Orange Acres History
January 2005

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These pictures progress from top to bottomdy Liz Bond giving her report.
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January 4 - Tuesday

There were 118 at the coffee hour this morning. We are getting into the busy times and there was a lot of business to be brought up.
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President Gene Mathes introduced Ben Bograd, director of Health Center America. (Click to enlarge)

Ben acquainted the people with the facilities at Health center America, which is less than a mile away from us. It is a health club for adults 50 and over and is associated with Doctor's Hospital. (Click to enlarge)

January 6 - Thursday

There were about 148 at the Pot Luck tonight. Everyone had a great time and great food.
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A few more people joined for the show after the meal.
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The Flurries, Bill and Marilyn, did a great job of singing all the music we really like. (Click to enlarge)

Blanche Sargent was honored with Bill singing to her. (Click to enlarge)

January 9 - Sunday

There were about 40 present at the vesper service tonight at the clubhouse. Our choir, directed by Ruth Joy Moffitt, presented four numbers. (Click to enlarge)

The speaker for the service was our own Rev. Ed Sensenbrenner and a fine job he did. (Click to enlarge)

January 10 - Monday

There were about 60 present at the FMO meeting at River Walk this afternoon. Six were from Orange Acres. The elections of officers took place as the main feature.
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January 11 - Tuesday

There were 145 at coffee this morning.
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John Ruggeri of Ruggeri Insurance spoke to the residents before the meeting concerning insurance cancellations and rate increases. He answered a lot of the questions concerning people. (Click to enlarge)

Following the meeting, Anne Hubert had a meeting of those going on the cruise January 23. (Click to enlarge)

Betty Delanois introduced Jerry and Wilma Jordan this morning at coffee. (Click to enlarge)

Anne Subrizi was introduced by Mary Ryman this morning. (Click to enlarge)

January 14 - Friday

There were 73 Orange Acres residents visited the Roaring 20's pizza restaurant today for lunch. (Click to enlarge)

The entire restaurant was reserved for our group. The Red Hat ladies planned it and included the rest of the park.  (Click to enlarge)

These were the 32 Red Hat ladies that attended the lunch. (Click to enlarge)

The great pipe organ music was enjuyed by everyone. (Click to enlarge)

January 18 - Tuesday

There were 132 at coffee this morning.
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Jeff Warrington spoke about the new rules pertaining to use of the rec hall. (Click to enlarge)

Wayne Steinbaugh led the annual Homeowners Corporation meeting which included election of three board members. (Click to enlarge)

Carolyn Turner had the interview with new residents, Becky and Sam Ciraulo.
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January 22 - Saturday

There were 92 at the dance at Orange Acres Club House tonight. Shown here is Celebrity Club who did a great job with the music.
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Here are scenes of the various groups around the room. (Click to enlarge)

More great scenes at the dance. (Click to enlarge)

Here is the committee that worked so hard to make it a success. (Click to enlarge)

Here are the door prize winners Ron & Gerry Shadle, Bill Greenway and Larry Mason. The were given eggs decorated by Joyce Mansfield. (Click to enlarge)

January 23 - Sunday

There are about 30 residents and friends from Orange on the Carnival Destiny Cruise this week. We left Orange Acres at 6 am on a bus to Tampa airport. This is a view of the passengers on the plane.
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We took a plane from there to San Juan where we boarded the boat. This is the "Carnival Destiny" that we are on. (Click to enlarge)

This is some of us sharing our first dinner together with a new couple we met. (Click to enlarge)

In the evening we had a lifeboat drill. This is a few of us trying to be serious. (Click to enlarge)

Liz Bond and a secret admirer. (Click to enlarge)

January 24 - Monday

This is the view we had of St. Thomas when we awoke this morning. Some went ashore during the day to shop. (Click to enlarge)

Ray Bergeron and Gene Mathes took a tramway ride 700 feet for a great view of the island. (Click to enlarge)

This panorama view of the island of St. Thomas was taken at the top of the tramway ride. That is our boat in the center. (Click to enlarge)

Gene Mathes found the exercise room is still trying to keep fit. (Click to enlarge)

As our ship left St. Thomas we passed close to the Queen Mary 2 which is the largest liner in the world and only 6 months old. (Click to enlarge)

These are the 26 members of our tour at the Captains dinner. Four got stranded by snow and haven't arrived yet. (Click to enlarge)

These are the waiters and waitresses introduced to the people tonight. (Click to enlarge)

The employees put on a music and dance program tonight that was outstanding. (Click to enlarge)

January 25 - Tuesday

There were 107 at coffee this morning. Thanks to Ward Young for the pictures. (Click to enlarge)

Past President Ila Meehan filled in for Gene Mathes at coffee this morning. (Click to enlarge)

Mary Ryman filled in for sunshine lady Liz Bond. (Click to enlarge)

Andy and Ann Bougie of lot 85 were introduced at coffee this morning. (Click to enlarge)

This is a panorama of the island of Dominica that we on the cruise visited today. This is a beautiful island but a very poor community. Most of us stayed on the boat today
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At supper tonight the waiters and waitresses danced around for our enjoyment with many of us joining them. We hope the weather in Sarasota is not too bad this week. It has been sunny and in the low 80's in the Caribbean so far.
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January 26 - Wednesday

While in Barbados, ten of us took this tour around the island. Isn't that one of the happiest groups you've ever seen? (Click to enlarge)

Here we are at one of the great beaches. Not as nice as Florida's however. (Click to enlarge)

Our guide took us to the highest point on the island during our three hour tour. (Click to enlarge)

This is the view from that point showing the Atlantic ocean to the east. We docked on the west side in the Caribbean Sea. (Click to enlarge)

After supper tonight the waiters and waitresses danced for us. This time they did the Macarena. (Click to enlarge)

Ray Bergeron entered the lip sync contest tonight, at the Mexican party, and won 1st place in the men's division. (Click to enlarge)

January 27 - Thursday

These are the contestants in the Hairy Chest Contest this afternoon on Carnival. The third from the left is our own Ray Bergeron. (Click to enlarge)

These are the girl judges checking out Ray's hair. He had to give a Tarzan call, a sexy dance and let the judges examine him. (Click to enlarge)

And the winner was none other than Ray Bergeron. (Click to enlarge)

This is the Grand Gala Buffet of food sculpture and ice carvings. This was truly a work of art by the Chefs which was displayed at midnight. (Click to enlarge)

January 28 - Friday

This is a view of Aruba where we docked for the day as seen from our ship . The ship was deserted  today because most people went ashore to see Aruba. Our same group took a tour of the island today. Tomorrow we will spend all day at sea as we complete the last leg of our journey returning to San Juan.
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This is Palm Beach on the southern shore where all of the population is located. The beaches are beautiful but few in number. (Click to enlarge)

This is one of the trees naturally formed as a result of the constant wind. (Click to enlarge)

This is the rocky north shore which is kept in it's natural state. (Click to enlarge)

This is a naturally formed stone bridge on the rocky coast. (Click to enlarge)

This is the path we have taken on our cruise. The pink shows the route we started tonight and will continue till Sunday morning. (Click to enlarge)

Again after supper tonight the waiters and waitresses danced for us. (Click to enlarge)

January 29 - Saturday

The last day we spent at sea and spent the afternoon partying with friends. This is most of our Orange Acres crowd.
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Gene Mathes, of course, fell in love with the waitress Lise from South Africa. It broke his heart to leave her, but life goes on. (Click to enlarge)

We had special dinner music tonight. (Click to enlarge)

Two of the servers that our group had were Gokhan and Aline.
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January 30 - Sunday

The Cruise is over. The Orange Acres people arrived home at 11 pm tonight after a long day of "hurrying up and waiting". We woke up about 6 am on the ship in San Juan this morning and had a very long day. It is good to be home.

There were only 7 people at the beach party today.  The day was a little cool for the beach, maybe that's why more didn't come.
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