The Orlando Sentinel, Tuesday, December 17, 1985 names residents to committees About 23 Port Orange residents attended a meeting to form a Port Orange Historical Society. A nominating committee to choose candidates for officers was named. The committee is Frank Orsborne, Don Sumner, Dorothy Price, Priscilla Cardwell and Bonnie Haller, who was named chairman of the committee. A committee to form the by-laws also was named: Wilbur Haller, chairman; Elizabeth Knapp, acting temporary publicity chairman; and John Thompson, Agnes Dunbar, Aleena Moody and Lois Umstead. The next meeting will be held in early January.
I Approximately 100 residents of Barefoot Park Homeowners Association attended a Christmas party and dinner at Duff's restaurant. After dinner, a short business meeting was held. A gift exchange was conducted by gift chairman Louise Newcomb. John Grozinger, president of the association, was master of ceremonies for the evening. Organist Conrad Gresck led the group in carol singing.
New officers for the 1985-86 year were introduced: John Grozinger, president; Patricia Pippen, vice president; Marie Burg, treasurer; and Leroy Jones, secretary. The party committee included Newcomb, Jim Lowe, Grozinger, Burg, Peggy Elder, Sarah Gregor, Robert Weiner, Russell Horth and Jones. New members of the association are Robert and Fran Webber, Ralph and Mildred Garcia, Nick and Evelyn Zeleznak and Joe and Mabel Boehn. The next meeting will be held in January. The Port Orange Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 4089 will sponsor its annual children's Christmas party at 2 p.m.
Saturday at the club, 5602 Ridge- wood Ave. Members are asked to Dorothy Pinkerton, 59, 324 Wilder Daytona Beach, died Saturday. Born in Indianapolis, she moved to the Halifax area from there in 1978. She was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church, Daytona Beach.
Survivors: daughter, Jane Cooper, Houston; brother, Charles Heishman, Denver; sister, Julia Canada, Crawfordsville, two grandchildren. Cardwell Funeral Home, Port Orange. Mildred M. Blaise, 77, 901 S. Sound off Every Sunday in Insight.
The Orlando Sentinel 12-31-85 'Pine-ellopy' tree makes return to West Volusia hospital lobby Susan Flanagan PORT ORANGE ter the name, age and sex of children who will attend the party. Children 12 years and younger will receive a gift from Santa. The day will include films, refreshments and gifts. Names of children may be left at the aerie or mailed to the club. The next aerie meeting will be at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday. An auxiliary board meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Monday and the regular auxiliary meeting will be at 8. The Port Orange Grace Episcopal Church's Extra Special People Bunches will have its annual Christmas party at 5:30 p.m. today at the Halifax River Yacht Club, 331 S.
Beach Daytona Beach. Cost is $8.95 per person. Entertainment will begin after the dinner. The Port Orange Chapter of American Association of Retired Persons will meet at 2 p.m. today at the youth center, 4790 Ridgewood Ave.
The Christmas program will feature a message of Christmas from A. Marvin Cain, senior pastor of the White Chapel Church of God. Roger Stamper, associate pastor of music at the church, will entertain the group with a Christmas carol solo and lead AARP members in a singalong. Refreshments will be served. Newly elected officers of the chapter are Tony M.
Baldauf, president; Gerard W. Hand, vice president; Evelyn L. Estoff, secretary; Jake Logue, treasurer; and Marie P. Burg, assistant treasurer. The directors are Irving Morrell, Marjorie Squibb, John J.
Timoney, Frances R. Studds and Bertha M. Biondi. The new officers will be installed during the program by Gilbert Eidman. Obituaries Ridgewood Edgewater, died verleaf Friday.
Born in Elba, N.Y., she Saturday. moved to Edgewater in 1973 from County, Niagara Falls, N.Y. She was a in 1970. member of the Union Church, Standard Edgewater; the Forget-Me-Not- tona and Rebekah Lodge 83, New Smyrna Phillips Beach; the International Order of levard, Fellows Auxiliary, the Doro- ber of Bell Lodge 463, Niagara Falls; Deltona; Ladies Encampment Auxiliary Chamber New Smyrna Beach; Women der of the Moose 1515, New Smyrna tary Club. Beach; and the American Associ- sons, ation of Retired Persons.
Survi- my and husband, John; sons, Ken- daughter, neth, Las Vegas, Charles, tona; Prospect Heights, 13 grand- ville, children; 17 great-grandchildren. Lake, Baldwin-Hughey Funeral Home, Louise Smyrna Beach. nati; William C. Browning 67, Clo- Baldauff Sandy Thomas from West Volusia Memorial Hospital said the Christmas tree in the hospital's main lobby is entertaining in a special way. "Pine-ellopy" the talking tree is back at the hospital for the second year.
Thomas said the tree was such a hit last year, as it shared secrets with tots from all over DeLand, that the hospital brought it back, complete with Elsie the Elf, a tree helper. A drawing to win a teddy bear, on display in the gift shop, will be held Christmas Eve. Children may enter by filling out a form at the Christmas box in the lobby. Tree visiting hours are from 6 to 8:30 p.m. through Dec.
23. Volunteers who have signed up for tree duty, either as the voice or the elf, are: Dorothy and John Otto, Bo and Fred Taylor, Ken Ritter, Dr. Joe Goodreau, Jo Keiper, Jean Holt, Bill Crippen, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hoffman, Betty Jones, Jim Bradford, Bill Dunlap and Don Bradshaw.
Youth Exchange Service, a nonprofit educational organization, is in need of American families interested in acting as host families to foreign students. The student will stay for three months or a six-month school semester. They are medically insured and bring their own spending money. Families provide room board and may claim a monthly $50 tax deduction. For more information, call 1-800-848- 2121.
The DeLand Orchid Society recently held a Christmas dinner and installed officers for the new season at the DeLand Garden Club's clubhouse. Robert Thompson served as the installation officer after the dinner. Serving this year will be Lynn DeLozier, president; Bill Housand, vice president; Gertrude Pape, treasurer; Louise Housand, secretary; and John Pittman and Jack Gawley, co-chairmen for the annual orchid show. After the installation, gifts were exchanged among members and each member received a small orchid plant from the society. Larry Knawles, minister of music Jeri Whitt DELAND at DeLand's First Baptist Church, will be in charge of the musical program offered at today's 11 a.m.
meeting of the Keenagers Club of DeLand. The group meets in the fellowship hall of the church for a covered dish luncheon. Edythe Honeycutt, chairman, said, 55 years or older is invited to attend our meetings. All you need is a covered dish and a desire to share fellowship with friends in your own age The club will provide the meat and beverages for the meeting. The Lake Helen Golden Embers Club will stage its Christmas party at 6 p.m.
Thursday in the home of Buddy and Emmet Etheridge on Austin Street. Anyone 55 and older in Lake Helen is welcome to join the group, said Anna Garland. It is a covered dish supper with a gift exchange afterward. Anyone who wants to attend is asked to bring a covered dish and place setting and a $3 gift. Wednesday members of the DeLand Community and Tourist Club are taking a bus to Orlando to Once Upon a Stage dinner theater to see That's Entertainment, a musical revue.
The bus will leave DeLand at 5:30 p.m. from Earl, Brown Park, stopping in Orange City at the IGA and the DeBary post office. Reservations may be made today by calling Lee Goncars or Hope Fox. Club news or events of interest to the DeLand community may be submitted for this column by calling 736- 2997. en- Odd thy the 168, of vors: New DeLand will follow custom of lighting way for Christ Boulevard, Deltona, died Born in Pendleton he moved to Deltona He was the owner of the service stations in DelLake Helen, and the 66 Station on Saxon BouDeltona.
He was a memTrinity Assembly of God, member of the Deltona of Commerce; Loyal OrMoose and the Deltona RoSurvivors: wife, Wilma; William Larry TomMichael all of Deltona; Barbara Blades, Delsisters, Addie Floyd, RushViola Parker, Kentucky and Frances Carr and Browning, both of Cincinseven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Stephen R. Funeral Home, DELAND The lighting of luminaires, the old Spanish custom of lighting the way for the Christ child, will be held again this holiday season in west Volusia. Scented votive candles are placed in paper bags partially filled with sand. The candles, which are lit at 6:30 p.m.
Christmas Eve, are then placed on sidewalks to line city streets and neighborhood walkways, said Dottie Hayman, head of the project. Members of Zeta Theta chapter, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, a DeLand sorority, will sell the lights at $3 a set, which includes a dozen scented candles and a dozen bags. The sets are available from any sorority member or at Stetson Flower and Gift Shop and the Sun Bank, both in DeLand, and Chuck Walker Building with offices in Orange City and DeLand. The holiday project, which in previous years has benefited The House Next Door and the Chemical People, will again aid a local charitable organiza.tion..
