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Vo l . l N o . 9 SUN CITY, ARIZONA September, 1961

CLUBS ND ORG NIZ TIONS RE BUSYT h i s S e p t e m b e r Sun D i a l is the

f i r s t o f two i s sues devoted to c l u b sa n d o t h e r o r g a n i z a t i o n s in S u n C i t y.

Last April, a group from clubiof the Los Angeles Metropolitan District, California Fed-eration of Women s Clubs,toured Sun City. A report tothe Federation by its Geron

tology chairman, Mrs. Palm-berg, makes interesting reading . . . most of this report isreprinted on the inside pagesof this issue. By late Instmonth, seven similar tours byCalifornia groups had beenscheduled for the 1961-62season, three by Woman sClubs. Sun City representativeDavid Lawrenc e reports otheropen dates remain for thesenon-profit tours.

In th i s i s sue we f e a t u r e s o m e of thel a r g e r o r g a n i z a t i o n s and s o m e of

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A.A.R.P. Sun Ci ty Chapter o f Ame rican A ssociat ion o f Retired Persons.8 member s at present . John Dren th, pres . ; Ge org e S. Heath, v ice-pres . ;

Clara McDonald, rec . sec; Beulah Drenth, corr. sec; Wil l iam G. M c N a b b ,t reas . ; Marga re t S l a t t en , p rog ram; A l i ce Wag ne r, pub l i c i t y ; Ge r t rudeSch rep e l , member sh ip . An edu cat ion al , c ivic and socia l associa t ion to helpeach other to a bet ter u nders tand ing of the changes in mov ing o ut of awork-centered socie ty into one t ha t is le isure-centered to p romote amongi ts members cont inuing growth and d e v e l o p m e n t in self-respect, self-confidence, usefulness and pa r t i c ipa ti on in the stream o f contem porar y l i fe .

W O M A N S C LU B 129 member s at presen t. First ro w lef t t o ri gh t : Mond e E l l ison , pa r l i amen ta r i an ; Jo seph ine G o ld -t r a p , hosp i ta l i ty ; Conn ie Adam s, se c; Edi th Stephens on, vice-pres . ; Eff ie W hi t in g, past pres . ; Mir iam Con ner, pres . ;Thelma Schantz , corr. sec; Frances Asteres, histor ian; Bessie Hai ght, art; Li l l ian Ma ck, in ternat ion al re la t ions . S econdrow lef t to r i gh t : Mi ld re d To ld ren , member sh ip ; Myr t l e H ig h f i e ld , art; Peggy C onn er, m usic; El la Tho mpso n; Li l l ianHefner ; (Unknown); Ruby Geisking; Ceci le Van Nuys ; M on ica Fo reman . Th ird ro w lef t t o r ight : Po l ly Baum , hospi ta l i ty ;Kathryn Phi l l ips , we lfare ; Edyth Ob ert a ; Hazel Baer ; Lynn Remnsnider ; Hazel Hoo k, yea rbo ok; Clara Suk; and BlanchTaylor. This c lub is a member o f the Gene ra l Fede ra t ion o f Women s C lubs .

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KOFFEE KLATCH An i n fo rma l g a the r ing of the w o m e n of Sun Ci ty for sociabi l i ty and ge t t i ng new residents ac-q u a i n t e d . They meet once a mon th .

R PORT ON SUN ITY TOURBy Mrs. William Palmberg, GerontologyChairman, Los Angeles Metropolitan District,

California Federation of Women s Clubs.F r o m the t i m e we b o a r d e d the big G r e y h o u n d bus

a t 8:30 a . m . We d n e s d a y, A p r i l 5, un t i l we got b a c k toL o s A n g e l e s , S a t u r d a y at 5 :30 , we were t rea ted roya l ly.T h e r e w e r e 30 of us from the va r ious c lubs , inc lud ing ,of course , Mrs . Corye l l , who engineered th i s wonder fu ltour, toge ther wi th Mr. L a w r e n c e , the R e t i r e m e n tH o u s i n g r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of the Del E. We b b C o r p o r at ion , and his s e c r et a r y, w h o m we affect ionately cal led" C h a r l o t t e . "

I t was C h a r l o t t e w h o a r r a n g e d for our c o m f o r t andc o n v e n i e n c e . On the bus , she was pass ing up-a nd-do wnall day, serving coffee and coffee-cake, or soft drin ks,a n d at n o o n a box l u n c h de l u x e u n H k e any boxl u n c h I have ever ea ten .

O u r a c c o m m o d a t i o n s in the Del We b b H i w a y H o u s ei n P h o e n i x w e r e c o m m o d i o u s , two in a r o o m . D i n n e rtha t even ing was se rved in the b a n q u e t r o o m of them o t e l an d it was , indeed , a b a n q u e t . We w e r e e n t e rtained with the s h o w i n g of a film called The Beg inn i n g . " It w a s a b o u t an e lder ly ge n t lema n, who , a fte r 30years of fai thful serv ice was given an engraved wr i s tw a t c h by his com pan y, s ign i fy ing " t ime on his h a n d s . "

At last the long-awai ted per iod of t i m e had c o m eHe could en joy "do ing no th ing" to his hear t ' s con ten t .

FEDERATION club members s t r ike informal pose aroundHiwayHouse t ra in dur ing Apri l t r ip to Phoenix and SunCity. See s tory above for r e p o r t of Ge ron to log y cha i rman .

At first it was fun, but, as you can guess , he was verys o o n b o r e d and lone ly, and longed to be b a c k at workaga in . Then he h e a r d of Sun C i ty, p lanned for act iveret irees l ike himself, and w h e n he and his wife visitedsome f r iends there , they found m any mo re congen ia lfr iends and mo re in te res t ing th ings to do than theycould have imagined . And so they dec ided to buy ah o m e in Sun C i ty.

SEE SUN CITYO n T h u r s d a y, we were t aken out to Sun C i ty, 2

miles f rom Ph oenix , to see for ourse lves how it wasopera ted . We were d r iven th rough the spac ious g roundsof beau t i fu l homes in a cou ntry -clu b set t ing, with golfcourse , swimming pools , l awn bowl ing , e tc . , and on toa comple te shopping cen te r. We w e r e let off at the ar tsand c ra f t s cen te r, and w a l k e d t h r o u g h h o b b y r o o m s ,c lub rooms , pa t ios , c lub lounge , k i t chen , and town ha l l .Af te r tour ing the s ix model homes , we were re tu rned tothe pa t io of t h e S u n C i t y C o m m u n i t y H o u s e , w h e r e wewere se rved a mos t de l ic ious ca te red lunc heon , the c lub

m e m b e r s of the Sun C i t y Wo m a n ' s C l u b a c t i n g ashostesses.The fabu lous tour which was p lanned for us for F r i

day seems l ike a d rea m. We were d r iven all a r o u n d a n da b o u t P h o e n i x and the in te res t ing and historica l pla cesp o i n t e d out to us. We toured the S ta te Univers i ty andMesa and then Sco t t sda le . We go t o ut at Sco t t sda le , theWest ' s mos t Wes te rn town, and peep ed into Lul u Bell 'sd imly lit, o ld - t ime sa loon , where we were sure we sawshadowy figures of the Old We st s ti l l lur king .

Then we were d r iven to the fabu lous Mou nta in Shadow s Inn, loca ted in the p u r p l e s h a d o w s of the C a m e l -b a c k M o u n t a i n s . In this luxu riou s al l-year resort , withi t s whi te -and-go ld lobby, its magni f icen t loung e , andspac ious d in ing room, we were se rved a l u n c h e o n fitfo r a queen ' s t as te : an exotic frui t salad served in ha lvesof scooped-o ut f resh p ineap ple , topped wi th s t raw berries and w h i p p e d c r e a m and F rench pas t r i es fordessert . In Parad ise Val ley there were many morebeautiful things to see, inc lud ing a t o u r of gorgeousm o d e l h o m e s in Mo on V al ley.

BARBEQUED CHICKEN DINNERFr iday n igh t we aga in re tu rned to Sun C i ty, where

as the gues t s of the Sun C i t y Wo m a n ' s C l u b , we w e r eserved a ba rbe qued ch icken d inn er and en te r ta ined wi than in te res t ing program by t h e m e m b e r s of the c lub . We

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h a d the p l e a s u r e of m e e t i n g the p r e s i d e n t of the A r iz o n a S t a t e F e d e r a t i o n of Wo m e n ' s C l u b s a n d t h e P h o enix distr ict president .

I cou ld go on and on t e l l ing about the t r ip , but asG e r o n t o l o g y C h a i r m a n , my special interest w as to seef irst-hand the op era t ion of the f ir st p lanned com mu ni tyfor ac t ive re t i rement l iv ing .

Behind every ach ievement of m a n is a d r e a m a nidea , a p l a n . T h i s is especial ly true in the e rec t ing of

br idges and d a m s and o the r eng ineer ing fea t s . Fewcities have been p lann ed . The y usua l ly jus t g row l ikeTo p s y.

T h e d r e a m of one ma s te r bu i lder, Mr. Del E . Webb ,w a s to bu i ld a p l a n n e d c o m m u n i t y for ac t ive re t i rem e n t of our o lder c i t i zens . Th is he has d o n e in SunCi ty, Ar izona , all wi th in the pe r iod of a l i t t le over oney e a r. Th e p ro jec t is d iv ided in to th ree sec t ions . Thef i r s t sec t ion , which was comple ted June , 1 9 6 1 , consistsof 1,400 hous ing un i t s , now hous ing 3,000 ind iv idua ls ,al l ci t izens 5 0 y e a r s of age , or o l d e r. The c o m m u n i t ycen te r, the shopping cen te r, pa ved s t ree t s , u t i li t i e s , e tc .w e r e all c o m p l e t e d b e f o r e a s ing le house was so ld .

T h e h o u s e s r a n g e in p r ice f rom 9 , 7 5 0 to 15 ,350 ,which may be f inanced on F H A t e r m s or c a s h . W h e n adivision has be en filled up the recr eatio nal faci l i t iesa re tu rned over to th e h o m e - o w n e r s , w h o e l e c t a b o a r do f m a n a g e r s a m o n g s t t h e m s e l v e s . T h e y are 1 0 0 self-governed .

SECOND SECTION IS UILDINGThe second sec t ion is n o w in the p rocess of d e v e l o p

m e n t and wil l co nsist of 2 ,000 home un i t s , inc lud ingc o o p e r a t i v e p l a n a p a r t m e n t s . A n o t h e r 1 0 0 0 ret ireesa l ready l ive here .

S o m e o n e h a s a s k e d me if this isn ' t just a r ea l -es ta tep r o m o t i o n a l s c h e m e . My a n s w e r is tha t na tura l ly theobjec t of the t r ip was t o p rom ote be t te r pub l ic re la t ion sfo r the c o m p a n y in ques t ion . But no a t t em pt was everm a d e to se l l us any th ing . Ins tead , the idea of p l a n n e dre t i rement l iv ing sold itself to us.

T h i s is just on e plan offering a dignif ied way of lifeto our o lder pop ula t ion . Some day there wi l l be m a n ym o r e , s o m e of the m financed by p r iva te cap i ta l , suchas in Sun Ci ty, and s o m e b a c k e d by t ax-pay ers ' mon ey.The Sun Ci ty p ro jec t is p l a n n e d to p r o v i d e a c o m f o r table way-of-l ife for t h o s e of m o d e r a t e m e a n s . T h e r ewill be o ther p ro jec t s p lanned to g ive o lder people ac h a n c e to l ive indepen dent ly at wha tever p r ice they canafford.

There wi l l be no doub t , o ther tou rs s imi la r to theSun City Tour offered to m e m b e r s of o u r C l u b . A n d m yadvice to you is by all m e a n s t a k e it. You wil l neve rbe sor ry.

K N I T T I N G C L U B - L e f t to r ight: Clara Suk cha i rman;Mir iam Conner, Peg Conner, M i ldred Toldren , The lmaSchantz, and Mar y Lewis.

MOSAIC CLUB 2 8 members. Mary Lewis, president;Ger t rude Berg , v ice -pres iden t ; and Ida Mae Schwartz,sec.-treas.

CERAMIC CLUB - 32 members. Maye He nry, presid ent;Dor i s Tibb i t s , v ice -pre s ide n t ; Rene Me rry , sec . - treas . ;Birdie Engle, instructor in creative ceramics.

REPUBLICAN CLUB 7 5 members at present . Ethel An gel l , pres. ; John Zil ia n, 1st vice-pres. ; Edward S. G a r e y, 2ndvice-pres. ; Harriet Bouton, corr. sec; Eugene Butler, ac ting rec. sec ; Loret ta Gree ne, a ct ing treas. and exec, b oar dmember ; Michae l E. Bross, exec, bo ard mem ber. Pu rpose is to cooperate with national , s tate and county officials towa rdbe t te r government th roughout Mar icopa County and State of Arizona. Photo shows Gov. Paul Fannin sp eakin g atSun City Governor 's Night meeting.

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N.A.R.C.E. Sun Ci ty Chapter 768 of Nat ion al Associat ion of RetiredCivi l Employees . Dr G e o rg e J Worne r, p r e s . ; Wi l l i am H Bart ley, v ice-pres . ; Myr t l e M Worne r, s ec ; Cha r l e s P Ward , t r ea s . ; and Leo E Manion ,chap l a in . Ob jec t i ve is to p romote gene ra l we l f a r e of annui tants and po t ential annuitants of c ivi lian publ ic service , togethe r wi th such act ivi ties lookin gto t he preservat ion of American institutions and ideals as shall be voluntar i lyespoused by the member sh ip and its o rgan ized un i ts . Member sh ip of 50

SUN CITY ROSE SOCIETY Aff i l i a t ed w i th the Am erica n Rose Society.Blaine Ferguson, pres . ; Ada Liset, vice-pres.; Agnes T. Chamber s , sec;Ralph P Tracy, treas. In p ic ture f rom lef t to r ight : Mir iam Conner, MinnieM. Dezur, Mary Lewis , Joe Lewis, Doro thy L indb erg, Jo Cole , Ethel Wilson,Gustav Wils on, Ross Kidder, and Agnes Chambe rs . Purpose is to encourageinterest in and cul t ivat ion of the rose , and to spr ead know ledge and loveo f the rose whene ver and where ver possible . Present membership 35

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t h e s m a l l e r as w e l l . In the O c t o b e r -N o v e m b e r i s s u e we w i ll c o v e r ther e m a i n i n g c l u b s an d o r g a n i z a t i o n si n U n i t N o . 1. A l a te r i s sue wi l l f eat u r e th e n e w c l u b s in U n i t s 2 and 3a s s o o n as t h e y ar e o r g a n i z e d andh a v e si z a b l e m e m b e r s h i p s .

C l u b a c t i v i t y in Sun C i t y is f a sc i n a t i n g an d s t i m u l a t i n g . S o m e areo r g a n i z e d for p l e a s u r e an d soc ia lc o n t a c t s w h i l e o t h e r s ar e o p e r a t i n gn o t o n l y for p l e a s u r e but for s t u d ya n d i m p r o v e m e n t in s p e c i a l i z e d a r t sc r a f t s an d o t h e r h o b b i e s s p o r t s orp r o f e s s i o n s . S o m e ar e e v e n f u n ct i o n i n g no t o n l y for s el f e n j o y m e n tb u t for h e l p f u l n e s s to o t h e r s .

W h e n Del E. W e b b v i s i o n e d thep l a n for Sun C i t y he had in m i n dt h e n e c e s s i t y of p r o v i d i n g a d e q u a t efac i l i t i e s for s e n i o r c i t i z e n s to e n j o ya c t i v e e m p l o y m e n t an d r e c r e a t i o n .T h a t is wh y he b u i l t fu l l y e q u i p p e dh o b b y s h o p s c l u b r o o m s s p o r t sa r e a s s w i m m i n g p o o ls an d c o mm u n i t y m e e t i n g h a l ls e q u i p p e d w i t hk i t c h e n s p a n s a p p l i a n c e s d i s h e sa n d t a b l e w a r e for s e r v i n g c o m p l e t ed i n n e r s or l i g h t r e f r e s h m e n t s .

T h e r e s u l t s a c h i e v e d ar e a m a zi n g . W h i l e s o m e of the r e s i d e n t s arep r o f e s s i o n a l s m a n y of the a r t s andc r a f t s it e m s p r o d u c e d by b e g i n n e r sh a v e t u r n e d out to be a l m o s t p r of e s s i o n a l . t s o m e of t he e x h i b i t so p e n to th e p u b l i c c e r a m i c s j e we l r y l e a t h e r g o o d s oil p a i n t i n g sn e e d l e an d k n i t t e d w o r k etc. h a v eb e e n s o l d . A s i d e f r o m t h i s j u s t thep l e a s u r e of d o i n g an d s e e i n g thew o r k d o n e ha s b e e n r e w a r d i n g .

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