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Date: 26 Jun 1985 16:28:00-EDT
From: John.Willis@CMU-RI-FAS
To: Bovik@cmu-cs-a
Subject: Singles Groups


While in Pittsburgh, I was only a member of one "singles club" per se,
the Catholic Alumni Club, which can be joined by people who are

    1) single,
    2) graduates of college or a school of nursing, and
    3) eligible to be married in the Catholic church.

People who meet criteria 1) and 3) but not 2) can become "newsletter
subscribers," which allows most of the same privileges as membership
except the ability to vote for officers.  Unfortunately I don't have
the club's address or phone number handy, but if Gretchen is
interested, I can get that information somewhere.  As I saw it, the
club's strong points were its size (350+ members) and number of
activities (2-4 per week); its weak points were the fact that the
overall educational level was much lower than what we're used to at CMU
(a lot of "subscribers"), and the fact that there were no restrictions
on smoking at any club activity.

There are several other singles' clubs in Pittsburgh.  Among them
are Satarsus, which, again, seems to have a lot of members who haven't
gone to college, and the Central Pittsburgh Club, known especially for
its large bowling league.  There's also the Young Adults Fellowship,
which is totally secular in outlook despite its association with a
church in Forest Hills.  Membership in these groups tends to be young,
in my experience (mostly meeting them at inter-club events)--20's and
early 30's.  I would say this is especially true of YAF, although my
experience is limited.  Unfortunately I don't know how to contact any
of these groups directly, but might be able to find out through friends
of friends...

A different singles' group is the Single Circle, at Memorial Park
United Presbyterian Church in Allison Park.  They have up to 200 people
at events, I am told.  Their average age is early 40's, and a large
majority of people are divorced.  They provide child care at all
functions.  They are Christian-oriented, moderate to conservative in
tone.

Most of the singles' groups in Pittsburgh are represented in a monthly
or bi-monthly newsletter put out by an outfit called (I think) DK
Associates, or something like that, in or near Carnegie.  I used to be
on the mailing list.  They used to do flesh-market type things like
hold contests for Pgh.'s fifty "most eligible" men and women.  In
general I was very unimpressed, but it was a good way to find pointers
to other organizations, including the ones mentioned above.

There are, of course, many other good ways to meet single people,
including CSD TG's.  Also, I could suggest Charlie LaVallee's "grad
group" Bible study, since at least 3/4 of the people there are single.
I would be happy to take Gretchen next week (Wed. evening) if she is
interested.  If I'm gone, send mail to Fil Alleva, Mike Jones, Dave
Springer, or Gary York.
				-Ed