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May party goes Hawaiian

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New Haversham residents Glen and Inetta Reddell called for a Hawaiian theme, and Haversham neighbors gathered at the pool and party house  May 31 found themselves on an island  complete with birds, balloons, and a buffet of treats ranging from tropical to Texas. The occasion was the first association party of the 2014 season, and the “Grand Opening” of the Haversham pool.

Residents were joined at the event by their own family members and a few close friends. Joe kept the smoker going all day so that those who cared to could partake of ribs, brisket, and anything else that might be seared over a fire. Association members brought salads, sides, and desserts. Glen and Inetta came dressed in faux grass skirts as a final touch to all the decorations that helped foster the island theme.

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Balloons abound

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Even though the theme was Hawaiian, standard party balloons abounded at the May 31 social for Haversham. Inetta Reddell coordinated the social and did the decorations. for more pictures and a more complete story, see the main story on the pool opening and Haversham social. Neighbors brought side dishes and desserts while Joe Elmore smoked ribs, brisket, and anything else that looked like meat.

Contest: Name the robot

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The self-propelled pool cleaning robot arrived at Gary’s house Friday morning. By evening Gary and Joe had the thing running (see the video). Depending on your sensibilities and your love of machines, robots, and various technologies, you might calculate that the robot pool cleaner is a cute little thing. But it doesn’t have a name – yet. We want to fix that.

So we’re having a contest. We will take nominations, right here, in the Haversham Web site for one week. On Saturday, June 11, at midnight, we’ll stop taking nominations. In the meantime, submit as many names as you have in your home. From the names submitted, the Haversham pool committee will narrow the nominations to something manageable (six or fewer) on June 13. Then we will take a poll – on the Web site – for the winning name.

You make your suggestion(s) right here by creating a comment on this post. Please only one vote per person plus one per household. So if you have three family members in your home, you get four votes. In the first phase of voting (through midnight Saturday, June 11), you can go back and change your comment.

The person submitting the winning name will receive a fantastic prize at the June 25 Haversham Fiesta.

Fence repaired, pool is open &c.

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Two-thirds of the J-Team (Jared, Jeremy, and Joe) vacuumed the pool Friday evening, the chlorine was adjusted, and Saturday morning (May 28), neighbors gathered to join forces in repairing the fence on the west side of the pool. As outside temperatures moved toward the 90s and beyond, tools and building supplies materialized at the scene.

Men repair fence
Haversham neighbors work on repairing the pool area fence.

One troublesome vine was cut down and a 15-foot section of fence removed. Supporting members were mounted first, and then the boards secured to the rest of the fence. Crew included Mark Storrs, Joe Elmore, Jared Hall, Jeremy Ellis, Gary Blaiss, and Brook Roberts. While the fence repairs were underway, water samplings showed that chemicals in the pool had reached desired levels, with the chlorine a little on the high side (desirable for especially hot, sunny days).

The pool was declared officially open.

President Roberts, digging around in the party house kitchen, found a box of old Haversham Club documents dating from as recent as 1980 and going back into the 1950s. After several persons pawed through the documents for a few minutes, the documents were turned over the Haversham secretary for selective digitizing in the interests of preserving historical records of the Haversham Community.