Top officers of Boys Town reelected at the organizations annual meeting posing in the St. Louis Club Clayton's Pierre Laclede building. Seated is the chairman of the board of trustees John Dufaux and standing (from the left) is the chairman of the board of directors William F. James, trustee Gale F. Johnston and President Harry Neill Jr.
Outdoor Break: Paulette Byrne, a legal secretary who works at the St. Louis County Courts building in Clayton, spent her lunch break Tuesday reading on the plaza in the County Government Center.
James Walters & John Harbaugh (at left and below) walk downtown Clayton during Washington's Birthday (day off from school). Walters carries a basketball and Harbaugh a radio, the two are ready for a fun day.
Clayton Citizens Split Over Sidewalk Issue - Cracked curbs and crumbling sidewalks in the historical Skinker Heights Subdivision are at the heart of a controversy in Clayton that has divided residents. The often volatile issue of special tax assessments against private property for public improvements was the topic of a spirited debate in Clayton's City Hall.
Clayton map showing the developments from the Siteman Organization including the Plaza Building, Clayton Tower, the Town & Country Building, Aragon Place, the Siteman Building, 130 Bemiston, the Clayton Bank Building, and Park Tower. It also shows that the Bemiston Tower is being constructed next to the Clayton Bank Building at the corner of Bemiston Avenue and Shaw Park Drive.
Ron Elz, a.k.a. "Johnny Rabbitt" is a long-time St. Louis area DJ who is now with KXOX radio. "Relive those moments of yesteryear with your favorite DJs, and find out what they're doing now, in Radioland and out."
St. Louis County Executive Gene McnNary hides his face after fulfilling his wager with Jackson County Executive Bill Waris. The bet was over the World Series game.
The first blind student to attend Concordia Seminary, David Andrus, will receive his M.A. at the 146th commencement on May 24th. He completed 4 years training to be a pastor in a Lutheran Church. Andrus has been an honor student during his study program at Concordia, with one year spent in Mt. Prospect, Ill., as a vicar of a congregation. Besides those achievements, he is the inventor of a speech device for home computers to aid the blind. He also repairs cars and builds furniture.
Smoke pouring from Park Tower Apartments, 200 S. Brentwood Boulevard. "Morgan, the fire chief and civil defense director in Clayton, was talking from the hectic lobby of the 22-story Park Tower Apartments, 200 Brentwood Blvd., where rooftop construction apparently resulted in a fire that began about 4:30p.m. Friday."
Third District Councilwoman Ellen Conant talks to St. Louis County Executive Gene McNary inside the new crime victims waiting room that was dedicated this morning.
