Historical December 1987 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Congratulations to artist Bill Kohn, 6100 Kingsbury, who was honored with Washington University’s “Distinguished Faculty Award” on Founders Day. Bill is presenting a new audio-visual work “Pilgrimage to the Virgin of Rocio” on December 6 at Washington University’s Steinberg Auditorium.
The work is based in his experiences in Spain and captures the spirit of the Spanish people in their devotion and annual pilgrimage during a three-day, 45 mile procession on foot to the Virgin of Rocio. Bill also has an exhibition of new watercolors which will be featured in Directions 1988, a group show at the Elliot Smith Gallery on Skinker. Joe Shaughnessy, of Lindell Blvd., president and chief operating officer of BannesShaughnessy, Inc., a neighborhood construction company, received the Alumni Merit Award from St. Louis University.
The award was presented at the annual Founders Week civic dinner on October 25. Joe co-founded Bannes-Shaughnessy in 1972.
They have completed more than 750 area construction projects. Delphine McClellan, also of Lindell, was on hand at the St. Roch Book Fair, Nov. 15, to autograph copies of her new book, We Stayed to Fight for City Living.
She was also honored at a reception at Central Library on November 22.
Another neighborhood author, Norbury L. Wayman, 5700 Kingsbury Place, has just announced the publication of an expanded edition of his book, St. Louis Union Station and Its Railroads.
The expanded edition includes a section on famous trains which arrived and departed from the station, and a section of historic pictures. Kathleen Szczesniak, a resident of DeBaliviere Place, has been appointed vice president of property management for Lockwood Management, Inc., a fully-owned subsidiary of The Lockwood Group of St. Louis.
The Lockwood Group specializes in the development, management, and syndication of apartment projects throughout the Midwest and the South. Prior to joining Lockwood, Szczesniak was vice president of Pantheon Management Co. Gail Farwell, 6000 Westminster, has just received an Associates degree in nursing from Forest Park Community College. Gail already holds a Bachelor’s degree in Home Economics and Business from Lincoln University. Did you catch Jim McLeod on the November 15 program East Side/West Side? Jim was a guest, discussing a scholarship program at Washington University, where he is a professor of German. Jim also serves as president of the Skinker-Debaliviere Community Council. Barbara Joffe Clewell is director of the new Riverway School which will open next fall in the renovated J.I. Sullivan Building at 11th and Lucas downtown. Riverway will offer an innovative year-round program, initially for children kindergarten through third grade and is designed to meet the needs of working parents. Barbara resides in the 6100 block of Pershing and is the former assistant director of New City School. Everyone’s pleased to see Paul Kurtz, 6000 Washington, up and about following a recent bout with pneumonia. Paul had a great chance to recuperate in November, however, when he took a business trip to the Virgin Islands.
A warm neighborhood welcome to Amelia and Edwin McClesky of 6100 McPherson.
The McClesky’s have moved into the home formerly occupied by Tim and Clare Hanlon and family.
The Hanlons moved to Westerville, Ohio, just outside Columbus. Friday the 13th will always be a lucky day for Mary and Hitch Powell, 6100 Westminster. Their son, Charles Philip Hitchcock, was born at 7 pounds, 20½ inches on November 13. Ginny and Tom Klevorn bid their adieus to friends and neighbors last month when they took off for their new home in Brussels, Belgium.
The Klevorns are planning to return to the neighborhood after a couple of years abroad.
They are expecting their first child in April and promise to keep in touch and let us know. Jan Pitts, 6100 McPherson, has just started a new business.
She and her father-in-law have just opened Rainbow Finishes at 5839 Delmar next to McDonalds.
They carry Pratt & Lambert and Benjamin Moore paints, as well as hand tools and all sorts of supplies for home do-it-yourself projects.
They welcome your business. You can reach Rainbow Finishes at 367-4795.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, December 1987.
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