Houley says. “After throwing me a few questions for which I had absolutely no answers, the admiral quickly lost patience and snarled, ‘Why are you so stupid?’ and threw me out of his office.”

The staff said Houley had to prove himself and suggested that he not give up. They gave him a stack of books that

Robert D. Wilcox

Rear Admiral William P. Houley, addressing recruits at Naval Station

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he was to study for 40 hours a week for six months. He returned to his diesel sub deployment, and, although his hectic schedule gave him little time to study, he was later able to face the admiral again.

That time, things didn’t go any better. “The admiral had a yellow-lined pad

on his desk,” Houley says. “After a few minutes of conversation, he took a pencil and dashed a straight line on the pad from upper left to lower right. Then, turning it to me, he demanded, ‘Do you know what this is?’ I confessed that I didn’t, and he said, ‘It’s a graph of your life,’ and he threw me out of his office for the second time.”

This time, the staff sent Houley to Naval Guided Missiles School, and he studied hard. Of some 30 officers, he scored second, with a score just a hair shorter than the leader. So, after graduation when he was to face Rickover for the third time, it went better, although the admiral, reviewing his grades, sniffed that he was “bottom of the barrel.”

At the time, however, the Navy was going through a rapid transition to nuclear power, and experienced officers were much in demand. So even though Rickover was not happy with him, Houley was boosted along the career path he sought.

After attending the Navy’s Nuclear Power School, he spent several years in nuclear submarines at sea and in fleet operations in positions of increasing

responsibility, finally qualifying as engineer and for command of a nuclear-powered submarine. This included approval for command by Adm. Rickover.

As he rose in rank and position, he had increasingly important responsibilities, including serving as commanding officer, U.S. Naval Submarine School at Groton, Conn., and as commander, Submarine Group TWO, where he was the admiral responsible for 39 nuclear submarine crews.

He then served in several positions on the staff of the chief of naval operations, where he was selected for flag rank in 1987. He retired from the Navy in 1994 as a two-star rear admiral.

After Navy retirement, Adm. Houley worked with a number of firms and returned to the Defense Department, where he served as the first director, defense reform, under then-Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen.

In retirement in 2012, he came to Central Pennsylvania to join several other of his Navy buddies in a comfortable retirement community. The record, let it be said, shows that, as absolutely essential to the Navy as Adm. Rickover was, his judgment of leaders was occasionally less than perfect, as the stellar career of Bill Houley so amply makes clear.

Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in Europe in World War II.

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Calendar of EventsChester County

Support Groups Free and open to the public

Nov. 3, 2 p.m.Grief Support GroupPhoenixville Senior Center153 Church St., Phoenixville(610) 327-7216

Nov. 3 and 17, 6:30 to 8 p.m.Bereavement Support GroupBrandywine HospitalConference Room 2N201 Reeceville Road, Coatesville(610) 998-1700, ext. 226

Nov. 4, 6 p.m.Memory Loss and Dementia Support GroupSunrise Assisted Living of Paoli324 W. Lancaster Ave., Malvern(610) 251-9994

Nov. 9 and 23, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Caregiver Support GroupAdult Care of Chester County201 Sharp Lane, Exton(610) 363-8044

Nov. 10, 7 p.m.Hearing Loss Support GroupChrist Community Church1190 Phoenixville Pike West Chester(610) 444-445www.hearinglosschesco.com

Nov. 10 and 24, 5 to 6:30 p.m.Bereavement Support GroupMain Line Unitarian Church816 S. Valley Forge Road, Devon(610) 585-6604phoenixbereavement@yahoo.comNondenominational; all are welcome.

Nov. 10 and 24, 6:30 to 8 p.m.Bereavement Support GroupJennersville HospitalConference Room B1015 W. Baltimore Pike West Grove(610) 998-1700, ext. 226

Nov. 11, 1:30 p.m.Family Caregiver Support GroupSarah Care425 Technology Drive, Suite 200 Malvern(610) 251-0801

Nov. 11, 6 p.m.Caregiver Support GroupCoatesville Area Senior Center22 N. Fifth Ave., Coatesville(610) 383-6900

Nov. 17, 6 p.m.Family Caregiver Support GroupSunrise of Westtown501 Skiles Blvd., West Chester(610) 399-4464

Nov. 25, 6 p.m.Living with Cancer Support GroupPaoli Hospital Cancer Center255 W. Lancaster Ave., Paoli(484) 565-1253

Coatesville Area Senior Center – (610) 383-690022 N. Fifth Ave., Coatesville – www.coatesvilleseniorcenter.orgMonthly Veterans Coffee Hour – Call for date and time

Downingtown Senior Center – (610) 269-3939983 E. Lancaster Ave., Downingtown – www.downingtownseniors.orgNov. 11, 11:30 a.m. – Veterans Day LuncheonNov. 12, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Senior Center Antiques RoadshowNov. 19, noon to 2 p.m. – Cooking with Chris Demo and

Luncheon, Heatherwood Retirement Community

Great Valley Senior Center – (610) 889-2121 47 Church Road, MalvernNov. 4, 11 a.m. – ADCOM MeetingNov. 11, 1:30 p.m. – Meet and Eat Group: Isaac’s, ExtonNov. 12, 10 a.m. – Canasta

Kennett Area Senior Center – (610) 444-4819427 S. Walnut St., Kennett Square – www.kennettseniorcenter.org

Oxford Senior Center – (610) 932-524412 E. Locust St., Oxford – www.oxfordseniors.org

Phoenixville Area Senior Center – (610) 935-1515153 Church St., Phoenixville – www.phoenixvilleseniorcenter.orgNov. 4, noon – Veterans Day CelebrationNov. 7, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Open House Preview DayNov. 30, 12:45 p.m. – Emergency Preparedness

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West Chester Area Senior Center – (610) 431-4242 530 E. Union St., West Chester – www.wcseniors.org

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Downingtown Library, 330 E. Lancaster Ave., Downingtown, (610) 269-2741Nov. 3 and 17, 6 p.m. – Knitters ClubNov. 9, 6:30 p.m. – Fantasy Book ClubNov. 14, noon to 3 p.m. – Local Authors Day

Paoli Library, 18 Darby Road, Paoli, (610) 296-7996Mystery Book Club – Call for dates/times

Senior Center Activities

Nov. 3, 11:30 a.m.West Chester University Retirees LuncheonFor restaurant location, please email darsie@verizon.net

Nov. 4, 12:10 to 1:10 p.m.The Services of the Chester County LibraryOsher Lifelong Learning InstituteWidener University Exton Campus825 Springdale Drive, Exton(484) 713-0088www.widener.edu/OLLI

Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m.Compassionate Friends Valley Forge ChapterGood Shepherd Lutheran Church132 E. Valley Forge Road King of Prussiawww.tcfvalleyforge.org

Nov. 7 and 21, 5 to 10 p.m.Bingo NightMarine Corps League Detachment430 Chestnut St., Downingtown(610) 429-8174

Nov. 8, 2 to 4 p.m.Surviving the Holidays: Support for Loss or ChangeGrove United Methodist Church490 W. Boot Road, West Chester(610) 363-2141info@grovechurch.org

Nov. 11, 12:10 to 1:10 p.m.Veterans Day CommemorationOsher Lifelong Learning Institute Widener University Exton Campus825 Springdale Drive, Exton(484) 713-0088www.widener.edu/OLLI

Nov. 17, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.East Meets West: Alternative Health TreatmentsAARP Valley Forge ChapterSt. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church203 N. Valley Forge Road, Devon(610) 688-5733

Nov. 18, 12:10 to 1:10 p.m.Fact or Fiction: Generic Drugs are the Same as Brand-Name DrugsOsher Lifelong Learning InstituteWidener University Exton Campus825 Springdale Drive, Exton(484) 713-0088www.widener.edu/OLLI Nov. 28 and 29, 1 to 5 p.m.Model Railroad Open HouseSchuylkill Valley Model Railroad Club400 S. Main St., Phoenixville(610) 935-1126www.svmrrc.com

Community Programs Free and open to the public

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Nov. 14, 9 to 10 a.m. – Paws on the Path, Nottingham County Park

Nov. 27, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. – T urkey Trail Trot, Wolf ’s Hollow County Park

Nov. 29, noon to 2 p.m. – Nottingham County Park

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However, “seeing and meeting World War II vets in a forum where they shared their World War II experiences was compelling,” Lloyd said.

Lloyd didn’t miss a single Thursday-night meeting for two years, and eventually offered his assistance if they ever needed it. He now coordinates the speakers and handles many other responsibilities.

The Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable began as the Capital Area World War II Roundtable in 2003.

It was founded by William S. Jackson, former member of Gov. Casey’s and Gov. Ridge’s World War II Commemorative Committee; Fred Taylor, Harrisburg attorney and legal representative to the majority leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; and Jack Thomas, president of the Hershey Civil War Roundtable.

The group first met at a public library to gather critical first-person narratives of all branches of the service. Winters, a Central Pennsylvania resident, was one of the first speakers.

The group’s name was changed to Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable in 2011. As the group grew over the years, it was forced to find larger

facilities to accommodate everyone, now meeting in a Methodist church.

The Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and has no dues or memberships. Any donations it receives are given directly to the veterans, Lloyd said.

About 150 to 175 people—authors, historians, and interested citizens—and two to three dozen World War II veterans attend the roundtable the first Thursday of each month from 7 to 9 p.m.

After reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, “we honor and recognize this generation for their service,” Lloyd said. “The role they played in preserving our way of life was at a most critical period in our history. We’re here because they were there.”

Each veteran is given a badge with their name, branch of service, and theater of operations of where they served, so attendees can know whom to thank for their service, he said.

Every month the free forum has a different speaker, with a question-and-answer session at the end.

“My role has been to be speaker chair for two years,” Lloyd said. “It’s been a challenge to get speakers to share their experiences with us. It’s been a challenge

because of attrition. There are 800,000 (World War II veterans) left today and every day almost 500 die. (The veterans) are now in their early to mid-90s.”

Lloyd has formed relationships with other World War II groups, such as the Lehigh Valley Veterans History Project, Lancaster Oral History Club, Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, and the Dr. Harold C. Deutsch World War II History Roundtable from Edina, Minn.

The groups help each other locate speakers. But it is still difficult to find people to get their message out, he said.

Some of the speakers at the Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable have included an Auschwitz survivor; bomber pilots and tail gunners; a survivor of the Malmedy Massacre; and a veteran who took part in one of the largest Naval battles in history, the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the South Pacific.

The group’s November speaker is a veteran who had been in charge of the guards at the Nuremburg Trials and had to face Hermann Goering, the second-most powerful man in Germany behind Adolf Hitler.

A submariner who had been to the Battle of Midway is scheduled for December.

For the last two years, the Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable has been working with the National World War II Museum to capture World War II vets’ experiences on tape to be preserved in the National Archives, Lloyd said.

“We fully understand our clock is ticking. Because the veterans are in their 90s, there’s a sense of urgency to get their stories down as quickly as possible. Our goal is to get as many (veterans’ stories recorded) as we can,” he said.

Soon all that will be left will be the historians and authors, and “you just can’t beat firsthand accounts,” Lloyd said.

As for Lloyd himself, in July he crossed an item off his “bucket list” by traveling on a two-week battlefield expedition crafted by the roundtable’s business sponsor, Specialty Tours—and he has more than 1,500 photos to prove it.

If anyone is aware of a World War II veteran who would be a candidate for sharing his or her story at one of the group’s monthly meetings, please contact Lloyd at (717) 503-2862 or charlie.centralpaww2rt@gmail.com or write The Central Pennsylvania World War II Roundtable, P.O. Box 215, Hummelstown, Pa. 17036.

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VA Medical Center Announces Veterans Week ActivitiesIn recognition of Veterans Day 2015,

the Coatesville Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center will host an eight-day-long celebration paying tribute to veterans.

The events will take place weekdays beginning Monday, Nov. 2, and running through Wednesday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day.

The theme of the week is Honoring

Former Prisoners of War and Those Missing in Action.

Additionally, officials will recognize the 85th anniversary of the opening of the Coatesville VA Medical Center at 1400 Blackhorse Hill Road, Coatesville.

Scheduled events include:

Monday, Nov. 2, 2 p.m. – Gospel concert in building 72, the All Faith

Chapel (open to the community)

Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2 p.m. – Women Veterans Tea in the dining room in building 139 (preregistration required)

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2 p.m. – Interfaith service in building 72, the All Faith Chapel (open to the community)

Thursday, Nov. 5, 2 p.m. – Veteran patient orientation in building 2, room 107A4

Friday, Nov. 6, 9:30 a.m. – Veterans Week Parade (open to the community)

Friday, Nov. 6, 1 p.m. – Flag-raising ceremony in front of building 1 (open to the community)

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The Year in TelevisionAs 50plus Senior News celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, we hope

you’ll enjoy a monthly peek back at the world in 1995!This month, the television highlights of 1995:

• An estimated 150 million people watch as the not-guilty verdict is read in the O.J. Simpson verdict.

• Seinfeld broadcasts its 100th episode.

• The Today Show becomes the highest-rated morning news program (and would remain so until 2012).

• The History Channel, ESPN Classic, The WB, The Golf Channel, and Outdoor Life Network all launch.

• The Walt Disney Company announces that it will purchase ABC and ESPN.

• As the World Turns broadcasts its milestone 10,000th episode; All My Children celebrates its 25th anniversary with a primetime special.

• Robert MacNeil anchors The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour for the last time.

• The top 10 shows in the Nielsen ratings are ER, Seinfeld, Friends, Caroline in the City, Monday Night Football, The Single Guy, Home Improvement, Boston Common, 60 Minutes, and NYPD Blue.

Monday, Nov. 9, 2 p.m. – Second flag-raising ceremony in front of building 138 (open to the community)

Wednesday, Nov. 11, 10:45 a.m. – Veterans Day Salute at Veterans Plaza on First Avenue and Lincoln Highway, Coatesville (open to the community)

Wednesday, Nov. 11, 1 p.m. – Voices of Legend show in the Great Hall

For more information, call Director of Community & Congressional Affairs Kirk Fernitz at (610) 380-4348 or visit www.coatesville.va.gov.

percent of all lung cancer cases, the best way to avoid lung cancer is to not smoke, and if you do smoke, quit. Even if you’ve been a smoker for a long time, quitting now still decreases your risk.

Other factors that can increase the risk of lung cancer include exposure to secondhand smoke, radon, asbestos, and other toxic chemicals or fumes.

For more information on lung cancer screenings, call the American Lung Association at (800) 586-4872 or use their online tool (www.lungcancerscreeningsaveslives.org), which will help you determine if your husband needs to be screened. Jim Miller is a regular contributor to the NBC Today show and author of The Savvy Senior Book. www.savvysenior.org

LuNG CANCER from page 8

Nuthatches, which are mostly blue-gray on top, and creepers, which are brown above, blend into the bark, making them invisible until they move.

Four kinds of resident woodpeckers—downies, hairies, red-bellied, and pileated—chip into dead wood after invertebrates wintering there. They have stout beaks for

chiseling, two toes in front and two in back to better grip the bark, and stiff tail feathers to prop them up on trunks. The hammering of these woodpeckers on dead wood gives away their presence.

Look for these birds in local woods and older suburbs in winter. They are interesting to experience.

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