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Christmas At Sea

Standing: Roberta Schrier, Judy Schmertz, Bob Lobdell, Irene Salm, Adele Fialcowitz; seated: Fran Schmidt, Selma Sokolov, Dorothy Lubow and Rosemary Strianese. (Photo by Ed Hess)
Standing: Roberta Schrier, Judy Schmertz, Bob Lobdell, Irene Salm, Adele Fialcowitz; seated: Fran Schmidt, Selma Sokolov, Dorothy Lubow and Rosemary Strianese. (Photo by Ed Hess)

By Judy Schmertz

Residents of the Amsterdam at Harborside have joined other volunteers from around the world in the Christmas at Sea project of the Seamen’s Institute. Warm scarves and hats are knitted from donated yarn and the finished products are given to mariners at sea.

Resident Bob Lobdell, who also collects calendars for the mariners, recently mailed 14 scarves, three watch caps and 260 calendars to benefit this worthwhile cause.