Historical February 1984 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Well, the nine months of waiting finally came to an exciting conclusion on Dec. 3.
At 11:33 a.m. our first child, Elizabeth Anne Horner, was born weighing six pounds, nine ounces.
A truly remarkable experience! Little did we know at the time that only hours earlier on Dec. 2, Alicia Rose Webb had entered the world. Alicia weighed six pounds, eleven ounces, and is the second child of Richard and Arlene Webb, 6100 Pershing.
They have an older daughter, Erica.
This must be the season for babies. Suzanne Kropp, 6100 Westminster, became a very young first-time grandmother on Jan. 12, when her daughter, Mary Kay Mauer, gave birth to a baby boy, Bruce Russell Mauer.
Mary Kay and her husband Bruce live in St. Louis. Anne and Jim McCarthy, 6100 Kingsbury, also became grandparents, but for the fourth time. Their daughter, Gloria, and her husband Lee Virtel of Lamont, Illinois, are now the proud parents of James Leo Virtel. Neighbors at 6100 Waterman were sorry to see the Krippners leave. Ken and Pat along with their seven children moved to Webster Groves in November.
They sold their home to Arthur and Betty Buell. Arthur is the Development Director of ECHO, the Emergency Children’s Home for battered children. ECHO is part of the National Benevolent Association affiliated with the Christian Church.
The Buells met their neighbors quickly due to the antics of their cat who ran away on the day of the move. Neighbors on Waterman helped out by looking everywhere for the missing feline.
The children at St. Roch’s even tried to help by rounding up all available strays. Fortunately, a young couple on Skinker found the cat and happened to see the Buell’s ad in the paper so the story has a happy ending.
In addition to their cat, the Buell’s’ have two married children, Michael and Felicia.
We also welcome to the neighborhood Nancy and Richard Rice.
The Rices recently moved into the 6100 block of Westminster.
The move is a homecoming for Nancy, formerly Nancy Dwyer, who lived at 6147 Westminster with her parents and five brothers and sisters from 1959 to 1970.
The Dwyer children attended St. Roch’s and many long-time residents may remember them.
The Rices have two sons, Robert, 3, and John, 18 months. Nancy is an administrative assistant to. Mayor Schoemehl and Richard is a driver/salesman for Pennzoil.
We also welcome Lora and Curtis Doyle to 6100 Westminster.
The neighborhood wishes a speedy recovery to Bill Thomas, 6100 McPherson. Bill recently was forced to undergo open heart surgery.
Congratulations to Ed Martin, teacher at St. Roch’s, who was married recently.
The happy couple spent their honeymoon in San Francisco.
Look for Sam Green’s new Farmer’s Insurance office in the same building as the Community Council. Sam and Lu Green live at 6100 Westminster.
Originally published in The Paper, February 1984.
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Archival transcription note: OCR footer assigns Jo Ann Vatcha, but the printed Vicissitudes byline in its black heading is Lisa Horner. The visible printed heading takes precedence.
Original source: SD_Times1984_02.pdf, printed page(s) 4; PDF page(s) 4.
