The Freemans Journal - Cooperstowns Newspaper Since 1808: Fathers Few, But Honored

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Friday, June 20, 2008

CLARA WELCH THANKSGIVING HOME NOTES

With only four men living here at the Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home, Father’s Day may have gone by virtually unnoticed had it not been for Leon Rathbun’s 90th birthday falling on the same day. He had a nice gathering for dinner with family in the Alcove Dining Room. We hope Leon had a nice Father’s Day and birthday.
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We hosted the Senior Bridge Group at The Home on June 10th. We hope they had a nice time, but were sorry they had to wrap up early due to the heavy storms headed our way. We welcome them back..
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Alberta Bowes, Bert Chapin, Ellen Hankin, Art Laidlaw, Natalie Laidlaw, Rena Lull, Maureen Micek, Hildegard Parr, and Leon Rathbun all listened to Peter Hujik on June 11th give an interesting presentation on the Otsego Land Trust. We thank Peter for coming.
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Bill Bowes, Leon Rathbun, Marguerite Pomeroy, and Ruth Druse enjoyed the Baseball Hall of Fame Game Day Parade on the 16th. It turned out to be a nice day for the parade, but not so nice come game time. Bill and Ruth went to the game and were luckily seated in the Grandstand, thus staying dry through the storms. It is too bad that the last MLB game had to be cancelled due to the weather.
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Thursday, June 19, brought another significant milestone for some elders at the Home. Art and Natalie Laidlaw celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. We wish them many more happy years together. On the same day we had our June birthday party honoring residents Leon Rathbun, Tarbie Hoes and Betsy Hawn, and staff members Jackie Renwick, Dee Bouck, Mary Butler, Frank Miller, Jane Eldridge, and “resident child” Ireland Gable.

Labels: 06-27-08, Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home Notes, Columns