Get ready for Peabody's Main Street auction
By Steve Hamous
Peabody Main Street Assn. president
If you've ever attended a Peabody Main Street auction, you know it's an evening to remember — complete with everything from bidding against yourself (goaded by master auctioneer Bob Marshall) to buying a piece of Peabody history (such as your senior yearbook) to keep it out of someone else's hands, to bidding up your neighbor for that must-have item you can't live without.
The auction is a major fund-raiser for the Peabody Main Street Association, and it takes all of us to make it a success. We not only need participants willing to bid, but people to provide auction items that we can sell.
Although the auction is several months away (the date has not yet been set), now is the time to start thinking about how you can contribute!
1. Clean out your attic and basement and donate any Peabody memorabilia you come across. You'll be amazed at what that old PHS sweatshirt or photo of a classmate will bring.
2. Analyze your talents and dream up a special service you could donate. It doesn't need to be a professional service — it could be something as simple as shoveling the winning bidder's walkway for the first snow storm next winter.
My son would probably pay big money for an afternoon of fishing at the lake (since Dad doesn't even know how to bait a hook).
Last auction, we purchased Diane Yock's "Bread of the Month" certificate, and we reaped the benefits of her culinary talents for the entire year.
3. Make something! Design a one-of-a-kind Peabody masterpiece and donate it for auction. Hand-made items always bring top prices. If you paint, sew, carve, knit, crochet, weave, hook, bake, sketch, work with wood, arrange flowers, etc. etc. GET STARTED NOW!
If you have an idea but need a little encouragement, call Joanna Brazil, (983-2174), Susan Marshall (983-2771), or me (983-2438). We'll talk you into it. This is a perfect way you can support your hometown community. WE NEED YOU!
