Rags to Riches Promises Bargains, Fun（英文）

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Historical September 1987 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.

Who: The Rosedale Neighborhood Association What: More than 30 yard sales spread out over 12 square blocks What Else: Refreshments, a book sale, and neighborly chatter When: 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, September 26 Where: The Rosedale Neighborhood in the city’s West End The Rosedale neighborhood in St. Louis’s West End will be an open-air flea market on Saturday, Sept. 26.

From 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Rosedale Neighborhood Association will conduct its sixth annual “Rags to Riches” sale. Bargain hunters will have a field day rummaging through the furnishings, housewares, clothing, books, and collectibles at more than 30 yard sales spread out over 12 square blocks.

For early birds, coffee and doughnuts will be on sale at the parking lot of the Kingsbury Animal Hospital, Skinker Boulevard at Kingsbury. Hot dogs, bratwurst, chips, and soft drinks will be on sale in the afternoon, and maps to the yard sales will be distributed throughout the day.

The parking lot also will be the site of a collective book sale featuring hundreds of titles in both hardback and paperback.

The Rosedale Neighborhood is bound by Forest Park Parkway, Skinker, Delmar, and Des Peres. Sale sites will extend a few blocks beyond the neighborhood’s eastern and western borders. Proceeds from “Rags to Riches” benefit the neighborhood newspaper; The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere.

For more information, contact the office of the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council at 862-5122.

YES, I WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN RAGS TO RICHES 1987 I am having a sale. Enclosed is my $10 registration fee.

Please include my address in the guidebook. NOTE: Anyone holding a yard sale in the City is now required to have a permit. $10 fee covers cost of special sales permit and all publicity.

The most interesting/unusual items at my sale will be: (Information 862-5122) I’m donating goods for the Men’s Liberation BakeSale and will bring them to Skinker & Kingsbury on September 26.

I have books to donate for “The Times” benefit book sale. Here’s a donation to help keep Rosedale Neighborhood Association and “The Times” going. NAME ADDRESS PHONE (Cut out and send to: SDCC, 6010a Kingsbury, 63112)

Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September 1987.

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Archival transcription note: Front-page sale ends 3 p.m.; illustrated poster ends 4 p.m. Both source times preserved.

Original source: SD_Times1987_09.pdf, printed page(s) 1, 3; PDF page(s) 1, 3.