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Text Box: their homes Ed gave them a space on his lawn and grabbed up the garden hose until the fire truck arrived. He is a man of action and good deeds, a wealth of information or should I say a gold mine.

Text Box: A few days ago I stumbled onto a hidden gold mine, I’m referring to Ed Quilter, one of our VCCA neighbors, born in Houston 85 years ago to parents who lived at 2010 Indiana. From what Ed told us, his active childhood included happily riding his horse (which was stabled across the street from his home) downtown to the Rice Hotel to have a coke and more excitedly witnessing a real police/gangster shoot out with Public Enemy Raymond Hamilton who was trapped in a two story brick house on the northwest corner of Huldy @ Welch (now painted turquoise) .In fact the then ten year old Ed and some of his neighboring friends were even allowed to visit the Hyde Park Funeral Home to view the once dangerous gangster laid

Text Box: to rest. Living here all his life, Ed has incredible memories to share of our now quiet & relaxed community. He joined the Merchant Marines at eighteen and sailed on three different ships for just as many years. Returning to the neighborhood after the war Ed married the young Mary Bouvet in 1954 and moved into their new home at 2005 Brun where he presently resides. Ed is still a handsome gentleman brimming with life and good humor who regularly visits his many friends who have left our neighborhood to live in retirement homes and occasionally holds court on his own front yard. Once when the apartment bldg. next to him caught fire and all the tenants had to evacuate

Text Box: Grab all the fun at the May 5th Houston Art Car Parade, 1:00-3:00 pm on Allen Parkway near Waugh Dr. It’s the largest Art Car Parade around as well as fantastic, fun and free! It’s an annual neighborhood event for the entire family. Walk, bike, or drive down. Bring a hat and water bottle. Enjoy

Annie DeGuerin, Landscape designer for Thompson & Hanson, will speak to us about the benefits of incorporating native plants and grasses into our local landscaping projects. Annie is another interesting VCCA resident we are fortunate to have as a neighbor and greet at our next meeting.

Neartown News to Go

Meetings Held 4th Tuesday 7– 8 pm Monthly at Cherryhurst Park Community Center

Our friend & neighbor Claude Wynn generously takes time to attend the Neartown Meetings and reports this info back to VCCA. Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) are long term projects of greater than $350,000 which the City reviews and considers for future implementation based on merits. On the City’s current list directly impacting VCCA are :

1. Storm Drainage on Shepherd between Buffalo Bayou & Westheimer ($6,090,000 - 2012)

2. Westheimer Reconstruction between Shepherd & Buffalo Speedway ($1,000,000 –2014)

It is anticipated that a Record of Decision will be issued by the Federal Transportation Agency in late April or early May regarding rail federal funding for the University Line on Richmond & Wheeler. Construction could begin as early as 2011.

The Art Car Parade Is Near…..

VCCA Membership is open to all residents of our area for $30 annual dues payable Jan. 1st. & prorated to $15 after June 30th. Mail to:

Vermont Commons

Civic Association

P.O. Box 130891

Houston, Texas

77219-0891

Houston, TX 77210-0891

where to go?

Join us 7pm April 14 Mockingbird Bistro 1958 Welch @ McDuffie. Meet friends & neighbors & stay for social hour afterward.

Annie Deguerin will speak 7:30 pm at our next meeting.

Meetings are every 2nd Wed. of the Month except July & August.

where to go

APRIL

2010