Historical Galveston (Galveston, TX)
By BILL CHERRY, Broker & Wealth Coach
(Bill Cherry, Realtor)
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCHGalveston, Texas Founded 1841The Gothic Church Building Completed in 1857 Recently the enormously wealthy Moody Foundation of Galveston, Texas chose to award a grant of $2.7 million to Trinity Episcopal Church’s parochial school rather than to the church itself.  It came with great thought as to how the church and the school could best be helped to grow.  I wrote this piece for the Galveston paper. ****************** What Moody Foundations Grant to Trinity Really Means  A number of years ago, Houston’s St. Thomas Episcopal Church’s membership was diminishing.  Many worried that at that rate, the parish could soon cease to exist. My longtime friend, Robert Bennett, CPA and CLU, was a vestryman at the church. He was asked to come up with a plan that would likely s...
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By BILL CHERRY, Broker & Wealth Coach
(Bill Cherry, Realtor)
Cynthia Mitchell passed away just after Christmas at her home at The Woodlands.  She was 87 and had suffered from the ravages of Alzheimer's disease for about ten years. Her funeral was held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Galveston, the church she and her family had attended fifty years earlier when they lived on the Island.  Her ten children were there to celebrate her life as was her husband, George Mitchell, 90.  And the church was packed with friends.  Another lifelong friend, Trish Clason, sent me one of the printed programs and told me about the service. The program shows that five people, four of them family members, eulogized her.  And I know they did a great job, doing their best to remind all present of how remarkable Mrs. Mitchell was. But the one who captured and told it all...
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By Jason Keeling
(Ryson Real Estate)
5 bed / 3 bath $234,900   3300+ sqft! Beautifully restored historical home conveniently located in the Silk Stocking District on a corner lot and within walking distance to the beach. Great for entertaining. New A/C and duct work, fresh paint, polished hardwoods, and lovely chandeliers. Upstairs boasts two functional kitchens, which could easily be used as a mother-in-law suite or for rental income. Fully furnished and ready to move in. Hurricane tested!! See more pics at our website on Galveston historic homes for sale  
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By Jerri Schick
(ThirdCoastRealEstate.com)
It Was Just Like HGTV! A young couple attending university called me one day to see a duplex we have for lease.  So I met them there and showed them a sad and neglected apartment.  Such is the state of the market where I live and work, having gone through the hurricane last year, many residences are just not what they used to be.  And that is not a good situation in a community of university students looking for a place to live near the school.    So I asked them if they had thought about buying a place instead of renting and that it might actually be easier and more financially sound in the long run.  I told them about the $8,000 tax credit for first time home buyers.  I think that is what sold them on the idea. We sat down at the office and I explained to them how buying a home worked...
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I can't help but think of this story every year during the Christmas-New Year Holidays, and I always have this burning desire to share it.  It took place just before New Year's Eve in about 1960. ++++++++++ Gigs for Italian singers had been terrible for a long time. But then out of nowhere came "That's Amore," "Mel Blu di Pinto di Blue," and "Al di La." And things got very good for them. And that's when Macino Rapuchi, with his Sam Maceo-esque billing, "the International Continental Stylist," hit Galveston with his guitar and accordion, and found his way to headline at the Studio Lounge upstairs over the Turf Grill at 2214 Market Street.  That very spot had headlined Peggy Lee, Myron Cohen, Sinatra, Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy, and a host of others; that is as long as the casino abo...
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By BILL CHERRY, Broker & Wealth Coach
(Bill Cherry, Realtor)
There is a new historical pictorial titled:Galveston: A City on Stilts (General History: Texas) by Jodi Wright-Gidley and Jennifer Marines (Paperback - Oct 13, 2008)It is primarily a selection of photos taken by a professional photographer named Zeva B. Edworthy, who lived in the city for about eleven years after the famous 1900 Storm.The photos were inadvertently found by his daughter, Judith Wray. She had stored them along with other of her mother's possessions after her mother's estate was settled some years ago. When she found them recently, she donated them to the Galveston County Historical Museum. Galveston:  A City on Stilts was a Christmas present from my lifelong friends, Victor and Judy Damiani.  Those of you who have read my book, Bill Cherry's Galveston Memories or read my ...
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By BILL CHERRY, Broker & Wealth Coach
(Bill Cherry, Realtor)
For the last eight years, every Thanksgiving I have shared this extraordinary recipe.  (If you're not interested in how I obtained it, scroll down now to the recipe. ) It's the perfect solution to left over Thanksgiving turkey.  And just so you'll know, from time-to-time when Patty and I are planning a dinner party, our guests who have been served Turkey Mornay before, will ask that it be the entree.     THE TURF GRILL'S FAMOUS TURKEY MORNAY (Serves 4) Dallas Realtor Bill Cherry 214 503-8563 THE STORY  For years and years, after I left Galveston for college, I frequently thought about the Turf Grill's Turkey Mornay.  It cost about seventy-five cents back in the late '50s.  After a movie at the State or Martini, taking your date for the first time to the Turf for Turkey Mornay was the su...
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