The Mayflower Community has resumed activities for Health Center residents in the second floor Carman Center. This provides the needed open space for social distancing, as Mayflower continues pandemic precautions.
Last week resident Dennis Anderson was the “guest caller” for the strenuous “black-out” round. Dennis has a very strong voice. One of the residents playing with her back to Dennis asked, “Who’s calling the numbers?” When she was told it was Dennis, this resident reminisced that she recalls this voice as a Bingo caller at the Elks Lodge some years ago. When the round was completed, Dennis received a round of raucous applause from the players.
The traditional Bingo games were played among a number of residents over the last few weeks. Accompanying this article are some photos of the return of the games.
Included is a photo of John Sadler before his death on March 3rd. The Nashville TN native married Bev Lacy of Grinnell in 1948, bringing John to town for the rest of his 92 years. He retired from Maytag, Newton in 1979 after 30 years of service.
Plans are already being made to get Dennis the microphone for more Bingo or other fun. And, Mayflower continues to remember the pleasantly mischievous John who had lived in our community since 2012.
— Bob Mann, Sales & Marketing Director