Than\( you for corrnnq tocay to ·:elebrate the I':th anmversarv of tl''::purchase of our comrnumtv 1 ';,...,'3. t ,I. spea~ 0T our ,f:g nnm9~" t t? year'.:prior to December I~<199~ In earl;: '! -;h) I a H1C' .ory f)T \-I']'Nthr) ne '.v'a<.:pub1ished, funded by the Hawthorne !'-lemorla 1 Fuml i"le iarm,' waqnerauthored trns document, and she 1Shere today Ph:3::'€' s .and up r"!plam0(":lppl?'ICe)' 1.J":II','lngscent thr.l past h months C't1Id"lng our t PQ1I"lnlrl('l'C' ! ha"e,., t~· u ...•J , f <:'1 ••• .J r" .... . • . .I 14 _ ';••.- ••••••• J ._1 • '. )' - ;... w - • .., I • • .-j ...) ~ I.....

a profound apprecration Tor HIE' workrlrs. Wagner put into this t1ook1et.

Let me read from the tntrocuctron (p iii) S0, Le (urrenteel1WJ (\f thr:Hawthorne Hrstoncal C ocietv lC' uor some nr'\> ioea c mce trus tns ()f'"(,.I Y'II •••.••• ..J 6"" •••• l.... '''' ••••••• \,.- _;' ..' l 'i '. _1 \) •. ~ • _ 'lII f ..• L,I ~ t '- c L -_. f..) '", Y

was pubusneo in 1991, over 500 new homeowners ha\',:, e rte 'ed HawthorneNearly half of our park tl2l'Je uttte or no knov:lf:'dge of our lJmque rnstorv I

In 1947 Dr Ethe 1 Andrus 'ounded the NRTA In I 95·E'-she founded HIe .A.AnpThlS amazmq lady was act we m seel(lng many benefits for us retiredsemors. Medical insurance was one of those benefits, If you recall) it wa::,1965 when Medicare began, Cole ia1 Penn enterec the picture and plan::,were made to develop a pilot retirement cornmumty that offered a1ifestyle with services second to none

On October 1J 1972 Amos Henley was appomted Director of Operation::,The heavy ecuiprnent amved in November 1972 along wlth BradyLl\Il' ngston B·rad',11C our emolovee with tne grr.I,··t~''='tseruo itv '-,'7'1 o c,. ., f}' oJ '.. ..••' t." '.' >~'1;:". ~~ ," ~ I '. .• {,;, (",I .• '.• ,_~ ,.' .• ,'i.. - > .,./(.4 .• _I

commenced in December 1972, and our own orun ClarV was 00 thf:' )I)tl, Eythe end of 1973, 101 ram 110Shad moved nto the r new Hawthorne nom-s- they later became known as the Hawthorne Trai totazers woutd Y0U

tranbtazers who are here today please stand I Let's 9 vr: them applause

We have wlth us today another group of 'trattbtazers T ley are thoseemployees who began \Norkmg Tor Hawthorne in 1973 and \',11"\0 are ~;'.inonour payro 11, They are Brady Lrvmqstor, 6ene Fullr:'f, ,,)IJ3mt-a Dixon, p~:atlE'

Evans, Fred orme, \Nayne San(lers, .Ju 10["'lagan, !~elth S10ne, Gary- trawser and Al"l'n Evans \"'nIJld "()IJ ?11 plL\?C'(.'I '='t?fld These (jAr' C'?tpt'1OJ "¥"I.J, 1 Q - v Y I:.II r.,J 'II( -,., -,. ;t' '. t;.4 • 1 .•. c- c.:.J _t __ ..J " (J. \ l -~ ._~ Jah .. .j ('1 .... ' ..•1

employees have proven thelr value to our cornmumtv Vie are grateTIJ1 roryour years Of service. Let's qive them a round OTapplause! Before I leavethe topic of faithful employees, I think. you should kno..•v that "Vf: haveanother 9 employees who were mreo prior to Decemtler 15,1982 under theColonial Penn days wno rernain actively employed, All '19surviveo tneoownstzrnq of our community that took, place inlge3, They are DanGordon, Douglas Fuller, -'raig Hatcher, Danny owens, George Thomas, lindaSchmid, Cecill1cKinney, Leroy Teate, and Jerrill ROl:.:on I Jlin\( th::,"track record" says something about t r: (a tber 0' our employees and aboutHawthorne as an emptover

In october 1ern ~l\r C',"r'! L, ;:'Ilffrt~'''n '11";1<:' :'=Ip'II"lntpd ~,::'Dt'()f'lr·-:.n' (11'rp-ctnl'.•.... """, ..,. t ..•..., .' ,L:,:.l r·.'~-,l"f J!Jlt.l ~'ift'....I•.J (.t 1~(T..l I .....Uw' r •.,-•.t U 1· \..., •..•..

The jornt goal of our developers was to provide the epitorne m retirement

11vm9, to aChleVf' 8 nlgh stare or rnoraie, emphaSI?ln~j me' baslc humanneeds for love and atrecuon. ecoqnttton, secuntv, and new exoenencesHaw thorne 'N as to becon e f'-IOREthan a common I to! ._-I. W ouId bee. me alifestyle

In June 1974, 70 homes vvere sold, the larqes sales tor one onth. ThISfollowed a feature ar icle in "fvlodern Ivlaturlty" on our cornrnumty By Ieend of 1976 we were over 70 % occupied - truly a "phenomenar __uccess.

And the activities and programs continued to grow! Dick and HelenSe lleck witnessed the arrrval of our rtason-Ham I in Grand Piano whi Iegetting the Sales tour in 197t, That convmcec them! Our communityorchestra 1S the outqrowth of thew musical leadersluo

Hawthcrne's First l-jlct(J~r~J'~nQl1c:~ml)ridBf~ad(jnrll I]'.""VP flC tms statement nr-vv ,-' '-..,.' ..J <'4, \, 1" '_~~f 'v .. " { •. '"',•.....". u,.' ,"~I ~. ~ .•.• 1 _' ,.U •.,~ ;,1 ~ t ••. '••'

"What Hawtnornettears tr. rte" (Elcett:-::. Ervtn to read 1"1:-::.','1(j7.Q at'tjcl,;.\,. , .•...I:';' r ....1 •••• • \ _,,". U . l/ ~. ..J • '~" '..4 ~. .....,f 'I .•" ' .../ "" •....•.. ~,.

from Penn Notes), Thank you Etsetta I

But wrnle Hawthorne was experJenclng tantasnc gro'll/t \ innatron w:~Scausing havoc rn the marketplace. Those of us 'Nho V-lere 'Ncrkln9 couldhardly keep IJP - r:::'Ir::: w I ~ to 7 % cost of I vmg adjustments In ourwages. And Colomal Penn go .~aught In trns so ral too No more 3 yearleases - only 1 year and the rates went up And Colorn: I Penn facedIit igation, and lost revenue and the pnvi lege of 3(j'/ertlsmg Havv horne 3Sendorsed by the NRTA and AARP

It was June 1979 when Dr I<:auffman completed hls tour or duty as P 'ogra IiDirector, He wrote: "There never would have been 3 comrnoruty programsuch as ours at Hawthorne had it not been for the constant and consistentsupport of management in all of its echelons, The Colonial Penn offIcialsin Phlladelphia, thelr on-Site managers: Arno\(i Ross, Amos Henley, .nrneras ley, Fred orrne, suoervrsors, theIr secretaries and assistants. It. isalmost never the case that bIg ooeranons can maintam a steady hand orpo Itcies and direcuves, but suet"! tlas been an outstandmg cnaractenst ic ofmanagement at Hawthorne This IS a memory that must be recorded when.history 1S wr: ten," One cannot help but soeculate .hat C'r, V. had someprernomtton of th~ commg dIffIcult]!;::'.:;

In Januarv I (J00 '!.IP r-Irct heard nf the interest bv '''Ir'('"\-:I\' (I rroranon '••. c J ::JVL-.lit. oJ -•. 0 J. - - I .• ~..J. '/ ~L'l~r ~'.' ,,'. ,J. .. ,purcnas ng our park Th~ events of 1932 are recorded HI t Ie Hlstt)f''r'written by 1"1elanl€'\I'iagner This poruon of O'Jf legacy fi lis 12 pages, andIS an outstandmg cornmentarv n e'Hlstortcat societv Archl';es contams

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the documents of trus oenoo: f\n every res-cent survey m .January, thenotice of ["larch 17 advlsmg resioents of the approval bj! Colonial P~nn tosell Hawthorne, such transacnon to I)e completed on A,ugust ~?n(jFormation of the Hawthorne Resldents Iransttton Comrmttee and the TownMeeting on April 8th Report Number I dated ,A,p'il 23ni, tell1n9 of the

tormation of the Hawthorne Resldents Association lnc., llstmg Its otj icersand act i on to seek Iega I counse I. and the assessment of $ 100 per bomeThus began our Green Sheets. There were weekly or biweekly reports toall residents as developments vI/ere ong01l"1g. fvlcDay 1rtended to terminateall leases and convert Hawthorne to a Conoornuuorn cornrnunttv Resldent.swere advised there 'vvolJld be substantial recucnons In services by tile newowners. Report Number 3 dated Ivlay 14 containeo the ouotation by CarlCurtis, .. Snowflakes are one Of natures most frag1le things. but Just loo~~at what they can do when they st1ck together I" Rl?port number 8 cateoJuly 16 exoresseo from trle Board of Directors - "It IS I)ur fervent hopethat in the end 'N€' can return to ttle gracIOus 'Hawthorne LHe' and 'vve asv:for 'lour prayers to help IJS achieve this goal"

The closmq date for the sale on A,u~wst 2nd 'N as postponed to ,A.lJg1Jst:(iColonlal f'Jpnn and MrC1aV'~Iprp at odes '7<r~d the C·.11p. '~'::l<:'nllt cornpleteo t....... r" .. < ••" -.v '..' "\- (.J. •. .••. _.I <..J f.. . .., _,;... ~, ~'lr' '.-.1 •.•~ J .•.. ~ .•._~, 'I ' ",'.'...J~:

Town fvleeting on A.ugust 31 \Nlth over 1200 residents present bro'.Jgt tagreement for an additlOnal ~,200 per 110meassessment for legal costs.

Report number 13 dated Ceptember 17 aoviseo tt'fe residents of thepossibi I ity of buying the park ourselves, A Town f"leeting was scheculeofor September 23 to review trns nosstb: I ity. A, new survey was conductedto explore this purchase with responses requested BEFORE October 1st.On October 18th the legal papers were cornpreteo to establish theHawthorne Residents Assoctanon's intended conver-sion to 3 Co-ooerativeAssociat ion. This began the sales to residents of memberstups ByNovember 3rdJ 688 nao purchased ..hel . mernoer-srnp - r.er lots at~ I () 000 lake lots at <t oc:;()O "':Indtne rest at $' sooo (locl'I"<'9 Ifl;7le: cpt for.J) ..., } } , •..1 II _)...)...... J ('A •• . .< •• ' •••.,.... .~}... _ ' •. , __...J _f 1 ~ Ii It' I~.J ••.; _' •.• , - ,.

December 15th in ortanco p..,TO\1i1f!Vleeting was t"'leld at. '2 PI""1followed by 3

celebranon - pald fo by Colc'njal Penn. I unoerstano that there t13S neverbeen a party like that one. $ 8 rnuhon v.;as pard to C.olonjal Penn and webecame the owners of Hawthorne at. Leesburg

I've rehearsed manv of the items about the lecal proC'f'edmgs and the dall'/,.'I .", ~

anxtety for the resroents In 1982 But throu9t~f tt all olJr activtnescontinued. On March 15th here in the Great Hall 'Ne h€'ld a HawthorneSalutes t-eesburq celebratton Hawthorne raised $ f700 for tne LeesburgAlert project to renovate the Comrneruty Building at Venetian CJarfjensThis exceeded the amount the clty 0" t.eesburq resroents oonatec towardthis project. We earned a 'Nell deserved (,ood N(:;igl"lbor award for tnrseffort. And at the helm as our Program Director 'Na:; Carolyn orme. SI ewas first employed at Hawthorne in October 1973. SI)e becarne DrKauffman's assistant on Apri I 1J 1978J and accepted the ProgramDirector's position on .nme 1, 1981. She served thru ,June 1983. SoCarolyn was here through djfficult times, Here is her story. 1fI he ownwords. (Carolyn to read her poem t)f Apri I 83)Thank you Carolyn for bemg here t01jaYJ and for your pert In our legacy

Let me share WIth you a letter concerrunq thlS perioc t)f rransmon Jr11982, You reca II there were assessments or legal costs. This letter toHarry ,c.albral'th '"ac da eo C epternber ·-,7 1GEl)' ouote " todav \~IPv 'i'r . ...J u ~..~ :>\..-. \...... . .•. .t.. i) J _' 4- ..... ,... ... - ~ ~... (.~J \t'''..,.

tendered our check for 1,300 to the Hawthorne Residents Assoc .. " fit?'

commend you and your staff on what you have accompl lsh~d thus far, andTor your current efforts, and for the manner m '.vhlCh you a e go ng aboutit. Your rawness to those who as~~cues ions In the publIC rneetinqs anl.i thewise and excellen rnarn er 1 '.VhlCh Carl Curtis nandleo the request for a"list of those who have paid" are two noteworthy examples among manyothers - - an example of lntegr1ty wrnch we aoprectate We reauze that.the residents of Hawthorne should now, more than ever, be 0' one rmno andone accord and make a real effort to purchase the property from ColontalPenn. Your efforts, ttme, hare work, heart-aches and soul-searctunq put.into this effort 1S deeply apprectatec by us, u end of quote. This v-ras aresident that HELD OUT, but carne to see the wisdom of the ResidentsAssociatton actions. Less that. 30 days later, trns restnent made paymentof $ 8000 to buy into the Cooperative - one of the first to do 50

Amos Henley was hi 'Ni by (oionial Penn to oversee the oeveloprnent oftrns park. He IS responsib!e for the beauty we h3\!P' today 311 aroeno ourcommunity. He was unmovable aoou . takmg out trees ::,om0 say he wastoo dirncuit Bu he prevaneo m the orlgmai insta: ration of the bornesWhen th~ sale of the park became public, Amos came to the aide of theresidents. encouragmg the legai act on and adVISlnrj ..Iv~people he credabout. He recoqmzed that the sale of the park meant he was Of.l of a JOb,but that did not matter Whe we purchased the park, our D rectorsobtained his agreement to stay on for 6 months s ti I we rmmd the rightGenerall"lanager. But healt.h took this mat from us. He passed away In.Apri I 1ge3. !t was on f"lay 12 that Dan Gordon was chosen to be ourGeneral Manager. We owe a debt of gratitude to tile last work of" AmosHenle~/

1982 was a year of major change for everyone involved. I"'lay I ask thateveryone here today who was here In the park durjng the year of 1982, bothrestoentsand workers, to stand. We owe you our gra ttuoe for tt e bravestand you took and t11(> rrch ano rewarding life preserved for us Le ,'s gl'fE'these wonertul people a warm round of applause.

We've been talkmq of our UnlqlJe rnstorv error to becommq '. CooperatIveassociatton I've asked Dan Gordon to speak to IJS of the years since thatevent. May I prese t. Hawtnorne's (,enerallvlan 'ger, Dal 6ordo .,...* *::;;,

( Dan v.Jill ackrowtecce all present ami past members of HRCA Board ofDirectors) and have them stand for applause dur ng hlS remarks,A,t close of Dan's remarks Dan IN 1 J I present Rose C-'e j gel', 'Nho w III read"The Single Rose" + + + + ) Disrnj·3s;.~1follo'vving slnglr'llJ God Ble~;sAmer