[Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 164

Date1969 – 1970

Can DescriptionsArchie Stewart can notes: Reel 164 1969-1970. Xmas Reunion at 388. T.W.s 21st birthday, Concord, Mass. Trip to Ann's 10 Feb - 4 March. Abby's 12th birthday, 31 March. Snowstorm, 1 April, Bedford. Spring trip to camp. 6-22 May. Screening notes: Children playing in snow storm. Making snow man. Building snow fort and throwing snow balls. Shoveling sidewalk in residential area. 1969 Christmas in Newburgh. Big snowstorm. Hafers, Saulses and senior Hafers. Back yard at 388 Grand Street. Grandkids making snowman. Kids playing card game at dining table. Ann and Mary reading and talking in living room. MS of grandmother reading to little girl. Mrs. Mary Stewart sewing. VS of young girls, pan down Christmas tree. VS Children and parents opening Christmas gifts. VS of family eating turkey dinner. Teenagers having snowball fight. Parents watch as young girl climbs in and out of snow fort. Family walking along street between huge snow piles. Elizabeth and African American cook, Esther Gunther, watching dough rise in bowl. VS of birthday party for Tom Hafer, 21st birthday at Colonial Inn, Concord, MA. Archie Stewart presents birthday boy with envelope; a $1000 check for not drinking until age 21. En route to California. WS of arid landscape, car in FG alongside road. Road marker sign: Points of Interest. Archie Stewart drinking Coke, Mary Stewart poses for camera beside flowering bushes. Pan down palm tree to ranch style house. Woman and young girl lean on fence watching horses in ring. VS of people riding horses. Man seated on floor playing cards with young girl, boy watches. Woman in kitchen, from behind. Mary Stewart holding dachshund dog in lap. MS of aquarium, fish swimming. VS of people seated at dining table, pan to Reg Sauls IV in Scout uniform. Young girl brings in birthday pecan pie and presents to Archie Stewart, blows out candles. Family relaxing in living room. CU of television, Liza Minelli singing. WS of woman standing in arid landscape watching long freight train pass in BG, pan right. Bedford, MA VS of family eating at dinner table. Mary Stewart brings cake to table and presents to Abby who blows out candles. Cutting cake. VS of family at table; Hafer dining room. Fred Hafer in uniform in front of 137 North Road, Bedford MA. Man driving car in residential area covered in snow. Girl waiting at end of drive carrying books. Woman walking down snowy path to car. MS of photo of woman with large yellow flowers, pan down to Broadway Garage calendar, finger pointing to date May 21, 1970. Maine camp; Mary Stewart standing in garden with hand held at shoulder level, indicating height of growth of small tree. TS of man paddling canoe. MS of Earl Bonness removing motor from boat and loading into car. WS of Archie Stewart carrying luggage from shore, down dock. MS of Mary Stewart and Earl Bonness getting into Jeep loaded with luggage and driving down forest path.

Anecdotal Comments & ReflectionsMary Stewart Hafer notes: Christmas in Newburgh. Big snowstorm. Hafers, Saulses, and senior Hafers all present. Back yard at 388 Grand Street. Grandkids make snowman. Shoveling front walk. Grandkids playing cards. Ann and Mary reading. Esther Hafer and Elizabeth Sauls. Mother eating. Abby and Mary Lou with Christmas tree and gifts. Opening gifts. "Doc" Hafer and John Hafer. Whole family eating in kitchen, then dining room. Grandkids throwing snowballs in back alley. Kids cawling in and out of igloo. Walking in snowbound street. Esther Gunther and Elizabeth. Tom Hafer's 21st birthday at Colonial Inn, Concord, MA. Archie gives him $1000 check for not drinking until age 21. En route to California. Sign. Archie's signature Coke swig. Mother in blue dress at Ann's. Mother and granddaughter looking at horses. Ann riding "Choo Choo." Sauls kids plahing cards. Mother and dachshund. Aquarium with tropical fish. Reg Sauls IV in Scout Leader uniform. Archie's Feb 27 birthday pecan pie. Anne and Mary Lou relaxing. Long freight train goes slowly across California desert landscape. Bedford MA, Abby's family birthday party, March 31. Eating in Hafer dining room. Mother with birthday cake. Fred Hafer in uniform in front of 137 North Road, Bedford. Calendar, May 1970. Maine camp. Mother looking at small tree. Earl Bonness and outboard motor. Archie carrying luggage onto dock. Earl and Mother riding in Jeep into woods.