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CONTENTS MARCH 2016 • VOL. 17 ISSUE 03

ON THE COVER – Collector and retired cardiologist Dr. Mark Barrow poses inside the Matheson History Museum. Barrow is one of the founders of the museum and proudly declares his passion for preserving the past. He has donated his personal collections to the museum and has encouraged many others to do the same.

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Tapas Community Page Calendar of Events

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Charity of the Month Crossword Puzzle Theatre Listings

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Robb House Medical Museum Paying Tribute to Alachua County’s First Female Doctor

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FROM THE EDITOR œ ALBERT ISAAC

Collecting History Did you know that March is, among other things, Women’s History Month?

Yep, in 1987, after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, Congress passed a law that designated the month of March 1987 as Women’s History Month.

So with this in mind, we have several fascinating features about some notable women (and a couple of stories written by notable women).

First let me tell you about Sarah Lucretia Robb, Alachua County’s first female doctor. In the late 19th century women were certainly not encouraged to become doctors – nurses, yes, but doctors, well, not so much. Sarah Robb had to go to Germany for her medical training.

My, how times have changed.

You can read all about Dr. Robb and the Gainesville medical museum that bears her name in this edition of Senior Times.

Secondly, we have a feature contributed to our Community Voice section by one of our readers. This remarkable woman decided at the age of 88 that she would run a 5K. And she did just that. Twice.

Thirdly, we bring you another installment to our continuing series on World War II veterans, in this case a Marine by the name of June Whitehurst. Learn all about her experiences as one of the first female U.S. Marines.

Lastly we offer you a profile on Dr. Mark Barrow, a Gainesville collector of, well, all kinds of things, ranging from rare bottles to hand-colored images from “Harper’s Weekly.” He has also collected some 20,000 vintage postcards.

In 2009, he published “A Penny for Your Thoughts: An Album of Historic Postcards of Alachua County,” consisting of postcard images of Alachua County in the early 20th century. Read all about Mark Barrow and how he became a crucial part of the team that helped create the Matheson History Museum.

From women in history to collectors of history, I think you’ll enjoy all we have to offer in this edition of Senior Times! s

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Robb House Medical Museum Paying Tribute to Alachua County’s First Female Doctor

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oday American women have the freedom to pursue the college and career of their choice. In the late 19th century, however, there was significant resistance to co-education in America. Dr. Edward H. Clarke, the author of the 1873 book, “Sex in Education; Or, a Fair Chance for the Girls,” went so far as to claim that higher education was bad for women’s health and could lead to sterility and even death. At the time, women interested in a medical career were funneled into nursing, which was the path Sarah Lucretia Robb pursued until her husband, Dr. Robert Lee Robb, a homeopathic physician, encouraged her to become a doctor.

When Sarah was unable to gain admission to an American medical school because she was a woman, she moved to Heidelberg, Germany, where she completed a medical degree in two years.

After medical school the new husband and wife doctor team set up practice together in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Sarah Robb was not the first female doctor in Florida (Dr. Esther Hill Hawks served as a doctor and teacher with the Freedmen’s Bureau in Florida after the Civil War), but she was the first to practice medicine in Alachua County. Sarah was certified in allopathic (conventional) medicine, while Robert specialized in homeopathic (alternative) medicine.

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In 1880 Drs. Sarah and Robert Robb and a third doctor, Dr. J. V. Bean, published a book, “Robb & Co.’s Family Physician: A Work On Domestic Medicines, Designed to Show the Causes, Symptoms and Treatment of Disease,” which embraced a holistic approach to medicine and was dedicated to “The Thinking Masses.” The book opens with Sarah’s “Letter to Mothers,” which offers frank advice on women’s health and infant care in a time when open discussion of reproductive health could result in criminal punishment because of the 1873 Comstock Act.

The Victorian cottage in which the Robbs lived and practiced medicine was nearly demolished.

“It is false delicacy that would hide from girls that which, by all means it belongs to them to know,” Sarah wrote. “Mothers, teachers, it is with you this responsibility rests. The thousands of wretched wives who are thus suffering from a neglect of proper instruction at this turning point of their lives, warn you how serious this responsibility is.”

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arah Lucretia Miller was born in 1852 in Newark, New Jersey. She graduated with a nursing degree from Hahnemann College in Philadelphia, which later merged with Drexel University.

Sarah married Robert Robb in Illinois on Valentine’s Day in 1872. A member of the National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Sarah traced her ancestry back to the Manhattan Purchase in 1626. Sarah Robb died in May 1937 at age 84; she and Robert are buried in Gainesville’s historic Evergreen Cemetery, where they share a large tombstone marked with a caduceus.

PHOTO BY PEGGY MACDONALD The Robb House (ca. 1880), located at 235 Southwest 2nd Avenue, is home to both the Robb House Medical Museum and the Alachua County Medical Society.

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in Gainesville, where they established a medical practice. The Robb family included two children from Robert’s previous marriage to Mary Elizabeth Faris, who died in 1869 (a third child, Alice, died as an infant), and Sarah Emily Robb, born to Sarah and Robert in 1873, the same year that Robert graduated from the Missouri Homeopathic College of Medicine.

The Victorian cottage in which the Robbs lived and practiced medicine was nearly demolished in the late 1970s. According to an August 1982 “Journal of the Florida Medical Association” article written by retired cardiologist and Matheson History Museum co-founder Mark V. Barrow, Joseph H. Avera built the house in ap-

proximately 1878. The house changed hands several times after Sarah Robb’s death. Sarah willed her home to Margaret Gross, a fellow widow who became her companion after she traveled from Canada to Gainesville with the belief that the area’s warm climate and restorative springs would improve her son’s health. Tragically, he died in Georgia while en route to Florida.

“Grossie,” as Margaret was affectionately called, gave the house to Sarah’s children, who promptly sold it to an attorney.

Over the years the Robb House was used as a law office, dance studio, karate center and rental apartment and fell into serious disrepair.

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PHOTO BY PEGGY MACDONALD Florence Van Arnam and Dr. Mark Barrow, both former Spirit of Gainesville award nominees, have been active in historic preservation for decades.

Van Arnam is the longtime curator of the Robb House Medical Museum. Dr. Barrow helped relocate and restore the Robb House in the early 1980s.

the building from demolition but had to move it to keep the purchase price down. The Robb House was originally located at 406 East Liberty Street (which became East University Avenue after the University of Florida opened in Gainesville), which would have been an expensive lot to purchase. On April 11, 1981 the building was moved intact to 235 Southwest 2nd Avenue and was transformed into the Robb House Medical Museum and the headquarters of the Alachua County Medical Society, which paid $90,000 for its restoration. University of Florida architecture professor Blair Reeves and other UF faculty, staff and graduate students prepared an assay to guide the historic preservation process.

Florence Van Arnam, a retired nurse and Alachua County native, has served as the museum’s curator since its establishment more than 30 years ago. An honors graduate of Vanderbilt University, Van Arnam (whose maiden name is Rogers) received the Founder’s Medal in nursing in 1952, a gold medal that is awarded to the student with first honors in each graduating class.

Van Arnam, a petite 86-year-old with the stamina of an 18-year-old, brings the Robbs’ stories to life in engaging tours

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of the Robb House Medical Museum. During a private tour of the museum that she offered to the staff of the Matheson History Museum in July, Van Arnam kept going for more than two hours without sitting down. Among the vast assortment of historic artifacts on display are the remaining original furniture and medical tools from the Robbs’ home office; an authentic Civil War-era amputation kit; early X-ray equipment; and antique forceps. Several rooms are filled with items from Alachua General Hospital, including an operating table that was used when the hospital opened in 1928, surgical lamps, and baby scales used to weigh newborns. Alachua General Hospital closed in 2009 when its new owner, Shands Hospital (now UF Health Shands Hospital), determined that it was no longer financially viable. Alachua General was demolished in 2010 and the site of the former hospital now houses the Innovation Hub at the University of Florida.

In keeping with the spirit of innovation, the Robbs were also entrepreneurs. Local historian Dr. Mark Barrow reports that Robert owned a furniture factory in east Gainesville, published one of Gainesville’s early newspapers, and — along with Sarah — operated one of the first private boarding seniortimesmagazine.com

Florence Van Arnam, a retired nurse and Alachua County native, has served as the museum’s curator since its establishment more than 30 years ago. schools in Alachua County. Robert was instrumental in establishing the Odd Fellows’ Home and Sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis patients. He also planned to develop a health spa and suburb that would be connected to downtown Gainesville by a street railway system. However, the 1888 yellow fever epidemic prevented this plan from being realized.

A 1996 oral history interview Gainesville resident Mary Ann Cofrin conducted with Sarah and Robert Robb’s granddaughter, Lucretia Thomson, provides fascinating insights into Sarah’s life and early Gainesville history. Sarah continued to serve as one of a small number of doctors in Alachua County for approximately 15 years after Robert died in 1902. Her home office was equipped with a two-bed clinic for overnight patients, and she traveled throughout the area in a buggy pulled by her horse, Ben, to treat patients and deliver babies.

Lucretia, who often accompanied Sarah

when she treated patients, recalled that because her grandmother was a heavyset woman, the seat was slanted and Lucretia had a hard time staying on her side of the buggy.

In addition to providing medical care to Alachua County residents and patients who traveled from neighboring counties, Sarah Robb was an active member of the community. She was a founding member of the Gainesville Garden Club, whose members led a variety of town beautification and conservation initiatives including the establishment of Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park in 1970. Sarah also sang in the choir at First Presbyterian Church, which is now located across the street from the present-day site of the Robb House Medical Museum on SW 2nd Avenue.

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Tinseltown Talks Audrey Dalton Survived a Titanic Sinking and a ‘Serpent’

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our decades before James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster “Titanic” made waves at the Academy Awards with 11 wins, Audrey Dalton signed on for Hollywood’s 1953 recreation of the famous 1912 maritime disaster.

“Our version only received one Oscar for writing,” said Dalton, who turned 82 in January, from her home in Saddleback Valley, Calif. “But the special effects were pretty good for 60 years ago.”

The cast included Barbara Stanwyck and Clifton Webb, who delighted ‘40s and ‘50s movie audiences with his acerbic, snobbish characters, most notably in three Mr. Belvedere films.

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matic Art and was soon noticed by a film executive.

“Paramount brought me over to the U.S. on a seven-year contract beginning with ‘The Girls of Pleasure Island,’” she explained. Set on a South Pacific Island towards the end of World War II, the 1953 comedy was released while the

Korean War was still in progress.

“To promote the film, we were sent to Seoul where it premiered for the troops,” Dalton said. “It’s dated now, but the men enjoyed it. We were driven around in army trucks and dressed up in beautiful Edith Head gowns doing skits for the troops.” seniortimesmagazine.com

Dalton appeared in just 16 films, including a small role in 1958’s “Separate Tables” with David Niven, Burt Lancaster, Rita Hayworth, Rod Taylor, and Deborah Kerr.

“We rehearsed for three weeks and shot it in sequence which was very unusual,” she said. “Niven was a wonderful, funny man, a great raconteur. It was great to just sit quietly in a chair and listen to his wicked sense of humor.”

Since retiring from acting, Dalton has been a popular guest at film festivals and is scheduled to appear at this year’s Williamsburg Film Festival, Va., held March 9-12.

“The sci-fi fans always ask about ‘The Monster that Challenged the World,’” laughed Dalton, about the 1957 B-monster movie classic.

“That monster was enormous!” she added, referring to the 12-ft. pneumatically controlled creature she eluded which was curiously called a reptile in the original trailer, but was actually a giant mollusk in the film.

Dalton’s movie career lasted until 1965 during which time she also raised a family.

“I had four children in six years between 1953-1959. What’s interesting is that many websites today have given me a fifth child,” she chuckled. “He even has a birth date and a name — Adrian. Needless to say my children have made great fun of it and ask why I never told them about their lost brother!”

As for her actual children, none were drawn to acting.

“Just as well,” she said, “it can be a difficult business. I did a few very good films and some mediocre ones. I enjoyed every day on the set.” s Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala., and has written features, columns, and interviews for over 600

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COLLECTIBLES

Mark Barrow A Passion For History

Story and photography by Ray Carson

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r. Mark Barrow said he was born with a collector gene that runs in his family and it has shaped the direction of his life.

“As a child I began to collect matchbook covers and it became an obsession, exceeding 1,000 covers and taking up so much space in the living room that my mother finally demanded they be boxed and put in the attic,” Barrow said. However, the matchbooks would only be the first of many collections.

Barrow was literally born on the road. His family lived in Crestview, Florida, and the closest doctor was in Pensacola.

“When my mom went into labor, my father tried to drive the 43 miles to the hospital but the birth couldn’t wait and I was born in transit on the road,” he said.

Once at the hospital, the doctor was unsure what to list as his place of birth since he was not born in the hospital or even the same county.

The Barrow family had been in Florida since the late 18th century. Each generation had been farmers until Barrow’s dad, George William Barrow, decided to go to college in 1914 at the University of Florida. Army service cut short his college education and upon discharge he returned to Crestview to study law on his own. He practiced law for 25 years, served in the state legislature and was elected county school supervisor.

All three of his sons also went to UF. Barrow was the youngest in the family and was a member of the first class to graduate from the University of Florida Medical School. He still had the collecting bug, but now it was ceramic jugs. Barrow would spend his spare time searching abandoned farmhouses and

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moonshine stills to add to his 60-piece collection.

As a student, he had a blind date with his future wife, Mary Besalski. The daughter of a Florida minister, Mary was an education major studying to be a teacher. She had an outgoing personality and a confidence that intrigued Barrow. In the book “A Partnership with the Past” Barrow writes that his wife was the only woman he had ever met that could both out talk and out argue him.

Both had a mutual interest in history and historic preservation. They got married and their first child was born on the day Barrow graduated from medical school. After receiving his Ph.D. from UF, he worked in North Carolina and Washington, D.C., before returning to Gainesville to accept a position as assistant professor with UF’s Department of Medicine. In 1972, Barrow left his teaching position to go into private practice in cardiology.

“I helped found the museum so I would have a place to store all my collections,” Barrow said jokingly.

During this time, the Barrows had four more children and began searching for a suitable large house for their family.

Because of their mutual love of history, they began looking at houses in the northeast area known as the Duckpond. Many of the old houses had fallen into disrepair and were considered investment risks by banks. The couple found the house that met their needs and appealed to their historical interests. Built seniortimesmagazine.com

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in a colonial revival style by John Tigert, the third president of UF, the house was meant to represent a smaller version of Washington’s house in Mount Vernon. To the Barrows this was an opportunity to restore the house to its former glory. To the banks it was a bad risk, even at the low price of $30,000.

The Barrows finally got help from a friend who was a retired bank president.

“He was retired, but still working at the bank,” Barrow said. “After being turned down several times, we decided to try again. We ran into him in the bank and told him about our situation and he immediately went to the loan officer and told

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him to give us the loan ... We got it.”

As downtown Gainesville expanded it began to encroach on the neighborhood. A zoning request to allow residences to be used for business offices united preservationists and area residents. The Barrows got involved and helped form Historic Gainesville, Inc. to preserve the residential integrity of the northeast area. The group helped save the Thomas Hotel and turn it into a cultural center and also began documenting all the architecturally and historically significant houses in the Northeast, which eventually led to the area being designated as a historic district. The group also fought to save the Kirby seniortimesmagazine.com

Smith school and get historical designations for several other neighborhoods.

The Barrows’ love of history and preservation also took another turn; the restoration of the Tigert house had fueled their desire to save and restore historically significant houses.

The next move was to buy an old church, restore it and open an antique shop called Barrow’s Antiques. Mary got into the house restoration business and they began buying one house a year. Under the name Victoria’s Restorations, she restored 14 homes in the Gainesville area including the Howard HouseKelley Lodge, which won a Florida Trust award.

Barrow’s medical practice was growing, as was his involvement in historical preservation — and his collections. He had started collecting antique postcards that dealt with Florida, especially Gainesville. His collection eventually contained over 20,000 unique postcards of Florida.

He also collected rare bottles, hand-colored images from “Harper’s Weekly,” 1,200 books on Florida as well as miscellaneous documents, maps, journals and photographs. Soon, patients and friends and other collectors were donating to his collections.

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were much bigger collections. These collections were not strictly Florida but did include rare Florida cards that he did not have. Barrow said that Robert Hughes had 60,000 postcards, Doug Hendrickson had 40,000 and Irv Sterling had over 1,000 as well as an extensive bottle collection. Barrow would approach them and ask to purchase ones he did not have or convince them to contribute to an archive he was setting up with the Historical Society. If they declined, he would try to photograph them to create a database of Florida postcards.

For historical collectors, it is often more about preserving than possessing the objects. And sometimes it is just luck that helps preservation.

“One day, I was driving in an older section of town when I noticed a large number of boxes by the curb for trash pick-up and saw they contained thousands of photographs,” Barrow said.

Stopping to investigate, Barrow found that the new owners were cleaning out the home of professional photographer E. H. Bone who had been taking pictures in Gainesville from the 1920s to the 1960s. The photographs were a life’s worth of work, creating a unique historical record of the town and its people. The owners allowed Barrow to take the boxes.

Without his intervention, this unique historical record would have been lost forever in a landfill.

But all his collections created another problem — storage. The collections were beginning to take over his house and office. He was involved with several preservation and historical groups that all felt that a space for a museum was necessary. For the next decade Barrow would work tirelessly with other collectors, historians and city and state officials to make the dream a reality. He would convince other collectors to donate their collections, seek funding and grants, as well as donations from wealthy citizens. Although many people contributed to the effort, Barrow was the driving force.

Finally in 1990, the old American Legion building was pur-

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chased and the Matheson History Museum was established.

“I helped found the museum so I would have a place to store all my collections,” Barrow said jokingly, but it was his love of history and dedication to preserving the past that made the museum a reality.

All of his collections, papers and books have been donated to the Matheson History Museum. Perhaps the greatest donation, though, is Barrow himself, who can be found most days at the museum organizing artifacts and sharing his knowledge with anyone interested in learning about the past. s seniortimesmagazine.com

COLUMN œ KENDRA SILER-MARSIGLIO

Healthy Edge The Power of Relaxation

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e know that we gotta relax. But, are we succeeding?

Although controlled breathing and deep relaxation evoke thoughts of yoga (and perhaps memories of Lemaze classes), it’s a great way to de-stress. Stress may seem like it’s just an annoying part of life, yet, more than ever, research shows that stress can lead to chronic illness, heart problems and death.

For instance, a “Journal of Pain” study showed that half of participants with chronic headaches experienced less pain by learning how to stop the stressproducing habit of “catastrophizing” (constantly thinking negative thoughts about their pain). Another study in “Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes” showed that cardiac patients with so-called “Type D” personalities (characterized by chronic distress) have a higher risk of poor outcomes.

According to the National Cancer Institute, research has shown that people who experience intense or chronic stress may develop digestive problems, fertility problems, urinary problems and a weakened immune system. Also, people who experience chronic stress are also more prone to viral infections (e.g., flu, common cold) and may have headaches, sleep trouble, depression or anxiety.

What does this mean? It means that you need to know how to effectively RE-

LAX. One way to relax is to start using the “Relaxation Response” technique first developed by Harvard Medical School cardiologist Dr. Herbert Benson in the 1970s.

Here are the steps to reach Dr. Benson’s Relaxation Response (www. relaxationresponse.org/steps/): 1. Get in a comfortable and safe seated position.

2. Shut your eyes.

3. Think about deeply relaxing your muscles, one set of muscles at a time.

Start with the muscles in your feet and keep imagining that you’re relaxing every muscle in your body up to your face.

4. Keep them relaxed.

5. Start breathing through your nose.

As you do so, become aware of your breathing in and out. While you’re breathing out, say the word “ONE” silently to yourself. Do your best to breathe easily and naturally.

6. Continue this process for 10-20 minutes. Feel free to open your eyes to check the time — but skip the alarm!

7. When you finish, sit quietly for several minutes.

8. It’s OK if you don’t feel that you were successful in achieving a deep level of relaxation. It’s important to just let the relaxation occur naturally.

You may experience distracting thoughts while you’re doing the Relaxation Response technique. However, acknowledge your thoughts and let them pass through your mind naturally. When you’re ready, go back to focusing on your breathing and return to repeating “one.”

Outside of the comfort of your home?

Consider trying Square breathing (or Box breathing) to relax. Here’s how you do it: 1. Breathe in slowly through your nose.

Count to four as you inhale.

2. Hold your breath for four seconds.

Concentrate on your belly and notice how it also moves when you inhale deeply.

3. Exhale. Count to four as you exhale.

4. Count to four before you inhale again.

5. Try to do this at least three times to relieve tension or anxiety.

The National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine reports that in addition to reducing stress, controlled breathing can be used to help manage insomnia, anxiety, depression and pain.

These techniques may feel extremely unnatural at first. The Harvard Health “Family Health Guide” claims that some of the reasons deep breathing can feel strange for many of us is because a flat stomach is considered attractive! Holding in the stomach muscles forces us to do shallow “chest breathing” (instead of breathing deeply from our diaphragms).

Chest breathing actually makes us feel anxious.

So, to keep that healthy edge, take some deep breaths. (For a flat stomach, do crunches!)

Want to learn more about stress and health? Check out the American Institute of Stress at www.stress.org. s Kendra Siler-Marsiglio, Ph.D. is the Director of the Rural Health Partnership at WellFlorida Council.

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READER SUBMITTED œ JOAN H. CARTER

Community Voice The Run For Haven Challenge

Joan Carter (not pictured) competed in the Run For Haven St. Patrick’s Day-themed race in 2014 and again last year. Participants were encouraged to dress in green, and Marcella West (middle) won the costume contest. Held at Tioga Town Center, this year’s race is on March 12, 2016 at 4:30 pm.

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ighty-eight years old, I wanted to run a 5K race — 3.1 miles. Before World War II, girls were considered too delicate to compete in sports. Since I usually had to run six blocks to school or be late, I was good at running. But I never ran a race.

In June 2013, the month before my 88th birthday, my husband Jay died. Over the previous two years as Jay wasted away, I’d become skin and bones, lost a lot of strength and experienced vertigo. I was scared. Was I going to die too?

I decided I had to eat, even when I wasn’t hungry, and I had to exercise — I’d walk.

On my first walk, I couldn’t reach the end of the block.

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Exhausted, legs quivering, afraid I would collapse, I headed home. Boy, I told myself, I need work! The next day I walked to the corner and back. Very tired, I’d done it. The third day I rested. On the fourth day I walked a bit farther — progress!

I kept walking a few times a week, sometimes a short walk, sometimes longer. I joined other walking neighbors — I could walk farther when I had company.

In December, my still poor strength and balance persuaded my doctor to prescribe physical therapy, and my therapist Chagui assigned exercises to add to my walking.

In February 2014, I saw a Run For Haven flyer for the annual 5K/10K race scheduled March 15. The afternoon race seniortimesmagazine.com

with a St. Patrick’s Day theme included a picnic supper. Entry fees benefited Haven Hospice — they’d cared compassionately for my husband Jay. I signed up.

Chagui’s eyes bugged out when I told him. He ramped up the exercise program and advised me: Go the full distance at least once before the race, but train with shorter distances.

Run intervals. Look straight ahead to avoid getting dizzy.

Quicker steps beat longer strides. Hold off training two days before race day. Carbo-load with pasta the night before.

I bought running pants and shoes to look like a runner and trained in them to be sure they were comfortable.

Race day dawned sunny and pleasant. I’d had fettuccini Alfredo for supper the night before. I hadn’t walked for two days, and I’d slogged a grueling 5K the previous week.

I attached my bib number 73, with its timing chip, to the front of my shirt. A runners’ warm-up began. Accompanied by energetic music, a young woman led us in a wild dance. I decided no way I’d waste energy on that.

The start signal! We runners crowded across a little white bridge by the timers’ tent, into a two-lane street through a residential area. I kept to the side to let others pass while I tried to keep pace with those going about my speed. As the

race went on, I struggled to pick up my heavy feet. I pretended I was mushing with sled dogs from Fairbanks, carrying serum to that little boy in Nome whom I’d read about in fourth grade.

“One foot in front of the other,” I told myself. “Faster, faster.

Gotta get that serum to Timmy.” Half way through the race, Chagui appeared to finish beside me!

Exhausted, I crossed the finish line in a daze. I refused to sit down — I might never get up. But I finished the 5K, 405th of 546 participants. Oldest in the race. Third in the women’s age group 70 - 98.

Jay would’ve been proud.

I took a vacation then from running and walking, but after the hot summer, I registered for the 2015 Run For Haven. If I could shave four minutes and 12 seconds off my time, I’d beat the 73-year-old who came in second. Having work done on my house, however, interrupted my training. Race day was hot.

My friend Carol came to cheer me on, but I took three minutes longer to finish. Again I won third place, though, among women 70 and older.

Today I am 90. I wonder, should I try again? Since last March, I’ve worked on my computer instead of walking, so I’ve lost stamina. But I walked two miles yesterday. Maybe… s March 2016

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TRIBUTE

Veteran June Whitehurst One Of Marines’ First Women Helped Pave Way For Military Acceptance

by Michael Stone

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t’s 1942, or maybe early 1943, and in the basement of the Department of the Treasury in Washington D.C., June Whitehurst can’t help but stare at an unfashionable older woman walking toward her.

The hair, the cotton hose, the dress, the flat shoes — all of it’s “just terribly old-fashioned,” Whitehurst observes. “I wouldn’t have been caught dead in flat shoes. Even though I walked to work, I wore heels all the time.

“The only excuse I gave her was: It is wartime.”

As the two get closer to one another, Whitehurst recognizes the face.

“It’s Eleanor Roosevelt,” Whitehurst realizes, surprised that the first lady is guard-less but figuring she had traveled through the underground connection between the treasury and the White House.

“And I’m still staring at her. I just can’t help it. She looks so terrible. … So she says hello to me, and I say hello back.”

As a young woman at the epicenter of U.S. military and politics during World War II — and especially working at the treasury, which recruited celebrities to help sell war bonds — Whitehurst had several such famous encounters.

Actor Jimmy Stewart was signing autographs across the street when she first hopped off the bus, literally, that had carried her from her hometown of St. Joseph, Missouri.

“When [my friend I had traveled with] saw him, she about

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went crazy,” Whitehurst, 92, recalled from her High Springs home in the woods, a “Marine parking only” sign hanging from a tree. “And I said, ‘Go ahead and go over there where he is and get his autograph, and I’ll take care of our luggage ‘cause I really could care less.’”

One day at the treasury, the comedic duo Abbott and Costello — of “Who’s on First?” fame — was in a pack of celebrities that also included actresses Elizabeth Taylor and Greer Garson.

“The Marine Corps has opened its doors to women,” she recalled the radio announcing. “And I can remember saying out loud, ‘That’s for me!’”

Costello “was, of course, acting a fool like he does on the stage,” Whitehurst said. “And so he walks right into one of the big columns in the hallway there and then pretends to fall.”

And at the Stage Door Canteen, where soldiers would be entertained before heading off to war, Whitehurst racked up more star sightings — including singer Al Jolson and bandleader Xavier Cugat — by working there at night as a hostess. seniortimesmagazine.com

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But in a way, not from the stage or big screen but through patriotic trailblazing, Whitehurst established herself as a celebrity, at least to the historian’s eye. She is one of the initial women in the Marines — and one of the very first to go on active duty — during World War II. Altogether, after enlistment was opened to women, between 23,000 and 24,000 joined the Marines, responding to the slogan “free a Marine to fight.”

“If people say, ‘Well, what did women in World War II do?

Why were they there?’ They were there to free Marines to fight,” said Marine veteran Nancy Wilt, a Colorado resident, the Women Marines Association’s historian and, through the organization, Whitehurst’s friend.

Wilt noted that the women’s 200-plus assigned positions were stateside office and training ones — things like clerical

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work, mapmaking, parachute rigging and Whitehurst’s eventual job: “link trainer,” the term for those who practiced flying planes with aviators in grounded simulators.

When Whitehurst arrived at Atlantic Field on the North Carolina coast, where she trained Marine pilots during the war, the link trainer Marine she was replacing showed her and a few other women around.

“He wasn’t happy with us, by the expression on his face, and his voice wasn’t cordial, shall we say,” Whitehurst remembered. “They were not happy that they were being taken out of their really good cushy jobs, safe jobs to be sent overseas.”

More broadly, “men didn’t want women in — the average American male,” Wilt said.

But infiltrate the U.S. military women did. An estimated 350,000 served during the war: in the Army’s Women’s Army seniortimesmagazine.com

(Leftt) Whitehurst mailed her private (Left) first class insignia home to her first parents when she was promoted pare to co corporal. She would eventually promoted to sergeant. (Top) A be p Marine banner hangs in WhitehuMar rst’s High Springs home.

Corps (WACs) (WACs), started in May 1942; the Navy’s Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), which followed in July; the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), launched under a different name in September; the Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (SPARs), formalized in November; and the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve, initiated on Feb. 13, 1943.

“The World War II women got us far farther in business and the new way of raising families,” Wilt said. “It proved a lot of things: It proved that women could work and have families, [and] it opened up fields like crazy.”

Graduating high school in 1940 at age 17, Whitehurst didn’t start out with such sizable goals for the women’s movement when she joined the war effort. She just wanted a job.

After Pearl Harbor pushed the U.S. into combat, she set her eyes on what was known as a “government girl” job in Wash-

D C at her father’s insistence ington D.C. insistence.

“Every woman should know how to make a living,” her father, the owner of a Missouri business college and a veteran who had his arm nearly shot off at the French-German border during World War I, told her.

Whitehurst took the civil-service test in Kansas City on a snowy Saturday. She must’ve done well because three days after, she was told to be in Washington by Monday, to become an 18-year-old employee for the Department of the Treasury.

Her memories of wartime Washington include plenty of soldiers on guard duty; blackouts; the closure of certain places, such as the 555-foot-tall Washington Monument, possibly to prevent spying; and undependable public transportation, which prompted her to walk to the treasury from the nearby bedroom she was renting.

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A local Missouri newspaper delivers the news that Whitehurst is one of the very first women to go on duty for the Marines. In part, it says: “She thought she would have time to spend a short vacation here with her parents before being called to duty. But she entered active duty six days (after joining) and received the rating of private first class her first day on duty.”

“I would wait half an hour or 40 minutes for a streetcar to go to work,” she said, “and then on the way there, it might catch on fire. … So I thought, ‘To heck with this.’”

At the treasury, Whitehurst did mostly secretarial work, like records, filing and dictation. She held a high level of security clearance, leading to her being given the task of typing an inventory list of military items being sent to aid Russia under the Lend-Lease Act. She enjoyed her work, there and at the Stage Door Canteen, where she’d talk and dance with soldiers about to ship out.

“But I just seemed to be missing something.”

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en, mainly the SPARs. But her real calling made itself known one morning in March 1943, a week before her 20th birthday, when the measles had her confined to home.

“The Marine Corps has opened its doors to women,” she recalled the radio announcing. “And I can remember saying out loud, ‘That’s for me!’”

Whitehurst had to wait a few days to meet the age requirement of 20, and right after enlisting during her birthday week, she bought a beautiful pink camellia she had spotted in a shop window.

That night, camellia in hair, she sat at a table with five Marines at the Stage Door and told them that she, too, was to be a seniortimesmagazine.com

Marine.

The plan had been to start boot camp two months after enlisting, giving her time to wrap things up at the treasury and go see her family in St. Joseph. But one of the five Marines, a corporal who “knew just the right people,” asked, “Would you like to go on duty immediately?’

“And I said, ‘Sure!’”

The corporal suggested she go meet with a certain captain the next day, a Friday, and she was then told to be at women Marines headquarters at the Pentagon the following Monday at 9 a.m.

She and two other women started that day as privates, beginning their work directly under Maj. Ruth Cheney Streeter, the first director of the women Marines. “[Streeter] had the bearing. She had the look of authority and the actions of authority,” Whitehurst said. “I was very impressed with her.”

Wilt noted the uniqueness of Whitehurst’s situation: She and the two other women went straight into Pentagon positions thanks to existing security clearances, and she went on active duty before the women Marines had even started their first boot camp.

“She was one of the firsts of the firsts,” Wilt said.

Whitehurst identifies herself as being one of the initial 80 women Marines in the war, and though Wilt has never come across the number 80 in her research, she said she believes Whitehurst’s number, especially in terms of active-duty status, is likely much lower.

Only seven women, including Streeter, started prior to the public announcement to serve in administrative roles for the women Marines, Wilt said.

So perhaps Whitehurst is in the top 40 or 50, she added, but “really, in my mind’s eye by what she has said, I truly feel she was sooner than that.

“She was at the right locale [Washington D.C.], she enlisted at the right time,

ABOVE: Photos show Whitehurst and a friend at a link trainer facility at Atlantic Field in North Carolina, and below them is a newspaper clipping about “Little Daisy June,” a Red Skelton character that Whitehurst said is named after her because her mom mailed the name into him.

BELOW: Whitehurst’s mom sent her a picture of a beautiful dress to tease her about the military’s drab uniforms.

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“The World War II women got us far farther in business and the new way of raising families.”

Whitehurst poses in front of the Department of the Treasury, where she worked during part of the war. She’s wearing a Marine armband to identify herself because uniforms for the newly formed Marine Corps Women’s Reserve hadn’t been delivered yet.

they were just starting, and I think they pulled her right away [without boot camp] with these other two women.”

They were pioneers in that they were among the first in the chain of women who have served in the Marines continuously since 1943, aided by a small number who remained after postwar discharges and, eventually, the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act in 1948.

But they weren’t the earliest overall. That title belongs to the 300-plus women who joined the Marines toward the end of World War I to do what the next Marine women did: take over stateside roles to free others.

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family gender roles, those in the first war earned women the right to vote, Wilt said.

“Because of the superior performance of women in all areas of the war effort in World War I, they had letters telling them how wonderful they were from the president and everybody,” she said. “And when [the issue of women’s suffrage] came up, they said, ‘OK, this is what you say we did. Now why can’t we vote?’”

For Whitehurst, there were some dots of sexism during her military career.

Two men who also worked at headquarters had set aside a stack of applications of women they felt weren’t attractive seniortimesmagazine.com

enough to be Marines. “There was nothing I could do [right At Atlantic Field, she met Marine Dale Whitehurst, an then] because they were both sergeants,” Whitehurst rememaerial gunner and Battle of Guadalcanal veteran, and the two bered. married exactly eight weeks later, in January 1945.

So she waited until the men left for the day to redistribute Regulations prevented women from staying in while pregthat stack into others to guarantee that the women would be nant, so Whitehurst had to leave in April 1945, at the rank of sent off to boot camp. sergeant. This gave her the chance to be with her husband Whitehurst also recalled a day when Streeter came into the while he was stationed in San Diego for the surrender of both office angry because she had just eaten a meal with a group of Germany in May and Japan in August. people who wanted women in Following the war, the two the Marines to have an acroreturned to his hometown of nym, like the SPARs, WACs and Miami, where he worked as a WAVES. telephone linesman and then “And I said immediately, as an aircraft-metal maker for ‘Well, I joined the Marine Pan-Am airlines. Meanwhile, Corps!’” Whitehurst recalled, she cared for their seven chilexplaining that she thought an dren and eventually became a acronym would have diminsecretary at Southwest Miami ished her position.

High School.

But overall, she said, The first and third chilmilitary men treated their dren, sons, went on to join the new colleagues with dignity.

Marines, while the second was a “The men were wonderful. lead anti-Vietnam War protestor They were very courteous, and at Florida State University. they seemed happy to have The Whitehursts retired to us there. And they were very Arkansas in 1979 and then to respectable.”

North Central Florida in the Whitehurst spent roughly early 1990s to be closer to their a month and a half at headchildren still in Miami. Dale quarters, doing office work passed away in 2000. and participating in some of Reflecting on the evolution the initial decisions about the of women’s role in the military, women Marines, like choosing Whitehurst does have some a summer uniform from three reservations.

Whitehurst and her husband, Dale, pose with their first of finalists.

“I’m not jealous that they seven children, Barney, who was born in late 1945. The Whitehursts married in January of that year, eight weeks after “I didn’t like any of them can be on the front lines, shall meeting at Atlantic Field. Dale passed away in 2000.

— the least of the three evils we say,” the grandmother to 12 is what I’d consider [the one I and great-grandmother to 15 chose],” she said. “Maj. Streeter often called the three of us said. “I’m not jealous of that at all. And basically, I think the women in there and asked us things about what would hapmen who object to it are right because I don’t really think it’s a pen, what we should do.” place for a woman.

Then, in May 1943, the three left for boot camp at New “I can see some women doing a real good job of it, as far as York City’s Hunter College. Whitehurst said it never reached that’s concerned, but just the thought — I just don’t think it an intense level — sometimes marching, sometimes going to should be.” lectures, sometimes disassembling and reassembling an M1 But wearing a large Marine pin on a purple blouse, WhiteGarand rifle but never firing it. hurst said she’s proud of her service and glad she could fulfill After finishing boot camp in July, she headed to Atlanta’s her role to help win the war.

Harris Field to learn how to be link trainer — a job she’d then “I was very satisfied with my job in the Marine Corps,” she carry out for a year and a half at Atlantic Field, training new said. “I’ve led an exciting life — or I did some exciting things pilots and practicing with experienced ones. during my life, [I’ll] put it that way.” s March 2016

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atching the Oscars show on TV makes me think of Olivia de Havilland, who won the 1946 bestactress Oscar for “To Each His Own.” At 30 she was a great beauty, and decades later when I became her editor at the Delacorte Press, she was 59 and matronly — but still a stunner.

It made me wonder, what is beauty?

According to Plato, it lies only in the eye of the beholder. English poet Sir Thomas Overby said his wife’s beauty was only skin deep. I live in a retirement community, and I find most of the residents beautiful. I think it may be less their skin than something projected from within, like wisdom, patience, and kindness.

That Olivia possessed many of these qualities did not make her producer David O. Selznick’s first choice when he briefly involved himself in “To Each His Own.” Though as Melanie Wilkes she’d helped him make “Gone With the Wind” the top earner of all time — $4,401,358,554 — he wanted his latest find, Ingrid Bergman, for “To Each His Own.” Ingrid declined it, and when Olivia finally read the script she loved the story of Jody Norris, an unwed mother who sleeps with a dashing WWI pilot destined to be killed in combat.

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her Senior years, looking progressively hideous due to Hollywood’s stereotypical notion of age. Mae West once said old age makes hags of us all, but she also quipped, “Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send nine of them home, I’m tired.” Rex Reed, an author I edited in the 1970s, moonlighted as an actor and appeared with Mae in “Myra Breckinridge.” When Rex returned from Hollywood, he told me Mae had received an endless stream of body builders in her dressing room throughout the shoot.

She was 77 at the time, and obviously the van was still rocking.

Olivia’s best-actress Oscar nomination for “To Each His Own” was won despite her bad makeup job. She created the illusion of age by altering her voice, making it by turns ironic, bossy and wise. At the Academy Awards ceremony, when Ray Milland, the previous year’s honoree for “The Lost Weekend,” announced Olivia as the winner of the 1946 Oscar, Olivia’s sister Joan Fontaine tried to congratulate her, but later complained, “I started to shake hands with her, but she seemed very occupied and busy. Maybe she didn’t see me.” Olivia saw her all right but later told the press, “Our relations have been strained for some time — I didn’t change my attitude.”

Just recently, interior designer Richard Ridge told me that Olivia and Joan had once attended one of his parties, looking great in cocktail dresses and apparently enjoying themselves.

“Later they went home and had a fight so terrible they never spoke to each other again,” he said. “I saw none of that coming at my party. So the fight must’ve been terrible… Olivia had arrived only that afternoon and she didn’t even spend the night in her sister’s home.”

In 1948 Olivia filmed another Ingrid Bergman reject, “The Snake Pit,” which landed her on the cover of “Time.”

Ingrid said, “Olivia de Havilland took the part and she got an Oscar, which was marvelous. [Director Anatole Litvak] said, ‘Look what you turned down!’”

“I know what I turned down,” Ingrid replied. “It all takes place in an insane asylum and I couldn’t bear that. It was a very good part, but if I had played it, I wouldn’t have got an Oscar for it.’”

Ingrid was mistaken about Olivia winning an Oscar for “The Snake Pit.” Jane Wyman won that year, 1948, for “Johnny Belinda.” Olivia won her second Oscar in 1949, for “The Heiress,” one of the few plum roles Ingrid wasn’t offered in the 1940s, before she fell out of favor by running off with her Italian lover and getting pregnant sans wedding band.

Olivia had shrewdly snapped up “The Heiress” upon seeing the Broadway play version long before anyone west of the Rockies heard of it.

In July last year, still beautiful, she turned 99. As Shakespeare said of Cleopatra, “Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety.”

Beauty’s an inside job. s Ellis Amburn is in the Hall of Excellence at TCU’s Schieffer School of Journalism. Involved daily in volunteer community service, the High Springs resident is the author of biographies of Roy Orbison, Elizabeth Taylor and others. ellis.amburn@gmail.com.

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CALENDAR UPCOMING EVENTS IN ALACHUA & MARION STRETCHING CLASS Tuesdays 10:00am – 11:00am OCALA - Forest Community Center, 112 N. Magnolia Ave. Info: 352-671-8560 or visit online, www.marioncountyfl.org/parks.

antebellum homes in North Central Florida. For a reason lost to time, the Haile family wrote on the walls of their home - over 12,500 words in almost every room and closet. Docent-led tours will be offered. www.hailehomestead.org.

LONG ROAD TO FREEDOM PARKINSON’S EXERCISE CLASS

Through March 18

Tuesday & Friday

9:30am - 3:30pm GAINESVILLE - Matheson History Museum, 513 E. University Ave. This original exhibition and related programs examine the hidden histories of sites on the Florida Black Heritage Trail in and around Alachua County, ranging from Union Academy to Rosewood.

Free. www.mathesonmuseum.org.

9:30am GAINESVILLE - Alachua County Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th St. A fun and effective exercise class to help those living with Parkinson’s Disease and other balancerelated health issues. Exercise is the only way to slow progression of PD. Free. Visit www. facebook.com/gainesvilleflparkinsonsnetwork.

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Wednesdays 11:00am - 1:00pm GAINESVILLE - Wesley United Methodist Church, 826 NW 23rd Ave. Gainesville Chapter of the DAR meet on the second Wednesday of each month, October through May. gainesvilleDAR@gmail.com.

GAINESVILLE HARMONY SHOW CHORUS Thursdays 7:00pm – 9:30pm GAINESVILLE - Grace Presbyterian Church, 3146 NW 13th St. For all who are interested in learning and singing Women’s A Cappella Barbershop Harmony Music. Info: Beckie at 352-318-1281.

LADY GAMERS Fridays 1:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - New Century Woman’s Club, 40 NW 1st Ave. The Lady Gamers meet for fun, friendship and food. Everyone is invited.

Meet old friends and make some new ones.

IMAGIMATION Through April 24 Times Vary OCALA - Appleton Museum of Art, 4333 E. Silver Springs Blvd. Drawn from the Animation Hall of Fame archives from the Nancy and Hal Miles Collection, the “Journey into IMAGIMATION: 100 Years of Animation Art from Around the World.” exhibition celebrates the ongoing 100-plus year history of this magical art form.

Exhibition visitors can create their own drawings and simulate the animation experience on a useable zoetrope. AppletonMuseum.org.

KEEPING SENIORS SAFE Thursday, March 3 2:30pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Presented by PrimeTime Institute.

Eva Rogers, Senior Human Services Program Specialist, will explain how to identify abuse, neglect, exploitation, and self-neglect of Seniors.

PLOWING UP THE PAST Friday, March 4 10:00am NEWBERRY - Dudley Farm Historic State Park, 18730 W. Newberry Rd. See how fields were plowed for spring plantings. Observe participants working the land. Learn about different types of field plows and antique tractors. School groups are welcome. 352-472-1142.

THE TIME TRAVELER’S BALL Friday, March 4 10:00pm - 12:00am GAINESVILLE - Market Street Pub & Cabaret, 112 SW 1st Ave. Travel back in time and into the future with the Mischievous Madams, Gainesville’s first burlesque troupe! This show is 18+. mischievousmadams.com.

March 4 – 6

Through March 31

Times Vary JONESVILLE - Tioga Town Center, W. Newberry Rd. See works of artists and fine craftsmen in paintings, mixed media, photography, fiber, ceramics, jewelry, wood, sculpture, glass, metal and books. The Festival kicks off Friday night with a live concert.

Times Vary GAINESVILLE - Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Road. Learn how butterflies signify the health of their surrounding ecosystem in ‘Bellwether Butterflies: Environmental Indicators.’ Daily butterfly releases are held at 2 pm with additional weekend releases at 3 pm and 4 pm, weather permitting.

Admission is $10.50 or free with a valid Gator 1 ID. 352-846-2000; www.flmnh.ufl.edu.

Sundays and Saturdays

1:00pm - 3:30pm GAINESVILLE - Alachua County Library Millhopper Branch, 3145 NW 43rd St. The Millhopper Book Club meets the first Tuesday of each month. You do not have to read the book to attend the meeting. 352-334-1272.

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9:30am - Noon GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Quilters of Alachua County Day Guild (QACDG) meets monthly the first Thursday.

Guests are welcome. www.qacdg.org.

TIOGA WINTER FINE ART FAIR

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HISTORIC HAILE HOMESTEAD TOUR Times Vary GAINESVILLE - Historic Haile Homestead, 8500 SW Archer Rd. Completed in 1856 by enslaved craftsmen, the 6,200–square-foot homestead stands today as one of the few remaining

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RACE THE TORTOISE 5K Saturday, March 5 7:30am HIGH SPRINGS - O’Leno State Park, 410 SE O’Leno Park Rd. This is an out-and-back certified racecourse with mile markers on the park’s main road, which is both scenic and paved.

Proceeds will help provide for the creatures in the Park’s Nature Center and to help expand its exhibits. Register: www.friendsofoleno.org or email friendsofoleno@windstream.net.

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RUN AMUCK WITH THE DUCK Saturday, March 5 8:00am GAINESVILLE - North Florida Regional Medical Center, 6500 W. Newberry Rd. This 7th Annual 5K walk/run raises funds and awareness for the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation. Registration begins at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. This family- and pet-friendly event features prizes, snacks and fun for all. Info: Caren Gorenberg at carengorenberg@gmail.com or 352-256-6263.

WILLIAM BARTRAM HERITAGE DAY Saturday, March 5 9:00am – 4:00pm HAWTHORNE - Little Orange Creek Nature Park. See William Bartram in costume giving a fascinating talk for both adults and children. Live music, native plant sales, storytelling, booths of handmade crafts, local artists, Earthskills demonstrators and southern style food will give visitors a glimpse of what life was like in William Bartram’s time. 352-494-3790.

GAINESVILLE FOOD TOUR March 6, 27 & April 17 10:45am – 1:45pm GAINESVILLE - Downtown Gainesville. This historic walk food tour is about a 1.5-mile walk around downtown where you can try five or more restaurants all in one fun event. www.gainesvillefoodtour.com.

AUTHOR MEG WAITE CLAYTON Sunday, March 6 2:30pm GAINESVILLE - Headquarters Library, Meeting Room A, 401 E. University Ave. Meg Waite Clayton is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of five novels, including the recently published “The Race for Paris” and “The Wednesday Sisters,” one of Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Essential Best Friend Novels of all time. “Race For Paris” is a story of two journalists hoping to make history by being the first to report the liberation of Paris in the summer of 1944.

ASK A SCIENTIST: GEOLOGY Sunday, March 6 1:00pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE* Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Rd. Talk one-on-one with researchers from UF’s Department of Geological Sciences. Bring your specimens and find answers during an afternoon of discovery and learning. 352-273-2062.

Run For Haven Saturday, March 12

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JONESVILLE - Tioga Town Center, 105 SW 128th St. 5K and 10K walk/run with a St. Patrick’s Day theme. Participants are encouraged to wear green and participate in the St. Patty’s Day costume contest to win prizes. All proceeds benefit the unreimbursed programs and services provided by Haven Hospice to the patients and families in Gainesville and the surrounding areas. www.havenhospice.org

SAVION GLOVER AND JACK DEJOHNETTE

CIVIL WAR ROUNDTABLE

Sunday, March 6 7:30pm – 10:00pm GAINESVILLE - Phillips Center, 3201 Hull Rd. A tour-de-force of percussion and rhythm that glorifies the vibrational power exchanged between two greats, Savion Glover and Jack DeJohnette.

6:00pm - 8:00pm GAINESVILLE - Trinity United Methodist Church, 4000 NW 53rd Ave., Edu. Bldg. #232. Held the second Thursday of each month, open to the public and will feature guest speakers at every meeting. Info: 352-378-3726, www. cwrnf.org or diane@proofinggrounds.com.

IMPROVE BALANCE AND REDUCE RISK OF FALLS

THE NEWBERRY SIX: 100 YEARS LATER

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2:30pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Presented by PrimeTime Institute. Join PT for this interactive presentation by Melissa Cere, PT DPT, on how to improve your mobility, your home environment, and other factors in order to significantly reduce your risk of falls.

6:00pm GAINESVILLE - Matheson History Museum, 513 E. University Ave. Dr. Patricia HilliardNunn will discuss the hidden history of the Newberry Six lynchings, which took place on August 19, 1916 at a site now known as the Hammocks or Lynch Hammock. There is still no historical marker at the site.

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SCULPTURE COMPETITION Saturday, March 12 1:00pm – 4:00pm OCALA - Tuscawilla Park, 829 NE Sanchez Ave. Celebration of the sculptures with live entertainment and complimentary public art activities throughout the park. Info: Melissa Townsend at 352-629-8447.

SUDSY SOAPS Saturday, March 12 10:00am – 2:00pm NEWBERRY - Dudley Farm Historic State Park, 18730 W. Newberry Rd. Learn all about Soap!

Children and adults alike, ages 5 and up can join in the fun! There are hands-on demonstrations, crafts, old-fashioned games and even some education. Learn about history, and a farming way of life. www.friendsofdudleyfarm.org.

ROCKY’S LADY LEGENDS SHOW

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March 17 – 20 GAINESVILLE - Gainesville Raceway, 11211 N. CR 225. Long considered one of the fastest tracks on the NHRA circuit, it was from this legendary launch point that drivers clocked the first 260, 270 and 300mph Top Fuel runs. www.facebook.com/ NHRAGatornationals/.

GATOR GYMNASTICS Friday, March 11 Times Vary GAINESVILLE - O’Connell Center. Cheer on the Gator Gymnastics team at their final home match of the 2016 season against the University of North Carolina. Gator seniors Bianca Dancose-Giambattisto, Bridgette Caquatto, Morgan Frazier and Bridget Sloan will be honored during a post-meet ceremony.

FAT TIRE FESTIVAL

everything from trees to raised gardens and tropical fruit to composting. 352-671-8400.

WIZZBANGZ MAKER BUS Saturday, March 12 1:00pm ALACHUA - Branch Library, 14913 NW 140th St. Stop by to see some real S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) Power in this maker/hacker bus visit. Many projects to see and a chance to create some really neat projects. 386-462-2592.

March 11 - 13

CAR & TRUCK SHOW

9:00am – 2:00pm OCALA - Santos Trailhead, 3080 SW 80th Ave. Enjoy over 50 miles of the single track as 10 years of award-winning trails are celebrated.

Fully supported, self guided ride with sag stops, bathrooms, lunch, safety patrollers and a custom map. Registration includes the event shirt and pint glass. www.santosfattire.com.

Saturday, March 12

SPRING FESTIVAL

LITTLE JAKE & THE SOUL SEARCHERS

Saturday, March 12 8:00am- 5:00pm OCALA - SELP, 2232 NE Jacksonville Rd. Featuring vendors selling an array of plants, garden décor and plant-related accessories, attendees can find almost everything they need for gardening and landscaping. Learn about

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Times Vary GAINESVILLE - NW 39th St., across from Springhill Publix. Gainesville Street Rods Original Cruz-in. Judged show open to all cars, trucks and motorcycles. Proceeds benefit StopChildren’s Cancer. DJ, food, $500 raffle, 50/50, door prizes. www.gainesvillestreetrods.com. 352-658-1477.

Saturday, March 12 8:30pm - 1:00am GAINESVILLE - Market Street Pub & Cabaret, 112 SW 1st Ave. Veteran blues and R&B recording artist and performer, Little Jake Mitchell plays monthly at Market Street with his Soul Searchers. $10 at the door. littlejakemitchell.com.

6:00pm OCALA - Circle Square Cultural Center, 8395 SW 80th St. Rocky and The Rollers are joined by musical guests: Barbara Lewis – “Hello Stranger,” “Baby I’m Yours,” and “Make Me Your Baby;” Merrilee Rush – “Angel of the Morning” and others. www.csculturalcenter. com/rockys-lady-legends-show.

EASTER EGG HUNT Sunday, March 13 11:00am GAINESVILLE - Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 SW 58th Dr. 3,000 candy- and toyfilled eggs will be spread over Kanapaha’s expansive lawns for the youngsters to hunt.

Bring a picnic basket for collecting the eggs.

Show up promptly as children quickly find the eggs. Admission is $7. www.kanapaha.org.

BENEFIT GALA Sunday, March 13 5:00pm – 10:00pm GAINESVILLE - Nadine McGuire Theatre, 687 McCarty Dr. UF’s Friends of Music and Friends of Theatre + Dance present Splendor: Enchantment at Sea benefit gala. Includes dinner, a concert featuring the UF Jazz Band and one-of-a-kind student performances, a silent auction and an after party with dancing and live music by Jacaré Brazil and Friends. Ticket packages range from $40-$150 per person. Info: www. arts.ufl.edu/splendor or call 352-846-1218.

GAWN LUNCHEON Wednesday, March 16 11:30am – 1:00pm GAINESVILLE - Sweetwater Branch Inn, 625 E. University Ave. The Gainesville Area Women’s Network luncheon – third Wednesday

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each month. Attend for great networking and a hot lunch. Register : GAWN.org.

CLASSY & SASSY BURLESQUE IN THE ROUND Saturday, March 19

SWALLOWING PROBLEMS IN OLDER ADULTS Thursday, March 17 2:30pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Presented by PrimeTime Institute. Aarthi Madhavan, a Doctoral student working in the swallowing research lab in the UF Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, will present this month’s program from the UF Institute on Aging.

MEET THE ARTIST Friday, March 18 6:00pm – 8:00pm FT. WHITE - Rum 138, 2070 SW County Rd 138. Reception with refreshments featuring Josh Milliken, an Alachua-based nature photographer who will exhibit his landscape and river photography of the North Florida area. His work will be on display March 14th - May 4th at the Rum 138 Gallery.

KIWANIS PANCAKE DAY Saturday, March 19 7:30am - 11:00am GAINESVILLE - Gainesville High School Cafeteria, 1990 NW 13th St. Enjoy pancakes, sausage, orange juice and coffee. $5.00 (Children under 6 are free). 100% of the profits will benefit children.

ST. PADDY’S DAY 5K Saturday, March 19 8:00am – 10:30am OCALA - Downtown. United Way’s high school program Youth United Way hosts their annual St. Paddy’s Day 5K run/walk through downtown Ocala. Info: Tina Banner at 352-732-9696.

FAMILY DAY AT THE DAIRY FARM Saturday, March 19 9:00am - 2:00pm HAGUE - UF Dairy Farm, 13515 CR 237. This free event will take place rain or shine and is educational and fun for children and adults alike. Watch cows being milked, tour barn facilities, pet calves, make butter. www. facebook.com/FamilyDayattheDairyFarm.

GUITAR QUARTET CONCERT

8:00pm - 1:00am GAINESVILLE - Market Street Pub & Cabaret, 112 SW 1st Ave. An intimate burlesque & variety show featuring a rotating cast of local and visiting performers. Live jazz with Swing Theory begins after the show at 10:00pm. This show is 18+. For reservations: sallybdash.com.

FLORIDA SPRINGS FESTIVAL March 19 – 20 Times Vary OCALA - Silver Springs State Park, 5656 E. Silver Springs Blvd. The festival promotes preservation of the springs through awareness and stewardship, featuring environmental speakers, educational displays, ranger programs, guided tours, food, entertainment, a student art show, silent auction and more. 352-236-7148.

SPRING GARDEN FESTIVAL March 19 – 20 Times Vary GAINESVILLE - Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 SW 58th Dr. Visit 175 booths offering plants, landscape displays, garden accessories, ssories, arts and crafts, educational exhibits and food, children’s activities area, live entertainment ent and live auctions. Free parking with shuttle tle buses service. www.kanapaha.org.

MUSIC IN THE PARK SERIES S Sunday, March 20 2:00pm – 4:00pm HIGH SPRINGS - James Paul Park, 200 N.. Main St. Performances featuring local musicians/ ns/ talent. BYO blankets, lawn chairs and refreshments. The music series happens every third Sunday of the month behind City Hall. all.

CANCER CONNECTIONS Wednesday, March 23 Noon – 1:00pm GAINESVILLE - HealthStreet, 2401 SW Archer Rd. Monthly meeting for cancer healthcare professionals, cancer patients/survivors/ caregivers. Anyone involved in the care or treatment of cancer patients, or provides a service to them is welcome to come for networking opportunities. A healthful lunch is provided for those who RSVP; $4 donation is requested. Info: Barb Thomas: bnbbarb@ aol.com. www.myhealthstreet.org.

Saturday, March 19 8:30pm – 10:00pm GAINESVILLE - Hippodrome State Theatre, 25 SE 2nd Pl. The Alachua Guitar Quartet provides a unique interpretation of Brazilian music through its adaptations and performances of diverse musical genres. www.thehipp.org.

HOME FUNERALS Thursday, March 24 2:30pm – 4:00pm GAINESVILLE - Senior Recreation Center, 5701 NW 34th Blvd. Presented by PrimeTime Institute. Caring for loved ones after death

Run Amuck with the Duck Sat., March 5 8:00am GAINESVILLE - Grounds of North Florida Regional Medical Center.

This 7th annual 5K walk/run raises funds and awareness for the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation.

Registration begins at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. This family and pet friendly event features prizes, snacks and fun for all. Pre-register at tinyurl.com/RunAmuck16. Info: Caren Gorenberg at carengorenberg@gmail. com or 352-256-6263.

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(until a burial or cremation) has historically been the duty and privilege of friends and family, but over time families have relinquished this once profound experience to the funeral industry. This presentation will cover the history, advantages, legal aspects, and practicalities of performing home funerals.

HISTORIC FARM TOUR Saturday, March 26 10:00am – 11:00am NEWBERRY - Dudley Farm Historic State Park, 18730 W. Newberry Rd. Discover an authentic working farm and follow park staff or docent in period clothing as they talk about the homestead consisting of 18 restored buildings, farm animals, gardens and local history. www.friendsofdudleyfarm.org.

MOTOWN IN MOTION Saturday, March 26 6:00pm OCALA - Circle Square Cultural Center, 8395 SW 80th St. Enjoy songs from Gladys Night & The Pips, Dionne Warwick, The Platters, James Brown, Martha & The Vandellas, The Four Tops, The Marvelettes, The Temptations and The Supremes. www. csculturalcenter.com/motown-in-motion.

O’Leno Ole’ Chili Cookoff Saturday, April 2

9:00am – 3:00pm

HIGH SPRINGS - O’Leno State Park, 410 SE O’Leno Park Rd. Bring your favorite chili recipe and compete with the best at this Cook-Off & Springs Celebration. Live music, model train exhibits, children’s activities, environmental exhibits, interactive water education displays and native plant sales. Info: email FriendsofOleno@windstream.net.

MARCH FOR BABIES Saturday, April 2 8:00am GAINESVILLE - Westwood Middle School, 3215 NW 15th Ave. March of Dimes’ largest annual fundraising

event. Last year, more than 4,000 people attended.

Sign up at marchforbabies.org/event/alachua and start a team with co-workers, family and friends.

Registration - 7:00 a.m. and the kick off - 8:00 a.m. Info: marchofdimes.org or nacersano.org.

PLANT EXPO Saturday, April 2

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8:00am – Noon NEWBERRY - Persimmon Farm, 17010 W. Newberry Rd. Newberry Garden Club’s annual fundraiser to support community projects and scholarship funds. Flowers of all kinds, bulbs, shrubs, trees and fruit & vegetable plants. 352-472-3928.

PLANT AND GARDEN SALE Saturday, April 2

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Comfort Phone & Do You See Me? March 11 – 27 Enjoy two locally written one-act plays in one night. Comfort Phone looks at sanity and the supernatural as someone who recently lost their mother receives calls from her and explores that subject with their therapist. In Do You See Me, at a woman’s funeral, family and racial issues are explored as authorities try to determine what happened to her amid secrets some are willing to take to their own graves. Adult themes.

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BOOK REVIEW BY

TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER

Sharon Tate: A Life

BY ED SANDERS ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICK VEITCH c.2015, Da Capo Press $25.99 / $32.50 Canada 285 pages

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ight place. Wrong time.

In your life, you’ve been there a time or two: missed something by that much, gone somewhere a minute too late, zigged when you should’ve zagged. Doing so can make you look foolish, it can save the day or, as in the new book “Sharon Tate: A Life” by Ed Sanders, illustrations

by Rick Veitch, it could be lethal.

Born 73 years ago in Houston, Texas,

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of kids led by a singer-songwriter who “was determined to record his songs and to become famous.” Tate thought Charlie Manson was “creepy.”

Some say she wasn’t supposed to be where she was on the day he ordered his followers to kill her. Manson still won’t say why he did it.

Sharon Marie Tate was just six months “Over four decades later,” says Sandold when she won her first beauty coners, “well into a new century, the reason test. No one remembers who submitted or reasons are still a lingering mystery.” the entry, but it was the beginning of a Remember the fear and horror of the 26-year career.

Tate-LaBianca Murders? If you’re over As both Homecoming and Prom A Certain Age, you do — and even if you Queen, Tate knew she wanted to be don’t, you may harbor an enduring truean actress even before she graduated crime interest in those nights in August high school. At 17, 1969. “Sharon Tate: she was noticed A Life” adds to the by a director who intrigue. was stunned by Though it her beauty; besometimes feels fore she turned 20 a little too casual, she was officially there are many “discovered by a reasons to like this producer” and had book. Author Ed landed bit parts in Sanders writes TV shows. Later, about more than she auditioned for a just Tate here; we major role in “The also read about Sound of Music.” other people in her Had she gotten it, world, and we get Ed Sanders (photo by Beth Bliss) says Sanders, her a good feel for the life would’ve been feel-good ‘60s — vastly different. drugs, sex, weirdness and all. Sanders By the time she met Roman Polanski, then offers new hypotheses to the why Tate had been engaged at least twice of the murders and, though we know and was not-so-innocent anymore. She what happens, he builds suspense in this thought he was intelligent; he cast her in story which, too, is “creepy.” his movies and tried to boost her career.

As books on the subject go, “Sharon They married in 1968 because he knew Tate: A Life” isn’t the slickest one but it’s she wanted a child; she was pregnant a good companion to all the others. Grab within a year. it if you’re fascinated. If you love a good At some point prior to their marcrime story, you’ve come to the right riage, “Sharon introduced [Polanski] place. s to the joys of Topanga Canyon,” where Terri Schlichenmeyer has been reading friends of hers lived. It was a beautiful, since she was 3 years old and she never goes carefree playground and, by 1967, they were joined there by “a converted school anywhere without a book. She lives with her two dogs and 11,000 books. bus painted black,” packed with a group seniortimesmagazine.com

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Betty’s Story Heart attack survivor Betty McMahon returned to North Florida Regional to thank a special group of people.

From the moment she arrived in our ER and Chest Pain Center, Betty received a level of care she says made it possible for her to come back strong. Betty has returned to her work and her hiking and wants to share her story because the things she knows now might help save your life.

The full story about the people who were there when Betty needed them most is on our website.

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