Historical November 1980 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The Century Club Dinner, an annual fund-raising event for St. Roch’s School, was held on October 11th at Scariot Hall and was a great success. Over 160 people attended the dinner and the proceeds will go to support the athletic and arts programs at the school.
The first place attendance prize of $1,000 was awarded to the Over-50 Club, and second prize of $500 went to Mr. and Mrs. Phil Duckett. Mrs. Katherine O’Sullivan won the third prize of $300. Mr. and Mrs. George Storey served as the Hosts for the evening and were responsible for the great volunteer force.
A delicious prime-rib dinner was prepared by the cooks from the “Top of the Sevens” Restaurant, and was served by seminarians from the Kenrick Seminary.
The neighborhood will be flowering this spring with tulips and daffodils planted by Brownie Troop 553 and Junior Girl Scout Troop 2342.
The bulbs for these flowers were raised by Dr. Albert Lindel, 5600 Waterman, a long-time resident who is well-known for his gardening talents.
He donated the bulbs (packaged and labeled) to the Central West End Savings and Loan Association. Kathleen Hamilton of 6200 McPherson, Vice-President of Marketing at the Savings and Loan Association, was responsible for giving the bulbs to the Scouts for planting.
We should expect to see flowers blooming in front of Grace PreSchool and in front of St. Roch’s Convent.
Those who made the news this month are primarily women (possibly a male should take part in writing Vicissitudes to assist us in discovering the talents of the men of the neighborhood).
Peggy Griesbach of the 6100 block of Kingsbury, who serves as the Editor of the Paper, has achieved a success that many people secretly dream about but rarely accomplish.
Not only did she complete a manuscript of a mystery, but she recently received notice from a Chicago publishing company that they will publish her book.
Peggy finished the mystery about a year ago and has been given a contract for the manuscript with a request to start on book two: The mystery should be on the market this spring. Peggy promised to provide greater details closer to the time of the release of the book. We’re looking forward to having a best-selling author as editor of our paper.
Two recent promotions are worthy of mention — Marlene Mestres, 6100 Kingsbury, was promoted to Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Instruction at the St. Louis Community College at Forest Park. Marlene received a special honor on the last day of her previous assignment with Instructional Resources at the College – She was selected as “Working Woman of the Day” on KXOK Radio and was given special mention on the radio plus a host of gifts … And Joan Bender, also of 6100 Kingsbury, was given additional responsibilities in her job in the Training and Development Department at Famous-Barr. Joan now serves as the editor of the ‘in-house newsletter, The Famous Barr-O-Meter, which provides information for the employees at Famous. Congratulations to both Marlene and Joan.
In other news, Mary Buckley, daughter of Michael and Kitty Buckley, 6000 Westminster, married Gary Boerschig on September 20 at St. Roch’s.
They are now living in St. Louis County. Mary is the second Buckley daughter to be married this year.
Our best to the Boerschigs.
Welcome to our youngest and newest resident — Maureen McLafferty Bell. Maureen, daughter of Pat McLafferty and Roy Bell, 6100 Washington, was born at 1:15 p.m. on October 3rd at Jewish Hospital, weighing 8 pounds and 1 ounce.
Michael Coleman has recently left the People’s Clinic to enter into private practice. Also, the Clinic, which was previously open only in the evenings, has established daytime hours as of July.
It is now open from 8:30 until 9:00 p.m. and every first and third Saturday until 4:30. Two doctors are currently on staff, a family practitioner and an obstetriciangynecologist.
The Clinic also has use of the services of volunteer physicians.
Originally published in The Paper, November 1980.
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