Chester County 50plus LIFE March 2016

Complimentary | Chester County Edition | March 2016 • Vol. 13 No. 3

Celebrating Central PA’s Many Cultures page 10

Combating Colon Cancer page 6

How to Calculate Your Retirement Number page 8

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Last of The Honeymooners

From I Love Lucy and All in the much and my character was less Family to Married … with Children developed than the other three, but I and Seinfeld, structuring a sitcom was happy to have a job.” around four lead characters often Gleason soon recognized that proved a the chemistry successful between formula. himself, Carney, “It was Meadows, the perfect and Randolph format for The had sitcom Honeymooners,” potential and said Joyce expanded The Randolph, Honeymooners who starred as into a half-hour Trixie in the series that ran popular 1950s initially for 39 series based on episodes during two tenement1955-1956.

Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey dwelling couples: The show was Meadows, and Joyce Randolph in the Kramdens filmed with a live The Honeymooners on CBS. and the Nortons. audience at the As the sole Adelphi Theater surviving in Manhattan member of the and generally original series without full cast—which rehearsals. included Jackie “Jackie hated Gleason, to rehearse and Art Carney, wanted shows to and Audrey be spontaneous, Meadows— so Art, Audrey, Randolph, who and I would turned 91 last go over the year, continues script together to be identified on Saturday Recent Joyce Randoph photo with the show. mornings,” provided by Randoph’s son, Randy Charles.

“I worked said Randolph. mostly in theater “Jackie ran and early TV, everything and but people still recognize me as nobody told him what to do.

Trixie,” said Randolph. “I’m amazed “He was extremely talented, and by the show’s longevity.” for a big guy was incredibly light on The Honeymooners was originally his feet doing physical comedy. For a series of short sketches on the one roller-skating skit, I went with DuMont Network’s Cavalcade of Stars Art and Audrey to practice at a rollerand later featured regularly on The skating palace here in New York. But Jackie Gleason Show at CBS. we never saw Jackie practice. He just “I had done a breath mint came out on the skates and amazed commercial and got a call that Jackie us.” wanted ‘that serious actor’ to audition Gleason, however, was not the most for a skit called ‘The Honeymooners’ convivial of coworkers. and to play the sewer worker’s wife,” “Jackie was a very strange man, recalled Randolph. “It didn’t pay not overly friendly and very moody,” www.50plusLifePA.com

said Randolph. “He just never sat around and talked. Audrey was very professional and would have the whole script memorized. If Jackie forgot a line, she got him back on track.

“Art was quiet, and it was well known he had a long history of problems with alcohol, but was a wonderful and talented guy.”

And while fans like to imagine their sitcom stars from a favorite show palling around after hours, that wasn’t the case with The Honeymooners’ foursome.

“We just didn’t hang out,” said Randolph. “At 9 o’clock, when we finished filming, we all went our own way.”

said Jackie Randolph had looked continued in the role when for me, but it once again couldn’t find became part of me,” Randolph recalled. “Well, a new Jackie that was a lot Gleason show.

But when of nonsense.

Gleason moved Jackie wanted to Florida and to use his longtime friend revived The Jackie Gleason, Audrey Meadows, Honeymooners Jane Kean to Art Carney, and Joyce Randolph in a play Trixie, and in several TV The Honeymooners CBS publicity shot. that’s what he movies and in another show did. from 1966“But that 1970, Randolph wasn’t invited. was fine with me because I wasn’t going to move from New York where “Years later I saw Audrey, and she

my husband had his job, and I was happily raising my son.”

Today, when she ventures from her New York apartment of 55 years, Randolph happily greets devoted Honeymooners fans.

“Strangers still come up and want to hug and kiss me and tell me how much they love the show,” she said. “You learn to accept it, but it’s fun and people are nice. The show continues to influence my life.”

Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala., and has written features, columns, and interviews for more than 600 magazines and newspapers. Follow @TinseltownTalks

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Robert D. Wilcox

This Marine’s World War II Service Took Him 15,000 Miles through the Pacific

In the first 17 years of his life, Carrol G. Smith had scarcely been outside New Jersey, where he lived in Cranford.

That changed a bit when he decided to go to Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. And it changed a lot more when, at the end of his first semester and nearing his 18th birthday, he left college in 1942 to enlist in the Marine Corps.

Parris Island, S.C., where he went to boot camp, was a long trip for him. But, as he learned later, it was to be negligible in the miles he was to travel as a Marine.

Was Parris Island as tough as it was reputed to be?

“Nah,” he says, “not for me.

At home I had worked in a feed store, where I was used to slinging those huge bails of feed I delivered to farmers. So I was in good shape and really enjoyed what turned out to be a real test for some of the guys.”

Another thing he did well was firing the M-1 rifle. He qualified at the coveted “sharpshooter” level that was to mean so much to him later.

After boot camp, he dreamed of being assigned to sea duty. But he was told that he could ask for any kind of duty at all … as long as it was radar operator, since that was what the Marines needed right then.

So he was soon off to Radar Technician School at Camp Lejeune, N.C., where he learned how to use radar to correct fire for artillery and to feed the azimuth, elevation, and range information for attacking enemy aircraft to the anti-aircraft guns.

Then it was to Treasure Island, Calif., by troop train coaches fitted with bunks. There, they were soon loaded on the Navy destroyer USS Thatcher to take them to Hawaii.

When they arrived in Oahu, Smith taught radar maintenance before being transferred to an anti-aircraft battalion on the island of Kauai. The DC-6 plane that flew him there gave him the first airplane ride of his life, and there he got more training that prepared him for going into combat.

Carrol G. Smith

In early 1944, all their gear was loaded on the Army transport Sea Sturgeon, and they were off for a two-month trip to the Palau Islands as they zigzagged their way across the broad Pacific.

What was that like?

Smith says, “It was OK, but, during a drill, I slipped while running to my gun position and cut the top of my head. They let an Army medic practice by sewing it up. When he messed up, they took out the stitches and told him to try again.

“As we went by the Marshall Islands, they looked great, but any time we were near land, our food was covered with flies. You had to scoop them off your food with your hand and quickly grab a bite before they were all over it again.

“The only stop we made en route was when we anchored off the Admiralty Islands, and everyone piled off to get a beer or two at Duffy’s Tavern. I’ll never forget how wonderful that beer

tasted after weeks at sea,” Smith adds.

“Our next stop and destination was the Palau Island group, where we assaulted Angaur, one of the islands of the group.”

How did that go?

Wagging his head slowly, Smith says, “It was a terrible experience.

I was 19 at the time and found out quickly that it made men out of boys. Throughout the island, the Japanese had built pillboxes, bunkers, dugouts, and antitank trenches.

“Our battleship, Tennessee; four cruisers; and 40 Douglas SBD dive bombers had been thoroughly lambasting the island, but to conquer it took 36 days of fighting and blasting the Japanese from their caves with explosives, tanks, artillery, and flamethrowers.”

Smith says, “Two things about that ordeal that I’ll never forget were the first sight of tracer bullets coming at me … and nights in the jungle, before the island was secured, when we didn’t know where the [Japanese] were. We also learned to live with land crabs that were 6 to 8 inches in diameter.”

After Angaur, Smith was ordered to another anti-aircraft battalion on Guam, where he learned that he had been accepted for the Merchant Marine Academy in King’s Point, N.Y. By that time, he had lost interest in that, however, and his next stop was to Saipan, where he trained for the dangerous job of shore observer.

Doing that, he would sneak ashore, hide, and observe where the big shells from the naval armada off shore were landing and then report by radio to the Navy ships the corrections they should make in azimuth or range.

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dropped and Japan surrendered, Smith sailed for Nagasaki, where he did occupation duty and had a chance to see the “total and absolute destruction” of the city caused by the atomic bomb.

A point system was set up to decide the order in which men would be brought home. Since Smith had been overseas for about 22 months, he was high on the list.

So he soon boarded a Liberty

ship in Sasebo and sailed to San Diego. From there it was by train to Bainbridge, Md., where he was discharged as a sergeant on Jan. 7, 1946.

Summing up his wartime service, he now says simply, “It was the most tremendous experience of my life.”

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Combating Colon Cancer

By Claire Yezbak Fadden It’s your first physical since you turned 50, and instead of wishing you a happy birthday, your doctor hands you a referral for a colonoscopy. Not the gift you had in mind, but quite possibility the best present you can give yourself.

Excluding skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United States. It is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS), and is expected to cause about 49,190 deaths this year.

Most health experts consider colorectal cancer highly preventable, pointing to early detection and routine checkups to save lives. In fact, according to the ACS, the death rate from colorectal cancer has been dropping for more than 20 years. Doctors credit the decreased numbers, in part, to screenings that

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month detect colorectal cancer at its earliest stages when it is easier to treat and possibly cure.

Evaluating the Risk “While discussing bowel movements and following through with an invasive procedure may

be uncomfortable,” said Quan Ly, M.D., “finding colon cancers at an early stage often reduces the length, severity, and cost of cancer treatment.”

Ly, a surgical oncologist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, acknowledges that the topic is difficult to broach because many people are uncomfortable talking about changes in their bowel movements, constipation, or diarrhea with their physician.

“It may take a patient some time to realize there is blood in their stool, if the initial amount is small,” said Ly. “There are some cases where a patient may not recognize the symptom or diagnose themselves as having hemorrhoids and purchase over-thecounter products as a treatment.”

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“And to follow through to make a colonoscopy appointment when one is recommended,” reminded Ly. A colonoscopy lets a doctor closely look at the inside of the entire colon and rectum by using a thin, flexible, hollow, lighted tube that has a tiny video camera on the end. The doctor is looking for polyps or signs of cancer. Polyps are small growths that, over time, can become cancer.

The exam itself takes about 30 minutes. This test is recommended once every 10 years. However, depending on your individual risk factors, your physician will determine how frequently you need to repeat it.

A sigmoidoscopy is similar to a colonoscopy; however, a doctor examines only the lower part of the colon and the rectum for signs of cancer or polyps. The scope used is about 2 feet long, enabling the doctor to see the entire rectum but less than half of the colon. This test takes between 10 and 20 minutes and is recommended once every five years, depending on your personal risk for colon cancer.

For individuals over the age of 50 with no symptoms and no family history of colon cancer, some doctors recommend using a fecal occult blood test (FOBT) screening kit. This is a non-invasive test, which can be done at home by collecting three stool samples on three different days. The test can detect blood in the stool and some cancers; however, it doesn’t typically notice any pre-cancerous cells that may be present.

“Many people don’t consider themselves at risk for this disease,” added Dr. Ece Mutlu, a boardcertified gastroenterologist in Chicago, Ill. “The truth is everyone is at risk. Some groups are just at a higher risk. Early detection and routine checkups for colon cancer can save lives.”

Just the Facts The most recent estimates for the number of colorectal cancer cases in the United States:

Get a colon cancer screening if: v You’re over the age of 50 v A nyone in your family has a history of colorectal cancer v You have had pre-cancerous polyps v You use tobacco v You drink alcohol to excess v You are obese or lead a sedentary life vY ou have a personal history of inflammatory bowel disease, such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis

• 93,090 new cases of colon cancer

• The lifetime risk for developing colorectal cancer is about one in 21.

This risk is slightly higher in men than in women.

• 39,610 new cases of rectal cancer

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To learn more about advances in colorectal cancer research, visit the National Institutes of Health website at www.nih.gov/science/colorectalcancer.

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Savvy Senior

Living Your Best Retirement

Jim Miller

How to Calculate Your Retirement Number

Dear Savvy Senior, Can you help me calculate about how much my wife and I need to save for retirement? We are both in our late 50s and want to see where we stand.

– Looking Ahead

Dear Looking, Calculating an approximate number of how much you’ll need to save for a comfortable retirement is actually pretty easy and doesn’t take long to do.

It’s a simple, three-step process that includes estimating your future living expenses, tallying up your retirement income, and calculating the difference. There are even a host of online calculators that can help you with this too.

Living Expenses The first step is the most difficult: estimating your living expenses when you retire.

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figure around 75 to 85 percent of your current gross income. That’s what most people find they need to maintain their current lifestyle in retirement.

If you want a more precise estimate, track your current living expenses on a worksheet and deduct any costs you expect to go away or decline when you retire, and add whatever new ones you anticipate.

Costs you can scratch off your list include work-related expenses like commuting or lunches out, as well as the amount you’re socking away for retirement.

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Calculate the Difference The final step is to do the calculations.

Subtract your annual living expenses from your annual retirement income.

If your income alone can cover your

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Calculating an approximate number of how much you’ll need to save for a comfortable retirement is actually pretty easy and doesn’t take long to do.

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bills, you’re all set. If not, you’ll need to tap your savings, including your 401(k) plans, IRAs, or other investments, to make up the difference.

So, let’s say, for example, you need around $55,000 a year to meet your living expenses and pay taxes, and you and your wife expect to receive $30,000 a year from Social Security and other income.

That leaves a $25,000 shortfall that you’ll need to pull from your nest egg each year ($55,000–$30,000 = $25,000).

Then, depending on what age you want to retire, you need to multiply your shortfall by at least 25 if you want to retire at 60; 20 to retire at 65; and 17 to retire at 70—or, in this case, that would equate to $625,000, $500,000, and $425,000, respectively.

Why 25, 20, and 17? Because that would allow you to pull 4 percent a year from your savings, which is a safe withdrawal strategy that, in most cases, will let your money last as long as you do.

If you need some help, there are a bevy of free online retirement calculators to assist you, like the ones offered by T. Rowe Price (www.troweprice.com/retirement) or Financial Mentor (www.financialmentor.com/ calculator).

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expenses. Your income taxes should also be lower.

On the other hand, some costs will probably go up when you retire, like healthcare, and depending on your interests, you may spend a lot more on travel, golf, or other hobbies.

And, if you’re going to be retired for 20 or 30 years, you also need to factor in the occasional big-budget items like a new roof, furnace, or car.

Tally Income Step two is to calculate your retirement income.

If you and/or your wife contribute to Social Security, go to www.ssa.gov/ myaccount to get your personalized statement that estimates what your retirement benefits will be at age 62, full retirement age, and when you turn 70.

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Culture Club President Helps Blend Central PA’s Melting Pot

By Lori Van Ingen Ukrainian-born Vlada Prymak moved to the United States more than 20 years ago looking for better opportunities for her young family.

Living in a democracy was very important to her, she said.

Prymak lived in Kyiv, only 30 miles from Chernobyl when it had its nuclear disaster in 1986.

“I saw so many terrible things happen. A lot were dead because of radiation and the aftermath of the tragedy … I wanted my life better than that.”

So after she had earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and engineering from Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, she and her husband moved to start their own American dream.

Prymak—who had been a

straight-A student in an English boarding school as a young child— was fluent in Ukrainian, Russian, and English, but not in American English, so she pushed herself to learn American English from the time she arrived in the U.S. Prymak held numerous positions after arriving in this area; she was a manager for Estee Lauder Cosmetics and Lord & Taylor. She also worked at a Volvo dealership, getting great experiences interacting with affluent people, who know how to achieve.

“It opens your mind to what they do,” she said.

Prymak is now a certified licensed insurance professional and member of her local rotary club.

“The more you put into life, the more you get. Learn always and be an example for others. If you just sit at the computer and look at someone

else’s life, you will not get a better education or life,” she said.

The mother of two children, a 24-year-old son and a 14-year-old daughter, Prymak had gotten involved in the Swarthmore Parents Council when her son attended college there. But after he graduated, she wanted to do something to help her own community that she could be passionate about.

That something came along when she found World Culture Club of Central Pennsylvania.

According to its website, the World Culture Club of Central Pennsylvania strives “to foster education, understanding, and tolerance; to build a community that welcomes people of different cultures and traditions; and to promote a shared humanity and a better society.”

The club—which formed in March

2001 as the Cultural Community Club and became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization when it changed its name in 2009—presents free programs the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Penn State Hershey Medical Center.

Approximately 60 to 110 people attend each program to learn about traditions and culture.

Five years ago, Prymak and her daughter, then aged 10, did a presentation on the Ukraine for World Culture Club of Central Pennsylvania.

From that point on, then-president Diana Carel-Diaz came alongside Prymak and mentored her.

“Diana was important to me,” Prymak said. “She prepped me a long time to be more active (in the club).”

Prymak held several positions in the club, and little by little she became ready to take over as president

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when Carel-Diaz retired two years ago.

“All of the board members were supportive of me through the transition,” she said.

Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, the World Culture Club of Central Pennsylvania has been built on the traditions of “embracing diversity and overcoming intolerance, ignorance, and prejudice against other cultures, races, and traditions through educational programs,” Prymak said.

The Central Pennsylvania area—from Lancaster to Hershey, Harrisburg to Carlisle—is such a diverse place, she said.

“There is so much diversity in culture and countries. We want them to feel more welcome.”

The club initially began as a place where people from other countries could feel more comfortable and welcome and adjust to a new environment. But it evolved to become increasingly centered on the educational aspect of their programs to “help alleviate the tension and cultural divide among world communities,” according to its website.

The World Culture Club of Central Pennsylvania received the 2011 Penn State Hershey Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Community Service Award. And in May 2015, it received a certificate of appreciation from the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg as its founding institution.

In December, Prymak received the Diversity Champion Award for 2015 from the Campus Council on Diversity at Penn State Hershey Medical Center for her “outstanding

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“I’m not a shy girl, but I am humbled to receive such recognition,” Prymak said.

Among her duties as president, Prymak works with sponsors and donors of the club and does a lot of networking.

But she also spends a great deal of time trying to find great speakers for each meeting. She meets with potential speakers and listens to their presentations elsewhere to be sure she finds just the right speakers who would be interesting for the World Culture Club members to hear.

She doesn’t look for “boring college lectures” but presentations that are exciting, hold your attention, and open your mind.

Among the prominent speakers at the World Culture Club were Pennsylvania Secretary of State Pedro Cortes and Dr. Hector Ortiz, an assistant professor at Central Penn College.

But the speakers she is most proud of are two students who spent a year in Romania and Croatia as part of a study abroad program. Their presentation, “Youth Around the World: Realities and Possibilities,” was “stellar,” she said.

Prymak was excited about bringing in the younger generation and getting them involved.

“It all starts with the children,” she said. “By understanding others’ traditions and how others live their lives, we can better accept what differences there are ... and how to solve conflicts peacefully.”

For more information on the World Culture Club of Pennsylvania, visit www.worldcultureclubpa.org.

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successfully,” in the 3.5 years since great contentment; we spend a lot of she had lost her husband. time together but we also do things “Why was he on BikerKiss.com?” apart from each other. I’m busy with I asked. volunteering at our library. And She said, “Although he’s not yoga takes up a few mornings each a biker type, he has a Honda week. motorcycle. After a few dates, we “We both love music and go to knew there was no turning back. many concerts; we have eclectic Love is wonderful the second musical tastes, so there is always time around. We are like two something new and fun to listen to. kids—holding hands, laughing, “We are truly blessed,” Pat said. motorcycling, “We found the and enjoying right person the simple at the right things.” time, and In 2009, I life is good. included Pat The most and Len’s story important in How 50 thing to me as Couples Found I have gotten Love After 50, older is having a book I wrote someone to that revealed laugh with and how 50 couples enjoy all of Pat and Len in Lone Butte, British Columbia. had met later in the crazy, silly life and to give things that life hope to singles that finding a mate is is made up of. Quirkiness is a good possible. thing.”

Pat and Len’s story had two Pat and Len found love where important lessons: long-distance they least expected to find it, which relationships can work, and when often happens to older singles. They people venture out of their comfort also met the challenges of a longzones, positive results can occur. distance relationship.

From time to time, I follow up And now, they are active, still with the couples featured in the on the bike and very much in book to see how they are doing and love. And, BikerKiss.com is still to get an update on their lives. Last operating. month, I checked in with Pat and If you see an older couple whiz by Len. on a motorcycle, wave! It just might be Len and Pat, living the good life She wrote, “Len and I are still th together, into our 12 year now and and happy they met nearly 13 years still going strong. And we’re still ago. riding. Since 2005, we’ve covered For dating information, previous close to 175,000 miles across the articles, or to sign up for Tom’s U.S. and Canada. complimentary, weekly e-newsletter, go “Our life as a couple is one of to www.findingloveafter60.com.

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