Historical April 1995 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Many things distinguish Skinker DeBaliviere from other city neighborhoods: our proximity to Forest Park; our stately, historic homes with uniform setbacks on tree-lined streets; our neighborhood Council that employs full time staff to work for community betterment; our anchor institutions including St. Roch, Grace United Methodist and New Cote Brilliante churches and Washington University; and our diverse population – black and white, blue collar, white collar and students, young and not-so-young, homeowners and tenants, families and singles.
While other neighborhoods may rival us in these characteristics to varying degrees, NONE, save Skinker DeBaliviere, may claim to have the “oldest, continuously published neighborhood newspaper in St. Louis”!
The role of The Times in the history and success of our neighborhood should not be underestimated.
I know from my nearly nine years as Executive Director of the Council that this publication is an invaluable tool for our area. Obviously, The Times is the effective way to “get the word out”. Ten times a year neighbors, institutions and organizations can report their news and views, solicit support or publicize events.
It is a luxury for us to have a place to submit information where it will be printed and distributed through a tireless network of volunteers to every doorstep in the neighborhood.
The Times is a critical element in our neighborhood’s ability to exchange information and keep residents informed.
The more subtle role of The Times is its contribution to our identity as a neighborhood.
The importance of this role is difficult to measure and I confess that I am subjective in my appraisal.
I firmly believe, however, that our sense of belonging to a clearly defined community is enhanced by the appearance on our doorsteps of a monthly tabloid that is uniquely ours.
For many years I was a regular contributor to The Times .
It was my pleasure to work closely with the many volunteers who spend hours every month putting this paper together.
These volunteers are among the unsung heroes of our neighborhood.
They give generously of their time and money to print our neighborhood news but they seldom publish stories about their own tremendous efforts in researching, writing, editing, laying-out, printing, distributing and financing The Times I want to take this opportunity to recognize all of the many volunteers who have contributed to The Times . You have, and I hope you will continue to, play an important part in making Skinker DeBaliviere a better place to live and work. Congratulations and Thank You!
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Three earlier newspaper front pages reproduced in the25thanniversary issue. Original archival page montage.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April 1995.
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Original source: SD_Times1995_04.pdf, printed page(s) 10; PDF page(s) 9.
