The 29th Annual Serendipity Auction will be held at the Dumas Community Center Monday, October 17, 2022.
The event will have a silent auction, dinner and live auction. The silent auction will begin at 6 p.m. The dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m and the live auction will begin at 7 p.m. The dinner will be catered by Delinda Vaughn of Table 82 at The Cow Pen. Bob Dottley of Blackmon Auction will be the Auctioneer. The Just for Fun Band will be providing the special music. Tickets are $30 each and can be purchased at the Desha County Museum or from a member of the DBW and Desha County Museum.
The Desha County Museum and Dumas Business Women are co-hosting the event. The auction was not held during 2020 and 2021 due to safety concerns because of Covid-19. Pam Taylor and Rose Stain are co-chairing this year's auction. The funds raised will help with the upkeep of the Museum and the Business Women will use their share on a a scholarship for a Dumas High School senior.
The first Serendipity Auction was held on September 30, 1980, at Walnut Lake Country Club. The Dumas Community Theater and the Desha County Museum joined together to co-sponsor this event. Paul Peacock was the auctioneer. The co-chairmen for the first auction were Carol Jones and Rosalee Gould. The net profit for each group that year was $1897.00.
Paul Peacock served as auctioneer for the next auctions held in 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1989. 1989 was the last year the Dumas Community Theater would be involved in the auction.
In 1991 the Desha County Museum asked the Dumas Business to co-sponsor the Serendipity Auction. Andy Davis served as auctioneer for the auctions from 1991-1996. Mark McElroy has been the auctioneer from 1997-2019.
