[Archie Stewart--home movies] Reel 160

Date1967

Viewing NotesReel 160: Slate mislabeled Reel 161 and lists can notes for Reel 161 on VHS screening tape. Screening notes: WS of large white house, family in yard. Boy with hula hoop. MS of table set for formal meal. VS of family eating. VS of family opening Christmas presents beside tree. Huge piles of snow, child climbs on top. Mail delivery truck beside plowed snow. Parked car dwarfed by snow pile. Woman walking dachshund dogs in snow. LS of snow-capped mountain range. Shepherd dog jumping though hula hoop propped on lawn furniture as children watch. Mrs. Mary Stewart and daughter Anne looking at mountains. WS of people in parking area beside Bel Air Motel. VS of palm trees. Pan from two helicopters in distance flying over long wharf, to waves on ocean shore. Surfers riding waves near shore. Anne Stewart riding and grooming horse. VS of people riding horses. Family relaxing in living room, drinking cocktails. Archie Stewart presented with birthday pie with single candle. CU dachshund dog snuggling and playing with Siamese cat. Archie Stewart holding small container with various cactus. Young boy in trenchcoat pretends to shoot gun at camera. CUs of Japanese garden decorations: small pagoda, Buddha type statue. Young child in Japanese kimono and hat bows to statue. Face covered with fake glasses and droopy mustache, huge fake ears. MS of young girl hugging dachshund, seated in red wagon. Profile of woman looking out window at house, garden, ocean view. Family bicycling on rural road. Mrs. Mary Stewart pretends to spank young girl. Group of children standing on street. School bus arrives, kids clamber on, bus drives off. Young girl holds up package addressed to Miss A. Hafer, 1 Saran Ave. Bedford, MA. Family saying grace around dinner table. VS of family eating. Two men show off oversized coffee cups. High LS of two people playing croquet. Quick shot of family on front lawn. WS of man using motorized tiller in wooded garden. MS of men sprinkling seed or fertilizer from bucket. Man washing laundry in bucket, lake in BG. LS of boat moored on lake smooth as glass. Mrs. Mary Stewart models new boots, pan from feet up to big smile as she stands on dock. Mrs. Stewart tucked into canoe with lap robe. Archie Stewart walks down path to dock. Shots of Mrs Stewart and Earl Bonness on boat. WS of Archie Stewart standing beside historical marker. CU on text: 'On this site stood the old meeting house and in the rear is the cemetery where reposes the remains of Rev. James Lyon, minister and patriot... Machias in 1794.' WS of sign for Jonesport, topped by boat. Archie and Mary Stewart pose with two men in front of barn.

Anecdotal Comments & ReflectionsMary Stewart Hafer notes: Abby and kids waiting for schoolbus at Saran Ave., Bedford, MA. Abby with big fancy envelope to Miss A.A. Dinner in Newburgh with Senior Hafers and Ann and Dick Maguire. Backyard croquet with Ann Hafer Maguire and Abby. Camp: Earl tilling garden with rototiller (Rob no longer there to plow). Sowing seeds. Earl washing clothes in washtub. Mother with high buttoned boots. Machias, Maine, historic sign of home of James Lyon (the brother of 17th century ancestor.)

Can DescriptionsArchie Stewart can notes: Starts fall 1967. 26-8 Oct. Mary visit from Bedford, at 388 for new car. Xmas 1967 Mary and kids and Hafers. Visit to Mary-ah's at Bedford in deep snow 9-18 Jan. Trip to Ann's 24 Jan-11 March. Chew-chew TAS. Babysit Abby, Bedford 27 March, 7 April. Hafers visit 13-14 April. Camp spring 6-24 May.