For the sake of accuracy, a Lion calls out the numbers on the winning card, then the player clears it. Many residents in these nursing homes have little spending money, if any. The Hub Lions are coming tonight. The word spreads quickly when it is learned that club members are due at that particular home. Best clothes are hauled out of closets, lipstick, hairbrushes, cologne, shaving cream, and after shave are more in evidence than on any other day.
Smiles begin to enliven wrinkled faces.
The games will alleviate some of the boredom that haunts most of them. It's a chance to dust off their memory shelf, to share with one another memories of games past. Having finished breakfast and her second cup of coffee, she was in an expansive mood. This from Vera Combs, not to be outdone. Others at breakfast began to be heard from as the last of the meal was consumed.