By Dennis P. Kriewald

The annual Rummage Sale, sponsored by the First United Methodist Church, a bargain hunter's dream come true, will take place Thursday, October 24, Friday, October 25, and Saturday, October 26, according to Hortense Offerle, Rummage Sale chairperson.
The Sale will be held in the Church's Fellowship Hall, at the corner of 1000 Guadalupe and 1200 McClelland, Thursday and Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Hortense Offerle, in inviting the public to attend, says, "We do not charge any admission fee; customers pay for their purchases as they leave the Fellowship Hall."
The many items for sale will include used exercise equipment, children's toys, a metal filing cabinet, a boxed artificial Christmas tree, a spare tire with rim, a mattress and box spring, various items of luggage, several wall clocks, a a wine rack, a batter's helmet, a microwave oven, a baby's folding plastic playpen, an infant's carrier, various small appliances, a barbecue pit, cowboy boots, shoes and clothing for ladies, men, and boys and girls -- sweaters, jackets, dresses, shirts, slacks, etc.
FUMC members have been holding this annual event for the past 16 years, and its success depends on the hard-working volunteers and donations by the public as well as by Church members. Mrs. Offerle says that her usual assistants include Doris Sparenberg, Jim Sitchler, Zelma Heck, Laura May and Pastor Paul May, Amelia Kuly, Perry and Geneva Widener, Peggy Frost, Laura Oden, and Ed and Gloria Guajardo, all of whom are generous in working throughout the three-day event.
Finally, in encouraging the public to come to the Rummage Sale, Mrs. Offerle says that all proceeds go to support two orphanages in Nuevo Laredo, another children's home in Pattaya, Thailand, and to the FUMChurch's general treasury.
For more information or to donate items for the Rummage Sale, call the FUMChurch office at 722-1674.