Historical February 1981 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
What were you doing on New Year’s Eve?
If you live on the 5900 block of DeGiverville, you might have been reminiscing about the singers from the 5900 and 5800 blocks of your street who braved the cold to sing Christmas carols for you, or maybe you were recalling the delicious food served at the Dever’s home at the block Christmas dinner. Shirley Polk was probably thinking about the fun she and 5700 block DeGiverville neighbors had when a whole bus load of them went apple picking across the river. Linda and John Thomas had some special memories of their two week trip across the Atlantic this past fall.
They visited London, Paris, Nice, Monaco, Florence and Cairo, just to name a few.
They saw everything from the Eiffel Tower to King Tut’s tomb, and enjoyed every minute of it.
The young lady we used to know as Sylvia Collins, daughter of Rev. William and Margaret Collins of the 5700 block of Waterman, entered the New Year as Mrs. Jon Wetzel.
On Dec. 27th Sylvia was married to Jon Wayne Wetzel, also of St. Louis, in a beautiful and touching ceremony officiated by her own father, who is also the pastor of Antioch Baptist Church.
Her sister Deirdre was the maid of honor and her brother William was one of eight groomsmen.
The couple is now living in Houston, Texas.
By January 1st Doug and Cleo Alexander were still waiting.
But not for long. Kimmberly Marie was born on January 4th weighing in at 7 lbs. 11 ozs.
Congratulations to the proud parents.
They must be enjoying the new baby because sometimes the lights go on at 2:30 a.m. when they wake her up-just to talk to her.
Blanche and Alton Reel, who have lived in the neighborhood since 1954, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last October 25th.
They were pleasantly surprised by their son Tom who gathered friends and relatives in the Reels’ home to share the happy occasion.
We wish Altonand Blanche many more wonderful years together.
Welcome to new residents Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes of the 5700 block of Waterman. Mrs. Charlene Patterson and her son have recently arrived on the 5900 block of DeGiverville.
The latest newcomers to Kingsbury Square listed here in alphabetical order are: Julie and Wayne Edwards and Joyce and Tom Sitz.
The youngest Kingsbury Square arrival is the son of Gary and Ronnie Mueller, Benjamin William, born on September 9th weighing 10 lbs. 1 oz.
His smile is as big as you would expect and so are the smiles of his parents.
Congratulations to Debbie Busch of the 5700 block of Pershing who has brought yet another honor to her family. Debbie is the recipient of the 1980 Kirkwood Flames Clutch Performer Award for softball.
We extend our sympathy to Mrs. Ward of the 5900 block of DeGiverville for the loss of her husband. Mrs. Barbara Padden of 5800 Waterman has been in the hospital We hope that by the time you read this, she will be back home.
Coming up–Jim and Sue Gamble and Steve and Monica York are getting ready for their babies due this spring. Karen Brown is working hard to graduate from Washington U. in May with her B.S. in Data Processing. We’ll hear more about all this later.
Oh, what was I doing on New Year’s Eve? Camping on the Current River with the rest of the L’Ecuyer’s having a great time, but dreaming of warmer moments.
Until next month . . .
Originally published in The Paper, February 1981.
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