Mary (Twink) Gates The early ages of estate sales were less about clearing out belongings and more about redistributing wealth and treasures within a select community. Back then, the concept of liquidating an estate was often tied to significant life events, like inheritance or the passing of a family patriarch. Modern estate sales are organized…
Andrea Holland The Catalina Timewalkers Questers held a special event, a Suffragette Vintage Fashion Show and Tea, on March 17 in the Sonoran Room at the SaddleBrooke TWO clubhouse. Their guest speaker Betty Hartnett, AZ State Questers Past President, AZ State Treasurer, Preservation and Restoration Chair, and AZ Questers Speaker Bureau, presented “What the Suffragettes Wore:…
Harriet Shemer, Chapter President, and Andrea Holland, Vice President Members of SaddleBrooke’s Questers Chapter, the Catalina Timewalkers, celebrated the holiday season at their December meeting with a festive tea party. Members gathered at the beautiful home of their hostess Monique Salviejo to enjoy two very special presentations on cultural and religious holiday celebrations. Chapter President…
Sandi Newberry The November meeting of the Catalina Timewalkers of Questers was held at the home of Sandi Newberry, with Gail Brown assisting. For the fun and interesting program, each member brought something “off the wall” from their homes. The hostess led the show and tell with two paintings by Dr. Robert Gilder (1856-1940), an…
Nancy Hysong Who are we? We seek, search, hunt, and walk back in time. Our goal is to stimulate the appreciation of antiques and encourage restoration and preservation of historic landmarks in our corner of the Sonoran Desert. With our goal in mind, we ended our year last May with a trip to the Acadia…
Andrea Holland The March 19 meeting of the Catalina Timewalkers Questers was held at the SaddleBrooke TWO home of their vice president, Mrs. Andrea Holland. As the program hostess, Mrs. Holland and her co-hostess, Mrs. Raina Saffan, gave a presentation dedicated to the history of a Woman’s Crowning Glory. Holland and Saffan led members on…
Sandi Newberry The November 2020 meeting of the Catalina Timewalkers chapter of The Questers was held in the home of Sandi Newberry with Kathy Turner as co-host. Sandi presented a program on the “History of French Furniture” and showed her antique French furnishings, which were influenced from the periods of Louis XIV, Louis XV, Regence,…
Sandi Newberry The Catalina Timewalkers chapter of Questers met in the home of member Sylvia Munsen whose home was decorated with her amazing, large collections of vintage Christmas decorations, which she and her mother have collected throughout their lives. For the December monthly meeting, Sylvia presented a program about her collection of vintage Christmas decorations…
Harriet Shemer The Catalina Timewalkers SaddleBrooke chapter of the Questers held its opening meeting of the 2019-20 sessions on Oct. 18. The program “History of Pharmaceuticals, Its Tools and Marketing” was presented by Harriet Shemer. She talked about simple ailment remedies from 3500 B.C. to the complex compounds of today. During the presentation, Harriet displayed…
Harriet Shemer The Catalina Timewalkers chapter of Questers met on Friday, January 18, in the home of Sylvia Munsen. Sylvia presented a program entitled “Celebrating the Songs of WWI.” Members followed the history of the Great War through a PowerPoint presentation with the covers of sheet music from the beginning of the war in 1914,…