St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-08-26
The John MaxweIIs
Return From Jaunt
To California

1920 goth Av. s., Minneapolis re-
Gently returned home after spend
ing almost three months vacation
ing in California.
They left Minneapolis on May
7, for Los Angeles, where they at
tended the seth Quadrennial gen.
eral conference of the AME church
and were thrilled by the thousands
in attendance and were especially
elated on meeting an old friend or
acquaintance whom they had not
seen for many years.
The Maxwells say they were
proud of the Fourth District over
which their own Bishop Joseph
Gomez presides and prominent men
of the Fourth District were read
lily recognized by the presiding
bishop for we knew that they al
ways had some constructive crit
icism, or some clearing up Of a
point of the law to be passed.
They met many former Mime
sotans in attendance at various
times and among them were Mines.
Josephine Chambers Bailey, Jean
Leverette Daniels, Bernice Morris,
Anna Mae Bannarn and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Roach. They were
guests of Mrs. Bannarn at the
Minnesota Club. Atty. Raymond
Cannon showed them some of the
beautiful sights of the city by
night and introduced them to his
nephews, nieces and their families.
They spent two days in Elsinor,
a resort, as guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Clofton, former Tuskegee
classmates of Mr.. Maxwell They
were guests in Los Angeles of
Mrs. Sallie Anderson, a friend of
long standing. The many social
courtesies accorded the visitors
during their stay made their visit
most enjoyable.
They were guests in Fresno of
of Rev. and Mrs. Jesse L. Boyd.
He is pastor of the Methodist
church there and Mrs. Maxwell
was morning speaker at their
Women's Day program on May 81.
From Fresno they went to Mercer
and were guests there of Mr.. and
Mrs. Nathan Hill and sons on their
ranch and were shown the beauty
of the San Joaquin Valley with its
cotton and rice crops, grape vine
yards. vegetables and fruit orch
ards.
Arriving in San Francisco on
June 2, they encountered one of
the hottest days experienced all
summer and from then on had to
hunt for sunshine by going to Vail
ejo, Stockton, Sacramento and
other towns to get away from the
fog. They were guests here of
Mrs. MaxwelTs niece and husband
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Hurdle and
nephew, Terry. They lived one
block from Golden Gate Park anC
every morning they could watch
the fog roll in.
Mrs. Maxwell spent two weeks
of her stay teaching vacation bible
school in Bethel church, where she
was a former member 1t was a
pleasure for her to visit and be
entertained by those with whom
she had worked nearly 20 years
ago, and they enjoyed talking
about San Francisco and its many
changes.
One of the delights of their San
Francisco stop was visiting with
Mrs. Joseph Wlcher, the former
Katherine Chivers, and her family,
especially little Joe Jr., who was
delight to see and play with.
They shared many chit chats to-
gether and by phone.
They visited Big Tree Forest
in Santa Cruze and the grave OF
Mrs. Maxwell's sister in the Ma
tional cemetery near Frisco. Mr.,
Maxwell celebrated his 77th with
a party including the cake with
candles and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maxwell report a
wonderful summer was enjoyed,
but it is good to be back in good
old Minnesota once more"
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