Historical April 1994 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The Times Board is very grateful to all those who made contributions this year and to those who joined us on February 26 at our most successful fundraiser ever.
If current conditions hold, our fundraising will become an annual event. Thanks to Marj Weir and Venita Lake, we are now doing our typesetting and layout ourselves.
This saves some money and means fewer appeals to you for aid. Hopefully, we can continue to supply you an interesting newspaper 9 times a year. We’re always willing to receive stories for the paper and we continue to look for volunteer reporters and people who would like to do layout.
If you’re interested, call Lana at 721-7532.
But now to “oh what a time we had!” At least 110 people joined us at New City School on Feb. 26 to eat chili and play trivial pursuit. Seventeen tables ended up competing.
The winning table–by just 1 point–was composed of Catherine Forslund, Roy Roncal, Harvey and Ava Small, Mary Davidson, Newton McCoy, James McElveen, and Becky Betebenner. Second place was a tie between Table 3: Ann Frawley, Bob Mahon, Sue Lewis, Bob Lewis, Karen Keaveny, and Janet McGill, and Table 11: Cal and Gee Stuart, Neville and JoAnn Vatcha, and Brad and Marj Weir.
The contest was hard-fought throughout.
The biggest complaint was that murder mysteries were included in the literature category. Now, we didn’t say great literature. Our alderman, Dan McGuire, reprised as emcee and did a wonderful job, even humming Beethoven as part of a question.
He was ably assisted by runners Joe Schoemehl, Courteney MacKuen, and Michelle Sadon. Scorers were Lois Schoemehl and Lana Stein.
First, let’s thank New City School and Tom Hoerr for the wonderful facilities. Twice now they’ve given us a location so that the game could take place.
We are very grateful that Rossino’s restaurant donated appetizers.
They were delicious. Chili cooks included Rose Storey, Dee Schoenfeld, Marj Weir, Lois Schoemehl, JoAnn Vatcha, and Lana Stein. Venita Lake supplied soup. Sue Rothschild, Kathleen Williams, Arline Webb, and Lana Stein baked delectible treats. Jim Schoemehl performed yeoman service as bartender, including making a couple extra beer runs! One of the main prizes consisted of the brand-new Times of Skinker DeBaliviere tee-shirt.
It has our logo in white on a field of beautiful blue.
We have these tee-shirts available for sale.
They are X-large.
If you would like one, please call Marj at 863-7558.
They are $12. Thanks to Kathleen Williams who arranged their manufacture. Other prizes were donated by Blueberry Hill, The New Theatre, and Delmar Cleaners thanks to Sue Rothschild.
It seems like everyone had a good time and The Times is very grateful for the support of its readers and friends everywhere.. Perhaps the specialness of the neighborhood is reflected in those who work and party together to benefit our institutions.
We are thinking of doing it again next February so start boning up. It’s never too early to learn the really inconsequential. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
Original photograph caption
Winners of The Times Trivia Contest, February26: Ava and Harvey Small, Becky Betebenner, James McElveen, Mary Davidson, Newton McCoy, Emcee Dan McGuire, Catherine Forslund, Roy Roncal, and Times Editor Lana Stein. Photo by King Schoenfeld.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April 1994.
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