Historical September 1985 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Things have certainly been happening this summer. Lots of folks have been busy moving in and out.
This is the issue in which you get the who’s who of new neighbors.
We welcome to the world of area homeowners Clare Kerz, 6100 Washington. Clare is not new to the neighborhood or its residents.
She is the sister of Marcia Kerz and has been living with Marcia and her husband Marvin Nodiff for the last few years. We’re happy to see that she has made Skinker-DeBalivier her permanent home. Also on 6100 Washington we welcome Sally and Jim Boggeman and daughter Sarah. Sally is a teacher at New City School. Neighbors on 6100 Westminster are pleased to welcome to the neighborhood Carol Winter and Joyce Phillips. Carol and Joyce both purchased homes on that block this summer.
On the 6100 block of Kingsbury the new residents are Polly O’Brien and Barrett Toan. Ripley Rasmus and Elizabeth Trueblood are new neighbors on 6000 Kingsbury as well as Lorraine Wilson and her two children. McPherson boasts a lot of new residents also.
In the 6000 block we welcome James Asbury. 6100 McPherson has new residents in three of its homes: Robin Lehr (sister of Ginny Klevorn) and Darrell Stoecklin; Stephen Zenk and Melissa Moutton; and Kate and Mark Robinson with their three children Tom 8, Bess 6 and Danny 3. (Congratulations to Steve and Melissa who were married on August 10.) A very warm welcome to all these new folks. More neighbors in the news. How many of you saw the Elaine Viets column in a Sunday Post over the summer that featured Ann and John Geers, 6100 Westminster, and their attempts to prepare for their European vacation?
The Geers are the proprietors of the Webster Grill on Big Bend.
And when we turned on the 10 o’clock news on channel 4 after the National Night Out (August 13th) there we saw Debbie Warshawski of that station (and also of 6100 Pershing, by the way) interviewing Venita Lake, 5800 Waterman, as she marched in a parade on her block.
And speaking of National Night Out— what a great idea and what fun!
It was super to see all those people out meeting and greeting each other.
We need those kinds of events more often. Much of the success of that evening was due to the efforts of our local block captains orchestrated by the Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council. Nancy Farmer, the executive director of the Community Council has become a Skinker-DeBaliviere resident over the summer. Nancy has taken up residence in the Rosedale Square Apartments and is thrilled to be a neighbor here as well as having the added convenience of living so close to the office.
We welcome her. Tom and Karleen Hoerr, 6100 Kingsbury, traveled to New York this summer and also spent some time in Atlantic City. Tom reports that he was specially selected (because of his good looks and charm, I’m sure) to participate in a magic trick on stage at Doug Henning’s show. Unfortunately, despite his magical wizardry, Doug was unable to make Tom disappear, so he’s back to putting things “In Your Ear” again. Also vacationing in New York this summer were Barbara Joffe Clewell and David Clewell.
The Clewell’s live in 6100 Pershing.
Congratulations to Ed Stout who is among 51 persons from the greater St. Louis area selected to participate in Leadership St. Louis for 1985-86.
The program is designed to make people in leadership positions aware of issues and problems facing the St. Louis area, and to train them to take a role in the solutions of these problems. Ed is associated with Aid to Victims of Crime as executive director and lives in the 6100 block of McPherson. Pleased to see Dan Shea and Kathleen Williams, 6100 Kingsbury, back around the neighborhood.
They have recently returned from a year’s stay in London and Italy. Hope to see an article here recounting their experiences soon.
Congratulations and best wishes to Pat Kelley and Marion McCarthy as well as Peter Bushbacker and Christine Storey. Both couples were married over the summer. Marion is the daughter of Jim and Anne McCarthy, 6100 Kingsbury.
The Kelleys were wed on July 20th. Christine is the daughter of Rose and George Storey, 5700 Waterman.
The Bushbacker nuptials took place on August 17th. Yours truly is excited to report a new job at New City where I’ll be working part time. I’m thrilled to be back there. What did you do this summer? Vicissitudes would love to report on your exciting, different, unique or simply pleasant and traditional vacation, or whatever else is new in your family. Let us know. Keep posted for my mystery guest columnist later this year.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September 1985.
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