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REZZY DENT SAYS….

     Rezzy Dent has been thinking about St. Simeon's history. That led to remembering many of the past residents, of course. The individuals were remembered, so were the places where they lived while here.

     Take Cottage 4, for instance. Built as a home for a resident director after Dr. Eckel's death, it later became - as it is now - a cottage for independent living.

     That fact led Rezzy who has a flea-hopper kind of mind to wonder if a house could exert some kind of influence in the people it attracts.

    Don't the Japanese have a theory of decorating, which reflects and positively affects the life and needs of the occupants? If so, it might account for the last two decades of Cottage 4.

     In the early years of those decades, it was occupied by a retired architect and his wife. They were serene, concerned, able people. It was his idea that we have a speed limit sign near the old, ranch style entrance. Other suggestions making use of their expertise have had a subtle impact. Before St. Simeon's owned a bus, they drove their golf cart up to meals when they didn't wish to walk. He used their second bedroom for his office, drafting board, books and other essentials.

      Next, the occupant was an avid gardener and rosarian who hated to leave his greenhouse and garden in south Tulsa.

      But he was also getting tired of driving out daily to see his wife who was living on what is now D-Wing.

On hearing that he was free to do so, he re-planted and landscaped the area about the house and had a properly made special bed at the rear for his cherished roses. Later, when Mr. and Mrs. Cox moved into Cottage 2, he revived the rose bed and added the most special of his own roses.

     When Roy and Rovena Chambers moved into Cottage 4, it was as if a pattern was being continued.

     They re-seeded their lawn, kept it cut, fed and optimally watered, added hanging baskets every spring and Rovena pre-empted part of the rose-bed for her tomato plants. Serene, concerned, realistic people with a great sense of community, Rovena's fresh from-the-vine tomatoes enriched many a table in the dining-room. Roy had taken over half the garage as his workshop and he became Mr. Fixit. He was a true godsend to many a resident who had a rickety chair or a despondent sofa. In this venture, Rovena was "helper" and sometime upholsterer. Their rewards were their self-satisfaction and affectionate gratitude of others.

If things get better with age, then I'm approaching -- "Magnificent."