[Oe List ...] FW: Story of Denver Religious House

[Sunny Walker]

What remarkable timing. Several of us are having lunch with Martha Lee tomorrow. Thanks for the memories!
Sunny

Lynda Cock <llc860 at triad.rr.com> wrote:
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>Subject: Story of Denver Religious House
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>We learned to live simply in Religious Houses.  We needed people out on
>the
>road recruiting courses, raising money, setting up programs, and
>working
>with communities, so as few people as possible were assigned to get
>real
>jobs to pay the bills.  Sometimes that meant that our food budget
>provided
>only rather basic foods.  We worked hard, but there was also a dynamic
>of
>celebration that seemed to magically appear from time to time.  
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>Dear Guardian Lee Sugg was helping watch over us when he won a $1000
>grocery
>buying spree in a local store contest and presented it to the Denver
>House.
>Some of us old skinflints thought of a whole year's worth of oatmeal or
>grits, but our always-hungry-youth saw this as a special gift that
>should be
>honored by also getting special treats.  With a little help, they cased
>the
>grocery store to find out some key luxury items that would add a little
>zip
>to the daily fare.  Special requests were for good cuts of meat and
>seafood
>that we could freeze.    
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>I can't recall the exact details, but I think we could have four
>persons
>with a cart or carts going in different directions in a maybe 20 minute
>time
>span.  Whatever we could get in those carts up to $1000 was our
>take-home
>prize.  I recall that it was after the store had closed so the aisles
>were
>all ours to race in without interference.  Our fastest runners (Larry
>Hamje
>was one) were the designated shoppers with the rest of us cheering from
>the
>sidelines and pointing the way to things we thought should be in the
>carts.
>The store manager was the announcer over the speaker system giving us
>the On
>Your Mark, Get Set, and GO signals, as well as calling out the
>remaining
>time.  I don't recall how we came out money wise, but I recall it was
>close
>and we were breathing deeply as the cash register rang up sub-totals. 
>What
>a grand time we had loading up Lee's pick-up and heading back to the
>house
>to sort through those bags and bags of groceries.   What a great party
>we
>had with some of the special cheeses and meats and fruits that we
>picked up.
>I think Martha Lee Sugg also bought some good wine soda to go with our
>goodies.  What wonderful food we enjoyed from the pantry and freezer
>for
>many months. 
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>Thank you to all the magicians in our corporate lives who knew the
>needed
>dynamics of a winning team.  
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>This memory was sparked by finding a photo of Lee Sugg being presented
>the
>winning ticket for the shopping spree which I am passing on to Martha
>Lee.
>Someone probably has a photo of the truck load of groceries and may
>have
>corrections or additions to this story.      
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>Lynda Cock
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