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| The annual St. Paul's Lobster Boil was
started in May of 1969 and has become
a DeKalb tradition marking the start of
spring. Ed Fitzgerald, or as we all
lovingly called him, "Fitz", a native
New Englander, organized lobster boils
for the staff at the General Electric
plant in DeKalb where he was a
supervisor. The St. Paul's Episcopal
Church Women (ECW) thought it would
be great for St. Paul's to hold one as
well. The first one was organized
primarily by Norma Fitzgerald and
Mary Roberts. The Lobster Boil is
always on the third Saturday in May.
Where do we get the lobsters?
The lobsters used to be flown from
Boston on United Airlines so one of
the many Lobster Boil Day teams
included the airport crew who
would take Bob Harkness's truck
and drive into O'Hare to pick them up.
Now they are picked up by refrigerated
truck and delivered to our door. The
process has evolved over the years into
a well-oiled machine involving
parishioners of all ages.
It is a wonderful parish community event
that brings us all together for an afternoon
of fellowship and fun. A percentage of the
proceeds has always been distributed to
local charities and in the last several
years that amount was increased to 50%.
The remainder is used for general parish
support, the discretionary fund and
ECW activities.
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