By J.
As our big Spring event approaches, we want to welcome all the visitors who will be seeing us and our neighborhood at the Art Fair and House Tour. Our pride in what we have and do here will be amply shown on that day, though every month brings newsworthy events in our neighbors’ lives. So, new neighbor or old, or simply a prospective, here are some of of the happenings in Skinker-DeBaliviere this month.
Have you met your new neighbors?
On the 6100 block of Pershing, brothers Owen and Tom Hardy have recently moved in. Owen is a journalism graduate who’s volunterred to help on the Paper (that should give us some class), and Tom is a sculptor you’ll no doubt be meeting on Art Fair Day. Also on Pershing, the 6000 block welcomes Dan Eberle as a property owner. Everyone will be happy to see the boards come down and a new neighbor move in.
On the 6100 block of Westminster, direct from South St. Louis, Tom and Mary Jo Consiglio and their two yearold daughter will soon be starting yet another Westminster rehabilitation. And on the 5700 block of Waterman, Tom Reel is also about to embark on a rehab project. We’ll soon have to have a “rehab-of-the-month” at the rate our industrious group is going.
Did you know? . . . Dan Schesch is among the gleeful job-finders this month . . . . Former neighbor Jo Fredericks had a baby girl in March . . . . Mrs. Brice of the 6100 block of Washington is happily home after a hospital stay.
Some of our more illustrious neighbors have been on TV this past month: Dee Vossmeyer, questioned about a robbery at her bank; Betty Newsham discussed the famous “Shoe Tree” on Kingsbury on the Sunday Special and managed to get in a plug for the upcoming Art Fair very nicely. And Ted Bynum has been on the tube several times concerning his work with local teachers’ issues. We understand that his appearances are real occasions at home, giving the Bynum children an opportunity to see what Daddy looks like. Reminds us once again of what a great educational tool television can be.
The 6100 block of Westminster was the scene of a wedding on April 5, as Cookie Copeland and Darrell Darden were married in a ceremony at the Copeland home. A lovely reception followed. We all wish Cookie and Darrell the best of luck and hope that they will continue to make our neighborhood their home.
The Giddings of 60xx Westminster are moving to Washington. We hate to lose good neighbors, but we hope they’ll be happy and successful way out West.
Correction: we mistakenly reported the name of Diane and Jack Bennington’s new baby last month. If you haven’t yet met Peter Dean (not Bean), he’s a doll. Our apologies about the error.
Congratulations to Ann McCarthy of the 6100 block of Kingsbury, recipient of the Centennial award given by Maryville College. The award honors one whose life style reflects Christian values. We certainly can’t think of anything that would be more an honor than that, and we congratulate her heartily.
We hope you won’t forget the annual Pancake Breakfast at the Lange’s on Art Fair morning. It benefits a worthy cause (The Paper) and gives us an opportunity to volunteer a few husbands and friends for real work. We thank in advance the many dedicated souls roped into our project, and a great thank you to Chris and Joe Lange for allowing us to once again use their home to feed the multitudes, and especially to Joe for directing, producing, and acting in the affair.
We hope to see you all there.
Originally published in The Paper, May 1975.
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