Happy Art Fair day to one and all from THE PAPER. Here are a few vicissitudes to help you keep in mind that the Art Fair is not all that’s happening around here.
Our nomination for the best unintentional social event of the Season is the christening of a bus. No, Brad Weir didn’t flip out waiting for the Bi-State. We’re talking about the most recent craziness of Sam Green, of the 6100 block of Westminster, who has just taken a bus off the Springfield-Mountain Home line and converted it into a mobile showroom/camper. This baby has a bit more class than your basic van (for example, herringbone patterened wallpaper, hung by the Pro). This was no metaphorical christening either—Lu Green wields a mean champagne bottle. Some people get their kicks stripping woodwork and knocking plaster off brick, but this job certainly takes “rehabbing” a step beyond.
Our neighbors Ron and Phyllis Stutzman of the 6100 block of Westminster are leaving us in June to return to South America for a few months. Ron has received a two-year National Science Foundation grant to study and write about the history and culture of a unique group of people among the Andes in Equador. The study sounds fascinating and we hope to hear from the Stutzmans about their experience in Equador. They will return in December for the spring semester and again return to South America for another stay. Sounds like a hectic and irresistible two years!
We offer our sympathy to the family of long-time Skinker-DeBaliviere resident, Al Nerviani, whose mother, Mrs. Vittoria Nerviani, passed away in April after several years of illness.
Last minute happy news! Gary and Peg De Young, of the 6200 block of Washington, are delighted to announce the birth of a second son, named Gerrit Davison De Young. He was born on April 19, and weighed 7 lbs. 14 oz. Congratulations!
In other happy news, we learned rather late that Bob and Judy Little of the 6300 block of Waterman are anticipating the arrival of a baby come June. We congratulate them and their daughter Andrea on the exciting coming event.
Two Washington Heights neighbors have been ill recently. Riley Rogers of the 5900 block of Waterman has been in the hospital and is now recuperating from surgery. We wish him a speedy recovery. And Blanche Reel of the 5700 blcok of Waterman has been ill at home during April with a case of shingles, one of the all-time horridly uncomfortable ailments. We hope both are well and can join us for the Art Fair.
As we are welcoming visitors to our neighborhood for our annual Art FairHouse Tour, it seems to me worth considering for a moment just what we are and what we want to be. This column is filled each month with news about you; why not one month by you? Think, write briefly, and the next issue will carry your opinions. Send your statement before May 15 to Jo Ann Vatcha, 6117 Westminster, or I will happily accept them at the Information Booth at the Art Fair. We eagerly await your response!
And please help THE PAPER stay afloat by attending our “Continental Breakfast” on Art Fair morning. There will be another Paper benefit in June which we’re sure you’ll be intrigued by—look for the article elsewhere in this issue about the genuine Prom we’re going to sponsor. Ain’t we getting classy?
What is one aspect of life in this neighborhood you feel is especially good/bad? or if you prefer— What do you want this neighborhood to be ten years from now?
Original photograph caption
Artist’s rendering of the christening of the Greens’ bus. The Paper, May 1977, page 4. Artist not credited.
Originally published in The Paper, May 1977.
Read this article in the original newspaper issue.
Archival transcription note: Printed Equador, patterened and blcok retained.
Original source: SD_Times1977_05.pdf, printed page(s) 4; PDF page(s) 4.
