Mrs. "Mimi" Lawton, center, reads to the children at Smith Cottage, left to right: Antonio Arroyo, Cynthia Balmer, Melissa Baler, and Malcolm Smith.

The Masonic Homes at Elizabethtown serves a wide range of individuals. Some need services; others share their gifts with those who can benefit from their benevolence.

Mrs. Martha "Mimi" Lawton, widow of Bro. William E. Lawton, Prince Edwin Lodge No. 486, Middletown, is a retired Elizabethtown elementary school teacher who resides in the Smith North Building. Formerly the Boys' Home, the Smith Building is a newly renovated independent living apartment building. As a teacher, Mrs. Lawton was a tutor to children who lived in the Smith Building. Now she lives there and volunteers to read to elementary school children who live in Smith Cottage of the Masonic Children's Home.

Bro. Bill Laudermilch, Washington Lodge No. 265, Bloomsburg, another independent living resident, donated a Macintosh computer to the Masonic Children's Home. The children will be able to use the computer for homework.

Bro. Herman Fixman, Lansdowne Lodge No. 711, a resident in the Village Green Area, began a ceramics program once a week with the school girls who live in the Baehr Cottage of the Masonic Children's Home.

Bro. Walter Weidner, Ephrata Lodge No. 665, an independent living resident and second vice president of the Masonic Homes and Elizabethtown Model Railroad Club, invited the children from the Masonic Children's Home to visit the "R.R. Depot" on Oct. 12.

The Recreation Services Department invited the elementary school children in Smith Cottage to share a special program for Masonic Health Care Center residents in the Assembly Room in November, which included a visit from live deer!