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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1970
Page
4
Peg Scanlan, a 65 year old widow and registered antique dealer, lives in a five room two bath mobile home packed with nineteenth century furniture. She uses old china and heirloom crystal for meals, proving antiques are meant to be used not stored.
For two decades Miss Heidbrink has organized benefit antique shows in the West and Midwest. The Scottsdale kickoff returns this year at the Safari Hotel Convention Center, with a Friday through Sunday run and $1 admission supporting Valley of the Sun School for Retarded Children. Daily hours are noon to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. a $1.50 three day ticket covers all three days. Peg Scanlan, longtime Scottsdale show organizer, touts Valley longevity and recalls past venues from Mesa’s pink Latter-day Saints church to Scottsdale, while noting friction with a rival Phoenix Ramada Inn organizer. Scanlan’s future plans include benefits in Tucson, Galveston, Wichita Falls, Fargo, Brainard, Duluth, Mason City, Sioux City, Davenport, and Sioux Falls, with 23 years of history at Sioux Falls.
Peg Scanlan, 65, speaks of her life with a vast Midwest home collection of antiques from ivory miniatures to Royal Doulton plates. She notes prices have surged, advocates honest dealing, and previews a show with 16 Arizona dealers and 22 from the Coast and Midwest.
Teens and community groups schedule activities Friday through Sunday. Valley Past Matrons plan a noon potluck and junior past matrons initiation at Mesa Masonic Temple. Scottsdale hosts a teen charm class at Eldorado Park Recreation Center with seven sessions starting Saturday. Hospital auxiliary sale funds X-ray equipment. State Society Daughters hold annual meeting at Hermosa Inn with officers and Washington delegates. Sunday art open house at Peters Art Barn follows Norse club meeting and smorgasbord in Chandler with film on Norway.
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