United Church Homes Celebrates a Lifetime of Music

United Church Homes

Earlier this year, CHHSM member United Church Homes released its 90th Anniversary Annual Report, complete with its own music CD! The publication, titled Celebrate a Lifetime of Music, remembers each decade of United Church Homes history through the music and history of the day. The report opens with a reflection on the importance of music in our lives:
Music remembers, or so it seems. Hearing just a few notes of a favorite, possibly forgotten song, brings the memory of a specific moment flooding back.
A first kiss, Christmas with family, a first taste of teenage freedom at a concert, waiting for loved ones to return from foreign lands, Sunday church service, and Saturday night dancesevery moment of life seems set to music.
Throughout the years, the countrys taste and preferences in music have changed, but each generation has been touched by their music in a similar manner. At United Church Homes, the music may change as the years roll by, but our mission remains unchangedcaring for people.
Please enjoy the journey as we look back through the years and share musical memories and significant moments from United Church Homes residents and their lives.
1916-1926 DecadeUnited Church Homes traces its roots to 1916 and the generosity of siblings Matthew and Jane Smith. The Smiths bequeathed 168 acres of farmland in Holland, Ohio for the purpose of promoting the cause of an Old Folks Home. The bequest was used to purchase the brick home and surrounding farmland that was later renamed Fairhaven.
Woodrow Wilson was serving as President when the Smiths made their gift in 1916 and that same year he issued an executive order making The Star Spangled Banner the national anthem.
In the mid-1920s George Gershwins Rhapsody in Blue debuted and the program that would later become the Grand Ole Opry radio show was launched by George D. Hay in Nashville.
The Yankees won their first World Series in 1923 after acquiring Babe Ruth from the Red Sox after the 1919 season.
Enjoy the rest of United Church Homes memories at www.unitedchurchhomes.org; download the 2006 Annual Report in the News Center. United Church Homes serves more than 3800 older adults in more than 70 communities in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia.