christmas at the ouiseau junction home for the elderly, December 1938
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edward w pritchard
Mr. Johnson came to the nursing home where his great Aunt stayed most every christmas to play Christmas carols on the piano for the residents. He usually arrived before lunch and stayed for Christmas dinner.
The assistant social director for the nursing home would give a short prayer before she introduced Mr. Johnson and then would coach the residents into making requests for sacred music until the break for lunch.
After lunch the assistant social director would leave to be with her family and Mr. Johnson would play some of the old sad blues songs for some of the residents of the ouiseau junction home for the elderly. Even though it was a little sad to hear those type of songs on Christmas several of the women who worked at the nursing home always brought cookies in for Mr. Johnson the volonteer piano player to thank him for spending his Christmas day year after year playing songs for the elderly shut ins at the ouiseau junction home for the elderly.
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