Historical May 1990 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
While I was walking down Washington, trying to figure out how I was gonna meet the deadline for this month’s column, I chanced to spy one of The Time’s former directors.
It was certainly a nice surprise to bump into Yvonne Hunter, formerly of 62XX Washington. You may recall that her husband Jerry was nominated to be the top labor relations attorney for the Department of Labor just before we shut down for the summer last year.
While we were out of print, Jerry’s nomination was confirmed, the Hunters moved, and our paper lost a director. Jerry is lucky; despite the fact that he is employed by the gummint, he is actually doing something worthwhile (as opposed to being an IRS auditor or an official of whatever outfit enforces the Paperwork Reduction Act). Double blessed, actually, because Jerry loves labor law and is now thoroughly steeped in it.
They even like D.C.!
The most travelled person in the neighborhood this year has to be Bob Horner III of 62XX Westminster.
As you read this, he is touring a whole slew of Navy bases in the Pacific with the Pat Holt singers.
So he gets to visit Hawaii, Japan, the Phillipines, etc. Lest you think that this trip is an unmitigated bed of roses. I should point out that one of the stops on the group’s itinerary is Johnston Island. Except for the even more obscure Palmyra Island, Johnston Island is literally a thousand miles from nowhere. Japan occupied the place during the Hitler War to exploit the island’s phosphate deposits. Its only other natural resource is gooney birds. I’m rather astounded that we have a facility there.
Mary Schmit of 61XX McPherson is also doing a bit of travel these days as a fledgling lobbyist.
She was in Jefferson City during the week of April 15, helping represent the National Association of Trade and Technical Schools.
In May she tackles Washington D.C., for the same organization. Pete and Mary Schmit’s French guest student, Benoit Lerdeau, has been earning some kudos himself.
He exhibited at the Monsanto Science Fair competition at Queeny Park a computer program he cowrote to calculate and graph higher functions from degrees zero to degree five. I would appreciate anyone who would care to let me know what I just said. More importantly, this program won a prize in a district-wide programming contest sponsored by St. Louis Public Schools. Monte Bordeaux is the only new arrival to the neighborhood we have news of. Monte, who works for Newspace, lives on 61XX Westminster.
Last year we mentioned DeWitt Campbell joining the St. Louis Cardinals as a bat boy.
We are pleased to report that young Mr. Campbell has earned the right to return to the club in the same capacity this year. George Johannes (60XX Westminster), has formed his own architectural consulting firm. Ottie’s Corner: The Good News this month is the lack of trouble we had during Thurteen Carnival.
The streets have never been safer than they were for this event.
We did have a purse reported as stolen, but it showed up a little later with all of the lady’s cash still in it.
So be careful, it appears that honest people are beginning to infiltrate the area.
The Bad News is the passing—you have no idea how hard it is for me to write this— of the Parkview Pursuit Chevette.
After the odometer recorded the same distance that light travels in a second (can you believe this car actually racked up 186,000 miles?), the engine very quietly expired and spewed oil all over the street. Whelan Security was planning to retire the PPC shortly and donate it to the Cancer Society.
But it died of heart failure first. What will replace it? Right now were not sure, but I’m sure glad you can’t get Yugos anymore! Starting April 30, I get a partner.
A young gentleman from Crossroads School named Pat Nolan is interested in pursuing a career in Law Enforcement and will be doing a summer internship with me. I’m looking forward very much to working with this young man.
We should have some great stories to tell you next month.
We are tentatively planning to have a Bicycle Safety Course at Four Corners sometime in June (preferably the early part). Details were not complete at presstime, so watch this space next month. Did you help celebrate Earth Day? I did, by putting in some Plant Guards. Plant Guards? Yep, in this case thorn bushes underneath the windows. Also cactus on the window ledge.
And these are only the obvious type of Plant Guards. Next month’s column will be a special on an incredible variety of plants that can help protect your home from intruders.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, May 1990.
Read this article in the original newspaper issue.
Archival transcription note: Column’s Johnston Island/Japanhistoricalclaim preserved as writer’s assertion; not independently verified.
Original source: SD_Times1990_05.pdf, printed page(s) 4; PDF page(s) 4.
