Community Springs Healthcare Facility's The Grapevine December 2019

Community Springs
Healthcare Facility
December 2019
Vol. 250
Community Springs Healthcare Facility is an affiliate of Citizens Memorial Health Care Foundation, Bolivar, Mo.
PH: 417-328-6000 Facility Location: 400 East Hospital Road, El Dorado Springs, MO 64744, 417-876-2531
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Resident Spotlight
CSHCF Highlights
December Birthdays
Calendar of Events
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We would like to intro-
duce you to Elizabeth (Liz)
Highley. She has been a Cer-
tified Nursing Assistant for
22 years, with three of those
years at Community Springs.
She received her Beautician
License three years ago and
has supported Lake Stockton
HCF for almost a year.
Beginning Dec. 5, Liz will
be replacing Jared Dutcher,
who has been our Beautician
at Community Springs for 15
years.
Liz and her family live in
El Dorado Springs, Missouri,
with her husband Matt and
their six children, in addition
to their four four-legged
children.
Thank you, Liz, for serv-
ing as our new Beautician .
Resident Spotlight
Margaret Marie (Gibbs) Smith
Margaret was born Jan 3, 1919, right after WWI.
She was the oldest of four children and the only girl.
Margaret lived in El Dorado Springs. The family
didn’t know much about the other towns in the area.
Her dad hauled stuff for people from the train to
where they wanted it, and her mom took in laundry,
so she could have some extra money, because the
family was poor.
Margaret was a student through 9 th grade, and then decided she didn’t need
to go to school any longer. She went to work at the Miller home, a boarding
house that served noon meals, helping in the kitchen. “In our free time we
would go to the city park and listen to the bands play,” said Margaret.
Margaret met Carl when they were young. After the two met, Carl and his
family moved to the country, and the two didn’t meet up again until they were
in their teens. Carl had gone to work for the Civilian Conservation Corps.
“When he came home for a visit we met at the church. I kept looking back at
him. He had the prettiest auburn curls,” said Margaret.
The couple was married Dec. 11, 1936, when Margaret was 17. She lied
and said she was 18, even though she wasn’t quite there yet. Carl had to have
his mom sign for him because they didn’t believe he was 18.
The couple has three children, Valarie Jean Beaty, Sandra Carl O’Neal,
and Sonny Smith.
Carl was drafted at the end of WWII but he was only in for seven months.
He trained to go to the European Theatre and soon after that, the war ended.
Carl passed away on Dec. 7, 2009, and was buried on the couple’s 71 st
wedding anniversary.
Thank you, Margaret, for sharing your story with us.
Are you a caring individual who would like to assist in caring for the elderly? Community Springs Healthcare Facility has
opportunities in its volunteer and nursing program. For more information call Chris Vickers, administrator, at 417-876-2531.