Harold was the first ORHA President to serve a complete term. Following are some more firsts accomplished
by Harold and Shirley working as a team:

• 4th of July Celebration with parade:
      golf, tennis, shuffleboard tournaments with trophies
      dinner with trophy presentation
      ice cream social
      nurses stationed along parade route in case of overheated marchers
      dance
• Sit Down dinner with a local Church's "Yuletide Bowl" entertainment
  
• Fashion Show
  
• Ceramics with paid resident to take care of kiln responsibilities
  
• Line dancing with paid outside employee
  
• Square Dancing
  
• Ballroom lessons with outside paid employee Trish Sands, still here
  
• AARP - of which we are charter members
  
• Name Tags for residents of Oak Run
  
• Blood Pressure Program
  
• Coffee DoNut
  
• Neighborhood Watch Program
  
• Emergency Hot Line throughout all of Oak Run
  
• Tree Trim Affair
  
• Purchased 1st Christmas Tree
  
• Fisherman's Club
  
• Chorus which developed into Troubadours
  
• Contact CFCC/Community Education for art instructors to come to Oak Run
  
• Vespers - Sunday services
  
• Flea Market Auction
  
• Reserved first State Club on Calendar - Wisconsin Club
  
• Social Club dissolved, Harold took over and named club Ambassadors
  
• Instrumental in convincing DECCA to accept Organ from Roy & Marie Worral
  
• In January 1988. rather than have individual Oak Run residents travel to the
  Homestead Exemption office to apply for their exemption, arranged for
  the Homestead Exemption representatives to come to Oak Run -- which has become
  an annual event.
  
• Contact with Dee Brown to possibly let us vote with OTOW -- would be different
  precinct; she would have to set up with Tallahassee
  
• Newspaper pick up at owner's home via Savalox truck
  
• Welcome Committee with Ed Wilkie in charge of four different groups
  
• Set up rules for what could appear on Channel l2
  
• Illuminaries at Christmas Eve
  

In 1987 there were approximately 300+ homesites in Oak Run. Shirley designed a community-wide
survey, which was carried out with the help of many volunteers, which asked what activities were
of most interest to the residents. Oak Run is now in full swing with the games, trips and activities
which were indicated by those who participated in the survey.

In 1987 Harold started the Travel Club with Shirley doing the day trips and Harold the extended.
During the years 1987 through 2003, 1,054 trips were offered to residents, with 56,611 residents
participating and profits of $122,029 given to ORHA.

In 1991 a number of travel agencies who had failed to register or post $100,000 bond, were shut down
in the state of Florida because they "left town" taking with them the monies given to them for future trips
by their trusting customers. Harold spoke to a number of people in the Commissioner of Agriculture &
Consumer Services office about our travel club and, as a result, on July 2, 1991, a letter was received from
Florida State making the Oak Run Travel Club exempt from posting bond and registering with the
State of Florida.

In addition to generating much enthusiasm in Oak Run, the Travel Club has, over the years,
contributed to both the economic health of the Oak Run Homeowners Association as well as
playing a part in influencing people to become Oak Run residents.

Harold and Shirley retired from their Travel Club duties on January 1, 2004.

The following were ongoing activities in the Palm Club House (which preceded the Orchid Club! )
when the Browns became Oak Run residents, but they did help all of these in some fashion:

Two different chairmen of the Pancake Breakfast resigned, and two
    ladies were appointed to take over the job.

Harold, as ORHA President, convinced the Board to donate enough
    money to help the Library start its decimal system

Bingo was going well -- but without any accountability of funds in
    and out. Harold appointed 'Toni Pace as Supervisor of Bingo, who in-
    troduced a good system of bookkeeping.

Appointed Marjorie Crawford as Chairman of the Sunshine Comrnittee
    where she served 10 years before moving out of Oak Run.

Shirley:

was the first Calendar Scheduler

was the first Treasurer (no one else wanted the job) and kept accurate books with
    receipts and payments. Audited every year.

was successful, after approximately 10 months of telephone calls, in convincing
    the appropriate people in the Internal Revenue Service's District office, to grant
    the Oak Run Homeowners Association a Federal Income Tax Exemption. On
    April 19, 1989 we received a letter stating the IRS had determined that ORHA was
    exempt from Federal Income tax under Section 501 (a.)

in 1993, convinced Mr. Ghumman, with the help of Sandra Austin (the DECCA rep at the time),
    to return the words "Welcome Home" to the sign in front of the developnent where they had appeared
    in previous years and continue to this day.