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• t . • 2E The Chapel Hill Newspaper Sunday, September 18. 1983 yy • • P • c.' JJJ • a . . Senior Citizen Fu A By HERMAN BOGATY And JERRY M.PASSMORE Director of the Department on Agi • . to his restaurant. "My father wh• Where but in Chapel Hill can you retired in Florida" Rueff declar nourish the spirit and the body at the • "asked me what I was doing for same time?At Air.Gatti's Restaurant,' senior citizens in Chapel Tull W corner of ZFranklin and Columbia, various d do?"This led to a discussion �• that's where!Starting in October and � • various possibilities such as a se on selected Saturdays once a month rC.cordinatedb j' citizens'party,card tournament,f• through May, older adults can see at Coup at Y er►Y Passr:wre,director,4ranyd discounts at his restaurant.Passmo throng charge a first older adults can see at :County ePa ent on Agr,9 .. . - •noticing the large video sere- 9:30 AM to be follow by lunch suggested"Wouldn't it be great to s • (sandwich or lasagna, salad and some of the old movies like Tarzan (sandwich at reduced lasagna, salad la of $3.00,n done by simply calling one of three Saturdays with perhaps a lunch including tax and tip. Recreation Departments . Chapel .Thus,the idea was born and eventna The Movies at Lunchtime series Hill, 968-2784; Carrboro, 942-8541; or shared with the R e c r e a t i Orange County, 732-8181. However Departments' senior citizens sta. grew out of a successful trial of the this should be done by the Wednesday who enthusiastically endorsed t • idea last year. Based on the before each Saturda experience and suggestions from Y Program. program and formed the planni enthusiastic nce older suggestions dots seven To remind older adults, a special committee for the series. participants, brochure of all the films and their new movies and one re-run have been ' dates is being printed this ear and selected for this year's viewers. The y This year's Saturday series w series starts on October 1st with"Ti's The a will be available from the Orange have an intergenerational empbas Wonderful Life," starrin James County Department on Aging. Van " Senior citizens may invite farm g transportation is also being offered members or friends(.13 years orolde gY Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel from Hillsborough by the Orange as their guests to enjoy the movie a Barrymore;with "The King and 1"to County Recreation Department. Self lunch. However, no younger' follow on October 29th. "On Golden drivers using the town parking lot on g " pers. Pond"is being repeated later,since it Rosemary Street can get a half-price wttl be admitted unless accompani_ drew such a large crowd.The movies �, by an older adult. are on video film supplied free of rate by showing their Senior Tar Heel Local citizens can take 1e charge by"$how&Tell,"aCha el Hill 'this example, of venal p t v P How did the"Movies at Lunchtime" cooperation among several publi firm that rents and sells tapes and series originate?You might say it can agencies equipment.The films are then shown be traced to a concerned Florida private bu and corn To our nowle d .. on a.giant seven foot screen located in senior citizen and to old Tarzan this is a one of a•kindupro ram fo Mr.Gatti's Restaurant.. movies.Last fall,Jack Rueff,owner of Senior citizens in North Carolina. It Registration for any movie can be Mr. Gatti's,invited Jerry Passmore, not take advantage of it? lino.Wh