Letters to the Editor

Editor:

A little-known fact about Leisure World is that it has a very complete genealogical library with books and computers with a subscription to Ancestry.com. Nothing is more exciting than pulling up the 1950 census and seeing myself as a 7-year-old child living on my street with all my neighbors and playmates. The library is open Monday-Thursday from 1-4 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. with very helpful assistants to get you started on putting together a family tree.

For example, a census can provide a family’s location and its neighbors, plus relatives’ occupations, ages and levels of education. If you are really lucky, you’ll find a great great grandmother living close by. Since starting this addicting hobby, I found out that the great grandparents of my best friend in college lived next door to my great grandparents and are buried side by side in a small cemetery in Arkansas. I’ll bet that some of us have distant cousins we are not aware of living in Leisure World. It’s fun to recall memories of visiting a grandmother and a treasure for grandchildren.

Sandy Hines Mutual 2 Editor:

In my prior letter (April 13), I was proposing a restaurant in an existing structure. For example, Clubhouse 3, Room 9, could be the area where food is ordered and picked up. As additional space for cooking, food storage and supplies might be needed, one or two rooms next to 9 could be added or 9 could be extended on the south side. Dining would be in Room 9. Alternatively, dining could be in the lobby. Doing so would cause a cessation of any reoccurring activities there, which is why I had a caveat in my prior letter: no disturbance in the continuance of any club or GRF event schedule.

GRF could hire a chef or two to operate the restaurant, instead of bringing in an outside chain, and therefore avoid that type of contract obligation.

W. H. Smith Mutual 15