Mrs. Frank Windler Jr. (left) and Mrs. Charles McMullen "check in" to the luncheon. They want to sit close to the stage "so Mrs. Gardner can see us clapping." They are fans of Woman for Achievement for Business Leadership, Mrs. Prince Gardner.
"This is a day I always look forward to," declared 1961 Woman of Achievement, Mrs. Albert H. Toma. She and Mrs. Donald Quicksilver (left), a 1966 Woman of Achievement are among 130 outstanding women The Globe-Democrat has recognized since the tradition was begun 14 years ago.
"This is part of the St. Louis Army Ammunition Plant at 4800 Goodfellow which is being reopened immediately to produce artillery shells for the war in Vietnam. In this building, the forging building at Goodfellow and Highway 70, casings are shaped for 105-millimeter projectiles."
"Globe-Democrat photographer Jack Fahland captures excitement of deaf youngsters from the St. Louis Hearing and Speech Center Monday as balloons are released during downtown dedication ceremonies for the center's new $40,000 Sound of Happiness mobile testing unit. The 30-foot bus, staffed and equipped to give hearing tests, will be in service at various locations. The woman is Mrs. Corley Thompson, executive director of the center."
The Futures of America songsters are part way through their performance with "Has Anybody Seen My Gal" and a roster of ecstatically optimistic personalities is preparing to whip the giant crowd into a positive frenzy. Then Kansas City political whiz kid Joe Serviss leaps on stage to declare Thursday's huge all-day positive thinking rally the greatest in the entire world. Master of Ceremonies Ty Boyd, billed as a "sponge for knowledge," calls it "the great experience of our time."
For the thousands of people who were willing to sit for up to a half-an-hour in an enormous traffic jam outside the Checkerdome, where the rally was staged, there was at least the prospect of a great experience.