Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 15, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free january 1995 b5 marys House fan haunted new owner bought a shrine Byne Almarien times news service Minneapolis Van and Naomi Maurer had no idea they had bought a House haunted by a celebrity ghost when they moved from Michigan to never mind that the spirit of Mary Richards was the friendliest spectre since Casper the spooking began this marys turned out to be Minnesota version of Maurer said who knew among those who might have known were the Many millions who had seen one of the infinitely rerun episodes of the Mary Tyler Moore the epochal situation comedy that ran on saturday nights on lbs from 1970 to victorian Home but the saurers were experts in High not pop they were unfamiliar with Moores portrayal of Mary a 30ish single woman who worked in the newsroom at fictional we mtg in Minneapolis and lived in an apartment in a quirk ily Majestic turreted White victorian the couple chose the House shortly after Maurer was named the director of the Minneapolis Institute of arts in the who had been Art historians at the University of loved the 1892 White victorian Home in the cites Kenwood it was Maurer said of the 810squaremetre which came with 13 plus two kitchens and six the realtor did say something about the House having been shown in the opening shots of each episode of the Mary Tyler Moore show and that this was where Mary supposedly that news failed to intimidate or impress the it meant nothing to neither of us had Ever seen the we really dont watch much so the saurers and their now and moved until the last that it was a shrine to a television the news came in from showing the House with an Arrow pointing to the third floor and the words Mary slept for the first several the opening montage showed Mary leaving the As Well As several exterior shots of the palladian windows and Iron Balcony outside her since the show thousands of pilgrims have sought out the House on Kenwood Parkway for a peek at where for several seasons her Wacky Rhoda Morgenstern in the attic in reality a crawl space and Phyllis Lindstrom their the saurers first met the unexpected on moving when a Van stopped in front and 12 people climbed group photo As the saurers ate breakfast on the the visitors arranged a camera on a tripod for a group photo on the at a the visitors threw Caps into the just As Mary did downtown at the Start of each then they trundled Back into the Van and took tour 30 a Day in the carried at first we were very regretful that wed bought the Maurer but what could we do Maurer recalled the time when two women were surprised when he told them Mary never really lived but that never has a bearing on Peoples he to this House is still it even though Phyllis even her letter m with her to her new each eventually moved out of the the buyers of this House were astounded to find it a Magnet for Mary Tyler Moore Moore understands the draw of what she Calls marys reality while she never stepped interiors were filmed in still fondly remembers her scenes in the outside of the House was so cosy and she said from new As the nest of All these characters who invaded Peoples the House was going to receive similar Moore remembers some bad the woman who lived there when the show was first broadcast was overwhelmed by the people showing up and asking if Mary was she when the producers returned for fresh footage several seasons she the owner had by Way of retribution draped huge impeach Nixon signs All Over the it was hard for the saurers to relax inside their working in the took to pretending that he was a groundskeeper who didst know answers to like whether Mary still had her m hanging on the a couple of years the saurers painted the House but Maurer said the change was made for not Antiques show stresses the new times news service new York one thing you can count on when the 41st Winter Antiques show opens on 20 at the seventh regiment armory on Park Avenue at 67th it will be unlike any of the others before the armory the oldest and tiniest Charity Antiques show in the United states and the major fund Raiser for the East Side House settlement in the has rein vented the changes follow several years of sagging prestige and which Slid from More than at its Peak in the late 1980s to last the which opens with a Benefit preview party that is the traditional beginning of new Yorks Winter social has always had two distinct characteristics social cachet and Selling the new Arie to the president of Chanel Hopes to revitalize both with a big business management style and a group of new we thought it was time to make the Winter Antiques show fresh and said this years Louis a longtime sup Porter of the East Side House since even the definition of antique As an object at least 100 years old has been revamped to include furniture and decorative arts made up to and including Barry Friedman of new York is the first dealer Al Lowed in who specializes in Early 20th Century another first Glenn the owner of mortimers is setting up a cafe on the main floor of the armory so that visitors will not have to leave the show to when the Winter Antiques show it was the Only show of its kind in the it has plenty of Competition from shows during the in this year the Winter Antiques show must vie for Atten Tion with 10 Antiques including auctions and private gallery sex held concurrently with the shows 10day run and directed to Ward the same new catalogue devoted to antique Flower bulbs professionals is pleased to announce the an Independent member broker 2021215 Henderson 3342 11 of their 2nd Winnipeg location we invite All friends associates to visit our new location Knight Ridder newspapers there Are always new gardening catalogues among the the most interest ing newcomer is the catalogue of old House gardens in Ann this mail order source is devoted in West met in sphere of history shows associated press East is and West is West and never the Twain shall wrote 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