Spelling Bee Semifinalists -- Four boys and 12 girls from the St. Louis area outspelled 136 other contestants Saturday in the first quarterfinal rounds of the 27th annual Spelling Bee sponsored by The Globe-Democrat. This photo shows winners from the morning session. They are, from the left in the first row, Carolyn Kruczynski, Sandy Wirtel, Mike Bimler and Nicole Takahashi. In the back row, from
Spelling Bee Semifinalists -- Four boys and 12 girls from the St. Louis area outspelled 136 contestants Saturday in the first quarterfinal rounds of the 27th annual Spelling Bee sponsored by The Globe-Democrat. These are the winners from the afternoon session. They are, in the front row from left, Anne Mannion, Alan Sheehy, Marty Smith, and Matthew Gutting. In the back row from left, Laura Adkins
Dressed for Bicentennial: The Globe-Democrat newspaper vending machine outside The Globe-Democrat building gets new paint job to honor the Bicentennial.
From left: Mrs. Frank A. Frawley, Community Responsibility; Miss Helen Graves, Fine Arts; Mrs. Gilbert Harris, Civic Service, Miss Louise Knapp, Education; Mrs. Clay E. Jordan, Lifetime
From left: Mrs. C. Oscar Lamy, Social Service; Mrs. Elbert Leaders, Homemaker; Mrs. Holton R. Price Jr., Youth Leadership, and Mrs. Chadbourne Taylor, Community Welfare. Missing from the picture is Mrs. Frank E. Pelton Jr., Creative Philanthropy
Watching their mother receive her award as Good Citizen are Miss Jane (left) and Miss Judy Sutter. Miss Judy flew home from Bradford Junior College for the occasion.
. The new all-FM broadcasting station is a part of the Globe-Democrat Publishing Company's 1947 expansion program to further serve the great St. Louis area.
The New Globe-Democrat frequency modulation radio station KWGD will be housed in the modern building on the northwest corner of Cole street and Twelfth boulevard. The architect's drawing shows the entrance to the structure from which the area's first exclusive frequency modulation broadcasting will originate.
Queen of the Big Top Semi-Finalists are (standing, left to right) Sandra Cox, Patricia Shebik, Kim Bergman, June Enos, Norma Adams and Marilyn Stalcup; (seated from the left) Marcia Cole, Lynette and Diana Austin. Judges are (from the left) Joseph New, Tom Reardon, Vic Take and Jack Murdoch. "Pictures of the six finalists will be published tomorrow with the official Globe-Democrat ballot on which the readers may vote for the girl they wish to represent the St. Louis area in the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena Cal., New Years Day."
Queen of the Big Top Finalists Collect Awards. Queen of the Big Top Lynette Stites of Festus received airline tickets to California for herself and a chaperone from Walter T. Smith, vice president of Anheuser-Busch, as other finalists in the Queen of the Big Top contest look on. They are (from the left) Pat Shebik, Marilyn Stalcup, Marcia Hope Cole and June Enos, who received watches. In the foreground is luggage and clothing given to the queen, who will ride a St. Louis float in the Tournament of Roses parade New Year's Day.