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December 2006
Another year is coming to a close, and I hope everyone has felt as good as I have about what we've been able to accomplish as a neighborhood association. As always, once a year has passed, we have new challenges facing us for 2007 and without new people stepping forward to donate your time we will struggle to accomplish many of things we take for granted. I ask that as you look back on what the neighborhood has done for you over the years, I would hope that you could schedule some time in 2007 to give back and give input to your neighborhood association. We have many needs, such as I wrote last month in the newsletter-Streetscape, editor(s) for the BHA Newsletter, Education, and also this month's year-end celebration on December 10th, which takes the place of our December meeting. Please contact me if you need direction or are unsure of where you would like to help: 410-327-2447. January's meeting will be held on January 3rd and we will hold our elections of the executive committee. I look forward to serving you again in 2007 and hope that you join me in some way. -Richard Hackett. BHA POT-LUCK DINNER It's an important part of the holiday season. Once again our tradition continues in Butchers Hill with the joyous celebration of the Holiday Butcher Hill Potluck Dinner on Sunday, December 10 from 5 to 8 p.m. at St. Andrew's Church Hall (Lombard and Chester). All residents, families and friends are invited. Bring your favorite casserole, soup, salad, side dish, dessert, appetizer, whatever. The BHA will provide beverages and the whole community provides the social enjoyment and warm company. We have the facilities to keep dishes warm or cold, so you may drop them off anytime after 4 when the hall will be open or bring them promptly at 5. Everyone knows what delightful treats come with home-made specialties. It would really be wonderful if you could give Lynn a call at 410-732-1107 to let her know what you plan to bring. A not-to-be-missed holiday gathering! WANTED: NEWSLETTER EDITOR(S) After 12+ years of editing the Butchers Hill Newsletter (and recording many changes in the neighborhood), I am ready (and eager!) to pass the torch. The volunteer job of Newsletter Editor entails soliciting and collecting information monthly, arranging it into newsletter shape (I use Microsoft Word on a Mac), and e-mailing the files off to our printer, National Press. I would be pleased to go over the specifics in person with my replacement(s), and to share my files. The Newsletter functions as a mouthpiece for the Butchers Hill Association: the bylaws call for public announcement of the monthly meeting agenda and other essential information. But we've also served as a source of general information for the neighborhood (the BHA Calendar with committee information and recycling days, and the Community Bulletin Board, with announcements of interest to the community at large). In addition-thanks especially to Rick Gilmour, Carolyn Boitnott, and, more recently, Karen Tong-we've offered many profiles of people and places in the neighborhood, and pieces on the area's interesting history. It would be nice to see these traditions continue. The Executive Committee has suggested that the job would be less of a burden if three volunteers would rotate editorship throughout the year. If anyone would like to volunteer (and yes, we need new blood to keep the neighborhood going!), please contact our association president, Rich Hackett, or myself (home or work). -Steve Young. -NO BLUE-BAG (RECYCLING) PICKUP ON MONDAY, BHA COMMITTEES AND MONTHLY MEETINGS
All Butchers Hill residents are invited to the Holiday Potluck Dinner, Sunday, December 10th, from 5 to 8 at St. Andrew's Church hall, Lombard at Chester (this replaces the regular meeting this month). Please join us for an evening of good food and fun. The presentation will include limericks and awards to honor some of our special neighbors. We will provide drinks and main dishes. Please bring a side dish to share-and your checkbook: Get a start on your holiday shopping-pick up gifts and greeting cards. The proceeds benefit the BHA. HIGHLIGHTS, November 1st BHA General Meeting. The complete set of minutes, prepared by BHA recording secretary Beth Needham, can be found at http://www.butchershill.org/association/minutes.shtml.
Nominations for Butchers Hill Association Officers for 2007: The Nominating Committee will present the following slate at the January 3rd meeting of the Butchers Hill Association. Nominations from the floor may be made at that time, provided the nominee has consented to serve. You must be a Butchers Hill Association member to vote.
MEMORIES: SHE CAME TO BUTCHERS HILL IN 1924 AND IS STILL HERE One of our oldest continuing residents is Miss Jean, who moved to the 2100 block of Fairmount Avenue with her parents and grandparents in 1924, when she was 9 months old. Before moving here, they had lived in the Little Italy area near Granby and Central Avenue. Her family attended the synagogue at 2120 Fairmount (closed in the 1970's) and she attended the old School 27 (now the Woodbourne Center) at the corner of Chester and Fayette. She remembers her grandparents being very helpful people and her grandmother attending community meetings at the old Hendler's Ice Cream building on Baltimore Street. Her grandfather was a tailor and her father a jewelry salesman after returning from serving in WWI. When they bought their house it was the only one on the block with indoor plumbing (they bought it from a plumber). The house had a coal-fired furnace. Her memories of her early childhood are joyful, playing jacks and hopscotch. At School 27 she remembers the visiting nurse, Ms. Walsh, the principal, and can name all of her teachers. She remembers getting gold stars on her first grade papers and pride at putting 25 cents in her savings account each Friday at school. Traveling salesmen of many kinds were prevalent in those early days, hucksters in Model T's, roving photographers who came knocking on doors with their props and ponies to take pictures of the children. There were merry-go-rounds on carts that would park on Chester for the children's amusement. She remembers an A&P grocery at McElderry and Patterson Park Avenue, a dry goods store at Collington and Fairmount, Attman's Deli at the northeast corner of Baltimore and Washington, Adler's Grocery at the northwest corner of Baltimore and Chester, a Hebrew school for boys held in the basement of 2101 E. Baltimore Street and a tombstone maker on the northwest corner of Fairmount and Duncan. As she grew older she was allowed to go to the State Theatre on Monument Street where, in addition to movies, there were live vaudeville shows; often they would stop at the Northeast Market to get Panzer pickles (wrapped in paper cones) to eat at the movies. It was always exciting to go downtown to shop at the large department stores on Howard Street. She usually went by the streetcar that ran on Fairmount in front of her house, but it was only 25 cents by cab. She attended high school at Patterson High, then housed in the recently closed Highlandtown Middle School and remembers fondly proms, sports teams and football games. She also remembers playing hooky and attending the Hippodrome Theatre to see Red Skelton on stage, and then confessing to her parents. After graduating from high school, Jean worked for Baltimore City in the real estate tax office. She was married in 1953 in a rabbi's home near Druid Hill Park. Her son also went to School 27 and was one of the students to occupy the new school (our current school). Jean has a love for theatre and was lucky to be able to travel to New York City annually with a City employee's group to see many wonderful theatrical performances; she has seen Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza, Paul Lucas and many other famous performers on stage. -Carolyn Boitnott. COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD ~ "THE LIFE OF REILLY IRISH PUB AND RESTAURANT" OPENING SOON (IN THE FORMER SIMON'S) ~ The Life of Reilly Irish Pub and restaurant has been a life-long dream of mine following 14 years in the restaurant business as a young adult and also having grown up in Ireland during my formative years. After spending the last 20 years as an apparel executive for various companies, my wife and I started to look for ways to start this business and Baltimore was the first city we researched, since I was born in Baltimore and spent most of my middle to high school years in the city. I found Simon's pub with help from my brother, who lives here, and the rest is history. The Life of Reilly will be open from 11 AM till 11 PM Sunday through Thursday and 11 AM till 2 AM on Friday and Saturday. We will also do a Sunday brunch from 11 AM till 3 PM, with breakfast fare in addition to the traditional menu. The goal of "The Life of Reilly" is to bring the warmth and social environment that Irish pubs are known for, combined with the "Cheers"-like environment that comes with local neighborhood pubs, and give our patrons a safe haven from the trials and tribulations of everyday life. Our menu will have Baltimore favorites like cream of crab soup, peel-and-eat shrimp, and Maryland crab cakes. We will also have pub grub like sweet potato fries, good burgers and classic reubens. For those who want a little more, we will also do bacon-wrapped filets, portobello mushroom sandwiches, and chicken Chesapeake. We currently are shooting for the week of December 4th to be the first week open; phone: 410-327-6425. -Crosby Healy. 
Just released! Baltimore's Patterson Park by Friends of Patterson Park executive director Tim Almaguer covers in 130 pages the history of Patterson Park from the 1660's to the present, with over 180 park pictures. The $25 price for a special signed edition includes shipping, handling and taxes. When you buy your copy through the Friends of Patterson Park, you also know that the proceeds from your purchase will benefit Patterson Park. To reserve your book, order online now at www.pattersonpark.com or call the office at 410-276-3676, or stop by the Patterson Park White House (near the Lombard Street entrance). The Friends of Patterson Park also has holiday ornaments for sale: the Pagoda, Fountain and Boat Lake. Lt. Anthony Brown holds his monthly meeting to discuss crime trends and other issues impacting the Southeast district. The meeting is held in English and Spanish, in the hopes of bringing more Latinos into the crime-reporting fold, but the issues discussed concern all Southeast residents. Always held the first Thursday of the month at 7 PM at St. Patrick's Church meeting hall, in Fells Point at Broadway and Eastern Avenue. CHARMS FOR THE HOLIDAYS: Sterling Silver Baltimore Charms suitable for a bracelet or as a single pendant - Rowhouse, Crab, Raven, Bromo-Seltzer Tower, Skipjack, Domino Sugar Sign, or Defenders' Flag. Offered at special price of $20 each to Butchers Hill residents. (Go to CHARMCITYCHARMS.COM to see them in pewter.) Contact Jo at 410-675-8271 or JOVW@VANWELY.COM. 
The Julie Community Center's COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS CONCERT Donations go to support the Julie Community Center, which, under the direction of Sister Bobby English, provides a wide assortment of youth activities in our community throughout the year. HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE OFFICE OF COUNCILMAN JIM KRAFT Jim Kraft & Staff: Billy B. Hwang, Jean P. Pula, Erin McVay, Sarah Brannen, Jennifer Piorkowski, Maya Garza CITY HALL, ROOM 505 COMMUNITY DUMPSTER, Thursday, December 14th, 100 block S. Collington. For neighborhood residents only. No building materials, refrigerators, water heaters, washers, dryers, stoves, batteries, wet paint, automotive parts (including tires and rims), or hazardous materials. The dumpster generally arrives between 9 and 10 AM and leaves around 2 PM. Please fill from the back. Note that this is the last dumpster of the season until March 2007. 781 |
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