Posts Tagged ‘Judy Jones’

On television, Roy Blunt‘s newest ad blared, “My opponent is killing jobs!”, Bill Corrigan‘s pitch claimed,  ”. . .will stop the merger” and Tony La Russa, whose hair gets darker and darker, admirably plugged the Animal Rescue Foundation.  Suffering from San Andreas of the mind, the columnist was then poised for collecting items. The timing was exquisite.  Within one strip of south Lindbergh Boulevard, pickets from IBEW Local #1 held a sign in front of Chaminade College Prep, that read, “Shame on Chaminade,” in protest of the school’s hiring the non-union Birkel Electric for work on a new addition.  Pamphlets distributed implored parents to “ask for a 25 percent tuition discount ” to demand the same requirements as a result of paying less than area standards to the company.  Farther south, the free standing structure, that once housed Coco’s, has been under restoration for about a year to make room for Mike Fiala‘s newest Talayna’s pizzeria.  At Diane Breckenridge Barrett‘s interior design boutique, senior stylist Melissa Buckley was in the throes of pampering two luxury structures in China: one in Beijing; the other in Tang Shen, both designed by our town’s Lawrence Group.  Libby Storts, Diane’s daughter-in-law,  was selecting fabrics for the houses of Judy and Dennis Jones and Don and Suzanne Danforth.  (Libby’s hub is Brick Storts, IV, who is partnered in CIS Communications, owner of five cell towers.)  George Tompras and family’s Kreis Restaurant was being prepped for another night of frivolity, where the unique, hence, irreplaceable Jeanie and Dr. Don Bassman had been spotted holding hands over dinner. Over at Schneithorst’s the charming Patty Battram, widow of May Co.’s senior vice chairman Dick Battram,  entertained her sons, Jeffrey and Rick of Bella Homes, who had just completed remodeling her penthouse at the Crescent. At another table,  80 year-old tiger and Lashly Baer barrister Brainerd Latourette said he’s still doing part time volunteer duty at St. Luke’s. And, a few blocks away, Martha and Al Small were hailing the success of their grandson Zach Hyatt‘s cinching the sale of his and biz partner Jonny Umansky‘s pilot script, “Young Turks,” to NBC.  Zach is the son of Deborah and Mark Hyatt, and is a grad of Parkway Central High and Syracuse U.

Time was, every St. Louis household collected rainwater in barrels – but the containers eventually went the way of buggy whips.  They are, however, back again, especially in affluent west St. Louis county and the trendy Central West End where they have been purchased from websites for more than $100 each.  Now, MSD plans to get in on the trend offering discount-priced rain barrels through its billing department to MSD customers “current on their sewer bills.”  Delinquents and non-MSD customers need not apply for the $65 barrels. . .

Needlepoint has become hotter than ever, according to tycoon Dennis Jones, whose wife, Judy is involved with the Needlepoint Clubhouse in the Plaza Shops on New Ballas Road with Linda Aboussie, Judy Harper and Linda Bryant.  The craft has brought together four generations of Pearce-Jones-Franz girls.  They’re also offering the first Judaic catalog of designs in our town.  That news was offered by Dennis, who was cornered t’other day by Chris Pauli of Crown Investment Partners, who said his fund was up 36 percent in ’09. Sun-drenched Jones had just returned from an 18-day voyage on his yacht with Dr. Alan Londe, Sandy Tucker, Tom and Eleanor Berra and Bert and Eileen Wise.  Meanwhile, you can send congrats to Dennis and Judy Jones on their past-half-century of wedded bliss.