Open Session: What Readers Think

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June 2008
By Capper's Readers 
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Soon on the scene was the CAPPER'S salesman, Shorty. When Mother told him she didn't have money for the paper at the time, he asked her for some of her jarred fruit, and she gave it to him.

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The next trip into town, Mother sold cream and eggs. She went to Shorty's home with money in her purse. He claimed he had eaten some of the fruit, but Mother said, 'No, I'm sure you didn't, but I can pay for my subscription today.'

Mrs. S.R. Burlingame
Cottonwood, Calif.

Band keeps swinging along - I was inspired to write to you after reading about the group in Miami who enjoy dancing ('Miami Heat senior dancers shimmy through their golden years,' January). I'm a member of the Hanky Panky Band, which plays several times a week at senior centers, retirement homes, assisted living facilities and private parties.

Our name was given to us by nursing home patients in the 1960s. Many of our original members are no longer with us, and of the current group, all but two of us are in our mid- and upper 80s.

We mainly play favorites from the 1940s. People love to dance to the music, but if they aren't able to, they tap their feet and hands as they sit in their wheelchairs.

Maxine Hankins
Seattle

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We welcome letters from readers. If you have an opinion or comment on an article you saw in CAPPER'S that you'd like to share, send it to Open Session, CAPPER'S, 1503 S.W. 42nd St., Topeka, KS 66609-1265.

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