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Welcome

4998 Summer Avenue | Memphis, TN 38122
September 9 - October 30, 2022*
*Closed October 28

Hours:

Tuesday through Saturday : 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Closed Monday

Les Passees Sincerely Thanks:

GCI Partnership Paula Dickson for designing
for this incredible Stock Exchange the Stock Exchange Magazine

storefront Julia Panagon
for providing the lively music
Alan Paquette, Jim Wilson & Associates
for always being only a phone All the Les Passees membership
call away and providing storage for your donations and support in
for Stock Exchange materials making the 2022 Stock Exchange happen

Virginia Mathis, CJ Parkinson and Our Families
Denise Simkin for compiling the for their support and love

Stock Exchange Magazine

Special Acknowledgements to:

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and Flash Staffing
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Cover Picture
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Musical Entertainment for the Preview Party Wingo Signs

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Our Les Passees, Inc. is a women’s volunteer
Mission organization which provides advocacy
and support to enhance the quality of
life for children and their families in
our community.

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Welcome

September 8, 2022

Dear Friends of Les Passees,

Welcome to Stock Exchange 2022! We are thrilled to begin the 36th annual upscale
“popup” consignment store to support the children and families in our community.
Les Passees is a women’s volunteer organization with 400+ members which has
been serving the Memphis community for 111 years. We are proud to continue this
labor of love. And what a testimony this is for our volunteers who spend well over
5,000 service hours each year to operate Les Passees Stock Exchange. e proceeds
of Stock Exchange support Kids on the Block, Harwood Center and other local
organizations supporting children.
I love everything about Les Passees Stock Exchange, from the monumental e ort to
acquire a location, greet the consignors and tag merchandise to opening the store
each day to shoppers and neighbors. From August through October, the army of Les
Passees volunteers work tirelessly to ensure that the business operates successfully.
You will nd new treasures every day as consignors continually bring new items.
Vignettes and display areas provide a showcase for our customers.
As Judy Ashby, a Les Passees past President says “giving and receiving can be
spread from person to person by practicing kindness and showing generosity to
others.” e contagious and energetic spirit of Les Passees is evident throughout
Stock Exchange. We thank you, our sponsors, donors, advertisers, consignors and
customers for your generous giving and your kind hearts as we begin another Les
Passees Stock Exchange.

We sincerely appreciate your support.

Pam Guinn, President 2022
Les Passees, Inc.

5489 Murray Avenue Memphis, TN 38119 Email: o [email protected]
Phone (901) 761-5525 Fax (901) 761-5526 Website: www.lpmemphis.org

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Les Passees Stock Exchange

What is Les Passees? Visit Stock Exchange
Les Passees is a women’s volunteer organization September 9 – October 30, 2022
that has continuously served children of the 4998 Summer Avenue, Memphis, TN, 38122
Memphis area since 1910. Les Passees provides Tuesday - Saturday 10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.
much needed support for the community
through Les Passees Kids on the Block, Sunday 1:00p.m. - 4:00p.m.
Harwood Center, and other children’s charities. For more information visit our website
Our primary fundraiser is called the Les Passees www.lpmemphis.org/events/stockexchange
Stock Exchange which is held at the same time
each year. This year, Les Passees is celebrating Facebook
it’s 36th annual Stock Exchange. www.facebook.com/
lespasseesstockexchangememphis
We thank you for your continued support of our
annual Les Passees Stock Exchange fundraiser. Shop Online
We would also like to thank our sponsors, lpmemphis-stockexchange.myshopify.com
donors, consignors, shoppers, and volunteers
for supporting this important event. The focus of the Les Passees Stock Exchange is
to raise funds and directly support children in
What is Les Passees Stock Exchange? the Memphis area. This annual event is a labor
The Les Passees Stock Exchange is a unique of this year’s Les Passees Stock Exchange is
once a year event where shoppers, consignors the Les Passees Kids on the Block. Kids on the
and volunteers come together to sell or Block is an educational puppet troupe that uses
purchase upscale consignment items. Over child sized puppets to teach children about
4,500 consignors over the past 10 years have abuse, bullying, nutrition, and drug related
contributed items which range from antiques, issues.

art, kitchenware, home decor to name a few.

just something that catches your eye, shopping at the Stock Exchange?
is always an adventure!

Each day, an average of 450 shoppers browse
through our tens of thousands of items. In
addition, consignment continues throughout the
event which means our inventory changes daily.

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HISTOOURRY received nationwide publicity in Dr.
In 1910, Mrs. W. Wright Mitchell Rex Morgan’s comic strip and was
organized The German Club, the completed, increasing the number selected by Paramount Pictures
forerunner of Les Passees. But just Les Passees donated a mobile x-ray as recipient of party and auction
a few years later, World War I broke machine to the Tuberculosis Society In 1960 work began on the Center
out. No doubt feeling the name In 1949 Les Passees ended their 25 addition for adult rehabilitation and
“German Club” was less patriotic, Society.
the club began operating as “The was changed to the Les Passees
Dinner Club”, while members made Along the way, Les Passees Changes in state funding in 1996
badges, knitted, and did other work traditions took shape. In 1927, led to transferring the Center to
for U.S. soldiers. “Living Ads” in which the members Methodist/LeBonheur hospital and
represented corporate sponsors with ending it’s relationship with Les
In 1919, Mrs. Mitchell reorganized elaborate costumes at their annual Passees.
the group, this time for The Dinner New Year’s Eve ball in 1921. In 1928,
primary purpose was to do charity the annual ball became known as Family Night at Libertyland
Wood suggested the name “Les Cabaret, an eagerly anticipated became a Ways and Means project in
Passees” for these married women, a traditional social event and an 1976 and became an instant success
French phrase that means “no longer annual source of fundraising. And with the public. Over the years it
incorporated. Les Passees continued raised substantial funds to support
Over the next few years, the to do good work in support of the Les Passees philanthropic recipients.
women of Les Passees undertook USO, bond sales, War and Welfare With the closing of Libertyland in
many charitable endeavors, Fund, Easter Seals, and the Shelby 2005 this fundraising chapter closed.
supporting the Brooks Memorial County Chapter of Society for
Art Gallery, the Crippled Children’s Crippled Children and Adults. Meanwhile Les Passees continued
Hospital, the Shelby County to grow their fundraising foundation.
Tuberculosis Society, the Red Cross, In 1950, the Les Passees In 1979, Les Passees put together
the Girl Scouts, and the Maternal Treatment Center for Cerebral cookbook, which would ultimately
the next three decades this center sell nearly 100,000 copies. And in
Les Passees worked with the adding developmental screening, 1987, they launched the Les Passees
Shelby County Tuberculosis Society early education, parent education, Stock Exchange, an enormous
an ophthalmology clinic, a physical six-week-long public consignment
over to the city and county. Les therapy school, and a children’s daily shop that would become a Memphis
Passees then converted a barn at institution.
for underprivileged and physically of its kind in the state. This Center
challenged children. In 1928 the Les 12 Les Passees’ efforts to support
children and families have evolved
adopted an educational puppet

troupe for children called “Kids on years at Collierville United Methodist Analysis (ABA) in each location.
the Block”. A new era began in 2001 opened another classroom at Hope This provides one-on-one intensive
with the opening of Les Passees Church. In 2017, the Harwood therapy for children with autism
Center for Children and Families. Center began a partnership with Each child receives 30 hours of ABA
Les Passees donated the majority Shelby County Schools in the therapy each week.
of proceeds to MIFA enabling them Achievement District Charter School
to build and operate this facility. It classrooms at Aspire Hanley school in Jump to current day, Les Passees
provided quality pre-school, day- Orange Mound and Promise Spring continues to serve the children of
care, after school care, summer Les Passees helped to support three the Memphis area. Les Passees Kids
programs and parenting programs in more classrooms in Shelby County, on the Block and Harwood Center
the poorest area in Memphis. and incorporated Applied Behavioral continue to be two of many major
projects supported by Les Passees.
In 2009, Les Passees opened
a classroom for developmentally
delayed children aged birth to six

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Snapshots Les Passees Projects
Through the Years

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Snapshots Les Passees Projects
Through the Years
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engagement at Harwood creates a soft place to land
where caregivers can be heard and understood.

“It brought tears to my eyes the
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OUR MISSION

Through the art of puppetry, Les Passees
Kids on the Block seeks to educate, celebrate
individuality, and inspire young people within

our community.

OUR HISTORY

Kids on the Block is an award-winning
international program. The program was
initially developed in 1977 in direct response
to US Public Law 94-142 which required that
children with special needs should be educated

in the least restrictive environment.
For the majority of these students, this meant
leaving the security of their special education
classrooms and enrolling in classrooms with
their peers. To make the transition smoother,
KOTB programs shared the belief that we are

all the same inside and even if we must do
things differently, we can all achieve our goals!
Les Passees Kids on the Block chapter began in
the 1980s. Les Passees KOTB reaches 25,000

Mid-South Area youth every year.

OUR KIDS

Stepping into a performance by the Les Passees
Kids on the Block, it is quickly apparent that
these puppet voices resonate with their youth
based audience. The child-sized puppets talk
about their hopes and dreams and let their
personalities show while they air their troubles:
social issues that affect today’s children. Their
frank dialogue is part of a proven national
and
combating peer pressure.

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PERFORMANCES
Cost: FREE

Includes: two scripts & audience participation.
Show Length: 45 min
Show Topics

OUR INFO

Email:

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Curious Minds Want to Know

American Mahjongg, anyone?

by Henrietta Alvarez......page 40

For the Love of Silver

by Barbara Hvasta......page 46

Selecting an Oriental or
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by Fred Kelly......page 54

A Passion for Reupholstering

by Rachael Russell......page 64

Bobby’s Doing What He Loves
A Passion for Furniture

by Bobbie Van Cleve......page 70

An Occupation as Old as Time

by Bobbie Van Cleve......page 78

A Lifelong Love of Collecting

Interview by Jessica Robinson with Gail Pike......page 83

Treasure Hunting

by Cindi Ledger......page 87

Closing oughts

by Virginia Mathis & Denise Simkin......page 100

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American Mahjongg,
anyone?

by Henrietta Alvarez

Don’t you just love the Les Passees Stock youthful, fun-loving woman,who worked
Exchange? It’s a win/win for all those involved.
Consigners get to declutter and make money, Libbee how to play mahjongg. She was a
we the customers get a great shopping quick learner and took to the game, playing
experience and Les Passees is able to carry out regularly.
their mission to raise funds to help children Sound interesting but don’t know how to play
throughout Memphis. mahjongg?
You’re here so I’m guessing, like me, you If so let me convince you to learn.
answered yes and look forward to it each year. Mahjongg is a tile based game that originally
It’s been a Memphis tradition for 35 years came over from China in the early 1900s.
now! Americans made changes and created what
Find yourself disappointed when it’s over? we call American Mahjongg.
If so, during the winter another fun event to It is known for its mental, emotional and social

that you might be interested in. Mahjongg increases cognitive ability as you
Although much newer but equally as fun, is learn the strategies of play (mental). Of the
hundreds of women who have asked me to
suggested donation of $20, you get 3 hours of teach them, most remark about the countless
American Mahjongg playing and the chance to hours of happy memories and joy they get
win fabulous door prizes. from playing the game (emotional). Lastly,
At the event, you can choose who you play it helps players build and strengthen their
with or select open seating and make new friendships (social). Many think of their lives
friends. The event commemorates the legacy

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Mahjongg contined

pre and post mahjongg! Even in our busy world Considering it? Wondering what’s involved?
Some of you may be thinking like I did years There are 4 classes of 2 hours each. (When)
Students determine where they want
to learn. Most common are in home

looks foreign and complicated. I won’t be able clubhouses. (Where)
to learn”. If that’s a concern, let me put your
I bring all the supplies needed.
My classes have a very high success rate. The
lessons are written for all three types of learners After collecting 3 or more of your friends and
(visual, audio, and tactile). They also include a choosing where you’d like to have lessons,
fourth important piece; the lessons themselves you’d contact me and we’d swap schedules.
are FUN. (Who and How)

Additionally, in my classes, you are learning If interested or have questions, email me at
with your friends or other individuals you have [email protected].
chosen. This allows you a more comfortable
learning environment and gives you others to For those that already know how to play
American Mahjongg and would like to be
many people have learned in the last four years, included in our annual meetup, shoot me an
you’re sure to know others who play too. email ([email protected]) and I’ll add
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For the
Love of Silver

By Barbara Hvasta

My love for silver began as a young child and
memories of my grandmother. Grandmother
was a very elegant Southern hostess and
vacations to her home meant sitting on
her beautiful eggplant colored velvet sofa
and admiring her shiny sterling silver tea
set. Holiday gatherings signaled time with
extended family, all the cousins, and using the
“good” silver, china and crystal, even at the
“children’s table.” In a scrapbook, I have a
treasured newspaper article with a picture of
my grandmother serving coffee from her silver
service.

Years later, during college summer breaks
and during the holidays, I worked at Brodnax
Jewelers in Memphis. Learning the silver,
china and crystal patterns, along with how to
coordinate different pieces, further spurred
my passion for pretty serving pieces and
collectibles. Over time, I began to look
for ways to incorporate sterling silver and
silverplate items into everyday life and not
just during the holidays. An antique toast rack
holds mail on my desk and I have repurposed
a silver cracker holder to hold writing pens.
A silver wine holder has made a great orchid
planter and a Revere bowl is the perfect
container to display hydrangea blooms.
You can vary the pieces for summer plants,
poinsettias for the holidays, and for spring,

eggs and a bird. For upscale tailgating, a large
Revere bowl holds prosecco or champagne
splits. If you have pieces from a loved family

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member or memorable purchase, I encourage
you to think of ways to use them every day and
search the internet for ideas.

Whether you are looking for sterling silver
or silver plate, the opportunity to spot a new
collectible is part of the fun during Les Passees’
annual Stock Exchange fund raiser. As a Les
Passees volunteer, it is exciting to see all the
beautiful pieces arriving every day throughout
the event.

Sterling Silver
or Silver Plated

There are different types of silver including

international silver. When silver is mixed with
other metals, it becomes an alloy. Copper is
usually used because it is quite durable. Sterling
silver is commonly referred to as 925, meaning
it is 92.5% silver and 7.5% other metals. Most
sterling silver is stamped with a hallmark
indicating the purity of the silver (like 925), the
mark of the silversmith or manufacturer. Some
people use a strong magnet to help determine if a
piece is sterling silver. Silver has weak magnetic
effects and a magnet will usually not stick
strongly.

When shopping for silver, carry a soft white
cloth. Rub it on the piece like you were
polishing it. If no black comes off, it’s probably
not silver. To be certain, check with an appraiser
or silversmith to check the authenticity of the
piece.

When a base metal is covered with a thin silver
layer, it is referred to as silver-plated. Over
time with use and polishing, the base metal will
become exposed. Another way to spot silver-

you see another metal underneath the silver, it is
plated or overlayed.

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How To Clean Silver aluminum pan with baking soda and salt can spot
knife blades and pit pieces – never soak overnight.
When exposed to air which has naturally occurring Silver dips are popular because they are fast and the
sulfur, pollutants and moisture, sterling silver alloys liquid can penetrate detailed work easily. Caution
and silver-plated items are going to tarnish, and darken should be exercised as dips can remove patina, leave a
quicker in areas with high humidity. This shouldn’t white surface, and may accelerate future tarnishing. If
you use a silver dip, hand wash the item right after it
on a regular basis. The best thing you can do for your is dipped. Silver-plated items that are showing a lot
silver is to use it frequently followed by washing and
candidates for most silver dips.

The following suggestions are my tips for cleaning How to Store Silver

washing it in a dishwasher, make sure it is not Put silica packets around your silver pieces to absorb
touching any stainless pieces. Also, do not put silver moisture and reduce tarnish. When not in use, silver
knives in the dishwasher because water could enter
the hollow handles. Avoid using citrus (lemon) in special silver bags designed to protect your pieces
dishwasher detergents as they are too acidic. Dry the and limit humidity. If you chose to store long term,
wrap the pieces in an acid free paper (not newspaper.)
regularly, use a silver polishing cloth monthly for a Also, don’t store silver in a hot attic, damp basement,
quick shine, and a silver cleaner every few months to nor in a cardboard box – these won’t protect from
keep tarnish at bay. humidity.

How silver is stored or used will determine how often With creative ideas and occasional cleaning, your
it will need a good polishing or just wiping with a treasured pieces will be enjoyed for generations!
polishing cloth. When it’s time to polish, start by
washing the pieces with a non-acidic liquid like the
original blue Dawn® liquid detergent and warm water.
Again, no detergents with citrus scents or additives.
Then, use a high quality polishing cream or liquid.
Goddard’s™ Silver Polish Foam receives consistently
high ratings and is my favorite silver cleaner. The
polishing will take some elbow grease and be messy,
but the results are quite good. Rinse the cleaning
sponge often and continue to polish until no more
tarnish is removed by the sponge. Use a horsehair
silver brush and some cotton swabs to clean ornate
pieces and those items with deep ridges.

I do not recommend using toothpaste as a cleaning
agent as it is too abrasive. Soaking silver in an

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