Historical February 1983 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
It’s been an exciting two months, especially because of the holidays.
The children were at home all day and really livened up the neighborhood.
They bravely faced their return to school complete with midterms and entrance exams.
The holiday season was sparked by the West End Christmas Walk.
On December 12, several neighborhood homes were opened for viewing, displaying their Christmas and holiday decorations. About a thousand visitors enjoyed the homes as well as refreshments and maps available at the Community Council Office. Rosedale continued the holiday spirit with the delightful presentation of “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” by Dylan Thomas, which was read by Arline Webb, Rocco DiLorenzo and Dan Shea, on December 13, at Grace Methodist Church.
A reception was held afterwards by the Rosedale Neighborhood Association. Delores Hoelfel and her family, 6100 McPherson, went to England for the holidays to visit her husband, Gene, who has been working there.
Mary and Bill Christman, 6000 Kingsbury, spent eight days of their holidays vacationing in the Yucatan.
They stayed on Isla Mujeres – Island of Women — and enjoyed sunning and snorkeling.
By this summer, the neighborhood will be facing a moderate population explosion. Ann McKerrow FitzGibbons, our new Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council executive director, and her husband, Bill FitzGibbons, 6100 Pershing, are expecting their first baby in May. Paper editor King Schoenfeld and wife Dee will be enjoying the wait for their second child, due at the end of July. Jane and John Geer, 6100 Kingsbury, are expecting their second child in May. Sandy and Rohn Price, 6100 Westminster, are also expecting their second child sometime in July.
These expected children are in addition to the Bell-McLafferty’s and the Pitt’s, previously reported here. Believe it or not, there are even more to report later.
Many folks enjoyed visits from out-oftown relatives this holiday season. Karen Kelsey, 6000 Kingsbury, and Gordon Gregg, 6100 Westminster, were visited by their parents from California. Bob and Betty Newsham and family, 6100 Kingsbury, had an enjoyable visit from Bob’s sister Clare from Seattle, Washington.
In advance of the spring-summer baby boom, Dick Tollkuhn and Jane Clanton, 6100 Pershing, gave birth to a baby girl. — Kenian — last November. Also in November, Molly McCarthy, daughter of Jim and Anne McCarthy, 6100 Kingsbury, was married to Ron Slominski at St. Roch’s. The. date was Nov. 26 and the reception was held at the Busch Center of St. Louis University. Things are very busy at the Buckley home, 6000 Westminster. Rebecca (Buckley) Gavinski is home from Germany visiting her parents, Kitty-and Michael Buckley. Rebecca is expecting a baby and due to deliver before this reaches your porch steps.
Her husband, Timothy, will be arriving in April and then the, couple and their new baby will be traveling to Kentucky, where Timothy will be stationed at Fort Campbell. Kitty and Michael’s other daughter, Mary Boerschig, had a baby boy, Andrew Michael, on June 19. Their son, Michael, was one of five chosen from his class at the Marine school in Baltimore for the Naval Reserves, where he will be an ensign. Their daughter, Linda, is in the Air Force in Boston.
Welcome to 6000 Washington to Bob and Phyllis Towns, formerly of 6100 Pershing.
They are the parents of Judy Vinson, 6100 Westminster.
Originally published in The Neighborhood Paper, February 1983.
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