Applauding the 10 Women of Achievement as they received their silver bowls are Mrs. Robert Neil Jr. (middle) a former award winner, and Mrs. Edward J Walsh Jr. (right).
Sixteen more St. Louis area youngsters have reached the semifinal round of the 26th annual Spelling Bee sponsored by The Globe Democrat. The 16 spellers survived quarterfinal competition Saturday in two sessions at the J. C. Penney auditorium at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. Some 160 students competed. The afternoon round winners are: front row from left, Lori Reed, Kevin Harmann, Pam
Dressed for Bicentennial: The Globe-Democrat newspaper vending machine outside The Globe-Democrat building gets new paint job to honor the Bicentennial.
Memory of life in France helps boy win contest. Mark Willingham, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Willingham, O'Fallon, Ill., became a winner in the "What Is It" contest because he once lived in France. Mark could identify the object in the contest as a barber bowl because while living in a small French village he used to notice them at the barber shop. Mark's essay on the bowl, which
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.
Sixteen more St. Louis area youngsters have reached the semifinal round of the 26th annual Spelling Bee sponsored by The Globe Democrat. The 16 spellers survived quarterfinal competition Saturday in two sessions at the J.C. Penney auditorium at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. Some 160 students competed. The morning session winners are: front row from left, Rene Bean, Jimmy Powers, Jill
Finalists in Saturday's Spelling Bee, front row from left: Maureen Corbett, Janice Chrum and Linda Fennewald; back row from left: Scott Rubin, Robbie Stagner, Kirk Shipley and Carl Power. Standing in back is Nico Garcia-Otero. Maureen Corbett, 14, became the local spelling bee champion in the final round of The Globe-Democrat Spelling Bee competition Saturday afternoon.
About 1000 persons attended the luncheon in the Khorassan Room of Hotel Chase honoring the 1958 Ten Women of Achievement. Richard H. Amberg of The Globe-Democrat (at the microphone) singled out as universal attributes of the honorees their "love of humanity and compassion for their fellow man." Each of the 10 women received a plate in recognition of her work inscribed with her name and the
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).
Almost 1000 person attended the luncheon yesterday honoring the 1957 Ten Women of Achievement. Richard H. Amberg, publisher of The Globe-Democrat presented each of the 10 women "selected way of life in 1957" with a silver plate inscribed with their names.
From left to right: Mrs. Donald Gunn, Good Neighbor; Mrs. Irene McCabe, Health; Mrs. George A. O'Sullivan, Community Welfare; Mrs. Mark C. Steinberg, Philanthropy; and Mrs. Peter L. Wulfing III, Public Affairs
From left to right: Mrs. Walter W. Collett, Homemaker; Mrs. George Gellhorn, Community Service; Miss Elizabeth Golterman, Education; Mrs. Frances Goodall, Profession