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."
Sixteen champion spellers from the St. Louis area outspelled 133 other contestants in the first session of the 26th annual Spelling Bee sponsored by The St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Saturday's competition was held at the J.C. Penney auditorium at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. The Saturday afternoon winners are, from left, Kevin Rezek, Michael O'Leary, Lisa Unterreiner, Angelia Howell
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
foot warmer, that made her winner of the contest. Her prize is a $10 gift certificate from Famous-Barr. Kathy says she will buy a suit. Kathy is a fifth grader at Immaculate Conception school in Owensville and likes to listen to records.
Among the large number of St. Louisans who braved icy streets to attend the luncheon were (from left) Mrs. James F. Bussmann, Mrs. Harrison Schramm, Mrs. Richard W. Bland, Mrs. Charles L. Harrison Jr. and Mrs. Charles R. Harrison Sr.
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.
Those who have been honored as Women of Achievement in other years included, from left: Elizabeth Golterman (!957), Beatrice Adams (1956), Dr. Cylvia A. Sorkin (1955) and Dr. Mildred Trotter (1955).
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.
Ed DeRoche, Ph.D., explains a point to teachers at a recent Globe-Democrat Newspaper in Education summer workshop held at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. Another summer workshop will be held Aug. 1-10 at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Crowd gathers at Modern Living Show around Jim Denker of the Cottage Bakery in St. Charles, as he demonstrates the art of icing a cake in the Master Retail bakers booth. Cakes were later auctioned for the benefit of the Cripples Children's Society.
H. E. Wuertenbaecker Jr., vice president, marketing, for Union Electric, presents portable color tv set to Mrs. Marguerite Bauer, 201 Dana dr., Collinsville. Mrs. Bauer, a teacher at Summit Elementary School, Collinsville, won the set in a contest conducted daily at the Union Electric booth at The Globe-Democrat's Modern Living Show.
Title to the Shell Building changed hands last weeks when Nooney Realty Company, St. Louis owner of the Thirteenth and Locust streets building since 1948, merged with a Boston real estate company known as Fifty Associates. Nooney interests acquired stock in the Eastern company in exchange for the building, will continue to manage it.