Dredge (William H. Black) as it starts in at upper end of canal. Dredging at an angle to provide opening. (Ste. Genevieve) is at station 10+50'. Kansas City District, channel diversion.
Progress view showing uncompleted section of Pilot Canal. Have 2,700' remaining. This dredge has advanced 3,000' since start of dredging on August 23. Average: 1,000' per week. Sarted at station 57/100. Now at 27/100. Total production to date: 658,489 yards. Overall length of canal: 9,000'. The dredge (William H. Black) completed approx.: 3,000' before this dredge taken over. Kansas City District
Finish of dredging for first cut in Pilot Canal. The Earth plug is being left and will be blasted out to start river flow through new channel. Plug to be blasted October 4, 1952. The dredge (William H. Black) is at upper end of canal.
Jimmy is shown here serving Carol one of the first slices of the 5000-pound cake that was created to commemorate United Bank and Trust Company's eightieth birthday.
Prizes in the form of savings account, were awarded yesterday in the Safety Slogan Contest of the State Bank & Trust Co. of Wellston, which was open to grade-school children. From left, Mayor Leo Hayes of Wellston, handed the passbook recording the $35 first prize to Glen Curtis Feeney, 1397 Clara ave.; Barbara Alberici, winner of the $15 second prize; Adele Hyman, winner of the $5 fourth prize
The First of 20,000 slices from United Bank and Trust Company's monster eighteenth birthday cake was cut yesterday by Jimmy, a 3-year-old from St. Anne's Infant and Maternity Home, who looks to bank president Jack Srenco for moral support. Srenco is holding Carol, 21/2, while I.E. Goldstein, at right, holds Doris, 21/2. All of the children are from St. Anne's. Goldstein is chairman of the
Urban T. Kulage, a painter of 5966 Summit ave. was critically injured yesterday when he fell 100 feet from the railroad (lower) deck of the MacArthur Bridge approach in East St. Louis and landed on loose railroad ties on the ground below.