Sun Dial Aug-Sep 1963

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August -September, 1963 SUN CITY SUN DIAL Page 3

THIS BRIGHT RED, od dly shaped clothes po le r is ing in

back of the Col. Malcolm and Francis Craig home, whichborders Sun City 's South Course, arouses the curiosity of

many a gol fer . The t o r i or gate, as uncommon in Sun City

as i t is common in the Orient, where i t is the recognized

entrance to Buddhist Temples and Shinto Shrines, was buil t

b y C r a i g w h o f o r m e r l y s e r v e d as m i l i t a r y g o v e r n o r i n

O s a k a , J a p a n .

THEIR CLAIM —C laim for Elmer Ba r t and Kay Bar ton

is Sun City lot No. 333 at 11451 Desert Hil ls Dr. After

buy ing 20 acres of land in Salome, Ar izona, and then

choosing Sun City for ho me, the Bartons dec ided to make

their lan dscap ing as We stern as possible and have collected bones, rocks and ideas such as their c l ai m , f rom

throug hout Ar izo na. W e made up our minds not to move

to the deser t , so we've bro ugh t some of the deser t he re,

explains Bart .

WARM ER GETS WARM ED — This produ ct of the Detro it shops, and now is bein g war me d by the Sun City sunshine

Stove Wo rks , boug ht second hand by Orv i l le and Mi ld red as a f ront -ya rd p lanter . The Eshers , a t 10608 Crosby Dr . ,

Esher 36 years ago, once war me d their k itche n. It was move d to Sun City f ro m Denver, Colo , last year ,

later used by their sons in garage and basement work-



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JUST IN JEST — Al tho ug h R ichard and Ann Beck do have a water fal l a nd po nd , it is not inha bite d by fish as their ges ture in jest might

imply . The Becks added the water fa l l to the i r landscaping and an

elec tron ica l ly contro l led co lored l ight sys tem to the i r s tereo set ,

a f ter ad mir ing th e Danc ing W aters in Las Vegas , Nev . Pr ior to the i r

Sun City move to 10753 El Dorado Dr. the Beck home was Los

Angeles , Cal i f .

SIMULATED SCENE - Wh i le Pancho's back is tu rn e. , Gthe heat in ano ther s im ulated scene. The Batchelders acqi

s lope, Ariz., shortly after their move to Sun City from LaJ

Pancho and the burr o Jocko reside at 12057 Cherry Is

PEACEFUL AN D RELAXING - Wi t h in weeks of the i r Sun C i ty ar r iva l f rom Gre en Bay ,

W i s . in June, 1 96 1, a wate r fa l l was being cons truc ted at 12051 Cherry H i l ls Dr . wh ere

Paul and Ruth Crooke r set t led do wn . I consented to move away from lake country

only i f I cou ld have that f a l l , says Ruth. Both Crookers agree the sound and sight from

the pa t io a t n i gh t is peac e f u l and re lax in g .

BACK YARD ATTRACTION at IBaker, 10741 Hope Dr., is this cerar

made soon after the coup le m oved t<

Ger trude ' -^ndies i lower ar ra i n

w a t e r t o f i n e l y s h a p e d b a t h , e r

f o r m e r h o m e .



August -September, 1963 SUN CITY SUN DIAL P a g e s

th Batche lder show how to beat

CHINESE LANTERN obta ined by Secondo Br ignolo f rom a Phoenix nursery , sets

atop ro ck forma t ion Seco ndo crea ted at his and wife Rose s Sun City ho me at

11646 103rd Ave. He adds the f inishing touches with potted plants as he places

them around the uniqu e lantern . The Br ignolos moved to Sun C i ty f rom New

York more than two years ago.

F ISHERMAN S FRIENDS - Al th oug h Fred Mi l lard is an a rdent

f isherman, he pampers the bass and catf ish that reside in the

lagoon border ing the Mi l lard lawn at 12609 Augusta Dr . Here,

wife Norma watches their ant ics as Fred tosses the famished per

formers an evening m eal . The Mi l lards moved to Sun C i ty f rom

Davenp or t , la . three years ago.

Ger t rude

ile Floyd adds fresh

M ic h , i s t he Ba k ers



Page 6 S U N C I T Y S U N D I A L Augus t -S eptem ber , 1963

TA K I N G T H E IR T IME — Another c oup l e put ti ng on a n a c t

for photographer 's benef i t a re Chr i s and L i l l i an Nelson, who

use their sun dial to set Chris' wal l-size pocket watch. Thesu n d i a l , l ike Chr i s , i s of Scandina vian or ig in , as i s much of

the Nelson home decor . The former res idents of Santa

Monica , Ca l i f . , purchased the dia l four years ago and display i t a t thei r Sun C i ty hom e, 108 47 E l Dorad o D r .

TH IS F R I E NDS H IP TAB LE ha s been we l l a t tended s i nc e

these pioneer res idents erected i t soon a f ter they sett led inSun City more than three years ago. In fact, at least half

the ne i ghbor hood ha s sha r ed t im e c how i ng a nd c ha t t i ng

at the fence-straddl ing round table . Back yard neighbors

and table co-owners , shar ing cookies and iced tea , a re ,

f rom lef t , former Fox Point , Wis . res idents Ruth and John

Z i l ien at 12231 Augusta Dr . , and Harvey and Lou Leisy

who m oved to 10808 A l a ba m a Ave . f r om Por t l a nd , O r e .

ME AT 'o W E LL D O N E - Tu r key s , r i bs , a nd ha m s a r e

given a we l l do ne look when cooke d in th is wel l rep

l i ca , constructed by Rober t Wol f f . The barbe cue p i t , acombinat ion of s tee l , insula t ion and wood, uses the con

cea led method of cooking meats evenly wi th heat andsmoke. Whi le Rober t adds the f u e l , here, wi fe Mae re

moves par t of the wel l d i sguise . The Wol f fs , Sun C i t ians

t h r e e y e a r s a t 1 0 8 2 0 C h e r r y H i l l s D r . , a r e f o r m e rP h o e n i x r e s i d e n t s .

she wanted one for her Sun C i ty home. She and husband

Fred purchased this minia ture mi l l in Phoenix fo l lowing

thei r move to 116 10 Thun derb i rd Rd . two years ago f rom

Ruther ford, N. J . This photo catches Fred doing a touch-up

pa int job whi le I rene adorns the sur rounding area wi th

whi te gravel .

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