Historical October 1983 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Three neighborhood residents traveled to Italy recently for the purpose of arranging to bring an exhibition of ancient Greek artifacts to St. Louis. Ray Breun (6100 McPherson), educational director of the Gateway Arch Museum, went to Paestum, Italy, in late August, joining Edward Hudlun, the director of the Institute for Humanistic Studies in Edwardsville — the organizers of the show, “The Treasures of Paestum.” The purpose of the trip was to confer with Italian government officials for the exhibition arrangements. Father Polizzi was part of another group who had been working with the Institute on this project, and he also made the trip to Paestum. Jill McGuire (6100 Westminster), executive assistant to Mayor Schoemehl, traveled to the Italian city with a delegation from City Hall representing St. Louis. Guisseppe Pace, the mayor of Paestum, and his brother from Canada visited St. Louis prior to the trip and were guests here of Father Polizzi and the Breuns. Bill and Mary Christman, 6100 Kingsbury, became the proud parents of Samuel Fletcher on Aug. 22. Samuel weighed in at eight pounds, two ounces. Also on Aug. 22, Linda and John Nunley, 6100 McPherson, became parents for the second time. Linda gave birth to a boy, Avery James, who weighed eight pounds. Avery is the new brother of Boyd, age four. Linda is an art teacher at St. Roch’s and will be returning to work soon. John Nunley, Curator of Arts — Oceanic and American at the St. Louis Art Museum, is involved in a very exciting project.
He is the co-coordinator and coorganizer of a Caribbean Festival Arts exhibition being planned for the museum.
He is currently writing a grant, in association with Judith Bettelheim of San Francisco State University and the Art Museum, for the planning stages of the exhibition.
The show, planned for 1987, will focus on three Caribbean festivals: a pre-Lenten carnival; Jonkunnu, a festival of Old English and African folk customs; and Hussay, an Islamic festival featuring float-like exhibits.
We again have some new neighbors this month.
Welcome to the neighborhood to Carol Peck, 6100 McPherson, who moved to St. Louis from Clairmont, California. Carol is a visual neurophysiologist who teaches at the University of MissouriSt. Louis’ School of Optometry. Also new to Rosedale are Steve and Katherine Georgieff.
They recently moved in on 6100 Westminster. Neighbors on 6100 Kingsbury will bid farewell to Joyce and Bill Stone.
The Stones are moving to Clayton. Anne and Jim McCarthy, 6100 Kingsbury, were delighted by the birth of their third grandchild, James Christopher Coggeshall, on Sept. 11.
He is the first child of the McCarthy’s daughter, Terry, and her husband Steve Coggeshall.
The Coggeshall’s live in Champaign-Urbana where Steve attends graduate school. Bert Bender, son of Joan and Rick Bender, 6100 Kingsbury, was married at Temple Israel in St. Louis on August 7. Bert’s wife, the former Julie Gordon of University City, is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia and has been working in graphic arts. Bert has recently graduated from law school and is working for Allison and Bird, a firm in Atlanta where the couple resides. Summer vacation news still abounds. John Cross, 6100 Kingsbury, spent six weeks sailing, traveling up the Illinois River to Lake Michigan and then around the lake coasts.
His wife Jane and each of their children joined him for different legs of the voyage, traveling by land nearby and then taking turns with John on the sailboat. John is a seasoned sailor; however, this was his longest trip ever. Candace O’Connor and Bob Wiltenberg and their two daughters, 6100 Kingsbury, spent a month in the East.
They started the trip visiting friends in their old hometown of Rochester.
They then went to Maine where they vacationed in a cottage near Bar Harbor and did some camping as well.
On their return trip, they visited relatives in and around New York and Philadelphia. Jane and Jim Geer and two daughters, 6100 Kingsbury, traveled to New York to visit Jim’s mother. Jane and the girls then spent two weeks in Long Meadow, Massachussetts, with Jane’s mom while Jane returned home.
He rejoined them, however, for a family vacation on the beach at Long Island Sound. Have any news in your family or on your block? Why not share it?
Originally published in The Paper, October 1983.
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Archival transcription note: The source says Jane returned home and then He rejoined them in the Geer vacation account. The inconsistent name/pronoun is preserved, not silently changed to Jim.
Original source: SD_Times1983_10.pdf, printed page(s) 3; PDF page(s) 3.
