[Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 153

Date1965

Can DescriptionsReel 153: Archie Stewart can notes: 1965. 1. Eddie & Doc visit. 2. Trip to Dearborn. 3. Camp, 7-21 November. 4. Celebrate Rob's 91st one week in advance. 5. Deliver Mary's 1966 Buick, Thanksgiving. 6. Christmas with the Sr. Hafers in Pottsville. 7. Trip to Ann's. NHF cataloguer's notes for Reel 153, 10/8/1998 JB: VS of people tailgating, drinking beside car at roadside. VS fall foliage. Mary Stewart looking at lake, carrying mink stole. Men playing cards at table in cabin. Man drawing water with hand pump. Man decorating cake with candles. VS chicken dinner. Birthday cake placed in front of Rob Golding, blows out candles after several tries. Presents opened, Old Crow Whiskey. Cutting cake, men eating. Rob combs hair. Men washing up dishes. Exterior, daylight, Archie and Rob shake hands. Mary Stewart holds dachshund, daughter drives away red Buick [convertible?] car. Christmas tree, pan down to pile of presents. Pan of people in living room, children come down stairs. VS of family as presents opened. VS of abandoned and wrecked rail freight cars along side of road. Snowstorm, Mary Stewart clearing snow from car, pan to playground. WS of Sands Hotel, pan of snow covered field with large herd of deer grazing. WS of palm trees. Child riding tricycle. TS of two children flying kite, playing out line. WS of kite flying. VS of creatures, dinosaurs made from clay [dark]. WS of power lines. WS of huge herd of sheep clogging road. WS of Girl Scout troop parading. Pan from ornate stone building to marching band on parade, past elaborate marquee for Hanford Theatre. Maryah poses with young man in military uniform. WS of Hanford Auditorium, crowd approaching. LS deer grazing in forest glade. VS of children and parents on pathways. LS, pan up to mountain peak. VS of switchbacks of mountain road. Family at rest stop. VS of snow covered streets and trees. Moving shots from car. Pan from people in parking area up huge trunks of redwood trees. Children toss snowballs at camera, climb snowbanks to redwoods. Boy sleds with flying saucer, girl with inner tube. Picnic on snowbank. Boy poses in Boy Scout uniform, salutes. Boy riding bike, waving. Two boys, Archie toss football. Mary Stewart and granddaughter play catch.

Anecdotal Comments & ReflectionsMary Stewart Hafer notes: Senior Hafers visit, LeRoy "Doc" Hafer and Esther "Eddie" Hafer, October 15-17, 1965. Autumn foliage. Camp. Rob. Tommy Lockhead, Archie, and Earl with glasses (?) playing outside. Earl decorating birthday cake for Rob's 91st birthday party, November 18 (Actual birthday, Nov 25). Roast chicken, cake with trick candles that won't blow out. Earl & Tommy washing dishes. Archie and Rob shaking hands. Arlington, VA. Trip to deliver 1966 Buick to Mary Stewart Hafer house. Mother with Heidi, the long-haired dachshund. Abby & Heidi. Pottsville, PA. 230 N 20th Street. Christmas at home of senior Hafers. Hafers, Ann & Dick Maguire. Ann is Fred Hafer's sister. Trip to California. Train wreck. Antelopes in snow. California. Elizabeth on bike with training wheels. Mary Lou and Rex flying kite. Herd of sheep on wet highway. Marching band. "Hanford" on building. Mountain peak, switchback road, snow scene, Sequoia trees in snow. Kids climbing in snow and sledding. Rex in cub scout uniform, on bicycle. Archie playing catch with Rex, Mother with Elizabeth.