By Setarreh Massihzadegan
THE ERICKSON TRIBUNE

Ask the people who live at Brooksby Village in Peabody what they did on their summer vacation, and you’re likely to hear about family, travel, and entertainment.

Local fun and family
As chairs of the Entertainment Committee at Brooksby, Jerry and Selma Shulman have their hands  ull booking two musical or theatrical acts each month. Later this month the committee will welcome Jody Ebling, a versatile singer who performs well-known jazz and broadway tunes. 

The Shulmans plan to stay local, but they are far from idle, keeping up with ballroom and square dancing in addition to Mr. Shulman’s own regular musical entertainment on guitar.

“We’re busy here all the time,” Mrs. Shulman says.

Corrine Begin, who lives at Brooksby, agrees. “We stay pretty close to home. We have a nice apartment on the first floor, and we enjoy watching the people go by,” she says. Though she and her husband, Phillip, will stay in the area, she says they have everything they need right there, including family nearby. This month the Begins plan to attend their annual family reunion, where they hope to see most of their 7 sons, 15 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren.

Historical trip
For Mickey and Ruth Moore, family reunions take place a bit farther from  home, at the couple’s cottage on Lake Ossipee, N.H. The Moores have owned their cottage since 1964, but it is on one of  four lots of land bought by Mr. Moore’s parents in 1927. Three of the lots still belong to the family.

“It’s nice being all together up there,” Mrs. Moore says. The Moores leave  Brooksby from June to September to be at their summer home. “There’s boating and swimming and a lot of mountain climbing. It’s a lovely spot.”

Each August the Moore family participates in the annual parade celebrating the nearby town of Freedom, N.H., where they often win first prize for the best family group.