Out & about ..

from Hibiscus Matters_Issue 342_6 March 2023

Moving Forward with Diabetes

mark the occasion – he’s a popular guy! Dick was born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA and joined the Coastguard where he met his wife, Betty, who died in 2010. He was in the Merchant Navy as a supplies navigator and is also a qualified architect. Dick has lived in NZ since 1963. He has a son and two daughters. He’s long-time resident of the Hibiscus Coast and belonged to the Weiti Boating Club. Dick currently lives at Summerset Falls in Warkworth where more celebrations were held.

A Wearable Arts show was put on by the residents of the Hibiscus Coast Retirement Village in Red Beach on February 26, to raise funds for the St John Ambulance service. An enthusiastic audience was treated to an afternoon of glamour, colour and humour, as the models took to the catwalk. There was a Balinese god, a walking garden, a tiny cupcake, and a multitude of glamorous gowns made from toilet rolls, maps, breakfast cereal boxes and a hundred different household and medical items. “All this, complete with a commentary, made funnier by the

Denis and Glenyss Bridle celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary on February 18 at their youngest son Antony’s home in Silverdale. They shared afternoon tea with more than 50 family and friends. Family travelled from as far as Hungary, as well as Australia, and Wellington. The couple have four children and nine grandchildren. Denis first worked on the Coast as a teacher at Silverdale School in 1962. After moving to schools all around NZ, in 1989 things came full circle when he was appointed founding Principal of Red Beach School. He was there until he retired in 1996. Glenyss was the homemaker and later did secretarial work, mostly at the Ōrewa Council buildings for road engineering companies. Denis and Glenyss are committed to their local Baptist Church, and opened their home to the youth of Ōrewa Baptist every Sunday for dinner and Bible study for many years. Glenyss also volunteered at the Ōrewa Baptist Community Toy Library until last year.