Submitted by MARGIE FLEMING

GREETINGS from Layden Senior Citizen Center of Forney.  We meet Monday through Friday, 8:00 to 2:00 at City Hall for fun and fellowship.  The coffee pot is always on, and we have donuts after 11:00 compliments of HAPPY DAYS.  Reserved parking at back of the building, which is on Front Street.  Lunch is served at 12:00; but we need a count..  Please call 972.564.7348 for a reservation.

• Friday,  Sept. 18,  BINGO at 10:30.  Please wear red to show your patriotism!

• Saturday, the 19th, third Saturday GAME NIGHT, 6:00 to 9:00.  Bring food to share for a snack supper.

• Next Tuesday, we’ll have chair exercises at 11:00.

• Then Wednesday, the 23rd, we’ll have a BIRTHDAY DINNER with cake and ice cream to help those who have birthdays in September to celebrate. Entertainment by Donny Dorsey.

Our hearts are sad, of course, to learn of Jimmie Nix’s death.  We have missed her presence at The Center since she has been at Windsor.  Sincere sympathy for her family and her many long-time friends.  In her memory, I would share a reading that I have saved from The Dallas Morning News sometime prior to 1964, titled “THE SHEPHERD” by Julien C. Hyer, sub-titled “Eternity”:  “You’ve left your dear one at the tomb and life for you is filled with gloom.  But Jesus said there is prepared a ‘House of Many Mansions,’ reared by God’s own hand, where they shall dwell who’ve served Him faithfully and well.  Don’t you believe His holy word?  Have faith in what you’ve read and heard.  My friend, your loved one just resumes life in God’s larger, brighter rooms.”

TFT:  Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose. -- Lyndon B. Johnson