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Friday, September 6, 1985/The Battalion/Page 7 Special holiday celebrates grandparents’ experiences By FRANK SMITH Reporter Lillian Schiller relaxed in her room at the Crestview Retirement Community in Bryan and matter- of-facdy recounted the story of her grandparents’ arrival in the Lone Star State. “My grandparents came from Germany on a sailboat and landed at Galveston,” she said. “Before they got to Galveston, yellow fever broke out, so they were quarantined and had to stay on the boat until the fever cleared up. “And then they settled in Washington County and they lived in a log cabin. The Indians were still around ....” At 74, Schiller herself is the grandmother of two teenagers. She is one of many who will be recognized Sunday on a date that frequently escapes mention on the common pocket calendar: Grandparent’s Day. It is a day celebrating the vast experiences and diverse lives of people such as 95-year-old Wallet R. Henry. Henry, also a Crestview resi dent, spent 49 years working as a schoolteacher and school admin istrator. He explained how he got his start: “I kind of liked school,” he said. “It was a job that I just easily fell into. I graduated from high school in 1909. That fall, this ru ral school was without a teacher and the county superintendent “My Hie story would make a book. It's been so var ied. ” — Lee Marie Perry, 92, a great-great grand mother who resides at Crestview Retirement Community in Bryan. recommended me. And I got into teaching and I stayed with it until I retired some years ago.” After retiring from administra tive duties, Henry, a native of Missouri, served two terms in that slate’s general assembly in the earlv 19b0s. l ie is the father of one, grand father of three and great-grand father of two. Another Crestview resident, Lee Marie Ferry, 92, spoke of her days as an army nurse during World War I. She spent a year working at a base hospital in France during the war. She has one son, t,wo grand children, six great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. “My life story would make a book, ” Perry said with a laugh. "It’s been so varied.” JoAnn Millerschon, Crestview activities direc tor, said that some kind of Grandparents Day cele bration for Crestview residents will be conducted today. But Grandparent’s Day is only )f the year. one day out of the yet Millerschon said that a sepa rate, more long-term project ex ists in which each participant meets regularly with and gets to know a designated retired per son. Called the Adopt-A-Grand- parent Program, it has operated for several years with the partici pation of community members, church and service organizations and Texas A&M students, Mill erschon said. She said that those wishing to adopt a grandparent must be dedicated enough to make a reg ular committment of time to the program. “1 really talk to people and say ‘Look, if you adopt a grandpa rent, that’s great — but you’ve got to have the time to really take that one-on-one with somebody be cause our residents, once you start, depend on you,” Millers chon said “And if you leave all of the sudden, if you’re too busy — they don’t understand that.’ ” She said that church groups and fraternities and sororities, because of their service-oriented natures, have been especially good sources from which to draw program participants. Millerschon also said she thinks that a participant who makes the necessary committment gains as much from the experience as the adopted grandparent. “Older people have been through life and they’ve been through so much and have seen so much,” she said. “So they end up getting — both of them — a good fulfillment out of it.” MSC Open House this Sunday By MEG CADIGAN St a ft Writer The Memorial Student Center is inviting everyone to the largest Open House ever held at Texas A&M. From 4 p.m. to 8 p.rn. on Sunday, 175 campus organizations will be re cruiting new members in the MSC. The organizations are MSC Com mittees, religious groups, academic departments, international student groups, service/honor groups, danc e/music groups, sports/recreation groups and University departments, said Open House Chairman Chris Bowers. The 36th Annual Open House has two goals, Bowers said. The first is to give freshmen and new students the opportunity to see what kind of student life exists at A&M, he said. “All students are invited to Open House, but it mainly benefits new students,” Bowers said. He said he does encourage “vete ran” students to attend Open House because the types of organizations change from year to year. The second goal of Open House is to give student organizations an op portunity to recruit new members, he said. In addition to giving new students the “scoop” on campus organization. Open House will have a full sched ule of entertainment: • 4:00 Introductions • 4:15 Aggie Allemanders • 4:40 Society of Creative Anachronism — bard performance • 5:00 Miss Texas A&M, Teresa Fritz • 5:10 Cliff Brown, poetry read- in g • 5:20 David Ellis, piano • 6:00 Fish Drill Team • 6:20 Corrie Bergeron, come dian • 6:45 The Midnight Floor Shak ers, break dancers • 7:00 Miss Texas A&M, Teresa Fritz • 7:10 Indian Vocalist • 7:40 Yell Leaders • 7:50 Booth Contest winners The entertainment schedule is tentative, said Heather McBreen, entertainment sub-chairman for the event. A new twist to Open House this year will be a booth contest. Joe Arredondo, coordinator of University Art Exhibits, Dr. Mike Buchholz, a journalism professor, and Joe Buser Jr. of Joe Buser and Associates, a local advertising agency, will judge the booths on form, content and style, Bowers said. “This should give organizations an extra incentive to spruce up their booths," Bowers said. 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