71st Wedding Anniversary
Spring Cleaning
Spring begins on Friday, March 20.
We would like to congratulate Herb and Claudia Mallard
So with that being said, many of us
on their 71st Wedding anniversary
begin to clean out our closets and bring
which will occur on March 19.
in new clothes. Please remember that
Herb and Claudia were childhood
when you do bring in springtime clothing
sweethearts and sat together on the
that you make sure your loved ones
school bus. In 1942, Claudia’s family
name are labeled in each set of clothes.
moved to California. Herb’s sister and
Also, with the warmer weather, lots of
Claudia were best of friends and they
tiny pests begin to crawl in the cracks.
wrote letters back and forth for many
So if you bring in any type of food
years.
whether it be candy, cookies or
Herb went into the Marines after
crackers, please put them in a sealed
high school and was stationed in
container so ants and other insects
California. He decided to look up his
cannot get to them.
old friend and it was love at first sight.
Thank you,
They were married at a Nazarene
The Housekeeping Staff
church in 1949. The couple have two
beautiful children, Steve who resides in
Fair Grove and Cheryl who lives in
St. Patty’s Day Party
Buffalo.
St. Patrick’s Day is on Tuesday, March 17.
We will be celebrating their
We
will be decked out in our green attire and
anniversary on Thursday, March 19 at
change our last name to O’…. My name will
2:30 pm. We hope to see you there.
be Patrice O’Melton. That way we will ALL be
Irish, at least for a little while. We will play
Irish games, some LUCKY bingo and finalize
the day with some Irish dancing, music and
food.
Throughout the week, we will be doing
some other Irish activities such as taking a
trip to Ireland, making an Irish craft, and
playing a few Irish games.
You better get your green on or you might
get pinched by our “wee” little leprechauns.
Watch the calendar for a fun-filled week
of going GREEN!
Shamrock
Congratulations Colonial Springs 2020 Valentine’s Court
King Kenny Parker and Queen Penny Wilson
Cookies For (right) - Mary
Sale
whips up a
batch of
Tuesday,
sugar cookies
March 17 for
Valentine’s
$1 each or Day. We sold
6 for $5
66 cookies
See Patrice for our
to Place an Activities
Order
fund.