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Page 6, May 24,1973, PHOENIXPHOENIX Profiles Boerum Hill: 1Local House Tour Is'Family' EnterpriseB Y C A R O L Y N S P E I L E RBill Downer brought an enormous Begonia Rex and several Gloriosa Daisies to the plant sale outside the bar, deposited a basketful of food inside the bar, and dashed off to State Street to serve his stint as a host for the last shift of the Annual Boerum Hill Association House Tour.Although all the residents of Boerum Hill may not be as dedicated nor as civic-minded as Bill Downer, his activities on May 20, the day of the tour serve as a sample of the kind of neighborhood involvement which makes the neighborhood house tour in Boerum Hill very much a family affair every year. House tour days are always fun for neighbors meeting and greeting each other, often people who haven%u2019t seen each other since the last house tour. And often, too, people who are working together on the house tour, have teen working together on other neighborhood projects throughout the year.Indeed the overwhelming majority of those touring the Rouses this year appear to be people who live in Boerum Hill. Francis Muller stood in the house at 434 State Street and reminisced about the early morning of a day some six years ago when she and several other Boerum Hillers threw up a picket line todiscourage a demolition crew there. That day a then-pregnant Eleanor Preiss told the housewreckers that only over her dead body and that of future generations would they tear down the house.Elizabeth Butson marveled at the in-progress renovation going on at 223 Bergen Street, contrasting the clean Scandinavian lines of the present interior with what she remembered of the same house as a shell which, after a fire, was filled only with rats.Many people not neighborhood residents told hostesses that they learned of the house tour from friends who are. One man bemoaned the fact that he no longer owns a 50-foot carriage house in Fort Greene. Twelve ladies from an antique club at Riverside Church were enthralled by the collections on display in the Harvey Tudanger house on Dean Street. A couple from Queens said the first year they attended a Boerum Hill house tour they liked it so much they always come back for more. Making the house tour attendance national in scope was a couple from Oklahoma who have attended three of the last four Boerum Hill Association house tours.This tour also saw its share of politicians: State Senator Carol Bellamy and City Council Candidate Bob Wittich were busymaking the rounds at the King%u2019sSTEPINTO THEPASTDiscover thepleasures of dining as gourmets did before the turn of the century.%u266644A44444444announcesThe Opening of theQueens KitchenWed. - Thurs. 5 - 10 p.m. Fri., Sat., Sun. 6 - 1 a.m.Kitchen Now Under the Management ofQerri Massid.(Ga g ettJLNERANDWinner of20annualHOLIDAY MagazineAwards(niklfa's Liadmrk tisliamt371 fUiTON ST., UOOKIYN 1 HOCKS MOM SOIO HAUTRiangle 5 5181 OPEN 11:30 AM TO 9 PM SAT, til 9:30 * Cloita Sundaysj t _ _ j i n4 ............%u2666 | %u25a0 r e s t a v r a W4 I Fmmorn for Our^ jOveraiuffed Stmdwichei11 Catering| j Our Specialty%u25a0Ut U9 Plan Year O sn* PartyCorner Hoyt & Bergen 4 HUltTel: 858-3392 t j ' HeieewiwtwsiSettlement HouseHolds MeetingPawn, the bar where the tour traditionally winds up offering nickel beer and free lunch to tour goers in a giant spasm of nostalgia. The Pawn is a beautifully restored neighborhood watering hole at Bergen and Hoyt Streets, which is said to be the oldest licensed tavern in Brooklyn.The free lunch is provided by the donations of neighborhood volunteers who were no doubt up and in their kitchens early Sunday morning making the ample stock of sandwiches which were on hand and washing and cutting vegetables for the buffet.All of the plants which were on sale at the plant sale outside the bar were also contributed by neighborhood residents. The plant sale, which was manned by various neighbors, is a new addition to the tour and proved to be a most successful one.House tour operations rely heavily upon neighborhood participation; the brochure for the house tour was also designed and written by Boerum Hill residents. The chairman of this year%u2019s tour was Dean Streeter Craig Foley.In spite of inclement weather, none of the approximately 500 people attending the tour seemed to be bothered. The rain may even have added to the congeniality and ambiance which mingled with the nickel beer and free lunch inside at the King%u2019s Pawn.The sixty-ninth annual meeting of Colony-South Brooklyn Houses, held on May 16, at its new facility for senior citizens at 460 Atlantic Ave. heard reports on organization programs and elected officers for the coming year.Presiding at the fneeting was Mrs. Elizabeth E. Hunt, President. William K. Banks, Executive Director, reported on the principal new activities at the settlement house, including efforts in support of a larger percentage of low and moderate income units in the proposed Hoyt-Schermerhorn housing project, and the establishment of a day care center for the relocation families in the Granada Hotel.Granada Center is considered a project of great importance, Banks pointed out, since there are many children residing in this hotel who have no other service available to them. He said it is hoped that this day care center%u2019s facilities may be expanded to take in still more children.Banks also told of a new project in which the settlement house is participating, called Alternatives to Detention, which is intended to provide education, job training and counseling for youth, aged approximately 16 to 20, as an alternative to confinement in jail.The following persons were elected as officers of the settlement house for the coming year: chairman of the board, Mrs. Aileen C. Wittenstein; president, Mrs. Nannette P. Sachs; vice president in charge of new members, Mrs. Elizabeth E. Hunt; vice president in charge of Gowanus-Wyckoff,Summer JobsProgramsSouth Brooklyn%u2019s Neighborhood Youth Corps is now taking registrations for their summer programs. Open to young people, ages 14 to 21, the Neighborhood Youth Corps provides hard-to-get summer time employment.%u201cI feel very optimistic that we will have a summer program of some kind,%u201d said George Dawson, director of the Neighborhood Youth Corps. His office is asking that all interested applicants to register in person at Youth Corps offices, 130 Clinton St.MA 4-9774%u00ab TO WZ*.G %u00a3 d c z A /le x ia ommmrni 15 MONTAGUE STREEfMrs. Jean Sutherland; vice president in charge of personnel, Richard T. McDermott; secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Rodgers; treasurer, W. Peter Miller; assistant treasurer, Mrs. Pearl Pritchard; and assistant treasurer in charge of benefits, Mrs. Marie Louise Pickett.Y W C AC la s s e sDaytime classes for women, with playroom supervision for preschoolers available, are set to start at the Brooklyn Y.W.C.A., 30 Third Ave., the week of June 4. Two intensive eight session classes are being offered in addition to several once-a-week, four session classes.Cram courses, meeting twice weekly on Mondays and Wednesdays are in Swim and Dressmaking. The %u201c Learn-toSwim%u201d course is designed for nonfloater beginners and to improve advanced beginners. Class will be given at 9:30 A.M., followed by a half-hour dip and coffee time. The course runs from June 4-27.Dressmaking, an intensive course for beginners and intermediates will meet the same two days weekly from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Here%u2019s your opportunity to come up with your new summer wardrobe.Classes set to meet Mondays only include Yoga-Dip, with a swim either before or after the Yoga session, Tennis-Dip for Beginners and Intermediates and Applique Stitchery, an informal approach to needle work for those with a little sewing experience who would like to experiment combining patchwork, applique and embroidery.Wednesday classes, given weekly from June 6th through the 27th include Slimnastics-Dip, Tennis-Dip for both beginners and Intermediates, Stained Glass, an introduction for beginners and a workshop for those with some experience, and a discussion group called %u2018%u2018Focus on Women,%u201d described as a personal exploration of problems of communication in m arriage, with children, and sex.The two cram courses, swim and dressmaking, will cost $20.00 each for the eight classes. %u201cFocus on Women%u201d is bargain priced at $5, and all other four-session classes carry a $10 fee. Children may participate in nursery at an additional fee, and Y.W. membership at $5 annually is required.CoatbifimHome Cooked DinnersBest Value in the SlopeLarge Sirloin Steak on Sizziling Platter5pm%u20149pm DailyEjsceot Sun. 148- 7 Ave (NR. Oettieid PS.)R O S S <;fVfTT m n n & e r w u n o r iJ E %u2019e .-%u2018T\FRONT & CADM AN PLAZA WESTLIVE ENTERTAINMENTThurs, Fri, Sah till 2 a.m.open fo r Lunch w kdys. closed M ondaysSunday -3p.m .-la.m . 852-9823