Historical November 1979 report or notice. Original dates, prices, contacts and program details describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
It’s autumn in Washington Heights and many of us have been out raking leaves, doing last minute house repairs and getting ready for winter. While some of us were at home, William and Cathy Gurly of the 5900 block of Waterman were enjoying a vacation in Massachusetts and the Tidwells of the 5800 block of DeGiverville spent a relaxing weekend at Westminster, Ark. watching the dog races.
Many of the younger set have gone off to college. Keith Jones has left for college this year from the 5800 block of DeGixervile.
On the 5900 block of Waterman, Ava Roach is attending Missouri U. at Columbia, Ronda Sayles is at Kansas University, Weena Harris is attending Forest Park Community College and will go to SIU this January along with Antoninnette Bridges. On the 5700 block of DeGiverville, Michael Whitney Polk has gone all the way to Texas as a freshman and Keith Barnett is at Rolla School of Mines. Melvin Hughes has entered his basic training in the Navy in San Diego, but he’ll be back to see us in November, when we hope he’ll be assigned closer to home attending school in Memphis. On the 5700 block of Waterman Sylvia Collins continues working on her Ph.D. at Stanford University after spending 45 days in Pakistan this summer doing field work. From the same block, Terry Hayes is working on his Th.D. at Howard University. We’ll hear more good news from all of these young people later, I’m sure.
Someone else we are super proud of is Karen Hawkins who lives on the 5900 block of Pershing. Karen, a student at Texas Southern, was the winner of a gold medal in the 4 by 100 meter relay in the Pan American games and two silver medals for the 100 and 200 meter sprints at the Sparta-Cad in Moscow this year. There is much more to tell about this WHN resident so look for more about her in The Paper next issue.
We are also proud to hear that Mike MaGrath of the 5900 block of Pershing has been named to the Missouri Neighborhood Commission by Gov. Teasdale. He is one of 12 St. Louisans appointed to this newly formed commission to deal with urban problems. There are 11 members from Kansas City and the commission will include other cities soon. We wish Mike success in his new capacity and hope to hear more from him as the work of the commission develops.
On the 5900 block of DeGiverville, both the father of Mary Washington and Mrs. Mamie Prudo have been ill. We understand that they are much improved and doing better. Mamie is home from the hospital we’re happy to hear. We hope they continue to improve.
On the same block, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eaton Lane, Arlington Eaton, has recently married Kathleen Minor. Best wishes to Arlington and Kathleen! And congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Shahriary of the 5800 block of Waterman who have just had a new addition to the family, baby boy, Ali.
Rev. and Mrs. Montgomery, long time residents of the 5800 block of Waterman, have just sold their home. We will miss them, but we welcome Debra Hopper, the new owner and our new neighbor.
As you can see, there’s a lot happening in Washington Heights. There have been block meetings on nearly every block recently. The 5900 block of DeGiverville even held a block party on Sept. 8. Everyone helped make it a success and everyone had a wonderful time.
Thanks to various members of block units who contributed much of this information. If you have a newsy item or would like to see some information about your block in print, please contact your block leader or notify The Paper. Thanks, GL.
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Original binoculars illustration from Window on Washington Heights. The Paper, November 1979, page 4. Artist not credited.
Originally published in The Paper, November 1979.
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