"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."
Winners of the afternoon session of the Spelling Bee view prizes that will be awarded at the final session May 6. From left, are Jeff Jackson, Matt Fels, Beth Carver, Amy Dauber, Jean Norfleet, Margaret Zlatic, Rosemary Feurer and Glanda Allen.
Top spellers in the morning session of the Spelling Bee, from left, are Marcie O'Mara, Roschell Nelson, Sally Stephan, Linda Gonzalez, Kathy Wilmering, John O'Connell, Jim Molini and Neal Rothermich. Prizes to be awarded to the local winner are in front.
Winners in the afternoon session of the Spelling Bee are, sitting from left, Timothy Kalinowshi, Sandra Schmidt and David Harris. Standing, from left, are Debbie Shrum, David smith, Daryl Page, Stuart McKee and Elvin Harms Jr.
Winners of the afternoon session of Saturday's quarter-finals in the National Spelling Bee, from left are, Anne Allgood, Dall Davis, Jean Vidmar, Albert Umbertino, Jeanne Klasek, Nick Blumhorst, Denise Hoertel and Mary Elizabeth Meadows.
The winners of the Saturday morning quarter-final round of the National Spelling Bee check prizes awaiting the eventual area champion. From left, are Anne Rosen, Mary Beth Herzog, Stephen Krupp, Susan hull, Vicki Woehlke, Karen McCauley, matt Bauer and Mary Ellen Droege.
The winners of the Saturday morning quarter-final round of the Spelling Bee are congratulated by the pronouncer Brad Harrison. From left; Nancy Geuss, Janet Evansco, Cheryl Begeman, Carolyn Mitchell, Tim Meinzen, Laura Nelson, Doug Dripps and Sarah Norvell.
Winners of the morning session of the Globe-Democrat -- KTVI Spelling Bee. From left, in front, are Edna O'Brien, Patrick Farrell, Karen Barnard and Cathy Brewer. In second row: Barbara Baser, Paul Stratil, Kathi Shaw and Janine Pope.
Afternoon winners--front: Marie Migneco, Lisa Ann Gutierrez, Carolyn Tochtrop, James Bogowith. Back: Brenda Cooper, Kathi Kemper, Michael Graf, Linda Mosley.
Winners in the morning session of the quarter-finals of the Spelling bee, from left, are: Robert Scherrer, Della Bergadine, Frank Corley, Joseph Patterson, Carol Wesolik, Michael Thornburgh, Jay Knehans and Terri Knight; Johnnie Walters, KTVI-TV personality, the pronouncer, and Al Wilson, principal of Emerson School, Granite City, the judge.
A group of eight workers in aprons and buttons hold up Old Newsboys newspapers in their office space. The buttons read, "Globe-Democrat/Old Newsboys Day/Fund for Children, Inc.". The group includes: Dennis McCarthy, Thelma Niebur, Ann Mincer, Mel Evans, Bill Wipfler, Bill Race, Bob Hamilton, and Greg Dyer.
This photo in front of the Eastern Seal Society of Southwestern Illinois for Crippled Children and Adults, Inc. shows five people in Seven-Up aprons with newspapers outstretched towards the camera.