New Nearly New shop opens in Scottsdale with secondhand focus
Local feature describes Leo McCall taking over Western Woodcrafts on Brown Avenue to run a Nearly New shop. He plans furniture, motors, batteries, lawn mowers, and Army surplus, while keeping bric-a-brac out. Read about his watchful eye for usable items and humorous notes on inventory and customers.
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Scottsdale
Leo McCall
Leo
Western Woodcrafts
Brown Avenue
Vivienne Jennings
Cannibal Party Furniture and Cow Bone Cache
A quirky column notes a hoard of unclaimed animal bones behind a house after rain and suggests Leo accept the collection. It also details Bob Dillon’s Navajo shop mishap with a desk trap, and a desire for an old piano stool with gold claws while hinting at trades for furniture and dash hounds.
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Leo
Frannie Meloy
Bob Dillon
Bob
Betty
Frenchie’s
Taos
John Skolle
Holly-Stillion Rites Thursday
Informal wedding ceremonies were held Thursday morning uniting Marjorie Lois Holly, Scottsdale, and Sam Stillion, Phoenix. Officiant Rev B G Stillion of Altona Church of the Nazarene led the service. The bride, Scottsdale High School 1951 graduate, and the groom attend Pasadena College and have established a home at 1656 Asbury Drive, Pasadena.
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Marjorié Lois Holly
O. L. Holly
Scottsdale
Sam Stillion
B. G., Stillion
Phoenix
Forrest Thornburg Leads Phoenix Little Theatre Play Dear Brutus
Forrest Thornburg will play the lead in the Phoenix Little Theatre fantasy comedy Dear Brutus by Sir James Barrie, as Mr. Dearth. The 8 30 p m show opens Tuesday and runs through Saturday with Mom and Dad night on October 22 at Scottsdale High. Thornburg previously appeared in Green Goddess in 1927 and has worked with the Lillian Curtis players and Nashville Little Theatre.
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Forrest Thornburg
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Arizona
James H. Boyd
Shirley N. Boyd
Arizona Newspapers Association
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Town of
Rons the
News of
Paradise Valley
Betty Blake
Ric
LS Rei Ast
Scottsdale High School
Just
Whitman
Joe
AMA
Appliance Merchandisers Association
Eee A Merchandiser Association
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