The conversions of two more apartment buildings to condominiums were approved Tuesday by the Clayton Board of Aldermen. At left is a three-unit condominium at 6304 S. Rosebury Ave. At right is a two-unit condominium at 6456-56 San Bonita Ave.
Antique wood from this old barn on a park site acquired by the city of Bridgeton will be traded for drawings of former city mayors. James D. Pigg, owner of a custom frame shop in Maryland Heights, approached the city with the proposal several months ago. The city counsel is in the process of approving the agreement. Pigg will sell the wood to other artists.
The graciously inviting tree-shaded Bel-Ridge Park House, which overlooks two small lakes in lake Arrowhead Park, will be among eight homes on the house tour which is annually sponsored in conjunction with "Fete de Normandie." The tour was conducted from noon until 5 pm on Sunday, September 19.
Ceremonies in front of Black Jack City Hall for Freedom Tree Rededication. Image shows Allen Quinn, 10th District Commander, of the American Legion, salutes as an Army color guard passes and Taps are played. Also participating in the ceremony were members of the scouting organizations, area clergymen and city officials. The tree in the photo appears to have a blue tint to it.
"Marchers in the Veterans Day parade in Belleville move east along Main Street toward the square. The parade was only one of many in the Metro-East area."
"Refugees who found a haven in the St. Louis area partake of a Thanksgiving dinner at the International Institute of Metropolitan St. Louis Wednesday." They are served by International Institute volunteer Anna Peterson at 3800 Park.
"Come and get it! This paper gobbler beckoned East St. Louis' needy to a free Thanksgiving feast Thursday at Cosgrove's Kitchen, run by the St. Vincent De Paul Society."
"Sky scraping: Against the backdrop of the Gateway Arch and the Old Courthouse, construction cranes build new additions to the St. Louis skyline. The top crane sits on the Adams Mark Hotel, which developer HBE Corp. says is nearing the halfway mark; completion is scheduled for March 1986. The two lower cranes are on the site of the Gateway One, the first high-rise in the Gateway Mall project. An
At WGNU corner at Goodfellow and W. Florissant in North City, from left to right, are George Edicks, owner of Club Imperial; Mary Ann Saverburger, "Old Newsboy" for 21 years; Bob Baker, WGNU Station Manager; Charles Geer, WGNU program director; Shirley Adams, WGNU sales and public relations.
"Member of the Ferguson Lions Club got together at Airport Road and Washington Avenue in North St. Louis County for Old Newsboys Day. From left are Carl Miller, Ed Weikirk, Jim Henderson, Mel Whaley, Bob Erickson, Don Whistler, Wayne Henderson, Vic Gruer and Bob Rullkoetter."
Receiving instructions from Mrs. Marie Jalageas, Spelling Bee director, are the eight finalists of the afternoon session. Seated are Richard Richards and Jill Probus; standing, Roger Engler, Stephen Krupp, Don Orf, Nick Blumhorst, Rhonda Ruth and Kathy White.
Afternoon winners in the spelling bee were, from left, Roberta Knoblauch, Andrea Britton, Gary Consolino, Ann Piening, William Lester, Charles Szczepanik, Rebecca Schrodt and Susan McWhorter.
"In [this] photo are the afternoon winners, from left: Christine Malon, 13 Corpus Christi School; Matt Gutting, 13, St. Ann School; Mary Beth Kramer, 13, Our Lady of Providence; and Mike Montgomery, 14, St. Anthony of Padua. The champion of The Globe-Democrat competition will win an expense-paid trip to Washington for the national finals in June. In addition, the winner receives a Zenith stereo
"These St. Louis area youngsters survived an elimination round Saturday to advance to the finals in the 29th annual Globe-Democrat Spelling Bee. The letter-perfect youngsters will join other area spellers and 14 from outstate Missouri and Illinois in the finals to be held at 10a.m. May 2 at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. In Saturday's elimination sessions at UMSL, 68 area school champions
"Semifinalists in the 32nd Annual Globe-Democrat Spelling Bee are (l-r) Amy Korytowski of St. Joachim and Ann School, Cindy Kriete of St. Johns Lutheran School, Kristin Carter of St. Clare of Assisi School and Mary Stumpf of Central School. In the center of the back row is Richard Buchanan of Webster/McGraw Hill. In foreground is Spelling Bee judge Roy Dripps, an English teacher at the Academy of Math and Sciences and Spelling Bee pronouncer Richard Burnett, director of the UMSL Reading Clinic."