"More than 10,000 persons fill the Municipal Theater in Forest Park for the Metropolitan Church Federation's annual Easter Sunrise Service. They heard Dr. Franc L. McCluer (right) president of Lindenwood College, preach on the 'unconquerable hope' that Easter brings to mankind. Directing the choir is Helen Louise Graves."
"It takes about 3,500 gallons of paint for the scenery and props for a season's worth of Municipal Opera productions--enough paint to put traffic stripes on about 200 miles of roads... Beneath the 150-foot-long stage is a fully equipped carpentry shop where the daily sounds of hammers, drills and saws accompanies the strains of chorus practice from the two nearby rehearsal stages."
"Mrs. Judy Murphy, of the Muny Opera office staff, displays many items which should have been marked 'forget me not.' Mostly umbrellas, spectacles, glass cases and purses, the items were lost by patrons during the recent opera season. Mrs. Murphy is one of several office workers whom claimants may contact."
"New steel scenery booms, the first of their kind anywhere, will be put into operation on the Municipal Opera stage during the 1961 season. Installed at a cost of approximately $175,000, the new booms will speed up the theater's scenery changes."
