Historical September 1988 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Rosedale’s seventh annual “Rags to Riches” yard sale day extravaganza is scheduled Saturday, September 24, 8:00 a.m.-3 p.m.
The Rosedale Neighborhood Association invites neighbors throughout Skinker-DeBaliviere, Washington Heights, and Parkview as well as Rosedale, to register with RNA and have a yard sale that Saturday.
The registration fee is $10.00; RNA procures the necessary City permits, places classified ads in the Post, CWE Journal and Student Life, prints and distributes flyers and posters, and sends press releases to radio stations and other newspapers to publicize the event. RNA also prints and distributes a “Guidebook” available to shoppers that Saturday which includes a map to the neighborhood sales with a list of the items for sale at each address.
The $10 registration fee is as good a bargain as you’re likely to find—even at a yard sale.
This year’s event features the traditional barbecue, bake sale and book sale all located at the Kingsbury Animal Hospital’s parking lot, 420 Skinker (at Kingsbury). Beginning at 8:00 a.m. coffee and donuts will be available; from 11:00 until 3:00 volunteer cooks and servers will be selling hot dogs, salsiccia, snacks, and cold drinks.
The men’s liberation bake sale and the Times sponsored book sale will run all day.
A special feature this year is a raffle. Terry Buckley has generously donated a week’s stay at a luxury condo in Phoenix, Arizona. Chances for the raffle will be sold at the barbecue all day and the winning entry will be drawn at 3:00 p.m. St. Roch’s annual flea market will also be held that Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Organizer Rita Magyar is amazed at the quantity and variety of items they have to sell each year. Household items and bric-a-brac will be displayed on tables in front of the school; larger items and clothing will be kept indoors in the west school cafeteria. Items are individually priced until 2:00 p.m. when they start a “bag sale”—everything a shopper can fit in a brown paper grocery bag sells for $2. Donations for the flea market will be accepted Friday, Sept. 23, 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
If you need items picked up, call Rita 721-0442.
If you can help with the flea market anytime Friday or Saturday, also please call Rita. Rags to Riches is RNA’s biggest annual fund raiser. Proceeds from this event help support the Times and provide RNA with a nominal operating budget.
Please help out— have a yard sale, donate a cake or cookies, eat lunch at the barbecue, etc. Volunteers are also needed; if you can help, please call SDCC, 862-5122 or Terry Buckley 725-2158.
A yard sale registration form is included in this issue of the Times.
Please complete and return it with your tax-deductible check made payable to: Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council, 6010A Kingsbury, 63112, by September 20, 1988.
Original photograph caption
Pictured above is Susan Littlefield with some of her treasures from last year’s successful Rags to Riches. Photo by King Schoenfeld. The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September 1988, page 1.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September 1988.
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